jdhmnovel Chapter 248 The dust has settled
Chapter 248 The dust has settled
On September 10th, the 24th year of Zhaoping, everything was finally settled.
Princess Minghua, who was imprisoned in the imperial prison for rebellion, and Li Junheng and others also met their final end.
Princess Minghua was given poisoned wine, and her two daughters and one son with her husband, Captain Mingyao, were all sentenced to death by hanging.
The rest of the princess's family were exiled to Lingnan.
In the autumn, Li Junheng was executed, his property was confiscated, and his two clans were exterminated.
(Why two clans? Because he himself is a royal family member. He can’t count the emperor and other nobles. At most, it’s his wife’s clan and his mother’s clan.)
As for the others who joined the rebellion, those who committed serious crimes were beheaded along with Li Junheng, such as the Sun and Liu families.
Those with less serious crimes were exiled or sent into exile...
So much so that for several days in a row, the Caishikou was stained with layer upon layer of blood, and it never dried.
"Dad, I don't want to die!" Sun Wentao, who had just been escorted to the guillotine, burst into tears.
Why should he pay with his life just because his sister joined hands with Princess Minghua to rebel?
He was just an uneducated, sensual, and dissolute young man. Before this, he didn't even know about this.
He did not enjoy the blessing, but when something happened, he had to die together with others. No one could be more wronged than him.
"How dare you say that! If you hadn't injured Lord Tan Tai's son and been caught by Princess Minghua, she wouldn't have come to this point!" Father Sun closed his eyes in despair.
He and his wife had a son and a daughter. The daughter was smart since childhood. She passed the examination to become a female official at the age of twelve. She was favored by the emperor and served in the palace.
It was clearly a bright future, but it was ruined by this evil a few years ago.
For the sake of a prostitute, he fought with others several times and acted lawless, leaving his family to clean up his mess all the time.
It was okay for ordinary people before, they just had to spend some money to suppress the problem.
But he actually offended the only son of Tan Tai, the Minister of War, who was an official in the same dynasty as him.
You have to know that he has been the only son in his family for generations. He looks like an eyeball, and you almost ruined him. Naturally, he won't tolerate this.
Originally, Tan Tai had made up his mind to go to the Taiji Palace and ask the emperor for justice.
But on the morning of the riot, the eldest daughter found a way to stop him.
It was on that day that their family slowly began to have interactions with Princess Minghua.
This eventually led to such a disaster of property being confiscated and the whole family being exterminated.
He regretted it, but it was too late.
"Uncle." Just as Sun's father closed his eyes and waited for the executioner's order, a crisp voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
It turned out to be his ex-daughter-in-law whom he had never liked very much.
However, when a person is about to die, it is difficult for his heart to be even a little bit kind.
In the past, his son was unruly and absurd, and was disliked by the noble families in Chang'an. He had to hold his nose and accept this unnecessary marriage.
Unexpectedly, while others were trying to avoid him for fear of getting into trouble, this former daughter-in-law actually came to see him off.
"Who asked you to come here? Are you worthy enough?" Sun's father was stunned for a moment, then pretended to be angry and pushed away the dumpling that Pang Liyi had put to his mouth.
Immediately, the snow-white dumplings fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and were stained with a layer of black blood.
"No matter what, it was thanks to the protection of the Sun family that my sister and I were able to grow up safely." Pang Liyi naturally understood what he meant.
Feifan was not angry. He picked up another one with good temper and handed it over to him, trying to persuade him.
"It's stuffed with pickled mustard greens and beef. It's your favorite."
"Hmph!" Father Sun dodged again.
"My wife, my wife, save me! I know you are the best." Sun Wentao, who had just finished crying, finally noticed the movement here.
He howled like a ghost, shouting at Pang Liyi, hoping for a glimmer of hope of survival.
"I can't save you." Pang Liyi shook her head.
Then, seeing that his father refused to eat no matter what, he turned and walked towards his mother who was in a daze.
"aunt."
“…” Sun’s mother acted as if she didn’t hear anything and didn’t even raise her head.
"I want to eat, I want to eat!" Sun Wentao shouted. He hadn't eaten decent food for several days.
He was about to die, and he wanted to die with a full stomach.
...
"Are you back?" Pang Lihui signaled to the maid beside him to keep an eye on the children who were playing in the yard.
Then he hurried to the gate of the courtyard and talked to Pang Lihui, who had just returned and looked particularly pale.
Today is the day of the Sun family's execution. Originally, she didn't want to let her sister go, after all, it was such a scary thing.
Moreover, he has many children under his care and has no time to accompany them.
But my sister insisted on going and even made dumplings with bread.
It is said that when they divorced, although the Sun family looked down on her, they did not make things difficult for her. Not only did they return her dowry, they also gave her some land and money.
For the sake of these things, she had to give them away.
"I didn't expect that in just over a month, the Sun family would become like this." Pang Liyi leaned against her sister and sighed tiredly.
She has been feeling a little dazed since watching the execution today.
He even forgot to rent a carriage and walked more than twenty miles on his own two feet before he finally got back.
I haven't walked such a long distance in a long time, and I'm very tired now.
"You're lucky you weren't implicated." Pang Lihui helped his sister walk to the corridor and sat down.
I couldn't help but think of half a year ago when my sister discovered the secret of the eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family, suppressed her fear, and ran back to ask her for decision.
It was as if he was frightened out of his wits. He looked normal, but his hands, hidden by his sleeves, kept shaking.
She comforted her for a long time, telling her what to do when she returned to the Sun family, and only then did she barely calm down.
"Thanks to my sister for helping me make the decision." Otherwise, how could she have gotten away with it so easily.
Pang Liyi leaned against the porch pillar, squinting her eyes and letting her sister massage her legs.
The sun is shining brightly, the breeze is blowing gently, it is neither hot nor cold, and it would be great to sleep here if it weren't for the deafening laughter and noise of children in the yard.
"Little Master Pang." Before Pang Liyi could close her eyes for a moment, she was suddenly woken up by the children who came running over.
"What's wrong? Little Tangyuan, Rongrong." Pang Liyi looked helplessly at the two cute little radish heads in front of her.
These two kids are the most mischievous devils in this elementary school.
Especially the one on the right, although he is very young, he has amazing strength and can lift a child of the same age with one hand.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.
I heard that her father is General Su Lang of Xiaotang Village. Maybe the children of military generals are different from ordinary people.
An average child of this size would have difficulty even carrying a glass of water.
"Master Pang, are you going to the market today?" Little Tangyuan blinked and asked curiously.
Today happened to be market day, and when she saw Pang Liyi coming back with a bamboo basket, she thought she was also going to the market.
That's why she pulled her friend over here. She wanted to ask if the Hu Ji pitching pot stall was still there.
Her mother said that her father had something to do recently and would not be back for the time being, so she might have to wait for a while if she wanted Xiaogong.