"Besides the crimes of the Lü Family."
"Lu clan, former Consort of the Eastern Palace, was jealous of the Crown Princess Consort. Taking advantage of the Crown Princess Consort's labor, she poisoned her, causing her death from a difficult birth."
"The Lü Family's crimes are compounded."
"Now."
"By imperial decree."
"The Nine Generations of the Lü Family shall be exterminated, as a warning to others."
"Respect this." Shen Jin proclaimed loudly.
His voice carried.
It let all the watching commoners truly understand the grievous crimes committed by the Lü Family. They also learned where the sudden Smallpox outbreak of the fifteenth year of the Hongwu Era had come from, and why the once lofty Consort of the Eastern Palace had been thrown into the cold palace overnight.
Now.
Everything was clear.
"The Lü Family."
"I never imagined they could be so vicious."
"This isn't merely vicious. They have no humanity at all."
"They brought Smallpox patients into Yingtian, harming the Imperial Eldest Grandson and even the Empress. Their crimes are monstrous."
"How could they dare?"
"Smallpox is incurable. Once it spreads, the entire city will be destroyed."
"The Lü Family deserves death. They should be killed."
"Exterminating their Nine Generations is letting them off too easily..."
"And the Crown Princess Consort back then—who would have thought she had also died because of the Lü Family? There isn't a single good person in that family. They all deserve to go to hell."
"As a concubine, she actually poisoned the principal wife. This is an unforgivable crime."
"Kill the Lü Family! Exterminate their Nine Generations! Kill them! Kill them..."
Once the crimes of the Lü Family and Lu clan were read aloud, the surrounding commoners shouted in righteous fury, cursing angrily.
Although the Smallpox epidemic in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu