Rebirth of marriage

The emperor did not refuse Gu Xiao, and a young eunuch rushed out to ask for the imperial doctor, but when the imperial doctor arrived, Hongdou had already died.

Xie Jiu wiped away the tears on his face, looked at the sun outside the Council Hall, and asked the emperor for instructions to carry Hongdou's body outside the hall.

Yunwu is a mysterious country. The royal family can have direct bloodlines that can predict world events and change fate against the will of heaven. Others may have said something aside. As for Hongdou's last wish, Xie Jiu would rather believe it.

The emperor also heard what Hongdou said before he died. Originally, he died in the Council Hall, and the body had to be transported out for disposal in time. However, Xie Jiu wanted to hold the body outside the hall where the sun could shine.

According to common practice, according to folk wisdom, people should avoid the sun when they die, so as not to disintegrate their souls. This maid's request was unique. When Gu Xiao looked over, the emperor nodded and agreed.

Xie Jiu's performance today made him take a high look at her. Finding clues among the family members of the [-] soldiers who died following Zhao Huai'an and preparing all the witnesses and evidence was not an easy task.

Also, the way she was neither humble nor overbearing when dealing with Cao Zhicheng, and the clarity with which she presented the case gave the emperor a new understanding of her.

At least it's not a useless vase.

After Xie Jiu thanked her, he wanted to hug Hong Dou himself. The Duke of Zhen was worried that she couldn't hold her and wanted to help. Xie Jiu shook his head. When he shook his head, tears came out again. Hong Dou was really light.

She recalled what the vegetable farmer who was responsible for monitoring Cheng Cong said. He said that when he saw Hongdou after many years, the biggest impression was that she was much older and had deep wrinkles between her eyebrows.

In terms of age, she is younger than Song Nianru, but she looks more than ten years older than Song Nianru.

People will age quickly only when they live a hard life.

Xie Jiu placed her in the place where the sun was the strongest, and while he was dressing her up, he remembered what she said before she died, and touched her body, but there was no letter or anything like that.

She looked around at the people who were following her, and fixed her gaze on Mo Li Mo Qi, "Can you please help me guard her, I will take her back later."

"Don't worry, Princess, we will never leave each other." The two of them returned, cupping their hands.

Xie Jiuzhong returned to the Council Hall. Her complaint had not yet been completed, Marquis Mingyuan had not been convicted, and the account of Cao Laosi for forcing her to marry into Marquis Yongning's mansion had not yet been settled.

After Marquis Mingyuan was tortured and confessed, he was brought back to the Yizheng Hall with Song Nianru, so he witnessed with his own eyes the scene where Song Nianru was killed by Hongdou.

He really had feelings for Song Nianru. Because he had feelings, after knowing that Song Nianru had so many men behind his back, and even flirted with the housekeeper of his house and the housekeeper of Zhenguo Duke's house, he The love for Song Nianru turned into hatred and anger.

Especially when he saw her behavior in front of the emperor, he wanted to bite her to death. He knew very well why the woman acted like that. She wanted to seduce the emperor.

But when he actually saw Hongdou attack Song Nianru, and when Song Nianru's neck and face were almost stabbed to pieces, he felt distressed and uncomfortable.

Then fear.

Hongdou killed someone in public, but the emperor and officials looked indifferent. No one thought she didn't deserve to die.

What about him?

The thing he committed was bigger than Song Nianru's, and he felt strong fear in his heart.

This fear of death dominated him. After Zhen Guo Gong and Xie Jiu returned to the political hall, he quickly crawled to Zhen Guo Gong's feet, cried and begged for mercy, "Uncle, I was wrong, Fan'er was wrong, please You saved my life. I realize my mistake and I will never dare to do it again..."

Duke Zhenguo kicked him away without even looking at this shameless man. How could he have the nerve to beg for mercy? How could he have the audacity to think that he would have a future despite the lives of so many soldiers.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for my son Huai'an, Liangping and the soldiers who died in the battle." Duke Zhen Guo knelt down again.

At this point in the trial of the case, the emperor didn't put much thought into it. As Xie Jiu said, she had found all the witnesses and evidence. The affairs of Zhao Huai'an and Feng Liangping were already clear. The whole morning should be over by noon.

What Mingyuan Marquis committed was originally a crime to annihilate the nine tribes. However, thinking that Mingyuan Marquis's wife and her son were the first accusers, they took the initiative to expose Mingyuan Marquis's crimes. No one else in the government was involved in his crimes, so they decided to punish Mingyuan Marquis. The execution of the nine tribes was changed to the exile of the nine tribes, and they could not be officials for generations.

However, Mingyuan Marquis committed serious crimes and was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. He was sentenced to death at Noon Gate three days later.

Chen Xun, the steward of the Zhenguo Palace, was jealous of Feng Liangping and cooperated with Marquis Mingyuan to frame Feng Liangping, and was sentenced to be beheaded after three days.

Since the fake Nihuang is the daughter of Mingyuan Hou, she will return to Mingyuan Hou Mansion and will be exiled to Yuyouguan together with the nine Mingyuan Hou clans.

Although Feng Liangping was framed by a traitor and was defeated in the war, he trusted the road conditions reported by the scouts without verifying them. Being sentenced to exile was already a punishment. Now his two daughters, Feng Zhilan and Feng Wuxin, are pardoned and freed. They can return immediately. Beijing.

All those who should be sentenced were sentenced, and those who should be pardoned were also pardoned. There was still one case in which Cao Laosi bullied others, so the emperor ordered people to bring the defendant and witnesses into the hall of political affairs.

Cao Laosi was brought into the palace together with Cao Laosan. Hou had been outside for so long, which was enough for him to understand the situation in the palace.

After the queen learned that Cao Laosan was sentenced to death, she was worried that Cao Laosi would also end up badly, so she quickly ordered someone to check the witnesses Xie Jiu used to accuse Cao Laosi.

It was actually the crazy Hu from the Yongning Marquis Mansion.

Cao Laosi originally dealt with Yongning Hou, so Hu is not really a direct witness.

Although she didn't look like a madman now, the fact that he asked Yongninghou to trick Xie Baoshan into getting engaged for Xie Jiu, and then asked Yongning Hou to force the marriage to thank Xie Jiu, was not a serious crime, and he didn't feel much panic in his heart.

Sure enough, Hu's testimony was weak.

She said that she eavesdropped on the conversation between the old Marquis Yongning and Mrs. Cai, and found out that it was Cao Laosi who asked Marquis Yongning to force the marriage, but she could not provide any more evidence.

Naturally, Cao Laosi would not admit it, but the emperor still ordered twenty big sticks to be struck with a stick. The reason was that there is no smoke without fire, and it was used to warn Cao Laosi to be cautious in his words and deeds in the future and to keep a low profile.

This is the first time that the emperor has treated the Cao family so harshly.

Although Cao Laosi did not plead guilty, the emperor knew very well that Xie Jiu was telling the truth, although he could not figure out why Cao Laosi targeted Xie Jiu. The two seemed to have nothing in common.

But without his forced marriage, Xie Jiu would not have the identity of a widow. Even if Xie Jiu now takes back the identity of Princess Nihuang, her past as a widower cannot be erased. In the future, Gu Xiao will insist on marrying , it somewhat discredited the royal family.

He couldn't defeat his only son, so he had no choice but to beat Cao Laosi to vent his anger.

Cao Shoufu did not intercede for his younger brother. The third brother and the fourth brother all carried out small tricks behind his back. The third brother was about to lose his life because of this. The fourth brother was beaten twenty times with a stick to teach him a lesson so that he would not go behind his back for Cao Cao again in the future. Trouble at home.

Before Cao Laosi was taken away, he glanced at Xie Jiu resentfully, with a hint of lust in his resentment, as if he was mocking Xie Jiu for being powerless against him.

Xie Jiu glanced back at him lightly.

When she decided to sue Mr. Cao, she knew she couldn't do anything to him. The emperor beating him twenty times was a surprise. What Xie Jiu wanted was the power of public opinion.

Today, people are watching this interrogation. The previous cases are all well-founded and true. Everyone will subconsciously believe that the last case of Cao Laosi is also true.

Sometimes eavesdropping can be more convincing than telling someone face to face, so she let Mr. Hu give that testimony.

It doesn't matter whether there is any evidence. What is important is that the people know that he, Cao Laosi, used his power to bully others. They know that she Xie Jiu has such an outcast status. She did not do it voluntarily, but was harmed by the Cao family.

Cao Laoer was also in the hall today, but he never said a word from the beginning to the end. The previous plan to alienate Cao Laoer had already achieved results. Cao Laoer had already had a rift with the Cao family because of Cao Yunjiao's incident. If Cao Laoer was defeated a little bit more, The reputation of the Cao family is not far away from being overturned.

As Cao Laosi was taken out by the Imperial Army to fight, Xie Jiu's complaint came to an end.

All civil and military officials had been attending court early in the morning, and their stomachs were already growling with hunger. When the emperor dismissed the court, everyone left one after another.

Gu Xiao was stopped by the emperor, "Have lunch with your father."

Hongdou's body was still outside the palace, and Gu Xiao wanted to accompany Xie Jiu to deal with her funeral affairs.

After thanking him for drinking, she turned to look at him, conveying that she could do it.

Thinking that the emperor was quite cooperative today, otherwise it would not have gone so smoothly, Gu Xiao nodded.

Wen Qi hurriedly followed Xie Jiu, and when they arrived at Hongdou's body, Feng Zhilan had already picked up the body before Xie Jiu.

Feng Zhilan's disguise technique was something Xie Jiu asked her to learn from Dian Cui, so she quickly recognized her and silently followed her outside the palace.

But he didn't expect to be blocked by the third and fourth princes.