Chapter 311: Concubine Liu's plea was rejected
The innkeeper raised his head sharply after listening to the words of the sixth prince, and a flash of hope flashed in his eyes: "Does the sixth prince mean what he says?" If the villain makes it clear what he has done over the years, you will have a lot of adults who will not be held accountable? ”
"Of course, my sixth prince counts everything, as long as you tell the truth, I will be lenient on you!" The sixth prince looked at the innkeeper and raised a handsome eyebrow.
"Okay, I said. I'm here to call the inn to greet people to send them to, in fact, I am just looking at the past guests who have more belongings, if the guest single-handedly has no effort, we will leave most of his belongings and leave a small part of the finances to blow him away, if the guests will be kung fu many, we will slaughter him at the price of the hotel and then drive them away. Yesterday I saw that there were a lot of people when you came, and there were a lot of practitioners, I thought it would be difficult for you to ask for more silver taels, but I didn't expect this girl to give a thousand taels of silver in addition to the store money, and a thousand silver is enough for the villain to buy two big inns, so the villain saw the wealth and wanted to escape with the silver ticket...... The villain's sin deserves death, please forgive the six princes! ”
"Oh, so you opened a black shop!" Zhang Youtao looked suddenly enlightened.
"Don't say that, the little one has never done anything to kill people and sell goods, it's just a little greed!" The innkeeper's frightened face squeezed out a smile, which was really ugly than crying.
The little two who came to report the case on the side listened to the innkeeper's words and didn't do anything: "Shopkeeper, you left with the silver ticket and left us alone, if it wasn't for the six princes and others who found out early, you would have escaped, if you were arrested by the nobles to see the official, what should we do?" A slender junior said dissatisfiedly.
"Such a black-hearted person is ruthless and unrighteous, how can he care about our life and death, we work hard for him, he is not a hard person to deduct our wages, and he stretches out his hand to scold us!" The other pale junior continued.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you see that your popularity is really bad enough, and others are just fine, even the little two in your store don't speak for you. What a failure you have! Zhang Youtao looked "heartbroken" and inserted a knife in the innkeeper's body.
"Ma Tengda, as a magistrate, you are not strict with the law and obey the law, but instead conniving at the people around you to do such shameless deeds, this alone is enough for you to go to prison for ten years, not to mention the shady things you have done!" The Sixth Prince looked at Ma Tengda, and his words revealed endless frost.
"It's over!" Ma Tengda lay on the ground with an earthy face, and the whole person trembled!
At the same time, Concubine Liu in the palace knelt in front of the emperor with the twelve princes in her arms and cried with pear blossoms and rain: "Your Majesty, I know that my cousin made a big mistake and made you angry, but please look at the sake of the concubines who have served you for many years, just bypass them, the concubines beg you......" The twelve princes, who were less than two years old, saw his mother crying sadly, and he also cried in fear. The cries of the mother and son shook the sky, giving the emperor a headache.
"Okay, don't cry anymore, the nurse will take the twelve princes out and coax them, and the others will go out too, I have something to say to Concubine Liu!" The emperor ordered while rubbing his temples.
The nurse did not slack off when she heard this, and quickly picked up the twelve princes and walked out. After all the palace people withdrew, there were only two people left in the palace, the emperor and Concubine Liu.
"Ai Concubine, you have served me for many years and gave birth to twelve princes to me, which is indeed meritorious, but I treat your mother and son well, and the reward for your mother is also generous enough, but your mother's relatives rely on your power to do such a ridiculous and heinous thing, if I blindly tolerate them in your face, it will cause the people to complain, and if it is used by someone with a heart, then my throne will be in jeopardy." The emperor said as he helped Concubine Liu up.
"Where is it so serious, although the cousins of the concubines are ridiculous, but there is nothing wrong with them, the concubines are willing to take out their private money to comfort the bitter masters, so let this matter be made into a big thing, and a small matter!" Concubine Liu looked at the emperor and said while wiping her tears.
"Big things are small, what you said is light, you are the emperor is a boat, the people are water, and water can carry a boat and capsize a boat? Don't you know how the emperor of the previous dynasty died in the country, isn't it because he is mediocre and unreasonable, and his relatives relied on the power of the royal family to lose the hearts of the people, don't you also want me to follow in the footsteps of that faint monarch? "The emperor was really angry when he heard Concubine Liu's words.
"The emperor is angry, and the concubines will never dare!" Concubine Liu saw that the emperor was angry, and quickly knelt on the ground again.
"Okay, don't kneel, get up quickly, although you don't understand state affairs, but there is one thing you should understand, if I am the emperor, you are Concubine Liu, if I am not the emperor, not only are you nothing, but even your life will be difficult to preserve!" The emperor looked at Concubine Liu kneeling there, and sighed and said.
Concubine Liu listened to the emperor's words, her body shook violently, and she secretly said in her heart: "Yes, with the emperor, she is the concubine, if the emperor's throne can't be kept, what if you want to live anywhere?" ”
The emperor looked at Concubine Liu and continued to say: "Don't worry, I will send a fair person to investigate your two cousins and punish them according to their crimes, and will definitely not implicate the innocent people of your mother's family, after all, it is the grandfather of the Twelve Princes, I will let people deal with it quietly, try not to let more people know, if this matter is publicized, it will not be beneficial to the future of you and the Twelve Princes, do you understand?" ”
"On behalf of the mother's family and the twelve princes, thank the emperor for his grace!" Having said that, even the most stupid person knows what to do, Concubine Liu knows that her two cousins can't keep it, if she pleads again, I'm afraid she won't even be able to keep her concubine position, and if her concubine position is not guaranteed, the future of the twelve princes will be worried!
"Okay, you go out and see the Twelve Princes, I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while!" The emperor looked at Concubine Liu and said.
"Yes, the concubine is retired!" Concubine Liu hurriedly left after saluting, and when she walked out of the palace, she found that the cold sweat on her body had soaked her dress!
The two brothers of the Ma family were sentenced to death within a few days of imprisonment after a rigorous examination, and the innkeeper was sentenced to hard labor in exile. After everything was settled, Yulian's injuries were much better, and everyone accelerated towards the border in a super tight manner.
After walking for more than a day, Zhang Youtao saw the forest that was captured by Yelu Mountain from a distance. Zhang Youtao looked at the woods in front of her with a lot of thoughts, and before she had time to sigh with the six princes, she found that there were many barracks and tents built in the open space opposite the woods, and General Yuan led a team of men and horses to walk in the direction of their team.
When the two men and horses met, General Yuan hurriedly saluted the six princes: "The last general will see His Royal Highness the Six Princes!" ”
Seeing this, the six princes hurriedly dismounted: "General Yuan doesn't have to be polite, please get up quickly!" ”
"I've seen Miss Peach!" General Yuan bowed to Zhang Youtao.
"You're welcome, we've been on the road for a day, let's go in and talk!" Zhang Youtao said with a smile at General Yuan.
General Yuan did not slack off when he heard this, and hurriedly welcomed everyone into the camp tent opposite the woods. While everyone was getting out of the carriage and being settled, he stole a glance at Yucui. Yucui was well conditioned by Zhang Youtao before leaving, and her complexion became very good, even if she had been in a hurry for several days, she still had a peach blossom face and outstanding temperament, which made people unable to take their eyes off it. Thinking that he was going to marry such a beautiful girl, General Yuan was in a good mood, and Yucui saw General Yuan's hot eyes and quickly lowered her head shyly, and even her ears were blushing.
"Don't stare at Yucui, you must know that the groom and the bride can't meet before getting married!" Zhang Youtao looked at General Yuan and quipped.
"That's it, that's it, the coming day is long, and the days of your long-looking stay and the morning and twilight are still ahead!" The sixth prince also said with a smile.
At this time, Yucui couldn't raise her head shyly, and walked quickly to the camp tent arranged by General Yuan under the leadership of Yahuan.
After everyone was settled, Zhang Youtao told General Yuan everything that happened on the road, and the six princes sat on the side and listened to Zhang Youtao while drinking tea quietly.
"What, you're saying that Yucui has a family, and she has a mother and sister, that's great!" General Yuan was very happy to hear Zhang Youtao's words.
"Well, in fact, strictly speaking, Yucui not only has a mother and sister, but also a father, but her inhuman father was hung on a tree by me in a cage, and we don't know if he is alive now!" Zhang Youtao said with a sly wink.
"Miss Tao'er and the Sixth Prince are still too generous and left him a way to live, if it were me, I would have taken his cheap life with a sword, and it is simply inferior to a beast to be able to do such a thing to his own daughter!" General Yuan gritted his teeth and said.
"By the way, I have one more thing to tell you. The young man who was almost sunk in the pond with Yucui's sister Yulian also came with us, he has no parents and relatives, and his family is poor, so your mother-in-law is unwilling to marry Yulian to him, but he is really sincere to Yulian, for them to have a lover and eventually become a family, I made my own initiative to hand him over to you, so that he can have the opportunity to make contributions and marry Yulian home in a beautiful way, I don't know if General Yuan is willing to take him in? Zhang Youtao looked at General Yuan and said very seriously.