Chapter 391: Kneel before the Emperor
Later, Ao Tianchen also cut off an ear and two fingers of the concubine's daughter. Finally, seeing that the concubine was still indifferent, Ao Tianchen pointed his sword at the concubine.
The concubine, who had been clenching her teeth, became nervous.
Seeing Ao Tianchen slash her ear with his long sword, she was so frightened that she screamed, "I said, don't chop, I'll tell you everything."
How can she survive if her ears are cut off?
The child is gone. She is still young and can still have another baby. Anyway, these two idiots are stupid and will not have much future. It is better to give birth to another one and teach them well. Maybe they will give birth to a boy and be promising in the future. He can also snatch the Second Prince's Mansion from Ao Tianchen.
However, with all these hopes, if she becomes disabled and disfigured, will the Second Prince still want her? Can she still be the mistress of the second princess?
She finally managed to get the second princess away, and she must not let anything go wrong at this juncture. Otherwise, wouldn't everything she had done before be just helping to put on the wedding dress?
Let's just say it, anyway, since her father is also a third-grade official, Ao Tianchen doesn't dare to kill her.
Besides, even if Ao Tianchen rescues the second princess, a woman's reputation will be damaged if she is kidnapped by an assassin. Such a woman is not suitable to stay in the second prince's house as the mistress.
When the time comes, based on the Second Prince's love for her in the past, she will definitely be able to coax the Second Prince to straighten her up.
The side concubine thought proudly and told Ao Tianchen about the whereabouts of the second princess.
When Ao Tianchen arrived, the person who picked up the second princess was long gone.
Until Ao Tianchen found out that the wives and children of the cabinet ministers had all been arrested and sent to the palace, he had been feeling slightly uneasy, but now he had become sick, fearful, and uneasy.
After Ao Tianchen returned home, he killed the concubine in the name of a traitor without saying a word, and even spared the two children born to the concubine.
When you cut the weeds, you must remove the roots to prevent them from growing again in the spring breeze and causing trouble in the future. This is what the second prince taught him after he got married.
In his position, being soft-hearted would be suicide.
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On the first day after the emperor's death, the morning was still fine, and the streets were still bustling and bustling.
As soon as noon arrived, as if the god of death had arrived, the entire capital fell into panic. A large number of people in black swarmed into the crowd and rushed into several mansions. Then they started fighting. The strong smell of blood danced in the air. , stay away for a long time.
In addition to arresting people, the valuables, gold and silver treasures and other items from the houses of several cabinet ministers were also looted by men in black.
The common people were so frightened that they found a place to hide immediately. Even the next day, they did not dare to go out.
Until the third night, at midnight, the palace suddenly burst into flames, and there were roars, screams, calls for help, and the sound of swords clashing.
That night, no one who heard the sound dared to fall asleep. They opened their eyes, shivered and huddled in the quilt, trembling.
The Chu residence was far away from the palace and could not hear the sound, but when Hua Snake was lying on the roof guarding Xia Zihan, he saw a fiery red sky in the direction of the palace.
The fire burned for three days and three nights, but the fighting in the palace stopped the next morning.
In the morning, the palace gate, which had been closed for four days, was finally opened.
The first to come out were the family members of the six cabinet ministers. There were only twenty-one people left in total, and all of them were weak and miserable. Some of them had blood stains on their bodies and scars on their faces. It was obvious at a glance that they were Four days in the palace will definitely be difficult.
Chu Fei, who went to the palace gate to inquire about the news, rushed back to tell Xia Zihan immediately.
"Master, the palace gate is open."
Chu Fei shouted from afar.
Xia Zihan, whose injuries were more than half recovered, was discussing with Su's mother how to compensate those who had sacrificed their lives to protect the Lord. Before the discussion was over, they heard Chu Fei's cry.
She put the matter aside and looked at Chu Fei who rushed in. The first thing she asked was, "How is it? Who won?"
This is the thing she cares about the most.
The life and death of the Chu family and Chu Jingqi's family depended on this day.
Chu Fei, who had always been expressionless, suddenly curled his lips and smiled, "It's the eldest prince. The eldest prince has released all the family members of the Ge family and sent his attendants to personally deliver them outside the palace gate."
She didn't know the eldest prince's father-in-law, but she did know someone who also went to inquire about the situation in the palace. That person was from the Second Prince's Mansion and was another boy beside Ao Tianchen. She had met him before, and the boy also knew her. Just told her.
Hearing this, Xia Zihan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and said, "Let's go and pick up my grandmother and aunt."
Her grandmother, aunt, and twins must have been in pain after staying in the secret room for four days.
Aunt Su also breathed a long sigh of relief and muttered, "Amitabha, Amitabha, I know that the eldest prince and the queen are both blessed people and will not be killed easily."
"Yes, what you owe in life must be paid back one day."
In the previous life, it was Concubine Lu and her two sons who killed the emperor, poisoned the queen, and killed the eldest prince. They also passed the blame on the eldest prince and the queen, leaving them with a good reputation even after they died.
But in this life, Concubine Lu failed to defeat the eldest prince and queen in her last desperate attempt. She even sent people to arrest the family members of the cabinet ministers. It is conceivable that those cabinet ministers would definitely put their three mothers and sons together with the Lu family. , and the members of the Lu family also hated him.
One can imagine the fate of Concubine Lu, the second and third princes, and the Lu family.
There are also members of the Lu family who should also be worried at this time.
And everything she has worried about for a long time will never happen. Xia Zihan took a deep breath and was in a very good mood.
In this life, the trajectory of fate is still going astray.
The second prince could not become the emperor, Concubine Lu could not become the empress dowager who controlled the entire harem, and Duke Lu could not be the duke of the country who held great power, wielded power over the whole government, and had one person less than ten thousand people.
Also, Aqi will not die, nor will grandma. From now on, all threats will be gone.
Very good.
Xia Zihan went to the secret room in a happy mood and took out Zeng, Zhuo, and others.
After the third child came out, his little body was like a wild horse with its reins untied. He ran like crazy in the whole yard, howling, and was very happy.
Seeing him like this, Mrs. Zhuo felt very distressed.
Staying in that small secret room all day and all night, the third child in his family was exhausted.
After holding it in for two days, maybe Lao San will be able to dismantle the secret room.
The second child glanced at the second child lightly, hummed twice, then climbed onto the kang and asked Yue Jin to teach him how to read the cards.
In the past few days, the second child has been in there and has done nothing else. He has only learned to read calligraphy cards. In just four days, he has learned to read more than a hundred characters.
What makes Xia Zihan envious and hateful is that the second child at such a young age actually has the ability to have a photographic memory.
This...this, this, this is so jealous.
"Aqi also has a photographic memory." Mrs. Zhuo casually dropped a bomb on her, which made Xia Zihan's eyes full of jealousy and hatred. "Isn't photographic memory, um, very good."
In fact, she also has a photographic memory.
Just...
She has a photographic memory of books that she is interested in and can memorize them all after reading them once. However, if she is not interested in books, she cannot remember the contents even after reading them ten times.
Just when Xia Zihan was looking at his second child like a spark of fire, the queen issued a decree that the emperor passed away, and all female family members with a decree of rank four or above had to enter the palace and kneel in mourning.
As the head of the county, Xia Zihan had to go. Zhuo and Zeng also had imperial orders and were going to kneel down.
Xia Zihan was a little worried about Zeng's health and said to her, "Grandma, just go and kneel for this day. Tomorrow I will go to the Queen to ask for leave. The Queen also knows that your health is not good and will not embarrass you."
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But Mrs. Zeng shook her head, "No need. For someone as old as me, Lao An, the queen will make arrangements and won't let anything happen to us."
Then he told Xia Zihan, "In the past, when the late emperor passed away, Lao An people would kneel for half an hour and rest for half an hour, instead of kneeling for the whole day."
"However." She held Xia Zihan's hand with some distress, "Young people like you have to kneel all day long. You only have one hour to eat and drink at noon. If your injury is not healed yet, I will tell the Queen. Yes, let you kneel less.”
"But you can't rest all the time. If others see you, they will gossip and say you are disrespectful to the emperor."
Then he told me, "Wear more pants, thicker ones, otherwise your knees will be in unbearable pain at night."
"Well, I listen to grandma and go ahead and put them on." Xia Zihan said, she looked at Zhuo, "Aunt, you should also wear some more pants. If you are not afraid of the heat, wear cotton pants. It is better to be warmer than It hurts so much.”
It has only been more than ten years since Mrs. Zhuo got married in the capital. This is her first time to kneel in the palace. She doesn't know what it is like to kneel in the palace. However, she can't go wrong if she listens to her godmother.
Zhuo and Xia Zihan went back to their rooms and changed into thick cotton pants. Xia Zihan also specially tied a pair of knee pads on his knees and brought two pairs of knee pads to Zhuo. and Zeng.
After the three of them were dressed up, they got into the carriage and hurried to the palace.
Outside the palace gate, carriages were already crowded. The Chu family's carriage was parked so far away that they couldn't get in. The Zeng family and the other three had to get out of the car and walk over.
Along the way, many people who knew Zeng and Zhuo came up to say hello to them.
They also met Li from the Dou family.
Mrs. Li stepped forward and looked at Mrs. Zhuo up and down. Seeing that she was fine and her expression was calm, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I just heard when I was talking to Mrs. Liao that assassins entered Chu's house that day. Just hope you're fine," said Li.
Speaking of Mrs. Liao, Mrs. Liao came over and said, "Mrs. Chu, old lady, girl Chu Yu, are you okay?"
She also sent her maid today to inquire about the affairs in the palace. The maid overheard the attack on Chu's residence. She was worried to death. She was about to change her clothes and go to Chu's residence to have a look, when the queen passed down the decree.
Mrs. Zeng raised her eyebrows and said worriedly, "Yu Niang has not recovered from her injury. I am planning to enter the palace and ask the queen for a favor to let the girl kneel with me."
"Well, let's go in quickly."
Seeing the guards guarding the palace gate glance at them, Mrs. Li quickly pulled Mrs. Liao and signaled everyone to hurry in.
(End of chapter)