Chapter 495: Confiscating the house
Cen Li shouted in a deep voice, "That's enough! What are you talking about now? Let's go! Leave here first."
Since it was a house raid, everything about the Cen Mansion had nothing to do with them. There were soldiers guarding the outside, and they would not be allowed to take away every stitch in the Cen Mansion.
"Leave? We have nothing. How can we live without here?" Luo Shi, Cen Li's daughter-in-law, secretly wiped away tears with despair in her eyes.
Cen Li was furious, "Cen's mansion has been ransacked. Do you want to be arrested and locked up if you don't leave?"
Everyone had no choice but to cry and follow Cen Li out of Cen's mansion.
The soldiers outside were still somewhat humane. They only removed the jewelry and money bags from the women's bodies, but their clothes were not stripped off.
Everyone in the Cen family was walking on the street, facing passers-by pointing fingers. Madam Cen was so desperate that she wanted to hang herself.
Under the leadership of Cen Li, the group came to a courtyard in the west of the city.
Luo asked suspiciously: "What's going on with this house? Why didn't I know there was such a place in the house?"
Cen Li gave Luo Shi a warning look and helped Mrs. Cen to go in, "Mom, this courtyard is used by the eldest brother to meet guests. The courtyard is not under the name of our Cen Mansion. You don't have to worry about being kicked out if you live here. There are things in it that should be there Yes, everyone, stay here first, and I’ll go find out what happened.”
The emperor ransacked his house during the Chinese New Year. He was obviously extremely angry and would not let the New Year pass.
Mrs. Cen nodded repeatedly and couldn't stop wiping her tears, "Your eldest brother led the troops to fight and guard the territory of Langya Kingdom. Even if he has no merit, he still has hard work! For the sake of Mingzhu, the emperor has demoted him. Isn't this enough? Why? Now the house is confiscated! This clearly chills the hearts of loyal ministers!”
Cen Li was startled and quickly covered Mrs. Cen's mouth, "Mom, don't say such nonsense! The thunder and rain are all your kindness. If you want me to die, I have to die! Besides, the emperor is not a foolish king. I suspect that the eldest brother is Some of the things he did were known to the emperor.”
Mrs. Cen was not happy anymore and scolded her with a fierce face: "Your eldest brother is innocent, what can he do? It's okay for others to misunderstand him. Why are you, my biological brother, like an outsider?"
Cen Li couldn't make sense to Mrs. Cen, so he quickly winked at Luo Shi.
Luo's sisters-in-law and several others came forward and said good things, and then they diverted Mrs. Cen's attention.
Cen Li wiped his forehead and walked out tiredly.
Seeing that her sister-in-law hadn't recovered yet, Luo Shi had no choice but to take the maid and mother-in-law to check the other courtyard first.
This courtyard is not big or small. After entering the courtyard for the third time, it is still not enough compared to the Cen Mansion. But for them now, this courtyard is already excellent. Everyone squeezes in and it is barely enough to live in. .
After Luo Shi asked Mrs. Cen for instructions, Cen Li had just arranged everyone's accommodation when Cen Li came back in a panic. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he hurriedly bolted the door, ordered his servants to keep an eye on it, and then hurried to the main courtyard.
Luo Shi was shocked by his series of actions, "Have you heard the news?"
Cen Li's throat rolled, he staggered and sat down on the chair, trembling slightly because of the cold and fear.
"Mingzhu. Mingzhu's matter has been exposed! The emperor knows that Murong Ru is not Mingxue's child. Not only the eldest brother was arrested, but the second prince heard that he was also imprisoned by the emperor."
Mrs. Cen and others seemed to be at a loss as if the sky had fallen.
Luo Shi covered her mouth, feeling cold all over, "Husband, what should we do? Even if Mingzhu's matter is exposed, Ru'er is indeed the second prince's daughter. Why would the emperor expose it? Besides, even if the emperor exposes this matter, Mingzhu has already He’s dead and there’s no evidence, so why did he ransack our house?” “What do you know?” "!" Cen Li frowned with a sad face, "The emperor's focus is not on the pearl and the child, but on the privacy of the emperor's most taboo ministers forming cliques. The eldest brother chose to sacrifice his daughter in order to protect the second prince. In the emperor's view, the eldest brother has already separated from the second prince. The princes are in a group, which emperor can bear it?
Mingzhu and the child are just a reason to disgrace my eldest brother and our Cen family! If the eldest brother had told the truth about the matter in the main hall, or if he had confessed to the emperor in private afterwards, saying that he had to do it to protect the royal family's face, the emperor would not have done this to our Cen family! ”
Luo Shi slumped down and muttered in confusion, "But in that case, the Cen family would be facing the second prince. The eldest brother had already chosen the second prince, so how could he do that?"
So everyone in the Cen family is destined to have a good ending!
Cen Li slapped the table regretfully, "If I had known, we might as well have followed the example of Marquis Yong'an. Even if it is easy to offend people, at least the emperor can always be rich and powerful while he is on the throne! Now everything is over! There is no room for change in the eldest brother's matter. The Cen family I can’t stay in the imperial capital anymore, mother, sister-in-law, I want to take everyone away tomorrow.”
"Let's go? Where are you going?" Mrs. Cen's voice was trembling as she spoke.
She was already half buried in the ground. She had never thought of leaving the imperial capital ever since she came to the imperial capital. Now that she was allowed to leave, it would be better to let her die in this house.
Cen Li advised: "Go to the border! There are properties purchased by my eldest brother at the border. In order to deceive others, those properties were not in my eldest brother's name, but in the name of my eldest wife's wife. Those properties are enough for our Cen family to live peacefully. .
If we stay in the imperial capital, wouldn't it be doomed if the emperor's anger still reminds us of us? ”
All the female relatives held their heads and cried.
Compared with the fall of the Cen family, other official families in the imperial capital were calm.
In the evening, the palace banquet began.
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The Murong Chen brothers entered the main hall and found that no one from the second prince's house came. They gathered together to inquire about each other.
"Third brother, what did the second prince do? Why are you so angry with your father? You even ransacked the Cen family!" The fourth prince couldn't hide his excitement, but he still had to suppress the appearance of caring about the second prince.
The third prince shook his head depressedly, "If you ask me, who should I ask?"
The two brothers all turned their attention to the sixth prince who was standing outside.
"Lao Liu! Good brother, do you know about the second child?"
Murong Chen put down his chopsticks, raised his head, and looked at the two of them innocently with his clear and somewhat silly eyes, "What do the three emperor brothers and the four emperor brothers mean?"
"There are only a few of us brothers here, and you still pretend to be stupid! We asked you what happened to your second brother? Why was the Cen family raided?" The fourth prince was anxious.
Murong Chen smiled and said: "Brother Fourth Emperor, my father didn't say anything. How could I know? Maybe the Second Emperor Brother is with his father, mother and queen? We'll see about it later! As for the Cen family, I don't know much about it." , I will help you ask your father later.”
Fourth Prince: "."
"Forget it! Let's talk about it, you'd better keep eating!" The third prince felt a little tired.
Because Murong Chen always behaved like this in front of them, the two of them didn't say anything and continued to mutter together.
The fourth princess asked: "Sixth brother, where are Concubine Shen and the child? Why aren't they here?"