Perhaps it was because the effects of the women's cries were too great, or perhaps it was because the cries were too sorrowful, but the servants of the Sheng Palace could not help but feel sorrowful after hearing it. Very quickly, the maidservants also wiped away their tears. After a while, the male servants also began to cry.
Aside from the guards who knew martial arts and were not affected, everyone else began to cry, and the more they cried, the louder they cried. By the end, the servants just knelt on the ground, and under the lead of the young misses, they loudly shouted: "Your Highness the eighth prince! You're so pitiful! Your Highness the eighth prince! You're so pitiful! "
Xuantian Mo went from vomiting to nearly vomiting blood. He almost suspected that Feng Yu Heng had given these people some sort of medicine to control their tears. Did they come to see a patient or to cry at a funeral?
This sort of crying continued for almost an hour before Xuan Tiange finally spoke: "Alright, alright, don't cry anymore. Eighth brother hasn't died yet. It's a little too early to cry now. Save your tears. Cry when it's time to cry! " After saying this, she looked at Xuantian Mo, saying: "Eighth brother's complexion is not too good. Thinking about it, his body is too weak. Then you should rest properly! We won't disturb you any longer. "
Xuantian Mo did not want to say anything else. He just nodded and hoped that these gods of plague would quickly leave.
Xuan Tiange followed his wishes and very quickly led them out. It was just that while walking, she sighed and said: "Hah, eighth brother is good at everything, but his taste in women is too poor. It can't compare to ninth brother at all. These older brothers of mine really cause people to worry. I can't even save myself from worrying about them. Forget it, forget it, let's go take a look at fifth brother and warn him about eighth brother's fate. We'll have him get along well with the Feng family's fourth young miss. It would be best if he did not follow in eighth brother's footsteps. "
Finally, everyone was gone, and the room became quiet. Only the servants of the Sheng Palace remained kneeling on the ground. There were tear stains on their faces. At this moment, they suddenly reacted. Why were they crying? Why were they kneeling? Why were they crying without realizing it? What happened just now?
Looking at the confused appearance of the servants, Xuantian Mo once again suspected that Feng Yu Heng had given these people some strange medicine, so that their minds were not clear. He loudly scolded this group of ignorant servants, venting the anger in his heart on these servants. In the end, he was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
As for Xuan Tian Ge and the others, they really went to look for the fifth prince when they said that they were going to look for him. The group left the Sheng Palace and grandly headed toward the Li Palace. After arriving, they caught hold of the fifth prince and gave him a good warning. They analyzed all of the losses that the Eighth Prince had suffered to the fifth prince, earnestly advising him to get along well with the Feng family's fourth young miss. They absolutely could not allow the Eighth Prince's tragedy to repeat itself in the Li Palace.
At the same time, Xuan Tiange said: "Women! They can't suffer, but they also can't be spoiled. Just that Feng family's fourth young miss, if fifth brother does not discipline her strictly, she might do something even more outrageous than the Zhu family's young miss! Tsk tsk, fifth brother, you look better than eighth brother. Your face must not be ruined by a woman. Do you understand? Younger sister is truly doing this for your own good. "
With Xuan Tiange taking the lead, the young misses behind also chimed in one after another. Everyone stayed in the Li Palace for a full two hours, causing the fifth prince to feel dizzy and nearly collapse. Only then did they bid farewell.
Feng Yu Heng thought that this was the end, but after the young misses discussed for a while, they felt that the first two were all negative energy. Facing this sort of negative person for a day was not good for their mental health, so they decided to go to the eldest prince and the second prince's place to go to a happy place to calm down.
Therefore, she sat in Xuan Tiange's imperial carriage and ate sunflower seeds, following the group of carriages to the other two palaces.
Over the course of the day, they went from the Sheng Palace to the Li Palace, then to the Jing Palace and the Yuan Palace. Everything was arranged by someone, and there were people to receive them when they arrived. Every time they got out of the carriage at a place, they would very humanely arrange for everyone to line up to use the restroom. Later on, after they arrived at the Jing Palace, the Jing Palace even took care of everyone's meals.
Feng Yu Heng thought that traveling with a tuan 'er really was worry-free!
But with some worry-free, there would be others who would be troubled. The most troubling aspect was on the Eighth Prince's side. For the sake of preventing this matter from developing to a point of no return, he had tried to think of a way to break into the imperial daughter's manor to rescue Zhu Kongshan. He even thought of using Zhu Kongren's life as a threat to prevent Zhu Kongshan from causing any more trouble. Unfortunately, the imperial daughter's manor was so tight that not even a fly could get in. He was confused. What was a manor that no longer had a master guarding it for? As for the Zhu family's side, Xuantian Mo was not stupid. He knew that even if he threatened them, it would be pointless. Zhu Kongshan hated the Zhu family to the point that she wished that they would all die. This included the Liu family. That was why controlling the Zhu family was definitely not a good idea.
He still had not figured out how to resolve this matter. Even if he wanted to deal with the crisis, he had no place to start. The entire capital hated him to the point of gnashing their teeth. The poor people hated him because someone had died in the northern part of the city. What was even more infuriating was that the wealthy people and officials also hated him. Investigating the reason, it was because all of Hundred Herb Hall's doctors and good medicine had been used in the northern part of the city. This directly led to a lack of doctors, and the medicine was out of stock. This left them with no place to see a doctor or buy medicine.
Thus the Sheng Palace's entrance became a disaster area. Every day, a large number of citizens would come over to throw mud, snowballs, and even axes. This scared the guards to the point that they no longer dared to remain outside, as they all hid in their courtyards.
On the third day, Zhu Kongshan was secretly sent to the Board of Punishments by Feng Yu Heng. Under Xu Jingyuan's investigation, Zhu Kongshan very successfully pushed all of the crimes onto Xuantian Mo. As for herself, she had become a victim who had been wronged. Xu Jingyuan even found a granny from the palace to examine Zhu Kongshan's body. After receiving the reply that she was not a virgin, he added another crime to the Eighth Prince's complaint.
As for the tailors that had been making clothes for Noble Lady Yuan, they were also in the Board of Punishments. According to the shopkeeper of the tailor shop, someone in the palace claimed to be Noble Lady Yuan's maidservant and gave them money, telling them to quickly make winter clothes. They also sent over a large amount of cloth that had been bought, but they needed to prepare the cotton themselves. After receiving the money, they prepared to do the work, but a palace maid came the next day and told them that the cotton did not need to be too good. Just using the old things in the storeroom was fine. There was also no need to put too much in each piece of clothing. If there was not enough, they could use scrap materials to fill it in. In short, they needed to lower the cost. They also said that the winter clothes were just for the sake of keeping the cows and sheep warm, and it was fine as long as it was about right. Not only did they say this, but they also asked for half of the banknotes that had been given the previous day. It was such that the remaining half was only enough to make the clothes that had been made later on. Not only did they use old cotton, but there was also a large amount of trash that had been purchased. It was something that had been picked out from the tattered clothes that had been worn by others for many years.
The shopkeeper also spoke with righteousness: "Since it's for the cows and sheep, the things that we handed over are already good enough. They're just livestock. It's not like it's for people to wear!"
Xu Jingyuan felt that what they had said was correct. They had made it according to the standards for livestock. Who knew that after taking it away, it would be given to people. Of course, he deliberately ignored the fact that it was made according to a person's figure. He only recorded the shopkeeper's words in full detail, especially emphasizing that it was Noble Lady Yuan who had ordered them to do this.
After three days of trial, this case was finally organized into a report. On the fourth day, it was presented to Emperor Tianwu in morning court.
Everyone was waiting for Emperor Tianwu's decision on this matter, but they saw Emperor Tianwu look at the report for a long time. There was a conflicted look on his face, and he was unable to come to a decision for a long time. Xuan Tianming furrowed his brow and gave Xu Jingyuan a look. Xu Jingyuan immediately knelt and said: "Your Majesty, there is a witness. Zhu Kongshan has already been brought outside the hall. She insists on stating the case once more in front of Your Majesty to report His Highness Prince Sheng's crimes!"
The conflicted look on Emperor Tianwu's face became even more apparent. Hearing Xu Jingyuan's words, he actually did not speak. The officials were getting anxious from waiting, as they heard Xuan Tianming suddenly say: "Since she's already come, just bring her in. Let's hear what she has to say!"
Once Xuan Tianming spoke, someone immediately escorted Zhu Kongshan in. Tianwu glared at Xuan Tianming but did not say anything in the end. He just coldly watched Zhu Kongshan kneel in the hall and loudly complain: "Your Majesty! This humble girl wants to report the Eighth Prince! I beg Your Majesty to make a decision for this humble girl and for the sake of the citizens of this world! "
Following this call for a decision, Zhu Kongshan used herself as a starting point to explain the situation from a different angle. In the end, the truth became: "This humble girl was born in Peng Zhou. Ever since I was young, I have insisted on helping the poor citizens of Peng Zhou. As long as I reach Peng Zhou, it will be very easy to find out whether or not this is true. At the beginning of Winter, this humble girl came to the capital for the sake of visiting my two aunts in the palace, but I happened to see that there were so many beggars and poor citizens in the northern part of the city, thus I could not help but want to help them. This humble girl used the money that I brought to buy winter clothes for the beggars, repair the temple, and set up a congee stall. I also persuaded many of the friends that I knew in the capital to do good deeds. Very quickly, I received the support of many of the citizens in the northern part of the city. At this time, the Eighth Prince saw the benefits and insisted on having this humble girl announce to the outside world that this was a good deed that the Sheng Palace had spent money to do. This humble girl was living under someone else's roof and had no choice but to comply. Thinking that regardless of who was doing it, as long as it was done, it would be good for the citizens, thus I did not argue. But the Eighth Prince did not spend a single cent from beginning to end. Instead, he rewarded this humble girl with quite a few accessories. This humble girl pawned them all for money to maintain the congee stall in the northern part of the city. This humble girl wanted to endure until the end of Winter. In any case, the citizens would be able to eat their fill and wear warm clothes; however, who knew that the Eighth Prince's beastly behavior would be exposed day by day. Not only did he forcefully take advantage of this humble girl's body in the Sheng Palace, he even worked with Noble Lady Yuan to make black-hearted winter clothes to freeze the citizens to death. He even put poison in the congee to poison even more people! Your Majesty is clear. Everything that this humble girl has said is true! "
This pitiful account was exactly the same as what Xu Jingdan had written; however, it was completely different from what Xuantian Mo had done. Zhu Kongshan looked at Emperor Tianwu and felt that this Emperor's eyes had a look that was very similar to the Eighth Prince's. It was so deep, so confident, and so unbearable.
But she had not come today just to say these things. She also definitely did not believe that Emperor Tianwu would listen to the testimony of a young girl. She had even thought that the Emperor was wise. As long as he had the heart to investigate this matter, he would definitely be able to find the truth.
But what of it? She had come here to force Emperor Tianwu to become angry. She wanted to force him to be impulsive. She wanted to force him to not be in the mood to investigate. He had to punish the Eighth Prince for his crimes.
A resolute look appeared on Zhu Kongshan's face. She suddenly stood up and rushed toward a pillar to the side of the hall. Everyone was shocked but did not stop her. They just heard Zhu Kongshan rush forward while shouting: "The Eighth Prince is a beast. This humble girl will report his crimes with death!"
Zhu Kongshan then successfully slammed into the pillar with a "bang." Blood splattered everywhere, and she fell silent …
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