Xiao Lingdang finally understood why there was so much black energy rolling around Chu Yu when she first met him.
If it were her, she probably wouldn't be much better than him.
She hated him so much that she just wanted to go out and help him get revenge, but she knew that it would be most satisfying if she did it herself.
So she suppressed her anger and waited for Chu Yu to come back and clear his name personally.
The imperial edict only briefly stated the Qin family's crimes, but did not elaborate on the reasons.
Everything still needs to be settled.
Within two days, the situation in the capital changed drastically. Not only was Su Jingyao's status dismissed, but the Qin family was also brought down.
Not only that, Su Jingchen was also charged with treason and treason.
However, this imperial edict was not announced to the public, but only read out in the court, directly demoting Su Jingchen to a commoner and imprisoning him in the mansion for life.
All official positions of her maternal clan were removed, their property was confiscated, and even Concubine Ying was banished to the cold palace. Su Zhaohua was kept in solitary confinement forever until she got married.
This is simply a major reshuffle.
All the followers in the court who had connections with these two families were exiled, and demotion was the best outcome.
Su Daocheng did not show up, and all the imperial edicts were read out by Su Jingshuo. With Wang Chao as a witness, no one dared to question it.
However, Su Jingshuo was not idle either. Taking advantage of the many vacancies, he immediately discussed with his two royal brothers and promoted some truly talented people to higher positions.
For a moment, the court was completely transformed, and the changes were huge.
In this way, no matter which of the three brothers succeeds to the throne, there will be someone available.
Su Daocheng had no objection to this, but was very pleased with their behavior.
Because he could see that the three brothers were truly harmonious and were not just pretending.
At this point, it actually doesn’t matter who he chooses.
As long as the three brothers can continue to work together, he believes that there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome.
At least it was much better than when he was young. His only brother, Su Daoxiu, gradually became distant from him after he succeeded to the throne.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn't lonely. If Pei Huan hadn't been with him all the way, he would have collapsed long ago.
The third day was the day Qin Shuxiang was sentenced to beheading.
Early in the morning, many people gathered around the execution ground.
Whether they were there to watch the fun or had ulterior motives, there were quite a lot of people there.
However, just in case, Su Daocheng had already arranged for people to be on guard around the area, many in the open and even more in secret.
It would be fine if those people didn't take action, but if they did, they would never be able to return.
Xiao Lingling had also changed her appearance early and blended into the crowd. After all, she had heard that voice. As long as he came, as long as he spoke, she could immediately lock onto him.
The sun was getting higher and higher, and with so many people chatting and talking, time passed quickly.
It wasn't long before it was almost noon.
A group of people escorted Qin Shuxiang slowly towards the execution ground. For safety, several circles of people surrounded her, almost completely blocking her out.
Until he arrived on the stage, Qin Shuxiang was forced to kneel on the ground.
She looked sad and dazed, as if she didn't care where she was and didn't seem to see the people around her.
"Oh, is this the Concubine Xiang? She doesn't look that pretty."
"Come on, forget it. It's much better than you anyway. It just looks a little dirty. If it were really ugly, why would the emperor summon it to the palace?"
"That's true, but what good does it do? He's still going to be executed. Tsk."
"Alright, please calm down. Let's go back. Be careful not to see this and have nightmares tonight."
"What's the big deal? I see people killing chickens and fish every day and I'm not scared."
"Hey, how can killing a person be the same as killing a chicken? Hurry up and leave."
The two young men next to Xiao Lingdang pushed each other and tried to go out as if no one was around, but there were so many people there that they couldn't squeeze out at all.
They were not angry, but squeezed in the crowd, constantly shouting for people to make way.
Only Xiao Lingling saw it clearly. Every time the two men squeezed each other, they would quickly take the other's purse. Their movements were so fast that it would be impossible to notice if you didn't look closely.
Even those whose wallets were stolen were completely unaware.
However, the focus of Xiao Lingling's observation was not here, but that the two of them had intentionally or unintentionally touched hands with several people in the crowd several times.
It was just that the thing was a little small, and Xiao Lingling couldn't see clearly what it was, but she was very sure that it must be related to Qin Shuxiang.
After all, as long as they have Qin Shuxiang, they can still use tricks to turn black into white, so Qin Shuxiang is a very necessary witness.
Xiao Lingling kept an eye on their movements and began to follow the line of communication to try to find the key person.
But the crowd was so crowded that she couldn't get through it to see what was happening behind her.
In this case, she could only guard the inside tightly.
As time passed, Qin Shuxiang, who was carried up, lowered his head completely, as if he had given up struggling and the last glimmer of hope.
With the sound of a gong, the token on the platform was thrown down, "Time has come! Kill——"
Before he finished speaking, "stones" were thrown out from somewhere.
These "stones" all flew up to the platform, and then exploded one by one, and clouds of white powder floated everywhere, blown everywhere by the wind.
Soon, the executioner on the platform was the first to show signs of poisoning. He grabbed his neck tightly, suffocated, spat out a mouthful of black blood, and fell to the ground and died.
Qin Shuxiang was frightened by the sudden change and screamed, but she showed no signs of poisoning, even though she had the most poison in front of her.
The villagers who were originally watching scattered in fear, but several figures jumped out at once, rushing forward with long swords in hand to rescue people.
Xiao Lingling blended into the crowd, secretly pinched her fingers with her right hand, and summoned a gust of wind to blow all the medicine powder into the corner.
Soon, the people arranged by Su Daocheng rushed out together, and for a while the two groups fought in a group.
Qin Shuxiang is now both scared and excited. She knows that it must be her cousin coming to save her, it must be!
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