Upon hearing this imperial edict, everyone in the yard looked towards the gate and started talking one after another:
"How come there is an imperial edict suddenly coming at this time?"
"You are stupid. Mr. Sang is a confidant of the Emperor and Queen, so he sent an imperial edict to congratulate his son on his marriage. Maybe Miss Zheng can directly obtain the status of a royal wife."
"Tsk, tsk, although the Zheng family has always been a big family in Mingyue City, it is still a merchant's family and has little status. This time it really flies up the branches and becomes a phoenix."
"What's the use of envy? If you have the ability, you can give birth to a beautiful daughter like Miss Zheng. Maybe you will have the opportunity to change your class."
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Hearing the comments from people around him, Sang Qian was surprised and happy: "Dad, the emperor actually sent someone to congratulate us. It's a huge surprise."
Sang Hong didn't answer, but his face was a little solemn. Based on his understanding of the emperor, his son's wedding was not worth his trouble.
Coming to the imperial edict at this time is really unpredictable.
Soon a group of warriors filed in from the outside. Each of these warriors looked tall and burly, with a kind of superior confidence in their eyes. It was obvious that they had been in the capital all year round, which gave them a natural sense of superiority when they came to Mingyue City.
The group of warriors dispersed neatly into two rows, and then an old man in a python robe slowly walked in, holding a bright yellow scroll high in one hand.
The old man has white hair, but he doesn't look old overall. Instead, he looks full of energy.
His sharp eyes looked around the audience, and Zu An was heartbroken. The pressure brought by this man was even stronger than Liu Yaodu!
"It turns out to be a prince!" Xie Daoyun next to him whispered, obviously having recognized his identity from the python robe on the other person's body.
"Prince?" Zu An's eyes narrowed. You must know that in this world, you do not have royal blood to be crowned king. That is just a prerequisite. In addition, you must reach the realm of a grandmaster before you can officially be crowned king.
He is actually a master!
I don’t know who is stronger and who is weaker compared to Old Man Mi and Wei Wei.
The main reason is that the gap between his cultivation level and that of several others is too big. They can crush him anyway, so they can't tell the difference at all.
"Prince Liang!" Sang Hong hurriedly greeted him. They were both officials in the capital, so he naturally recognized him.
Liang Wang Zhao Yi, the uncle of the current emperor, is the eldest and most respected person in the royal family.
After recognizing the other party, his uneasiness became stronger. He knew that even if he was getting married, he would never ask Liang Wang to give him a reward, let alone his son's wedding.
Liang Wang Zhao Yi nodded to him, and then said loudly: "Sang Hong, the governor of Linchuan County, and Sang Qian, the commander of the Mingyue City River Defense Battalion, accepted the order!"
"Long live my emperor!" Sang Hong and Sang Qian were startled and hurriedly knelt down to receive the order.
The King of Liang unfolded the imperial edict with an indifferent expression and said: "The emperor's edict is carried out by heaven... The Sang family father and son are deeply indebted to me. They forged evidence to slander local officials and important officials of the imperial court, causing turmoil in the court. They have been removed from their official positions and will be escorted from now on." Go back to Beijing and deal with it, I appreciate this!"
There were some obscure terms in the imperial edict that Zu An didn't understand, but he still understood the most important sentence. A smile appeared on his face. Chu Yan's wife was really reliable in doing things, and a new edict came out so quickly. Yes, he was originally worried that it would be a few days late. Then Zheng Dan would already be married to Sang Qian, and that would be a waste.
At this time, other people also understood the content of the imperial edict, and there was an uproar in the venue.
what's the situation!
Aren't the Sang family father and son the emperor's confidants? One second everyone thought they had a bright future, but the next second they were dismissed and investigated?
The most shocked person was Sang Qian. He was waiting for any reward from the emperor with a smile on his face, thinking about going to the circle to brag about it later. Who knew he would be greeted by such bad news.
The huge contrast instantly confused him: "No, this is impossible, it must be fake, fake!"
Afterwards, he could no longer control his emotions and roared at the top of his lungs.
Prince Liang's face darkened and he said displeasedly: "Why, are you saying that this king is falsely passing on the imperial edict?"
"No, that's not what I meant, but..." Sang Qian's thoughts were completely confused, "We have just done great service for the emperor, why are we being punished like this? There must be some misunderstanding, yes, there must be some misunderstanding! "
King Liang sneered: "Are you questioning the emperor's judgment?"
Sang Qian wanted to say more, but was stopped by his father. Sang Hong asked: "From the beginning, I had an unknown premonition in my heart, but I didn't expect it to happen. But I was also very confused. I Where did we lose, what went wrong?”
Prince Liang chuckled and said, "Master Sang will know the details when he arrives in the capital."
Sang Hong was secretly angry. Logically speaking, as a minister of the same dynasty, he would still help with this little help. It was obvious that King Liang was adding insult to injury!
He suddenly remembered that a case in the capital involved a servant of Prince Liang's family. He enforced the law impartially and did not betray his face. He must have offended him that time. Wouldn't he take revenge this time when he got the chance?
The Emperor knew that Prince Liang had enmity with me and still sent him here. Could it be that I, Sang Hong, have become an abandoned son?
Seeing the gloomy change in his expression, King Liang sneered and waved his hand: "Get all the relevant people!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of wolf-like guards rushed towards the Sang family.
Hearing the noise, Sang Hong finally woke up and said with a wry smile: "Today is Quanzi's big day. Can we let them finish the last step before we talk?"
"Mr. Sang is getting married?" King Liang looked at Zheng Dan not far away. She wore a bright and beautiful wedding dress, and he knew she was the bride at a glance. He thought to himself that the bride had a good figure, and Sang Hong knew how to find a daughter-in-law. " Since we are married, we are members of the Sang family, and according to the imperial edict, we can take them together."
Hearing this, Sang Hong felt like a basin of cold water was poured down his head. He even wanted to arrest the bride who had just entered the house. Is this the rhythm of killing everyone in the house?
He knew that the emperor had always been mean and ungrateful, and he had been a knife in his hand over the years, specifically helping him do things that were inconvenient for him to do in person.
Although he has completely become a lonely minister, he thinks that he is loyal to the emperor, and there are still many thorny issues that require his intervention. He is confident that he can still be prosperous for at least several decades. As for the future, he will have no use for it. , let’s talk about it in the future.
But I never expected this day to come so quickly.
When he fell into the ice cellar, the Zheng family was even more frightened. They thought they had fallen into a big thick leg, and they were all waiting for his upcoming success, but they didn't know that what came first was the disaster of annihilation.
Zheng Yutang hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty Chitose, we are wronged. We were not involved in the Sang family's conspiracy from beginning to end. Yes, we didn't know about it at all. Besides, our marriage was forced by the Sang family with its power." Come on, we are victims too."
Sang Hong was so lost that he seemed not to hear it, but Sang Qian was furious: "Asshole, who begged for a marriage with our Sang family in the first place, and now you actually say such things."
Zheng Yutang said hurriedly: "Look, everyone, I am his elder, and he speaks so rudely to me. You can imagine how unequal we are when we get along. The Sang family uses power to force each other, and our Zheng family How can I say no, why should I ask the prince to make the decision?"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding guests all had strange expressions. These days, your Zheng family has been bragging about your marriage with the Sang family to everyone you meet. In the entire Zheng family, from the head of the family to the concierge, who's face is not filled with joy?
Of course, everyone despises them, but they also know in their hearts that now that the Sang family has collapsed, no one wants to have anything to do with the Sang family anymore.
"That's enough!" King Liang snorted, obviously too lazy to care about the details, "Anyway, since we have already gone to court to get married, we are members of the Sang family. We will take them back to the capital with them. How will they be punished? When the time comes, Ting Wei, The Yushitai will make its own judgment."
Hearing such a conclusion, the Zheng family all turned pale. If it were just one Zheng Dan, they would be afraid that the Sang family had committed something too big. If the Nine Clans were to be killed in the future, the Zheng family would also be implicated.
But facing a majestic prince and a master-level expert, how could the Zheng family have the capital to resist?
Several soldiers ran towards Zheng Dan and took the shackles to lock her.
