0p0 Chapter 117 The court was shocked
Chapter 117 The court was shocked
Madam Deng felt both reluctant and resentful. There was no way she would beg for mercy. She wanted to slap her brother and nephew in the face. For such a small profit, they had harmed her son-in-law and their entire family!
There is no evidence to prove that the Deng family was involved in this matter, and we cannot rely solely on the unilateral statements of the Lu family father and son. Many ministers also submitted memorials to plead for the Deng family, and the Deng family can be spared the death penalty this time. From now on, the whole family will probably stay away from the court.
This sudden misfortune is so frustrating!
However, you have to endure it no matter how frustrating it is.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a woman named Yu Huan went to the Ministry of Justice to accuse the Second Master Deng of secretly abducting women and imprisoning them in the underground secret room of a manor outside the city for his pleasure. Once he got tired of them, he would brutally kill them. The Second Master Deng had harmed countless people and was a real devil!
The court was shaken and the whole capital was in uproar!
No one would have expected that the rich and noble son of the Deng family could be so vicious and despicable in private.
The turmoil in the Deng family had not passed. The matter escalated rapidly and no one dared to hide it. When the emperor learned about it, he was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.
The second son of the Deng family had no chance to make any moves in advance. Now everyone in their Deng family, including himself, was under government surveillance and could not move at all.
The second young master Deng was shocked and frightened, and he regretted very much that he had not killed Yu Huan before, giving her the opportunity to escape.
With Yu Huan leading the way, the underground secret room he built in the manor would not be able to hide for long before being found. And the seven or eight young women he killed were all buried in the garden on the manor, and they could not be concealed even if someone searched for them.
The second son of Deng committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
After the evidence was conclusive, the emperor was furious and ordered the second son of the Deng family to be whipped.
Soon after, many illegal and murderous acts of the Deng family were exposed one after another, truly demonstrating what it means when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. All the members of the Deng family were dismissed from their posts, their property was confiscated, and they were exiled, never allowed to return to Beijing.
The Crown Princess was also implicated and fell ill.
The Crown Prince hated the Deng family so much that he naturally blamed the Crown Princess for all his resentment. He mocked her constantly and spoke coldly to her, but he did not get angry and take action to vent his anger. It was not because he did not want to, but because the education he received since childhood prevented him from doing such a thing.
The Crown Princess's condition worsened and she fell into a coma.
If it weren't for his staff's advice, saying that if the Crown Princess divorced her in such a state, wouldn't it be too cold and heartless? The Emperor might not like it. The Crown Prince suddenly realized and didn't divorce the Crown Princess.
But everyone in the Eastern Palace and even in the court knew that the Crown Princess would not be able to stay in the position for long.
How could a princess whose family was convicted, had their property confiscated and was exiled, and who had a disgraced reputation, still be the princess for such a long time?
There was an undercurrent in the backyard of the Eastern Palace, and many court officials who had daughters waiting to be married could not help but feel eager to try.
As for the imperial examination, the emperor was already furious about the incident between the crown prince and the Deng family. The court was in chaos, and he was busy investigating the remnants of the Deng family and their accomplices. There were many big and small cases, so how could he have time to reorganize the imperial examination? The emperor issued an order to retake the imperial examination in April of the following year. All the results of this time would be invalidated. Those who bought the test questions and cheated would not only have their results invalidated, but also be disqualified from taking the imperial examination and would be banned from taking the imperial examination for life.
For a time, there were many crazy people crying and shouting in the capital.
However, no one sympathized with them.
As for Yu Huan, Shao Xun had been sending people to protect her secretly, and after the matter was settled, he asked her what her plans were.
If Yu Huan wanted to stay in the capital to look for her husband, he could help her. However, he suggested that she should leave the capital at this critical moment.
Wait until this storm is completely over and then return to Beijing in a low profile.
Yu Huan smiled sadly and shook her head: "I don't want to come to the capital again, and I don't need to look for him anymore, but I have no home anymore, and I don't know where to go alone. Please arrange for me to leave the capital and find a safe place for me."
Shao Xun's people didn't keep an eye on her around the clock, so she still had her freedom after all.
She actually...had already found her husband. But she didn't expect that her husband's Huo family was actually the Huo family of the royal family, the emperor's maternal grandfather's family.
Her so-called husband was actually the eldest son of the second branch of the Huo family, and was not worthy of someone like her at all.
She wanted to marry into the family, but she had to be a concubine. But how could she be willing to do that?
Although he asked her to give him some time and he would persuade his parents and family to let her be his wife, she knew that this was impossible.
The gap between the two sides was too huge and unequal. Even if the Huo family felt sorry for him and reluctantly agreed, she would not be happy in the Huo Mansion.
One day, he and I will get tired of each other.
In this case, we might as well separate now and leave a good impression on each other.
Although Shao Xun was a little surprised by her attitude, he didn't ask any more questions. After all, this was someone else's private matter. "Okay, let me think about it."
When Shao Xun talked about this with Lin Yulan, Lin Yulan's heart moved and she thought of An Xiaoqi.
Lin Yulan smiled and said to Shao Xun: "Isn't Miss Yu a doctor? Why don't you ask her if she is willing to go to the Northern Territory to settle down. I think Xiaoqi will definitely like her, and her safety will be guaranteed in the Northern Territory. But I don't know if she is willing to accept the conditions in the Northern Territory..."
After all, the bitter cold in the north is incomparable to that in other places in the Central Plains.
Shao Xun didn't have much hope, but just mentioned it casually. Unexpectedly, Yu Huan's eyes lit up and he agreed without hesitation. Soon, under Shao Xun's arrangement, he secretly set off for the northern border.
The Five Military Governor's Office made great contributions in the thorough investigation of the Deng family and the imperial examination turmoil. When Shao Xun was ordered to search the manor of the second son of Deng along with people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, he was the one who led people to find the bodies of more than a dozen victims. Combined with some other contributions, Shao Xun once again caught the emperor's eye.
The emperor's heart moved, and he asked in detail about his performance since he joined the Central Army of the Five Military Commandery. In addition to this contribution, the merits of the Shao family's ancestors, as well as the current border army and the An family, after some consideration, the emperor felt as if everything was suddenly enlightened.
Such a person was right in the capital, why didn't he notice him before?
Shao Xun was promoted to the third rank of the Central Army Commander of the Five Military Governor's Office, and was rewarded with 100 taels of gold and a pair of jade ruyi.
The imperial edict promoting Shao Xun and the reward were delivered to the Wuwei Marquis' Mansion. Old Madam Shao and Shao Xun led the entire family to accept the edict and express gratitude.
As soon as the eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict from the palace left, the atmosphere suddenly changed.
The smile on Madam Shao's face disappeared, and Mrs. Fu and Mr. Shao stared at Shao Xun with extremely vicious eyes, wishing they could pounce on him and kill him.
The servants all hung their heads. No one dared to laugh or even show the slightest sign of happiness.