Seeing that the people's emotions were about to get out of control, Xu Shihuan led people over. Following her order, a group of officers and soldiers surrounded the Wen family who had just returned to the city. When the people saw this posture, they quickly took a few steps back.

The Wen family members visibly panicked and hid behind Wen Yidi and Wen Yian, too scared to even raise their heads. Wen Yian wanted to continue to block his brother's way, but found that Xu Shihuan was walking towards him, so he turned slightly sideways and turned to look at Wen Yidi.

Only then did Xu Shihuan see clearly what Wen Yidi looked like at this time. In just a few days, he had actually lost a lot of weight. The slightly sunken cheeks, pale complexion, and dark blue spots under his eyes made it easy to guess how miserable he had been these days.

The moment the two looked at each other, Wen Yidi's eyes suddenly became brighter, and then darkened again. Xu Shihuan saw his reaction in his eyes, but on the surface he said in a business-like manner:

"Come here, tie up all the Wen family members."

The people under Xu Shihuan dare not disobey the orders given by them. In just a moment, they roughly tied up the Wen family with ropes.

When they arrived at Wen Yidi's place, the officers and soldiers finally took into account his relationship with Xu Shihuan and only tied his hands with ropes, which gave Wen Yidi some dignity.

Although Xu Shihuan said nothing, his eyes never moved away from Wen Yidi. Seeing that her subordinates were quite polite to Wen Yidi, she quickly took them away without saying anything more.

According to the emperor's wishes, no one in the Wen family who stayed in Yong'an City could escape from the rebellion. But the situation of the Wen family is different from other families. If the nine clans were punished for the crime of rebellion, too many people would be involved.

Therefore, those Wen family members who were not in Yong'an City on the day of the incident escaped. They only need to be locked up in prison for a few days, waiting for the Wen family members who participated in the rebellion to be beheaded, and then they can be released from prison.

There was a faint stench in the dark and damp cell. As soon as he entered, he could hear crying coming from the cell. They were the married women of the Wen family.

Many of them were well-dressed, and they were obviously living a good life. But no matter what kind of family they married into, they were now like piglets, trapped in this dirty and smelly cell with no hope at all.

These people still don't know that the emperor does not intend to take their lives. Trapped in this cell with nothing else to do, these female relatives began to discuss the affairs of the Wen family.

Faced with life and death, they forgot the generous dowry that the Wen family had prepared for them, and the Wen family's help when their husband's family was in trouble. They only knew that it was the Wen family's fault that they were in the situation they were in now.

And this is exactly the emperor's intention.

The Wen family members who followed Wen Yidi were all men. So they were taken to the other end of the cell. Here, a few men from the Wen family who had married into other people's homes were sparsely imprisoned.

These people range in age from old to young, but all have outstanding looks. However, the expressions of these people at this time were also extremely bad. Although they didn't cry like the women, they seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

"Sir Xu, don't worry if you leave this prisoner to me. I will definitely take care of them and not make any mistakes."

Seeing Xu Shihuan coming in person, the prison head quickly came over to greet him and said in a flattering tone. Xu Shihuan glanced at him sideways and said coldly:

"It's up to you to arrange the following people. These two are the legitimate sons of the Wen family. They need to be closely guarded, so they should be placed in separate cells."

After saying that, Xu Shihuan covered his mouth and nose and walked out, as if he could no longer bear the smell in the cell. Wen Yian and Wen Yidi watched as the others were stuffed into the small cells one by one, like animals.

Afterwards, the two of them were taken to the so-called single room. The single cell was relatively clean, but there was nothing in the cell except a bale of hay.

Wen Yian and Wen Yidi were placed in two adjacent cells. They could only hear each other's voices but could not see each other at all.

"Brother, did something happen between you and your sister-in-law? Why is she so indifferent to you and doesn't know how to take care of you at all?"

As Wen Yian spoke, he spread the hay evenly on the ground so that he could sleep more comfortably at night. These days, he finally knows what it means to be warm and affectionate. When something happens to the Wen family, the attitudes of the shopkeepers who usually treat him respectfully change instantly.

If it weren't for their brother's sake, they wouldn't believe what they said, let alone let him mix with their team and return to Yong'an City together.

"Don't talk nonsense. If she didn't take care of me, we would have been crowded in the cell with that group of people by now. How could we live in a single room."

Hearing what his brother said, Wen Yian felt that it made sense, but he still felt weird in his heart.

"Brother, please stop coaxing yourself. This is not a prison, it's just an ordinary cell. If my sister-in-law wants to take care of you, it's not just her word. I'm not picky. She can prepare a quilt for you. …”

"Yi An..."

Before Wen Yi'an finished speaking, he suddenly heard his brother calling his name. He quickly raised his head and found Xu Shihuan standing outside the cell with his hands on his hips, looking at him displeased.

"Wen Yi'an, if you think it's not comfortable enough to lie here, I can plead with the emperor on your behalf and let the emperor chop off your head. That way, you can lie down in the coffin as long as you want."

Wen Yi'an subconsciously moved his body towards the wall, as if he could hide behind his brother. He forced a smile on his face and said reluctantly:

"Sister-in-law, I'm not afraid that my brother will be too bored here, so I deliberately talk to tease him. My brother is also true, you didn't tell me when you came, I didn't even react, hahaha, hahaha..."

Just as he was talking, Wen Yidi also walked to Wen Yian's cell and looked at his brother as if he were a fool. Seeing that he couldn't laugh anymore, Wen Yidi stuffed the hay in his arms along the cell fence and said while stuffing it:

"The grass you spread is pretty even. Brother, I'll give it to you too."

Wen Yian rushed over and asked hurriedly:

"No, brother, what do you mean?"

Xu Shihuan answered first:

"Didn't you say that I don't take care of your brother? I thought about it carefully just now, and it is indeed the case. Your brother is so weak, how can he sleep in a place like this. I will take him away first, and you can stay here and continue to use hay. Make the bed!”

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