Chapter 1927: Objection
“The five Hu brothers found their conscience and changed from slandering me to explaining everything clearly. He even pulled out a fake jade pendant!”
Lin Yuelan said in a deep voice,” Someone used a fake jade pendant to impersonate His Majesty and harm me. It made everyone think that His Majesty was the one who wanted to harm me. After the truth was revealed, in order to cover up their fake identities and prevent Second Brother Hu from drawing the appearance of the jade pendant, they instructed their subordinates to kill Second Brother Hu to silence him.
“However, the general and I saw through it on the spot and captured the assassin. After that, someone even used southern border gu techniques to silence him, but I saw through it. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, we decided to enter the palace to meet the emperor and continue to investigate the truth!
“I didn’t expect that in order to silence them, they sent a large number of death warriors over. In the end, they were blocked by the Great General and me, and we captured the leader.
“But what we didn’t expect was that before Prince Ping disregarded his brothers and sisters, he had already given Prince Gong a Gu worm, making him commit suicide halfway to hinder our steps to the palace. Prince Gong is fine now. Old Emperor, you should know what happened after that!”
Lin Yuelan told him everything that had happened.
As for the process of capturing Zhou Anping, Lin Yuelan did not elaborate.
The Emperor nodded and said,” Yes. Girl, don’t worry, I will definitely give you an explanation!”
Whether or not Lin Yuelan was deceiving the emperor was another matter. But now, they were indeed scheming against Lin Yuelan.
The truth of the two cases was revealed!
But the truth was shocking.
On the surface, these people were targeting Lin Yuelan. In fact, they had a goal in mind to break through the Longyan Dynasty’s defence line.
Getting rid of Lin Yuelan was equivalent to getting rid of Jiang Zhennan. Without Jiang Zhennan, Longyan Kingdom would have been easy for the Black Clouds Kingdom to invade.
The Emperor ordered the Imperial Guards to secretly detain Zhou Anping in the imperial prison and guard him strictly. They would wait for the right time to deal with him!
Kill all nine clans!
As for the eldest grandson, Yuwen Xuhong, and the Crown Princess Consort, they would naturally have their own fate.
The Crown Princess Consort was sentenced to death on the spot, and a cup of poisoned wine pierced her intestines.
However, what was announced to the public was that the Crown Princess Consort had been poisoned by an evil servant and died!
As for that evil servant, she was the Crown Princess Consort’s personal maid, Qiu Xiang, who had come to cause trouble during Lin Yuelan and Jiang Zhennan’s wedding ceremony.
As for the Ye residence and the crown prince’s residence that the crown princess Consort had implicated, the emperor did not punish them on the grounds that those who did not know were not guilty. He only made them pay a fine of fifty thousand taels for each residence.
Of course, the Crown Prince and the Ye Family Head couldn’t have any objections.
Especially Ye Songyang, the head of the Ye family. When he was suddenly summoned into the palace, he was still confused. In the end, when he found out that the Crown Princess Consort Ye Yao had committed a crime, and it was the crime of framing the Princess of Guguo and betraying the country, he was so scared that his legs went weak. When he found out that the Crown Princess Consort was not his biological daughter but the daughter of the spy Zhou Anping, he was simply shocked!
Fortunately, the Emperor was merciful and reasonable. The Crown Princess Consort was the only one who committed the crime. The Ye residents did not know about it. As the saying goes, those who did not know were not guilty, but they could avoid the death penalty, but they could not escape the crime!
Ye Songyang, the head of the Ye family, was beaten thirty times and fined fifty thousand taels of silver into the national treasury!
Even so, the Ye family head still had to be grateful and kowtow to thank the Lord for his kindness.
As the husband of the Crown Princess Consort, he was actually unaware of the actions of the person beside him. This was a great failure as a husband, so he had to be punished.
Seeing that he was also a victim, a fine of 50,000 taels was already a light punishment.
After all, Yuwen Xuhong was the eldest grandson whom the Emperor had doted on since he was young. The Emperor hesitated for a moment regarding his punishment. No matter how big of a mistake he had made, he was still his grandson.
With the sins he had committed, beheading was a small matter. That was a serious crime that would lead to the destruction of his family.
However, they were still the descendants of the Yuwen family!
In the end, the Emperor closed his eyes and said ruthlessly,” Yuwen Xuhong has committed the crimes of deceiving the Emperor, framing him, and betraying the country. He should be executed according to his crimes. His family will be confiscated and destroyed! Immediately execute it!”
It was impossible for him to forgive him and absolve him of these crimes!
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to answer to Lin Yuelan, the imperial court, or the people of the world!
If Yuwen Xuhong was spared and his life was spared, then any of the princes and grand princes in the future might become an example. This kind of influence was extremely bad.
For public and private, Yuwen Xuhong’s death penalty is inevitable.
When Yuwen Xuhong heard that, his entire person instantly went limp.
As expected?
Then, he pleaded with the Emperor,” Imperial Grandfather, my death is not to be regretted. But Jing ‘er and those people from the Imperial Grandprince Manor are innocent. I beg Imperial Grandfather to pardon them. Grandson is begging you!”
Yuwen Xuhong kept kowtowing and begging for mercy!
However, the Emperor said in a dignified and cold voice,” Regardless of whether they are innocent or not, all of them must pay the price for their crimes and sacrifice their lives! Yuwen Xuhong, don’t blame royal grandfather for being ruthless. Royal grandfather must give an explanation to the world!”
Yuwen Xuhong’s face was ashen!
After everything was settled, Jiang Zhennan, Lin Yuelan, and the Emperor were left in the royal study. Lin Yuelan apologized to the emperor.
Lin Yuelan said,” Old Emperor, three years ago, I promised you that I would make Longyan Kingdom prosperous and powerful. I’ve already done it! As for the businesses that I hid, Lin Yue Pavilion, Lin’s Real Estate Construction Company, Lin’s Woodworking Workshop, Express Delivery Company, and Common People’s Supermarket, there’s a certain reason.”
When the Emperor heard about Lin’s Woodworking Workshop, the Express Transportation Company, and the Common People’s Supermarket, his pupils couldn’t help but shrink. He was obviously surprised, but he quickly recovered.
He laughed and said,” Haha, girl, I knew you wouldn’t let me down! It’s because of your industries that the economic level of Longyan Country has increased rapidly, and the people can live a good life. I thank you on behalf of my people!”
Lin Yuelan sighed helplessly and said,” Old Emperor, the reason why I hid such a huge business was because I was afraid that a tall tree would attract the wind. Now that you know, as long as you have no objections, I can rest assured!”
Who knew that the Emperor would snort coldly and say,” Who said that I have no objections? I have a big objection.”
Lin Yuelan replied,” Ah?”