AWB Chapter 278 Tattooed and Exiled, All Beheaded
Chapter 278 Tattooed and Exiled, All Beheaded
The explosive news released by Emperor Taihe shocked everyone in the capital.
This kind of romantic news is naturally more likely to attract people's attention than the previous news that Empress Chen assassinated Emperor Taihe and replaced the little prince.
Not only were the common people talking about it, but the homes of the court officials were in chaos.
He was either worried that the woman he took in was a spy planted by Empress Chen, or that Chen Shou would steal his home and turn him into a cuckold.
So one by one, they all began to examine the women around them.
Those who secretly kept mistresses were even more anxious and wanted to get rid of them quietly.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they made a move, the Black Kirin Guards came looking for them.
Only then did they realize that they had already been targeted by the Black Kylin Guards and had become the turtles in the Black Kylin Guards' trap!
So they all burst into tears and regretted their actions. They wished that time could go back and they could go back to the past to shut out all the concubines!
It was really ugly, and Xie Ying enjoyed watching the fun to the fullest.
It was also because Emperor Taihe deliberately exposed these shocking news that made the court officials too busy to take care of themselves. When he announced to the world that Empress Chen had been executed and her position as empress was abolished, it did not cause much stir.
The people had seen enough of the excitement of the Black Kirin Guards arresting officials' mistresses and concubines, and no longer had sympathy for Empress Chen, so her death naturally did not cause much commotion.
Compared to Empress Chen's death, the people are now most concerned about how many married women Chen Shou has cheated on, and which ministers in the court he has cheated on.
Unfortunately, even if those people knew that they were cuckolds, they would not be stupid enough to make the family scandal public and let everyone know about it, so that everyone in the world could laugh at their own mistakes.
The common people could not see such excitement at all.
That is, Xie Ying secretly asked Xiangxiang to sneak into various mansions so that she could eat these melons.
The explosive news released by Emperor Taihe caused all families to conduct self-investigations. It would have been fine if they hadn't done so, but after a careful investigation, they actually uncovered quite a few adulterous affairs.
But most of them have nothing to do with Chen Shou, and the adulterer is someone else.
Xie Ying watched for half a month and was fed a lot of melodramatic stories about adultery, but among them, there were only three women who slept with Chen Shou.
The three of them were either born well, or had extraordinary family backgrounds, or their husbands held important positions in their families.
I have to say, Chen Shou is quite picky.
Xie Ying had originally suspected Jia, after all, this woman's attitude towards Jiang Chi was not very good.
But after secretly taking blood samples from Jiang Yao, Jiang Xue and Jiang Chi for testing, she found that she was overthinking.
Jiang Yao and Jiang Xue are indeed Jiang Chi's flesh and blood.
Although Jia's temper was a little bad, she did not treat Jiang Chi like Bai Yuzhu did to Xie You, cheating on him and giving birth to a pair of bastards.
For Jiang Chi, this can probably be considered a blessing in disguise?
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Just as the farce in each family gradually subsided, the corruption case that Emperor Taihe had previously sent people to investigate finally came to a conclusion.
The local officials were indeed seriously corrupt and colluded with grain merchants to secretly resell the grain in the granary and put sand and gravel in sacks in the granary to make up the number.
They had been doing this secretly for many years, and when they were discovered, they killed the witnesses to silence them.
However, more than half a year passed between the time they killed people and the time Xie Yun submitted a letter of accusation.
The servant who filed the complaint to the emperor had actually come to the capital secretly three months ago. At that time, he was injured and was being hunted. He was rescued by Xie Yun and secretly hid.
Xie Yun learned the whole story from him and found someone to treat his injuries.
Because it was not the best time to expose the matter, Xie Yun deliberately delayed the progress of his injury in order to prevent that person from doing anything bad. It took him more than two months to finally recover from his injury.
If it weren't for the book "The Strange Dreams of the Mandarin Ducks", and if it weren't for Qu Wan'er's sudden accident, she had to take the child to the Xie Mansion, which led to the exposure of the scandal of Xie Yun keeping a mistress. He would not have chosen that time to hurriedly submit a memorial to report the corruption case.
Originally, according to his and the Chen family's plan, they wanted to use this corruption case to get rid of those involved. In this way, they could take advantage of the vacant position and arrange their own people to take over.
Xie Yun can also make great contributions by reporting and gain higher reputation, which will facilitate his successful assumption of the position of prime minister in the future.
Unfortunately, a series of subsequent events completely disrupted the plans of Xie Yun and the Chen family.
When Emperor Taihe saw the schemes of Xie Yun and the Chen family, he couldn't help but sneer in anger.
In anger, he not only announced the matter to the world, but also sentenced Xie Yun's entire family to exile at the border, and had the words "criminal Xie Yun" tattooed on Xie Yun's face.
Ever since Xie Yun got the tattoo on his face, he felt as if all the bones in his body had been pulled out. His back was always hunched and he could never straighten it up again.
Xie You huddled in a corner of the cell. Ever since he saw the tattoo on his face, he never dared to look at it again.
It seemed that if he looked at it one more time, the ugly tattoo would move from Xie Yun's face to his face.
Old Master Xie was lying on the ground, unable to move, and his whole body was emitting a foul odor.
After he became paralyzed, he had some difficulty controlling his urination and defecation, and from time to time he would pee in his pants.
Ever since the Xie family was surrounded by the Black Kylin Guards, he was frightened and his body became increasingly out of control.
After being arrested and imprisoned in the Black Kirin Guard Prison, he frequently urinated in his pants. Whenever he was frightened, he would urinate or defecate uncontrollably.
Unfortunately, they are now locked up in prison and it is impossible to change his clothes frequently.
All the masters of the Xie family were arrested and all the valuables on them were looted. They had no money to bribe the jailers and could only deal with them simply.
Old Mrs. Xie thought it was dirty and was unwilling to serve her husband at all.
Xie Yun was tortured again and had no way to serve his father.
In the end, only Xie You could serve him.
Although he was reluctant, he dared not disobey, otherwise he would be branded as unfilial.
The whole family was locked up in the cell in fear, living like frightened birds every day, afraid that one day they would suddenly be dragged out for punishment or taken to the execution ground to be beheaded.
During this period, they also heard the news that Xie Ying was named County Lady and Xie Xiuzhong won the top prize. Old Master Xie was so angry that he paralyzed himself and crawled to Old Lady Xie and beat her up twice.
He pulled out a lot of Mrs. Xie's hair, and she soon became so angry that she started fighting with the old man.
But even though Old Master Xie was paralyzed, he was still stronger than her. Old Lady Xie was no match for the old man and was beaten until she screamed in pain.
It made people nearby laugh at me.
As the news that Xie Ying was named the Princess of Fu'an County spread into the prison, the atmosphere in the Xie family became very strange.
When the news of Xie Xiuzhong's success in the provincial examination came in, the atmosphere among the Xie family became even more strange.
Not only did the old couple become enemies, often engaging in physical violence, but they also blamed Xie Yun for being blind and pushing Xie Xiu out for that vicious woman, Chen Fang.
Xie You was extremely upset and regretted having chosen Xie Yun as his father.
But soon, they became frightened birds again and no longer had the energy to think about it.
The Chen family was convicted of treason and all members of the family were dragged out and beheaded.