Chapter 324 The Entire Family Was Executed
The celebration banquet for the Duke of Zhenguo was scheduled for the beginning of winter.
Three days before the beginning of winter, all nine clans of the Taifu Mansion were sentenced to beheading.
When the people learned about what Li Huaijing and Yun Wantang had done in Wengzhou, they all applauded. On the day of the beheading, all the people in the city gathered at the Meridian Gate to watch the execution. Many people who had been harmed by the Awakening Incense even brought rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.
As soon as the prison van appeared, everyone rushed forward excitedly, smashing things and cursing. Everyone in the Taifu Mansion huddled together, unable to raise their heads.
If it weren't for the officials from the Dali Temple maintaining order, they would probably have been beaten to death by the onlookers before they could even reach the execution ground.
Yun Wantang was in a prison van with her two children. The two children were frightened by the scene and burst into tears. Yun Wantang did not protect them, but only loudly defended herself: "I am just an ignorant woman in the harem. I didn't know my husband had made a deal with the Yuexi people, and I didn't know that Xiang would harm people like this. I am innocent."
Yun Wantang blamed everything on Li Huaijing, and kept emphasizing that she was innocent and weak.
However, the government had already posted a notice, and people didn't buy her tricks at all.
"Bah! Two different people can sleep in the same bed. You and your husband are both black-hearted. If you hadn't made money through dirty means, how could you have bought land in Wengzhou to grow forget-me-nots? How could the Taifu Mansion be so prosperous and extravagant? And you still dare to cry out for injustice? You are so shameless!"
"Maybe everyone doesn't know this yet, but the Fifth Lady of the Imperial Tutor's Mansion relies on her beauty to flirt with men everywhere, pretending to be noble and noble, as if she looks down on everyone. But she secretly spreads rumors that the Prince Consort is interested in her, smearing the Princess. She's a slut who acts both a shrew and a scoundrel!"
"And these two children weren't her biological children. To maintain her figure, she deliberately sent her maidservant who came with her as a dowry to her husband's bed. After the maidservant gave birth, she abducted the mother and kept the child, thus killing two people."
Whether in Wengzhou or Hanjing, too many people were poisoned. The image that Yun Wantang had tried so hard to maintain collapsed, and all the shameful secrets were revealed.
People no longer envy her for her loving relationship with her husband, her two children, and her youthful beauty, but instead despise her for her hypocrisy and vicious heart.
The insults were so loud that Yun Wantang couldn't even defend herself and was nailed to the pillar of shame.
The onlookers were so excited that the prison van was stuck for a long time before it arrived at the execution ground. When they got out of the van, everyone was covered in rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, looking extremely miserable.
The Taifu Mansion is very prosperous, and there are hundreds of people to be beheaded this time. The execution platform cannot accommodate so many people, so the execution can only be carried out in batches.
Yun Wantang and Li Huaijing were naturally in the first group.
After being forced to kneel down, Yun Wantang continued to cry out for justice.
Her voice was hoarse but she spoke very quickly. She kept making excuses for herself, hoping to get a chance to survive.
Suddenly, she saw the Wei family's servant in the crowd.
"Sister! I really don't know anything. Our sisterly relationship has remained unchanged for many years. If I knew this matter was so terrible, I would never have involved Ze'er. Sister, Ze'er and I are both innocent!"
Yun Wantang shouted until she was hoarse, her shoulders trembling and tears falling.
In the carriage, Yun had already cried until all her tears dried up. She listened expressionlessly, feeling as if her heart was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and even breathing hurt.
The Dali Temple posted a notice, and with witnesses and evidence in hand, she no longer dared to guarantee that she understood her sister.
She came here today not to collect Yun Wantang's body out of sisterly love, but she just couldn't understand why her Ze'er was involved in this matter.
Even if Ze'er didn't seize the opportunity of winter hunting to resume his job, even if he severed his relationship with the Xiao family and disappointed everyone in the Wei family, he was still so young and had plenty of time and opportunities to cheer up. How could he die like this?
His Majesty was furious about the incident with the incense. Although Ze'er's body was sent back, it was not properly preserved.
Wengzhou is so far away from Hanjing that when Ze'er got home, the body had already smelled bad.
What’s even more terrifying is that his body is covered with wounds, and the wound on his neck is extremely hideous.
Yun couldn't imagine how much pain her son had endured before his death.
She found the best corpse collector in Hanjing, but no matter how skilled the corpse collector was, he could not cover up the wound on Ze'er's neck.
These days everyone was celebrating Wengzhou's victory, except Yun, who couldn't sleep at night.
As soon as she closed her eyes, she could hear Ze'er crying out in pain.
The Yun family didn't believe a single word Yun Wantang said now.
The couple bought land in Wengzhou to grow forget-me-nots, and then made some incense and sold it to Hanjing through King Ying for huge profits. It was impossible for Yun Wantang not to know about this.
But she did not warn Ze'er, and let Ze'er go to Wengzhou with Li Jixian. It was obvious that she wanted to drag the Wei family into the water.
But she didn't expect that the matter would be exposed so quickly, and she didn't expect that Xuanyuan Lang would set up such a big plan.
Yun Wantang, damn it!
Yun lifted the car curtain and stared at Yun Wantang.
Seeing her, Yun Wantang became more and more excited. However, it was almost noon at this time, so the executioner had someone cover Yun Wantang's mouth and began to read the imperial edict.
In addition to the matter of the Soul-Stirring Incense, the Taifu Mansion also intervened in the previous Xuzhou corruption case, and punished multiple crimes at the same time. Everyone present was not innocent.
Soon, the executioner was in place.
As Yun Wantang struggled unwillingly, the big knife fell steadily, and bright red blood spilled all over the ground.
During the entire process, Yun didn't even blink.
She watched with her own eyes as the sister she had loved for half her life was beheaded.
She didn't feel any pain at all, she just felt extremely happy.
The culprit who killed Ze'er is dead.
But... that's not enough.
She had to let Cao Chunxi go down to be buried with Ze'er.
It was Cao Chunxi who insisted on leaving the Wei family, disturbing Ze'er's mind. It was also Cao Chunxi who deliberately instigated discord and instigated He'er to divorce Ze'er.
It was Cao Chunxi who whispered in Shen Qingyuan's ear, causing him to deliberately target Ze'er, stealing Ze'er's limelight during the winter hunt and making Ze'er a laughing stock.
Ze'er suffered a series of blows, which led to him being addicted to the ecstasy fragrance in a moment of confusion.
Cao Chunxi is also the murderer of Ze'er!
Halfway through the execution, the onlookers were nauseated by the smell of blood in the air. Yun didn't want to watch any more and ordered the coachman to leave.
When she returned home and just entered the main courtyard, Yun saw Wei's father.
Having lost his son in middle age and also having his position as the head of the family taken away, Wei's father suffered a blow no less severe than Yun's. In just a few days, his black hair had turned gray, and his waist, which had been straight for most of his life, became hunched, as if all his energy had been drained away in an instant.
Yun's heart was still as cold as ice. She didn't even bother to call her husband. She just asked calmly, "What are you doing here?"
After Wei Lingze's body was sent back, Wei's father was deeply shocked. After he came to his senses, he began to blame Yun for not taking good care of his son and threatened to divorce Yun. This time, Yun did not allow Wei's father to blame him. Instead, she lost her dignity, screamed and rushed towards Wei's father, scratching his face.
If she is not a good mother, is Wei's father a good father?
Father Wei didn't want to argue with Yun, so he sighed and asked, "There have been a lot of rumors in the city recently. Did you spread them?"
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