The blackened marquis insists that the husband should be more valuable than the son!

Only those who have witnessed the turmoil in the world will understand the value of a stable life.

In her previous life, Xue Mingyue spent more than the last year of her life in exile. No one knows better than her how much turmoil and unrest the changes at that time brought to the people.

The northern border faced the invasion of prairie barbarians, and a large number of people moved into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

The south is facing the expansion of the refugee rebel army, and many people have been displaced.

It happened to be a cold wave that had never happened in hundreds of years. A major disaster would be followed by a severe drought. Starting from the year when the cold wave occurred, the grain harvest failed, and because the situation in northern Xinjiang became severe, the court had to increase taxes.

Many people had to sell their land and mortgage their houses due to the disaster, and some even became refugees.

Xue Mingyue was on the way to Northern Xinjiang at that time. She saw that the people along the way had put so much effort into planting food. When it was harvest time, only five or six tenths of the food could be harvested, and half of the food still had to be paid. Tax.

The remaining grain needs to be harvested, and it will not be enough for the family to eat until next year.

After seeing these scenes, Xue Mingyue understood almost instantly why the Xie family's status was so transcendent, why they were stationed at the border all year round, and why His Majesty allowed such a behemoth to hold military power.

The Dingyuan Army is the sword in the hands of the Xie family. Wherever the sword points, it will always be the foreign enemy.

Therefore, it was difficult for Xue Mingyue to understand Zhao Cheng's thoughts. The prince died on the battlefield, which was something no one wanted to see. Just because of this, he held a grudge against General Xie and his wife, which shows how narrow-minded Zhao Cheng was.

Not only did he betray the trust of the old princess, but he also betrayed General Xie and his wife who gave him a place to stay.

He even failed the prince who saved him from the battlefield.

Xue Mingyue's face was full of dissatisfaction, and she asked again: "What are you going to do with him?"

Xie Lang looked at her exposed displeasure and could clearly feel her displeasure radiating from the inside out. This realization made him slightly startled, but he also vaguely felt that this displeasure was not because of him.

Just, it feels a little weird.

But he had already told her everything he could say. At this moment, he could only say: "I will lock him up for now, and then we will see if we can learn more from him and the murderer behind the scenes."

Xue Mingyue said: "There must be a pusher behind him, and this time he wants to take the opportunity to attack my grandmother."

The reason he didn't succeed this time was because he and she acted too quickly.

But he succeeded in his last life. The old princess died of a sudden illness, Xie Lang was transferred back from the frontline battlefield, and the military power in his hands fell away again, and the housekeeping power in the mansion also fell into the hands of Bai Zhenzhen.

In the past, Xue Mingyue rarely made malicious speculations about a person.

But now she really subconsciously felt that Zhao Cheng and Bai Zhenzhen had been in cahoots with each other for a long time. Bai Zhenzhen must have known the reason why the old princess died of illness, but she did not interfere.

From this we can also see that these two people are ruthless people.

Xie Lang looked at her serious expression, his heart suddenly softened, and he couldn't help but lower his complicated eyes.

Even though he and his grandmother owed her all sorts of things in the previous life, her temperament was still pure and kind in this new life, and she was always trying to find ways to change the misfortune of everyone around her.

After a long time, he softly comforted her.

"I have ordered people to continue to investigate this matter. There is also some speculation about the identity of the murderer behind the scenes. It is too important to tell you, but you don't have to worry. I won't let you and your grandmother get into trouble again."

再？

Xue Mingyue paused slightly, then hummed.

Even if she had to live her life over again, she would not be able to guess the identity of the murderer. She could just leave the matter to Xie Lang. Her intervention might have the opposite effect.

At this time, Xie Lang suddenly said: "The banquet that day... was actually Zhao Cheng's handiwork. He found those medicines for Bai Zhenzhen, and they set up the plan together."

Xue Mingyue's action of pulling at the roots of the grass suddenly stopped.

She suddenly looked up at him.

But he stopped when he caught a glimpse of the deep apology and debt on Xie Lang's face, and his dark, curly eyelashes trembled twice.

For a moment, Xue Mingyue lowered her eyelids: "I guessed it."

From guessing that Zhao Cheng had a problem to knowing that he was very close to Bai Zhenzhen, she had already guessed about it, but it was only confirmed at this moment.

If you really think about it, she was unlucky because she walked to the rockery to relax at that time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to run into such a thing.

Xue Mingyue twitched the corners of her mouth mockingly.

"I will leave both of them alive, and you can do with them what you want."

Xie Lang watched her lower her head, knowing that he should not force her to face this matter at this time, but he knew very well that this matter was an issue that was difficult to eliminate between them.

If we don't explain it clearly, this thorn will always exist.

This is a scene Xie Lang doesn't want to see.

He straightened his back and said seriously: "I didn't find out about them before. This matter is my fault and you have suffered a lot of grievances. No matter how much you blame me and hate me, I accept it."

Xue Mingyue opened her eyes and glanced at him.

Then he lowered his gaze again, pointed at the roasted rabbit with a grass root, and said calmly: "Remember to turn it over, otherwise it will burn."

Xie Lang suddenly choked up: "..."

While turning it over, he brushed honey on the surface of the roasted rabbit and continued: "I know you have always been kind-hearted. If you don't know what to do, you can leave it to me. I will make you satisfied this time."

Xue Mingyue didn't understand why he kept pressing this matter against her.

Couldn't he see that she didn't want to hear anything about it?

Bringing it up again only brought back uncomfortable and sad memories, the darkest days she had ever experienced, and nothing could be more difficult than that.

Therefore, her tone of voice was a little aggressive: "Then how do you want to satisfy me?"

"When the matter at hand is over, I will choose a good time to send her and Zhao Cheng to Jingzhao Mansion, and then conduct a public trial. After the trial, they will be paraded in shackles. They will be paraded every three days before their death."

Xie Lang's black eyes looked at her very seriously.

His voice was slightly deep, but not hoarse. Instead, it had a hint of clarity.

After a moment of coldness, the originally stern eyebrows became gentle again, and his expression was unprecedentedly solemn. Seeing that she didn't move, he added: "Let them write a confession and post it throughout the city."

A hint of surprise flashed in Xue Mingyue's eyes.

After listening to his words, I fell silent. I neither agreed immediately nor said that this solution was not good, but thought about it seriously.

She had not thought about public trials and demonstrations. After all, she could not control the governor of Jingzhao. She could only post what the two had done throughout the city. She had seriously considered this method and found it feasible.

The march was a more promising idea than plastering confessions all over the city.

This is equivalent to being watched and pointed at by the whole city.

With Bai Zhenzhen's temper, she would probably die of shame and anger.

But Xue Mingyue felt very good.