Chapter 194 Vengeance is Revenge
"Duke Zheng's youngest son Zheng Jie."
"Humph, he even knew to leave a descendant for himself. I am not the kind of person who would kill them all. Let's hunt him down."
"Yes."
"Zheng Zigang, you have committed a heinous crime that no student in the world can tolerate. As the principal offender, you shall be executed immediately, and the title of the Zheng family shall be revoked. For those who did not participate, males over the age of twelve shall be exiled to the northwest to do hard labor, and those under the age of twelve shall be exiled with their female relatives to Ganyun City, 1,500 miles away, to do weaving. Those who participated shall be sentenced according to the law."
"Yes." Cao Zhongliang hesitated and asked again, "Your Majesty, will the two disabled people in the Zheng family be exiled as well?"
Cao Zhongliang was testing the emperor. If the two cripples were exiled together, then there would be no question of life or death.
If they are not together, it means that the emperor does not want to kill them all, and he must leave some dignity for the second prince.
Yun Hongxiao also understood what Cao Zhongliang meant.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Send him to the teaching department in the capital to learn to play the piano and accompany the dancers."
This job is most suitable for them. They can support themselves and they don't have to die. But they have to look at other people's faces for a long time.
"Yes." Cao Zhongliang understood it as soon as he heard it.
It seems that the emperor still cares about the second prince.
Yes, the emperor has only four sons so far, and only two of them are about to reach adulthood. The fourth prince is a special existence, and the seventh prince is only four years old.
After Cao Zhongliang left, Yun Hongxiao wandered back and forth in the study for a while, and sighed again.
"Eunuch Yuan, go call in the second son and his mother."
"Yes."
Zheng He limped in with Yun Ransheng's support.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, father."
The two of them knelt down tremblingly. They
had been kneeling outside for too long, and their movements were very stiff.
But Yun Hongxiao did not ask them to stand up immediately.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to spare my father. He knows he was wrong. He must have been blinded by the people below, and that's why he made the mistake." Zheng He was still looking for excuses to shirk responsibility.
"Father, I am guilty. I failed to stop my grandfather. Everything is my fault. I hope you will be lenient with me because he has been doing this for me. I am your biological son. I will be filial to you in the future." Yun Ransheng was still clear-headed at this time and wanted to play the kinship card.
"Empress Zheng, are you confused by your anxiety? Do you think you can stop the students from talking without paying a price?" Yun Hongxiao looked at the pitiful Zheng He and said slowly.
"Your Majesty, that was my father who gave birth to me and raised me for sixteen years. How could I watch him die and remain indifferent? Your Majesty, spare his life, and I will do anything you ask me to do." "Father
, spare my grandfather's life, and I am willing to be punished." Yun Ransheng knelt in front of Yun Hongxiao.
"You and your son are indeed wrong. You don't think about the people, but only about yourself. Considering that Sheng'er still knows family affection, you will be punished to continue to reflect on your mistakes in your mansion for two months. Think carefully about what you should do in the future. You are the prince of Yanyan, so you should think more about the people, instead of thinking about the chair under my seat all day long."
Yun Hongxiao said it quite bluntly.
"Zheng He, you have been in the palace for many years. It's not that I don't know the tricks you use, but I thought that the empress is also a smart person, so I turned a blind eye to them.
As long as you don't make any big mistakes, it's up to you. After all, you have given me a son.
But this time, Zheng Zigang ignored the rules of the court, harmed students, and caused many people to break the law. He has committed an unforgivable crime. It
will be difficult to appease the people's anger if he is not executed. Blame your own ambition.
Zheng He will be demoted from concubine to imperial concubine. You must reflect on your mistakes in your palace for a year and are not allowed to leave the palace without my permission.
Sheng'er can visit your mother every half a month.
Go. Reflect on your mistakes."
Yun Hongxiao waved his hand, and Eunuch Yuan tactfully called two palace maids in to take the people away, and arranged for people to guard Zhaoyang Palace.
Yun Ransheng was also sent back to the mansion by the palace guards.
Everything was settled.
Xie Wenyuan was specially approved by Yun Hongxiao to participate in the palace examination.
However, the other two students who had already died could only be given some financial consolation.
The Ministry of Rites arranged the condolences.
On the day when Zheng Zigang was beheaded, the Feng family was particularly happy.
In the evening,
Song Shuqing specifically ordered the kitchen to cook a few more dishes that the young ladies liked.
Someone was also sent to invite Feng Ruxue back to her parents' home.
Feng Yuanhao went to Yuan's house to invite his father-in-law and his family.
At the dinner table, everyone completely gave up eating without talking, because Feng Zuwen was so happy.
"Young lady, come, come into your father's arms." Feng Zuwen smiled and waved to Feng Tianxing.
Feng Tianxing originally sat between her mother and her aunt.
But seeing that her father was so excited, she got off the stool and ran over.
"Daddy."
Feng Tianxing was hugged by Feng Zuwen and sat on his lap.
"Daddy finally avenged my daughter." Feng Zuwen said this, blinking his eyes hard.
Several people in the Feng family couldn't help but wipe their tears with their hands.
And several people in the Yuan family didn't understand why.
"Old Yuan, do you know? My daughter is a deity descended from heaven. I am so lucky to have such a good daughter. If it weren't for her, my Feng family would have been destroyed.
She was replaced by my stepmother when she was born. It would have been fine if she had been raised by someone else. I wouldn't have been so heartbroken.
But she was strangled to death and thrown into the mountains to feed the wild animals.
Fortunately, she was not strangled to death.
But Zheng Zigang, that bastard, sent people to follow her. , picked her up, poisoned her, and let her be raised by his people. She was not fed enough all day long. The two-year-old baby started to do housework and was beaten if she didn't obey.
He kept my daughter so that he could use her to threaten me when he needed her one day. Old Yuan, when I think of the suffering my daughter has endured, I want to cut Zheng Zigang into pieces. "
Feng Zuwen finished speaking, and the tears of a big boss could not be controlled and rolled out of his eyes.
"Wuwu..." Feng Zuwen couldn't control his tears any more, "I didn't cry when my father died. After all, he died of old age. But my daughter made me so heartbroken that I cried. When she just came back, she was so thin that it made people tremble with pain just by looking at her."
Yuan Yinan put an arm on Feng Zuwen's shoulder and patted her again and again.
He didn't know what to say to comfort Feng Zuwen. As they all had daughters, he could understand.
Song Shuqing couldn't control her tears either, and Feng Ruxue did the same.
The two brothers Feng Yuanhao also had red eyes and tears.
Their sister is the best sister in the world.
"Daddy, I'm very happy now. My whole family loves me and has made up for what I lacked before." Feng Tianxing raised her hand and wiped Feng Zuwen's tears with her sleeve.
"Yes, we will all love you in the future." Feng Zuwen looked at Feng Tianxing and said seriously.
Today, the great revenge was taken, and the Feng family took revenge through the emperor.
Of course, he was asking for it, and the Feng family just exposed it to him.
"In the future, I will only love my sister." An abrupt voice sounded.
Everyone looked at the source of the voice, and it turned out to be Feng Yuanjie.
He and Feng Tianxing are both over five years old and know everything.
He can also understand what adults say, but it is unknown how much he can understand.
"Okay, Yuanjie, you have to remember what you said today.
This family has encountered so many problems because of you, so you must be filial to your father and mother in the future. They have never neglected you.
It's just that your sister has finally come back, so love her a little more."
Feng Ruxue took the opportunity to educate him.
"Yes, aunt. I know that I am not my parents' biological child. I am my second uncle's child, but my parents are very good to me. I will be filial to them in the future. My biological parents don't want me, so I don't want them either."
The child's words are sincere.