603 Sacred Heart, This Is Really Unbelievable

It snowed all night and the entire imperial city was covered in white snow. The occasional other colors were obscured by the non-stop heavy snow.

This should be the heaviest snowfall in Dongling since the beginning of winter. It seems that God wants to cover up all the unclean things and leave the most beautiful white.

The snowy weather was not suitable for traveling, but since the Duke's Mansion was holding a funeral, some minor officials had to come to mourn no matter how reluctant they were.

The Duke's son and grandson kowtowed in the mourning hall to express their gratitude. Although it was cold and no important figures were present, the Duke's Mansion still had the dignity it should have. But at this moment...

With a "dong", the youngest grandson of the Duke's Mansion came out with a big black ball from somewhere, lost his balance and fell to the ground, rolling towards the brazier.

Ah... someone screamed, and the people in the mourning hall were startled. They were about to yell, but when they looked up, they saw a black thing.

"What is this?" Just as the man finished speaking, someone shouted, "Oh my God, it's a thunderbolt, it's a thunderbolt."

"Thunderbolt, it's really thunderbolt, run, run..."

"No, don't let it touch the fire, it will kill people, hurry up and pick it up." Rong Qingqiu screamed. Her legs were weak from kneeling in the mourning hall for a long time, but she didn't care about that at this moment. She rolled and crawled to her feet and rushed towards the thunder.

“Wa wah wah…” The young master Sun who got into trouble was young and ignorant. He lay on the ground and no one cared about him. He just cried loudly.

Everyone in the mourning hall, whether they were from the Duke's Mansion or those who came to mourn, all rushed out. At this time, no one cared about their official rank, and they just tried their best to squeeze out. A happy funeral turned into a farce. Only the old Duke's coffin was left there, and no one remembered it.

How could the Emperor not know about such a big thing happening in the Duke's Mansion? When it comes to the Sky-shaking Thunder, no matter how small the matter is, it is impossible to conceal it in front of so many people if the Sky-shaking Thunder is exposed.

"The Thunder is in the Duke's Mansion. I shouldn't have trusted him in the first place." The Emperor was furious. He pointed his red pen and ordered the Imperial Guards to go to the Duke's Mansion and search...

As for the people in the Duke's Mansion, they were all imprisoned, and the Duke's corpse was placed alone on the spirit platform with no one to take care of it. Fortunately, it was winter, otherwise the corpse would have become smelly after being left there for two days.

The Imperial Guards rushed into the Duke's Mansion like tigers and wolves. Soon, they found dozens of thunder bombs, some iron blocks and disassembled thunder bombs in the secret room of the Duke's Mansion. This showed that the Duke of Zhenguo was so ambitious that he even wanted to make thunder bombs.

When all these things were presented to the emperor one by one, the emperor laughed out of anger: "Well, well, this is my good subject. How could I have treated him unfairly?"

Below, those who were on good terms with the Duke's Mansion originally wanted to plead for mercy, but when they saw the emperor like this, they quickly stopped.

Now that the old Duke is dead, their previous friendship has faded. If the Emperor was only slightly angry, they would still look after the Duke's descendants for the sake of their colleagues. But now that the Emperor is obviously furious, they certainly won't take the risk.

When the emperor is angry, millions of people will die and blood will flow for thousands of miles!

The Duke's Mansion's secret storage of thunderbolts has offended the Emperor. The Duke should be thankful that he died early, otherwise he would not have lived long. Besides... things have come to this point, even if the Emperor wants to let the people in the Duke's Mansion go, he cannot. Someone has to take the blame for the explosion of the five mountains. Otherwise, if it is really linked to thunderbolts and God sends a warning, he, the emperor, will no longer be the one destined by heaven, and it will be a question whether he can sit firmly on the throne.

It doesn’t matter whether the explosion of the Five Mountains was caused by the Duke’s Mansion or not. What matters is that someone came out to let the people vent their anger and release the anxiety and fear in their hearts.

Knowing that the explosion of the five mountains was related to the Ninth Prince, the Emperor did not intend to pursue the matter. As an emperor, it was important to whitewash the situation. If there was civil unrest in the country, the country would be in jeopardy.

The Emperor dealt with the matter of the Duke's Mansion very quickly. All the charges were prepared in just three days. The Emperor personally approved the punishment for the Duke's Mansion - stripping them of their titles, exiling the men to the northwest iron mines as coolies, and sending all the women to music schools, not even the children. Only the old lady of the Duke's Mansion was pardoned, but she was born a maid and had no help from her natal family. Even if the Emperor was merciful and pardoned her, her old age would be miserable.

This is exactly in line with the saying that one who is too clever and scheming may end up losing his life. The old lady schemed all her life, climbing up from a maid to the position of mistress of the house, but in the end, she was brought back to her original state.

If something is destined to be yours, you will get it eventually. If it is not destined to be yours, you should not force it. The old lady forced the wealth that did not belong to her, and she had to give it back in the end. Not only that, but she also harmed her descendants. Therefore, the gentlemen in the imperial city came to a conclusion that children raised by rough women would hardly become great.

As for the once glorious Wu'an Princess Rong Qingqiu, she took advantage of the chaos to flee when the thunderbolt went off, and no one knew where she was...

"It is indeed the work of the Ninth Prince. He is really willing to give it away." After hearing this, Wang Jinling smiled indifferently, unable to tell whether he was disappointed or happy.

I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing that the man cares so much about Qingchen, but I have to say that once this incident happened, the situation was instantly reversed. Without the pressure from the Duke’s Mansion, the case could be sent back for retrial.

Your Majesty... He would not bother to care about such trivial matters. What's more, they have already made concessions and found the cause of the explosion in the five mountains. It would be too much for the Emperor to pursue Feng Qingchen again.

Politics is a form of compromise, and they have already compromised. It's a pity that they originally wanted to use the explosion of the five mountains to force the emperor to release the Ninth Prince, but now it seems they have no choice but to give up.

"Take my letter to Shuntian Prefecture and ask Shuntian Prefecture to re-examine Feng Qingchen's case." Some things don't need to be said. After the Ninth Prince took this step, Wang Jinling naturally knew what to do next. Similarly...

"Go, find those witnesses. They can be of use to me." Yun Xiao is also a person who is good at judging the situation.

The situation changed overnight, but Feng Qingchen was unaware of it. Imprisoned in the Sky Prison with no one paying attention to him, Feng Qingchen got bored and started to smash holes in the prison, hoping to stage a prison break.

But the Ninth Prince did not give her the chance to display her strengths. After staying in the Heavenly Prison for ten days, the hole had been dug. Feng Qingchen was thinking about sneaking away in the dark and windy night. But just as she was about to escape from prison, officials came that afternoon.

"Feng Qingchen, you can go out now."

"Huh?" Feng Qingchen looked puzzled. She had been isolated from the outside world for the past ten days and had no idea what had happened. However, when she saw the iron gate was opened, Feng Qingchen left quickly.

"What do you mean by 'huh?' Go away." The officer looked unfriendly. I wonder if this girl is so happy that she's silly.

The officer glanced at Feng Qingchen with an impatient look on his face, but the moment he saw Feng Qingchen, he was stunned.

No way, in the middle of winter, in prison, eating three bowls of porridge a day, with no quilt or stove, but after ten days, Feng Qingchen was actually full of energy and had a rosy complexion. It was really incredible...