Chapter 1190: A major case of treason, involving many people
In the Jia family's villa outside the city where the family comes to visit.

Jia Yuanchun accepted the greetings from everyone in the Jia family and began to chat with her family.

Thanks to Su Mingzhe's secret care, Jia Yuanchun lived a good life in Fengzao Palace, especially after she became pregnant, and Emperor Longqing also showed some true love for her.

Therefore, at this moment, Jia Yuanchun is not as miserable as in the original plot. When facing her family, she can talk and laugh freely.

In the blink of an eye, it was the hour of Hai.

The palace maid reminded Jia Yuanchun that it was time to rest.

Jia Yuanchun had just reunited with her family, so how could she be willing to just rest like that?

But she is pregnant now and can't stay up late.

Everyone was in a stalemate for a moment.

It was Xue Baochai, who was standing by, who suddenly spoke up and suggested that Mrs. Wang could accompany Concubine Yuan to rest.

This compromise was appreciated by Jia Yuanchun and Mrs. Wang.

The palace servants didn't bother with these trivial matters.

Everyone in the Jia family left, leaving Mrs. Wang and Jia Yuanchun sleeping on the same bed.

The mother and daughter slept in the same bed, but neither of them could fall asleep.

After a while, Jia Yuanchun suddenly turned sideways and asked her mother:

"Mom, my daughter is home, why do you seem unhappy all the time?"

Mrs. Wang didn't want to speak, but when her daughter asked, she just said:
"Actually, I'm not unhappy. It's just that seeing the family reunion today, I suddenly thought of your eldest brother."

When Jia Yuanchun heard her mother mention her elder brother Jia Zhu, she couldn't help feeling lonely and depressed:
"My eldest brother has been very smart since he was young. If he were still alive, we would have two successful candidates in the imperial examination."

Mrs. Wang saw that her daughter was saddened by her words, and felt sorry for her daughter who was still pregnant, so she changed the subject and asked:

"Let's not talk about your elder brother. Has anyone bullied you in the palace?"

"No, mother. I am now the Minister of Fengzao Palace. I am the most powerful person in the harem. I won't bully others. Who dares to bully me?"

Jia Yuanchun naturally only reported good news to her family, not bad news.

The year before last, when she was first named Consort Xian De, someone did speak to her in a sarcastic tone.

However, in the past year, people who dared to gossip in front of him have basically disappeared.

The mother and daughter chatted for nearly an hour, only telling each other good news and not bad news. It was almost past three o'clock in the morning when they finally fell asleep.

The next day, Lantern Festival.

Jia Yuanchun first accepted the greetings from everyone, had breakfast, and then went to visit the villa with her family.

Unlike the Grand View Garden in the original plot, this courtyard is located in the south of Chang'an City, close to Mount Zhongnan, and is surrounded by mountains and rivers.

And because of the geothermal hot springs, even though it is only mid-January, flowers are already blooming here.

As Jia Yuanchun became more and more interested in sightseeing, she asked her sisters of the same generation to compose poems about the scenery in the mountains.

Su Mingzhe, Baochai, Lindaiyu, Sanchun and others were all written about one by one.

In order to make his elder sister happy, Su Mingzhe specially copied several famous works of later generations.

When Jia Yuanchun saw that her own brother was so talented in writing, she was naturally delighted. She even copied it herself and prepared to take it back to the palace to give it to the emperor for his appreciation.

So everyone played until noon.

Jia Yuanchun first gave a banquet and then watched a play.

Jia Qiang and his men bought twelve little actors from Gusu. Although their singing was not as good as the big actors, they were lively and cute, which was still quite amusing.

Three quarters after 3 p.m.

The eunuch reminded her that it was time to return to the palace, and Jia Yuanchun suddenly burst into tears and waved goodbye to everyone in the Jia family.

After seeing Jia Yuanchun off, everyone in the Jia family returned to the Rong and Ning mansions.

At this point, everyone in the Jia family learned that the two princes, Prince Yi and Prince Jing, were confined to the clan house.

"This emperor is really cruel. When he gets cruel, he doesn't even let his own son go!"

Although Su Mingzhe praised Emperor Longqing, his eyes flashed with a fierce light:
"You bastard emperor, do you think that locking up your two sons will solve the problem? If you have the guts, try locking up your other two sons as well!"

Early February of the seventh year of Longqing.

Emperor Longqing appointed the eldest prince, Prince Cheng, as the Crown Prince.

Mid-February.

Emperor Longqing asked the seventh prince, Prince De, to leave Beijing and become a fief.

On the surface, Prince De accepted the imperial edict, packed his luggage, and prepared to leave Chang'an. But the day before leaving Chang'an, Prince De suddenly led 800 soldiers to break into the East Palace, stabbed to death the crown prince who had just been in office for ten days, and his two sons, and then broke into the clan house and killed Prince Yi and Prince Jing as well.

When the imperial guards got the news and rushed over, they surrounded the clan residence and saw Prince De laughing like a madman. He walked out of the gate and shouted:

"I am my father's only son now. You can't kill me. If you kill me, my father will have no descendants!"

After Prince De had finished speaking, he allowed the imperial guards to tie him up tightly and put him into the Heavenly Prison.

When Emperor Longqing realized later that his three sons and two grandsons had all been killed by Prince De, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and fainted.

The Prince De's conspiracy to rebel caused great controversy in the court and the public in Daqing.

Some ministers colluded with each other and submitted a petition to Emperor Longqing, asking him to execute Prince De by slow slicing.

After seeing these memorials, Emperor Longqing really had no way to kill Prince De.

Just as Prince De said, he is now the emperor's only son.

If Prince De was killed and something unexpected happened to Emperor Longqing, there would be no descendants at all.

Therefore, King De not only cannot die, but also needs to be protected.

"Keep all these memorials. As for that evil beast, Prince De..."

Emperor Longqing took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said:

"First, lock him up in the Heavenly Prison and order the officials to investigate how he colluded with the White Lotus Sect..."

Xia Shouzhong received the order, but he did not pass it on for a while. Instead, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times:

"Your Majesty, I have found some information and I dare not fail to report it. Please calm down, Your Majesty!"

"what news?"

Emperor Longqing thought to himself that he had already experienced the pain of losing his son, and nothing would be able to bring him down again.

Seeing that the emperor asked him to speak, Xia Shouzhong took a deep breath and then began to speak tremblingly:
"I have found out...some of the ministers who demanded the execution of Prince De were instructed by Prince Yi Zhong, and some were contacted by Prince Zhong Shun!"

"Traitors! They are all traitors!"

Emperor Longqing felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then a fishy smell rose up from his throat, but he swallowed it back immediately. A ray of cruelty and murderousness flashed in his eyes:
"Investigate. As long as there is solid evidence, all of them will be charged with treason!"

"Here!"

Xia Shouzhong sighed, turned and left.

Prince Yizhong is the son of the late crown prince and the nephew of the current emperor. If nothing unexpected happened, the world should have belonged to Prince Yizhong.

Therefore, it was reasonable for Prince Yizhong to contact the ministers and want to kill Prince De.

However, Prince Zhongshun was the younger brother of Emperor Longqing. If Prince De was killed... Well, if Emperor Longqing had no son, there would most likely be a scene of 'the elder brother succeeds the younger brother'.

Therefore, Prince Zhongshun and Prince Yi Zhong both had reasons to instigate the officials and force Emperor Longqing to execute Prince De.

However, Emperor Longqing really did not dare to kill Prince De.

In the end, the investigation into Prince De's conspiracy lasted three months.

Until May.

Concubine Yuan of Fengzao Palace suddenly gave birth to the tenth prince.

Only then did Emperor Longqing order the case of Prince De's treason to be settled.

During the three months of investigation, many of the people who were arrested kept accusing each other, which led to widespread involvement. Not only the parties of Prince Yizhong and Prince Zhongshun were implicated, but also hundreds of innocent officials were thrown into death row.

July.

There were various people involved in the case of Prince De's treason, including more than 40 main culprits and nine clans, a total of more than 3,000 people, all of whom were beheaded in public.

In addition, about 50,000 people were implicated and were either sent to the border as slaves or sent to the Jiaofangsi to sell themselves.

Marquis Zhongjing Shi Ding had a concubine's daughter Shi Yuehua, who was taken as a concubine by Prince Zhongshun and was therefore also implicated.

Eventually, the entire Jinling historian community was implicated.

The entire family of Baoling Hou Shi Nai, as well as Shi Xiangyun, were implicated.

When Grandmother Jia learned that her own family was implicated, she almost collapsed.

It was Su Mingzhe who called on the Rong and Ning mansions to contribute money and effort, and spent a large amount of money to buy many members of the Shi family as slaves, which ensured that the Shi family would not be extinct.

When Lady Jia saw the women of the Shi family who had been rescued, she could not help but cover her face and cry:

"What a sin this is..."

(End of this chapter)