Chapter 226 Love and Protection

After being married for many years, she knew what he wanted to do even if he didn't say it.

But no, you can’t send it.

The prince patiently explained to her: "Father is unwilling to punish these people because he is afraid that the people will think that the court is full of corrupt officials, and the people's restlessness will easily lead to rebellions in various places, threatening the imperial power. But you see now, the people don't think so, they believe that the court can give them justice."

The Crown Princess said with red eyes: "But they trust you, Your Highness, not the court."

"I am the crown prince. If you trust me, you trust the court." The crown prince held her hand and said, "Qingrong, trust me. I can handle this matter well."

The Crown Princess shook her head, her voice tinged with tears: "No, Your Highness, once you return justice to the people, you will surely win their hearts. But whether it is the Emperor who is in his prime, or those twenty or so brothers who are hoping that something bad will happen to you, they don't want to see this situation."

The prince was silent for a long while before he said, "I know they all hope I die. But my father won't do that. I have been doing these things before he appointed me as the crown prince."

The Crown Princess could no longer bear it and yelled, "What about the poison in your body? Who had the patience to poison you for nine years? Didn't they want to slowly kill you?"

The prince moved his lips and said, "It's Luo Jingfeng, he hates me..."

The Crown Princess was emotional: "It can't be him. The Luo family is extremely powerful. If he hates you, he can take your life at any time, and he won't drag you down like this. Your Highness, your health has just improved not long ago. If it continues to get worse because of this incident, you will die, you will really die."

The prince said calmly: "Qingrong, you think too much. These two things are not related at all. I believe in my father. He is working hard to create a prosperous world just like me."

The Crown Princess cried, "But what if? What if the poison becomes more potent after this? Your Highness, I really can't find where they put the poison, I can't stop it..."

The prince gently held her in his arms and soothed her, "Be optimistic. You see, things are moving in a positive direction. I was ready to release Zhai Li, but the people gave me hope. This shows that God is watching, and he doesn't want the bad people in this world to continue to do evil."

"Your Highness..." The Crown Princess burst into tears.

She thought she was omnipotent, but in the six years she had been with the prince, there were too many things she could not do. She could not cure his poison, nor could she stop the seemingly docile but actually stubborn young man, just like when he refused to marry her.

The prince let her go, wiped her tears and said softly: "In the past few days in the government office, I have seen and heard too many miserable experiences of girls, and also saw the ugly faces of those corrupt officials. As you said, if everyone weighs the pros and cons for self-preservation, if I don't seek justice for them, who else can do this? I am the prince, and it is my duty to serve the people, and it is also something I am willing to do."

The Crown Princess' tears flowed even more violently.

Yes, that's the kind of person he is, that's why she married him without hesitation. Her original intention was to protect him, not to make him become like other people.

The Crown Princess trembled her lips and loosened her hand. The letter fell to the ground with a plop.

After the prince left, she told the guards, "From now on, strictly check all personnel changes and dietary changes in the East Palace. Anyone who is suspicious should be reported to me immediately."

"yes."

Three days later, the truth came to light.

All the innocent girls were sent home, and the prince tracked down all the officials involved in the case. With the emperor's approval, some were dismissed from their posts, some were stripped of their titles, and some had their property confiscated.

The twenty-five serious criminals were each sentenced to 200 military sticks. Three died on the spot and eight became disabled for the rest of their lives.

In order to appease public anger, Zhai Li and twelve other death row prisoners were paraded through the streets of Dongshi and publicly executed on the same day.

Far away from the Marquis's Mansion.

Tong Ya has been released for two days and lives with Baili Weihong. Everyone in the mansion is very nice to her, but she still wants to see her mother more. Brother Wenxiu said that things are too chaotic recently and it is not good to involve the grandfather's family, so he asked her to wait patiently for a while in the mansion.

The first thing the little devil did every morning when he woke up was to ask how the prince was doing. After hearing Shunzi say that he was fine, he felt relieved and continued to go to the study to study. However, since this incident was caused by them, the children kept a close eye on the outside world until today.

"I want to go to the East Market to watch them being executed!"

"I want to go too! I'm going to bring a basket of eggs and smash them to death!"

"And cabbage leaves!"

"Then I'd better bring wood. It hurts but it doesn't waste the ingredients."

“…”

Xu Wan coughed and stood in front of him: "Let's make it clear first, we will only watch it on the way to the East Market, and come back immediately after arriving at the execution ground. No one is allowed to watch such a bloody scene."

The little devil was the first to be dissatisfied: "Ah? Why? It's too overbearing and unreasonable. It's so satisfying to see the evildoers being executed!"

Xu Wan said with a wooden face: "No, I won't let you see it."

The little devil glared at her resentfully, but still pouted obediently: "If you don't want to look, then don't look. Then I'll hit them a few more times later. Bu Yan, Bu Yan, you have a good aim, and you will hit Zhai Li's mouth later, and see if he dares to speak so rudely in the future."

Humph, Zong Jincheng still remembers clearly the way he threatened the prince that night.

Bad guy, retribution has come!

Bu Yan did not complain about the job and could not help but reply, "He can't be rude after 15:30."

The little devil nodded vigorously: "So we have to hit it a few more times while its mouth is still there. Oh no, the wood is still too light, otherwise we should prepare some stones, iron eggs or something like that?"

Without saying: “…”

Why are you here to fight?

Xu Wan patted his shoulder and reminded him, "Don't be too wild. There are civilians on both sides of the road. Hard weapons can easily hurt innocent people."

"Ah?" the little devil said coquettishly, "It's really not fun. If only there was a weapon that was very hard and could stop him from moving after hitting him, and it could also make him feel very painful, but it wouldn't hurt other people."

Xu Wan: “…”

You know what, there really is a future.

But not here.

There was still a morning left before noon, and several children were packing up their things at home, preparing various toys to throw at people, so that they could go and vent their anger.

But unexpectedly, before setting off, someone from the Ouchi came to the door.

"Greetings to you, Eunuch Huang. I'm sorry for not coming in to greet you. Please come in." The old marquis came forward and spoke to him. He was the emperor's personal steward and held a very high status.

Eunuch Huang walked forward with a smile: "You are so lucky, my Lord. We are not here for you today."

"Oh? Did the emperor give any instructions?" asked the old marquis.

When Eunuch Huang entered the house and saw that everyone in the mansion had arrived, he only stared at the children. After looking around, he still couldn't determine which one it was, so he asked, "My Lord, which one of these is from your eldest son's room?"