Chapter 393 The fate of the Yu family


Chapter 393 The fate of the Yu family

This kneeling lasts for seven, seven and forty-nine days.

Xia Zihan got up at noon every day, rushed to the palace at noon, and then knelt until he left the palace at Youshi. In addition to the one-hour meal break at noon, he had to kneel for ten hours a day.

Fortunately, Xia Zihan was smart and tied a knee pad to his knee on the first day. After kneeling for a day, except that his body was a little stiff, his knee didn't hurt much.

Later I got used to kneeling and even the stiffness disappeared.

Like her, Mrs. Zhuo's knees were fine, but Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liao of the Dou family were unlucky. After kneeling down on the first day, they could not lift their legs. When they walked out of the palace, they were still supported by Xia Zihan and Mrs. Zhuo. .

In this way, their legs were still swinging, and they were half-hugged and half-carried by Zhuo and Xia Zihan before they could leave the palace.

But Zeng and the other five Lao'an people gave the eldest prince the order to comfort the queen, but they never came back to kneel in mourning.

It wasn't until they left that the eldest prince sent a maid to tell them that the eldest prince had left those Lao An people in the palace to accompany the queen.

After returning home, Xia Zihan sent her maids to deliver blood-removing ointment to Mrs. Li and the old lady, and also gave each of them a pair of knee pads.

By the time the kneeling ceremony was completed on the second day, the old lady and Mrs. Li were already much better than the first day.

When they returned, they both came over to thank Xia Zihan for the plaster and knee pads.

In this way, after the Emperor's Qiqi passed, the wife no longer had to go to the palace to kneel in mourning.

Oh, by the way, he cannot be called the emperor now, but the former emperor.

On the second day after they knelt in mourning, the cabinet ministers allowed the eldest prince to ascend the throne directly on the grounds that the country could not live without a king for a day.

As for the enthronement ceremony, it will have to wait until the late emperor is buried.

Seventy-seven forty-nine days later, the emperor's coffin was sent to the imperial mausoleum. The new emperor held a grand burial for the former emperor, and then held a coronation ceremony for the new emperor.

After the Queen was sad for a while, she was finally persuaded by a few Lao An people to stop her random thoughts.

On the day when the emperor's enthronement ceremony was held, the queen was named Queen Mother Xiaoren and lived in Ningshou Palace. The eldest princess married by the new emperor was named Queen Duanjing and lived in Kunhua Palace.

On the third day after the emperor's coronation ceremony, the eldest prince began to clean up the Lu family's gang members one by one.

It just happened to make way for the scholars who were admitted to the Jinshi this time, and the emperor could just train this group of young scholars and make them useful to him.

The Lu family, as well as Concubine Lu's mother and son, had already been sentenced to death by the court and would be executed at the entrance of the vegetable market seven days later.

On this day, Xia Zihan got up early, had dinner, and prepared the carriage.

Seeing the excited expression on Xia Zihan's face, Zeng Jing curled her lips and said, "Cousin, what are you going to do there? Cutting off your head would scare someone to death. Don't have nightmares when you sleep at night."

"Of course I have to go see it. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will never be seen again. I heard that the direct descendants of the Lu family had their heads chopped off and thrown into mass graves. I heard that there are more than a hundred direct descendants of the Lu family. Well, chop off the heads of more than a hundred people..."

The mass grave has recently been filled with corpses, including the two hundred killers in black who attacked the Chu family, and the more than a hundred killers Hua She and the others killed in the backyard of Beiweiju, and... in short, there are Thousands of corpses were all thrown into mass graves. The mass graves were expanded three times, but they still could not accommodate so many corpses.

It was a hot season, and the emperor was worried that so many corpses would rot and produce poison, so he ordered the palace guards to burn them all.

The fire burned for five days and five nights, and it was only gradually extinguished yesterday. Now, no one dares to pass by the mass graves during the day.

After the Lu family was beheaded today, the more than a hundred corpses would probably be thrown into mass graves again, and the fire would have to be lit.

Seeing Zeng Jing's face turned pale with fright, Xia Zihan couldn't bear to continue talking.

Anyway, today was the death day of the Lu family and the third mother and son of Concubine Lu. She was very happy and excited, and she wanted to go to the gate and set off firecrackers to celebrate.

In her previous life, she would end up marrying that gambler Cao Zian. Behind this, the Lu family was indispensable.

Although it was her stepsister, stepmother and Song Huai who plotted against her, there was also an element of the Song family trying to please Concubine Lu.

When Mr. Chu Ge was still alive, he had a deep grudge with Concubine Lu Guogong.

The people of the Lu family regarded Mr. Chu Ge as a thorn in their flesh. If the Song family still wanted to curry favor with Concubine Lu and continue to climb higher, they would have to abandon her.

Therefore, in her previous life, she would end up like that, and the Lu family also played a role in promoting it.

Also, the death of her grandfather might have been caused by someone from the Lu family. Although she had no direct evidence, she had a hunch that her grandfather was killed by Concubine Lu.

Now, someone from the Lu family was going to die, her enemy was going to die, and his head was going to be beheaded, so of course she had to rush to see it.

Xia Zihan happily got on the carriage and rushed to Caishikou with Chu Cong and Chu Fei.

She tried her best to come as early as possible, but she was still late.

It's so far away that carriages can't get in, and the road is blocked with water. Xia Zihan's master and servant had no choice but to get out of the car and walk over.

But just two hundred meters away, Xia Zihan walked for two cups of tea and was sweating all over.

This is still protected by Chu Cang and Chu Fei, otherwise, people would be crushed.

When we arrived at Caishikou, people were already surrounding Caishikou. There were even a few people standing on the trees nearby, and many people were sitting on the roof next to them.

The three masters and servants of Xia Zihan looked at it and thought, let alone the beheading, there was not even a place to stand, so how could they look at it.

Chu Fei glanced at the big trees nearby, then pointed at the largest and tallest one, "Master, there is no one on that tree."

Xia Zihan turned around and took a closer look. Haha, there was indeed no one on the tree.

The tree was straight, with no splits in the middle at all. It was tall and thick, and it would be impossible for anyone without any ability to climb up.

However, when the branches opened, there were many and lush branches. It was indeed a good place to hide from people and watch the fun.

The three masters and servants looked at each other and jumped up. Before the people around them could react, they tapped several heads with their feet and flew towards the tree.

"Oh my God, look, are those girls fairies? Even fairies came to see the Lu family members beheaded?"

"What kind of fairy? She is a martial arts master and can do light kung fu."

"Probably not. Although those girls are plainly dressed, the materials on their clothes are very good. They are just like those worn by the ladies from wealthy families. How can they be martial arts masters? Doesn't it mean that everyone in the martial arts world is? Are you poor? There are people who don’t even have enough money for a meal. A penny can stump a heroic man. He is talking about martial arts knights. ”

"What do you know? There are some poor people in the martial arts world, but there are also rich ones. Those girls from martial arts families dress the same as girls from wealthy families in our capital. There is no difference."

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Xia Zihan, the three masters and servants, just wanted to find a good place to watch the excitement, so they became a topic of conversation.

Xia Zihan didn't care how much they liked to talk. She found a good seat in the tree, sat down, and then stretched her neck to look in the direction of the palace.

The Lu family were all serious criminals, so the eldest prince was imprisoned in the sky prison of the palace because someone was trying to escape from prison.

The members of the Lu family are all imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment Prison, and a few important figures among those members will be executed today.

Those who committed minor crimes were sentenced to confiscate their homes, and were exiled for three thousand miles, or were exiled for two thousand miles. Those who committed more serious crimes were sentenced to death and their homes were confiscated. Their family members were exempted from the death penalty, but if they left Beijing, their descendants would never be allowed to enter the officialdom.

Those who committed more serious crimes would be punished by death, and their homes and clans would be confiscated and exterminated.

Others who were implicated were stripped of their official titles and lost their titles.

Duke Pei's mansion and the Lu family were related by marriage, and he was demoted to a commoner.

There is also the Yu family. The old prince of the Yu family died because he was angry. The reason was that when the capital was in chaos and killers were rampant, Yu Hanqing, the general of the Bingma Division who was responsible for the safety of the capital and held military power, did not send troops. rescue.

Even Capt. Li brought dozens of officials with him to go to Beiweiju to rescue Ao Tianchen. Yu Hanqing, who had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, was nowhere to be seen that day. When something happened to several pavilions in his hometown, I once sent someone to the Yu family to ask for help, but the guards of the Yu family blocked the door and prevented them from entering.

This approach was obviously to watch the fire from the other side without anyone helping, and it was such a coincidence that Yu Hanqing happened to be missing that day, which made the eldest prince have to guess that Yu Hanqing had already known that the Lu family would have breakfast that day, and maybe, Yu Hanqing has been colluding with the Lu family for a long time.

On that day, although Yu Hanqing did not lead troops to attack the palace to help the Lu family, the Yu family ignored the pleas for help from several pavilion elders and ignored Ao Tianchen being chased on the street. This was already helping the Lu family and helping the Lu family. Rebel against the emperor.

When the eldest prince was cleaning up the Lu family members, he secretly sent the Yinlin Guards and arrested several boys around Yu Hanqing. After interrogation, they finally caught the evidence of collusion between Yu Hanqing and the Lu family. Therefore, the emperor did not Without hesitation, the Yu family was also liquidated.

Seeing that the old prince of Yu County had made great contributions to the court, the emperor was kind-hearted and did not drive out the Yu family.

The Yu family's title of county prince was reduced and the Yu family was demoted to common people. Yu Hanqing and several of his lieutenants were sentenced to death. All the male heirs of the Yu family over ten years old were imprisoned in the sky prison and imprisoned for life. Everyone was exiled two thousand miles.

The eldest prince kindly allowed the female members of the Yu family to take their private rooms with them, but all the public property of the Yu family had to be confiscated.

The Li family, the natal family of the old princess of Yu County, was also implicated by the Yu family. Any male heir of the Li family who had an official position was demoted. For fifty years, no one from the Li family could serve as an official in the court.

Fortunately, the Li family was not involved much, and the roots of the Li family were preserved. Fifty years later, the Li family could still serve as officials in the court. Unlike the Yu family, not only were they not allowed to enter the capital for generations, but their homes were also confiscated and exiled. The male heirs over ten years old, who were not sentenced to death, were all imprisoned in the sky prison, and even if they did not die, they became useless.

Can people who are imprisoned in Tianjian have a better ending?

In addition to the Li family, Yu Hanqing's father-in-law's family was also confiscated and exiled.

The other in-laws, like the Li family, are not involved much, their losses are not big, and they still have a chance to make a comeback.

The only family, the second brother-in-law of the Chu family, Yu Hanqing, was not implicated.

(End of chapter)

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