Meridian Gate
A sea of people!
After all, the emperor had not been so furious in many years.
Even the Ji clan, who embezzled disaster relief funds, were sentenced to exile for the entire clan, thousands of miles away.
As for the Marquis's family, the entire clan was executed.
Such a case of an entire family being executed together has not occurred for many years.
This shows how furious the emperor was.
Jiang Chuwei watched coldly.
Before execution, one is allowed a time to say goodbye to loved ones, enough for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
The entire Pingyang Marquis's family was executed, and Chen Yulan waited anxiously, but her family members never appeared.
No one came.
Her heart was cold.
She has helped her family quite a bit over the years.
However, after the Chen family was convicted in the Marquis's mansion, they severed all ties with her.
The second wife, Madam Mo, came from a remote area, so it was impossible for anyone to come and see her off.
Only Song's brother from her maternal family came up and said a few words, saying he would help with the preparation of the body.
The Song family rejected him.
Just let her brother take her and her son away; the rest of them don't need to be bothered.
In her next life, she doesn't want to have anything to do with the Marquis's mansion.
The people in the Pingyang Marquis's mansion were terrified, their bodies trembling visibly in their prison clothes.
Only Aunt Yao remained calm and composed.
Death was a relief for her.
Making a living under Chen Yulan's tutelage, she lived like an ant.
Lu Yanke was beaten black and blue, and could only open his eyes a crack.
The news that Nightingale brought was that Old Madam Lu had passed away in her prison cell.
Lu Yanke was beaten to a pulp by his father, second uncle, and third uncle in the prison cell.
They hated him so much that he caused their whole family to die.
As Jiang Chuwei walked over step by step, the people of the Pingyang Marquis's mansion were both angry and jealous.
She got divorced; she can live on.
Without the Marquis's mansion, it seems she's doing quite well.
Chen Yulan roared, "Jiang Chuwei, you bitch, what are you doing here? Did you come to see the Marquis's mansion make a fool of itself?"
Jiang Chuwei didn't even glance at her.
Are you angry? Are you resentful?
You deserve it; this is the result of your son's actions.
Jiang Chuwei walked step by step toward Lu Yanke.
Lu Yanke's heart pounded like a drum.
What is she doing here? Is she here to say goodbye to him?
Is she still reluctant to part with him?
Lu Yanke regretted it.
He's the one who wronged her; he should have lived a good life with her.
With Jiang Chuwei around and the General's Mansion around, at least they won't end up with their heads separated from their bodies.
The onlookers fell silent.
The general's daughter is truly kind and righteous; even after their divorce, she still came to see her ex-husband off.
Some commoners said, "Young Master Lu deserves it. If he hadn't hurt Miss Jiang's feelings, would things have come to the point of divorce?"
Some people said, "Miss Jiang is a truly kind and righteous person. She could have chosen not to come today."
Rivers and streams are hidden among the people, and the common people know nothing about them, yet rumors can spread in great detail.
No wonder, as soon as the third brother rallied the students to denounce Lu Yanke, the emperor immediately issued an edict to execute him.
Rumors can kill people.
The students spread the word throughout the entire Daqing Dynasty that Lu Yanke had dared to smuggle salt and amass wealth in just two months.
The Emperor would not show any mercy.
The emperor wanted to make an example of someone to deter others, so that no one would dare to sell smuggled salt in the future.
Jiang Chuwei stopped: "Young Master Lu! Oh, you're not the young master anymore. The Emperor has decreed that your title of Marquis of Pingyang has been revoked. Lu Yanke, how does it feel to have your entire family executed?"
The icy voice plunged Lu Yanke into an ice cave.
It turns out she didn't come to see him one last time.
What are you doing here?
"What will you give in return for the high-ranking official position and generous salary promised by Prince Jin? Is it evidence of the General's Mansion's rebellion?" Jiang Chuwei lowered her voice to make sure Lu Yanke could hear her clearly.
His face was deathly pale: "How did you know about this?"
"I also know that you have sent a spy to my elder brother in the Northwest. What you don't know is that the spy is already dead." Even knowing Lu Yanke's intentions and verifying it with him personally, Jiang Chuwei was still furious.
She devoted herself wholeheartedly to the Marquis's mansion, neglecting even her father and mother.
What did we get in return? We got this heartless bastard who traded the lives of the entire General's family for his future.
People like that should have died long ago.
Lu Yanke was so frightened that he crawled back: "So it was all your doing. You were the one who submitted the location of the salt warehouse and the accounts."
Lu Yanke looked like he'd seen a ghost. How could Jiang Chuwei know about his deal with the Prince of Jin so quickly?
"If I don't take action, am I just going to wait for you to put the fabricated evidence into the General's Mansion? You want the lives of my entire family, why can't I retaliate in kind?"
Qiao Xuerou, who was kneeling beside Lu Yanke, heard all of this clearly.
"You vicious woman, I'll fight you to the death!" Qiao Xuerou charged at Jiang Chuwei like a demon from hell.
Lu Yanke promised that if she lost her title of First-Rank Imperial Lady and her wealth and honor, she would go to hell with the Marquis's mansion.
It's all because of that bitch Jiang Chuwei.
The executioner kicked Qiao Xuerou hard: "Behave yourself."
The unsuspecting people exclaimed in shock: "This mistress is too outrageous! She's about to die and she's still fighting over a man!"
Qiao Xuerou went berserk again and tried to bite Lu Yanke: "It's all your fault! You're good for nothing but ruining things. If you had put the evidence in the General's Mansion earlier, the Jiang family would be the ones dying today."
Onlookers: ...
Is this mistress really that ruthless? She's willing to kill the entire general's family for a man.
They deserved to die!
"Kill her! Kill her!" some of the villagers shouted.
Soon after, the sounds of battle cries filled the air.
Jiang Chuwei stood up and walked slowly down from the guillotine.
Lu Yanke's actions ultimately backfired, and he deserved it.
She just didn't expect that Qiao Xuerou would know about Lu Yanke's plan at this time.
"The time has come!" With a death knell, after the identities of the people from the Marquis's mansion were verified, the Lu family members were all beheaded with swift strokes of the blade.
In an instant, blood flowed like a river outside the Meridian Gate.
Jiang Chuwei let out a long sigh, and tears streamed down her face.
From then on, there was no more Pingyang Marquis's residence in the capital.
She no longer needs to worry about being schemed against by Lu Yanke.
Next, we'll have to deal with the Prince of Jin.
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