She suppressed her joy and took a few steps forward eagerly, stopping in front of Eunuch Xia, looking at him with bright eyes: "Eunuch, does the Empress Dowager have an order for me?"
Ever since the incident with Princess Jingming, the relationship between Empress Dowager Tian and Emperor Yuanfeng has become much closer. If the Empress Dowager insisted on her returning to the palace, it would not be surprising that it was Eunuch Xia who came to announce the decree.
Eunuch Xia did not miss Tian Xun's joy, but he did not feel any regret. After all, the person who set fire to the Cining Palace was not an ordinary person.
He smiled faintly: "No, it is the order of the emperor, Miss Tian Er, kneel down and accept the order."
The servants in the courtyard had been dismissed by the Imperial Guards without them noticing. Tian Xun did not notice this at this time. She knelt down, raised her hands above her head, and said briskly, "Your Highness accepts the order."
"The Emperor proclaims, in compliance with the Will of Heaven." Eunuch Xia unfolded the imperial edict and spoke word by word under Tian Xun's admiring gaze: "Tian Xun, the second daughter of Duke Cheng'en, is so audacious and rebellious that she ordered the palace maids to burn down the Cining Palace. This is an unprecedented crime and is unforgivable. She is sentenced to death."
There was deathly silence in the courtyard. Tian Xun was kneeling on the ground. Her expression suddenly changed when Eunuch Xia said the first word. She looked up at him in disbelief. When Eunuch Xia finished reading the imperial edict, she could not help but freeze in place and shivered with a chill all over her body.
How could that be?!
She swallowed nervously, and only then realized that she was too nervous to even lift her arms.
No, how could that be
She felt like she was dreaming all this.
It was not like she had not deceived the Queen Mother before, and had also used Princess Jingming to cause trouble, but it had always been successful.
Besides, with the coincidences in the past few times, the Queen Mother should have believed that Princess Jingming had appeared in spirit. Why did she suddenly become suspicious again and asked the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the matter? !
Her mind was in a mess, as if countless people were pulling her hair, making her so painful that she could hardly think.
Tian Chengzhong was even more frightened. He never expected that the imperial edict he had been waiting for day and night was not to summon Tian Xun back to the palace, but a death warrant.
He looked at Eunuch Xia with a confused and horrified face: "Eunuch Xia, what is going on? Could it be a mistake? What about burning the Cining Palace? Is there any misunderstanding? Xiao Xun is outside the palace, how could she burn the Cining Palace? How could she have the courage..."
Tian Chengzhong wanted to convince himself, and hurriedly urged Tian Xun: "Xiao Xun! Come on, tell me! Tell me you are innocent!"
Tian Xun was speechless. Her neck seemed to be strangled. Her breathing was heavy and her face was red. She knelt on the ground without moving.
Eunuch Xia looked at Tian Chengzhong with a slightly mocking expression, and pulled the corner of his mouth to smile: "My Lord, you are joking. Forging an imperial edict is punishable by beheading. How can we have such courage? It just so happens that the emperor also has an oral order for you, my Lord, please accept it!"
Tian Chengzhong had no other skills, but he had cultivated the skill of observing people's words and expressions since he was a child. When he saw Eunuch Xia's attitude, the last bit of luck in his heart disappeared, and he knelt on the ground in despair, still shocked and puzzled.
How could it be? He was full of doubts at this moment. The younger daughter was different from the older daughter. She was never a person who didn't plan. She had been scheming since she was a child and knew how to hide. How could such an overly cautious person do such a cruel thing as burning the Cining Palace
Is she crazy?!
"Mr. Cheng'en, Tian Chengzhong, your title was originally granted by favor, but you have no ambition and are mediocre. You have no gratitude at all. Not only that, you teach your daughter badly and disturb the Queen Mother. You are so stubborn and immoral that you are unworthy of this title. From today on, your title will be stripped and you will be sent back to your hometown! You are not allowed to return to the capital without being summoned!"
Eunuch Xia announced with a calm face that it was only the Emperor Yuanfeng's oral order. After a few words, Tian Chengzhong's face had lost all color.
Emperor Yuanfeng's oral order really didn't give him any face at all. He directly reprimanded him for not making progress and being mediocre. He also said that his title was obtained through favoritism and he had no real ability... ...
He was a man who had worked hard all his life just to maintain his wealth and glory, but now he saw that everything was gone. Not only did he fail to rely on his daughter to become rich again, but he was also implicated by his daughter and even lost his title. He had to return to his hometown in disgrace, his face suddenly turned red and he trembled all over.
Tian Xun became even more afraid.
She was blinded by anger and jealousy, and she had succeeded in plotting against Queen Mother Tian several times before. Queen Mother Tian obeyed her every word, so she always thought that plotting against Queen Mother Tian had become a very simple matter, but who knew that she would fail miserably. Now that the time had come and the decree of death had been issued, she truly felt what the emperor's wrath was.
She doesn't want to die.
How could she die? She was only fifteen!
She has just reached the age of 15!
Even if she didn't marry Xiao Heng, she would still be a noble lady, and she could live a more carefree life than most women in this world.
All the eagerness in her heart and her obsession with Xiao Heng seemed to have disappeared at this moment, leaving only fear and pain. She reacted, looked at Eunuch Xia's hand, and was so nervous that even her voice changed: "No! No! No, eunuch, please help me explain to the Empress Dowager, I don't want to burn down the Cining Palace, nor do I want to disturb her..." Tian Xun became even more afraid.
She was blinded by anger and jealousy, and she had succeeded in plotting against Queen Mother Tian several times before. Queen Mother Tian obeyed her every word, so she always thought that plotting against Queen Mother Tian had become a very simple matter, but who knew that she would fail miserably. Now that the time had come and the decree of death had been issued, she truly felt what the emperor's wrath was.
She doesn't want to die.
How could she die? She was only fifteen!
She has just reached the age of 15!
Even if she didn't marry Xiao Heng, she would still be a noble lady, and she could live a more carefree life than most women in this world.
All the eagerness in her heart, her obsession with Xiao Heng, seemed to have disappeared at this moment, leaving only fear and pain. She reacted, looked at Eunuch Xia's hand, and her voice changed with nervousness: "No! No! No, eunuch, please help me explain to the Empress Dowager, I don't want to burn down the Cining Palace, let alone disturb her..." All the eagerness in her heart, her obsession with Xiao Heng, seemed to have disappeared at this moment, leaving only fear and pain. She reacted, looked at Eunuch Xia's hand, and her voice changed with nervousness: "No! No! No, eunuch, please help me explain to the Empress Dowager, I don't want to burn down the Cining Palace, let alone disturb her..."