Chapter 41: The Shaw Dilemma

"Hurry up and tell Madame! said that the eldest prince is back! ”

At noon on this day, there was a shouting outside the door of the Xiao Mansion, and the passers-by were full of surprise when they saw the eldest prince, and they all wondered that the person who came back from prison could be so neatly dressed and looked so bright!

"Yu'er has suffered a lot! I thought I would never see my mother again! Yu'er misses her mother and sister......"

With the man's choked voice of complaining, Mo said that the maid in the room was startled by the intruder, and even the eldest lady who had been grounded for a few days stood up in fright when she saw the eldest son, and looked at her son who had not been seen for a long time.

The second lady here was also beside her, and when she saw someone, she glared at her in a daze and asked, "Didn't the eldest brother go to prison?" When did my mother get my brother back? ”

"Fu Yin once told me that there is no way to save Yu'er! I can only ask people to go and give Wei's color a look! But the news came that the Wei family had suffered and relied on Fu Yin's head! Never thought Yu'er that you were back? ”

Wu finally recovered from the shock, and everyone was happy to be able to come back, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and hurriedly went up to check carefully.

"Let my mother take a good look at you, have you suffered in the prison where you have seen the light of day for the past few days?"

The maids hurriedly moved their chairs, poured water and served tea and began to smile in front of the eldest prince, Yi Cui saw that the lady who was in a good mood sat down, Wu no longer cared about the matter, and was full of joy and took his son's hand and asked for warmth.

Xiao Wanxin also sat down next to each other, but the doubts lingered in her heart, she looked at her brother and asked, "Brother, didn't you escape back by yourself?" ”

Hearing this, Wu blamed his daughter for not knowing how to care about her brother's random suspicions, and gave her a look, which was also to comfort herself and guess the reason.

"Wan Xinhu wants to talk nonsense, how can the prison go in and out casually? It must be that the old man is soft-hearted or has found a familiar colleague and let Yu'er out. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yu didn't intend to hide it, and wanted to tell the whole story: "Mother, in fact, ......"

But halfway through this, there was a loud rumbling sound outside the room, and a moment later the Imperial Forest Army with swords and armor broke into the room, and such a big battle caused the woman in the room to scream in terror.

"Who are you! How dare you trespass on an official's private house with a sword? ”

Those soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army were as iron as ice, their swords, guns, swords and halberds pointed at the soul and scattered everyone, the maids did not dare to take a step forward in order to flee for their lives, and the eldest prince was even more timid as a mouse and hid in the corner.

The room was full of astonishment, and the guards soon came to say, "Madame, something has happened!" The ministers in the palace have come to the Xiao Mansion! said that Mrs., Miss and Son-in-law were invited to the front yard to listen to the order! ”

Yi Cui trembled and helped his wife, who was also afraid, to step forward, and Wu forced himself to calm his mind, grabbed the guard's collar and shouted loudly.

"How can it be the decree of the palace? Where is the old man at the moment? ”

"The master is already waiting outside, just wait for all the Xiao family to come over and receive the order!"

This reply woke everyone up, and it turned out that when they were immersed in the joy of the eldest prince's return to the house, the Xiao Mansion had been surrounded by the Royal Forest Army!

"The Xiao family has arrived? If you don't get it, go and find it as soon as possible! The ruler will read the decree! ”

In just half an hour, the Imperial Forest Army brought all the people of the Xiao Mansion to the front yard, and the official who read the holy decree spread out the cloth in his hand, glanced at Lord Xiao, who was pale, and read out the words on the holy decree unhurriedly.

"According to the confessions of the Yin of Kyoto Prefecture and the son of the Xiao family, the Xiao family looted the people's fat and ointment to make fake silver tickets, and even used the profit to cast weapons privately, intending to rebel against the saint!"

"The cabinet intends to order the Ministry of Officials, and now the dismissal of Xiao Shizhong is investigated, and the Xiao family is grounded in the mansion until the truth is clarified!"

However, a few words have caused the whole house to fall into panic and panic!

After receiving the holy decree, the official snorted coldly: "Xiao Shizhong, please accept the holy decree." ”

The sin of disobedience is heinous, the Xiao family is jumping into the fire pit by themselves, the official is just acting on orders, the cabinet has already spoken, even if the saint does not pursue it, the Xiao family will definitely die.

After receiving the heavy holy decree, Xiao Jingqi gritted his teeth, his hands trembled and swallowed his anger: "Thank you, my lord, the decree of the minister is ......."

Xiao Shi is still a good acquaintance, everything is going well, the official who read the will left coldly, and the Imperial Forest Army of the whole courtyard also followed to the outside of Xiao Mansion, and soon there was a sound of locking the door, and the people under Xiao Mansion began to cry underground one by one.

Throwing the holy decree to the ground, Xiao Jing got up in a hurry, and ordered like thunder: "Come and guard forward!" Drag this rebel down and beat me with a cane and fifty boards! Call me until I'm crippled! ”

Hearing such a heavy punishment, Xiao Yu was terrified, and he didn't know that he had been deceived, until his father pointed his nose and scolded, and then he realized everything!

"You rebel son has never read and read well, what testimony do you think will be easily released from prison? That's just a confession that someone else has already forged! ”

"Master, this is Yu'er's life! Master, it's better to give me a good time! ”

Before the guards pulled the eldest prince down, the Wu family had already pounced on him and protected him in front of his beloved son, and Xiao Jingqi was different from being polite to them again, and directly reached out and gave the Wu family a hard slap!

"Madam, you still have the face to complain to me! The good son you raised did not hesitate to sell the entire Xiao family in order to escape from prison! And you made fake silver tickets behind my back in Kyoto! ”

This slap resounded in the front yard, and the subordinates who had never seen the old man beating his wife were stunned as if they could stuff eggs with their mouths, and Wu was even more in a trance, and he couldn't tell the southeast and northwest by the slap.

"You are selfish as the Xiao family, in order to save the Xiao family today, I can only execute the two of you with my own hands to apologize!"

Immediately after that, the accusation resounded in his ears, and the eldest son wanted to protect his mother, but he was afraid of being blamed by his father, like a puppet stiffened in place, the second lady held on to her arm in order to prevent her mother from falling, in exchange for only the red handprint, only the third lady could stay out of the matter, and looked at all this indifferently.

"Master, you are so ruthless! I have been with you for so many years, and the Wu family has also helped you for so many years! Now that something has happened to the Xiao family, you don't care if we live or die! And Yu'er, he's your only son! ”

In the end, Wu's heart was heartbroken, and his cry was painful, and he said the truth that had been pressed in his heart for many years!

Xiao Wan crawled over without giving up, grabbed her father's hand and pleaded: "Please let my father spare my mother and eldest brother's lives!" This matter has not yet been clarified, and the Xiao family must still have a way out! ”

"What other way out! The Xiao family can only wait for death! ”

Seeing that his daughter, who had been favored for many years, burst into tears, Xiao Jingqi was not sad, but the life and death of the Manchus were greater than everything, so he shook off his hand behind his back, not wanting to look at the Wu family again.

"The holy decree just now was written by the cabinet on behalf of the saint, and the Xiao family has no power to return to heaven!"

"Mrs. Gu is here, let's sit down with tassels." At this time, the Jingyang Palace was as calm as water, and the sound of soft commands came from the chaise longitude.

In the huge palace room, except for Shang Guifei herself, only the tassel was left to serve, and when she saw that the person sitting down straight, she smiled faintly and opened her mouth.

"It's not a big deal to let Mrs. Gu come today, I just want to talk to Mrs.