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Chapter 247 Returning to Beijing, serving the Zhen family’s mother and daughter with sticks (please subscribe and vote monthly)

The eldest wife of the Zhen family finally gave in completely under the service of Su Ran's stick.

And her daughter Zhen Xuan was sent to the capital together with the Lu family.

The reason is very simple and fair. They are the main culprits in the Zhen family case and need to be interrogated separately.

As for the remaining female members of the Zhen family, they were directly tried and sentenced on the spot in accordance with the law.

The reason for this is not because Su Ran is cruel.

But after a thorough investigation, he found that these women were not so innocent.

There are even several concubines of the Zhen family who have murder cases on their hands.

On the contrary, although the eldest wife Lu and her daughter were the main figures in the Zhen family, they did not commit any major crimes.

Maybe with their status, they don't need to get involved in some things.

After solving these problems, Su Ran was no longer merciful and single-handedly took over the puppet regime supported by Prince Yohitada.

Of course, there was some resistance.

But overall, they are not too decent, and there is not much difference from no resistance.

For someone like Prince Yi Zhong, Su Ran would kill him with just one blow.

However, when facing Feng Yaner's son Hongqi, he hesitated.

After all, the other party is just a child, and he became emperor only after being manipulated by others.

Therefore, when Su Ran faced the child he had taught, he did not kill him, but took him away from Jinling.

After such a big change in Jiangnan, officials will definitely have to make extensive adjustments.

Since Hong Zheng contributed a lot in the process of encircling and suppressing the Zhen family and the forces they supported, Su Ran directly appointed him as the governor of Jiangsu.

Most of his subordinate officials, large and small, were recommended and appointed by him.

There is really no suitable candidate, and there is no other way. The only way is to transfer people from various places to supplement them later.

The main reason for this is that a major earthquake has occurred in the local officialdom, and there is an urgent need to stabilize the situation quickly.

As a governor of a province, the best way to stabilize the situation is to make all the people under his control his own.

At least, the people in key positions must be your own, otherwise the uploading and issuing of government orders will definitely not be smooth.

After all these matters were settled, Su Ran left Jinling.

Since we were still traveling lightly and alone, there were no delays along the way.

Seven days later, he had arrived in the capital.

The first thing Su Ran did after returning to Beijing was to come to a house outside the imperial city.

This residence was none other than the Regent's Mansion where he had lived for a long time.

However, now all the owners who once lived here have moved into the palace.

Most of the servants have continued to serve in the palace.

Others who were unable to enter the palace were given money and sent away.

However, this is the former Regent's Palace after all, and its owner is the current emperor, and the guards at the door still remain.

The main reason why Su Ran came here was that there were two more people here.

One of them is the eldest wife of the Zhen family, Mrs. Lu.

As for the other one, it is her daughter Zhen Xuan.

It is definitely inappropriate to bring these two women into the palace, so it is most appropriate to place them here.

There is no need to worry about the other party escaping, nor will it attract too much attention.

The reason why Su Ran came here is also very simple.

Since it was agreed that he would be interrogated alone, this cutscene must be done.As for whether anything can actually come out of the trial, that depends on the specific situation.

Thinking like this, Su Ran stepped into this familiar place.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a woman washing clothes in the courtyard.

This woman is none other than the eldest wife of the Zhen family, Mrs. Lu.

At this moment, the woman was raising her arms to wring the water from her clothes.

Seeing Su Ran, she immediately threw the clothes in her hands into the basin, and then bowed to him respectfully.

Seeing this, Su Ran walked to Lu and reached out to help her up.

Since she was washing clothes just now, Lu's hands were still wet.

There was a lot of water on her clothes and even the hair hanging down by her ears.

And this scene, coupled with the other party's beautiful face, made this familiar woman even more charming than before.

In addition, she is no longer wearing silk and satin, but coarse cloth clothes, which makes it easier for people to feel pity for her.

Su Ran looked at the woman, and the woman stared at him bravely.

Their eyes met, and no one said a word, but each other's thoughts could be understood instantly.

Ever since she was severely punished by the man in front of her last time, Mrs. Lu could never forget this man again.

That kind of pain was something she had never experienced before as she was usually so pampered.

However, the painful experience was something she would never forget.

Therefore, when Mrs. Lu saw Su Ran coming, she instantly guessed the scene she would face next.

At this time, she was filled with anxiety.

But for some reason, there seems to be some special emotion hidden beneath this uneasiness.

That kind of emotion seems to be mixed with resistance, but there also seems to be some faint expectation.

With such complicated feelings, Lu took the initiative to hold Su Ran's hand and walked into her room.

Because she knows that sometimes taking the initiative can save her from suffering more than being passive.

After entering the room, Su Ran didn't say anything, just pulled out a long stick and started another round of trial.

However, facing the trial and punishment of sticks and sticks, Mrs. Lu did not dare to scream because she did not want her daughter Zhen Xuan to hear it.

That would definitely attract her, allowing her to see the scene of her being punished.

This was something Lu didn't want to see, so even though the man behind her punished her more and more harshly, she kept covering her mouth and didn't dare to make any movement.

In this way, it would be very difficult for Su Ran.

Because he had imposed such a severe punishment on this woman, but she still refused to let go.

In desperation, he had no choice but to slap the opponent with a stick a few more times and then gave up temporarily.

However, since it is an interrogation, naturally Zhen Xuan cannot let it go.

After all, she is the daughter of the head of the Zhen family, so she must know a lot.

Thinking of this, Su Ran looked at Mrs. Lu who had been tortured beyond human form and said: "Since you don't speak, then I have to interrogate your daughter. Others can kill her, but the head of the Zhen family I have to make the accusations solid one by one, and then make them public."

When Madam Lu heard this, she immediately panicked. She hurriedly hugged Su Ran's thigh and begged: "I'm begging you, don't go to Xuan'er. Didn't you promise me to let Xuan'er go?" ? I have done what I should do and what I shouldn’t do, can’t you please spare Xuan’er for my sake? I really beg you.”

Seeing this, Su Ran pulled Mrs. Lu up from the ground, looked at the pitiful woman and said: "If you are worried, then come with me. For so long, the Zhen family has made such a big thing for me." Trouble, is there anything wrong with me meeting his daughter? Besides, don’t forget one thing, I don’t like others teaching me how to do things, so I advise you to shut up, otherwise, if I get the chance If you don't have good sense, you will be the one who regrets it."

After hearing these words, Mrs. Lu lowered her head helplessly.

At this moment, she knew that some things were inevitable.

All I can do is try to postpone this matter as late as possible.

(End of this chapter)