On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the prince of Zhenguo and the prince of Zhenguo knew that they were guilty of great sin and committed suicide in prison.

The queen mother was heartbroken, and the emperor was filial and worried about his mother, so he exempted the rest of the Zhenguo Mansion from capital crimes, and ensured that his title was inherited by his concubine Wang Pu, and married Liao Yuansi, the eldest son of the Liao family in Linzhou, the lord of Danyang County.

When the Queen Mother heard the news, she rushed to the Imperial Study.

"Danyang's family has its own mourning family to decide, why does the emperor want to marry Danyang and Liao Yuansi?"

Emperor Qingming said lightly, "The Liao family's hundred-year-old clan is enough to match the daughter of a criminal minister in Danyang." This is a good family business, why is the queen mother so angry? ”

"You should have let the Wang family go down yesterday, but you had such an idea behind your back?"

"This family affair was proposed by the seventh brother, doesn't the queen mother know?"

"Seventh?" The Queen Mother said angrily, "The mourning family is still kind to him, and he is here to calculate the mourning family!" ”

Emperor Qingming secretly sighed that his mother had been immersed in the harem for most of her life, but she was really not scheming. If it weren't for the support of the Wang family, and he became the emperor early, she might not have lived to this day.

The Queen Mother eased her tone, "Your Majesty, you quickly took back the holy decree, so you will destroy Danyang!" ”

"You don't joke." Emperor Qingming raised his eyes and said, "Perhaps, the queen mother will go to the seventh brother again and ask him to persuade me to take back my fate." ”

"It's not that his son can't be counted on after all, and the mourning family is afraid that he will be calculated by him again." The Queen Mother's words were cold, and then soft, "Your Majesty, you are the most filial, so take back your will to give marriage."

Emperor Qingming said, "It's okay if Danyang doesn't marry Liao Yuansi......"

The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with hope, but she heard Emperor Qingming continue, "The rest of the Wang family don't want to live. ”

The Queen Mother's heart cooled again.

The emperor is going to completely destroy the foundation of the Wang family.

Wang Caidan does not marry into the prince's mansion, once she dies, the Wang family will no longer have anything to rely on, and it will fall in a few years.

The Queen Mother staggered out of the study.

When passing through the palace road of Kunning Palace, she paused in her footsteps and looked over.

"How long has it been since the mourning family has seen the queen?"

Father-in-law Wei guessed her intentions, his face changed suddenly, and he knelt on the ground, "Queen Mother, no." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the gate of the palace, and the two camellia plants were blooming even in winter. But I don't know how many pots of camellia the emperor replaced in order to maintain the splendor.

She muttered to herself, "That thousand-year-old snow lotus, the mourning family took it out early." ”

Gonggong Wei knelt there and didn't know how to reply, the queen mother didn't have many chips in her hand, without that snow lotus, the emperor might not be able to stay in the Wang family for so many days.

The Queen Mother asked, "How much is the lunar month today?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month."

"On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, three more days will be the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. The queen can always come out to see the mourning family. ”

Gonggong Wei hurriedly said, "Naturally. Even if the queen refuses to attend the night banquet, she can always greet you on the first day of the first lunar month. ”

"That's good, that's good." The Queen Mother retracted her gaze, "If you can see her, Danyang will have a chance." ”

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But it was said that the criminal department was in prison.

The Wang family was held in two cells, one for men and one for women and children. Although they have only been detained for two days, they have lost their dignity and are no longer neat and glamorous.

There was the sound of footsteps in the dark corridors, and the sound of jailers scolding prisoners.

Behind the jailer was a man, a corpse to be exact. Everywhere they went, there were dark red blood stains on the ground, and there was a disgusting smell of fish.

As they passed in front of them, everyone was stunned—it was Shizi!

"Mao'er!"

The Duchess of Zhenguo let out a terrible scream, and then fainted.

The aunts were paralyzed on the ground and cried for the ground, and several young ladies also cried, and the prison was in chaos.

It was only at this time that they truly felt the fear of death. I thought that the Wang family had a queen mother, and there was always a way to escape. But the son of the world died like this!

Unlike others who cried to death, Wang Caidan didn't have a tear on his face, and stood there calmly with an indifferent face.

She didn't understand, obviously the eldest brother said that day that he and his father would be fine, and the Wang family would be fine. But why was the eldest brother detained that night, and the next day he was put in prison. Now, the eldest brother has died again for no apparent reason.

Something must have happened that night, completely pushing the Wang family into the abyss.

The prison man walked over with the key, and first looked at Wang Caidan strangely for a moment, "You are the first one who was not scared to cry when he saw the dead." ”

Wang Caidan was still expressionless, "My eldest brother was killed by you." ”

Prison Cheng sneered, "You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." The son of the world committed suicide in fear of sin! ”

Wang Caidan knew that it was definitely not.

The prison man opened the cell door, "Get up quickly, you want to cry back and cry!" ”

There was a moment of silence in the prison, followed by a chaotic sound, and everyone supported each other and couldn't wait to get out of this pickled place.

Wang Caidan asked, "Is it the emperor's will?" ”

"I don't know this, if the county lord has any questions, go out and ask the queen mother."

Wang Caidan didn't ask for any news, and together with the brothers who came from the cell next to him, he carried his fainting mother out of the cell.

The Wang family, who had just come out of prison, had not yet found out what had happened, and the body of Wang Can, the prince of Zhenguo, was carried back by the eunuch.

The eunuchs threw down the corpses and left, without a word of explanation.

If there was still a glimmer of hope in the Wang family before, there was no hope at this time. The two main backbones of the mansion died, and the sky of the Guogong Mansion fell.

Wang Caidan went to Liao Yuansi's courtyard.

Xu was because Liao Yuansi was only a teacher, so he was not detained that day. When they were detained, she saw Liao Yuansi standing in the crowd from a distance, watching them quietly.

He was out there, and with his mind, he knew what was going on.

The room was empty, and all the belongings were neatly arranged, as if the owner had not left.

A small guy came in, "County Lord Ann." ”

Wang Caidan asked, "What about Mr. Liao?" ”

The little servant replied, "Mr. has returned to Linzhou, saying that there is something in the clan for him to deal with." ”

"Did he say he would come back?"

"I didn't say it." The little guy thought for a while, "Mr. didn't take anything with him when he left, so he must have to come back." ”

Wang Caidan smiled bitterly, will he come back?

Now that the Wang family's building has collapsed, where can he still give him a rich future. He is ambitious, how could he be willing to be a teacher in the ruined Guogong Mansion.

But for half a day, the house was full of vegetarianism.

The prince of Zhenguo and the prince of the world are guilty of treason, and they do not dare to be extravagant in their funeral house, only the wives and concubines and children in the house are mourned, and there is no mourning and joy in the law, and no one mourns.

Wang Caidan wore linen and filial piety, and knelt in front of the spirit.

Her maid came over quietly, knelt beside her and whispered, "County master, the slave and maid listened to the discussion of the people outside, the prince was detained that day because Mr. Liao quietly delivered the news to the criminal department, so that the criminal department caught the handle of the prince's rebellion. Because of this, the emperor convicted the prince of the country and the prince of treason in the early dynasty. ”

Wang Caidan looked up at her suddenly, his eyes were sharp, "Liao Yuansi? Are you sure? ”

(End of chapter)