Chapter 397 Punishment
I'm really getting impatient.
It has been so many days since the King of Qi married Xie Yan, but there has been no action. Chen Tang doesn't believe that their union was really an accident, and there must be a plan behind it.
The princess did not die from the poison, but Concubine Ye would not go to great lengths to let the King of Qi marry a Princess who would not be of any help to him. They would definitely find ways to get rid of Xie Guimo and the prince and seize the military power from the prince.
But when Xie Guimo returned safely, Chen Tang knew that he had been worrying too much.
The two went back to the room, talked for a while, and went to bed when it was late at night.
When Chen Tang woke up the next day, before he could fully open his eyes, Gingko quickly stepped forward and said, "Princess, something big happened in Kyoto!"
Chen Tang opened his eyes, held his stomach with great difficulty and sat up, and asked, "What happened in Kyoto?"
Gingko said, "The prince of Changping was killed, and his body was hung on the city wall."
Chen Tang, "......???"
Wasn’t the Prince of Changping exiled thousands of miles away? How could he be killed and hanged on the city wall?
Thinking of the fact that Xie Guimo went to the hot springs after the wedding banquet at Duke Wen's mansion last night, when she finished washing up and Xie Guimo came back, Chen Tang asked, "Why did you go to the hot springs last night?"
I didn't tell Chen Tang yesterday because I was afraid that she would think too much at night and couldn't sleep. Chen Tang slept very soundly last night, but he didn't sleep well.
Xie Guimo said, "Killing people means getting blood on your body."
really.
He killed the Prince of Changping.
There were not many people in Kyoto who dared to kill the son of Marquis Changping. Apart from Xie Guimo, Chen Tang could not think of anyone else who had the guts to kill the son of Marquis Changping and hang him on the city wall to provoke Marquis Changping and Concubine Ye.
Chen Tang asked anxiously, "Are you injured?"
Seeing Chen Tang's concerned face, Xie Guimo smiled and said, "Of course my husband is fine."
Chen Tang also felt that it should be fine. Last night, Xie Guimo sometimes hugged her, sometimes turned his back to her, and tossed and turned. She must have been injured. It would be strange if she didn't feel pain after all that.
Chen Tang was only worried about whether Xie Guimo was injured. Xie Guimo dared to kill the son of Marquis Changping and even hung him on the city wall. Naturally, he was not afraid that Marquis Changping and Concubine Ye would cause trouble for him. It was the son of Marquis Changping who led people to assassinate Xie Guimo. He should have been mentally prepared to be killed in return when he took action. His death was not a pity.
He just didn't believe that Marquis Changping would dare to complain to the emperor. He should think carefully about how to explain to the emperor why his son should be exiled at the border and why he appeared in Kyoto.
Early in the morning, before daybreak, there was a loud knock on the door of the Marquis of Changping's mansion.
The gatekeeper was still impatient and opened the door swearing, "What's the matter? You're knocking on the door so early in the morning. Are you tired of living?"
The visitor said, "There is a person hanging on the city wall. He looks very much like the prince of your mansion. The city patrol officer asked your mansion to send someone to take a look..."
The servant said, "What nonsense are you talking about? My young master was exiled to the border, and it is known to everyone in Kyoto. How could he be killed in Kyoto?"
The visitor said, "It really looks like..."
The servant drove the man away and continued to sleep leaning against the gate.
When the Marquis of Changping was about to go to court, the servant remembered this incident and told him, "Half an hour ago, the city patrol officer knocked on the door and said that someone was hung on the city wall, who looked like our prince..."
Upon hearing this, Marquis Changping staggered and could hardly stand.
Yesterday, the Prince of Changping Marquis took people to assassinate Xie Guimo. He was panicked and worried that something might happen. Later, he sent people to chase his son back, but when he got there, he only saw the bodies of the secret guards on the ground, but no sign of his son.
Marquis Changping thought that his son had escaped under the protection of the secret guards, and was wondering where he had gone and why he had not returned home, when he received this bad news.
Marquis Changping did not bother to attend the morning court and hurried to the city gate. From a distance he saw his son hanging on the city wall.
Marquis Changping's eyes were red, and he was almost crazy.
When Marquis Changping was young, he tried to molest Queen Xu in order to compete for the position of Queen for Concubine Ye, but was stopped by the princess. He was then kicked and crippled by a masked man. Although he was not crippled completely, he could no longer pass on his family line. Fortunately, Marquis Changping's wife was pregnant at the time, so he did not die without an heir.
He had only one son, and he loved him like the apple of his eye. Not only did he and the wife of Marquis Changping dote on him, but Concubine Ye also spoiled him to death.
The spoiled Prince of Changping was domineering and overbearing. Whatever he wanted, he would get it, especially women.
Spoiling a child is like killing him, and he will eventually kill himself.
The city patrol officer put down the body of the eldest son of Marquis Changping, and Marquis Changping hugged his son and cried. It was so sad that anyone who heard it or saw it would cry.
The news of the murder of the Prince of Changping was spread into the palace and reached the ears of Concubine Ye, who looked extremely unhappy.
Although the prince of Marquis Changping had been deposed long ago and even cheated on the King of Qi, Concubine Ye was so angry that she wanted to kill him several times. But even if he was deposed, he was still the only son of Marquis Changping. If she killed him, Marquis Changping would suffer a blow.
Besides, the Prince of Changping Marquis had no intention of plotting against the King of Qi. This matter was handled by her personally, and it fell into the hands of the King of Yu and Xie Guimo, so the Prince of Changping Marquis cannot be blamed entirely.
Concubine Ye persuaded herself and the King of Qi to swallow her anger, but she didn't expect that in the end, she still died at the hands of Xie Guimo.
Concubine Ye regretted relying on the princess consort to persuade Prince Jingyang to help Prince Qi win the throne, and she had repeatedly tolerated the princess consort and Xie Guimo living until now. If she had taken action earlier, she would never have ended up in this situation!
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world.
Marquis Changping was heartbroken over the loss of his beloved son, but Prince Yu would not feel sorry for Marquis Changping for losing his son. If Marquis Changping's eldest son didn't die, then Xie Guimo, Chu Yi and others would be the ones to die.
Prince Yu's men submitted memorials to impeach the Marquis of Changping, saying that he disregarded the court's laws and treated exile as a joke, and asked the emperor to charge the Marquis of Changping with allowing his son to escape.
The King of Qi's men fought back, "The Marquis of Changping's son has already been killed, and you're still adding insult to injury. You're really too heartless."
Prince Yu's people said, "If the prince of Changping stays at the border and behaves himself, he may not be killed."
This sentence left the minister speechless.
The Prince of Changping was not killed at the border and his body was not transported to Beijing and hung on the city gate. It is an indisputable fact that the Prince of Changping returned to Beijing without the emperor's pardon.
Prince Yu's men continued, "It is pitiful that the Marquis of Changping lost his beloved son, but the laws of the court are not a joke, and those who deserve punishment must be punished!"
King Qi said, "That should wait until the murderer of the Marquis of Changping is found and brought to justice."
Prince Yu said, "Let's put it this way. Pursuing the crime of protecting the son of the Marquis of Changping is not the same as pursuing the murderer. If we can't find the person who hanged the Marquis of Changping's son on the city wall, will we not punish the Marquis of Changping?"
Prince Yu didn't ask Xie Guimo, but he could guess that he did it.
The Prince of Changping wanted to kill Xie Guimo in order to cut off his left and right arms, and he would never show mercy.
The Prince of Yu and the Prince of Qi were at loggerheads in the court.
The court laws are not for show. The emperor demoted the Marquis of Changping’s Mansion to the Earl of Changping’s Mansion.
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