Records of the King of Xin'an County

It wasn't until mid-autumn that the trial of the Yang family's treason by the three divisions was completely over.The head of the Yang family, Yang Shijing, has never admitted to the crime, but judging from the evidence of the search, it is a fact that he conspired wrongdoing a long time ago.Therefore, the end of being beheaded was naturally expected by everyone.His son Yang Qian was dead, but his body did not escape the crime, and he was still sentenced to beheading.As for Mrs. Wei, although she was guilty of murdering the concubine, her love for her daughter is sympathetic, and it is a great achievement to report treason, and she is sentenced to exile for thousands of miles.

During the trial, Little Webster proposed to return home with Li, defending that he had no knowledge of the treason, but he failed.In the end, she had to take her son into exile with Mrs. Wei.However, because the Yang family is still accused of being a concubine, it is not known whether the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents and grandchildren will be able to tide over the difficulties together.After all, their current relationship is very delicate, like hatred but not hatred, like relatives but not relatives.I'm afraid even they themselves are full of complicated contradictions in their hearts.

As for the unmarried ladies of the Yang family, they naturally had to be exiled with Mrs. Wei.Those who are engaged but not yet married rush to ask the second wife to come forward, hoping to get married immediately, even if the wedding is rushed and they don't care.However, now that things are going on, even the married women of the Yang family are no better than walking on thin ice. How could those who wanted to marry after seeing the Yang family's power dare to marry the daughters of the Yang family in the limelight?As a result, all the little ladies were divorced without exception, and the ending could only be crying and leaving Beijing with their aunt.As for whether they regretted it, they shouldn't be so picky and got married earlier, so not many people know.

In addition to the Yang family, this case also involved many big and small families who were accomplices.After all, Yang Shijing has been in business for many years, how could he not have an accomplice?However, most of these accomplices were his subordinates, who were placed in the imperial court or in other states, and some military officers had even been promoted to Captain Zhechong.This meant that the Yang family began to get involved in the military power, which made the saint deeply angry, and almost wanted to sentence these accomplices to death.

However, a group of officials from Yushitai and Menxia Province advised him according to reason, but in the end they still dispelled his idea.Especially this time, even his confidantes and generals did not stand by his side. Both Wang Zixian and Li Hui believed that the punishment should be based on the law and precedent.The cases of the King of Yue and the King of Peng are examples. Those who have never really conspired against him can be sentenced to exile for three thousand miles.So, with a swipe of his pen, the sage exiled these people and their families to the southernmost city of Zhenzhou.

In addition, what shocked the saint most was that the Yan family was also involved.Although it seems that the Yan family had nothing to do with the death of the third prince, but later discussed with Yang Qian how to persuade Empress Du to raise the fourth prince, but it is an indisputable fact that they have close contacts with the Yang family.According to the law, the Yan family should also be sentenced to exile.However, the sage was concerned about his beloved daughter, Princess Changning, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

On a certain night when the judgment of the Yang family case was announced one after another, Wang Zixian and Li Huigang, who brought his disciple Yang Shen to visit Princess Changning, sat down shortly after they heard a burst of noise coming from outside the bedroom.Princess Changning didn't pay attention, but just signaled the servant girl to drive out the troublemaker quickly.

However, the next moment, I heard a shout from outside: "Your lord! I was wrong! I was greedy for profit!! I acted unscrupulously!! Over the years, your lord has warned me many times, and I was confused for a while. , I never took it to my heart! I only thought about the opportunity not to be missed, and I got mixed up with the rebels!!"

"My lord! My mistake is that I shouldn't treat a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain! I know clearly that your lord and the county king are just cousins, and Wang Buque is just a friend of a gentleman... But I heard about it back then. However, the rumors of the past made me harbor prejudice and hatred! Therefore, I have never been able to get along with His Royal Highness and Wang Buque in peace. Because I am jealous that they can gain the trust of your lord, and I am jealous that they can become someone your lord can rely on people!!"

"Your lord! As long as you give me a chance, I will definitely change my past and never act recklessly again! I will obey your lord's arrangements for everything!! As long as your lord is willing, let me be your lord's son-in-law... ...As long as your lord is willing, let me stay with your lord for the rest of my life..."

"Tsk tsk, it's really sour." Li Hui ate a grape peeled by the prince, and commented, "Yue Niang, how can you allow him to stay in the princess mansion? Let him take leave for several months, I'm afraid Even your uncle thinks you are just protecting him, let alone other people. You see, let him misunderstand that you have feelings for him, and he immediately seizes the opportunity to come and intercede. As long as you soften your heart a little, the Yan family still has a chance to turn around .”

"The Yan family is really a piece of grass." Wang Zixian peeled the grape skins slowly, fed them to the people around him, and did not forget to remind his disciples to be filial from time to time, "Since the incident of the Yang family, Yan The concubine disregarded dissuasion and stayed in the other palace with Concubine Yang, unwilling to go to the palace to escape the summer heat. If Her Highness the Empress hadn't been impatient to see her, I'm afraid she would go into the palace every day to cry to Her Majesty the Empress."

"Compared to Concubine Yan who only said that the Yan family was deceived by the Yang family, Yan Zhan is already honest." Princess Changning glanced sideways at the calm master and apprentice three, her brows twitched, "I feel a little surprised, It sounds... like he really has feelings for me?" Even so, she laughed, obviously feeling quite ironic: "So, the Yan family uses such unscrupulous people when they treat people with love? Is it beautiful? Its name is 'for your consideration'?"

"You haven't expressed your attitude for a long time. Could it be that you were moved by him?" Li Hui frowned, "Don't forget how he insulted us that day. Although he lost his mind in a rage, But it also means that he has indeed doubted—" For Yan Zhan's suspicion of the relationship between him, Wang Zixian and Princess Changning, he felt that he had been greatly insulted, and he would never forgive him.

"Brother, don't worry, even if this kind of person kneels to death in front of me, I will never forgive him." Princess Changning said, "Back then, I felt that he was vaguely hostile to you. nasty thing."

Of course, the two cousins ​​knew very well that Yan Zhan would not have thought so much if it hadn't been for the incest incident between Li Ge, the son of King Jing, and Li Qianniang, which had made people hear about it.It also doesn't rule out the possibility that someone deliberately sent messages to the Yan family to drive a wedge between Princess Changning and the Yan family.The biggest suspect is naturally the Princess Anxing who promoted the affair between Li Ge and Li Qianniang.

However, the matter has come to this point, even if someone interferes with it, it is not important anymore.In fact, both cousins ​​are capable of preventing Yan Zhan from doing stupid things, but they always sit back and watch him conspire with the Yang family for one thing only - to get rid of this marriage completely, so that Princess Changning can temporarily regain her freedom, and let Princess Changning be free again. Shengren and Empress Du couldn't bear to force their marriage again for a while.

Yan Zhan knelt outside the bedroom, said "I'm sorry" countless times with red eyes, and reflected on his thoughts and actions from shallow to deep.However, Princess Changning never appeared.It was not until two hours later that his voice had already become hoarse, and he was almost gradually despairing, before the bedroom door slowly opened.

Yan Zhan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and when he looked up, the one who came out was not Princess Changning, or even her personal maid, but a strange young boy.This little boy was carrying a bow and arrow, dressed in common clothes, like a child in the mountains, but he still carried the air of aristocratic family in his gestures and gestures: "Your lord said that the fate with the son-in-law is over, and there is no need to entangle each other in the future."

Yan Zhan was stunned for a while, and forgot to ask other questions, but suddenly shouted: "Who are you?!"

"Me?" The young boy crossed his hands and replied seriously, "My name is Yang Shen, and I am here with my husband to pay respects to your lord today."

"Sir?! Who is your husband?!" Yan Zhan trembled all over, gritted his teeth even a little ferociously.

The young boy still calmly replied: "My husband's name is Wang Zixian, his style name is Zhiyuan, and he is Zuobuque in the province... There is another gentleman named Xin'an County King, his name is Li Hui, and his style name is Xuanqi." I don't understand why this son-in-law is so angry, but he answered his question in great detail.

Yan Zhan's eyes were tearing apart, staring at the closed bedroom, as if he could see the people inside through the cover.He let out a roar, filled with all kinds of anxiety and jealousy, but he could no longer—nor dare to speak unscrupulously.And his roar seemed to have finally awakened the guards next to him, and a group of strong and strong men immediately surrounded him and took the son-in-law out.

Hearing the roar, Wang Zixian smiled, and said both true and false: "The son-in-law really has feelings for your lord. If it were me, and I found out that there were two women in Xuan Qi's bedroom in the middle of the night, I would also feel unbearably jealous "Of course, apart from jealousy, he would never suspect Li Hui of being unfaithful to him.It's just that outsiders have invaded their territory for no reason, and they feel deeply threatened.

Li Hui and Princess Changning gave him sideways glances, they both understood his unfinished words and did not answer.Next, the two cousins ​​discussed how to use this matter to continue to attack the hidden power of Princess Anxing.And Wang Zixian sat next to him, explaining to Yang Shen who couldn't understand from time to time.Both he and Li Hui believe that this child is extremely intelligent, as long as he has enough opportunities, his vision and knowledge will expand rapidly, and he will never be weaker than anyone else.

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The next day, when Princess Changning entered the palace, she did not go to the Anren Hall to meet Empress Du, but went to the Liangyi Hall to greet the saint.When the sage heard the report from the supervisor in the palace that his daughter had arrived, his emotions were extremely complicated.Undoubtedly, Yan Zhan at this time is completely unqualified in his opinion.As a father, he naturally hoped that his daughter could reconcile and leave, and he was not worried about finding a more suitable son-in-law.But if his daughter wanted to keep Yan Zhan, he couldn't bear to make her sad...

Thus, the sage, caught in his imagination, frowned, called his right and left arm, and said: "If Yue Niang pleads for Yan's family later, you two must show the awe-inspiring demeanor of the Yan family. Persist in disposing of the Yan family according to the law. Alas, I finally see clearly that there are always some omissions in the marriage that grandpa refers to. No one would have imagined that, as Yue Niang's son-in-law, Yan Zhan would dare to have sex with Yang in private. family contacts."

Li Huiqing, the king of Xin'an County, coughed: "Uncle, don't worry, even if Yue Niang can't figure it out for a while, my nephew will persuade her to act impartially. Moreover, according to my nephew, Yue Niang doesn't really care about Yan Zhan." How much affection between children, even if I plead for him, it is just thinking about the relationship between husband and wife."

The right arm——Prince Zuo Buque continued: "My minister has sorted out the situation of the Yan family involved in the case, which is just right for your lord to have a look at. I believe that your lord is a reasonable person, and he will never abolish the public just because of personal interests." .”

The sage nodded in satisfaction and called his daughter in.However, Princess Changning's first sentence completely stunned him: "Grandpa, I don't want to be with the Yan family, and I want to make peace with Yan Zhan. Handle it lightly. But Yan Zhan is rebellious, so he should be sentenced to exile for thousands of miles."

"..." After thinking hard, the words of persuasion that he had prepared for a long time did not have a chance to come out. The saint choked and was silent for a moment before he said, "...that makes sense...how do you think it should be punished?"

"Reduce the title of the Duke of the State, and demote the whole family to common people. If there is a chance to amnesty in the future, or if their family has good children, then they can be named county princes or even county princes. After all, it is my grandfather's mother clan, so I can't It's too harsh." Princess Changning said indifferently, "As for Yan Zhan, let him be exiled to Guangzhou. At least, he can be with the Second Father and the others." She believed that if she knew what Yan Zhan had done, she would be ashamed. Brother Li Jing will definitely "entertain" him well.

"But..." The sage looked at his daughter who seemed to have grown up a lot, feeling extremely fond of him, "Good boy, don't worry, Grandpa will choose another son-in-law for you with outstanding character!"

"Grandpa, let Er An live for a while." Princess Changning said softly, as if she was about to cry.

Seeing that she seemed to be hurt by Yan Zhan, the sage couldn't help but become more and more annoyed at the Yan family, thinking that only dealing with Yan Zhan alone was taking advantage of them.At least that Concubine Yan, who was jumping up and down all the time, couldn't let her go lightly!After the anger subsided, he carefully thought about the current state of his beloved daughter, and he had no choice but to hold back the idea of ​​choosing a son-in-law for the time being, thinking about discussing it with Queen Du another day.

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A few days later, Yang Shijing asked to beheaded, Yang Qian also dragged out the corpse and beheaded.A certain married woman of the Yang family silently sent servants to collect the bodies of the father and son.Because Hongnong Yang's Jingzhao House now has the second house as the patriarch, and he didn't want them to be buried in the ancestral grave, so he had to buy a piece of land for them to bury them separately.

When Mrs. Wei and everyone in the Yang family were exiled from Beijing, Yang Shen drove Yang Dalang and Shanniang to see them off in a bullock cart.Yang Dalang wanted to have a few words with Mrs. Wei, but Mrs. Wei ignored him. She just took her own eldest lady and third lady and told them to take care of Yang Baniang who had become a monk.Then, she was silent for a moment, and added: "Da Lang's illness is getting worse, if you have spare energy, take care of him... just have a date with A Tao."

Aunt Yang and Yang Sanniang looked at each other in surprise, and couldn't help looking back at the lonely ox cart not far away.The stubborn little boy stared back at them like a ferocious little beast, and stopped Yang Dalang and Shanniang desperately, preventing them from getting out of the car and showing up.It wasn't until Mrs. Wei and others drove away in the dilapidated ox cart that the young boy reluctantly saluted the two aunts, and then hurried away with the ox cart.

Aunt Yang and Yang Sanniang sent their servants to follow, and they were even more shocked when they learned that their family lived in the Prince's Mansion of Xin'an County.

Two or three days later, Yan Zhan took a few servants alone and was escorted by the Jinwu Guard to Guangzhou.Under the suppression of Concubine Yan, no one in Duke Cheng's mansion, who had been demoted to common people, dared to send him off.And when he walked a few miles away and looked back again, he never saw the person he most wanted to see, so he had to leave sadly.

As for how Li Jing, who had already received a letter from his cousin, would react after Yan Zhan went to Guangzhou, that is another story.Even though Concubine Yan put the blame on her nephew Yan Zhan, she still couldn't get rid of the crime, and was sent to Zhaoling to guard the tomb of Emperor Taizong and Empress Wende, and she was never allowed to return to Chang'an.

The author has something to say: Yan Zhan: QAQ, who are you?Why is there another person in your lord's bedroom?

Yang Atao: Me?My name is Yang Atao, and my husband brought me to see your lord.

Yan Zhan: QAQ, who is your husband?

Yang Atao: Two gentlemen, which one do you ask?

Yan Zhan: (╯－_－)╯╧╧, are you the foster husband of Tong? ! ! !

Prince Xin'an: ...What is Tong Yangfu? !

Prince Xian: I also want to know...

Princess Changning: ...Let him go early...

Yan Zhan: QAQ

Tianshui County King: Hey, I heard that someone who needs to be beaten is coming over recently?Haha, my fist can't wait! !

Volume Eight: Chasing after Victory