In just a few years, the Jade Princess and her son robbed 531 people in and around Yingcheng, including 386 young men and 145 young women.
At this time, there were still 219 men and 64 women left in the prince's palace. The rest were all dead or disabled. In short, they were all killed.
As for other things like robbing money and land, they have been downplayed by the loss of so many lives.
The common people knew this, and they all gathered in front of the government office, begging King Zhan and King Anyang to make the decision for them, kill Princess Jade and the fifteenth prince, and seek justice for those who died.
In Yingcheng Yamen, the magistrate stroked his forehead with one hand and felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.
He really never thought that Concubine Jade and her son would rob so many people in Ying City and kill so many of them. This made it very difficult for him as a prefect.
"Sir, what should we do now? There are so many lives. If we don't give an explanation to the people, it will definitely not work." Several other officials gathered around the prefect and kept asking.
The Jade Princess and her son are so bold. They dare to do such things. Are they afraid that the sky will not fall?
And those common people are not afraid of death. Aren't they afraid that someone will cause trouble for them? After all, Concubine Jade and her son are also relatives of the emperor, and they are also the woman and son of the Supreme Emperor.
Is the current emperor's biological brother something that ordinary people like them can appeal to?
"Sir, you have to think of a way quickly. If you don't send people outside to stabilize the situation, I'm afraid the situation will be out of control, and some of the people will be furious."
"Shut your mouths, all of you!"
The prefect had a headache and wished he could pretend to be dead at this moment.
Didn't he know that the situation was out of control? It turned out that he was not the one who started this matter, but Prince Zhan and Prince Anyang.
Isn't it possible for them to go to those two people? Why did they come to him when something happened? Doesn't he look like he will solve the problem for them?
"Go and ask Prince Zhan and Prince Anyang what to do now?" he reminded.
After hearing his words, all the officials fell silent. You looked at me, I looked at you, and no one spoke.
They wanted to ask, knowing that this matter couldn't be handled even if they went to the prefect, but were those two people they could see if they wanted to?
Moreover, in what capacity did they go to see those two people? Even if they wanted to go find them, it was the prefect who went there, and they just went with them.
"Sir, the two princes are not something we can see."
After a long while, an official over fifty years old finally stood up and reminded him.
"Why don't you, sir, take us with you to meet the two princes and ask them what they should do in this situation?" he asked.
Magistrate: "..."
If you go to see the two princes at this time, wouldn't you put them on the fire grill to roast them?
He knew that because he had done nothing in the matter of Concubine Jade and the Fifteenth Prince, the two princes already had a strong opinion of him.
At this time, he went to the two princes to increase his presence. Did he think he didn't die quickly enough?
However, it would not work if he did not go to see the two princes. If he did not go, wouldn't it mean that he had done nothing again? In this way, the two princes would have even more objections to him.