Chapter 53 The Prince Forgives

"Who said that the affairs of the Wei family are trivial matters?" A hearty male voice came over.

Wei Duan and his wife were both startled, and looked in the direction of the voice. The voice came from the carriage behind.

"Who said that the emperor would not care about the affairs of the Wei family?" The male voice continued.

Immediately afterwards, a young man in a silver-white satin robe jumped down from the carriage. It was the prince who was ordered to announce the decree.

Wei Duan and Wang quickly took a look at the prince, and seeing that he was still young, they looked down on him.

"Hey, where did this ignorant young boy come from? You are not allowed to talk nonsense in front of the Wei family!" Wang was arrogant, and her tone was threatening.

"Go, go, go! Where are you from? How dare you park your carriage in front of our Wei Mansion? Do you know the origin of our Wei family?" Wei Duan's butler shouted loudly.

While scolding, he also tried to drive him away.

"How dare you! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, who dares to be rude!" The Crown Prince's entourage jumped off the horse and shouted.

At the same time as this shout came out, two guards had already jumped in front of the butler, drew their swords and blocked them in front of him.

Because the Crown Prince always liked to do things himself, he didn't wait for his entourage to open the curtain for him, but jumped off the carriage first. Wei Duan and his wife didn't notice his entourage, and mistakenly thought he was just an ordinary rich family's young master.

"Oh!" The butler was startled, his legs went soft and he fell to the ground.

"What...what...His Royal Highness?" Wei Duan stammered, staring at the prince blankly.

"What are you still standing there for? His Royal Highness has arrived, and you still don't kneel down and pay your respects?! Don't officials even know this little bit of etiquette?" The prince's entourage stepped forward and said sharply. "

Brother, sister-in-law, please pay your respects to the prince." Wei Han advised gently.

"Ah?! Is he really...the prince?!" Wei Duan said in a difficult tone.

Wei Sanchuan nodded to them heavily: "Uncle, aunt, how dare we talk nonsense, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just came from the palace with us."

"Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince! I didn't recognize Mount Tai."

"Please forgive me, Your Highness the Crown Prince, my eyes are dim and I didn't recognize the Crown Prince."

Wei Duan and his wife knelt on the ground in a hurry, begging for mercy while knocking their heads loudly.

Wei Duan's housekeeper was so scared that he was paralyzed on the ground, and a foul-smelling liquid flowed out of his trousers and feet.

The servants who had just followed Wei Duan and his wife also knelt down and buried their heads.

Seeing this, Wei Han's three ancestors and grandchildren also knelt on the ground. However, they were just pretending, with their upper bodies straight, looking around leisurely, with an expression of eating melons.

The prince leisurely watched the old couple kowtow in the street, and did not ask them to stand up.

The prince had already heard Xia Zhengqi's brief account of the Wei family, and hated the actions of the Wei family members. When he saw the head and wife of the Wei family, he wanted to vent his anger for Wei Mingyuan.

"As officials, you should know etiquette, but you dare to allow evil slaves to offend His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Fei Hong, the follower beside the prince, stood beside the prince with an imposing manner and said loudly.

The mansions of Wei Han and Wei Duan are located in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital. The road in front of the mansion is wide, and there are many shops and restaurants nearby. There are pedestrians coming and going all day long.

Everyone saw the commotion in front of the Wei family's mansion, and they all ran over to see the excitement.

The prince's entourage saw that their master was looking at Wei Duan and his wife kowtowed meaningfully, and they tactfully did not stop the onlookers.

"Today, I came to your Wei family to read the imperial edict on the order of the emperor." The prince said slowly, his tone calm. "

So, Wei family head, clan head's wife, do you think that the emperor will care about the affairs of the Wei family?" After saying this, a sarcastic smile appeared on the prince's face.

"Of course, of course. The emperor is a wise ruler of Daxia, so he will naturally care about his people!" Wei Duan answered loudly while kowtowing.

"Okay, don't kowtow yet. I haven't read out the edict yet." The prince glanced at Wei Duan and his wife.

"Please ask Elder Wei and the head of the Wei family to call out all the relatives in their respective houses to receive the edict."

"From my point of view, there must be a lot of people in your houses. The place in front of the door is very spacious, just suitable for kneeling and receiving the edict." After the prince finished speaking, a trace of barely perceptible pride appeared between his eyebrows.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wei Duan hurriedly agreed, turned around and told the servants to pass the message to the house.

"Oh, the emperor has issued an imperial edict to the Wei family!"

The crowd watching around talked about it.

"Are they going to confiscate their property?"

"I heard that the son-in-law of the Wei family, who is the minister, was just sentenced to beheading and his property was confiscated. Maybe he was implicated."

Soon, the main relatives of Wei Han and Wei Duan all came to the front of the mansion and knelt down.

The prince stood in front of them with a majestic manner, unfolded the imperial edict, and read it aloud. After

reading it, all the Wei family members opened their mouths in shock, and kowtowed to express their gratitude, trying to suppress their emotions.

Especially Wei Duan and his wife, their eyes were wide open, and they secretly turned their heads to glance at Wei Mingyuan with an expression of disbelief.

Wei Mingyuan stood up and calmly took the imperial edict from the prince.

Then, the attendant brought out four trays, three of which were made of silver, and the other tray contained a jade pendant.

The prince took the jade pendant from the tray and tied it around Wei Mingyuan's waist. He said calmly, "This is a gift from the emperor to you in recognition of your loyalty and filial piety. This is the jade pendant he wore before."

Wei Mingyuan's eyes turned red, and he tried hard to hold back his tears and thanked him again.

"Oh, the grandson of the Wei family was even rewarded by the emperor!" "

The emperor gave him a title and sent him to study in the Great Hall. My God, isn't he like the emperor's adopted son?"

The common people were talking about it.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd took the lead in applauding and shouting, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Someone else shouted, "Wei Mingyuan vindicated his mother and sacrificed his own relatives for the greater good. He is truly a role model for Da Xia!"

"He is the pride of our Da Xia!"

"Wei Mingyuan is a loyal and righteous man!"

The onlookers were excited, and more and more people shouted Wei Mingyuan's name.

The three of Wei Han's ancestors were all smiling with pride.

Wei Duan and his wife raised their heads in fear, their faces turning pale and blue, their lips trembling, and their foreheads were red and swollen from knocking too hard.

The deafening shouts of "Wei Mingyuan is loyal and righteous" and "Your Majesty is wise" were like thunderbolts hitting Wei Duan and his wife.

The prince turned to face the crowd, waved his hand, signaling the people to be quiet, and said indifferently: "The edict has been read. As for your attitude towards Wei Mingyuan in the future, you have to consider it carefully."

"In the future, he will go to the main hall every day to study with the princes, and it will be common for him to meet the emperor."

"If you do the same as before, it will be easy for him to tell the prince or the emperor."

Wei Duan pretended to be calm and said: "Your Highness misunderstood, this old minister and my family have never done anything rude to Liu...oh Wei Mingyuan."

"He is the child of my niece, and I will naturally treat him very well. He is our own child."

"Hahaha!" The prince laughed contemptuously.

"Head of the Wei family, I really admire your courage. You have always been very good to him, so what happened to his injuries?"

"Could it be that he was scratched by a cat?"

The Wei Duan couple trembled like sieves: "Your Highness, please calm down, Your Highness, please calm down!"