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Chapter 190 Where they are, there is no emperor.
How can one atone for their sins with good deeds?

The group looked at each other in bewilderment. They were just ordinary villagers from Shangliu Village, some even idle and incompetent. What merit could they possibly make to offset their mistakes?
They couldn't figure it out and felt utterly hopeless.

Zheng was quick to react. Remembering what Lin Lan and the others had said earlier, she hurriedly said, "I, we can talk about what happened when Chaochao first came to Shangliu Village. Yes, we spent more time with Chaochao and know more about her than Lin Lan and the others."

Hu Fulai nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, we know Chaochao better."

These words left Jiang Laosan and Kuangzi speechless. They had little contact with Chaochao, and had only met her a few times. Chaochao was so afraid of them that she couldn't say a word.

How to do?How to do?
Just as the two were racking their brains for a solution, they heard Emperor Jingxuan's voice from above. He was clearly interested in what Zheng had said.

"Oh, then you guys tell me."

Zheng swallowed hard and hurriedly said, "Chaochao said that she was kidnapped during her birthday party, and fainted when she escaped to the mountains. She woke up at the foot of Shangliu Village."

Emperor Jingxuan twirled the jade thumb ring on his hand and sneered, "This matter has already been mentioned in the Heavenly Curtain."

Hu Fulai immediately spoke in a trembling voice, "Chaochao said that her family has a lot of delicious food, and that she drinks a glass of milk every morning because it's good for calcium."

Emperor Jingxuan grew impatient. "I know that too." The canopy had been set up for so many days, and he could see everything that Chaochao ate and drank every day.

"If you really have nothing to say, then..."

"Yes, yes." Zheng was so afraid that the emperor would have them dragged away and beheaded that she didn't even bother to lower her head anymore and looked up anxiously, "Chaochao said that her aunt is an official and that there is no emperor in their area."

Emperor Jingxuan's hand, which was turning the thumb ring, suddenly stopped, and his eyes narrowed sharply.

"What did you just say?"

Upon seeing Emperor Jingxuan's expression, Lady Zheng turned deathly pale and quickly lowered her head.

"I'm asking you what you just said."

Madam Zheng trembled violently. She dared not not answer and said, "Chao, Chao said that her aunt is an official and there is no emperor there."

Emperor Jingxuan's expression turned serious. Was the absence of an emperor what he understood it to mean?

Cao Qing, standing behind him, also changed his expression, lowering his head and remaining silent as if trembling with fear.

After what seemed like an eternity, Madam Zheng finally spoke again, "Chaochao also said, she also said they have air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter. She also said, she also said..."

Emperor Jingxuan could no longer hear what Zheng said after that.

With a cold expression, he waved his hand and said, "Lock them up in jail."

Cao Qing let out a breath and immediately summoned the Imperial Guards, who dragged all four of them away.

Zheng was still muttering to herself, but it was quickly covered up.

Jiang Laosan and Kuangzi were even more desperate. If the Zheng family was in such a state, did they have no way out at all?

Now that he's imprisoned, will he be beheaded soon?

The thought sent a shiver down their spines, and they wet themselves. The imperial guards, looking disgusted, dragged them straight into a cell.

The two lay motionless on the ground, looking utterly despondent.

Hu Fulai and Zheng Shi, on the other hand, perhaps because they had spoken up and had the courage to face the emperor earlier, were now sitting together, holding each other's hands to comfort themselves, "Nothing will happen. The emperor will definitely want to know more about the dynasty, so he won't cut off our heads, right?"

"Yes, yes, let's not think like that." Madam Zheng nodded repeatedly, but soon became worried again, "Baodun, what about Baodun? He's still in the post station. We've all been locked up. What will happen to him?"

Hu Fulai was also anxious, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "It's alright, it's alright, Lin Lan and the others are here. Baodun is still a child, and now he's mentally challenged. Lin Lan and Granny Zhou are soft-hearted. Even if they disliked Baodun before, they won't abandon him now that he's in this state."

"Yes, don't they pride themselves on being kind? They used to meddle in other people's business when they were poor. Now that they have money, they'll soon be rewarded by the Emperor. It shouldn't be a problem for them to help support Baodun. We're all from the same village. If we don't help him, we'll be drowned in spittle later."

The couple felt somewhat relieved after thinking about Lin Lan's character.

However, what they did not expect was that as soon as Lin Lan and the others returned to the post station, they were faced with the scene of Hu Baodun being dragged out of the post station by the Imperial Guards.

After meeting the Empress Dowager, Lin Lan and Daya were very excited. The Empress Dowager said that she would set up a girls' academy and that they would be the first batch of students to be enrolled.

The thought of being able to go to school and learn to read, just like Chaochao, filled the two of them with excitement.

When they came out of the Empress Dowager's palace and met up with Lin Tian and the others, they were still chattering about these things.

Lin Tian was naturally delighted, but then he thought that if Lin Lan wanted to study, she wouldn't be able to go back to Shangliu Village with him, and he felt a lot of reluctance.

Aunt Yu was somewhat envious of the two young girls, but she was getting old, and with a husband and children at home, she couldn't possibly abandon all these things and stay in the capital for too long. Right now, she had been to the capital, received a reward, and was valued at home; she was already much better off than many others.

As for Ryohei, well, why doesn't the Empress Dowager set up a boys' academy? There's no need for the imperial examinations; it would be good for him to learn some skills.

The group had various thoughts, after all, they had met the emperor and empress dowager, something many people would kill for, and their friendly attitude made them all very excited.

Even Guo Xiucai was no exception, so much so that he talked about his experiences and feelings on the way to the palace, completely ignoring the four other people who were originally going to the palace with them.

They only fell silent when they returned to the entrance of the post station and heard Hu Baodun's scream.

Hu Baodun was dragged out by the Imperial Guards. If it were before, he would have been too scared to move. But now that he's an idiot, he dares to fight back when the Imperial Guards come to arrest him.

Upon seeing this, Guo Xiucai quickly stepped forward and asked, "Sir, what, what happened?"

"By imperial decree, the entire Hu family, Jiang Laosan, and Kuangzi (the five members of the Hu family) are to be imprisoned."

The imperial guards, annoyed by dragging Hu Baodun along, suddenly reached out and slashed him on the back of the neck with a knife, knocking him unconscious and taking him away.

Lin Lan and the others were still standing at the door, looking at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.

"So, he's been locked up in jail?"

"What did they say to the Emperor after we came out?"

On the contrary, Guo Xiucai looked thoughtful, "I always thought that after they arrived in the capital, they would at least be sentenced to exile."

Emperor Jingxuan initially thought that was indeed the case.