Chapter 197: Confiscation and Exile Control Group 3
After the eunuch following the imperial guards read out the imperial edict to confiscate property and exile, the imperial guards began to act.
The new emperor was not cruel, on the contrary he was quite merciful.
All families involved in the fight for the throne, unless they have been constantly making things difficult for the new emperor or have a mortal feud with him, will be sentenced to exile.
Some very capable people may be re-employed if there is an opportunity in the future!
The imperial guards searched every room in the general's mansion carefully, but there was nothing in the house!
The leader of the imperial guards shouted angrily, "Where are the things in the mansion? Where did you hide them?"
General Pei replied, "This is what I looked like when I woke up today!
Our entire house must have been drugged last night, and we don’t even know when someone entered the house!
If you hadn't come this morning, we would have gone to Jingzhao Prefecture to report the case!"
The leader of the imperial guards then asked the others, "What about you? Did you hear any noises last night?"
Everyone shook their heads and said they didn’t know!
"You better tell the truth."
The leader of the imperial guards saw that the Pei family members did not seem to be pretending, and that the second master of the Pei family's maternal family and uncle also held important positions in the court, so he did not dare to offend them too much!
He could only call a few imperial guards and ordered them sternly: "You guys, go down and find some servants to ask about the situation.
Everything in this mansion disappeared overnight, surely no one noticed something was wrong?!"
Then, he turned to the chief eunuch and said, "Eunuch, hurry back to the palace to report this to the emperor and see what he says about how to deal with it next!"
There was no other choice, the eunuch had to hurry back to the palace to report.
After listening to the old eunuch's report, the emperor was also full of doubts and touched his chin in thought.
This matter is indeed strange, but it should not be that the people in the general's mansion deliberately hid the things.
After all, he had not leaked any information about the order to confiscate the general's property this morning.
According to common sense, the General's Mansion should not be able to make preparations in advance!
However, the emperor still felt that this matter could not be taken lightly and that it had to be investigated!
Since someone was able to empty the general's mansion without anyone noticing, who knows if his national treasury will suffer someday!
The emperor did not alert the enemy and still followed the original plan, locking everyone in jail first, with men and women separated in different cells!
During these few days in prison, the prison kept sending people in, all from families who stood on the wrong side during the fight for the throne!
The prison has been extremely lively these days, with people crying out for injustice, cursing themselves for being implicated, and even two sisters-in-law fighting!
They were all taken care of by the prison boss!
In comparison, the cells on Pei's side are unusually quiet!
Except for the beginning, there was a period of chaos in the Pei family prison cell, and the old lady scolded them, and there was no more trouble after that!
There were only quiet sobs and silent tears.
That's the normal reaction over there when being exiled. They're a bit too calm here!
Pei Xinmei didn't cry or make a fuss because she had experienced it once and knew that crying and making a fuss was useless. In serious cases, it would even provoke the prison boss to whip her. It would be better for her to save her energy and use it on the road to exile!
Pei Xinlan didn't care. She had everything she needed anyway. If others didn't live well, she wouldn't either!
But on the surface, she still went with the flow, and like everyone else, she pretended to have a sad expression with no hope for her future life.
Ten days later, the prison boss came over with a pile of prison uniforms and threw them into the cells like garbage:
"Listen up, everyone! Put on your prison uniforms! You're leaving today! Move quickly! If you dawdle, you'll be whipped and suffer physical pain!"
Although there were no more fights in the neighboring cells these days, there was still constant noise and it never stopped.
Now that it’s time to really set off, there’s even more shouting and wailing!
The Pei family seemed especially quiet.
Pei Xinlan picked out a few relatively clean prison uniforms and gave one to herself, her mother, and her grandmother!
"Grandma, Mom, these are for the three of us! Grandma, change first, Mom and I will help you block it!"
After the three of them changed their clothes, they were taken out of the cell.
As soon as I came out, I saw the men of the Pei family. They had all been beaten with sticks!
Before exile, all males over the age of fifteen in the family had to be beaten with a stick before they could set off!
Among the second branch of the Pei family, only the fourteen-year-old Pei Zhichen did not have to suffer this torture, while all the other male members were injured!
The second wife supported the second master, Pei Zhichen supported the eldest son of the second wife, Pei Zhiheng, Pei Xinlan followed her grandmother, and the eldest wife also supported each other and walked out of the city!
When they reached the city gate, people from the second lady's family and the old lady's family came over to give them some gifts.
When the Second Madam saw her parents, tears fell like beads from a broken string. "Dad, Mom, why are you here? What if I get you into trouble? You shouldn't have come!"
The second wife's mother wiped her tears and said, "My daughter, how could we not come and see you off when something like this happened?
Even if we didn't come to see you off, everyone knows that you are my daughter!
Here are some dry food, shoes, and some silver for you to use on your journey!"
As he spoke, he stuffed a heavy package into the second wife's hand.
The old lady's brother, who was already gray-haired, also came to see his sister off and said, "Sister, this is something our family prepared for you. Keep it for your journey.
I don’t know if we brothers and sisters will be able to meet each other again in this lifetime!
You must take care of yourself, I will find a chance to bring you back!"
The old lady’s eyes were red as she shook her head, “Brother, don’t ask the children to take risks for us.
It’s just that a few generations cannot serve as officials. As long as the children are alive, we still have hope.
Don't worry about me, my children are all filial!"
The eldest master's maternal family, that is, the old general's first wife's family, was also among the exiled group.
The eldest lady's family lives in another place, so no one comes to deliver things to the eldest wife!
This is also the reason why Pei Xinmei had to rely on the second wife to barely make ends meet in her previous life before her rebirth!
Pei Xinlan had sharp eyes and saw the puppet she released in the distance.
The two men were driving a donkey cart, which was filled with a lot of things. Although Pei Xinlan couldn't see what was in the cart, she felt relieved as long as there was something there.
This way, even if they don't have all the items in the car, she can take them out from the space and pretend that they were taken from the car. It's perfect!
Pei Xinlan's maternal grandfather was an imperial censor, and he had something to say to Master Pei II in private.
Mrs. Pei Er took her mother and Pei Xinlan and walked a few steps to the side to keep watch for Master Pei Er and the others!
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