activa-t Chapter 397 Punishment
Chapter 397 Punishment
Chapter 397 Punishment
I'm really getting impatient.
It has been so many days since the King of Qi married Xie Yan, but there has been no action. Shen Tang doesn't believe that their union was really an accident, and there must be a conspiracy behind it.
The princess did not die from the poison, but Concubine Ye would not go to great lengths to let the Prince of Qi marry a princess who could not bring him any help. They would definitely find ways to get rid of Xie Guimo and the prince and seize the military power from the prince.
However, when Xie Guimo returned safely, Shen Tang realized that he had been worrying too much.
The two went back to the house, talked for a while, and went to bed when it was late at night.
When Shen Tang woke up the next day, before he could even open his eyes, Ginkgo quickly stepped forward and said, "Princess, something big has happened in Kyoto!"
Shen Tang opened his eyes, and with great difficulty, he sat up while holding his stomach. He asked, "What happened in Kyoto?"
Ginkgo said, "The prince of Changping was killed, and his body was hanged on the city wall."
Shen Tang, “…???”
Wasn’t the Prince of Changping exiled thousands of miles away? How could he be killed and hanged on the city wall?
Thinking of Xie Guimo going to the hot springs after the wedding banquet at Duke Wen's Mansion last night, Shen Tang asked after she finished washing up and Xie Guimo came back, "Why did you go to the hot springs last night?"
I didn't tell Shen Tang yesterday because I was afraid that she would think too much and couldn't sleep at night. Shen Tang slept very soundly last night, but he didn't sleep well.
Xie Guimo said, "Killing people means getting blood on your hands."
really.
He murdered the Prince of Changping.
There were not many people in Kyoto who dared to kill the son of the Marquis of Changping. Shen Tang could not think of anyone else except Xie Guimo who had the courage to kill the son of the Marquis of Changping and hang him on the city wall to provoke the Marquis of Changping and Concubine Ye.
Shen Tang asked anxiously, "Are you injured?"
Seeing Shen Tang's concerned face, Xie Guimo smiled and said, "Of course my husband is fine."
Shen Tang also felt that it should be fine. Last night, Xie Guimo sometimes hugged her, sometimes turned his back to her, and tossed and turned. If she was injured, it would be strange if she didn't feel pain after all that.
Shen Tang was only worried about whether Xie Guimo was injured. Xie Guimo dared to kill the son of the Marquis of Changping and even hung him on the city wall. Naturally, he was not afraid that the Marquis of Changping and Concubine Ye would cause trouble for him. It was the son of the Marquis of Changping who led people to assassinate Xie Guimo. When he took action, he should have been mentally prepared to be killed in return. His death was not a pity.
He didn't believe that Marquis Changping would dare to complain to the emperor. He should think carefully about how to explain to the emperor why his son should be exiled at the border and why he appeared in Kyoto.
Early in the morning, before daybreak, the gate of the Marquis of Changping's Mansion was knocked loudly.
The gatekeeper was still impatient and opened the door cursing, "What's going on? You're knocking on the door so early in the morning. Are you tired of living?"
The visitor said, "There's a man hanging on the city wall. He looks very much like the prince. The city patrol officer asked the mansion to send someone to check it out..."
The servant said, "What nonsense are you talking about? My prince was exiled to the border, and it's a well-known fact in Kyoto. How could he be killed in Kyoto?"
The visitor said, "It really looks like..."
The servant drove the man away and continued to sleep against the gate.
When the Marquis of Changping was about to go to court, the servant remembered this incident and told him, "Half an hour ago, the city patrol came knocking on the door and said that someone was hanged on the city wall, who looked like our prince..."
Upon hearing this, Marquis Changping staggered and could hardly stand.
Yesterday, the Prince of Changping led people to assassinate Xie Guimo. He was panicked and worried that something might happen. Later, he sent people to chase his son back, but when he got there, he only saw the corpses of the secret guards on the ground, but no sign of his son.
Marquis Changping thought his son had escaped under the protection of the secret guards, and was still wondering where he had gone and why he had not returned home, when he received this bad news.
Marquis Changping didn't bother to attend the morning court and hurried to the city gate. From a distance, he saw his son hanging on the city wall.
Marquis Changping's eyes were red and he was almost crazy.
When Marquis Changping was young, he tried to molest Queen Xu in order to compete for the position of Queen for Concubine Ye, but was stopped by the princess. He was then kicked and crippled by a masked man. Although he was not crippled completely, he could no longer pass on his family line. Fortunately, Marquis Changping's wife was pregnant at the time, so he did not die without an heir.
He only had this one son, and he loved him like the apple of his eye. Not only did he and the wife of Marquis Changping dote on him, but even Concubine Ye spoiled him to death.
The spoiled Prince of Changping was domineering and would get whatever he wanted, especially women.
Spoiling a child is like killing him, and he eventually killed himself.
The city patrol officer put down the body of the eldest son of Marquis Changping. Marquis Changping hugged his son and cried. It was so sad that anyone who heard it or saw it would cry.
The news of the murder of the Prince of Changping was reported to the palace and to Concubine Ye, whose face turned extremely ugly.
Although the prince of Changping Marquis had been deposed long ago and even cheated on the King of Qi, Concubine Ye was so angry that she wanted to kill him several times. But even if he was deposed, he was still the only son of Changping Marquis. Killing him would be a blow to Changping Marquis.
Besides, the Prince of Changping Marquis did not intend to plot against the King of Qi. She was the one who did this matter personally, and it fell into the hands of the King of Yu and Xie Guimo, so the Prince of Changping Marquis cannot be blamed entirely.
Concubine Ye persuaded herself and the King of Qi to swallow their anger, but she didn't expect that in the end, she still died at the hands of Xie Guimo.
Concubine Ye regretted relying on the princess to persuade Prince Jingyang to help Prince Qi win the throne, and repeatedly tolerating the princess and Xie Guimo to live until now. If she had taken action earlier, she would never have ended up in this situation!
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.
Marquis Changping lost his beloved son and was heartbroken, but Prince Yu did not feel sorry for Marquis Changping for losing his son. If Marquis Changping's son did not die, Xie Guimo, Chu Yi and others would be the ones to die.
Prince Yu's men submitted memorials to impeach the Marquis of Changping, saying that he disregarded the laws of the court and treated exile as a joke, and asked the emperor to punish the Marquis of Changping for allowing his son to escape.
The King of Qi's men counterattacked, "The Marquis of Changping's son has already been killed, and yet you're still trying to add insult to injury. How heartless!"
Prince Yu's people said, "If the prince of Changping stays at the border quietly, he won't necessarily be killed."
This sentence left the minister speechless.
The Prince of Changping was not killed at the border and his body was not transported to Beijing and hung on the city gate. It is an indisputable fact that the Prince of Changping returned to Beijing without the emperor's pardon.
Prince Yu's men continued, "It's true that the Marquis of Changping has lost his beloved son, but the laws of the court are no joke, and those who deserve punishment must be punished!"
The King of Qi said, "That should wait until the murderer of the Marquis of Changping is found and brought to justice."
Prince Yu said, "Let's put it this way. Holding the Marquis of Changping accountable for shielding his son is not the same as tracking down the murderer. If we can't find the person who hanged the Marquis of Changping's son on the city wall, will we not punish the Marquis of Changping?"
Prince Yu didn't ask Xie Guimo, but he could guess that it was him who did it.
The Prince of Changping wanted to kill Xie Guimo and cut off his left and right arms, and he would never show mercy.
Prince Yu and Prince Qi were at loggerheads in the court.
The court laws are not for show. The emperor demoted the Marquis of Changping’s Mansion to the Earl of Changping’s Mansion.