Spring Drunk Chang'an

Emperor Yingwu...

What can he do?

Of course he didn't believe it. He didn't even need Concubine Qu to cry and beg. He scolded the officials who were investigating the case in court. He was so scolded that he wanted to commit suicide...

"My son Xun is a genius, how could he do such a thing?"

"It's so easy for him to get Liu Qingru, does he need to drug her?"

"Are you guys really putting your heart into it?"

The Emperor was so angry that the three corpse gods jumped up and down, and the two suns were blazing with anger. He ordered his confidants to investigate again...

The result is the same.

Check again...

still the same.

After all, the Guanjing Tower case was originally planned by Xiao Xun. From the beginning to the end, no one else had any involvement. It was just that at the last moment, Xiao Chuo used a trick to replace Song Zhinian with Liu Qingru...

What could be different!

No matter how he checked, it was Xiao Xun's own problem.

Emperor Yingwu was confused.

Concubine Qu cried herself blind.

Xiao Xun: ...

After opening his eyes and regaining consciousness, he, he...

admitted.

"Wow, he actually admitted it? Why would he admit it? I thought he would expose us and implicate you." Liu Changan was extremely puzzled.

Song Zhinian, on the other hand, was composed and had a mysterious air of 'just as I expected'. She chuckled and said, "Sister Chang'an, you don't understand. Those princes vying for the throne are the most ruthless. When necessary, they're willing to sacrifice anything."

"Including themselves!"

"The Prince of Yan is now a defeated dog. There is no room for him to turn things around, even if it means something to his cousin the Crown Prince..."

"He was originally unwilling and wanted to make trouble, but now, Liu Qingru has cut off his offspring. Sister Chang'an, think about it, since Pangu created the world, where in the world has there been a eunuch emperor?"

"He has absolutely no chance of turning things around. So all he needs to think about is how to protect himself from his cousin, the Crown Prince, and retain his wealth and glory, still being a high and mighty prince."

"He wouldn't want to offend his cousin further, so there's no need to involve me."

"He can't even protect himself, so what's the point in making the Cheng'en Mansion hate him so deeply? It's better to just make sure Liu Qingru is alone. After all, the Ningguo Marquis Mansion has no power and influence, so they can manipulate her any way they want."

"Just wait and see. His Majesty loves Prince Yan deeply. Even if he admits it, this matter will not end like this."

"They, father and son, always manage to shake off that dirty hat."

Song Zhinian sneered, his face full of disdain.

And, things turned out just as she expected, Xiao Xun admitted it, Emperor Yingwu and Concubine Qu surrounded him, and I scolded him severely.

Xiao Xun cried bitterly, lamenting every day that he had become a eunuch, insulting his ancestors, feeling ashamed, and even attempted suicide.

As expected, Emperor Yingwu and Concubine Qu softened their hearts.

Especially Concubine Qu, who even said, "A lowly maid like Liu Qingru might have offered herself to me. My son, my son never wanted to humiliate her, he was just deceived by her."

"She seduced my son."

Someone seduced his son? The seducer was inside the imperial palace, hiding inferior drugs, bribing countless palace servants, manipulating the imperial garden's errands, and tracking down the Prince of Yan's whereabouts. Everything was arranged so perfectly, it was almost enough to assassinate the prince...

Then, was her purpose to plot against the Prince of Yan to humiliate her? To make her lose her innocence as a concubine, and then give birth to a prince?

What's the picture of Liu Qing?

Who would believe this?

It's ridiculous!

Everyone who heard it thought it was ridiculous, but Emperor Yingwu believed it, or rather, he just found a random excuse to "clear" his beloved son.

So, naturally, the blame fell on Liu Qingru.

Naturally, some upright officials were dissatisfied with this, but they had no choice because neither Ningguo Marquis Liu Xiu nor Liu Qingru himself was a good person.

The notoriety of the father and daughter spread for forty miles against the wind. Facing the Emperor Yingwu, he said, "My poor son has been seriously injured. I will not let him bear the stigma. Whoever dares to stop me will be killed by me..."

Who else but Xiao Chuo dared to stop the wrath of an elderly emperor?

He is so old now, maybe he doesn't even care about his reputation. He can kill or copy anyone he wants.

Is it worth dying for someone as notorious as the Liu family?

With this in mind, several ministers who knew about this matter tried to persuade him a little, but when they saw that it didn't work, they gave up.

Emperor Yingwu personally went to see Xiao Chuo.

His eyes were red and swollen, bloodshot, and with the attitude of an old cow protecting its calf, he shouted in a rough voice: "I am willing to hand over the tiger talisman to you and let you take control of the three armies, but, Xiao Chuo, you must not stop me from doing what I want to do."

"We must leave Xun'er with a good reputation and not tarnish his past and future."

"I will grant him a double prince's salary, give him a fiefdom, and let him retire from the palace with Concubine Qu."

"This is my only request of you. Do you agree?"

Emperor Yingwu had a ferocious look on his face.

Xiao Chuo raised her eyebrows slightly, sneered, and replied, "I don't care whether you give me the tiger talisman or not. If I want the throne, it's easy. I don't need you at all."

But on second thought, by doing this, wasn't he supporting Liu Qingru?

He backed Liu Qingru and cleared her name!

This thought flashed through Xiao Chuo's mind, and she seemed to see her own little girl, her eyes filled with anger and grievance.

Xiao Chuo shuddered violently and answered neatly, "Yes, Father, it's a deal."

Xiao Xun's affairs were not widely known due to the "low three roads". Apart from a few investigating officials hired by Emperor Yingwu, outsiders only knew that something happened in the palace and did not understand the details very clearly.

So, Emperor Yingwu cut the Gordian knot and put all the blame on Liu Qingru.

She was willing to be lowly and shameless, and she drugged the Prince of Yan in an attempt to curry favor with the royal family. The Prince of Yan was upright and virtuous, and he swore to die rather than obey. Liu Qingru was so angry that she hurt him...

As for where the injury was, Emperor Yingwu did not say it clearly, but the accusation that Liu Qingru stabbed the prince was confirmed.

Stabbing the prince, harming the emperor, using banned drugs, and attempting to seduce, these several serious crimes combined are enough to implicate the clan members. Fortunately, Emperor Yingwu knew the inside story and did not have the nerve to do so, so he really executed all nine generations of the Liu family.

He 'just' demoted Liu Xiu to the lowest position, stripped him of his title of Earl of Ningguo, and fined him 300,000 taels of silver. All the officials in the five branches of the Liu family were stripped of their positions and sent back home to farm.

For three generations, the Liu family did not allow imperial examinations.

Liu Xiu, Liu Ye, Old Lady Lai, Qu Qiutong and a group of people were sealed off from the Marquis' Mansion by the Embroidered Uniform Guards. When they were driven to the street, Song Zhilan came to see it in person.

Sitting in the carriage, she lifted the curtain and looked at the Liu family members outside, her face full of confusion and tears.

Qu Qiutong knelt on the ground, hugging the limp and motionless Liu Wenbai, crying out, "My Queen, Your Highness, what's going on?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Oh my God! This is so unfair!!"