The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 162 The Beginning of the Xie Family’s Decline

After Xie Wenjing finished burning the things in the dark room, he looked at the ashes in the brazier and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did he close the doors of the dark room and the study and walk towards the mansion gate again.

Just as he reached the gate of the mansion, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict arrived.

"Xie Wenjing and everyone in the Xie family, listen to my orders!" came the shrill voice of the little eunuch.

Xie Wenjing and everyone from the Xie family knelt in the courtyard at the entrance.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: The daughter of the Xie family has bad morals and behaved improperly. She had an affair with someone at a palace banquet, which has damaged the reputation of the royal family. She is punishable by death!

Xie Wenjing does not manage his household well, so it is unfeasible for him to continue serving as prime minister, let alone being an official in the court. I, in consideration of her many years of service to the country, will pardon the daughter of the Xie family from the death penalty.

But the death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment of life cannot be escaped, Xie Wenjing's official position should be immediately dismissed and demoted to a commoner! !

The Xie family has a bad tradition, and any of their descendants who are officials in the court will be demoted three levels! !

This is to rectify the government and calm the bad habits!!”

"I, a humble commoner, thank you for your grace!" Xie Wenjing was obviously stunned for a moment, then quickly adjusted his facial expression, leaned over and knelt down towards the eunuch who announced the decree.

His lowered face was full of ashen color. He had not expected that this disaster of Xie family was caused by the eldest daughter who had been spoiled for more than ten years in the family.

When everyone in the Xie family heard this decree, they were struck by lightning. They all wanted to find Xie Simin and beat her to death.

Xie Wenjing was helped to stand up by his eldest son, walked to the eunuch who was announcing the decree and reached out to take the imperial edict.

Xie Yuhai took out a folded banknote from his pocket and handed it to the eunuch who was announcing the decree. "Thank you, eunuch, for coming out to deliver the decree."

"Oh, I dare not accept your money. You should move out of here quickly. The guards will come to seal the house in a while."

After the eunuch who announced the imperial edict delivered the decree, he threw his hands aside and walked away from the Xie family, as if the Xie family members were now dirty things.

Xie Yuhai's hand holding the silver note froze in mid-air. In the end, he just glared at the eunuch who had turned around and left.

This time, the Xie family truly experienced what it means to be forgotten when people leave.

Prime Minister Xie was demoted to a commoner, so naturally he could no longer live in the Prime Minister's Mansion that the Emperor had originally bestowed upon him.

The houses where the officials of Dayong above the third rank lived were all awarded by Emperor Jing. Of course, the ownership of these houses still belonged to Emperor Jing.

Emperor Jing will not care how you decorate or remodel the house. Once your rank is demoted below the third rank, the house will be taken back.

Xie Wenjing only glanced at the palace guards still surrounding the outside, and said to everyone with a gloomy face, "Hurry up and pack up and move to the farm outside Kyoto."

"Go and find that girl Xie Simin for me!" Xie Wenjing said the last sentence to Xie Yuhai with gritted teeth.

"Yes." Xie Yuhai's body trembled. It was the first time he felt a strong murderous intent from his father.

Emperor Jing did not have much time left for the Xie family. Just as the Xie family had packed up most of their valuables, the palace guards rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"In compliance with His Majesty's order, the Prime Minister's residence is reclaimed and everyone must leave immediately!!"

"But we just cleaned up, how can we finish it in such a hurry?" Xie Wenjing's favorite concubine Wen looked at the guard who had just spoken with a complaining look.

But just as she finished her words, the guard glared at her. "Help them throw all the stuff out!"

"Yes." A group of guards responded sternly, and then all the guards grabbed the bags and items packed by the Xie family and threw them outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The packages were fine, they were just a little dirty when thrown away, but the boxes containing the items they packed out were not so lucky.

The guard threw the wooden box to the ground with force, and the box immediately broke apart, with the contents scattered all over the floor.

At this time, the commotion at the Prime Minister's Mansion had attracted many servants sent by nearby officials and the public to come and watch.

When everyone saw the gold, silver and other treasures scattered out of the box, they all sighed, "As expected of a prime minister, this mansion is rich. This box is filled with all these red and white things..."

"Yes, haven't you heard of it? A clean official in three years can earn 100,000 silver coins, not to mention being a prime minister. This is quite greedy, right?"

"Please be flexible, everyone. We will move out right away. No need to trouble you." Xie Wenjing walked up to the leading guard, bowed and said.

This guard had met Xie Wenjing several times before, but now Xie was no longer the powerful prime minister. How could a commoner like him look him in the face again?

However, he still relaxed his grip and did not let the other guards throw away the Xie family's things. "Hurry up, don't delay our return time."

"Thank you." Xie Wenjing took out a few banknotes from his sleeve and handed them to the guards. "Thank you for your hard work. These are all for the wine money for you to relieve your fatigue."

This time, the guard accepted the silver note handed over by Xie Wenjing. He even took a special look at the face value of the silver note before putting it into the waist protector with satisfaction.

"hurry up."

The guards then dispersed and watched the Xie family carry the things themselves.

None of the Xie family's slaves were dismissed. These slaves had signed death contracts with the Xie family. Even though Xie Wenjing was a commoner now, he was still better off than these slaves who had signed death contracts.

So with the help of servants, the Xie family quickly moved most of the items out of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion went to the carriage shop to hire some carriages, and together with the Xie family's own carriages, it took more than ten carriages to transport the things they had moved out to the farm outside the city.

The Xie family still has a lot of things that have not been moved out, such as large furniture and decorations, which they can't take care of now.

The palace guards searched the Prime Minister's Mansion again and made sure that no one was inside. Only then did they put seals on several main houses and the gates of Xie's Mansion.

Since then, the Xie family, which had stood in Dayong for decades, no longer had its former glory, and the family moved to a farm outside Beijing in disgrace.

At the same time, all the officials of the Xie family in Beijing received the imperial edict of demotion at the same time. All the officials of the Xie family were demoted by three levels, and some people became commoners directly like Prime Minister Xie.

The wheels made a creaking sound on the bluestone road. Xie Wenjing was sitting in a carriage. At this time, the curtain was lifted and Xie Yuhai got into the carriage.

"Dad, my little sister hasn't returned home since the palace banquet. Someone saw her being carried out of the palace and sent to Cao's mansion."

"Who is it from Cao's mansion?" Xie Wenjing's eyes were dark and his face was hidden in the shadows of the carriage.

"Cao Ze, a eunuch went to the Cao family to announce the imperial decree. Duke Cao was demoted from duke to marquis, and his hereditary right was deprived." Xie Yuhai wiped the sweat off his face.

"Hmph, fortunately it's not just our family, but the Cao family gave us a light sentence!" Xie Wenjing snorted coldly, his face full of dissatisfaction.

It seems that Emperor Jing is only going to punish his family severely!