Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Before noon, news came from the previous dynasty:

The Duke of Zhenguo was ordered to be beheaded for his selfish crimes, which had harmed the Empress and the Imperial Concubine and endangered the imperial heir.

The Mansion of the Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Zhenguo issued an edict to strip the whole family of her mother's family of their titles, demote them to commoners, and order them to leave the capital within seven days and move back to their hometown. They would not be pardoned even if pardoned.

The petition of King Kang to confer the title of Crown Prince was rejected. The eldest daughter-in-law Liang was involved in the treason, which was unforgivable. Considering that she was deceived and voluntarily surrendered after the incident, she was ordered to commit suicide. She was pardoned and allowed to be buried as the eldest daughter-in-law of King Kang.

King Kang was fined one year's salary for failing to educate his children and managing his household properly.

The eldest son of King Kang was incompetent in educating his wife, so he was beaten with 30 sticks and confined to his house for a year.

Shen Kuang, the head of the Ministry of War, was in mourning for his mother, so he was ordered to study at home for three years and was not allowed to leave the capital.

The wife of Beijing guerrilla Xie, Ms. Qiu, and his daughter, Ms. Xie, participated in treason and their crime was unforgivable. They were ordered to commit suicide.

Xie Jing, a hereditary second-class male and guerrilla in the Beijing camp, was stripped of his title and position. Qiu Liang, a descendant of Jingtian Hou from Qiu's mother's family and the commander of the Five Cities Army, was stripped of his title and position. Both families were demoted to common people.

They are required to move back to their hometown within seven days, and their three generations are not allowed to enter Beijing or take the imperial examinations.

Hanlin Mei, who is incompetent in managing his family, how can he govern the country? I am stripped of my position, and my mother and wife are ordered to stay at Jingyun Temple to pray for Rongfei and her son. They are not allowed to leave without a special decree.

The marriage of Mei's daughter to the son of the Governor of Yunnan was dropped. Except for the eldest son of the Mei family, the rest of the family returned to their hometown to farm and were supervised by the local authorities.

and many more.

"…All those involved in this case were strangled. But no relatives were affected." Xia Shouzhong was ordered to report to Wang Xifeng in detail on the follow-up handling of the case.

Wang Xifeng looked very unwilling when she heard this.

But she remembered who she was facing, so she kept her mouth shut, waved her hand to let Xia Shouzhong go back, and turned back to the bedroom.

Xia Shouzhong was a little confused, and asked Aunt Meng in a low voice: "Madam, do you think it's too light or too heavy?"

"It must be too light." Aunt Meng told her softly, "Those people were clearly coming for the queen, and they scared the princess.

"Now that only a few women and children have died, it would be strange if Your Majesty could swallow this anger!"

Xia Shouzhong sighed: "That's what I said too..."

"But your Majesty has just ascended the throne. Although such a case has happened, it has not really hurt anyone in the harem.

"Secondly, the people involved in the case are not only the old nobles who have been loyal to us for generations, but also members of our royal family. The punishment should not be too severe."

Aunt Meng nodded and praised, “The queen understands this truth, so she has to swallow this loss.

"What if you're so angry that you won't say a word?"

Xia Shouzhong also nodded and whispered: “The main reason is that His Majesty originally said that he wanted to punish severely;

“But Lord Lin said that if the first major case of the new dynasty was to trigger the Eighth Discussion, it would be really embarrassing.

"Your Majesty finally endured it -

"The Imperial Hospital specially prescribed some liver-calming and fire-reducing medicine for Your Majesty today. It's very bitter!"

Aunt Meng whispered a few more words to him, and each of them spoke some good words of "loyalty and righteousness" on behalf of their own master, and then they dispersed.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong left, Aunt Meng entered the bedroom, and Wang Xifeng's words were already pouring out:

"How shameless! For such a big incident, he only pushed his own woman to take the blame!

"All the well-respected men have disappeared without a trace, and have been completely wiped out!

“Could it be that the ambition and the means of killing are all women’s?

"Isn't it because the men want to tie the interests of the two families together that they form a marriage?!

“No man would die!

"Your Majesty is really kind! Are you planning to keep all the men alive so that they can become the main force of the rebels and attack his palace?"

Fierce and ruthless.

If these words were to reach the ears of Emperor Chongzhao, I'm sure one or two heads of these families would have died!

Aunt Meng didn't want to stop Wang Xifeng from getting angry, but she also sighed, sat at the table, and whispered: "I just feel sorry for Miss Xie..."

"What's so pitiful about her? Living is a living hell for her!

“She neither killed the queen as planned, nor committed suicide as her stepmother had ordered.

"Not only is the queen alive and well now, but I can't be blamed for anything. It's all because she didn't succeed.

"Based on this alone, she will definitely be tortured to death when she returns to the Xie family. It would be better to give her a quick death in the inner temple!"

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes, not wanting to comment on such a silly girl. She turned around and said angrily, "Just wait, if these families return to their hometowns safely and live a leisurely life relying on their clans, I will no longer do hard labor for the emperor and let him go out and be merciful!"

Aunt Meng hesitated for a moment and nodded vigorously: "If Your Majesty is really so soft-hearted, then I will advise Your Majesty that we should not wade into the muddy waters in and outside the palace!"

Both the master and the servant expressed their dissatisfaction with the lenient punishment in Yinyu Hall, but the court was outraged by the "rash" behavior of stripping four families of their titles, driving five noble families out of the capital, and even suppressing the Minister of the Imperial Clan who had just stepped down.

Emperor Chongzhao smashed a jade ruyi with his own hands in the Purple Palace, and in front of several capable officers of the Censorate, he gave five words of advice: "You are shameless!"

He called Chen Duo into the hall and told him to reveal the details of the real case that were deliberately not investigated to these people:

“My Lords, if Your Majesty does not close the case immediately, I will continue to investigate.

"You are all veterans who have seen many big cases on the battlefield. You should be able to see that if I am given enough time, I should be able to kill many people this time.

"Your Majesty has already given face to all of you, the nobles, the royal family, and the three judicial officials.

"So everyone, if you still care about the emperor who is recuperating in another palace, please don't force the king and father anymore.

"After all, the Jinyiwei, East Factory and West Factory of the previous dynasty can be restored."

After Chen Duo said the last sentence, he politely bowed to everyone, then stepped aside and held the handle of the sword at his waist.

The eyes of the people in the Censorate fell on the knife, they all gasped, turned around and praised the emperor for his kindness, magnanimity and tolerance, and then ran away in shame.

Qing Hai was somewhat puzzled, and asked Emperor Chong Zhao in a low voice, "The opinions of the people in the Censorate are changing very quickly.

"Could it be that just a Jinyiwei stuff factory can scare them like this?"

Emperor Chongzhao chuckled and looked at Chen Duo.

Chen Duo didn't show it on his face, but his right hand was stroking the scabbard of the knife gently and lovingly.

"Did you see his knife?

“That was in the early years when the Supreme Lord had just ascended the throne, and many people often boasted about their military achievements.

"The Supreme Emperor gave this sword to the commander of the palace guards, and said: If anyone disrespects the emperor or offends the dragon's majesty, he can be executed first and report later."

Emperor Chongzhao smiled and said, "Later, the Supreme Being became more and more tolerant, and the knife was quietly put away.

"I don't know where Old Xia got this idea from, he took the knife out of the Curry and let Chen Duo hang it!"