It rained heavily all night and didn't stop until the early morning of the next day.
In front of Longyin Palace, the ministers were still kneeling like drowned rats. Some of the elderly ministers couldn't bear it and fainted. They were all carried to the Taiyuan Hospital.
Li Quansheng stood at the door of Longyin Palace, looking at the people in the rain and then inside Longyin Palace, frowning and sighing, "What's all this?"
I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly there was a loud "clang" in the inner hall, like the sound of Long Chen being kicked over, and then I heard Leng Qisu's roaring voice, "Let them all go back! Tomorrow morning I will make them do what they want!"
Li Quansheng was so frightened that he did not dare to delay. He quickly ran into the rain and conveyed the emperor's oral instructions. Then he comforted him many times. After saying all in peace, the ministers left in doubt.
But just as the ministers left, a woman ran over and knelt there. Li Quansheng saw that it was Mo Shuang's personal maid Lily.
"What are you..." Li Quansheng frowned.
"Your Majesty did not do this intentionally or colluded with foreign enemies. I beg your father-in-law to speak for your Majesty in front of the Emperor. Please, please!" Lily grabbed his lapel, shook him, and collapsed.
She secretly went to Cining Palace last night, but she didn't find the notes Mo Shuang mentioned. She had no choice but to come to Longyin Palace because her last hope was shattered.
"No one can save her now, not even you and the Zajia family. You'd better go back and don't mess with yourself in this heavy rain!"
Li Quansheng brushed her hand away, turned around and left.
"No!" Lily stretched out her hand to grab his leg, and she didn't know whether it was tears or rain, all over her face, "No, it's useful. I still remember that in the palace, the princess was poisoned by half a face. , the prince ignored him, and the servant knelt at the door of Yumoxuan. It was raining heavily that day. Later, the prince entered the palace. Later, the princess was taken into the palace, and the poison on her body was cured. Your Majesty He has his mother-in-law in his heart, and he is reluctant to let her die, but he... "
"What do you want the Zajia to tell you so that you understand?" Li Quansheng sighed deeply, "The emperor now is the emperor, not the prince, not the emperor of your mother-in-law alone, but the emperor of the whole world. He wants to What we are facing is no longer a small palace of the Four Princes, but the whole world, do you understand?"
After saying that, while Lily was stunned, he took his feet out, shook his head and left.
In the gray rain curtain, Lily's figure was left alone...
Does she understand? She doesn't understand.
Could it be that the emperor could just watch his beloved woman die
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Stayed up all night.
Mo Shuang looked out the window at the gray sky, watching the rain pouring down, motionless, her eyes empty.
Since Lily left yesterday, the door of Yaohua Palace has never been opened again, and no one has even delivered food.
For the sake of the child in her belly, she was really hungry, so she forced herself to drink some herbal tea and eat some leftover hibiscus cake.
There were footsteps coming and going at the door from time to time, sometimes it was a maidservant passing by in a hurry, sometimes it was a guard passing by on inspection, but there was no such footsteps as she expected.
She didn't know what she was looking forward to, she just really hoped that the man would come over and take a look at her.
It’s actually a luxury!
There has been no news from Lily, and she knows that she must have found nothing.
In fact, if you think about it, what if you find it
After finding it, so many lives could not come back. At best, she just asked for peace of mind.
What's more, if she doesn't kill Boren, but Boren dies because of her, can she really feel at ease
She knows she can't!
Perhaps, she should go accompany Eleven and the 50,000 soldiers.
Perhaps, only in this way can she truly be freed.
Otherwise, even if you live, you will definitely spend the rest of your life in pain.
She is not afraid of death, never has been!
She just felt sorry for the child in her belly.
She wanted to keep him so much, but she ended up killing him because of herself.
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Another day has passed.
The heavy rain still did not stop, but got heavier and heavier, mixed with lightning and thunder.
It was just dawn when the door of Yaohua Palace suddenly opened with a "clang", but such a movement did not stir up any ripples in Mo Shuang's heart.
She just turned her head mechanically and looked at the door numbly.
Four guards with swords came in boldly and high-spirited, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a fierce look.
"We are following the emperor's instructions to take you to the court!"
At this time, a thunder suddenly exploded, almost drowning out their voices.
Mo Shuang thought in a daze that she had heard wrong.
"Hurry up! If you delay the court, we won't be able to eat and walk around." Several people stepped forward, grabbed her arms with all their hands, and dragged her out.
Going to court
She heard it right, Mo Shuang staggered and smiled bitterly.
He was finally going to take action, and he was going to do it in the court, in front of all the civil and military officials.
A very good and upright emperor.
"I'll go by myself!" She shook off the hands of several men and shouted sharply, her face turned cold.
Several men were shocked by her momentum. They looked at each other and let her go. "You can't do any tricks anyway?"
She straightened up, took a deep breath, and walked forward.
She really couldn't pull off any tricks. She was tired and no longer had the thought.
She didn't want to play, because she was mentally prepared for death.
Only in this way can we comfort the souls of the dead.
However, she had something to ask the man face to face.
She was no longer afraid of death. She just wanted to know what the man's state of mind was like when he made such a decision.
Is it really just out of necessity, or has he never really trusted her
It was still stormy and thunderous outside.
It is some distance from Yaohua Palace to Jinluan Palace.
Four guards were walking beside her holding butter umbrellas, but she took two steps faster, completely soaking herself in the rain.
As he walked, he raised his little face and looked at the gray sky, letting the rain pillars fall down, hitting his face and getting into his eyes, causing pain.
It hurts! Pain means you are still alive!
Suddenly, a patch of yellow cut off her sight, and she was startled to find a butter umbrella propped above her head.
Looking along the trembling little hand on the umbrella handle, I saw Lily with tears streaming down her face.
"Lily" her eyes hurt, and she didn't know what to say.
"Your Majesty, Lily is useless... I can't help your Majesty..." Lily choked and burst into tears.
"Silly girl!" Mo Shuang smiled, raised his hand and touched her head, "I committed a serious crime, and no one can help me."
She knew that Lily tried her best, really tried her best.
"But the empress..."
"Stop talking about this, I understand Lily's thoughts, I understand them all."
Seeing the two of them chattering non-stop, several guards became impatient and said, "Hurry up, the emperor and the officials are waiting!"
"Okay, Lily, goodbye!" Mo Shuang pursed her lips, curved the corners of her lips, and walked forward.
Bye now
Just three words, Lily's heart suddenly tightened, the pain was so painful that she couldn't breathe. She was lost for a moment, then quickly followed her, and held the butter umbrella above her head, "Empress, I will give it to you again!"
"No, Lily, just let me get wet in the rain for a while... I'm afraid I won't be able to get wet even if I want to!" She stretched out her hand to gently block Lily's umbrella, and she smiled, feeling bitterly sad.
Lily was shocked, and her body froze in place. She felt as if something had been gouged through her heart, and a dull pain came overwhelmingly.
"Empress..."
Mo Shuang didn't answer her, and walked straight into the rain curtain, gradually getting further and further away, never stopping or looking back.
Her voice came from the sound of wind and rain, "Lily, you have to live a good life, and when you are old enough to leave the palace, find a man who truly treats you well and marry her!"
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Jinluan Hall
Leng Qisu was dressed in bright yellow and sat on the dragon chair directly above him. Perhaps due to the injury, his face was slightly pale and haggard, and his appearance was much reduced. His black eyes looked at the people of His Highness indifferently. His thin lips pursed slightly.
Below the palace stood hundreds of civil and military officials with lowered eyes and nods, motionless and silent.
The entire atmosphere was under an extremely low pressure.
As soon as Mo Shuang walked into the Jinluan Palace, the eunuch at the door announced in a shrill voice, "Bring the convict Mo Shuang here!"
As a result, all the eyes in the Jinluan Palace turned towards her, one after another like knives, wanting to cut her into pieces.
She didn't care, she raised her eyes slightly and looked up the hall, just in time to catch Leng Qisu's gaze looking over.
Their eyes met, and unlike usual, there was no trace of panic this time.
Cold and indifferent, calm and calm.
Why does he look like this
Her eyes hurt, she lowered her head and looked away.
Slowly walking to the front of the palace, she knelt down, lay on the ground, and buried her head between the backs of her hands, "Long live the Emperor, long live, long live the Emperor!"
Leng Qisu didn't let her get up, and he didn't even speak for a while. It was a long time before he heard his voice above his head, "Shang Shu, if you have anything to ask, just ask?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
A man walked up to Mo Shuang and said coldly: "Convict Mo Shuang, raise your head!"
Mo Shuang slowly raised her little face and looked towards the man, but the faint light in her eyes was looking through the man, towards the bright yellow figure behind him.
"Bring witnesses!"
Following his order, a man who looked like a soldier was brought in. After saluting Leng Qisu, the man stood aside with his eyes lowered and his head lowered.
"Have you ever known her?" Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice pointed at Mo Shuang and asked the soldier.
"I know her. She is the empress Zhaoyi in the palace. Master Eleven called her fourth sister-in-law at that time!"
When she heard Eleven and Fourth Sister-in-law, Mo Shuang's heart trembled. She turned to look at the man who was speaking, and saw that he was dressed as a Li Jiajun and had a burn on his face. It seemed that he should be a survivor of the incident.
"Did her sudden appearance cause you to take a new route instead of the original one?"
"yes!"
"Did you see with your own eyes that she killed Prime Minister Han?"
"yes!"
"Do you know why she wanted to kill Prime Minister Han?"
"At that time, Prime Minister Han did not agree to change his ways, saying that even if there was an ambush, it would be a sacrifice for the country. In addition, Prime Minister Han also found out that she was a member of the Blue Wing Sect."
"Mo Shuang, is what he said the truth?"
Shangshu turned his head and looked at Mo Shuang again, his eyes burning.
Mo Shuang smiled, with such solid evidence, how could it not be true
It's just that the facts are facts, but her motives are not.
"I killed Prime Minister Han because he was a traitor and belonged to the Queen Mother and Leng Qiyi!"
Originally, she didn't want to defend herself. She could die and atone for everything she had done. However, she hoped that she would die with dignity. She was not colluding with foreign enemies or treason.
"Where's the evidence? Where's the evidence that you said Prime Minister Han is a traitor?"
evidence
Han Shaoqing is dead, the Queen Mother is dead, Shi Yi is dead, where is the evidence
"There is no evidence." She said coldly.
"No evidence?" Shangshu sneered, "When we handle cases in the Criminal Department, we only talk about evidence. If there is no evidence, it is just empty talk. You only need to answer, did you temporarily change the route of the army, did you just kill Han Shaoqing?"
Mo Shuang pursed her lips and said, "Yes!"
Shangshu turned around and saluted with clasped fists in front of the palace, "Your Majesty, I have finished asking the questions of the ministers. Everything is clearly revealed. I respectfully request your Majesty's decision."
(End of chapter)