Chapter 26: The house has been ransacked, so what home is there?
This person is familiar to him...
Li Xinyuan was originally a fourth-rank General Zhongwu of the Ministry of War. He was just a casual military officer and was not required to charge into battle in ordinary battles.
But during a military expedition, this man actually called seven or eight military prostitutes to have fun with him. When he was discovered by Gu Yanchen, he was severely reprimanded and wrote a memorial to Emperor Mingde.
After being punished by the emperor, Li Xinyuan was demoted to the sixth rank Zhenwei Colonel, whose status was no different from that of a county magistrate. Apart from receiving his salary on time, he had no real power in the military camp.
It's just that after so much time, the emperor still remembered this person. It seems that the emperor had put a lot of thought into making him feel disgusted during his exile.
There was also Shang Bin, who was only a fourth-rank Zhongshu Shilang. Once at a morning court, he had a disagreement with a civil servant, and Shang Bin simply agreed with the official's remarks, but other than that, they had no other interactions.
Let's look at another person who was crying and cursing, Xiao Hongyi, who was only a lower fourth-rank official...
Gu Yanchen thought for a long time before he remembered that the jade pendant on his waist fell off when he was leaving court one day. Xiao Hongyi helped pick it up and returned it to him, and the emperor even praised him for it.
That’s it? Is this also the reason why the emperor sentenced them to have their property confiscated?
Just when Gu Yanchen was still wondering whether the two people who had no grudges against each other were implicated by him, his third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er, who had been silent all the time, suddenly let out a cry of grief and then rushed to the back of the team.
"Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister-in-law, Sister, you... No, how could this happen... How could you..."
No one in the Gu family had expected that Chen Wan'er's family would be in the exile team.
No wonder her family members who had always loved her did not appear in the farewell procession at the Gu Mansion. It turned out that they were also punished by the emperor and exiled together!
Seeing his daughter, whom he held in his hands, in such a miserable state, Chen Chengping burst into tears for a moment, completely forgetting that his own family was now in the same miserable state as the Gu family.
"Daughter, it's okay, mom and dad are fine!"
Chen's mother was so heartbroken that she hugged her daughter and cried uncontrollably. The words on the tip of her tongue never came out.
Third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er's younger sister was still young and willful. She could not accept that she had changed from a delicate young lady from an official family to a prisoner. She looked at the Gu family members with hatred in her eyes and rushed forward to push them to the ground.
Ran Qingxuan had followed them a long time ago. He originally wanted to hear whether his third sister-in-law's family knew the reason why they were exiled. He never expected that his third sister-in-law's sister would start pushing people over a disagreement.
Ran Qingxuan took a few steps forward to support his third sister-in-law. He didn't want to argue with a child whose mind was not mature yet, so he could only comfort his sobbing sister-in-law softly.
"Yue'er, this is your sister, what are you doing?"
Third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er's eldest brother Chen Zhao pulled Chen Yue'er back and stood between his two younger sisters.
Chen Yue'er was crying without any image at this moment. She just wanted to vent her anger.
"Brother, why are you still protecting her? If it weren't for her in-laws, how could our family be convicted and exiled? It's all because of Gu Yanchen. It's all because of Gu Yanchen that our family has become like this..."
"Wow... I don't want to wear this dress, I want to go home, I want to go home..."
"Pah..."
Mother Chen raised her hand and slapped Chen Yue'er hard without any warning.
"My home has been raided. What kind of home do I still have?"
Third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er rushed over and hugged her sister in her arms, regardless of the fact that she had just been pushed, her words full of heartache.
"Mom, don't hit my sister. She is still young and doesn't understand."
"Why don't I understand? It's all Gu Yanchen's fault. Everyone in the Chen Mansion has been harmed by Gu Yanchen. It's all..."
Father Chen was so angry that he yelled at Chen Yue'er.
"Shut up! It's already like this, what else do you want? If you dare to say one more word, I will beat you to death immediately, you rebellious girl!"
Chen Yue'er was frightened by her own father and kept crying. The sound of children crying was also heard in the team, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while.
Everyone in the Gu family was puzzled as to why these people started cursing Gu Yanchen as soon as they met, and said that everything was caused by Gu Yanchen.
Ran Qingxuan and the other female members of the Gu family all wanted to know what had happened, but at this time all the prisoners were present, and the escorting officers began to urge them after they checked the names and numbers one by one.
The Zhou family originally wanted to give them the quilts they had prepared, but were sternly stopped by the escorting officers.
The Chang family still wanted to use their power to intimidate, but they heard the escorting officer Bu Wei say coldly.
"General Chang has already broken the rules once. Does he want to break them again? Exiling the prisoners is the emperor's order. We are also following the emperor's order to escort them. General Chang is going against the emperor's order. Is he dissatisfied with the emperor's decision?"
Ran Qingxuan looked at the officer who was speaking, and in his mind he had already classified this man as dangerous.
First it was the straw raincoat, and they made an exception because the Chang family was really powerful and they really couldn't afford to offend them.
But items like quilts are not allowed to appear in the escort team. If they continue to show off their power, it would be discord with the emperor.
Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but applaud this man. If every family member of a prisoner who saw him off could give a gift, then this would not be called exile, but a trip!
Before the Chang family could speak, there was a sudden cry of surprise from the team.
Then Ran Qingxuan saw a large carriage driving towards this side. The sign hanging on the carriage showed that the visitor was of extraordinary status.
Not only the escorting officers and prisoners were present, but even the Zhou and Chang families immediately bowed.
Ran Qingxuan didn't like to perform formalities, so she squatted on the ground in her straw raincoat until everyone stood up, and then she stood up immediately.
The coachman tightened the reins, took out a footstool from the back of the carriage and put it away. Then Taifu Chen Huai slowly got off the carriage, took the oil-paper umbrella from the coachman and walked straight towards Ran Qingxuan.
"Who is the officer in charge of this escort?"
The voice was deep and powerful. Bu Wei, who had been acting arrogantly just now, immediately smiled, bent down and stepped forward to salute.
"Your Highness, I am Bu Wei, the official in charge of the escort. I wonder what you want me to do for you, Your Highness, in the rain."
Master Shen said calmly: "No instructions, I just want to talk to my granddaughter, is it convenient?"
Bu Wei's heart skipped a beat and he immediately said, "It's convenient, Master Taifu, please!"
He never expected that among the exiled prisoners there would be the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor.
Coming here in the rain like this...Is this girl deeply loved by the Grand Tutor?
Bu Wei thought about it and glanced at the pile of prisoners with a hidden look in his eyes. Then he saw a thin woman walking out from the Gu family's team.
Ran Qingxuan didn't expect that this cheap grandpa would come. In order to avoid being discovered that Xinzi had changed into someone else, Ran Qingxuan tried to lower his head as much as possible when he walked over so as not to let him see her eyes.
But what was unexpected was that as soon as Ran Qingxuan approached, he was slapped hard by Shen Huai before he could even open his mouth.
"You rebellious girl, you are about to be exiled yet you still dare to show off in the name of this old man. Your mother passed away long ago. Is this what that beast Ran Xiuxian taught you?"
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