Jiangling city gate.
In the bustling crowd, three people were wandering and arguing at the city gate. Passersby hurriedly passed by and roughly saw that they were two women and one man. One of the young women had a red face and seemed to have tears in her eyes. She was talking excitedly. People just looked at them and ignored them and continued with their own business.
The woman was Hanzhen, and standing beside her was Ruhua.
"It's been three days, why haven't I seen mother yet? She said she would send Jun Ting to meet us, why haven't I seen her yet? No... I have to go back! Something must have happened to mother! We can't just wait here..." As he was about to go into the city, he was stopped by Ji Jijiang.
Hanzhen glared at him: "What are you doing?"
"Madam must have been delayed by something. Please don't worry for now. We will wait a little longer." Ji Jiang said so, but his face was obviously full of anxiety.
“How can I wait in peace?” Han Zhen roared, calculating the years in her mind, becoming more and more uneasy. She shook her head and murmured, “No… How could this happen? No… No.”
Seeing Hanzhen panicking, Ruhua held her in her arms and said, "Zhen'er, calm down. Since Madam asked us to leave at night, it must be very dangerous there. We must be careful and not let our guard down. Madam's kindness is in vain." Ji Jiang nodded, but Hanzhen didn't listen at all: "If it's dangerous, how can we leave mother there alone?"
The three of them were talking fiercely, but suddenly they heard passers-by sighing in groups of two or three: "You said this... The emperor said to kill and he killed. Alas..."
"She deserved it. She was a notorious jealous woman, vicious and philandering. You've heard about the handsome men around her. Now that she has no one to back her up, she should have been killed long ago." Another person retorted as the two men walked past them while talking.
Hanzhen stepped forward without hesitation and asked, "Two brothers, what happened?" She had a bad feeling in her heart.
One of the commoner men saw Hanzhen rushing out and was the first to react and said blankly, "The emperor ordered the death of a concubine in the palace a few days ago..." Hanzhen's heart sank, and she grabbed the man's collar tightly and asked panickedly, "Which concubine?" He was frightened by Hanzhen's direct gaze, and waved his hand impatiently and broke away from her, saying, "The imperial edict is posted, go and see for yourself."
After hearing this, Hanzhen pushed him away and hurried to the imperial edict under the city gate with Ruhua Jijiang, where they saw many people gathered around and commenting on it.
Her heartstrings were tense, and she pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front. However, she saw only a few lines on the list. She bit her lip and read, and only read about Xu... .Executed...
Like a bolt from the blue, all of Hanzhen's hopes collapsed in an instant. She kept muttering the word "death", and for a moment she didn't know how to react and fell into a daze. Ji Jiang was not much better. Ruhua had already covered her mouth and burst into tears.
People around him were discussing eagerly: "What you said is strange. Why would such a secretive matter in the palace be posted on the notice for everyone in the world to know?"
"The reputation of Concubine Xu has spread all over the world. You must know that. I guess the emperor wants to vent his anger. Look, the emperor even wants to divorce this corpse..."
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Han Zhen stood there in a daze, constantly thinking of the calmness and despair on Zhao Pei's face before she fainted, like a person who was calmly going to die. Finally, she couldn't help but shed more than a hundred tears. How could it be... suddenly like this...
Hanzhen turned around and ran all the way. She had to go back to Xiao Yi to ask for clarification. Why did it suddenly become like this? ! A pair of strong hands held her tightly in the arms from behind, and no matter how Hanzhen struggled and kicked, she would not let go. "Let me go, get out! Don't stop me! I want to find him! I want to find him! How could he be like this? What did my mother do wrong? He has to punish her like this!" Hanzhen cried and beat him, her clothes were disheveled and she looked so embarrassed that passers-by looked at her sideways.
Ji Jiang grabbed her arm tightly to hold her down, and whispered, "Calm down! Hanzhen! Calm down! This is not a place to talk. You will soon attract soldiers if you do this."
Hanzhen tried to calm herself down and connect all the clues together, but she became even more panicked. Zhao Pei became different after meeting Yuwen Tai. She became nervous and anxious. Later, she even followed him to Wei State. After returning, she hurriedly took them out of the palace and hid them. So, everything was planned by Yuwen Tai. Zhao Pei was not a person who would listen to others' orders casually, not to mention that the man was the prime minister of the enemy country. Unless Yuwen Tai wanted to threaten her with something... .
Hanzhen suddenly remembered the half jade pendant that Zhaopei had tightly grasped in her hand, and all her doubts were resolved in an instant. It must be because of him... Otherwise, there was nothing else that could move Zhaopei's heart. Then Zhaopei must have done something to Xiaoyi that made him unbearable or completely give up. Yuwentai's only target was Xiaoyi... .
The source of all the tragedies was Xiao Tong's appearance. And Xiao Tong's appearance was because of Han Zhen herself. All the clues were connected, and Han Zhen felt like she was struck by lightning. After a sad cry, she collapsed to the ground without any strength left. Ji Jiang reached out to pull her with doubt, but saw Han Zhen wailing with a mixture of crying and laughing: "Why is it like this..."
In order to avoid such a sad ending, she deliberately reversed history. She thought that the reappearance of Xiao Tong would disrupt time and space, and all subsequent developments would not develop. She thought that the reappearance of Xiao Tong would allow Zhao Pei to escape from Xiao Yi's confinement and fulfill her lifelong dream. However, she inadvertently promoted the course of history and let history continue along its original track. So was it because of her that history was created, or was she created because of history
Anyway.... She was so self-righteous that she made things worse and became a sinner in history, and therefore received the cruelest punishment. (To be continued)