After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 51: White and Clean
Early morning on the third day after King Qian entered the city.

"Open the door, open the door, boss, open the door and do business!"

A group of people surrounded the rice shop in the west of the city, shouting and banging on the door, making it impossible for the boss, who had already gotten up, to hide. He ordered the waiter to open the door and welcome the customers in.

"Hey, boss, do you think I'm right?"

Someone smirked at the rice shop owner and said, "I told you that Prince Qian would take over the capital and stabilize the situation within three days, and you kept arguing with me. What are you doing now? Are you still going to sell your rice?"

Everyone who came to buy rice laughed.

Yesterday, the government posted a notice to reassure the people. In compliance with the order of King Qian, rice, flour, grain and oil shops in the city were required to open for business within tomorrow. They were not allowed to hoard goods or use other excuses to withhold rice. Otherwise, their shops would be confiscated and punished.

Being laughed at by so many people, the shopkeeper had no choice but to say stubbornly, "Prince Qian has decreed that the price of rice be raised by 20%. Today, the price of rice is 87 coins per dou!"

As he spoke, he took out a brush, dipped it in ink, wrote the prices of fragrant glutinous rice, old rice, brown rice, etc. on a piece of paper, and asked the waiter to stick it on the board.

Compared with the price of one tael of silver for a dou of rice a few days ago, the price of rice is now less than one hundred coins, which has dropped by more than twenty times.

But some people were still dissatisfied and shouted, "Yesterday, Prince Qian had the former emperor send the spirit tablet of Emperor Shun to the Imperial Temple. All the civil and military officials are watching. Prince Qian is destined to succeed. The capital will be stable in a few days. Who will you sell this rice to then? Lower the price back to the original price as soon as possible. Small profits will increase sales!"

Everyone started to make a fuss.

The shopkeeper sneered and was about to speak when he heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. He turned his head and his face changed immediately.

Everyone looked and saw two teams of more than 300 soldiers of King Qian walking towards them. The ten or so in the lead were riding horses, wearing mighty armor, carrying longbows, quivers, and spears. The soldiers following behind them were all fully armed with swords, spears, halberds, shields, crossbows and arrows. It was obvious at a glance that they were going to fight!
A group of people huddled against the wall, not daring to breathe. After they passed, the shopkeeper laughed and said, "Do you still think the capital can be stabilized immediately?"

Before anyone could say anything, another group of Qian Wang's soldiers passed by. Even the shopkeeper was frightened and didn't dare to speak loudly, only speaking quietly.

"What are King Qian's soldiers doing?"

"Look at the direction, it's going to Prince Wu's Mansion."

"Are you going to kill the Shun Dynasty royal family?"

Amid their whispers, soldiers of King Qian appeared one after another, led by generals on horseback, and rushed towards the homes of the princes and nobles in the city.

Everyone on the street was frightened, but couldn't help but be curious, so they hid and watched from afar.

In front of Prince Wu's palace, the gate inlaid with sixty-three gilded copper nails was opened. A group of people came out in panic to greet them, but were directly pinned down by Prince Qian's soldiers. An officer stood in front of the gate, facing south, and read out the decree:
"According to the order of Prince Qian, the palace of Prince Wu is confiscated. Therefore, Prince Shunwu is demoted to a commoner. His direct descendants are imprisoned for ten years, and his collateral descendants are forced to perform forced labor. His female relatives are confiscated into the palace, and the eunuchs, palace maids, servants, maids, and guards in the palace are left for disposal!"

He also issued an order: "All guards in the palace are required to surrender within a quarter of an hour, or they will be killed without mercy!"

The prince's palace is different from other palaces. There are two or three hundred sword-carrying guards in the palace, who are more than enough to serve as thugs for the palace on weekdays. However, in front of these soldiers of King Qian who have experienced fighting on the battlefield and are as fierce as wolves and tigers, they can only be as obedient as sheep.

When the commander's order reached the palace, the guards rushed out of the palace and lined up at the foot of the wall.

A group of people from the capital watched in amazement.

Soon, King Qian's soldiers began to enter the palace. They did not dare to be careless. They entered with armor and shields, searched room by room, drove out everyone, and ordered all the female members of the family to gather in the main hall of the palace.

The princesses, daughters-in-law, and ladies-in-waiting who were once extremely noble were now driven together by the soldiers. Their deafening cries could be heard even by people outside the palace.

In front of Prince Yi’s palace.

"According to Prince Qian's order, search and confiscate Prince Yi's mansion..."

In front of the Prince of Nan'an's Mansion.

"According to Prince Qian's order, search and confiscate the Prince's Mansion..."

"By order of Prince Qian, the mansions of Marquis Baoling and Marquis Zhongjing are confiscated. Shi Nai and Shi Ding are demoted to commoners and are to be retained at your service!"

"..."

In the capital, the people watched the seventeen princely palaces, twenty-six county princely palaces, and thirty-five duke and marquisate palaces collapse. They applauded with great joy, but were also terrified, fearing that this terrible disaster would spread to their own families.

Jia family.

After hearing the news of the house search, Jia Zheng and Jia Lian rushed to the main gate. Jia Lian didn't even comb his hair when he arrived at the second gate. He saw that the aisle was full of servants and maids, all looking towards the corner gate in the distance, each of them looking panicked.

The corner gate was open, but there were still four Qianwang soldiers guarding the door, and no one dared to approach.

"Lian'er, you..." Jia Zheng hesitated to speak.

Jia Lian nodded, tidied his appearance, tied up his hair, and then walked over courageously.

"You don't have to ask."

The soldier recognized Jia Lian and simply said to him, "The king has ordered the arrest of all the nobles and relatives in the city, and your family is among them. From now on, everything in this mansion will be taken to Prince Qian's mansion!"

A soldier nearby laughed and said, "It should be deposited into the national treasury now!" "This..."

Jia Lian's legs went weak.

Before he could ask anything else, the soldier impatiently sent him back.

Jia Lian reported to the master as if he had lost his soul.

After hearing this, Jia Zheng shed tears and said, "My family deserves this disaster. It is God's will and cannot be disobeyed by human power. I feel ashamed of my ancestors!"

All the servants of the Jia family started crying.

Jia Lian slowly came back to his senses, and just then he thought of Prince Qian. He hurriedly said, "Master, we are not in dire straits yet. Prince Qian hasn't sent troops to confiscate our property. We can still be saved!"

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was overjoyed, and a group of servants also hurriedly agreed.

The two of them went back and went straight to Grandmother Jia's place, where they happened to see Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun also coming to the old lady's place.

After entering, all the Jia family members in the room, from Lady Jia to Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, were wiping their tears. Only when they saw the two of them did they stop crying and hurriedly asked them to talk about what was happening outside.

The room was full of people in a mess.

Xue Baochai, Xue Baoqin and their families also arrived. Aunt Xue wept and said, "Since Prince Qian asked about you, I should have asked you to come to the palace. Now that Prince Qian is angry, even my family cannot escape... Alas, I have harmed you."

Xue Baochai just held her mother's hand tightly and said nothing.

When she heard that her house was being ransacked, she was also panicked. Like her mother, she thought that King Qian was angry.

After a while, Wang Xifeng said hurriedly, "Normally, someone should have come in when the imperial decree was issued to search our house. Why haven't they appeared yet? Is Prince Qian really showing leniency to my family?"

No one could guess, so they could only continue to wait.

"King Qian, King Qian..."

Shi Xiangyun looked at the people in the room. Everyone was talking about Prince Qian and guessing what his intentions were.

But she was thinking about her own family. All the mansions of dukes and marquises in the city had been raided, and her uncle had offended King Qian because of his loyalty to the Shun Dynasty, so he could not escape the punishment.

"Lin girl!"

Yu Shi suddenly looked at Lin Daiyu and said, "Would you like to have your name included in the list of candidates for admission to the palace?"

The room suddenly became quiet.

They all vaguely realized that Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu had a deep relationship and could not live without each other. Baoyu was the apple of the old lady's and the lady's eyes, so how could they bear to let Baoyu go crazy?

The Jia, Shi, and Xue families all agreed to send the girl mentioned by Prince Qian into the palace, except Lin Daiyu, who did not agree.

None of them dared to be the bad guy, but Youshi spoke it out.

"Sister Lin..."

Xue Baoqin and Lin Daiyu were sitting on either side of Lady Jia. They saw Sister Lin with her head down, her slender hands tightly clutching her skirt at her knees.

"I won't let Sister Lin enter the palace!"

Jia Baoyu's face flushed with anxiety, and he declared, "If you force her, you're forcing me. If Sister Lin enters the palace, I'll die. I'll throw my head against the gate and die!"

Everyone was surprised.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly shouted, "Baoyu, don't talk nonsense in front of the old lady!"

Jia Zheng also shouted at him: "You ignorant idiot! How dare you say such things in front of the old lady? You unfilial beast! Go back to your room and reflect on yourself!"

Everyone was watching. Jia Baoyu was scolded so badly that he couldn't even raise his head. He walked away timidly. Before leaving, he glanced at Lin Daiyu from a distance.

"Baoyu..."

Lin Daiyu was deeply moved at this moment, but seeing him being scolded and driven away, she couldn't help but wonder, if she was really forced to enter the palace, would Baoyu really die by hitting the gate, or become a monk? The master, the mistress, and the old lady would not allow him to do so.

If she was forced into the palace, she wouldn't have to hang herself, she would have cried herself to death.

But before death, the body will inevitably be ruined by that person. You come with a clean record, but it is difficult to leave with a clean record.

Baoyu...

Daiyu had tears in her heart, but she couldn't cry out. It seemed that her tears had dried up.

(End of this chapter)