In fact, everyone in the room knew what Chu Kuo hoped for today's outcome when Queen Mother Xie called out that sentence: Chu Kuo would not die.
After Mo Dangxian learned about this result, he felt sad all the time. Now that he heard Zhang Qingjiu's words, he couldn't understand what she was asking for. He immediately responded, "Sir Xiao Zhang is joking. If he beheads him repeatedly,
It’s all abolished. How can people in this world who do evil and illegal things still have the slightest sense of awe and fear?”
The words were spoken quickly. Zhang Qingjiu nodded towards him, and while expressing approval, he turned his attention to Chu Wei, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Chu Wei looked at Zhang Qingjiu's determined and angry expression. Although he had already guessed that things would go in this direction, when it actually happened, his heart was still filled with emotion and helplessness.
She protected, loved and cherished Chu Lan, whether as an emperor or as a father, he was full of gratitude and joy.
But there are so many things in this world and they are so complicated that how can they really be separated so clearly?
Even if he is an emperor, he cannot do as he pleases.
He is like this, and Chu Lan will be like this when he takes this position in the future.
Chu Wei squinted his eyes, breathed lightly, and was about to answer when Chu Lan suddenly spoke: "Eighth brother is only nineteen this year. He is still young and has not yet performed adult rites. According to the laws of our ancestors,
, can be dealt with lightly.”
His face was indifferent, his voice was calm, and his expression was calm. He stood alone and his tall and straight bamboo-like back did not waver at all, as if he was standing with white snow.
Zhang Qingjiu's heart suddenly twitched.
She turned her head and looked at Chu Lan steadily.
Most people in the world cannot understand the helplessness, but they have to accept it.
But today, it's different.
She understood Chu Wei's choice and what Chu Lan said, but she couldn't accept it.
Why can those who do evil still live freely and those who suffer harm still be kidnapped by virtue?
If this is the case, how innocent is virtue and goodness? Why do we need laws in this world?
But Chu Lan seemed not to notice her gaze and continued to speak, "Father, please treat the eighth brother lightly."
The noise outside the house stopped abruptly when Chu Lan started to speak, apparently because he heard what the people inside said.
As Chu Lan finished speaking, the Queen Mother Xie's excited voice followed, "Your Majesty! The Crown Prince is right. Kuo'er has not yet grown up, and there are still opportunities for improvement. The Ai family is willing to ask himself to be the great emblem of the palace."
I pray that I will never set foot in Shangjing City again, and please forgive Kuo'er!"
At this point, the possibility of taking Chu Kuo's life is extremely slim.
Zhang Qingjiu took a deep breath and was about to speak, but was stopped again by the people around him, "Father, please make a decision as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, why don't you let Kuo'er return to your fiefdom?" Outside the door, the voice of the old Queen Mother Xie came in again.
This time, Zhang Qingjiu was completely angry.
After reaching this point, you can still shamelessly ask him to return to the fiefdom?
It rained a lot when everyone in this world was born, but it happened to be an umbrella for the Xie family!
"Your Majesty, did I hear you wrong just now? The Queen Mother said she would return to her fiefdom instead of being exiled to a bitter cold place?" Zhang Qingjiu smiled coldly and let go of Chu Lan's hand that held his own for the first time.
Sensing that the warmth in her hands had disappeared, Chu Lan's heart twitched slightly. She turned around and took a look, silently retracting her hand. Where the sleeves and robe fell, there was a feeling of loneliness.
"It's not a bitter cold land, it's a fiefdom!" Queen Mother Xie's voice started again.
It’s really a toad eating a peony, so beautiful in my heart!
Zhang Qingjiu took a deep breath, suppressed his rising anger, and faced Chu Wei directly, "Your Majesty, is the door of your imperial study room just a decoration? You discuss state secrets in such a place because you are afraid of people outside.
can not hear?"
He knew that Zhang Qingjiu had been furious for a long time, and he also knew that this girl would definitely not have anything nice to say next, but these words still made Chu Wei's scalp tingle, and there was a lawsuit on his forehead.
However, he couldn't say anything or scold him.
Who said that he was really in the wrong today and could not forgive the two of them?
Chu Wei kept making glances at Zhang Qingjiu, but Zhang Qingjiu seemed not to notice and continued with a sneer, "The prince went to a fiefdom when he was underage? Wei Chen thought he was doing something to expand the territory.
, has it been entrusted in advance?"
Hearing this sentence, Mo Yitian coughed lightly and "reminded" him at the right time: "Your Majesty, if the prince goes to the fiefdom to succeed him when he is underage, he must have great military exploits or save the country."
Being attacked from both sides by the two men, Chu Wei's mouth twitched, thinking that he didn't even say that he wanted Chu Kuo to seize the land, so why did the war start so fiercely all of a sudden?
For the first time, Chu Wei suddenly regretted not letting this girl see his plan, otherwise she would not be so angry today.
Sighing slightly, Chu Wei nodded, "It's naturally impossible to go to the fiefdom. Is it a punishment or a reward..."
"Let's demote him to a commoner." At this moment, Zhang Qingjiu suddenly took over the words, his voice was calm and there was no trace of the previous indignation.
As soon as these words came out, the person who had been kneeling on the ground silently suddenly started to move.
Chu Kuo suddenly raised his head, staring at Zhang Qingjiu with his eyes like poisonous snakes, gritting his teeth and saying: "Poisonous woman! How dare you..."
"Being demoted to a commoner has been recorded in the archives of Dali Temple. Based on today's situation, this is the lightest punishment. Your Majesty, I think this method is feasible and appropriate." Mo Tianxian said at the end, and actually stood up from his chair.
He stood up and saluted Chu Wei.
"My son agrees." Chu Lan spoke slowly.
What was originally a turbulent debate with no consensus suddenly took on a new tone in an instant, making people wonder if this was the answer that was agreed upon from the beginning.
Chu Kuo was dumbfounded as he listened to Chu Wei asking Defu to come in to draft the edict, and when he heard that the edict was full of his culpability, and finally "relegated all the eighth princes and his entire family to commoners, and took back the imperial surname", he couldn't help but roar.
He stood up, his eyes were scarlet, "I don't accept it! If so, why not kill me and give me pleasure!"
Zhang Qingjiu smiled coldly and turned to look at him, "If you really want to die, find a rope to hang yourself. Why are you embarrassing us?"
From heaven to hell, isn't this a punishment for him?
For some people, death is considered cheap.
Chu Kuo seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing, his eyes full of curses, "Zhang Qingjiu, Zhang Qingjiu, do you think you can find a good home by relying on him? People like him
, will not live long..."
Chu Wei's eyes turned cold, "Come here, take him down, immediately deprive him of all the honors of the Eighth Prince's Mansion, expel him from Shangjing City, and never return to the capital!"
Leaving Chu Kuo alive was Chu Wei's maximum limit.
For what the Xie family has done, immortality is the greatest gift!