After Xu Miaoyun returned, she settled down with her little sister and went back to the palace to find Zhu Di.
She wanted to seek justice for her little sister.
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night.
The junior sister looked at the familiar furnishings in the room, with a flash of nostalgia in her eyes.
Although Wei Guogong's mansion seemed unchanged, in the past few days after returning, she clearly felt that she no longer belonged here.
Only a few days after returning, such a big incident happened, involving the Xu family and senior brothers.
I...shouldn't have come back.
After all, I have been away for too long...
I can't go back, I really can't go back...
She silently packed her clothes and put on the monk's robes that she had not worn for more than a month.
He picked up his pen and left two more letters, then sat cross-legged on the bed and meditated, waiting for the capital curfew to end the next day. (7pm to 5am)
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at the same time.
A certain censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was put in a sack by a man in black and taken to a grove on the edge of the Yangtze River.
Immediately afterwards, the bag was opened and the man in black slapped the censor twice.
Only then did the latter wake up leisurely.
I was confused for a while, and just when I was about to curse, I realized something was wrong with the current situation.
"A good man, I wonder if he is robbing wealth or sex?"
"I have some family assets, so I can give you three thousand taels of silver. If you are in trouble, I have a concubine at home who has just turned eighteen. I can give it to a good man."
"Haha, you are really happy."
"But how do you, a censor, have so much wealth?" The man in black asked with a playful smile.
"Haha, I have a little bit of farmland in my family, and I saved it slowly." After hearing the words of the man in black, the censor also realized that the man in front of him was no ordinary kidnapper.
Ordinary kidnappers don't know his identity.
It is even more impossible to sneak into his home in the middle of the night and kidnap him in this important place in the capital.
"Haha~" The man in black sneered.
Then he asked: "Tell me, who instructed you to impeach Marquis Changping? Why did you do this?"
"Are you from Changpinghou?" The censor's pupils shrank.
"Haha!" The man in black did not answer.
But the censor felt the chill.
"Hero, I am just a small censor. I don't know what the people above me think. All I do is follow the instructions."
"It seems I have to give you some tricks before you are willing to tell the truth!"
"No, don't, I said." The censor's face changed. He was just a scholar, how could he withstand the pain of flesh and blood.
"Say it."
"Yes Yes."
"I heard from people above that His Majesty is going to implement the policy of apportioning the land from one person to another, and the person who implements this policy is none other than Marquis Changping."
"That's why we want to overthrow Marquis Changping."
Hearing this, the man in black narrowed his eyes slightly.
"There are only a handful of people who know about this plan. Where did you learn about it?"
"This... I really don't know. The people above have their own way, but they can't tell a small person like me!"
"Yeah, that makes sense." The man in black nodded.
"Then let me ask you again, since you want to overthrow Marquis Changping, why do you still spread rumors about the fourth lady of the Xu family?"
"Don't you know that she is the Queen's biological sister?"
"Well...of course I know this."
"How dare you know this?"
"...We heard that after the fourth miss of the Xu family came back, the queen lived in the Duke of Wei's mansion. This shows that the relationship between the sisters is deep."
"If the reputation of the fourth lady of the Xu family is ruined because of Marquis Changping, the Queen will definitely be angry and may even feel that the responsibility lies with Marquis Changping."
The censor said.
"The Queen is the senior sister of Marquis Changping. Why do you think that the Empress will definitely blame Marquis Changping?"
The man in black asked.
"After all, Marquis Changping's surname is Yang, and the queen and the fourth lady of the Xu family are both surnamed Xu."
"The most important thing is that the three brothers of Wei Guogong all have military power in their hands. In order to appease them, there is still a high possibility that Changping Marquis will be overthrown."
The censor continued.
"Of course, just in case, we also used rumors to drive a wedge between Marquis Changping and the eldest princess. Only the eldest princess also hates Marquis Changping."
"Then with the alliance of the queen and the eldest princess, Marquis Changping will still have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die."
This censor was indeed a weakling and told everything he knew.
"Haha, it's really a good strategy!"
The man in black sneered.
If it were an ordinary prince-in-law, this strategy might actually work.
It's a pity that Marquis Changping is not an ordinary consort at all.
They have no idea about the weight of the three words Changpinghou.
"Hero, I've already said what I need to say, can you spare my life?"
The censor knelt on the ground and spoke in a humble tone, just like a dog.
"When did I say I would spare your life?" The man in black sneered.
For his own selfish gain, he calculated on the reputation of the current queen, the eldest princess, and an innocent woman.
It is simply a deserved death!
The atmosphere of this era was not as open as it was during the Tang Dynasty.
Since the development of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the oppression of women has become more and more serious.
Reputation is even more important than life.
They maliciously spread rumors and slander, how will the junior sister behave in the future?
"ah?"
"No, I've told you everything I know, right?" The censor, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and looked at the man in black, his eyes full of astonishment and disbelief.
"hehe!"
"It's too late. From the time you plotted against the queen, the eldest princess and the fourth young lady of the Xu family, your fate was already doomed."
"Don't worry, those people behind you will come down to accompany you."
"No... no, I can still be a witness. I am useful, I am useful..." The censor knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
He was still young, had a charming concubine at home, and still had many years to enjoy in his life. How could he die like this?
"Now that I know how to beg for mercy, then why didn't you think about your own fate when you plotted against the queen and the eldest princess and used the woman's reputation to spread rumors?"
"A hypocrite like you who talks about benevolence and morality but is actually full of filth cannot be changed and cannot be changed."
"So, you have no choice but to die."
The man in black no longer paid attention to the censor in front of him begging for mercy, and directly blocked his mouth.
Then he directly tied his hands and feet and stuffed them into a sack.
Then he stuffed a few big rocks into the sack.
Woo...woo...woo...
Most people cannot remain calm in the face of death.
The censor continued to struggle.
Unexpectedly, the man in black directly cut off his limbs.
With a popping sound, a splash of water splashed on the river.
However, it soon subsided and the river became calm again.
Seeing that there was no movement on the river, the man in black turned around and walked towards the capital.
His eyes were cold, and his murderous intent was undisguised.
"You all deserve to die!"
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