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Realizing that Sui'er was still there, she quickly changed her expression, and said with a smile: "It's okay... Sui'er, go play with you, mother, go out for a while, come back soon!"

"mother……"

"Dongmei, take Sui'er to play in the room." The maid immediately pulled Sui'er away when she heard that. Although Sui'er didn't understand what was going on, she also knew that something was wrong, so she struggled desperately not to leave.It wasn't until she was scolded by her mother that she reluctantly let Dongmei take her away, but there were tears flickering in those big eyes.

Mu Ci'en immediately prepared a horse and went to Mu Hua's mansion. Since she was pregnant, she was extremely inconvenient to move, and had to be supported by others. She felt extremely uncomfortable in her abdomen when she made a big movement, but she finally gritted her teeth and endured it.

The carriage bumped on the road, the abdomen twitched, and the dull pain hit more clearly, as if the fetus could feel the irritated collision in the abdomen, and the stabbing pain was so painful that Ci En almost wanted to vomit.

Finally, they arrived at Mu Hua's mansion. As soon as they entered the mansion in a panic, they saw the empty courtyard. The tiles in the courtyard were splashed on the ground, and the door panels were broken with several holes. It was extremely bleak.

She couldn't believe her eyes, and suddenly saw a servant who was carrying a bundle and was about to go out, hurriedly stopped him and asked, "Where's Mu Hua?"

"Princess..." The servant looked like a ghost when he saw her, "Lord Mu Hua has just been taken away by imperial envoys, saying that he embezzled the treasury's gold... Even Mu Xu's imperial scholar was taken away... I guess I'm going to prepare for it." I have to punish you!" After saying that, she ran away without looking back.

"Imperial envoy..." Mu Ci'en was stuck in place like a nail, as if cold water had been splashed all over his body.Originally, Mu Hua told her about his misappropriation of public funds. She tried to persuade him, but the latter said that he urgently needed a large sum of money to do something. He also helped Mu Hua hide it, fearing that others would find out.She didn't even tell Zuo Qiuyi about this.

Unexpectedly, this matter would eventually get out of the basket, and it got out of hand, and even implicated my father.

"Princess, do you want to..." Seeing her like this, the maid at the side tried to persuade her to go back to the mansion first.

Who knew Ci'en said: "Heyue, let's enter the palace."

"Ah?" "Go and find father and brother."

"Princess, isn't this a self-inflicted trap?" He Yue asked anxiously.

"Go!" Mu Cien, who has always been as gentle as water, yelled like this for the first time, which startled He Yue. She quickly helped Mu Cien out of the mansion and got into the car, and rushed there non-stop.

"Princess, should we tell the fourth prince..."

"Don't." As soon as Zuoqiu Yi was mentioned, Mu Cien's face showed infinite remorse.Back then Zuoqiu Yi taught her to be optimistic about Mu Hua and told him not to do anything out of line, but after all she was soft-hearted and did something bad, so now she has no face to tell him.

****

On the other hand, Mu Xu, Mu Hua and his son were angrily taken to the Ministry of Punishment by imperial envoys.

Sun Qiang, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was Zuoqiu Yi's confidant, but this time he was powerless, because the cabinet minister Gao Run was handling the case with him, even if he had great ability, he would not be able to excuse Mu and his son.

Mu Hua, after being escorted up by the imperial envoy, looked terrified, and looked behind him from time to time, hoping that Mu Ci'en would bring Zuo Qiuyi to rescue him.In comparison, Mu Xu was much calmer, but that calm appearance still couldn't hide his pain for his son's hatred of iron.

"Mu Hua, you privately embezzled 3000 taels of gold from the public funds for the construction of Weiling, is there such a thing?" Gao Run said sharply.

Mu Hua broke into a cold sweat when he heard it. He only remembered that he was greedy for 1000 taels, how did he get 3000 taels here?Moreover, most of the gold he embezzled was squandered, and a small part was hidden in the mansion, which was probably searched by those people.

"Gao, Mr. Gao... absolutely nothing!"

"Presumptuous!" Gao Run slapped the table, his white beard turned up in anger, and he said angrily: "The evidence is so strong, what do you have to explain, and then put Weiling's financial documents and the oral evidence of the officials below All the records were thrown away—but not to Mu Hua, but to Mu Xu.

Mu Xu was flipping through the documents with trembling hands, while Mu Hua was trembling beside him, unable to lift his head.The more Mu Xu looked down, his face became more and more ugly. Finally, he threw those things on the ground with an angry curse, and cursed: "Prodigal! You...you..." The words seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't even say a word. Can't spit it out.

"I... I'm only greedy for 1000 taels..."

"You still have the face to say?!"

"It's only 1000 taels, so where did the other 2000 taels of gold go?" Gao Run scolded, "It's really a toast and no fine wine. When the crime is imminent, are you still looking for a reason to mitigate the crime?"

"Wrong, wrong..."

"Such a lowly minister, if this goes on like this, it's no wonder he doesn't eat up the treasury!" Gao Run said loudly.

Sun Qiang on the side also nodded in panic, seeing that Zuoqiu Yi's relatives were about to be killed but there was nothing he could do to help them, and they all watched the scene in agreement.

"Come here, take care of the board!" Gao Run ordered, and two yamen servants came up with a big board. Mu Hua was so frightened that she almost fainted before the beating started—this board is not the ruler of the master in the private school, this board Going down is so heavy that it can hurt the internal organs. If you are a weak scholar, you may pass out after less than ten strokes. If you are in better health, you can hold up to twenty strokes. If you have practiced some martial arts, you can hold up to fifty strokes. , One hundred boards are for watching to torture the dead.

Mu Hua let out a snort after going down the first board, her eyes widened, pain piercing her bone marrow.

"Stop hitting, stop!"

At this time, Mu Ci'en rushed into the Ministry of Justice without any scruples. She bumped away from the guards all the way, and the guards didn't dare to mess around seeing that she was a princess and pregnant, so she could break in so smoothly.

"Prince Mu, please don't get in the way as I'm on business." Gao Run got up and said sternly. "Besides, you yourself have been accused of crimes. If the old man didn't arrest you, it would be flattering you."

"Why am I charged with this crime?" Mu Ci'en rushed to Mu Hua's side with his big belly, and stopped the two yamen servants. Hearing Gao Run say this again, he felt puzzled.

"You cover up Mu Hua's crime of corruption and don't report it, that's one. The government hides the stolen money, that's the second."

"Stolen money? Where did I hide the stolen money?" Mu Ci'en frowned, "Master Gao, please don't lie!"

"The old man never speaks without a license," Gao Run said with a straight face, "Yesterday, people from Dongchang found a hundred taels of gold in the courtyard of the princess in the Four Emperors' Mansion. How do you explain this?"

"impossible!"

Gao Run asked someone to bring a stack of tall gold, and said: "The people in Dongchang will never make mistakes in their affairs. The evidence is solid, and the princess should not explain any more."

"Brother, when will you..." Mu Ci'en turned to look at Mu Hua who was lying on the ground.

"I don't have kindness, I don't... I put all the gold in my house!"

"I have sent someone to search Mu Hua's residence, but no gold was found."

"Impossible! Someone must have deliberately framed it!" Mu Hua yelled.

"Shut up!" Zheng Lie shot the case, "There are all the witnesses and evidence, and you still say that someone is going to frame you? It's ridiculous!" He looked at Mu Ci'en and said, "Princess Mu, because you are pregnant, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will not punish you for the time being." The crime of this crime will be determined later. But right now, Mu Hua must be severely punished! Keep beating me!"

As soon as the words were finished, the two yamen servants continued to beat them down. Mu Hua couldn't stand the planks being knocked down one by one. She spat out blood from the beating, rolled her eyes and let out a sobbing sound.

"No... Dad, please persuade me quickly!" Mu Ci'en grabbed Mu Xu who was at the side and cried, Mu Xu took her hand and sighed hoarsely and helplessly:

"Ci'en... your brother has reached this stage... I can't help you." But hearing the banging of the board and Mu Hua's painful groans, he still couldn't help closing his eyes tightly, tears streaming down his face.

Mu Ci'en saw that Mu Hua was about to be beaten to death, and wanted to rush to rescue her, but Mu Xu grabbed her and said, "Don't do anything stupid! Ci'en, you go first!"

She looked at her father and brother in distress with tears streaming down her face, and stepped back step by step, but she couldn't bear to turn her head. Seeing her brother was covered in blood, lying on the ground and twitching constantly, she was stunned, her eyes seemed to be pinned It can't be removed no matter what.She didn't notice the high threshold, she tripped and fell straight to the ground.

There was a sharp dull pain in his abdomen, which was better than everything before, and Mu Ci'en screamed, and blood flowed out from his lower body, staining the ground of the punishment department red.

She heard her father's anxious and desperate cry, and she was already in a daze before her eyes. She hugged her stomach subconsciously and murmured: "My child..."

****

The backyard of the Four Emperors' Mansion is as usual peaceful and peaceful.

Sui'er and Dongmei are playing a game, one black and one white, Sui'er is very handy in controlling, after a while Dongmei bows down and praises:

"Sui'er's chess skills are improving rapidly!"

Sui'er showed a sweet smile. She was smart and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child.

The two were having fun, when they suddenly heard a commotion outside, accompanied by the sound of weeping people.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the princess is going to die!"

"Call the midwife!"

Sensitive Sui'er jumped off the chair and ran out when she heard this, Dongmei also ran out in small steps in a panic.As soon as the two went out, they saw Mu Ci'en, whose lower body was bleeding, being carried into the room.

"Mother! What's the matter with you!" Sui'er ran forward, but was stopped by He Yue and said, "Sui'er, your mother is about to give birth to a younger brother, be good, stay in the room, and I will see my little brother in a while!" As she said that, she winked at Dongmei, Sui'er saw her mother in pain, how could she listen to her, she refused desperately.

"what happened?!"

A burst of yelling made everyone present tremble in fright, only to see Zuo Qiu