Chapter 1016 Demotion

Author: Loeva

Chapter 1016 Demotion

The step-concubine of the King of Liao is a domineering person. Maybe she would have pretended to be gentle and virtuous in front of the King of Liao in the past. Now that her two sons are so old, except Zhao Shuo, who is an eyesore and no one else loves her, what else can she do?

Worried? Slowly his true nature was revealed. Not to mention King Liao's three views were shattered, everyone in the Prince's palace was also dumbfounded.

But because of this, the several guards in the Shuntian Mansion Prison knew in their hearts that they could not resist the order of the step-concubine of the Liao King. Not to mention that their parents, wives and children were still in the hands of the Liao King's Mansion. Even if they were not, with the status of the Liao King and his wife,

, how can a few small guards have the strength to resist?

Now all they can hope for is that after temporarily taking the blame for their little master, the court can arrest Lan Dafu and his gang, find out the real culprits, and restore their innocence. In this way, they can not only maintain their loyalty, but also protect themselves. And then

In addition, they took the blame for Zhao Li, so presumably the King of Liao and his wife would also take good care of their family.

In fact, they themselves had some regrets in their hearts. They had chosen to work by Zhao Li's side in the hope that after the second young master became the crown prince, they would be able to follow the rising tide and prosper. Unexpectedly, they still didn't know where the future they wanted was.

I was in trouble for the second young master first, and I don’t know if he would even sacrifice his life. If I had known that the second concubine of the Liao Dynasty and the second young master Zhao Li were such people, why would they have surrendered to their mother and son in the first place? But now except for this

The two of them don't have the guts to switch to anyone else. They are participants in Zhao Yan's leg injury. Whether these secrets are known to the King of Liao or Zhao Yan, a more miserable end awaits them.

They had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to fool around with Zhao Li.

After the Liao Palace sent people to visit several guards in the prison, the latter changed their confessions one after another, claiming that they had made their own decisions and wanted to scare the landlords with swords and force them to reveal the traces of Lan Dafu and others. Unexpectedly, no one

Shen actually killed someone. As for the landlord's family, they were afraid that the matter would be exposed and bring trouble to themselves and the Liao Palace, so they killed them all. However, they didn't expect the neighbor to suddenly break in.

It just exposed their crimes. As for the so-called evidence of the Liao Prince's Mansion hidden by the landlord, they insisted that they had no prior knowledge. The evidence was that there were no traces of being carefully searched inside the house. They were just searching for people everywhere.

After rummaging through boxes and cabinets, it turned out that the incriminating evidence was all forged by Lan Dafu and others. They had no prior knowledge and could not have killed people just to get the things.

The people in Shuntian Mansion knew that this must be the nobleman of the Liao Prince's Mansion who hinted the guards to change their words. They were a little unhappy. In this way, Zhao Li was cleared. At most, he was guilty of lax service.

But the so-called "Lan Dafu" has disappeared so far. The people guarding the gate of the city have been watching for several days, but they have not been able to catch similar people leaving the city. The officers and soldiers have searched everywhere in the city and have never seen anything like this.

A person appeared. Could it be that this person rose to heaven in the daytime?! Maybe he was fabricated to cover up the real purpose of the Liao Palace guards to kill people! As for whether the evidence of the crime is true or false... Just send an imperial envoy to Liaodong to investigate.

Now, you know it. The Liao Palace tried its best to deny the authenticity of the evidence, but did not want to accept the investigation by the imperial envoy. Isn't this a guilty conscience? It can be seen that the evidence is not false!

The second concubine of the Liao King felt that she had clearly taken effective measures, and the guards had followed her orders honestly. However, the Shuntian Mansion did not follow her instructions honestly, and the Zongren Mansion showed no signs of releasing her precious son from prison, so she immediately

She was furious. She kept urging the King of Liao to find someone and face the saint. Zhao Li was wronged. Now the murderer has admitted it. Although Zhao Li was at fault for not being strict with his subordinates, the worst he could do was to pay the fine to the King of Liao. What?

Why are you still refusing to let them go? This is obviously a deliberate attempt to embarrass them! Do these people in the capital think that since the Liao Prince’s palace is far away in Liaodong and they rarely move around the capital, they can bully them at will? Ridiculous! They are the prince’s palace and hold military power.

Even the emperor was polite to them. Who is the Shuntian Mansion? How dare you not take the Liao Prince's Mansion seriously?!

The King of Liao was so upset that he didn't even want to see his wife. He just spent time outside in the study every day. It wasn't that he didn't want his second son to return home as soon as possible, but when Zhao Mo came that day, he made it clear.

It was not as simple as a murder case. The evidence released by the Beirong people did not turn out to be false just because the Liao Palace said it was false. The emperor clearly wanted to use this case to reduce the power of the Liao Palace.

Before the goal is achieved, Zhao Li is the emperor's bargaining chip, how can he be released easily?

What's more, the step-concubine of the Liao King asked the guards to plead guilty without consulting the Liao King in advance. The Liao King felt that she was stupid and made a wrong move. They knew full well that this case had nothing to do with the Liao King's Palace.

, the person was not killed by the guards at all. As long as Shuntian Mansion spends more time and carefully investigates, the truth can be easily found. By then Zhao Li can be cleared, the guards will not be unjustly accused, and the evidence will become more

The liar and murderer forged a tool to frame the Liao Palace. As a result, as soon as the Liao Princess took action, the guards took over the matter, making the case more complicated. If the Shuntian Palace really accepted this statement, the case would be closed.

, then who else will go after Lan Dafu and others? If the real culprit is not caught, the charges of killing and silencing the guards of the Liao Palace will be nailed to death. Who will believe that the evidence is false? Not only does this not really exonerate Zhao Li

The suspicion instead gave the emperor a reason to deal with the Liao Palace and Zhao Li in a fair and just manner. He was simply losing his mind!

The King of Liao deeply regretted giving his step-concubine too much power, allowing her to bypass him and directly issue orders to the palace guards. He had no time to take any remedial measures, so he could only stay in the waiting study in depression, waiting in agony for the emperor's decree.

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He did not wait long. Within a few days, the imperial decree came down.

The emperor demoted the prince of Liao's title, demoted the prince to a county prince, changed the title to Yiyang, and ordered the Yiyang prince's family to leave as soon as possible.

The capital is a vassal, and the deadline is before the twelfth lunar month.

There was no mention of killing a good person for meritorious deeds, smuggling arms, or liaising with foreign countries. The charges chosen were not very serious. This sentence was quite fair. No one in the clan objected, and the courtiers all agreed.

But the step-concubine of the King of Liao, the newly released Queen of Yiyang, only felt like a bolt from the blue. The good Liaodong fiefdom was lost like this? She was actually demoted to the princess of the county?! They, the Prince of Liao's Palace, were clearly wronged!

She frantically went to look for her husband: "What's going on? Why are we punished so heavily?! And Di'er, where is Di'er? Why didn't the imperial edict mention letting him go?!"

The King of Liao - now the King of Yiyang County, is feeling disappointed. He has long expected the result of being demoted. If he is still a prince, but just changes the title to another place, how can it be considered a punishment? But why is the title a punishment?

It's not Guangning he wants but Yiyang? Yiyang is far away from Huguang, and he has never been to the south of the Yellow River. Does this mean that he can't even take away the familiar subordinate officers and generals?

?What about the guards? Is it possible that he had to move to a new fiefdom when he was older and rebuild the palace team from scratch?!

The Prince of Yiyang was irritable, and became even more impatient when he heard the princess's words: "I have told you not to act rashly, but you just don't listen! Di'er will not suffer much in the prison of Zongren Mansion, please wait longer

What does it matter in a few days? The case will be solved when Shuntian Mansion catches the real culprit. But you asked the palace guards to come forward to take the blame. Isn’t it true that you are involved in an unrelated case?! They are from my palace, Prince Liao, and they are here.

There's something going on in the capital, do you think we won't be implicated?! I'm afraid even your son will be tricked by you! The guards are all his, if something is committed and someone is killed, he will be held responsible! Do you really think that letting the servants

Can you let your son off the hook by taking the blame?! Idiot! On the contrary, you let your son get trapped! Why are you angry at me now? I am the one who wants to complain! When can you, mother and son, let me worry less?

I'm fighting desperately outside, and you can't just share my worries, but you're holding me back, how can you still have the nerve to make trouble in front of me now?! Get back to the yard!"

The Prince of Yiyang was furious, and the step-concubine Yiyang's expression changed drastically. Without her husband's connivance, she would not have much confidence after all. Moreover, her husband's words also let her know how stupid she had done, and she was still crying for fear of being blamed by her husband.

She ran away. After running back to the room, she cried and felt worried at the same time.

She had to find someone to discuss what to do. She was demoted from a princess to a county princess, and was also ordered by the imperial edict to establish a vassal state as soon as possible. Is this matter really non-negotiable? What about their belongings in Liaodong? What about their property?

What to do? What to do with the property? What to do with the servants? What to do with the personal guards? Will there be time to move? And her son Zhao Li, when will he be released? The husband's title has been reduced to the county king. What will happen to the county?

Who should be the eldest son of the king?

She has been fighting with others all her life, but she has never taken Zhao Shuo's son Zhao Mo seriously. Unexpectedly, now that she is old, her husband has been demoted and is on an equal footing with her grandson. Zhao Mo's holy family is even better than his own grandfather.

What is this?!

When Zhao Mo got the news, he happened to be at the Yongjia Marquis Mansion. He said to Qin Hanzhen with a smile: "Your Majesty is kind and afraid that after the prince changes his fief, his life will not be as rich and comfortable as before, so he specially selected the old man for him.

It is a wealthy fiefdom. Although Yiyang is not big, it is undoubtedly much better than Guangning, which the prince originally wanted. Moreover, Huguang has a warmer climate than Liaodong and has richer products. The prince can rest assured in Yiyang in the future.

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Qin Hanzhen looked at him: "You have finished everything I have to say. I guess your grandfather must be complaining secretly now. No matter how good Yiyang is, it is so far away from Liaodong, and everything has to be built from scratch.

It seems that he is definitely not as good as Guangning. The most important thing is that in Guangning, he can maintain his influence in the Liaodong Army, but in Yiyang... he may not even be able to control the actual power of the army, right?

How many personal guards can the prince have? Can he recruit them all? Or, in other words, will the court let him recruit them all?"

I remember that for Wu Shaoying’s new vacancy, my grandfather Qin Bai and his eldest cousin Qin Zhonghai had discussed which vacancy was better. At that time, the post of Yiyang magistrate was on the candidate list. According to the news Qin Zhonghai learned, there are several people around Yiyang.

The local officials in the state capital are all powerful officials with strong backgrounds. There are several famous families in the local area, and senior officials have appeared in almost every generation. Now there is a minister of the current dynasty who is one of them, and he is also known as a die-hard loyalist to the emperor.

He was a disciple of the old minister of the Tang Dynasty. As the magistrate of Yiyang, he must have been deeply restricted by local forces and could not act freely, so it was not a good choice.

So when Prince Yiyang was assigned such a fiefdom, was it a good choice?

Zhao Mo smiled and said nothing.
Chapter completed!