Chapter 838: Good Dreams Are Destined to Be Broken!
e my life…"The Duke felt a buzz in his head, slammed his teacup down hard, and silenced his wife's sobs. He then ordered, "I'm going to see the magistrate of Jingzhao. Stay home and wait for news."The...Li Laer lowered his voice and added, "Even if the Emperor favors our Li family, he wouldn't disregard the Empress's face and punish the Wu family so severely.
"Even the Emperor didn't investigate, he just decided Wu family's guilt based on our few words!"
Jia Yin also nodded, waving her hands helplessly and saying, "That's right, Second Uncle. I had prepared a lot to say, but before I could get a few words out, the Wu family was put in prison!"
Li Lao'er frowned, pondered for a long time from beginning to end, and whispered: "Funiu'er, do you remember, it seemed that when the Emperor heard that the Wu family had assassins, his face was particularly bad"
"It's more than just a difference, his face was ashen." Jia Yin's thoughts wandered, starting to speculate, "Is it that the emperor looked down on his father-in-law and suddenly learned that the Wu family had been hiding so deeply, feeling deceived for so many years, so he got angry and took harsh measures"
Li Laer shook his head. "Not that much, these nouveau riche families in Xindu almost all have some hidden manpower. Logically speaking, the Emperor shouldn't be this surprised and angry..."
The two sat in the carriage, speaking to each other, but they couldn't come up with any ideas after a long journey.
Without saying how they did it, only that in Kunning Palace, the Empress was "seriously ill" and lying in bed taking medicine.
She couldn't help but complain: "I summoned the imperial physician last night. How come Third Princess hasn't come to visit me yet"
"This child is becoming more and more unlikeable"
The maidservant massaging her legs couldn't help but bravely advise in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the princess has more and more lessons to learn now, she hasn't finished yet.
"As soon as school is over, he will definitely come over right away."
The Empress let out a cold snort and said nothing more.
Before the maids could let out a sigh of relief, someone outside shouted loudly and rushed in.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Something is wrong!"
A little maidservant, with her braids coming undone from running, burst into the room and knelt down with a thump.
The Empress suddenly jolted upright in bed. A chief maid rushed over and slapped a junior maid, scolding, "Behave! The Empress is resting, who gave you the audacity to shout here!"
The maidservant covered her face and whimpered, "This servant is guilty, but...the Hou Mansion has been put under house arrest!"
The Hou Mansion was imprisoned!
The Empress was stunned for a moment, then stood up abruptly and shouted, "What did you say!"
The maid Tai also was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she quickly pulled the little maid over.
Before the maidservant could speak, another eunuch rushed in and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Feng has brought people to seal the gates of our Kunning Palace!"
The Empress couldn't stand it any longer, so she ran out. Everyone followed suit.
Master Feng was leading people slowly towards the main gate, finally, the Empress arrived. He then smiled and bowed respectfully.
The Empress's face was ashen, and she had a vague idea of what was going on, but still asked, "Eunuch Feng, what exactly is happening Why seal the gates to my palace!"
Mr. Feng appeared very respectful, courteous to the point that no one could fault him. However, his words were like daggers, piercing straight to the heart.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has decreed that the Jiangning Hou family has betrayed Imperial grace and committed heinous crimes. The entire family is to be demoted to commoners and imprisoned awaiting further investigation."
“The Emperor cares for the Empress, knowing that she is ill and worried about her. He ordered his servant to seal Kunning Palace so that the Empress can rest and recover.”
"No, impossible!" The Empress was truly flustered, raising her leg to rush out, but unfortunately, Eunuch Feng with a wave of his hand, had the young eunuch swiftly shut the palace doors.
The Empress was so furious that she didn't care about her image anymore, wildly pounding on the palace gate like a madwoman.
"Audacious! Open the gate at once! Let this palace out! This palace must see the Emperor!"
Feng Gong stood outside the door, dug his ear, and said in a bland tone: “Your Majesty, please calm down. We servants are just following orders!”
"Rest assured and focus on your recovery. When the Emperor calms down, you will be released."
Having said that, he ignored the commotion inside and walked away with his people.
Today, Lord Li and County Princess Kangle entered the palace. No one else knows why they came, but those who serve the Emperor closely can't hide it.
It's outrageous that the Wu family would dare to bully a kind and virtuous young lady like Princess Kangle. They have truly blackened their hearts.
He did this much, at least a small act to defend the lady's honor, worthy of all the fruits he had eaten during his previous visits to the Li family!
The Jiangning Marquis' Mansion was in utter chaos, with a cacophony of screams and wails.
Mr. Wu and Mrs. Wu had both thought about the consequences if they failed, but Empress Dowager was their greatest confidence.
To put it bluntly, they are the emperor's in-laws. Take away that "in-" and they're just his parents!
No child, when their parents are wrong, would be capable of killing them.
Besides, even if they plotted against that girl from the Li family, so what
They are for the Queen, for the royal bloodline!
And, that young miss from the Li family wasn't dead either, not even a hair on her head was lost. They paid some extra silver to cover it up, and the whole thing was swept under the rug...
Alas, even good dreams are destined to be broken.
Yi Zongquan personally led a team of soldiers, bearing an imperial decree, into the gates. They were dumbfounded!
Old Master Hou was already hanging on by a thread. Hearing that his entire family had been reduced to commoners and imprisoned, this last breath of his simply vanished. He rolled his eyes back and went straight to meet the King of Hell.
The old madam was not in good health and couldn't bear the shock, so she fell ill as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Wu the Second were struck as if by a bolt from the blue, their faces turning pale.
Previously, my elder brother and his wife were suddenly reported to the imperial censor. As a result, they were punished with confinement for reflection. They suffered from the consequences of the eldest house, and they couldn't even raise their heads when they went out.
They didn't mind even if it was over, now they have to go to jail together!
What have they done!
Good things never seem to touch me, but bad things always find me.
Wu Dafu was crying heartbroken, "Woooooo, we went to see the Emperor, the Emperor can't be so heartless!
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"We are his in-laws! Even if we were wrong, it was for the Empress, for the royal heir..."
Before she could finish her words, Madam Wu Er could no longer bear it and rushed over, slapping her twice and cursing madly.
"You damned old whore! I knew it was you who screwed up and implicated the whole family! I didn't expect it to be you!"
"You said, what on earth did you do All the good things belong to your elder house, and all the bad things drag us down together!"
"Come on, tell me quickly!"
Wu Dafu's wife was stunned, she turned her head and spat out a mouthful of blood. When she came to her senses, she let out an "ow" and yelled, "Damn you, you dare to hit me!"
She lunged to fight back, but unfortunately, her natural build wasn't advantageous. She was quickly overpowered and pinned to the ground by Mrs. Wu.
Lady Wu, the second wife, didn't want to ask the reason anymore. Years of pent-up resentment could finally be released today.
She rode on Wu Dafu's body, firing arrows left and right, slapping him with all her might!
"I let you keep the queen's daughter on your lips, just a hen that doesn't lay eggs. What are you proud of!"
"I made you act like your sister-in-law's superior, treating everyone as if they owed you 80,000 taels of silver!"
"I gave you a mouth so you could constantly say bad things about our second house!"
"I let you..."
Mrs. Wu was being unilaterally crushed, and in the blink of an eye, she had a bruised face and a swollen nose.
Furious, Wu'er's second wife still remembered to change her fighting style.
After getting tired of using the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, he switched to the Nine Yin White Bone Claws and fiercely scratched a layer of red stripes on his sister-in-law's face!
Master Wu embraced his parents, crying miserably. After finally having a moment of free time, he saw his "desperately struggling" wife and was about to rush to her rescue, but was stopped by his younger brother...press consulted with imperial physicians who said it was particularly effective for nourishing the foundation, invigorating qi, and supplementing blood.""Your Majesty instructed someone to make a batc...