Wei Quan was almost frightened to death. Princess Yongjia really knew it a long time ago.
He quietly ran to the Princess's Mansion and kowtowed three times to Chen Shurong: "Princess, I, Wei Quan, swear to heaven that my concubine has been driven away and I will never take another concubine. I will treat Ye Man well for the rest of my life."
Chen Shurong gently placed the round fan on her legs, glaring at the man below, and said with disdain: "You don't have to come here specially, she doesn't lack people who are good to her, because this princess can find one for her at any time."
"And you, just because you took the title of her husband in advance, have the opportunity to treat her well."
"Yes, yes, I know myself well. Being able to marry Ye Man is the greatest honor of Wei Quan's life. I will definitely treat her ten thousand times better than I treat myself."
"Go away." She didn't want to even look at this kind of trash.
Ye Man didn't understand the situation. If she wasn't afraid that Wei Quan would be sad and her child would be without a father, she really wanted to chop Wei Quan into pieces and feed him to the dogs!
Wei Quan knelt and retreated. His Majesty had already taken two wives of his subjects, and the two officials were imprisoned. If his plan was discovered, he would also be imprisoned at this moment.
…
"Rebellion! How dare you ask me to issue an edict of repentance!" Li Chen was furious on the dragon throne.
"Your Majesty, you have seized my wife. If you don't issue an edict of remorse, do you want the world to point fingers at you?"
"It was their husbands who offered themselves voluntarily. If they are guilty, they are guilty!"
"They are guilty and will be punished by law, and Your Majesty can only atone for his sins by writing an edict of repentance!" The Censorate was united. After all, this incident had a huge impact and had already been spread out, which was too embarrassing.
"You!" Li Chen was so angry that he slammed the dragon chair: "Come here, drag him down and behead him!"
"Your Majesty." The Prime Minister stepped forward and said, "The censor and others are right. We cannot execute him."
"Can't kill them? If you can't kill them, then withdraw from the court. I am the Son of Heaven. It is their honor to have their eyes on their wives. I will never write an edict of apology!"
Li Chen is gone, leaving behind a palace of powerful officials. How could Your Majesty behave in such a way? How could he be so unbearable?
The next day, Li Chen simply claimed to be sick and did not attend the court.
The Censorate has already jointly submitted a petition. Now that the rebellion has arisen, it is imperative that Your Majesty write an edict of repentance in order to appease the people.
Two days later, someone accidentally broke into the alchemy room and saw many injured children. Only then did they realize that the pills that His Majesty took every day were made from children's blood.
Li Chen was furious. Was his palace leaking like a sieve? How could he be discovered so easily when doing something bad?
As soon as the eunuch was asked to call the Taoist priest, he was informed that he had been running for a long distance.
Li Chen was furious and wanted to kill Xie Yunzheng because it was all his fault.
The chief eunuch tried his best to stop him. Right now, the Xie family was suppressing a rebellion, half of which was to help Xie Yun get rid of the charges. If he was killed now, Xie family's army might turn into rebels.
Li Chen forced himself to calm down. He had already made up his mind. If he didn't kill him now, he would not abide by the agreement after the rebellion was quelled.
Xie Yunzheng is doomed to be killed!
At this time, Xie Yunzhao had already arrived at the fourth city. The Third Prince now had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and they were at the gates of the city.
Xie Yunzhao stood on the city gate, looking at the people below the city gate, as if meeting an old friend, and asked with a smile: "Third Prince, how are you?"
"Xie Er, I didn't expect that it would be you who came to quell the rebellion. Where is your eldest brother, Prince Xie?" The Third Prince raised his head, his face fearless.
Cong Wu and others behind him laughed out loud: "Hahaha, Your Majesty, Prince Xie is a treacherous minister, how could he possibly come?"
"Is this kind of emperor worthy of your Xie family army's loyalty? Drinking the blood of children and snatching the wives of his subjects?"
“I don’t know now, what kind of king is the one that our Duke of Lu’s Mansion is trying so hard to protect?” Xie Yunzhao’s aura dropped as he spoke.
Behind him, Deputy General Pei, several young generals, Lu Ziqian, and the military supervisor sent by Li Chen all looked at Xie Yunzhao in surprise.
Does he... agree with the Third Prince's words?
Lu Ziqian glanced at them, then walked forward and shouted angrily at the city: "Your Majesty's affairs will be decided by the court, but the Third Prince's rebellion is wrong. Why don't you put down your weapons and surrender quickly?"
The Third Prince sneered: "You are willing to be loyal to this incompetent emperor Li Chen. If you think these crimes are nothing, I would like to ask if the crime of treason is a big one!!!"
"Don't make any false accusations..."
"Someone, open the box!"
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In the evening, in the study of Chaohui Courtyard in the Mansion of Duke Lu.
There was no candle in the room, and the man sat with his forehead propped up.
Squeak——
"Master, Jinzhi's body is covered with ulcers, and it is difficult to heal even with medicine. She has already... died. Before she died, she kept calling for the princess to save her."
"Has there been any news from the Princess's Mansion?"
"No, the death notice has not been delivered yet."
"Got it, get out now."
Chiyu retreated and looked back worriedly. The princess seemed to be thinking deeply. He felt vaguely that his master and Jinzhi... had guessed wrong.
Xie Yunzheng thought back from the beginning, and remembered that on the day she fell into the water, she would never marry him no matter what, even though he had said many times that he didn't care.
Then she married Xie Yunzhao, opened her own residence, had a horse farm, a treasury, and a navy...
Li Shuang, it was she who suggested that he take her as a concubine.
Jin Zhi, it was she who asked me to take good care of her.
She didn't mind taking a concubine, but she never let Xie Yunzhao take a concubine.
Why did she fall into the water that day?
......
Early the next morning, after releasing the pigeon, Shen Shurong went to find Duke Lu.
The Duke of Lu is still waiting for 50,000 troops from the south to enter the capital. He has nothing to do these days and he doesn't need to keep an eye on the construction site.
"Yongjia, do you want to see your father for something?"
"Yes." Shen Shurong bowed slightly: "Dad, I just received news that the Taoist priest ran away, and His Majesty intends to kill my eldest brother."
"What? Yun Zhao hasn't come back yet. How can Your Majesty not keep his word?"
"Dad, this matter is not the most important. He knows that Yun Zhao is suppressing the rebellion and will not touch my brother for a while."
"What could be more serious?" Duke Lu looked anxious.
"Dad, Yun Zhao has already led the army back and should be able to enter the capital in a few days."
Duke Lu was extremely surprised: "Really? My son put down the rebellion so quickly?"
Shen Shurong did not answer this question, but only said his own business: "Yongjia has something to ask. After the Xie family army enters the city, please ask Dad to let them surround the Princess's Mansion."
"What do you mean?" Yun Zhao had made a great contribution and Duke Lu was very happy. How could he not understand what his second daughter-in-law said?
"My grandparents, as well as my father, mother, and brother, will soon come to live in the Princess's Mansion."
Why do they all come to live here? It’s not necessary to mobilize 50,000 soldiers to guard it, right?
"Yongjia, tell Dad the truth, what happened?"
The corners of Shen Shurong's mouth curled up, and his tone was incredibly proud: "Dad, your son has rebelled!"
What? ? ?
Duke of Lu: The world is spinning...
He was so stupid, why did he believe this unreliable son!
Duke Lu was terribly frightened and dared not wait any longer, as his family's lives were the most important.
He led a team of people out of the city to meet the Xie family army coming from the south.
As soon as he left, Chen Shurong began to arrange people to send his grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, mother-in-law and children out of Beijing.
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