When the imperial edict was sent back to the Pacification Office, Xie Ying had Madam Xu brought to the court, read out the imperial edict in person, and ordered people to carry a large pole to execute her.
Mrs. Emma was so anxious that her heart was pounding. She shouted at Xie Ying, "Why are you hitting me? Didn't you say you could redeem the cane? I am willing to pay out of my own pocket to redeem the cane! My family is willing to redeem the cane for me!"
Xie Ying sat in the hall and said calmly: "I am talking about the wives of nobles and military officers who were allowed to redeem the caning. You were stripped of your imperial title before you were imprisoned. What redemption are you asking for? To tell you the truth, you should have been hanged. It was your eldest son who wrote a letter asking to be punished in your place. The emperor was touched and granted you special grace, allowing your family to pay to redeem the hanging sentence, and also allowing your own son to send you to Pinghaiwei in Fujian to be punished."
Madam Xu started to make a scene, asking Ryan Cui why he didn't come to be punished himself. The executioners all laughed, and Xie Ying narrowed her eyes and said, "We, the Jinyiwei, obey the orders of the emperor, not just some woman's fuss. If you have the guts, ask your own son to write a petition of several thousand words, and I will present it to the palace for you, and see if the emperor approves it."
Others would file a petition to be punished on behalf of their stepmother, but they filed a petition to ask their half-brother to be punished on behalf of their biological mother. If Jason Cui dared to file this petition, he would have no chance of living as a human being in the future.
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