"The young master's move is truly brilliant. In this way, no matter what, the Southern Qing Dynasty won't be able to protect them anymore."
"I'm afraid the Empress of Southern Qing is still trying to find a way to save the person. But now that the person is in custody, there's no way they'll let them out."
"Go and find that mansion in the suburbs and make it appear in the public eye."
"Yes."
The Empress of Southern Qing? Hmph! Since you don't want to sit securely on that throne, then I'll pull you down.
The next day, the commoners found a group of women kneeling in front of the palace gate. They all had various injuries of different sizes. The on - looking commoners couldn't bear to watch.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know either. I just got here."
Suddenly, one of the women kneeling on the ground shouted, "Your Majesty, I and the sisters behind me were all abducted by the current prince. Now that we've heard the prince has been arrested, we've come especially to ask Your Majesty for justice for us sisters."
Looking at the closed palace gate, the woman shouted again, "Please, Your Majesty, stand up for us. We've lost the courage to live. We've come here just to drag that brute down before we die! We don't want him to harm other women anymore."
"Please, Your Majesty, stand up for us!" Then she knocked her head on the ground and didn't get up.
"Please, Your Majesty, stand up for us women!" The people kneeling on the ground began to kowtow one by one.
These words stirred up a thousand waves. The on - looking commoners were in an uproar and started discussing.
"Is this... really true?"
"Can it be false? Look at the injuries on them. They must have suffered long - term abuse."
"This is just inhumane. I see there are some twelve - year - old girls among them."
"Indeed. The oldest one seems to be the first woman who shouted. She looks only about seventeen years old."
These words silenced the surrounding commoners. Yes, they could tell that most of these women were underage. They had been defiled at such a young age.
At this time, the palace gate was opened, and a group of people came out and surrounded the women on the ground.
"By the Emperor's order, those who slander the royal family shall be killed!"
"Come on! Take them all away!"
Suddenly, the women on the ground cried even more miserably. They kept shouting their grievances, hoping someone could help them and avenge them.
"Brothers, we can't let them be taken away. The matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet. If this is really true, our children will be in danger. Then we won't even have a place to redress our grievances."
Someone in the crowd shouted, which completely aroused the anger of the commoners.
"Yes, we can't let them be taken away. We want the truth!"
"If the prince is really such a person, our children will be in trouble! My daughter is still young. I don't want her to suffer such humiliation!"
The on - looking commoners pushed aside the officers and soldiers together and protected the women in the middle.
The officers and soldiers were about to use force when they heard someone say, "Do you still have any humanity? Don't you have daughters or sisters in your family? If your family members suffered such things, would you do the same?"
These words made them stop their hands and stand there at a loss. They also had families. If their family members really suffered such things, they would probably fight to the death to make that person pay the price.
"You useless things! Your families sent you here to defend the country, not to help traitors bully our own people!"
"Are you worthy of your families? Aren't you afraid that your families will disown you and drive you out of the house?"
"Captain, what should we do?"
"You stay here and guard. I'll go and report to the Empress."
If it were just one or two people, there would still be a way to handle it. But now, a group of people have come out to accuse Yang'er. She really doesn't know what to do.
This incident can't be blamed on Li Tongyu. At that time, Li Tongbai did this secretly. Only a few people knew about it. Now that the matter has been exposed, it has caught them completely off guard.
After Li Tongyu heard the report from the imperial guards, she was so angry that her vision went black and she fainted. She had already thought of a way to get Yang'er out, but unexpectedly, so many more victims came out.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Quick, call the imperial physician!" The eunuch standing beside saw Li Tongyu faint and quickly supported her.
An elderly imperial physician was brought over. After feeling the Empress's pulse, he knew what was going on.
"The Empress just fainted from excessive anger. It's nothing serious." Then he wrote a prescription and left in a hurry.
This incident became well - known to everyone. The court officials came to kneel in front of the conference hall one after another, asking the Empress for an explanation.
An eunuch came out of the hall, bowed to everyone, and said, "My lords, please go back first. The Emperor is in a coma now, so we can't discuss matters."
"May I ask, eunuch, when will the Empress wake up?" The speaker was an honest and upright court official with high prestige in the court.
"This... Your servant doesn't know."
"It doesn't matter. We'll just keep kneeling. It's not too late to discuss matters after the Empress wakes up." After saying that, he straightened his body, indicating that he wouldn't leave.
The eunuch glanced at the kneeling officials and went in without saying a word.
Jiang Yanqin watched what had happened in the past few days. He knew it was Mu Fengqie who had done this. Since the opportunity had been presented in front of him, it would be a pity not to seize it.
"Go and get ready. I'm going to meet Lord Chen."
"Yes."
At this time, Ruan Ming's situation was not good. Just now, Jing Xunchi had sent a message saying that all the exiled members of the Ruan family had been killed, just as Mu Fengqie had said. Not a single one was left alive.
Now, only Ruan Ming was left in the Ruan family.
Ruan Ming sat in the yard, drinking wine cup after cup. Later, feeling that it wasn't enough, he grabbed the wine jar and started gulping it down.
"Ah!... Ah! I want revenge! I want revenge!!!" Ruan Ming's eyes were blood - red as he knocked over the wine jar.
He thought that his Ruan family had been whole - heartedly serving the Emperor back then, but unexpectedly, they had ended up like this!
It's retribution! Retribution...
Now, Jing Xunchi and the others were trying to find another way. Now, the only person they could count on was Mu Fengqie. But he didn't know how to find her. He could only wait for her to come to him.
As he thought, Ruan Ming fell to the ground and shed tears looking at the moon in the sky.
Now, no matter whether the exiled prince could shoulder the responsibility and manage the country well, he had to help him ascend the throne! He wanted Li Tongyu and the others to pay the price!