Chapter 950 Unbelievable
The Song family members wanted to shake their heads to deny it, but the neighbors were standing right beside them and watching, so they couldn't deny it even if they wanted to.
In the end, the Song family was sealed off and all the members of the Song family were taken back to Jingzhao Prefecture for interrogation.
When Heng Yu, the head of the Heng family, heard about this, he smiled on his wrinkled face and said, "I knew it would be like this."
When he went to attend the secret meeting hosted by Wang Gan and Prince of Jing County, Wang Gan attempted to incite everyone to overthrow the emperor and support Prince of Jing County as the new emperor. The head of the Song family was the first to stand up and express his support.
It was obvious that the Song family had already been bribed by Wang Gan.
They deliberately sang in unison and acted together.
Now the Wang family's house has been burned down, Wang Gan's whereabouts are unknown, Jingxian Wang has been executed, and the entire rebellion plan has been exposed.
As Wang Gan’s accomplice, the Song family naturally could not escape either.
The fact was indeed as Heng Yu had expected. After investigation and interrogation by Jingzhao Prefecture, it was found that the Song family was in cahoots with Wang Gan and had participated in treason and rebellion.
As for Song Jie and the other man who committed suicide in prison, they were actually assigned by Wang Gan to assist Yu Jiu in kidnapping the imperial concubine.
Just when the plan seemed to be about to succeed, three Cheng Yaojins showed up unexpectedly and ruined the plan.
After Song Jie and his companion were arrested, they were afraid of implicating their families, so they had to commit suicide first, hoping that there would be no evidence against them.
Unfortunately, they thought too simply.
Even if they died, the Song family still couldn't escape the disaster.
The case was transferred from Jingzhao Prefecture to the Ministry of Justice, which then cooperated with the Dali Temple, and the Song family was quickly convicted of treason.
The head of the Song family and his entire direct lineage were executed, and the collateral lineage was exiled to the border and was never allowed to return to Beijing.
After the Wang family was wiped out, the Song family also collapsed.
The people of the two families were gone, but the fields and properties under their names were still there. According to the old rules, all these things were confiscated, half of them went to the Shaofu and the other half to the national treasury.
In just over ten days, two aristocratic families disappeared one after another in Shengjing City, which made the other aristocratic families tremble in fear.
At the beginning, the Song family was not the only family that accepted Wang Gan's instigation and agreed to join the rebellion. Other families also took part.
Because of Hengyu's help in secretly reporting, Luo Qinghan could very accurately pick out those aristocratic families one by one and start settling the scores.
Several more aristocratic families were liquidated one after another.
All the officials in the court who were involved with them were also dismissed and investigated.
The rebellion planned by Wang Gan did not cause much harm to the emperor, but instead gave the emperor an excellent reason to suppress the aristocratic families.
There are people in these noble families who don't want to rebel, but the emperor holds all the power, and anyone who dares to resist will only die a more miserable death.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is here in a blink of an eye.
As usual, a Mid-Autumn family dinner was held in the palace.
The Empress Dowager is still living in the Taimiao, and it is unknown when she will return.
The emperor and the imperial concubine sat at the top, drinking and eating while watching the show.
The concubines sat on both sides.
Now, the high-ranking concubines have either died or left, and the only ones left are talented women and beloved men.
Among these talented and good ladies, some followed from the Eastern Palace, while others were later selected by the Empress Dowager to enter the palace.
There are many young and beautiful ones among them, such as Yan Cairen.
Yan Cairen's appearance can be said to be the most outstanding in the harem.
In the past there was a Concubine Min who was equally as popular as her.
Now that Concubine Min is gone, Concubine Yan has naturally become the most eye-catching among the concubines present.
With such a stunning appearance, Yan Cairen was naturally unwilling to be just a small talent.
But what can I do if I am unwilling?
Even Concubine Jing and Concubine Lao were defeated one after another. What could she, a mere talent, do?
Thinking of this, Concubine Yan couldn't help but look up at the imperial concubine sitting at the top.
The number of concubines in the palace decreased one by one, but the imperial concubine always sat beside the emperor, and her position was as solid as a rock.
Concubine Yan felt that the imperial concubine was like a mountain, standing in front of her. As long as this mountain existed, she could not move forward.
Xiao Xixi, who was eating crabs, noticed someone was looking at her. She raised her head and looked back, and happened to meet Yan Cairen's gaze.
Yan Cairen's heartbeat quickened a little.
But she smiled calmly, looking gentle and beautiful.
Luo Qinghan put the peeled crab meat into Xiao Xixi's bowl, then took the hot towel from Eunuch Chang and wiped his hands.
Xiao Xixi quickly ate up all the crab meat in the bowl.
She wanted to get another crab, but was stopped by Luo Qinghan.
Luo Qinghan: "Crabs are cold in nature, you can't eat too much."
Xiao Xixi: "It's okay, I'll drink some more wine later. The strong nature of the wine can just neutralize it with the crab meat."
Luo Qinghan sneered: "With your current physical condition, you still dare to drink? Are you trying to save your life?"
Xiao Xixi pouted: "Big Brother has found a prescription to repair the meridians. I just need to wait for the last ingredient to arrive, and my internal injuries will be healed."
Thanks to Old Wang, Fang Wujiu found a secret recipe for repairing meridians in the library. However, there was an ingredient in the secret recipe called Haishenghua, which was extremely rare and could only be found near the sea.
Luo Qinghan has sent a message to Luo Yechen, asking him to help find the sea flower.
In addition to the sea flower, the other medicinal herbs mentioned in the secret recipe are also very precious, but they are all in stock in the Imperial Hospital, so there is no need to worry.
Now everything is ready, except for the sea flowers.
Luo Qinghan ignored Xiao Xixi's protest and ordered people to take away all the crabs on the table, leaving only some light and delicious dishes.
Xiao Xixi glared at him angrily.
"You are too bossy."
Luo Qinghan filled a bowl of fish soup, placed it in front of her, and replied indifferently.
"You'll just have to get used to it."
Xiao Xixi: “…”
What kind of straight man statement is this?!
Luo Qinghan: "You keep looking at me like this, do you want me to feed you soup?"
Xiao Xixi didn't want to be fed in front of so many people at all. That was too embarrassing!
She immediately picked up the bowl and drank the whole bowl of fish soup in gulps.
Luo Qinghan: "Do you want more?"
Xiao Xixi pushed the empty bowl over and replied with one word with confidence.
"want!"
Everyone present watched helplessly as the emperor first peeled crabs for the imperial concubine and then served her soup. It felt like sleepwalking, so unreal!
If an ordinary person were served like this by the emperor, even if he wasn't scared to death, he would still be terrified and dare not accept it.
But the imperial concubine adapted well and behaved very naturally.
It was as if she was often served like this by the emperor.
It's unbelievable!
The show on the stage was still going on. The dancers were dancing gracefully, their skirts fluttering up and down with their movements, like a group of beautiful butterflies flapping their wings, which was very pleasing to the eye.
In previous years, concubines would perform on stage during the Mid-Autumn family banquet, but this year no one took the lead.
All the concubines sat obediently in the audience.
(End of this chapter)
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