atypical prostitute

Chapter 270 Victims

When the hungry wolves sent by the emperor were rejoicing for the upcoming carnival, the regent was also celebrating with his crown.

It’s just that compared to the hypocrite attitude of the emperor’s faction, King Wei is much more direct. He didn’t even wait for the imperial court to make an official decree. He has secretly ordered minions all over the country to control all the industries belonging to the Pei family. All Pei family members are under house arrest. Limit movement.

"Cut the grass to eradicate the roots."

This is King Wei's consistent code of conduct, and it is also Ye Chuan's answer when he questioned whether the treatment of the Pei family was too severe.

Ye Chuan couldn't help falling into silence for such a naked reply.

He didn't like the Pei family, because the Queen Mother Pei persecuted the people he really loved for her own personal grievances, but he never thought of completely exterminating the Pei family.Political struggle is cruel, but a certain bottom line must be kept.

Defeating the war and being exterminated is a natural development, but in Wei Wang's smirk, Ye Chuan clearly saw something else.

So he held up the wine baron and said tentatively: "Treason is unforgivable, but if Pei Ling'er can set a bottom line in doing things, and don't kill our husband and wife, the Pei family will not end up like today."

"That's right, if she knows how to hide her strength and bide her time, and can wait patiently until the young emperor takes over the government before mobilizing, the outcome may not be certain."

King Wei sighed. He was leaning on the railing to drink wine and was about to express his emotion when he suddenly heard a commotion from below. He raised his head and saw that the direction of the back house of the Pei family was full of flames, and a thick black smoke went straight up into the sky. cries.

"The Pei family is willing."

After watching it for a while, King Wei smiled disdainfully. The Marquis of Jinyang is currently under strict surveillance by the imperial army, and it can be said that it is difficult to fly.But ants are greedy for life, let alone humans.At this critical juncture, Pei's family suddenly ran into water, probably because of the golden cicada's plan to get out of its shell.

Sacrifice some of the servants of the Pei family, and may even sacrifice the lives of a few concubine children and unfavored aunts to ensure that the mistress of the concubines can escape.

The burnt pitch-black corpses on the fire ground, it is difficult even for the old master to tell who is who, and even how many dead people can't draw conclusions.

This is the strategy of the Pei family, and it is also the choice that any big family that values ​​blood inheritance may make before the crisis of family destruction.

"Your Highness means—"

Ye Chuan asked pretending to be ignorant. He also suspected that the matter was tricky, but Wei Wang's assertion convinced him that Wei Wang's eyeliner was also buried in the inner courtyard of the Pei family.

"I am a merciful person. I couldn't bear the glory of the Marquis of Jinyang for many generations, but in the end it ended in a conspiracy. Jin Yiyushi was thrown into prison in an instant. I couldn't bear it...forcing the Queen Mother to exterminate the Pei family. Press the phoenix seal. Since they decided to die rather than be humiliated, then I will fulfill them!"

When he said these words, there was no trace of tenderness in King Wei's eyes. He waved his hand and called the military lieutenant standing outside the veil to him, saying: "After all, the Pei family is a well-known family for many generations. So you don't have to save this fire, strictly guard the exits of Pei's house, and if anyone escapes from the fire, they will all be driven back!"

"Yes!"

The lieutenant took the order and was about to go down when he stopped again and asked: "... If the escapee is Lady Ding, is it..."

King Wei shook his head, motioning him not to speak any further, the lieutenant's face suddenly showed a look of unbearable, but finally he retreated helplessly.

Even Ye Chuan, who was used to seeing death, felt a sigh of relief when he saw this episode.

Marquis Pei of Jinyang was lustful, and he supported countless concubines during his lifetime, among whom 21 were named, among them was a woman surnamed Ding, who was nineteen years old, had been in the mansion for more than three years, and was quite favored.As a hidden stake with a considerable status in front of the King of Wei, Madam Ding may still hopefully wait for the glory and wealth promised by the King of Wei until the moment of her death. She never thought that what the King of Wei bestowed on her was a cunning rabbit and a running dog.

When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks.The enemy country is destroyed, and the counselors die.

Thinking of Han Xin's dying words, Ye Chuan's heart trembled in the same way.

All monarchs can share weal and woe, but not joy.Grandpa's life has proved this point.

Even though he had the promise of "Believe in the king as you believe in me, I will never betray the king in my life!" Emperor Xuan still chose to submit under the coercion of the powerful nobles.Of course, Emperor Xuan sincerely agreed with Grandpa, so he only sacrificed Grandpa politically, in the end he saved Grandpa's life and left Ye's branch.

However, let the hero leave the battlefield, let the sword leave the general, such kindness is far more painful than breaking it!

Sadly, Emperor Xuan violated the oath of "I will never betray the king for the rest of my life", but my grandfather was unwilling to break the promise of "I will never betray the king". In the following years, he silently endured all the hardships Pained, slandered, forgotten, buried...

(The Xiao family has the blood of betrayal in their veins. They are inherently cunning, and they will do anything for their ends.)
A sentence he thought he had forgotten echoed in his ears again, and Ye Chuan painfully realized that although his face was covered with smiles, he had indeed forgotten the original meaning of the smile long ago.

After destroying the Pei family, King Wei's next opponent will be me.

Instinctively, he felt the crisis.

On the contrary, King Wei, because he was absent-minded, asked: "Is it a pity that the general can't watch the destruction of the Pei family with his own eyes?"

Ye Chuan hurriedly squeezed out a smirk to hide his sincerity: "Madam really hates the queen mother. It's a pity... the queen mother is the culprit of the whole thing, but because of her status... she can't..."

Having said that, he also sighed.

"My Madam wished the Empress Dowager could eat her flesh. But I don't know if King Wei is willing to sell me this face?"

King Wei's expression was a little weird. Although he knew that Ye Chuan would make this request, he was embarrassed when he actually faced it.

Fortunately, even if he is as shameless as he is, he doesn't have the audacity to ask why he asked me.The Ye family has many eyes and ears in the harem, not to mention that he and Pei Ling'er have never been coercive. In today's capital, who doesn't know that King Wei was once the queen mother's guest?

After thinking about it for a while, King Wei coughed and said: "According to the rules of the clan, the queen mother should not be held responsible for this matter. But...the country cannot have two laws, not to mention that what the queen mother did is really a disaster for the country and the people! Even if it is for Calm down the hearts of the people, we can't tolerate it anymore!"

"You mean—" Ye Chuan asked back.

Wei Wang said: "How to deal with the Queen Mother is entirely up to the cousin."

This is a generous gift from King Wei to the Ye family, but it is also an inevitable development.Pei Ling'er has made too many enemies and doesn't know how to advance or retreat. Even if he softened his heart and left her life, she probably wouldn't learn the lesson. , giving birth to irreparable consequences!
Therefore, Pei Ling'er must die!

Fortunately, the young emperor is still young!
But the entire Pei family is completely over.

"...Actually, it's okay to keep Pei Linger." Ye Chuan said suddenly.

"Brother Ye doesn't feel wronged like this."

King Wei was as firm as iron this time, he knew Pei Linger too well, she would not be grateful to Dade just because of his kindness.She will only get worse and become an unstable factor in the court situation.

If you don't have enough ability to control, you have to kill all the unstable factors in the bud!
This is the teaching that Emperor Wu often said. As a talent that can only be produced once in 500 years, Emperor Wu's mind and ability make the king of Wei look up to him.But even if Emperor Wu was wise, he couldn't guarantee that he could control all the people, and eventually died young, leaving a mess of powerful officials and empress dowagers.

Sometimes the King of Wei also wondered whether the edict passed on to him was a puzzle of the first emperor's trade-offs, in order to force him to give up his ambition to usurp the throne and be the regent in peace.

But after thinking about it a few times, he gave up on finding out.

If Emperor Wu could live longer, so that he would not die young immediately, he would not have the ambition to become the king of the world.

But Emperor Wu died, too early and too suddenly!

There are so many beautiful mountains and rivers, who can keep their own way!
Power is a bug that gnaws at the conscience, but the king of Wei is not a saint.

That's why he insisted on killing Pei Ling'er.It is true that Pei Linger is an idiot, and the Pei family has been destroyed, but the young emperor... the young emperor may become the seed to destroy the empire he painstakingly built!
Even if he is no longer incompetent and stupid when he becomes an adult, he is still a monarch, a monarch who enjoys the righteousness of the world!
So he reiterated to Ye Chuan again: "The queen mother must pay the price for what she did. At least, a vicious woman like her must not stay by Your Majesty's side!"

This time, Ye Chuan understood.

What really scares King Wei is Emperor Shao. Even if he is just a child who is not as tall as a wheel, Xiao Baoyin is still the emperor and the owner of the supreme imperial power.

One day without ascending the throne, Wei Wang will not feel at ease for a day.

This time it was Pei Linger, and the next one, without a doubt, would be Emperor Pai or—— herself!
In a situation that is out of balance, before it reaches a new balance point, all those involved may become sacrifices, whether it is a high-ranking king or a humble wild dog.

Because he knew the coldness deep in the Xiao family's bone marrow, although Ye Chuan cooperated with King Wei, he did not intend to completely join King Wei's camp.Power is a road of no return, and no one knows whether the next person to fall will be himself.Before gaining absolute power, everyone can only live in fear.

Just like what my wife once said, the higher you climb, the more timid you will be.

Thinking of this, Ye Chuan grinned and said, "Then, let her fulfill her promise and bear the consequences for her actions."

"Actually...before I invite you to come here to drink, the papers about the Queen Mother Pei's disposition have been drawn up. I just want to know your attitude. At the same time, I invite my cousin to the Hanyuan Hall to announce this will to Pei Linger. My cousin has always hated her. Pei Ling'er is deeply attached to her bones, I believe that this invitation of mine will bring some comfort to her painful heart."

"...This...is decided on behalf of Madam, but it's a bit..."

Ye Chuan hesitated, nodding would reveal his ambition, and refusing would be too hypocritical.

"You don't have to worry about this. Severely punishing the Empress Dowager was a decision made by the royal family after discussion. The cousin was also present that night. All of us agree that the Empress Dowager Pei's character is not good enough to honor the world, let alone continue to stay in the harem to teach Young Emperor! It’s just that the imperial decree can only be prepared and announced to the world tomorrow, but Brother Ye has to wait.”

"So that's the case, then... I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

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