Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 483: Sparing His Life

Tuyuhun must be fought, and not only that, but the country must be destroyed.

This time, these guys almost overthrew the Yu Dynasty, and the feud between them became even bigger.

What Huo Junyao said made a lot of sense. At this time, they really needed manpower. The Turks needed to take over, and the Tuyuhun needed to be fought.

As for King Huai's rebellion, no one knows how many people will die by then.

The Yu Dynasty had finally recovered some of its population after so many years. If it were to start a massacre again this time, the losses would be considerable.

"Your Majesty, I think what Princess Zhaode said is absolutely right. Although the King of Qin committed a heinous crime this time, he did not cause too many casualties."

"Those soldiers at Xihu Pass can be exempted from their crimes, but as the main culprit, the King of Qin must be punished."

Hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu glanced at Huo Junyao, waiting for her to say something, but Huo Junyao kept silent, looking as if she agreed.

Emperor Zhaowu was silent for a long time before he spoke, "If that's the case, then the King of Qin will be executed, the King of Qin's wife and his daughter will be imprisoned for life, the Zhao family will be exterminated, and all the others who were involved in the King of Qin's rebellion, except for the soldiers and imperial guards of Xihu Pass, will be exiled to Lingnan."

"There is also the Marquis of Xuanwu, who committed extremely heinous crimes. He was stripped of his title and beheaded, and his family was exiled."

No one had any objection to this, and the imperial edict soon spread throughout the world.

Although some people felt that such a punishment was too light, it was soon reported that the emperor did so because the greatest contributor in this incident, Princess Zhaode, had used all her merits to protect the Princess of Qin and her two daughters, as well as the soldiers at Xihu Pass.

Now everyone suddenly understood. With the analysis of some smart people, the reputation of Princess Zhaode for her benevolence and righteousness also spread. No one thought that this was a light sentence. After all, this was a glimmer of hope that Princess Zhaode had bought for these people with all her own merits.

This is a huge achievement.

When King Qin heard the news, he did not panic, but smiled instead. At least Huo Junyao had done what she promised him.

As for the matter of Marquis Xuanwu, he was powerless to do anything. Marquis Xuanwu was the second most serious criminal and was bound to die. Not having his entire clan exterminated was already the greatest blessing.

However, when the Princess of Qin heard that her natal family, the Zhao clan, was going to be exterminated, her eyes turned black.

She never imagined that it would be her family that would pay the greatest price for the Qin King's rebellion this time.

Many people don’t understand this, but there are also people who do.

After all, it was no secret that the Zhao brothers threatened Huo Junyao on the city wall, and since the King of Qin started his rebellion, the two brothers have been jumping around a lot.

Even the King of Qi and the King of Chu were beaten badly by the two brothers and were almost killed.

The King of Qin was always the main culprit, but he did not do anything messy. The two brothers were always jumping around, robbing money everywhere and killing many people.

They are complete villains who are in power. They can't wait to do evil before anything is done. Moreover, when the King of Qin had not yet started the rebellion, these two people were jumping around everywhere to contact the former subordinates of Prince Yide.

All these things were dug up and punished together, and this was the natural outcome.

"My Lord, please save them. It would be nice if you could leave some of their blood behind."

After Princess Qin woke up, the first thing she did was to beg the King of Qin, hoping to preserve the Zhao bloodline.

However, the King of Qin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "How can I, a dying man, save them? I was able to save your life and your two children because of the help of Princess Zhaode."

Princess Qin was silent. How could she not know all this?

However, when she thought about the fact that her mother's family was going to be exterminated, which would mean that their bloodline would be completely cut off, how could she just give up like that?

Unfortunately, what else could she do if she didn't give up? She could only watch helplessly.

Soon, good news came from the rebel King Huai. With the arrival of the 200,000-strong army of the imperial court, Duke Ning, who had been defending for a long time, was very excited. He led his men to attack directly. With more than 200,000 regular troops, fighting against a group of miscellaneous troops, there was naturally not much pressure.

After a month, the rebellion was put down, and Duke Ningguo and the two generals who followed him returned to the court victoriously.

Another round of rewards came down, and the day for the execution of King Qin and Marquis Xuanwu arrived.

On this day, almost everyone in the capital went to the execution ground.

There were three layers of people inside and outside the hall. The King of Qin and Marquis Xuanwu came on the stage together. Neither of them said a word and knelt there obediently.

The first person to be chopped off was Marquis Xuanwu. Before his death, he said nothing, did not curse, and did not even cry out for injustice.

Just as the King of Qin was about to be beheaded, a voice from the crowd outside said, "Spare his life."

Everyone present was in an uproar, and then the crowd parted, and Hongxiu walked out with Wangxia.

The person in charge of supervising the execution was the Minister of Justice, a member of the royal family who had seen Hongxiu and Wangxia and knew that they were Princess Zhaode.

Even though he was a member of the royal family, he was still very respectful when facing Princess Zhaode. As for Hongxiu and Wangxia, although they were maids, they represented the face of Princess Zhaode when they went out.

Therefore, the Minister of Justice was quite polite to the two of them.

"What are you two doing? Why are you disturbing the execution ground for no reason?"

Hongxiu and Wangxia saluted quickly, and then Hongxiu took out a golden token and said, "This is the golden token of immunity from death that the Emperor and the Emperor gave to Princess Zhaode."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Minister of Justice hurriedly stood up and went forward to check. When he saw the words "As if I were here in person", he hurriedly bowed and shouted "Long live the emperor".

Then he checked the back of the gold medal and saw that the words "free from death" were indeed written there.

Although it is not known when the Emperor Emeritus and the Emperor bestowed it upon Princess Zhaode, this thing is absolutely genuine.

"My princess said that she wanted to use this gold medal to save the life of the King of Qin. She also asked the Minister of Justice to suspend the execution and report to the emperor."

Hearing this, the Minister of Justice nodded, gave a few instructions, and hurried to the palace in person.

At this time, Emperor Zhaowu did not review the memorials, but looked at the sky outside the window with blank eyes.

"The King of Qin should have executed him, right?"

His voice was soft and complex.

Gao Fu looked at the time and nodded, "The execution should have already taken place."

"Well, tell them to keep the body properly. Although he no longer has the title of King of Qin, he is still considered to be of royal blood. Although he cannot be buried in the imperial mausoleum, he cannot be neglected. He must be buried properly and with honor."

Gao Fu nodded quickly and was about to leave when a young eunuch came in from outside.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of Justice requests to see you."

"Well, let him in."

I think he came here to report.

Soon the Minister of Justice entered the imperial study. He did not rush to report, but quickly recounted what happened on the execution ground.

Emperor Zhaowu was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter.

"I forgot that I gave her such a reward a long time ago. I didn't expect that she would use this place."