Chapter 8 The Twisted Man(1/2)
Liwang Mansion.
The Liwang Mansion located in the imperial city was once guests came like clouds, and literati and elegant people continued to come.
But in the past two months, this place has been deserted.
But there are many people around it. Yulinwei surrounded it and was covered with water. Basically, people who came in and out every day were only allowed to stay in the mansion.
They, who are nobles of the Tian family, are now in panic and are worried all day long.
I was afraid that one day the imperial guards, who were like wolves and tigers, would rush in and capture them all and beheaded.
After all, the owner of Prince Li’s Mansion has committed a heinous crime.
He would never be able to die in any dynasty or emperor, and he would definitely implicate his family.
However, not all the families in the Liwang Mansion are so frightened.
The Ning Mansion, which had already been separated, did not have any such concerns.
Although they had unfortunately passed away because of their master, the court had condolences to them in turn, and even the Empress Dowager rewarded many things to Prince Ning and other children.
But now the gate of the Ning Prince Mansion is also locked, which looks very low-key, and there is no special movement for the time being.
Compared to the sadness of the Ning Prince's Mansion, King Ning's two younger brothers were extremely uneasy.
Especially Liu Minghua, Duke Lu, is almost crazy.
Not only because King Li committed a crime that was enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan, but also because he was very inconsistent with the current emperor and had a deep holiday before.
Even later, Liu Mingqi, who had all the royal families back from the Northeast, and Liu Minghua signed a name to shout, but that was not a kindness at all.
Unless you saved the emperor alone, what would you do to make any contribution?
Not to mention that you are a younger generation, the real function is a series of princes, by the way, and King Ning.
Liu Minghua and Ning Wang Liu Mingguan are brothers.
If King Ning was still there, then the emperor who respected King Ning would not make things difficult for King Ning, and he would definitely kneel down and beg his brother for help.
But the problem is that King Ning is now dead because of his father Prince Li, how can he protect Liu Minghua?
It is certain that they will not be executed, but what will happen to the people in the Li Palace and how they live in the future can be explored.
The most serious thing is that the emperor ordered the clan mansion to directly deprive their clan family of household registration and demote them to civilians.
That would be too embarrassing.
Not to mention embarrassment, life will be a problem in the future.
The best thing is naturally that one person does things and one person is responsible for it. The King of Li bears all the guilt and the title of King of Li and the mansion are taken back. They each take over their own titles and still live a happy life as the children of the royal family.
But none of them dares to think about the best result.
...
The painful torture lasted for two months, and even the emperor's succession ceremony was not allowed to go out.
A group of people were about to go crazy.
On that night, the gate of the closed Liwang Mansion was suddenly opened, and an official who served as an official in the clan mansion walked in with an imperial edict.
All the staff of the Liwang Mansion were called to the middle of the yard.
Seeing the surroundings of Yulin Guards, the big guy was inexplicably panicked.
The officials of the clan government did not be polite to them and read the imperial edict directly: "The emperor who followed the heavens and inherited the edict, saying: Prince Liu Yanxiu, who did not think of the grace of the saints, did not practice the grace of the saints, but was chaotic and unjust, despicable, committed an unforgivable crime of disobedience, and panic afterwards, and hanged himself in the palace today. Based on the virtues of heaven, I have allowed his family to take back the remains and bury them."
"Dong!"
Princess Li fainted directly.
After waiting for so long, the miracle still did not come, and King Li was still dead.
A group of women were crying and crying, obviously feeling no support, and they were panicked and scared.
Liu Minghua's head was suddenly hit by a sledgehammer with tens of thousands of jin, and his whole body was trembling, and a huge fear surged into his heart.
Only the second son, Liu Mingxin, the duke of Jishan, lowered his head and showed a smile on his face.
"quiet!"
A military marquis next to him immediately yelled: "Disturbating the readers of the imperial edict is considered disrespectful and immediately imprisoned in the heavenly prison!"
As soon as he said this, the people next to him immediately stopped rioting and crying.
Then the officials of the clan official continued to recite the imperial edict: "Liu Yanxiu's second sons, Liu Mingxin and Liu Minghua, were all demoted to viscounts, and the fifth daughter, Liu Zhijun... and so on, all gifts and titles will be taken back. The owner must move out of the Liwang Mansion within five days, and find a way out and there must be no mistakes. I respect this!"
"ah!?"
Everyone was stunned.
Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, the emperor still felt quite uncomfortable when he surrendered to the end.
Needless to say, the five daughters of King Li are the only ones who are supported by the royal family. Once they pass away, their children have nothing to do with the royal family, so their damage is only this generation.
But Liu Mingxin and Liu Minghua are different. They are both dukes and have several generations of people who can enjoy the corresponding offerings of the reduced titles. Why did they reach the lowest level of viscount all at once?
Especially Liu Minghua, he was shaky and almost fainted with his mother.
It was the military marquis again, and he shouted again: "The emperor's kindness is so great, why don't you accept the order to thank me?"
Seeing that everyone's faces were as pale as paper, Liu Mingxin walked out naturally, bowed and took the imperial edict, and shouted: "My deputies Liu Mingxin received the edict on behalf of everyone in the Prince Li's Mansion. Thank you for your kindness. Long live the emperor!!"
"Master Viscount."
Unpredictable, someone next to him was greeting him.
The cold voice sounded like a eunuch.
Liu Mingxin looked up and was indeed a smiling eunuch. He was following the official just now.
"What advice do you have for your father-in-law?" Liu Mingxin bowed with a smile.
"You can follow our family to the palace later." The eunuch looked him up and down, "The emperor wants to see you."
"oh?"
Liu Mingxin was surprised now.
He had no relationship with Liu Mingqi, why did Liu Mingqi suddenly want to see him?
Is it a trap?
But Liu Mingxin shook his head and smiled again.
Now that Liu Mingqi is the emperor, he wants to kill himself, so how can he call him to the palace?
So Liu Mingxin nodded immediately: "Then I'll bother my father-in-law to lead the way."
...
Ignoring the family of the Liwang Mansion who had already started crying, Liu Mingxin followed the eunuch to the imperial study room.
Liu Mingqi used to be sitting in the lower seat, but now when she sees others, it is his turn to sit at the big table in the middle.
When Liu Mingxin came over, Liu Mingqi was correcting official duties, so he could only stand there and dare not move around.
After a while, Liu Mingqi put down the pen in her hand and looked up at him: "You are Liu Mingxin, the second son of King Li?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I am Liu Mingxin." Liu Mingxin said in a humble and arrogant manner.
"Have I offended you?" Liu Mingqi suddenly asked.
Liu Mingxin was stunned, "Why did Your Majesty say this?"
"I haven't offended you, why have you always provoked that fool Liu Minghua to go against me?" Liu Mingqi said, "It's okay for Qiu Xiang to forget that time. Su Xiaoxue was the one who was sowed by you afterwards? You can't stand us being kind and insist on causing something, right?"
Liu Mingxin took a breath of air conditioning, and a hint of panic appeared on his face: "Your Majesty... Where does Your Majesty start... Weishi..."
"Bang!"
Liu Mingqi threw a stack of documents from the table, "You can take a look first!"
The documents fell on the ground and scattered in circles.
Liu Mingxin quickly picked it up and took a look, his eyes widened.
This includes evidence that he privately raises a ruffian, rogue, idle man, goes everywhere to cause trouble, extort, spread rumors, etc., and dozens of people have signed and stamped their signatures, which obviously can be confronted with him at any time.
"Plop!"
Liu Mingxin knelt down without saying a word, his head was still lying on the ground, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty... I am really young and ignorant, naughty and unvirtuous, and confused for a moment... I would like to ask Your Majesty to deal with it leniently!!"
I thought it was a secret, but I didn't expect it to be all dug out.
At first glance, I knew it was the work of the embroidered yarn guard, and he couldn't even admit it.
So he simply begged for mercy and had no excuses.
"You are not a naughty ignorance, you are really bad and ignorant." Liu Mingqi said lightly, "If it weren't for the lack of life in your hands, I would have put you in the prison."
"Thank you, Your Majesty for your kindness!" Liu Mingxin still didn't dare to get up.
"You are inferior and not valued, so you have psychological perversion, right?" Liu Mingqi asked him, "Living in the Li Palace, do you want to burn this cage directly?"
To be continued...