Chapter 20 Ran Qingxuan felt a little regretful.
"You should be seriously injured now. It's best not to show up, and you can't let the people who are raiding your house notice anything."
Gu Yanchen knew that he couldn't go out with them now. His deep eyes revealed helpless self-mockery, and he could only accept it!
With a barely perceptible pleading in his eyes, Gu Yanchen said softly to Ran Qingxuan: "No matter what happens in a while, you, my mother, and my sisters-in-law should not be impulsive and must save your own lives!"
The matter has already been settled. Gu Yanchen can only hope that the women in the mansion can safely avoid the harassment from those who are confiscating the house. Apart from that, he can't do much more.
Ran Qingxuan's soul came from modern times. Although he didn't know enough about the process of confiscation of property and exile in ancient times, he knew that the first level was the most difficult.
Faced with Gu Yanchen's instructions, she could only try her best to suppress the anger towards the Dog Emperor in her heart.
"Don't worry, I'm here to take care of everything. I won't let anything happen to my mother-in-law and my sisters-in-law."
In order to prevent Gu Yanchen from being exposed, Ran Qingxuan injected some sedatives before he could react. Before he fell into a daze and closed his eyes, the door of Tingyu Pavilion was kicked open by someone.
The noisy sound reached Ran Qingxuan's ears. She walked out calmly and watched the soldiers enter the inner room and casually pull Gu Yanchen up.
Carrying Gu Yanchen, the officers and soldiers escorted the two to the main hall. Several maids and servants who were unaware of the situation screamed in fear and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
Deng Zhuo, sitting in the main seat in the main hall, looked at everything in front of him with a mocking smile in his eyes.
The four women of the Gu family huddled in the corner and shivered. The two soldiers threw the unconscious Gu Yanchen in front of them as if he were throwing away garbage.
Old Madam Gu was anxious and angry. Facing the blades of the surrounding soldiers, she could only try her best to stretch out her hands to protect Gu Yanchen.
Ran Qingxuan followed behind and witnessed it all, staring at the two soldiers who were still laughing, and engraved their faces into his mind.
General Deng Zhuo of Huaibei looked at Gu Yanchen, who was like a dead dog, with a smug smile on his face. He picked up the imperial edict at hand and walked forward swayingly.
"How dare you, Your Highness Prince Chen, to receive the Emperor's decree while lying down, don't you think highly of the current Emperor?"
Madam Gu's eyes were red, and she gnashed her teeth as she said, "My son is still seriously injured and unconscious. How can he get up to receive the order? Is General Huaibei forcing me to do something against my will?"
Deng Zhuo knew it better than anyone else, but what he wanted was to see the Gu family humiliated and embarrassed in front of everyone.
Hearing what Madam Gu said, Deng Zhuo pretended to be ignorant and said deliberately.
"Really? I thought His Royal Highness King Chen had recovered!"
"Why don't you make him kneel down and receive the order?"
Second sister-in-law Chang Yue'e knew that General Huaibei was only a third-rank official, so she plucked up the courage to speak.
"General Deng, there is no need to be so sarcastic and add insult to injury. Even though the Gu family has been confiscated, my eldest brother is still the general of the escort flag. If the military camp knew that you deliberately made things difficult for the women in the mansion, it would be a disgrace to us!"
Sister-in-law Zhou Furong was supporting Old Madam Gu and also spoke at the side.
"General Deng, don't be too proud. Even though I'm going to be exiled now, my father is still the head of the second-rank civil officials in the court. If he knew that you, a military officer, were making things difficult for a group of powerless women, there's no guarantee that he wouldn't join other civil officials in impeaching you..."
Deng Zhuo's face was a little stiff. Chang Hu's official rank was second-rank, which was indeed much higher than his third-rank military officer who did not have much real power. Moreover, because of the relationship with Old Man Chang, Chang Hu was indeed more comfortable in the military camp than him.
If the news of him embarrassing a group of women today spread in the military camp, he would be embarrassed.
He didn't take Chang Yue'e seriously at all, but he could not help but be wary of the people from her family.
After being humiliated by Chang Yue'e, Deng Zhuo, who was filled with anger, looked at Zhou Furong.
Ran Qingxuan had been watching his every move. Seeing his malicious gaze, he immediately took out the dagger that killed Nanny Xu from the space and held it tightly in his hand using the cover of his sleeves.
"You just said that your father is the head of the second-rank civil officials?"
Zhou Furong looked at his gloating smile and a hint of confusion flashed across her face.
"Hahahaha, maybe you don't know yet, Lord Zhou pleaded for His Royal Highness Prince Chen in the court, and after being reprimanded by the Emperor, he has been demoted to a third-rank minister. How can he still be a second-rank civil servant..."
There was a loud bang in the sky, and sister-in-law Zhou Furong fell to the ground with a pale face, muttering "Impossible" to herself.
Deng Zhuo sneered and shook out the imperial edict: "Everyone in Prince Chen's Palace, please accept the order!"
Although Madam Gu despised Emperor Mingde's behavior, she could not openly disobey the imperial edict.
All the women in the Gu family knelt down to receive the order. Ran Qingxuan didn't want to kneel at all, but she couldn't let Deng Zhuo hold her down, so she squatted on the ground, taking advantage of the looseness of her gorgeous clothes so that she wouldn't be noticed.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that during the battle at Yanwei Pass, King Chen, Gu Yanchen, colluded with foreign invaders, seized military rations and military pay, and even colluded with ministers in the court to plot a rebellion and defy the Will of Heaven.
After investigation, it was found that all of the above statements were true. The current emperor, grateful to the men of the Gu family for their loyalty to the emperor and the country for generations, retained Gu Yanchenchen's title of King and pardoned the Gu family's death penalty.
All property in Prince Chen's mansion shall be confiscated, Prince Chen's residence shall be taken back, all slaves in the mansion shall be sold, Prince Chen and his family shall be exiled to the northwest, and shall not leave without being summoned... This is my decree! ”
When such an unfair imperial decree came out, everyone in the Gu family looked up, their eyes full of shock.
Even though they had long known that the emperor did not want the Gu family to have an easy life, they did not expect that he would go to such lengths for a mere Gu Yanchen.
It's really ridiculous that such a drama was put on and the Gu family didn't even have a chance to appeal for justice!
What's even more ridiculous is that the emperor only left Gu Yanchen with the title of King Chen, but took away everything except the title.
After being exiled, the Gu family became sinners. The two words "King Chen" are simply a psychological humiliation and torture to Gu Yanchen. This will be an indelible wound in his life!
The emperor was so ruthless and took so much trouble just to make sure that Gu Yanchen would never be able to hold his head up or stand up straight for the rest of his life!
Ran Qingxuan felt a little regretful.
I regret that I should have burned that dog emperor to death last night!
Old Madam Gu put away the imperial edict and stood up with the women of the Gu family in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. Ran Qingxuan took a deep breath and resisted the urge to kill.
After Deng Zhuo finished reading the imperial edict, the officers and soldiers waiting nearby immediately dispersed and entered each courtyard to loot property.
However, Deng Zhuo could no longer wait at this time. His target was the young women in the Gu Mansion.
Third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er was the first to notice Deng Zhuo's abnormality. His lustful eyes fixed her firmly on him. Among them, her family was the least powerful.
"The young lady looks quite guilty, is there any money hidden on her?"
Third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er took two steps back in fear. Old Madam Gu wanted to rush forward to block them, but was stopped by other officers and soldiers.
"General Deng, you..."
"How dare the women of the Gu family selfishly hide their money? Someone..."
"No, don't!"
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