The two maids outside the wall were talking about the Ye family. When they saw Ye Chuyan suddenly falling from the sky, they were stunned.
No matter how the Ye family ransacked their homes, as long as Ye Chuyan was still the princess, the rules must not be messed up.
The two of them reacted instantly and knelt down to salute, "I have met the princess."
Ye Chuyan asked anxiously: "Is what you just said true? Has the Ye family been ransacked?"
The two maids looked at each other, neither daring to say a word.
Ye Chuyan was anxious, grabbed one of the maids by the collar, and roared: "I ask if what you just said is true? What happened to the Ye family?"
Ye Chuyan had been in the mansion for three years and rarely lost his temper with his servants.
Everyone was used to the gentle and tolerant princess, but when they saw her murderous rage and her eyes red, they realized that the princess was also one of the top martial arts masters.
The maidservant was so frightened that she was paralyzed. She was afraid that Ye Chuyan would throw her to death, so she stammered: "King...Princess...The Ye family has collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country...The house has been confiscated...all the men have been jailed, and all the women have been exiled to Ning." Guta...today...today was executed at the entrance of the market...this slave did not lie..."
Ye Chuyan felt like she was struck by lightning. She was shaky. After letting go of the maid, her whole body was shaking so hard that she almost lost her balance. She bit the tip of her tongue hard and forced herself to calm down.
She had only one thought in her mind, this maid must be lying. She wanted to go to the market entrance to see for herself. She didn't believe that her father would collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, let alone that the Ye family would be ransacked.
She rushed out. When the guards at the gate of the palace saw Ye Chuyan rushing out of the palace like the wind, thinking of the prince's instructions not to allow the princess to leave the palace, they all stepped forward to stop her.
The guards were only ordered to stop the princess and did not dare to kill her. However, Ye Chuyan made a fatal move and all the guards were quickly knocked to the ground.
Ye Chuyan rushed out of the house and saw the Ye family's confessions posted all over the street. She pulled off one, and every word on it hurt her eyes.
【Ye Jin collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country, and his crime was unforgivable. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of Deyuan, Ling Chi! I hope the people of Dafeng will always bear in mind that the laws of Dafeng cannot be violated and the foundation of the country cannot be disrupted! 】
Ye Chuyan felt as if she had fallen into a lotus pond again, and the ice water all over the sky couldn't wait to invade her ears, nose and mouth, making her unable to breathe. The only sound left in the world was her own heartbeat, and she could no longer hear any sounds from the outside world.
She clenched her back teeth, snatched a passerby's horse on the road, beat the horse's head and ran away to the market entrance.
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Today is the Laba Festival, and it is snowing again. In such a cold season, the food market in Kyoto is crowded with people.
Ten days ago, the emperor was stabbed and injured. The emperor's guards found an autographed letter and a palace defense plan drawn by Hou Guogong Ye Jin on Xizuo's body. The letter said that Xizuo should deliver the defense plan to the second prince Beirong, and it must be delivered safely.
Seizaku obtained the defense map and wanted to claim credit, so he cleverly sneaked into the palace to assassinate the emperor, but was caught instead with all the witnesses and material evidence.
The Dafeng Dynasty and Beirong had been at war for almost a hundred years, and they could be said to be feuds. Duke Hou's move aroused public outrage.
Someone in the court soon wrote a letter saying that Duke Hou had accepted many students in the name of giving lectures over the years. One of the students had now changed his name and became a disciple of the second prince Beirong. The second prince led the army to a great victory over Dafeng Kingdom the year before last. The prince's retainer is the traveling military advisor.
In just three days, there was a mountain of memorials to the Duke of Hou, all of whom pointed out that the Duke of Hou had already had different intentions.
Someone reported the injustice to the prince's country and wrote a letter saying that the Ye family has been loyal for generations and would never collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. I hope the emperor will understand the truth and not blindly believe it.
There was a lot of quarrel between the DPRK and China over this.
The emperor was heartbroken. Hou Guogong was the younger brother of the Queen Mother and the emperor's master. Unexpectedly, just one year after the death of the Queen Mother, Hou Guogong couldn't wait to start collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.
The emperor was benevolent and could not bear to deal with Duke Hou because of his love for the emperor and his master. In the end, the matter was handed over to Qing King Pei Xiuyan.
Pei Xiuyan neatly imprisoned all those who petitioned for justice for the Hou State and made it known: Anyone who petitioned for mercy will be guilty of the same crime.
The court suddenly became quiet.
Next, Pei Xiuyan acted vigorously and quickly sentenced Ye Jin, the Duke of Hou, for treason and collaborating with the enemy. In order to serve as a warning to others, Pei Xiuyan immediately began to publicly execute the sentence after the conviction, and he personally supervised the execution.
At this time, Pei Xiuyan was sitting in the middle of the high prison platform, looking up at the flying snowflakes, thoughtfully.
The people watching were talking a lot.
"I had long heard that the King of Qing's marriage to the legitimate daughter of the Ye family was not voluntary, and he was not happy about it. Now it's better. The King of Qing has a grudge. He not only personally tried the Ye family's case, but also personally imprisoned her."
"How can you say that? The King of Qing would have divorced his wife long ago without his own will."
"Yes, the Ye family has committed such a big crime. The King of Qing has not divorced his wife at this time. He can be regarded as a model of a gentleman."
"It's true that Ye Jin has students all over the world and is one of the best in Kyoto, yet he actually committed treason and colluded with the enemy."
"So what if you are one of the top two in terms of power? How can you compare with the Nine-Fifth One? As the old saying goes, people's hearts are not enough to swallow an elephant."
"But I heard that the Ye family was framed."
"That's right, think about it, it has only been ten days since the incident occurred, and there is not enough time to investigate the evidence. How can the sentence be determined so quickly? Even an ordinary criminal case will take several months to be investigated, let alone such a big case?"
"Stop talking, don't say this nonsense. Be careful of being judged as an accomplice."
Seeing that the time was approaching, Pei Xiuyan glanced around like a hawk, and the chatter in the crowd immediately died down.
"Ye Jin, Your Majesty treats you well, but you collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. Such behavior is despicable. Do you have anything to say about today's execution?"
Pei Xiuyan said coldly to Ye Jin in the audience.
All the men in the Ye family who were about to be executed were gagged with cloth strips, except Ye Jin.
He was nearly fifty years old, and after being tortured for several days, his clothes were disheveled and stained with blood, but these did not affect his elegance.
His eyes were clear, neither humble nor arrogant, and he slowly knelt down towards the palace.
He said loudly: "The Ye family has been loyal to the country for generations, but they have been framed. Today, the sky has eyes, and heavy snow has fallen to cover up the filth in the world. I, Ye Jin, am not ashamed of the sky, and I am not ashamed of my heart. I have nothing to say!"
After speaking, he kowtowed three times, then straightened his back and said nothing.
These words caused a burst of excitement below.
There were rumors a few days ago that Ye Jin's house was ransacked this time because he was framed, and that he was convicted in such a hurry to prevent the case from being overturned. Is this true?
Pei Xiuyan looked at Ye Jin with complicated eyes, frowned and pursed his lips in silence.
Zhang Qingman, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, who was in charge of co-imprisonment, saw that the people were talking louder and louder, and was afraid of an accident.
He whispered in Pei Xiuyan's ear: "Prince Qing, it's almost time, why don't we start early."
Pei Xiuyan glanced at Zhang Qingman, "The time has not come yet, what's the rush?"
This look was so sharp that Zhang Qing felt like he was carrying a ray of light on his back.
He thought of Pei Xiuyan's ruthlessness when he interrogated Ye Jin.
A person who can be cruel to his father-in-law is definitely not a kind person. Not daring to say anything more, he just sat back down in his seat.
Ye Chuyan galloped with all his strength on his horse.
Due to the thin clothing she wore, her lips were already blue and blue from the cold, her ribs were broken again while riding the horse, and her lower abdomen was sore and swollen as if she had been blown away.
She couldn't sense any of this.
The great fear caused her to lose all awareness of the outside world.
Why is it that the entrance to the market seems as far away as the ends of the earth and it takes so long to get there?
Finally arriving at the market entrance, I saw the people outside were crowded together, and words about the Ye family, the palace defense plan, meticulous work, collaboration with the enemy, etc. were heard everywhere.
When Ye Chuyan heard this, he got off the horse, his legs went weak and he almost collapsed.
She pushed through the crowd and rushed inside like crazy.
