Chapter 38: Ximen Jingyu is about to be decapitated
"What's going on? Could it be that the rebellion eight years ago had something to do with my father?" Ximen Hai stared at Ximen Jingyu with wide eyes and whispered, his mother's reaction was already self-inflicted.
The arson of Yuehua Kingdom, the robbery of Princess Xuan, the old case from eight years ago, etc., all the things immediately formed a line in Ximen Jingyu's mind.
Lin Xiner was not only burning the Marquis Mansion, she was also clearly trying to make him pay the price for what he had narrowly escaped eight years ago. In this case, in order to protect himself, he had no choice but to break with the Yuehua Kingdom.
"That's it for now, let me tell you everything." Ximen Jingyu sighed, as if he was struggling at the end of the road. He didn't know what Lin Xiner wanted, so he could only go down with his own safety. Every step he took
Be cautious every step of the way.
Ximen Jingxuan, Ximen Jingyu, Ximen Hai, and Mrs. Hou Ye walked into a small private room in the tavern. The door was tightly guarded by people from Ximen Jingxuan.
"To tell you the truth, I did participate in that rebellion back then. When I saw that the momentum was not right, I destroyed the green ribbon in my hand, turned against you, and worked with you to annihilate the rebels at the last moment, in order to prevent the power in my hands from being
The bottom was raised, so I took the experiences of the second and third emperor brothers as a mirror, and decided not to be greedy for any power, and to be a leisurely and contented Xiaoyaohou. I thought that living such a low-key life would be fine, but who knew——"
Ximen Jingyu sighed when he said this.
"Did the people from the Yuehua Kingdom get hold of your secret and force you to do something? When you refused, they jumped over the wall and set fire to the Marquis Mansion, making the evidence of your crimes public?" Ximen Hai followed Ximen Jingyu's train of thought angrily.
road.
Ximen Jingyu nodded, sighing secretly that his son was really smart enough to defend his father like this. This was indeed what he wanted to say, but Ximen Hai said it first, so there was no need for it.
He said nothing more.
"What do the people of Yuehua Kingdom want you to do?" Ximen Jingxuan asked calmly and calmly.
"Change the princess." Ximen Jingyu said, "They want someone to pretend to be Princess Xuan and ask me to cooperate with the fake Princess Xuan."
"Did they succeed?" Ximen Jingxuan asked, thinking of the female body that was dumped in Mrs. Zhiqi's courtyard.
"Probably not. I don't know what went wrong on their side." Ximen Jingyu shook his head, "So they found me again and accused me, saying that I ruined their plan and caused you, Prince Xuan, to express your hatred towards Lin Xiner.
The suspicion made it difficult for them to lie about Lin Xiner. But from the beginning to the end, I didn't know what they had done."
"Was Lin Xiner kidnapped by people from Yuehua Kingdom?" Ximen Jingxuan asked Ximen Jingyu calmly, staring at her.
"I don't know." Ximen Jingyu didn't know how Lin Xiner wanted her to appear, so he shook his head vaguely, "When I heard that Princess Xuan was kidnapped, my instinctive reaction was that she was from Yuehua Kingdom.
He immediately sent people to chase him, but later I thought that the people of Yuehua Kingdom were too bold to kidnap people so arrogantly, and it was not their usual style."
"Originally, I thought that those who chased the carriage returned in vain. It wasn't until I saw Er Bao's body that I realized that he had never come back. He was a handyman, and I never paid much attention to him." Ximen Jingyu continued, "His
Death is very strange. I think there must be another person hiding beside me. I don’t know what the purpose is? I also ask Prince Xuan to help find out the truth."
"Do you think today's fire is the people of Yuehua Kingdom taking revenge on you?" Ximen Jingxuan asked back.
"It must be." Ximen Jingyu said, "They said that I ruined their plan, and they would also destroy me. Now that the old things have been uncovered, even if the burned rags are not enough evidence, based on you, Prince Xuan
If I conduct a detailed investigation of my abilities, I will definitely find out my old background.”
Ximen Jingyu stood up as he spoke, "I have no regrets. I should have left with the second and third emperor brothers eight years ago. I have lived a happy life for another eight years and watched Hai'er grow up."
, I am satisfied.”
"father!"
"Master Hou!"
Ximen Hai and Mrs. Hou Ye both stood up and called out with emotion.
"In this case, I will report it to the Emperor immediately." Ximen Jingxuan was unambiguous and stood up.
"Now that Xiaoyaohou Mansion has been reduced to ashes, I only ask Prince Xuan to take care of our brothers and arrange for them properly." Ximen Jingyu seemed to be explaining the funeral arrangements.
There were turbulent waves under the calm surface. He was still protecting the fake Lin Xiner, but could that fake person save his own life? Seeing that Ximen Jingxuan didn't care about brotherhood or him at all.
If he admits his fault in person, he will be punished.
In the rebellion eight years ago, Ximen Jingxuan lost his mother and concubine, and he almost died, so he punished the culprits of the rebellion as severely as possible. Besides, Ximen Jingxuan did not punish anyone else except the emperor.
The imperial brother, probably due to the age difference, didn't have much brotherly love at all. Instead, he was close to Ximenche, a junior who was about a few years younger than him.
"Uncle, please spare daddy." Ximen Hai quickly knelt down to Ximen Jingxuan and begged for mercy.
"Please, Your Majesty, spare the life of the Marquis." Mrs. Hou also knelt down and kowtowed.
"Don't embarrass the prince, you will have to bear what you should bear sooner or later." At this point, Ximen Jingyu could only continue to act as if he was ready to die.
"Come here, take the Marquis to the criminal cell in the palace and wait for the verdict." Ximen Jingxuan opened the door and ordered the guard outside.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please have mercy on me!" Mrs. Hou Ye cried and fainted on the ground.
"Dad, dad, uncle!" Ximen Hai caught up with Ximen Jingxuan who was walking out of the tavern. Ximen Jingxuan ignored him and turned around to see that his mother had fainted, so he quickly turned back.
With Ximen Jingyu being arrested, the entire Hou family stayed in the tavern and caused chaos.
"What to do? What to do?" Ximenhai ran out of ideas.
Ximen Jingyu is a powerless Xiaoyao Hou, and as his son, Ximen Hai is just an ordinary rich young man. But now that the Hou Mansion has been destroyed, he has become a destitute young man.
"Grand Master, I can only ask the Grand Master." Mrs. Hou Ye took a breath and regained consciousness, "Now in the world, only Grand Master Lin can compete with Prince Xuan. Now that Grand Master Lin is the father-in-law of Prince Xuan, we can only ask Lin Grand Master to help.
The Grand Master has come forward."
"Okay, I'll go ask Master Lin now!" Ximenhai said without hesitation, got up and ran out of the tavern.
"Ximen Jingyu is about to be beheaded. Young Palace Master, what are you doing?" Yueyao really didn't understand.
At that time, the second and third princes of the late emperor were executed by Ximen Jingxuan. It is said that the fighting was very fierce, and Ximen Jingxuan also managed to turn around the situation with a narrow escape. In order to leave a bloody lesson to others, he set up a path for the emperor.
In order to consolidate the power of the Qingyuan Dynasty, Ximen Jingxuan personally supervised and beheaded his two royal brothers who were suspected of plotting rebellion.