Chapter 1 House Confiscation
"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims: The evidence of Huainan Marquis's treason is irrefutable. I am deeply enraged and indignant. I hereby strip him of his title, demote him to the status of a commoner, confiscate his property, and investigate his crimes. The men in his household shall be executed immediately, his women made prostitutes, and his servants and maids exiled three thousand miles away, even if pardoned. I decree this!"
The eunuch's shrill voice resounded throughout the Huainan Marquis Mansion!
Before the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, the old lady of the Huainan Marquis's Mansion collapsed to the ground and fainted. The female relatives of the Huainan Marquis's Mansion didn't care about the old lady lying on the ground at all. They all turned pale and cried and wailed.
"Ah... No, I don't want to be a government prostitute, no!"
"Help, help!"
"My Lord, what should I do? What should I do?"
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These women who were once dignified and noble no longer have any trace of the reserve and dignity of wealthy ladies!
The men in the Huainan Marquis's Mansion knelt on the ground with pale faces, looking at the eunuch who announced the decree, the general beside the eunuch, and the soldiers who were ready to go outside the door, at a loss.
Han Chi, the Marquis of Huainan, knelt on the ground, his eyes bloodshot, and roared, "I didn't do it. I didn't betray my country. I was wronged, wronged!"
"Whether he was wronged or not, I think the Marquis of Huainan should know it very well!" The general who had been silent beside the eunuch said coldly with a wooden face!
"General Huo, Eunuch Liu, I'm really being wronged. I hope you can help me plead with the emperor!" After hearing what General Huo said, the Marquis of Huainan was shocked. His family members understand his own affairs, and he also knows that it is impossible for him to see the emperor now. The only straw is these two people in front of him. Otherwise, the huge Marquis of Huainan's Mansion might just disappear!
"The evidence is irrefutable. What else does Your Majesty want me to say to the Emperor?" General Huo asked coldly, "Could it be that Your Majesty wants the Emperor to go back on his word and put him in an unjust position?"
"No, no!" Huainan Hou said quickly, "General Huo, I've really been wronged. I hope General Huo can see clearly. Your Majesty has been deceived by a villain. If our Huainan Hou Mansion suffers this great injustice today and our property is confiscated and our family is exterminated, it will undermine the majesty of the emperor!"
As he spoke, the Marquis of Huainan kowtowed and shouted towards the palace: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
General Huo looked coldly at the Marquis of Huainan, who kept crying out for justice, and sneered, "My Lord, by saying this, are you saying that the current emperor is confused and can't distinguish right from wrong?"
"Ah, no, no!" Huainan Hou was shocked: "I absolutely do not mean that!"
"Oh, that means the Marquis has pleaded guilty!" General Huo raised his eyebrows and said!
"No, I..." For a moment, Marquis Huainan didn't know what to say!
General Huo sneered as he walked over to the Marquis of Huainan, lowered himself, and whispered in his ear, "Do you feel the same pain that General Yuan went through back then, Marquis?"
After hearing what General Huo said, the Marquis of Huainan suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at General Huo in disbelief: "You, you, you are doing this for him..."
Before the Marquis of Huainan could finish his words, General Huo stood up, raised his hand, and swung it down fiercely: "Copy!"
"Yes!" The soldiers outside the door responded in unison, and with a "whoosh", they rushed into the Marquis' Mansion!
Suddenly, the entire mansion was filled with screams, cries, and cries for help!
Before the Marquis of Huainan could finish his words, he was gagged and tied up by the soldiers who rushed in!
"Wuwuwu, wuwuwu..." Marquis Huainan stared at General Huo with hatred, his eyes about to spit fire. Unfortunately, he no longer had the slightest strength to resist and was dragged by the soldiers into the prison van.
Seeing their own lord being captured, everyone in the mansion became even more panicked, with screams coming one after another. The old lady of the Huainan Marquisate lying on the ground had been stepped on and kicked countless times, her face was ashen and she was dying. However, at this time, who could care about whom?
Ignoring the chaos before him, General Huo nodded to Eunuch Liu and said, "Please wait here, Eunuch. I'll be right back!"
"Okay, General Huo, please do as you please!" Eunuch Liu said to General Huo with a smile. The soldiers at the side brought a chair over, and Eunuch Liu sat in front of the gate of the marquis's mansion and waited quietly for the result of the house search!
General Huo nodded to Eunuch Liu, then walked towards the kitchen of the Marquis' Mansion!
The kitchen of the Marquis' Mansion was already in a mess. The Mansion had suffered a great disaster, and these maids and old women had no time to care about anything else. They tried their best to escape this disaster. They were exiled three thousand miles away, and if they went, they would never come back in this lifetime!
At this time, at the door of the back kitchen, a woman in her twenties, wearing cook's clothes but with a disfigured face, listened to the noisy crying and shouting in front of the Marquis's Mansion, and a gentle smile crossed her lips!
"Grandma, Dad, Mom, Big Brother, Second Brother, I have avenged you. Did you see it?" The woman looked up at the sky, as if she wanted to see something through the azure sky. Tears slowly flowed down her cheeks!
"Ziyou!" General Huo's voice came from behind the woman!
When the woman heard the name, her body shook slightly involuntarily. She didn't say anything and still maintained her previous posture!
"Ziyou!" General Huo walked a few steps to the woman's front. Looking at her ruined appearance, he showed pity. "Ziyou, it's me, Xi Fei!"
"General, you've got the wrong person!" Yuan Ziyu looked at Huo Xifei and said lightly, then turned around and was about to leave.
"Ziyou, stop hiding from me!" Huo Xifei grabbed Yuan Ziyou's arm and said, "You've been hiding from me for ten years! Come with me, I'll take you away from here!"
Having said that, Huo Xifei was about to take Yuan Ziyu away!
"No!" Yuan Ziyu broke free from Huo Xifei's hand. Feeling that she was too excited, she took a deep breath and said lightly, "No need!"
At this moment, her chest began to ache, and she knew that the medicine was taking effect. She would soon be able to see her grandmother, parents, and elder and second brothers!
The man in front of her was already worlds apart from her. She should no longer appear in his life. Their fate had ended ten years ago, completely!
"Ziyou!" Huo Xifei's face was filled with pain. "Please, don't hide from me anymore, okay? The Huainan Marquisate no longer exists. The revenge for my grandmother, my parents, and my elder and second brothers has been avenged. Please don't torture yourself like this anymore. Let me take care of you from now on, okay?"
"Huo Xifei!" Yuan Ziyou no longer denied her identity. She looked at Huo Xifei and spoke word by word, "My family has nothing to do with you. I told you ten years ago that I don't like you, I hate you, and I don't want to marry you at all. Have you forgotten? Our fate was broken long ago, broken!"
When saying these words, Yuan Zi was worried as if a knife was cutting her heart. The man in front of her had taken root in her heart since she was a child. In the past ten years, in addition to her relatives, he also appeared in her dreams every night, the man who accompanied her throughout her girlhood!
Those days were really beautiful!
"I remember every word you said!" Huo Xifei grabbed Yuan Ziyu's arm again and said word by word: "Have you forgotten what I said? I said that if you don't marry, I will never marry again!"
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