At this time, Yun Ruoyue walked towards Chu Xuanchen and said: "Xuanchen, it is indeed hateful for these people to betray their country and seek glory, but their families are innocent. Can you give them a lighter punishment?"
Yun Ruoyue, who received modern education, could not accept the ancient punishment of killing nine or three tribes at every turn.
The families of these officials are innocent. It would be too cruel to directly punish the Nine Tribes!
Just like how Taifu Han and his family were all killed when they were clearly innocent.
Therefore, she hopes that this kind of thing will never happen again in the future.
Seeing what Yun Ruoyue said, Chu Xuanchen held her hand and said solemnly, without even thinking about it, "Okay, Yue'er, I will listen to you."
After saying that, he looked at those people and said sternly: "For the sake of Princess Li interceding for you, I may not punish you nine tribes, but you are guilty of heinous crimes and deserve to be punished and must be executed. As for your family members
, all the men were exiled, and none of the wives and daughters were official slaves. The other servants were dismissed on the spot as a warning to others."
When Geng Tian and others heard this punishment, they were immediately stunned.
Su Mingze said coldly: "Geng Tian, the prince has already treated you lightly, why don't you thank him quickly?"
"Yes, yes." Geng Tian said, and quickly kowtowed to Chu Xuanchen, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
They originally thought that they would be punished by the Nine Clan, but they did not expect that Princess Li saved their family with just one word.
Even if he is exiled and not an official slave, it is still better than being directly beheaded.
So they immediately didn't dare to make any more trouble and calmly accepted this fact.
If they make trouble again, I'm afraid His Highness Prince Li will change his mind.
When Yun Ruoyue saw this result, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She does not agree with sitting together, but the ancient punishment is different from the modern one, and it cannot be changed in a short while.
A major crime like treason is usually punished by the Nine Tribes.
However, Xuanchen only punished the officials and their families, and let the servants go without harming their relatives. This shows that he has opened a wide range of policies.
As for these officials, they usually like to form cliques for personal gain, engage in corruption and accept bribes. They deserve this fate.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen looked at the soldiers behind him and said: "Come here, drag these traitors down and execute them immediately!"
"Yes." After the soldiers answered, they quickly went to drag Geng Tian and others away.
Soon, they dragged these officials away.
When other people saw this, they all sighed in their hearts.
Princess Li is really important in Prince Li's heart. A word from her can make Prince Li change his mind.
It shows how much His Highness Prince Li cares about her.
Now, no one dares to look down upon her or despise her.
At this time, Su Ming hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My lord and princess, you have come all the way and have worked very hard. I'm afraid you need to rest. Now that these traitors have been dealt with, can your lord immediately move into the palace and rest there?"
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"Entering the palace?" Chu Xuanchen said calmly.
Su Ming said hurriedly: "Yes, now the emperor has fled the palace, the palace is in chaos, and no one can make the decision. The prince has driven away the enemy for us, which is the biggest contributor to the Chu State. The prince is the only legitimate son of the late emperor, of course only
Only the prince can take charge of the overall situation. Besides, the witness who witnessed the emperor murdering the late emperor was also in the palace."
Grand Master Li, Jiang Muyu and several other ministers also hurriedly raised their hands to Chu Xuanchen and solemnly said: "I will respectfully welcome the prince to the city, and respectfully welcome the prince to the palace."
Seeing everyone saying this, Chu Xuanchen frowned and said, "Okay then, I will follow you into the palace."
Seeing everyone eagerly calling him to enter the palace, Chu Xuanchen thought that they must have something to say to him.
Then he would go take a look and see what these people were thinking.
"Your Majesty, please." Su Ming said, and then said to the guards, "Whoever comes, hurry up and lead the way to welcome Your Majesty into the city."
"Welcome the prince to the city." The soldiers on both sides also spoke out forcefully, and their voices resounded throughout the earth, which was very shocking.
Looking at these soldiers, Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue nodded, and then they quickly mounted their horses and led the large troops towards the palace.
Along the way, the two of them were very emotional when they saw the streets on both sides.
Three years have passed. It has been three years since they left Shengjing City. Now that they finally came back, they found that Shengjing City had changed a long time ago.
It has long since lost its prosperity and glory.
Now it has become dilapidated, old, gray, and full of the smell of decay, like an old man whose whole body is covered with sores and is seriously ill.
What was once bright and vibrant has long since turned into dilapidation and shabbyness.
Chu Xuanchen really couldn't believe it. It turned out that this was the most prosperous and desirable place in Chu State.
When the carriage passed Prince Li's Mansion, Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue stopped deliberately.
They looked towards the gate of the palace and found that nothing had changed in Prince Li's palace in the past three years.
It is still as majestic, solemn and solemn as before, but there are no people inside and it looks very deserted.
Chu Xuanchen knew that the reason why Prince Li's Mansion did not become dilapidated was the relationship between the eldest princess and Su Qishao who had sent people to maintain it for a long time.
Seeing the big house in front of him, the scene where he and Yue'er lived here before came to his mind, how happy and joyful it was.