When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 97 Lingchi turns into exile

Gu Hua and a few maids were taken back to the cell with their legs shaking miserably. When the Shen family members in the cell next door saw them coming back like this, they were all filled with anger.

"Go in." The jailer said, "Don't say anything you shouldn't say. Be careful if you say too much, all of you will die."

Gu Hua's beautiful peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, with a cold look in them. After coming to the capital, she felt that the dynasty was slowly becoming corrupt.

The imperial court only wanted to exploit and didn't care whether the money was obtained reasonably or not.

What was most criticized was that the money was not collected to help the victims, but the emperor himself had no money to spend, so he listened to the advice of treacherous people and forced the merchants to buy and sell overseas trade licenses regardless of whether they had so much money or not.

How ridiculous it is that the purpose is not to develop one's own country's trade, but to forcibly collect money from them.

And there was that princess, a member of the royal family, who slapped a child in public for no reason. Such a violent thing could happen in a restaurant, which shows how arrogant and unscrupulous the royal family members are in their daily lives.

Not to mention that the person being beaten was his own child, Gu Hua was extremely angry. Even if the princess had beaten someone else's child, such behavior would still be shameful.

Gu Hua and the others were pushed into the cell by the jailers.

“Wow, mother… mother… you’re back.”

When the four little ones saw Gu Hua and the others coming back, the tears that had been in their eyes since they left finally flowed out and they all threw themselves into her arms.

"Be good, don't cry, mommy is back." Gu Hua hugged them lovingly and patted their backs gently to comfort them.

Ever since Gu Hua and the others were taken away, the quadruplets' eyes were filled with tears, but they were also very sensible and obedient, leaning against the fence of the Shen family's cell, and being accompanied and taken care of by them.

"Mother, this royal family is too unscrupulous." Shen Hongling, who was originally sad because her sister died in the palace, saw the embarrassed appearance of Gu Hua and several maids, and seemed to have thought of something. She said angrily: "Such a royal family is not worthy of my father, brother and second uncle's life to protect it."

"Hongling!" Wang closed her eyes sadly.

Thinking of her husband and son who died fighting for Daxuan, her uncle, and her younger brother and sister-in-law who died in childbirth after hearing the bad news, tears flowed from Wang's eyes unconsciously.

Shen Hongwei and Shen Hongxuan's eyes instantly turned red when they thought of their parents and their younger brother who died from suffocation in their mother's womb at birth.

"Come on, we're fine."

Gu Hua calmed the four children down and handed them over to Xia He and the others. He smoothed his hair and tied it up, then walked over with strong and powerful steps.

He patted Shen Hongling's not-so-thin shoulder through the cell bars.

She knew that the Shen family was now grieving for their deceased family members, but this was also caused by their miserable appearance. Gu Hua felt that she still had an obligation to come and explain.

If they are still sad, it has nothing to do with me.

"Mrs. Shen, several sisters of the Shen family." Gu Hua spoke to attract their attention, and then continued: "The girls and I were not hurt."

The Shen family then looked at Gu Hua and the maids who were coaxing the children over there, and found that they still looked like they had been ravaged when they were brought back by the jailers.

"What are you doing?!"

Gu Hua smiled brightly, "It's a trick."

Mrs. Shen saw that Gu Hua was unwilling to explain further and knew that they were fine. Everyone's mood was calmed down by her calm expression.

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Prince Li's Palace.

"What did you say?" "Master, after you left the restaurant, the eldest princess vented her anger on a little girl, and then was beaten by her mother. Now she is in jail."

Xiao Junlin was startled, his expression indifferent: "There is such a thing!"

"Yes." A Wu, a servant in the palace who seldom served Xiao Junlin, came back to report to his master what he saw when he went to pay the bill from the restaurant owner after his master left.

Although Xiao Junlin showed a calm expression, based on his understanding of Xiao Qingzhi, the shameless, lewd and vicious Princess, he knew that those who offended her would not only be killed by her, but also died a very tragic death.

"Ye Ping, go out and ask around. Did Xiao Qingzhi deal with those who offended her in private? Or was she worried that her title of Grand Princess would be in jeopardy if she was impeached by the censor again, so she chose to hand the matter over to the person in the palace to help her deal with it?"

"Yes." Ye Ping was Xiao Junlin's long-time attendant. When he went out to inquire about news, everyone would give him some face.

Not long after, Ye Ping came back and not only did he find some disgusting prisoners to insult Xiao Qingzhi, he also insulted her.

She also reported the beating to the palace and asked her brother, the emperor, who was already on the path of incompetence, to torture those people to death.

"How vicious." Ye An muttered under his breath after hearing what his brother Ye Ping said, "He has insulted several women and is still thinking of lingering them to death. What a heart! How dark and vicious!"

Xiao Junlin tapped his fingers on the table, "You said that Xiao Qingzhi's two ribs were broken by the child's mother?"

"Yes."

Xiao Junlin frowned.

If Xiao Qingzhi was only slightly injured, Xiao Junmo could still spare those people for the sake of Prince Li.

Now Xiao Qingzhi has broken two ribs, and she is afraid that her sister will be beaten up. Xiao Junmo will not let it go so easily.

Even if he could use some means to make Xiao Junmo and his sister release those people who were implicated by him and caused Xiao Qingzhi's anger.

I'm afraid that afterwards, the royal brother and sister will hate me even more, and my death will be even more miserable than it is now.

After thinking about it, Xiao Junlin felt that it would be better if those people went as far away as possible.

It would be best to let Xiao Junmo think that those people have been punished, so that he will not secretly send people to kill those who injured Xiao Qingzhi.

When Xiao Junmo learned that his sister was beaten in the palace, he was about to issue an order to execute those people as his sister wished, but then he heard the palace servant report that the stubborn old officials of the Censorate came to impeach his sister Xiao Qingzhi...

Moreover, their accusation was well-founded. Xiao Junmo rubbed his forehead, knowing that if he issued an order at this moment, those women and four children would be tortured to death.

These old ministers would not only accuse their own sister, but would also point their fingers at the emperor in public and call him incompetent and cruel.

He gave advice and died.

For the Imperial Censors, it was to add glory to their family, but for the emperors who were impeached by them with good reasons, it was to bring eternal infamy.

Now Xiao Junmo, the emperor who is bewitched by beauties and takes the elixirs made by Taoist priests as panaceas, is becoming more and more incompetent.

But this doesn't mean he wants to be infamous forever.

Of course Xiao Junmo was unwilling to let go of those who dared to hurt his sister. He heard that they were several women and children, so the death penalty could be temporarily spared. After thinking about it, what living punishment could be more terrible than exiling a few women and children.

After all, even though he was the emperor, he had heard about some shady things that happened during his exile.

Few women on the road to exile could reach their destination alive and well, and most of those who died on the road were children and the elderly.

Thinking that even those who hurt his sister without any personal action would not die a good death, Xiao Junmo, with a vicious look on his face, immediately decided to commutate the sentence of Gu Hua and the others to exile.