The next day, when Lan Ling opened his eyes, the emperor had disappeared.
At noon, Lan Ling heard whispering voices outside.
"Who's outside?" Lan Ling asked.
"Your Majesty, it's the young noble son." The voice of the little eunuch.
"Why are you sneaking around? The voice is so low?" Lan Ling asked.
"My lady, outside, outside...."
Xiao Guizi's voice was frightened and flustered.
"What's wrong?" Lan Ling struggled to stand up.
"The emperor ordered everyone except Changxin Palace to go to the criminal room to watch their punishment..." Xiao Guizi stammered.
"Who should be punished?" Lan Ling asked.
"Many, all over the yard, not punished, but killed." Xiao Guizi's voice was terrified.
The Danfeng Pavilion outside the criminal room was densely packed with people.
In Xiaoxuan, the emperor stood alone and cold, dressed in black clothes, his eyes were like frost, even though it was summer, wherever his gaze swept, everyone felt as cold as winter.
Bai Shaoting supervised the beheading, Tian Ming and Gu Fan stood beside him. Huo Jingyun stood by the emperor's side with his hands behind his back.
The noon sun swayed, and the wind blew the leaves, shattering the shadows all over the place.
There was blood on the ground. There are corpses everywhere, court ladies, eunuchs...
The smell of blood filled the sky, and there were cries all around.
She saw the queen, supported by the servants around her, her face was pale.
And Wen Heng, Wen Heng frowned, biting his lower lip tightly. Concubine Hui and Concubine Jing in the back... ..
Except for herself, the emperor's concubines are all there.
Dozens of maidservants were awaiting execution, and some of them had already passed out, and were picked up by the execution guards and had their heads chopped off.
Inside, Lan Ling saw the Taoist master Wu, the queen mother's maids Mei Hong and Qiu Gui, the queen mother's chief eunuch Eunuch Lin, the queen's maids Xiao Jin, Xiao Yin, the eunuch Little House, Zhang Jiang, and several eunuchs and maids, too. In the queen's palace... .
Through the crowd, Lan Ling caught sight of the emperor Ling Chen standing there.
He was dressed in black clothes, expressionless, looking at the corpses on the ground, without frowning. Like looking at ants.
This is someone she loves. She suddenly remembered the way she first met him, with a playful smile on his face, but now, she couldn't see the smile on his face for a long time.
Thinking about it carefully, she didn't know him for a long time, but it was the same as in the previous life.
Lan Ling trembled slightly.
The Queen and Wen Heng stood behind him.
The people who were killed were all slaves. But the real murderer was still standing there, Lan Ling looked at the queen.
"Niang Niang, let's go back." Qiao Chun supported Lan Ling, feeling her trembling.
Wen Heng saw Lan Ling, with a faint smile on her lips, she pointed her head and said something to the emperor.
Lan Ling saw the emperor's eyes turned to her.
He walked down the steps from Xiaoxuan, and walked quickly to her side, "Didn't you say that people from Changxin Palace don't have to come over? What are you doing here, your legs can move?" His eyes were cold and without warmth.
"Why do you want to kill so many people?" Lan Ling raised his face and asked him.
"These people are all involved. The Ministry of Justice and Bai Shangshu have already found out. Master Wu was actually found by the Queen Mother. He is a charlatan who played tricks and pointed the finger at you. The maid in the Queen's Palace deliberately sent the young People put you in your palace to frame you. I will never allow such vicious things in the harem, and must be severely punished!"
The emperor looked at her with indifferent eyes. "Did you forget what I said to you before? You must not be soft on those who harm you!"
"Then, where's the Queen Mother?" Lan Ling didn't see the Queen Mother.
"The empress dowager regretted being deceived. She moved to the imperial temple this morning."
He reached out and pinned her hair behind her ear, "Everyone here has participated, so they must die. Go back."
Lan Ling was still looking around, he turned her face, leaned into her ear and whispered: "I don't want you to see this, I did all these killings for you. My hands are already stained with blood, and I don't care There are a few more people. But, I hope you are clean. So, don't deliberately change anything, okay?"
Lan Ling's eyes were clouded, and tears finally flowed out. She stretched out her hand to touch Ling Chen's face, and said: "Okay. But you are so cruel!"
His body froze for a moment, and he shook off her hand, his eyes suddenly hurt, as if hurt, with anger. He held her waist with his hands, regardless of her pain, he held her in his arms, with a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, "You know, I like to watch these!"
Her heart twitched suddenly, he was annoying her. He did so much for her, and she actually said that.
He abandoned her, turned and walked forward, she chased after him, "Ling Chen!"
He didn't seem to hear.
She grabbed his clothes, she didn't want to go any further, the thick blood on the ground, those heads, corpses, crying, bloody smell made her suffocate.
He tugged on his clothes, she staggered a bit, but didn't let go, he finally stopped and turned his head.
She hurriedly approached him and hugged him, "Don't leave me behind, I know it hurts you, and I know you hate this even more."
He shook her hand firmly and whispered, "Go back."
Ling Chen stood there, staring at Lan Ling gradually going away, then he withdrew his eyes and re-examined everything in front of him.
He has been enthroned for half a year, and he has tolerated everything, and has never punished anyone so severely.
He passed an oral order to King Rui to rule on his behalf, but the Queen Mother and Empress ignored his oral order!
He wanted to see how he punished them, how Liu Shangshu and the Northwest Marquis would react, and how the court ministers would react.
Of course, he would never allow framing to appear in his harem. What's more, the person who was framed was Lan Ling.
Wen Heng squinted at Ling Chen, the empress had already lost power, as long as the emperor got rid of the control of the Northwest Marquis, the empress's seat would also be gone.
But Lan Ling, she remembered what Ling Chen had said to her, he asked her to accept her, not like a concubine, how could he accept Lan Ling
Accept that he loves her? No, it's impossible. But he killed so many people for her today! After today, who would dare to wait for Lan Ling again? How can move her
She remembered what Fan Xing told her, that Lan Ling was the one Ling Chen was looking for, how could this be possible
She also knew the dream that was always accompanied by Ling Chen, Yuan Lie, Qing Yun, and Rui Yu. Ling Chen told her.
By the stream of Qingyun Mountain, she actually met an acquaintance, Fan Xing. Fan Xing told her that she was Ruiyu in Ling Chen's dream. And Ling Chen was Yuan Lie.
What made her crazy was that he actually told her that Lan Ling was Qingyang.
He also told her that Qiu Shuijian was the evidence that Qing Yun and Yuan Lie recognized each other.
She didn't believe all of Fan Xing's words, and Fan Xing didn't tell her where she got these words from. Fan Xing loves her, she knows, but she doesn't love Fan Xing.
Although Fan Xing is not completely loyal to King Ning now, his words are still untrustworthy.
But she still changed Lan Ling's Autumn Water Sword, no matter it was true or not, as long as Lan Ling died, Ling Chen could only love her, her Wen Heng.
Lan Ling returned to Changxin Palace.
He has done so much for her, shouldn't he be happy
But her heart is full of grass.
She knew he was not happy.
This world has its own rules of survival, but in this land, it is the emperor's world. Life or death is in the hands of this person.
The deaths of these people will be attributed to her, and they will die because of her. Then he would be rumored to have killed so many people for her, and even be infamous. Did he really kill so many people just for her? She never dared to think about it.
Even if he uses her to warn some people, hit some people, and declare some sovereignty, so what
She loves this person, loves hopelessly, loves with all her heart.
What about the queen, what would he do with the queen? Do you still let her go like before? Every time he let her go, was it just because of the Northwest Marquis
He said that it was the queen's maids who were bewitched by others and did such a rebellious thing. He didn't want to touch the queen, so he killed so many maids. This is his usual practice.
Lan Ling felt that the feud with the queen was getting deeper and deeper, and it seemed that there was no solution.