Only a few people in the Xi Family knew what they managed to find out, and the officials did not dare discuss about it. They also warned the women in the backyard to stop talking and ask about it. Xi Hong Sheng went to jail, the Xi Mansion was extorted and the assets that the Old Madame and Xi Hong Sheng had kept for many years were handed over to the National Treasury. Among them were First Lady and Wei Xi Er. As Xi Jiu Er's biological mother, Wei Xi Er had also once been a Grandmother of the Xi Mansion, so she would definitely sit right beside her.
Third Wife fell to the ground all of a sudden. She had already said that she would marry a husband, so of course her dowry was also from Xi Mansion … The Xi Family was finished, luckily she had kept her trump card, otherwise her status would definitely be poor without any money. If a woman dragged two children along, without any money, the three of them would just wait to starve to death.
The other aunties of the household walked over to find Third Wife to think of a way. Third Wife laughed coldly: "A way? What can I do? If I have a way, I'll do it, but don't you know? This was all part of His Majesty's decree. No one can change his decree … "
"If a princess saved the empress dowager, the empress dowager could dictate the emperor's decision." One of the Madame said.
"How dare you!" Third Wife's face turned green: Right now, Xi Family is already in a mess, do you really want to add to the mess?
The little Madame pursed her lips and muttered unwillingly: "When we married into the Xi Mansion, we originally planned to lead a good life. But now, not only have our good days not ended, we became commoners, we are also penniless like beggars. If we go back home, wouldn't we be laughed to death?" "What should we do in the future?" They could still remarry, but for women, things like marriage were getting more and more worthless, so what else could they find?
Her words touched the hearts of the other Madame. Third Wife scoffed, what about now, the love she had said in front of the man? Each of them only cared about their own lives, how could they even think about Xi Hong Sheng?
"Alright, let's wait and see where the Master is. This mansion will probably be sealed. I, by myself, am limited, and I can't even support myself right now, much less all of you. If you guys want to leave, then leave. I will naturally explain this to Master when he returns. " Third Wife's eyelids did not twitch, as though he was very tired.
The little Madame s looked at each other, secretly guessing in their hearts that the Xi Family was already in a dead end, if they could bring death back to life, they did not want to leave. Third Wife did not urge him. She calculated in her heart that Xi Jiu Er was rich … If she begged Xi Jiu Er to give her some silver, who knows if she would be willing.
"I, I'll go pack my things …" One of the Madame s stood up. From the looks of it, it was Madame Wen, who was a smart person.
"Mm. Go." The Third Wife said indifferently.
With that, everyone else also stood up and said their farewells to the Third Wife, which nodded in response. Seven or eight people had already left … Mother Fang said: "Madame, the palace has sent news, saying that there is an order for us to come to Xi Mansion in around an hour."
"But what good news?" the Third Wife asked expectantly.
Mother Fang shook her head. "This old servant doesn't know."
"Just you wait." Third Wife leaned against the chair, lost in thought.
Imperial Palace, Sky Prison.
There were a total of two types of Sky Prison. The first was the prison where the Emperor wanted to visit, which had a good environment. There was a clean blanket and a place to go to the toilet, so the food in the prison was also not bad. The other was that he had already been sentenced to death row. His Majesty didn't even care to take a glance at it. This environment was like a pigsty.
Xi Hong Sheng took off his official's uniform, taking off the Dai Hua Ling.
"Kindness? What kind of kindness is that? " Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge asked, as if he did not know why Xi Hong Sheng ended up like this. Eunuch Hai had already sent people to move the seats over. After setting them up, Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge slowly sat down and calmly looked at Xi Hong Sheng.
"This commoner has taught his daughter shamelessly, causing her to commit an irreparable mistake. But … this commoner has already broken off the father-daughter relationship and no longer has any contact with her. For the sake of this commoner's loyalty, Your Majesty, please bypass this commoner once." Xi Hong Sheng kneeled on the ground and said pitifully: "This humble one will definitely serve the emperor, and will die just like that."
"Oh?" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge suddenly said: "Princess Laifu doesn't seem to be doing well in Xi Mansion, is this true?"
Xi Hong Sheng was startled, he did not expect the emperor to suddenly bring up Xi Jiu Er. He immediately turned his head and said angrily: "This is all the fault of the Wang family, the Wang family looks like a virtuous, virtuous, and virtuous sect of a mother, but behind the scenes, they actually …. This commoner had only discovered it in the past few years. My poor child, this is all your father's fault, your father still wants to take good care of you, your father hasn't seen you get married yet … "
Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge played with the ring as he watched Xi Hong Sheng cry in front of him, and said indifferently: "This daughter of yours had saved my life when you were young, that's why I came here today to meet you, to let you die to understand."
Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge was startled. One piece of news was more than one piece of news, and in the end, he exclaimed in shock, "Your majesty, f * * k, this subject does not deserve to die. I beg your grace, your majesty."
"The punishment is not death, but you actually dared to hide the Imperial Jade Seal. Do you know that this is the crime of stealing a country?" 's eyes were filled with killing intent, he opened his mouth and stared straight at the face that looked like jade, he did not know what to say.
"You didn't expect us to find it, did you?" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge lowered his head and looked at his own Banshou. He suddenly thought of Xi Jiu Er's pair of eyes, and his heart slightly sunk.
"Your Majesty, this commoner doesn't know what you're talking about …" Xi Hong Sheng said hoarsely.
"You don't know?" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge finally looked straight at Xi Hong Sheng, and spoke word by word: "I ask you, how did your Xi Family steal the Imperial Jade Seal?" It was only after he ascended the throne that he found out that there was no Imperial Jade Seal. He had plotted for the throne, and now that even the Imperial Jade Seal was a fake, he felt as if he was tickled by a cat. He had to return the Imperial Jade Seal, not to mention that he was worried that the person holding the seal would have the intention of usurping his position.
Later on, he understood that this Imperial Jade Seal was lost at the late stage of the late stage of the late stage Emperor. After checking them one by one, he focused on a few places, the Xi Family being one of them.
Logically speaking, Xi Family, this kind of middle ranking official, would not attract too much attention. There was no military power or colluding with officials, it was very different. The fault lay with the two daughters of the Xi Family, Xi Wan Feng and Xi Wan Rong.
The title of first talented girl and number one beauty was nothing, but it would not be right for Xi Family to let them into the palace after opening up all sorts of connections. If not for the lucky chance of finding out that the Xi Family was very close to the Mubai …
"This commoner doesn't know what the emperor is going to say …" Xi Hong Sheng said in a heavy voice.
Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge slowly got up and stepped out of the old doors. Xi Hong Sheng suddenly screamed, "Your majesty, this commoner will say anything, anything. I only hope that you can spare this commoner's wretched life …"
"I hate bargaining the most." Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge left without looking back.
In the dark corridor of the prison, Xi Hong Sheng's heart-wrenching screams rang. Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge left the Sky Prison and rushed straight to the imperial study to prepare for the imperial edict. The Eunuch Hai was being grinded, and according to Xi Hong Sheng's crime, there would be nine families involved, looks like the Emperor is going to protect the Princess Laifu?
When the imperial edict reached Xi Mansion, only a few people accepted it.
The eunuch's face was filled with impatience. Third Wife called out to him but he ignored him and replied, "What are you waiting for? Kneel down and receive the imperial edict. I still have important matters to attend to."
Third Wife suddenly had a bad premonition. Could it be that this Xi Family was really going to die?
"The Emperor's Mandate is delivered to the heavens: Xi Hong Sheng taught the women to be unkind …" The eunuch said something about Third Wife s but she did not hear it all. She only knew one thing, Xi Hong Sheng will be beheaded tomorrow at noon! Xi Family was really finished …
Since when did the eunuch leave for the Third Wife? Mother Fang sat her properly and comforted her, "Madame, you have to pull yourself together. The two little Young Master s still need you."
"Right, you're right. For the sake of peace, I will also recover." Third Wife only thought of one son — — Xi Ping. As the saying goes, with Teng Qingshan around, how could he be afraid of not having any firewood in the future?
When the Third Wife saw this, he could only sigh. In truth, Xi Rui was very filial to the Third Wife, but no matter what, he could not compare to Xi Ping.
"Let's pack up and go." Third Wife's expression was so cold that even when he opened his mouth, he still shut his mouth. She wanted to ask, was Xi Hong Sheng going to send her off tomorrow?
Xi Family was finished! Xi Jiu Er took a sip of tea. She had already expected the outcome of Xi Hong Sheng, and wasn't surprised at all. Wei Guogong saw that she did not have any expression on his face when he heard of Xi Hong Sheng killing everyone, and could not help but feel pain in his heart. Just how much of an injury did he have to make this child be so heartless?
"Jiu Er, come over here. Grandfather has something to tell you." Wei Guogong waved her hand.
Xi Jiu Er returned to reality and obediently sat down. "Grandfather?"
"Grandfather never asked for anything in his life. Can you promise me one thing?"
"What is it?" Xi Jiu Er casually asked.
"No, you have to promise me, or I won't tell you." Wei Guogong spoke stubbornly like a child.
Xi Jiu Er frowned: "Then I can't agree to it."
"You." Wei Guogong was surprised.
"Grandfather, sometimes this trick is useless against granddaughter." Xi Jiu Er stood up and said to the outside: "Jiu Er has gone out for a trip, and will be back in two hours."
"Old Zhang, you, you see, this, how arrogant are you?" This is so infuriating! " The Wei Guogong pointed at the back of Xi Jiu Er's figure and was so angry that she almost couldn't speak. With a collapsed face, Old Zhang helplessly said, "Prince Fu, this old servant isn't speaking about you.
"I just wanted to see if she had a grandfather like me in her eyes." Wei Guogong also felt that the move just now was childish. After feeling embarrassed, she said angrily: "Looks like she doesn't have a grandfather like me in her eyes."