Rebirth: Remarrying the Emperor's Uncle

Chapter 543 Building Overturned
On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lord Zhen Guo and his sons knew that they had committed serious crimes, so they committed suicide in imperial prison.

The empress dowager was heartbroken, and the emperor was benevolent and filial worried about her mother, so he exempted the rest of the government of the town from death, guaranteed her title to be inherited by the concubine Wang Pu, and married the Danyang princess to Liao Yuansi, the eldest son of the Liao family in Linzhou.

When the Queen Mother heard the news, she rushed to the imperial study angrily.

"Danyang's marriage is decided by Aijia, why did the emperor give Danyang and Liao Yuansi a marriage?"

Emperor Qingming said in a low voice, "Liao's century-old clan is enough to match the daughter of a sinner in Danyang. This is a good marriage. Why is the mother so angry?"

"Yesterday you promised Lao Qi to let the Wang family go, but you made such an idea behind your back?"

"This marriage was proposed by the seventh brother, doesn't the queen mother know?"

"Old Qi?" The Queen Mother said angrily, "Ai Jia still treats him as kind, so he is plotting against Ai Jia here!"

Emperor Qingming sighed secretly, his mother and empress had spent most of her life in the harem, but she was not really scheming.If it weren't for the support of the Wang family, and he became emperor early, she might not be alive today.

The Queen Mother eased her tone, "Your Majesty, you quickly take back the imperial decree, and Danyang will be destroyed in this way!"

"You are not joking." Emperor Qingming raised his eyes and said, "Perhaps, after mother, I will ask my seventh brother to persuade me to take my life back."

"It's not that my son can't be counted on after all. I'm afraid that Ai's family will be tricked by him again." The Queen Mother spoke indifferently, and then softened, "Your Majesty, you are the most filial, so take back the marriage decree."

Emperor Qingming said, "It's fine if Danyang doesn't marry Liao Yuansi..."

There was hope in the Queen Mother's eyes, but she heard Emperor Qingming continue, "The rest of the Wang family will not want to live."

The queen mother's heart cooled down again.

The emperor wants to completely destroy the foundation of the royal family.

If Wang Caidan does not marry into the Prince's Mansion, once she dies, the Wang family will have nothing to rely on, and it will fall in a few years.

The Queen Mother staggered out of the imperial study.

When passing the palace road of Kunning Palace, she paused in her footsteps and looked over.

"How long has the Ai family not seen the queen?"

Eunuch Wei guessed her intentions, his face changed suddenly, and he knelt down, "Empress Dowager, no."

The Queen Mother looked at the gate of the palace, and the two camellias were in full bloom even in winter.But I don't know how many pots of camellias the emperor replaced in order to maintain the splendor.

She muttered to herself, "The Ai family brought out that thousand-year-old snow lotus a long time ago."

Eunuch Wei knelt there and didn't know how to return. The Queen Mother really didn't have much chips. Without that snow lotus, the emperor might not be able to stay in the Wang family for so many days.

The Queen Mother asked, "How old is the twelfth lunar month today?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's the 27th of the twelfth lunar month."

"The 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and three more days will be New Year's Eve. The queen can always come out to see Ai's family."

Eunuch Wei hurriedly said, "Of course I can. Even if the Empress does not want to attend the banquet, I can always greet you on the first day of the first lunar month."

"That's good, that's good." The Queen Mother withdrew her gaze, "Danyang will have a chance if he can see her."
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But it is said that the Ministry of punishment is a big prison.

The Wang family was locked in two cells, one for the men and one for the women and children.Although they were only detained for two days, everyone has lost their usual dignity and is no longer neat and glamorous.

There were footsteps in the dark corridor, and the sound of the jailer yelling at the prisoners.

Behind the jailer was dragging a person, or rather a corpse.Wherever he passed, there were dark red blood stains on the ground, exuding a disgusting stench.

When they passed in front of them, everyone was stunned - it was the prince!

"Mao'er!"

Mrs. Zhen Guogong let out a shrill scream and passed out.

The aunts slumped on the ground and screamed, and several young princes and ladies also cried loudly, and the prison was in chaos.

At this time, they really felt the fear of death.I thought that with the queen mother in the Wang family, there would always be a way to escape.But Shi Zi actually died like this!

Unlike others who were crying to death, Wang Caidan didn't have a single tear on his face, and stood there calmly with an indifferent expression on his face.

She didn't understand that the elder brother said that he and his father would be fine that day, and that the Wang family would be fine.But why was the eldest brother detained that night, and the whole family was imprisoned the next day.Now, the eldest brother died for no apparent reason.

Something must have happened that night that completely pushed the Wang family into the abyss.

The jailer came over with the key, first looked at Wang Caidan strangely for a moment, "You are the first one who is not scared to cry when you see a dead person."

Wang Caidan remained expressionless, "My elder brother was poisoned to death by you."

Prison Cheng sneered, "You can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. The son committed suicide in fear of sin!"

Wang Caidan knew, definitely not.

Prison Cheng opened the cell door, "Get up quickly, go back and cry!"

There was a moment of silence in the prison, and then there was a mess of voices. Everyone supported each other, and they couldn't wait to leave this dirty place.

Wang Caidan asked, "Is it the emperor's will?"

"I don't know about that. If the princess has any questions, go out and ask the queen mother."

Wang Caidan didn't ask any news, and together with the Shu brothers who came from the next cell, they carried the fainted mother out of the cell.

The Wang family who had just come out of the prison hadn't found out what had happened before the eunuchs brought the body of Zhen Guogong Wang Can over.

The eunuchs dropped the corpse and left without a word of explanation.

If there was any hope for the Wang family before, now there is no hope at all.The two main pillars of the mansion were both dead, and the sky of the Duke's mansion collapsed.

Wang Caidan went to Liao Yuansi's yard.

Perhaps because Liao Yuansi was only a teacher, he was not imprisoned that day.When they were detained, she saw Liao Yuansi standing in the crowd from a distance, watching them quietly.

He was outside, and with his mind, he must know what happened.

There was no one in the room, and all the items were neatly placed, as if they hadn't left.

A servant came in, "Princess Ann."

Wang Caidan asked, "Where is Mr. Liao?"

The boy replied, "Mr. has returned to Linzhou, and he said that there is something in the clan that he needs to deal with."

"Did he say whether he would come back?"

"I never said it." The boy thought for a while, "Mr. didn't take anything with him when he left, so he must be coming back."

Wang Caidan smiled wryly, will he come back?
Now that the Wang family's building is overturned, how can it give him a prosperous future.He is very ambitious, how could he be willing to be a teacher in a declining Duke's mansion.

In just half a day, the mansion was completely deserted.

Zhen Guogong and his son committed treason, and their funerals were not publicized, only the wives, concubines and children in the mansion were in mourning.

Wang Caidan, dressed in hemp and mourning, knelt and sat in front of the coffin.

Her servant girl came over quietly, knelt beside her and said in a low voice, "Princess, this servant listened to the people talking outside. The reason why Shizi was detained that day was because Mr. Liao quietly sent a message to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so that the Ministry of Justice caught Shizi's murder. It is also because of this that the emperor convicted the duke and the son of treason in the early court."

Wang Caidan raised his head and stared at her sharply, "Liao Yuansi? Are you sure?"

(End of this chapter)