On the day that the survivors in the case of Yan Yuncai's father and son killing Liang and Mao Gong were sent to Luoyang, Song Zhijie arranged for someone to deliver the letter in his hand to the Wu'an Hou Mansion.

Wu Anhou immediately called Meng Ziyi to question, and when he learned that it was true, he was immediately frightened into a cold sweat, he didn't even care about beating and scolding Meng Ziyi, but instead knelt in front of his son crying and said:

"Did you know that you're going to kill your whole family? If Your Majesty finds out, even your aunt and grandmother will not be able to save you. ”

Meng Ziyi knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, but he still shook his head to defend Qiao Anran:

"Father, An Ran is kind and innocent, she was afraid that I would be sad, so she specially told me, she was also forced, she only ....... to save her father and uncle"

Seeing that his son was still so obsessed, Wu Anhou was completely disappointed, and called the person in charge to immediately escort Meng Ziyi back to his hometown in Yuezhou to take care of him, he changed into plain clothes, and went into the palace with the letter to ask Emperor Mingde for his guilt.

For half a month, the capital Luoyang was in turmoil.

The evidence of the case of the former cabinet elder Yan Yuncai's father and son killing good and risking merit is conclusive, the Yan family was copied again, and all the people in the mansion were imprisoned.

Tie Lanxiang, who was still the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also imprisoned for privately transferring soldiers to intercept and kill Shen Qingyang, the leader of Yulinwei, and Mei Xue, the imperial doctor.

Because of a large amount of evidence to prove that Tie Lanxiang embezzled as many as one million taels of silver in the military department in the past few years, Emperor Mingde was furious and ordered the Tie family to be severely punished.

In order to give his children and grandchildren a chance to survive, Tie Lanxiang not only came up with evidence to prove that most of the embezzled silver taels had entered the Yan family, but also recruited the truth about the tragedy of the Qiantang Mei family that year.

The Qiao family's mother, Yan, was taken to prison by the Criminal Department on the same day.

In the Zhaoyang Palace, Emperor Mingde was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his face cloudy.

Empress Shen twisted a handkerchief and put it on Emperor Mingde's forehead, and gently persuaded him:

"Your Majesty, although Qiao's misconduct, she is pregnant after all. The concubine has seen the days, the child should be the blood of the royal family, why don't you leave her alive first, and wait for the child to be born before it falls? ”

Seeing that Emperor Mingde still closed his eyes and said nothing, a trace of a smile slipped from Empress Shen's eyes, and she continued to persuade with a choked voice:

"Your Majesty, Qiao's is young and ignorant, but she has already confessed in person, that letter was written by her brother for her to copy, in order to deceive Ziyi, so that she can continue to use the Hou Mansion in the future. Fortunately, Ziyi's child was pure-minded and directly handed over the letter to Wu Anhou. ”

Emperor Mingde finally let out a long breath and said coldly:

"Spread my will, Qiao's brothers and sisters deceived the king, their father was exiled to Lingnan, his mother was punished as an official slave, and his brother went to guard the emperor's mausoleum after being sentenced to death, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing until he died."

Empress Shen then thanked Qiao's family, and after serving Emperor Mingde fell asleep, she took a sedan chair and left Zhaoyang Palace.

Death is the easiest thing, and there are ways in this world to make life worse than death.

In Liuyun Palace, Qiao Anran was escorted by two chamberlains, and a white silk thread hung in front of her through the beam.

Qiao Anran struggled hard, shouting with tears on his face:

"I want to see Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty, I am pregnant with the prince, you can't do this to me."

The palace door suddenly opened at this time, and Empress Shen's sedan chair was carried directly to the door of the main hall.

Aunt He waved her hand, and the palace people who were about to be executed hurriedly retreated.

Empress Shen walked in slowly, and Aunt He hurriedly helped up an overturned round chair and put it for her to sit on.

Qiao Anran cried hoarsely, curled up on the ground and clutched his stomach tightly.

It's like clutching the last talisman.

Empress Shen still smiled gently, looked at Qiao Anran lovingly, and said:

"Poor thing, I was scared like this at a young age, if there is a good one, how can it be good?"

Qiao Anran knelt at Queen Shen's feet, crying and grabbing the corner of Queen Shen's skirt and begging.

Aunt He's face was full of disgust, and she tore Qiao Anran's hand away and pulled her away.

Empress Shen got up, looked at Qiao Anran with a smile and said:

"Bengong has always loved you, how can I be willing to let you die? This palace has interceded for you, and you can live until after you give birth.

But ah, life in this cold palace is not good, and you are pregnant again, so ask for more blessings! ”

Empress Shen got up and walked out as she spoke, and instructed Aunt He:

"Tell her what happened to her parents and brother, she's a capable person, maybe she can figure out a way for them!"

Empress Shen's phoenix gradually faded away, and Aunt He told Qiao Anran with a cold face about Emperor Mingde's punishment decision.

For a long time, Qiao Anran couldn't come back to her senses, and seeing that Aunt He was about to leave, she hurriedly pounced and begged:

"Please, auntie, please give Mei Xue a word, I want to see her, I must see her."

It is impossible for the grandfather's family to count on it, and the rest of the relatives are either implicated and dismissed, imprisoned, or hiding and refusing to show up.

Now the only person she can think of who can help her is Mei Xue.

She always believes that Mei Xue is Qiao Anyi.

As the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, Mei Xue should not turn a blind eye to them, the Qiao family.

Aunt He sneered, looked at Qiao Anran in disgust and said:

"Qiao, aren't you scared and confused? What does Miss Mei have to do with your Qiao family? Have you forgotten about the blood confession?

Besides, now our Queen Mother, as well as the eldest princess and the crown princess, are all counting on Miss Mei to take care of her body, where did she come from to see you? ”

After Aunt He finished speaking, she kicked Qiao Anran away and turned around and left.

Jo fell to the ground and wept silently again.

The three divisions will be tried, and the case of Yan Qiaotie and the three families will soon come to an end.

The men and women under the age of 12 of the Tie family were able to survive, and all of them were sent to slavery outside the customs.

The Yan family was full of people who copied and beheaded one of them.

More than 20 civil and military officials were implicated in the case, and all of a sudden, blood flowed from the Jingxi archway, and the crowd of people who were sent out of Beijing even blocked the north city gate.

The first snow of winter fell quietly, finally covering the bloody atmosphere over the capital for days.

Green bamboo and white snow, there are foraging birds jumping around on the branches.

Jiu'er smiled and took the rice grains out and sprinkled them on the ground, and Mama Zhang nagged her to slow down in the back:

"Miss Jiu'er, slow down, don't fall."

Jiu'er responded with a smile, and shouted for Yurong to take Ping'an out to play in the snow.

Mama Zhang frowned and chattered even more:

"On such a cold day, why bother to get peace outside?"

But even Yurong didn't listen to her, and hugged Ping'an and Jiu'er to play in the snow together.

As soon as Mei entered the courtyard and went out with Mama Mei in her arms, Jiu'er hurriedly threw away the snow balls in her hand and followed.

Mei Xue added a big rabbit fur to go out, and she didn't wear a hood, but only took a pair of light green hand warmers.

Li Jinzhi also wore a white coat, he stood beside the carriage with a smile, and assisted Mei Gang in placing Mama Mei in the carriage before going up with Mei Xue again.

Mei Xue covered Mama Mei with a thick brocade quilt and whispered to her:

"Auntie, Mrs. May's grave is a little far from the city, and it will take us about an hour to get there."

After Mrs. Mei died of illness, she also entered the ancestral grave of the Qiao family, but within a few years, the Yan family quietly asked her to move her tomb to the suburbs.

Qiao Jun knows this matter or not, Mei Xue doesn't want to know.

Between heaven and earth, there is a vast white expanse.

On the official road, a rickety figure staggered forward, two tolerances following behind, occasionally cursing the prisoner impatiently.

The carriage of the Shu King's Mansion drove by slowly, and the prisoner was stunned for a moment, and suddenly ran after the carriage with difficulty, shouting as he ran:

"Yi'er, you save me, save me! I know it's wrong, you can help me! ”

The guards of the Shu Palace's mansion stopped to stop the prisoner, and the two officials were afraid of getting into trouble, so they kicked the prisoner down on the snow and scolded:

"Things that don't know whether they are dead or alive will dare to cling to nobles at this time."

In the carriage, Mei Xue's complexion remained unchanged at all, deaf to everything outside.

She has no right to forgive Qiao Juncheng for the dead, even if there is still the loving face of Old Lady Yao in her memory.

But Mrs. Yao's kindness, coupled with Qiao Juncheng's selfish connivance, killed the Mei family.

What is the sin of those who died in vain?

Therefore, someone must pay for this, and this is the way of heaven.

Mrs. Mei's grave is in a wild forest, and Mei Xue said to Mei Gang after getting out of the carriage:

"Uncle Mei, later on, you go to catch up with those two officials, give them some silver, and make sure that people arrive in Lingnan alive."

As for the future, it depends on Qiao Juncheng's own life.

Mei just got down and took the prepared incense, candle, paper money from the carriage.

Mama Mei cried on the short and barren grave, and Li Jinzhi lit the incense candle and handed it to Mei Xue.

Inserting the incense candle into the snow, Mei Xue scattered the paper money into the burning clay pot.

She never cried, but her eyes were slightly red.

The road is still long, far from the time when you can cry willfully.