The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

The guards at the north gate of the imperial palace were terrified when they saw this situation.

Wei Qing stepped forward and told the imperial guards to tell Emperor Zhaowen that if the wax apples were not delivered, all the male members of the Duke of Ying would die today.

Ruan Bai was the first to arrive at the city wall.

He saw his son and grandson all tied up, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"Li Jiren, if you dare to hurt me, the Duke of Ying, today, I will make sure you never set foot outside of Luocheng."

Li Jiren didn't care about Ruan Bai's words at all. He pointed his sword at Ruan Xinming, the prince of the Duke of Ying.

"More than twenty years ago, Ruan Xinming murdered the entire Chen family of Baoqinglou in order to steal their wealth. Although you have placed all the blame on the steward, the Emperor's grandfather still sentenced him to lifelong exile in Bashu. Why is he now showing up in Luocheng?"

Ruan Xinming's legs were shaking with fear: "The new emperor has ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty."

"A general amnesty? How can he be pardoned by someone sentenced to a serious crime by the Emperor's grandfather? Not only is he pardoned, but he can even inherit the title. Is this just deceiving the victim and ignoring the facts just because his entire family is dead?"

As Li Jiren spoke, he moved his wrist slightly and Ruan Xinming's left ear fell off.

Ruan Xinming screamed in pain, but his hands were tied and he couldn't even cover his ears with his hands.

Ruan Bai's eyes were frighteningly red.

"Li Jiren, do you dare?"

That was his eldest son, the heir to his Duke of England.

Li Jiren didn't even look at the Duke of Yingguo, and continued to look into Ruan Xinming's eyes.

"That day, you cut off Chen Dongjia's ears and pulled out his tongue, causing him to die in agony. Today, I will let you experience this pain as well."

As he was speaking, Ruan Xinming's other ear also disappeared.

Ruan Bai cried and shouted in anger.

At this time, Empress Dowager Ruan Qingyao and Queen Ruan Xinyu also came to the city wall.

When they saw Ruan Xinming who had lost his ear, their legs and feet felt weak.

Ruan Xinyu looked at Li Jiren's face, which was almost exactly the same as his father's. She clasped her fingers tightly on the city wall and glared at Li Jiren angrily.

Li Jiren looked at the two people on the city wall, and pointed at Ruan Xinming's eldest son Ruan Size.

"As a descendant of a founding hero, you have no compassion for the people. Last year in Shuming County, not only did you seize tens of thousands of acres of fertile land from the people, but you also colluded with the local magistrate to beat and kill hundreds of people. You deserve the death penalty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Size's throat was pierced and he died.

Ruan Bai suddenly fell to the ground.

That was his eldest grandson. He only had five grandsons in total.

There were only two adult grandchildren, and now there is only one left.

Ruan Bai was in tears. He wanted to continue speaking harshly to Li Jiren, but he didn't dare.

Ruan Qingyao was furious. Li Jiren actually dared to treat her family like this. She was about to scold him, but saw that Li Jiren's sword was pointed at Ruan Xinzhao again.

Ruan Qingyao felt like her throat was stuck and she couldn't utter a word.

Ruan Xinzhao was so scared that his pants got wet and an unpleasant smell came out.

Li Jiren ignored the pointing and criticism of the people around him and pointed at Ruan Xinzhao.

"This man abducted a decent woman, raped her, and then sold her to a brothel. His crime is unforgivable."

"stop!"

Empress Dowager Ruan, Ruan Bai, and Ruan Xinyu spoke at the same time.

The descendants of this generation of the Duke of Ying have limited qualifications, and the most promising one is Ruan Xinzhao.

If something happens to him and Ruan Bai steps down, the power of the Duke of Ying in the court will be cut off.

Li Jiren gave a sarcastic smile.

"I heard he's a Jinshi this year. That's really rare in a duke's family. What a pity..."

"Don't kill me, and don't cut off my ears. I want to be the prime minister, and I can't live without ears."

Ruan Xinzhao was so frightened that he spoke without thinking.

Prime Minister?

Li Jiren was speechless at the ambition of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion. Such a useless person wanted to be the prime minister?

Ruan Bai didn't care what his son said. He only knew that nothing must happen to his son.

At this time, all the officials in the imperial city who could come had come, but Emperor Zhaowen had not yet come. They did not go up to the city wall, but just listened to the movement inside the city gate.

When they heard Ruan Xinzhao say that he wanted to be the prime minister, they all looked up at the sky, hoping that a thunderbolt would strike from the sky and kill the self-righteous person outside the door.

Although the current Prime Minister Mu is not as good as the previous Prime Minister Liu, when Ruan Bai was his age, Prime Minister Mu was already a fourth-rank official in the capital.

Ruan Baicai passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, but his ranking was not very good. He is really as arrogant as a basin.

Do you think that you can have whatever you want just because you have an aunt who is the empress dowager and a sister who is the queen?

Although the officials inside the palace were secretly complaining, they thought about the emperor's favor for Queen Ruan, his trust in the Ruan family, and the fact that the current crown prince was also confused.

Even if Ruan Xinzhao was a good-for-nothing, he was still the most promising of the two generations of the Duke of Yingguo's family.

If the emperor or the prince really loses his mind, it is not impossible for Ruan Xinzhao to become the prime minister.

When they thought that someone like Ruan Xinzhao could surpass them and become the prime minister, everyone in the sect wished that Li Jiren would depose Ruan Xinzhao immediately.

Li Jiren smiled grimly.

"I'm not interested in cutting off your ears. I just want to cripple your hands that are used to steal my daughter!"

"No! Dad, aunt, sister, please save me!" Ruan Xinzhao retreated desperately.

"Don't do it, Li Ji... No, Prince, Prince, if you want the wax apple fruit, I will go to the emperor now, you must not do it." Ruan Bai shouted in fear.

Then he realized that he couldn't act too cowardly, so he threatened again: "If you hurt Xinzhao, I will make sure you get nothing."

"If I can't get the wax apple fruit, not only will Ruan Xinzhao die, but none of them will survive today." Li Jiren raised his eyebrows and shouted at Ruan Bai with a cold tone.

Ruan Bai practically rolled down the stairs. As soon as he got off the city wall, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly went up to pull Ruan Xinyu to go find Emperor Zhaowen together.

Emperor Zhaowen was furious in the Yangxin Palace at this time. He really couldn't imagine that Li Jiren would dare to be so crazy.

He had finally managed to poison Li Jixin, so how could he possibly give the wax apple to Li Jiren? He was dreaming!

Ruan Bai pulled Ruan Xinyu and ignored the etiquette between the emperor and his subjects. He cried and asked Emperor Zhaowen for wax apple fruit.

"Minister Ruan, you were the one who said Li Jixin must not be kept alive, yet now you want me to save him?"

Ruan Bai was so furious that he almost exploded. The situation had changed so much that if he couldn't save Li Jixin, that madman Li Jiren would definitely kill all his children and grandchildren.

He looked at his daughter. Although Ruan Xinyu also hoped that Li Jixin would die immediately, if the Ruan family was gone, she, the queen, would have no support, and the Ruan family could not be in trouble.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to save the Ruan family."

Seeing Ruan Xinyu's tearful face, Emperor Zhaowen felt distressed.

But he really didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he could only turn his head away.

"Your Majesty, Li Jixin can get into trouble in the arena, but he must not get hurt by a surprise attack. Li Jiren's 100,000-man army is still at the gate of Luocheng, 400,000 troops are waiting at the border of Chang'an Prefecture, and there are also border troops from Jiyang and Yucheng..."

Emperor Zhaowen was so upset after hearing this that he swept everything on the table to the ground in anger.

He thought that as long as he defeated Li Jixin in the ring, Li Jiren would have to keep his promise and leave Luocheng without any harm.

But he never expected that the loser Kong Haibo found a loser as well, and Li Jiren actually discovered the hidden weapon.

Idiots, all of them are idiots!

At this moment, the eunuch on duty in the Yangxin Palace came in to report that Chunlan, the senior palace maid beside Ruan Xinyu, wanted to see him.

Chunlan was left behind by Ruan Xinyu specifically to observe the situation.

Now that she came here in such a hurry, Ruan Xinyu knew that something was wrong. She looked at Emperor Zhaowen with tears in her eyes.

Emperor Zhaowen didn't want to see her at first, but he couldn't bear Ruan Xinyu's pleading and had to let Chunlan in.

"Li Jiren said that two years ago, the second son, Ruan Sihan, trampled a woman to death on the street while on horseback. He actually severed the tendon of the second son's right foot."

Ruan Bai was heartbroken beyond measure. Of his legitimate sons and grandsons, only Ruan Xinzhao was still alive and well. If anything happened to Xinzhao again...

"How dare he? We have all come to beg the emperor, how dare he take action?" Ruan Xinyu's voice was a little shrill.

Chunlan was so frightened that her whole body was shaking. "Li Jiren said that if he doesn't see the wax apple within half an hour, he will cripple the Second Master's hand..."

Ruan Bai knelt before Emperor Zhaowen and said, "Your Majesty, please save the Ruan family for all they have done for you...for all their loyalty to you."

Ruan Xinyu also knelt down softly: "Your Majesty, whether for the Ruan family or for yourself, Li Jixin must not be in trouble because of this matter. Your Majesty, please think twice."

Emperor Zhaowen was furious, but when he looked at Ruan Xinyu and thought of the army outside the city, he finally had no choice but to let Feng Jia go to get the wax apple fruit.