Rudonghai

Chapter 218 Involvement
Such a good plan is sound enough, but An Guohou committed the capital crime of punishing the nine clans, and it is already the emperor's kindness to let him bear it alone.

"But, the second elder brother is the last blood of daddy. Could it be that the emperor can't forgive him and leave the second elder brother alone?" Ji Keran died, and An Guohou was gone. Now only the second master Ji is left in the huge Hou's mansion. This man has only one daughter under his knees.

If Second Master Ji died too, An Guohou would not have any male successors, wouldn't it be completely broken overnight?

The emperor looked at Ji Jiaqian, who was kneeling below, with a trace of pity in his eyes: "An Guohou's mansion is gone, and after the fire, there will be nothing left. Since then, there will be no more An Guohou, so why stay?" Someone to inherit?"

He only sinned against the second son of the Ji family, and it was also to preserve Ji Jiaqian and the offspring of the Ji family.It's a pity that Ji Jiaqian didn't feel this kindness at all, and was even full of resentment towards herself.

"Your Majesty...Grandfather, the Hou Mansion treated me with the kindness of nurturing me, just for this sake, can't you spare my second brother's life? The death penalty is spared, and the crime of living is inevitable. At least let him live." Ji Jiaqian had tears in her eyes, thinking Mrs. Hou didn't come out in the flames, An Guohou died in the palace, Ji Qingrou disappeared, and she didn't even see Ji Keran for the last time.

The relatives died, the missing disappeared, Ji Jiaqian's only relative now was the second master of the Ji family.If the second elder brother is dead, she will be completely alone, how can anyone bear it?
"Do you think it's better for him to be alive than to be dead?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Ji Jiaqian's request to be like this: "But I have already decreed that An Guohou forced the palace to kill the king, and Ji Erye was an accomplice. In the execution of Ling Chi at the Meridian Gate, his female relatives will act as official prostitutes, but the rest of the Ji family will not pursue it."

"If you exchange the little affection between you and me for Second Master Ji's life, but it's hard to appease the hatred of the ministers, then the entire Ji family will be involved, even you."

After hearing this, Ji Jiaqian showed hesitation.She understood what the emperor meant. If Ji Erye's death penalty should be spared, more people would be needed to make up for it, perhaps the entire Ji family.Moreover, this kind of favor also offset the emperor's meager affection for Ji Jiaqian.

After this time, the emperor and her were just strangers, and they would never change their minds because of Ji Jiaqian.

Taking a deep breath, Ji Jiaqian still wanted to fight for something: "An Guohou and Ran Lang are both dead, everything is over, the minister will no longer be relentless, the emperor..."

The emperor raised his hand and interrupted her: "You may not know that outside the palace, An Guohou asked someone to kidnap the female relatives of important ministers in order to make them defect. I will not blame the past, but the career of the minister who defected will stop here. There is no chance to continue to move forward. Do you think they will easily forgive the Ji family? Besides, An Guohou was defeated in the end, but he ignited dozens of remaining thunderbolts. The family members who were hostages almost died. Do you think the minister should What should I do to dispel the hatred in my heart?"

Ji Jiaqian was terrified when she heard that, she didn't expect that An Guohou would bury the minister's family members with him at the last moment.So, what if it was me who destroyed the entire Ji family?
She felt more and more that she was smart, so she begged the emperor early to leave some blood for the Ji family.As for the offshoots, those people are just flattering An Guohou, and the vassals are domineering in the Hou's mansion.

Now that the Hou Mansion is in trouble, how can they stay out of it and be at ease?

Share it when you are blessed, and share it when you are in trouble. Ji Jiaqian secretly made up her mind, nodded and said, "It's because I'm ignorant, so I just ask the emperor to spare my second brother's life..."

"Never regret it?" The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked down at her.

Ji Jiaqian pursed her lips and nodded again: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will never regret it!"

"Very good," the emperor nodded slightly, and replied, "Then, everything is according to your wishes. The second master Ji will not be executed tomorrow, and all the male members of the Ji family will be exiled for three thousand miles. Exile. If the female relatives are willing to be exiled, they will go with them, and if they don’t want to, they will stay in the capital and act as official prostitutes. It’s up to them to choose.”

This is the emperor's final concession. I don't know how the Ji family will react. Will they be grateful to Ji Jiaqian?
Didn't Ji Jiaqian want to save everyone's life? Then the emperor agreed with her and told Ji's family to escape the death penalty, but the death penalty was inevitable.

Hearing this, Ji Jiaqian prostrated herself on the ground: "The woman thanked the emperor."

"Go, I will ask Xiguan to follow you back to make an order for this news." After reviewing the order prepared by the attendants, the emperor signaled the chief eunuch to go to the old house of Ji's family in person: "Second Master Ji is also released, and sent back Go to the Ji Mansion."

The Marquis of Anguo's mansion had been burned down, and Ji Erye and Ji Jiaqian had nowhere to go, so they could only return to Ji's old house in Jiangnan.

Xiguan received the order and stepped back respectfully.Ji Jiaqian was a little timid towards this thin and old chief eunuch, and quietly followed him out of the palace gate.

After getting into the carriage, the Xiguan who had been resting his eyes with his eyes closed suddenly said: "Back then when the eldest concubine gave birth to a princess, the miscellaneous family was blessed by the emperor, and they were lucky enough to meet once."

Ji Jiaqian came back to her senses and knew that what he was talking about was seeing her back then.

Thinking of this, she hesitated for a moment, and asked with difficulty: "What kind of people are the eldest prince and the eldest concubine, can your lord tell me?"

"The miscellaneous family can't remember what happened so many years ago." Xiguan opened his eyes, as if what he said just now was just out of emotion, and the person sitting in front of her was still cautious, who had served the emperor for decades. Chief Eunuch.

Ji Jiaqian's face was a little embarrassed, she knew that the eldest prince might be the emperor's deathbed, and she must not bring it up arbitrarily, who knows if there is any eyeliner for the emperor nearby, Xiguan would never put himself in danger.

"Because of this relationship, the miscellaneous family just want to remind you that Madam can take care of herself." After finishing speaking, Xiguan closed his eyes again and did not speak again.

Ji Jiaqian was a little confused, but she understood a little, she lowered her head and said nothing.

The emperor gave an order, and the cruise ship was ready.Worried that someone would find out that it would be detrimental to the Ji family, the emperor planned to make a quick decision, and immediately sent Ji Erye and his wife and daughter over.

Ji Erye was still wearing a prison uniform, blood-stained, and limped when he walked, obviously seriously injured.

The second lady's face was pale and haggard, her body was dirty, with a stench, and she didn't know how long she had been locked in the prison without taking a shower. She didn't have the brilliance before, but she looked like a crazy woman.

She hugged the daughter in her arms, nervous, Ji Jiaqian stepped forward and said softly: "Second sister-in-law, let's get on the boat and go back to Ji's house."

Second Master Ji raised his head and looked over in disbelief: "Go back to Ji's house?"

He muttered to himself, then looked towards the direction of An Guohou's mansion, thinking that his home was gone, and An Guohou was gone, so he lowered his head sadly.

The second lady's face was numb, she looked at Ji Jiaqian and said, "What are you going back to Ji's old house to make them laugh?"

"Second brother was going to be executed, but I risked my life to enter the palace to beg the emperor, but we can't stay in Beijing anymore." Ji Jiaqian waited for one or two people to board the boat, and when Xiguan went to rest again, she dismissed the two servants. A woman, explain softly.

"Is the emperor?" The second lady's expression was a little surprised, but she also looked much better.She dipped the veil with clean water, and wiped the dirty little face of the daughter in her arms, and then she began to wash herself, revealing a face that seemed ten years older.

The An Guo Hou Mansion disappeared overnight, and she became a prisoner from the second wife of the Hou Mansion.The Second Madam couldn't help envying Madam Hou and the First Madam, they stayed in the Hou Mansion to die without saying a word.

It's a pity that the second wife was greedy for life and afraid of death, so she escaped from the Hou's mansion with her daughter, otherwise why would she continue to suffer?
But she doesn't regret it, if she is gone, who will take care of her daughter?

It was only then that Ji Jiaqian realized that something was wrong. The second niece had not made a sound from the beginning to the end. Although she used to be shy and shy, she was not as blank-eyed as she is now, and she was terribly thin: "Liuer is sick. gone?"

"She's fine, she'll get better soon." The second lady answered quickly, combing her daughter's hair affectionately.

But Ji Yanliu suddenly screamed, holding her head, laughing and crying: "Mother, he doesn't want me anymore, saying that I am the daughter of a sinner, why didn't I burn it clean when the Hou Mansion was on fire, I was wrong, I was wrong It's..."

"You're right, why bother to take those high-sounding words of the heartless person to heart?" The second lady put her arms around her daughter lovingly, and comforted her in a low voice: "Forget it, at least our family is still together."

Ji Yanliu cried for a long time, and gradually became tired from crying, so she fell asleep in her arms.

Ji Jiaqian heard the clue, and asked suspiciously: "Liu'er is like this, could it be that the Huo family has withdrawn?"

"Isn't it just that the youngest of the Huo family condescended to go to the prison cell, told Liu'er that he was going to resign, and even talked nonsense, which broke Liu'er's heart." The second lady sneered, and said with a sneer: "That's right. It sounds nice. I used to want to cling to Marquis Anguo, so I eagerly came to marry Liu Er. Now that the Hou Mansion has collapsed, don’t you just fear being implicated, so hurry up and get rid of the relationship? Say something high-sounding, and speak righteously as if it were true .”

Hearing this, Ji Jiaqian fell silent. There were always fewer people sending charcoal in the snow, and more people who fell into trouble. An Guohou was gone, and the Hou's Mansion was gone. Don't those villains just jump out one by one, for fear of being implicated by the Hou's Mansion?
"It's a good thing that Liu'er didn't marry such a family, otherwise, wouldn't it be a hard word?" Ji Yanliu was still young, and the second wife wanted to keep her for one more year, so she hasn't married her daughter to the Huo family yet.

Otherwise, with the downfall of An Guohou's mansion, the daughter might not be able to survive in the Huo family.

But now that the daughter is staying with her, the second wife is also worried, Ji Yanliu has not caught up with the good time, and I am afraid that she will not be able to marry a good family in the future.

It took half a month for the ship to reach the south of the Yangtze River. Ji Erye took some medicine and recuperated for a few days. Most of the injuries on his body healed, and his complexion looked better.

As if the flattery and flattery before were not theirs, she couldn't help but sneer.

(End of this chapter)