Chapter 267: Died in Prison
Miss Xiu and Prince Yan were overjoyed to receive the secret report from Aunt Cui. Prince Yan was not stupid, so how could he easily believe the words of a maid? It was hard to say whether he was just jealous and trying to frame his mistress. He also doubted the authenticity of the news, but this news gave him inspiration.
It doesn't matter whether the news is true or false. What matters is that there are witnesses from the Xiao Mansion. He can take this opportunity to destroy the Xiao family in a lightning speed. So what if it is groundless?
Even if the God of Medicine really appears in the south in the future and confirms that this news is false, with the Queen Mother blocking him, my father cannot do anything to him. He can only clear the Xiao family's grievances and add a posthumous title. But by then, the Xiao family and Yichuntang will be destroyed. He can still cut off the prince's arm and see how much financial resources he has to fight against me!
Logically speaking, the Queen Mother would not be so foolish as to ignore the people of Da Qi in order to fight for the throne for Prince Yan. When the country was in crisis, she issued an imperial decree to close down Yichun Hall and execute Yaoshen. This was all thanks to Prince Yan's ability to turn the tide.
That day, Prince Yan met with the Queen Mother and reported to her the matter of Mengxi's deceitful behavior to the emperor with exaggerated details. Although the Queen Mother wanted to depose him, the stability of the country was her top priority. When Prince Yan asked her to issue an imperial decree to search and confiscate Yichuntang and the Xiao family, she said that the Xiao family had been passed down for a hundred years and could not be easily shaken. The plague in the south still needed the treatment of the God of Medicine. What's more, the imperial decree to confiscate the family property had to be stamped with the imperial seal before it could be issued. So she asked Prince Yan to report the matter to her father, and asked him to make an order after careful investigation.
Father, please understand!
As long as the Xiao family refuses to admit it, with the power of the Xiao family and the prince, they can torture Cui Ping half to death. There is no fear that she will change her confession. What's more, even he is wary of this matter, so how can he withstand the torture of his father who is bent on using the God of Medicine? His goal is to destroy the Xiao family. This matter must not be allowed to pass through his father's hands!
So the Prince of Yan used his eloquence to deceive the Queen Mother, saying that the plague in the south was not that serious at all, and that it was all a rumor fabricated by the Crown Prince to recommend Yichun Hall, and that it could be cured by sending any imperial physician. The Crown Prince and the God of Medicine were sworn brothers, and the God of Medicine would never have the guts to deceive the King It was all the Crown Prince's idea to prevent the God of Medicine from treating the Queen Mother, hoping that she would die soon...
Now the Crown Prince is taking advantage of her serious illness, relying on the power of Yichun Hall and the Xiao family , to act arrogantly outside and suppress the relatives of the Empress Dowager and herself. Father has long been deceived, and even the fact that the Crown Prince was sent by the heavens during the sacrifice to the heavens was not investigated. If this matter is reported to father again, the consequences can be imagined...
After all, the empress dowager had been bedridden for a long time and had lost contact with the outside world. Most of her information came from Prince Yan and her own relatives. When she heard this, she was indeed extremely shocked and angry, so she issued an imperial decree to search and confiscate the Xiao family and Yichuntang.
After Xiu'er finished speaking, she looked at the stunned expressions of the Xiao family, a sense of satisfaction flashed in her eyes, and then she said:
"Cousin, you didn't expect that your woman would betray you. Do you know where Cui Ping is?"
Everyone looked towards the right side of the aunt's and concubine's cell, and indeed there was no Cuiping. Xiu'er started to giggle again, and the Xiao family members were so angry that they couldn't help laughing, and then they said:
"Cui Ping and Prince Yan are having an affair right now..."
"Cui Ping, you vixen, you must die miserably! Even if I turn into a ghost, I won't let you go!"
Hearing his mother's gnashing teeth and cursing, Xiao Jun closed his eyes weakly.
The eldest master's face was also blue and purple, and the muscles on his cheeks were shaking. The old lady was trembling all over. After a long time, Xiao Jun opened his eyes, showing no excitement, and said coldly:
"My Lady Princess, now that you have finished speaking, you may leave."
Xiu'er was startled, then said:
"Your Xiao family has a royal concubine, right? But, I tell you, don't even think about counting on her!"
Seeing Xiao Jun showing anger, Xiu'er felt a crazy sense of pleasure in her heart, and then said:
"This morning, the Imperial Concubine sent Xiao Yi to beat the drum in front of the Meridian Gate, hoping to file a petition to the Emperor to redress the grievances of the Xiao family. Unfortunately, after rolling the nail board, he died within ten strokes of the board. The petition was torn up on the spot. Cousin, don't dream that the Xiao family still has loyal servants to beat the drum to file a complaint. No one's bones are harder than the board! Instead of wasting time, you should pray that the Imperial Concubine can last a few days before being banished to the cold palace!"
Seeing that Xiao Jun had closed his eyes and ignored her, Xiu'er said softly:
"Oh, cousin, I forgot to tell you that the streets outside are covered with arrest notices for the eldest uncle, the third uncle, and my cousin's wife. I think it won't be long before they all go to hell to accompany you. However, I kindly asked King Yan to capture your cousin's wife, and for your sake, he will definitely not kill her. King Yan has already agreed to sell her to a brothel and let her be slept with by everyone! Let's see how your cousin will protect her in the underworld, and how you will sleep with her in life and death!"
Xiao Jun suddenly opened his eyes, emitting two cold rays of light, staring at Xiu'er. Xiu'er shuddered and subconsciously took a half step back. After a long while, she heard Xiao Jun say coldly:
"Your Highness, it's too early for you to be happy. You should wait until you can catch the person before you discuss this matter!"
After Xiao Jun finished speaking, he couldn't help but coughing violently. Xiu'er's expression froze, and then she turned around and walked out of the cell with a laugh.
"Xiu'er, my Xiao family has no grudges against you. For many years in the Xiao Mansion, I have always treated you as my own granddaughter. Why do you repay kindness with hatred!"
Seeing Xiu'er coming out, the old lady couldn't help but question her. Xiu'er stopped and looked at the old lady and the first wife and said:
"No grudges or hatred, no grudges or hatred! Ha... ha... how can there be no grudges or hatred? I hate my cousin, I hate you, and I hate my aunt even more. I hate everyone in the Xiao family. In the past two years, my aunt promised me again and again to divorce my cousin's wife and killed her. She gave me hope again and again, and made me despair again and again! I wasted my youth in the Xiao Mansion, waiting from the blooming of flowers to the withering of flowers; I even sacrificed my life to become a concubine, but in the end, my cousin said that he had never loved me..."
Xiu'er said this, took a deep breath, looked at the old lady and said word by word:
"Old Madam, you should thank me for letting your family live one more day. According to King Yan's intention, the entire Xiao family will be executed today. I begged him to change it to tomorrow, August 18th. It is your birthday, right? Tomorrow at 3:15 pm, your entire Xiao family will be executed. This is a birthday gift I specially asked for you. Next year's birthday will be your death anniversary!"
"you……"
After hearing this, the old lady said only the word "you" and fell straight to the ground with her back facing up. The eldest wife spat out a mouthful of blood and then fainted.
"Old lady! First lady!"
"Mother!"
"grandmother!"
"Zhang Xiu! You will die a horrible death!"
"The jailer! The jailer!"
The grandmother had already started screaming. Xiao Jun, the eldest master, and the concubines and mistresses in other cells across the street saw this and rushed to the railings. Their shouts were mixed with the eldest master's angry curses, making for a chaotic scene.
Sun Laotou suddenly realized that he had no ears, and followed the Princess of Yan out with a clattering voice.
Ever since Xiao An was sent to the authorities for corruption, the eldest wife became furious. Then the Xiao family was raided. After one blow after another, the eldest wife had been bedridden for several months and was already on her last legs.
Xiu'er's confession and crazy revenge, as well as the news that the old lady was executed on her birthday, were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Since she vomited blood and fainted, she has not been awake and has been talking nonsense. Sometimes she said that she would cut Xiu'er into pieces and would not let her go even as a ghost. Sometimes she cursed Cuiping for a bad death. Sometimes she said that she was being punished because she murdered the second wife, and God would use her crime of deceiving the emperor to confiscate the entire Xiao family. Sometimes she would grab and scream with her hands, saying that she had done too many evil things and that the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demon had come to catch her. Sometimes she kicked and beat him, saying that Aunt Zhang had come to claim her life and asked her to get out of the way...
After tossing and turning for half a night, the eldest wife was already on her last breath. Listening to her nonsense, everyone in the prison realized that the real master behind Mengxi's poisoning was the eldest wife, and that Aunt Zhang was silenced by her. The eldest master was so shocked that he couldn't believe it was true.
Although he knew that the eldest wife deserved to die, Xiao Jun's heart still tightened when he saw his biological mother like this. He desperately banged on the prison door and shouted at the prison boss. After a long while, the prison boss finally staggered over. Xiao Jun saw him and begged:
"Master, my mother is dying. Can you please find a doctor?"
The jailer heard this and whipped Xiao Jun, who was lying on the railing. The master pulled him away and the jailer cursed:
"What are you yelling about! Your mother is dead! It's the dead of night, and you're not sleeping, and you're disturbing others! You think you're still a young master from a noble family, bullshit! I'm telling you today, this is a death row, you'll be beheaded tomorrow, and you still want to find a doctor. The sooner you die, the sooner you can be reborn. If you die today, you can leave your body intact..."
Listening to the jailer's evil words, Xiao Jun's eyes turned red, and he was about to rush out, but the master held him tightly and advised him:
"Jun'er, Jun'er, think positively. It's God's will that our Xiao family will be destroyed. Your mother has committed serious sins, and it's all her own fault. It's better for her to die like this. At least her body will be intact. Tomorrow, we will also be separated from our heads and bodies. Let her go. She just left a little earlier..."
Just as they were making a scene, they heard the grandmother in the cell opposite crying:
"Madam, Madam..."
After hearing the grandmother's cries, Xiao Jun and the master looked across and saw the wife foaming at the mouth, her eyes wide open, her hands seemed to be holding something, suspended in the air, already dead...
The jailer saw this and did not stop the people from crying and went away cursing. Xiao Jun stood there, dumbfounded for a long while, and then he knelt on the ground helplessly...
On August 18, just after noon in the morning, all members of the Xiao family and Yichun Hall were put into prison vans. After being paraded through the streets, they were taken to the Meridian Gate to be beheaded as a warning to all. More and more people came to the streets to watch the fun. To prevent any accidents, the Prince of Yan dispatched twice the number of imperial guards to maintain order, shortened the parade route, and hurriedly led them to the Meridian Gate .
Gradually, as more and more people gathered behind the prison car, they followed it towards the Meridian Gate like a tide. Before the prison car reached the Meridian Gate, tens of thousands of people were already crowding the streets, surrounding the prison car. The Imperial Guards were also divided into pieces and were no longer able to maintain order, and the prison car could not move even a single step.
This is not just a spectator show, it is clearly a petition by the people!
One day! Xiu'er suddenly had an idea. In order to give the old lady a birthday gift, she begged Mengxi for a precious day. Mengxi actually used the reputation of the God of Medicine and the operation of the prince to launch an unprecedented petition of the people in Daqi!
Seeing the onlookers dispersing the Imperial Guards, they raised their fists, appealed for justice for the God of Medicine, and strongly demanded the release of the God of Medicine's followers... The supervising official Zhang Yushi felt unprecedented fear, and secretly blamed the King of Yan for being too greedy. If he had only dealt with the Xiao family, there would not have been this petition from the people.
Not to mention that the prisoner was still in the prison car and could not be taken to the execution ground. If he dared to throw out the order to kill, he would probably be smashed to death on the spot by the people. Forced by the situation, Zhang Yushi, a staunch supporter of Prince Yan, had to stop the execution and send someone to report to the King of Yan for the decision.
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