The step-concubine of the king of Liao is a domineering person. Maybe in the past, in front of the King of Liao, she would pretend to be gentle and virtuous, but now that her two sons are so old, except for Zhao Shuo, there is no one else to favor, what else does she have to worry about? Not to mention that the King of Liao has a sense of the collapse of the three views, and the people in the Liao Wangfu are also dumbfounded.

But because of this, several guards in the prison of Shuntianfu knew in their hearts that they could not resist the orders of the concubine of the king of Liao. Not to mention that their parents, wives and children are still in the hands of the Liao Wangfu, even if they are not there, with the status of the Liao Wang's husband and wife, where will a few small guards have the strength to resist?

Now what they can count on is that after temporarily taking the charge for the little master, the court can arrest Lan Dafu and his gang, find out the real culprit, and return them to innocence. Thus they have fulfilled their integrity and preserved themselves. In addition, they took the blame for Zhao Li, presumably the Liao King and his wife will also take more care of their families.

They actually have some regrets in their hearts. chose to be attached to Zhao Li's side as an errand boy, hoping that after the second son became the son, he would be able to follow the rising tide and soar. I didn't expect that I didn't know where the future I wanted was, so I was unlucky for my second son first, and I don't know if I would even sacrifice my life. I knew that the step-concubine of the Liao King and the second son, Zhao Li, were such people, so why did they bother to surrender to their mother and son in the first place? But now apart from these two, they don't have the courage to switch to anyone else. Zhao Yan's leg injury, they are participants, whether this kind of secret is known to the King of Liao or Zhao Yan, what awaits them will be a more miserable end. They could only stubbornly continue to mess with Zhao Li, and had no choice.

After the Liao Wangfu sent people to visit several guards in the prison, the latter changed their confessions one after another, claiming that they were making their own decisions and wanted to scare the landlord with a sword and force them to recruit the traces of Lan Dafu and others, but they didn't expect that a careless one actually killed someone, as for the landlord's family, they were afraid that the matter would be exposed, and they would bring trouble to themselves and the Liao Wangfu, so they killed them together, but they didn't expect the neighbors to suddenly break in, so they broke through their crimes. As for the so-called criminal evidence of the Liaowang Mansion hidden by the landlord, they insisted that they did not know in advance, and the evidence was that there were no traces of the inside of the house being carefully examined, and they only searched people everywhere, and did not rummage through the cabinets, and those criminal evidence were forged by Lan Dafu and others, they did not know in advance, and it was impossible for them to kill people in order to get something.

The people of Shuntian Mansion knew in their hearts that this must be the nobles of the Liao Wangfu who hinted to the guards to change their mouths. They weren't a little happy. In this way, Zhao Li was whitewashed, at most it was a sin of lax majesty. However, the so-called "Lan Dafu" has not been seen so far, and the people who are guarding the city gate have been watching for several days, but they have not been able to keep an eye on similar people leaving the city, and the officers and soldiers have searched all over the city, and they have never seen such a person appear. Could it be that this man has ascended to heaven in the daylight?! Maybe it was fabricated in order to cover up the real purpose of the Liao Wangfu guards to kill people! As for whether the evidence of the crime is true or false...... As long as you send a messenger to Liaodong to investigate, you will know. The Liao Wangfu desperately denied the authenticity of the evidence, but did not want to accept the investigation of the Qin Cha, this is not a false heart? It can be seen that the evidence is not fake!

The step-concubine of the Liao King felt that she had obviously taken effective measures, and the guards also acted honestly according to her orders, but the Shuntian Mansion did not honestly do what she wanted, and the Zongren Mansion did not show any signs of letting her baby son out of prison, so she immediately became irritable. She kept urging the Liao King to find someone and face the saint, but Zhao Li was wronged, and now the murderers have admitted it, although Zhao Li is at fault for not being strict with the emperor, it is a big deal that the Liao Wangfu will pay the fine, so why is he still refusing to release them? This is obviously deliberately embarrassing them! Do these people in the capital think that their Liao Wangfu is far away in Liaodong, and they can be bullied at will if they don't move around the capital at will? Ridiculous! They are dignified princes' mansions, and they hold military power, and even the emperor is polite to them. What kind of green onion is Shuntian Mansion? How dare you not take their Liao Wangfu in your eyes?!

The king of Liao was so upset that he didn't even want to see his wife, and only spent time in the study every day. It's not that he doesn't want his second son to return to the house as soon as possible, but when Zhao Mo came that day, he made it clear that this was not as simple as a murder case, and the evidence released by those Beirong people was not fake that Liao Wangfu said it was fake, so it really became fake. The emperor clearly wants to use this case to cut the authority of the Liao Palace, before the goal is achieved, Zhao Li is the emperor's bargaining chip, how can he release people happily?

What's more, the step-concubine of the King of Liao asked the guards to confess their guilt without consulting the King of Liao in advance. The king of Liao felt that she had made a stupid mistake and made a wrong move. They knew that this case had little to do with the Liao Wangfu, and the people were not killed by the guards at all. As long as Shuntianfu takes a little more time and investigates carefully, it is easy to come to the truth. At that time, Zhao Li can be whitewashed, and the guards will not have to be wronged, and those incriminating evidence will become a tool forged by liars and murderers to frame the Liao Palace. As a result, as soon as the concubine of the king of Liao made a move, the guards took the matter into account, making the case more complicated. If Shuntianfu really accepts this statement and closes the case, then who else will go after Lan Dafu and the others? If the real culprit is not caught, the guards of the Liao Wangfu will be nailed to death for murder, and who will believe that the evidence is fake? This not only cannot really clear Zhao Li's suspicion, but on the contrary, it gives the emperor a reason to deal with the Liao Wangfu and Zhao Li openly, and he is simply dizzy!

The King of Liao deeply regretted that he had given his step-concubine too much power, so that she could bypass him and give orders directly to the palace guards, but he had no time to do any remedy, so he could only wait in the outer study in a depressed manner, waiting for the emperor's will in his heart.

He didn't have to wait long. Within a few days, the decree came down.

The emperor demoted the title of the Liao king, demoted the prince to the county king, changed the title to Yiyang, and strictly ordered the Yiyang county king's family to leave the capital as soon as possible, and the deadline was before the lunar month.

There is no mention of murder, illegal sale of ordnance, fornication with foreign countries, etc., and none of the selected charges are very serious. This verdict is quite fair. No one in the clan objected, and the courtiers all approved of it.

But the step-concubine of the king of Liao, the newly released step-concubine of the king of Yiyang, only felt that it was a bolt from the blue. The good Liaodong fiefdom was lost like this? She was actually demoted to the princess of the county?

She went mad to her husband: "What's going on? Why do you punish us so severely?! And Li'er, what about Li'er? Why didn't the holy decree mention that he should be released?!"

The King of Liao, now the king of Yiyang, was disappointed in his heart, and he had already expected the result of the degrading, and if he was still the prince and only changed the title elsewhere, how could it be regarded as a punishment? But why was the fief not the Guangning he wanted but Yiyang? Yiyang was far away in Huguang, and he had never been to the place south of the Yellow River. Does this mean that he can't even take away the subordinate officers and generals he has used well? What about the guards? Could it be that he has to move to a new fiefdom when he is old, start from scratch, and rebuild the royal team?

The king of Yiyang County was irritable, and when he heard the princess's words, he became more and more impatient: "I said a long time ago that you should not act rashly, but you just don't listen! Li'er will not suffer a lot in the prison of the Zongren Mansion, so what does it matter if he stays for a few more days? When the real murderer is caught in the Shuntian Mansion, the case will be closed." But you let the palace guards come forward to face the crime, don't you take on an irrelevant case? They are people from my Liao Palace, and they have committed crimes in the capital, and you think we will not be implicated? I am afraid that even our son will be cheated by you! The guards are all his people, and if they commit crimes and kill people, he will be responsible! Do you really think that by letting his subordinates take the blame, you will be able to get your son out? Fool! On the contrary, you have let your son fall into it! What are you angry with me now? I am going to cry out for injustice! When will your mother and son be able to make me feel more worried? I'm fighting desperately outside, you can't just share my worries, and you have to drag me back, why do you still have the face to make trouble in front of me?! Get back to the yard!"

The king of Yiyang County was on fire, and the expression of Yiyang's step-concubine changed greatly. Without her husband's connivance, she would not have much confidence after all. And her husband's words also let her know what a stupid thing she had done, for fear that her husband would blame her, she still ran away crying. After running back to the room, she cried and felt worried.

She'd have to talk to someone about what to do. Is it really impossible to discuss the matter of being demoted from a prince and princess to a princess of the county, and being ordered by the holy decree to become a vassal as soon as possible? Then what should be done about their belongings in Liaodong? What should they do with their property? What should they do with their property? What should they do with their subordinates? What should they do with their personal guards? Will they have time to move? And when will her son Zhao Li be released? Now that her husband's title has been reduced to that of the county king, whose position should be the eldest son of the county king?

She has fought with people all her life, and she has never taken Zhao Shuo's son Zhao Mo in her eyes. Unexpectedly, now that he is old and old, his husband has actually been demoted to a knighthood and is on an equal footing with his grandson. Zhao Mo's holy family is far better than his own grandfather, what is this?!

When Zhao Mo got the news, he happened to be in Yongjiahou Mansion. He said to Qin Hanzhen with a smile on his face: "The emperor is kind, for fear that after the prince changes his fief, his life will not be as rich and comfortable as before, so he specially picked a rich fief for his old man." Although Yiyang is not big, it is undoubtedly much stronger than Guangning that the prince originally wanted. Moreover, Huguang also has a warmer climate than Liaodong, and the products are abundant. The prince can retire in Yiyang with peace of mind in the future. ”

Qin Hanzhen stared at him: "I've finished saying anything." I guess your grandfather must be complaining in secret right now. No matter how good Yiyang is, it is so far away from Liaodong, everything has to be created from scratch, and in his opinion, it is definitely not as good as Guangning. Most importantly, in Quang Ninh, he could maintain influence in the Liaodong Army, but in Yiyang...... I'm afraid he may not even be able to grasp the real power of the army, right? How many guards can the county king have? Can he recruit them all? Or will the court let him fill them?"

I remember that for Wu Shaoying's new vacancy, my grandfather Qin Bai and Changfang's cousin Qin Zhonghai had discussed where the vacancy was better, and at that time, the list was selected for the position of Yang Zhizhou. According to the news that Qin Zhonghai heard, the magistrates of several state capitals around Yiyang are all powerful officials with deep backgrounds, and there are several famous families in the local area, and there are high-ranking officials from almost all generations. In Yiyang Renzhizhou, he must be deeply constrained by local forces and act unfreely, so it is not a good choice.

Is it a good choice for the king of Yiyang County to be assigned such a fief?

Zhao Mo smiled but did not speak.