Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu looked at each other and saw the expression on King Ming's face that was full of sorrow rather than death. They felt funny in their hearts, and the corners of Mu Yexiao's mouth raised in mockery.
"So, Your Excellency Prince Ming, are you going to come with us voluntarily? Or are we going to take you away by force?"
When Prince Ming heard Mu Yexiao's words, he raised his head and looked at Mu Yexiao: "So you didn't have Qinggu in the first place, right? You also deceived Qingling, my daughter, and she died unjustly."
Qian Jiujiu raised his eyebrows: "Your daughter was angry to death because she was too small. We don't care whether she died unjustly or not. As for you, you have the ability to do such evil things in Dazhou."
"Of course you have to pay a price, so Mingwang, no matter who you are talking about or what struggles you are doing, you will never be able to get rid of the fact that you are about to be sentenced."
"I advise you not to place any more hopes. After all, there is no hope, so you won't be disappointed. Do you think what I say makes sense?"
Prince Ming raised his head and said, "You think you'll be able to defeat me just like that? Don't bully others too much."
Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu looked at each other, and they both planned not to say anything more to Prince Ming, but to take action directly with a tacit understanding, although Prince Ming resisted.
But if Mu Yexiao was alone, he could still narrowly defeat him with poison, but with Qian Jiujiu, he would be caught quickly, and Mu Yexiao thought about Concubine Qing's death.
He acted cruelly and cut off Prince Ming's hand tendons and hamstrings. After confirming that Prince Ming was a useless person, he felt relieved and asked the guards to take Prince Ming back to the palace.
Mu Yexiao took Qian Jiujiu to the palace. After telling the emperor about the incident, he took Qian Jiujiu back to the palace to wait for the day of national mourning.
The burial day of the late emperor was three days later. Three days passed by in a flash. Today, the late emperor was on his way to the imperial mausoleum, and he was at the city gate where he set out.
But it took three days to build the sacrificial platform. On the platform at this time, King Ming of Qian Kingdom was tied to a pillar, and a eunuch was reading out the sacred decree.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict that King Ming of the Qian Kingdom poisoned Emperor Zhengde of the Great Zhou Dynasty under the guise of being an envoy to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Zhengde and Queen Qing were both killed. They really deserve to be killed... I hereby burn at the stake and execute... "
As the eunuch's execution began, the guards lit the firewood under the pillar. They watched the fire submerge King Ming bit by bit, and finally turned into ashes.
Only then did the emperor look in the direction of the imperial mausoleum and gave the eunuch beside him a look. The eunuch then looked at everyone and said, "Let's go."
After the emperor, Mu Yexiao and others personally sent the emperor to the imperial mausoleum for burial, they left some of the late emperor's concubines in the palace who had been selected at the beginning to take care of the late emperor.
After sealing Caixiu as a nun and staying to take care of the imperial mausoleum, the group of people returned to Kyoto. Everyone knew that the emperor was not in a good mood today.
Therefore, no ministers dared to go to the emperor to talk about the matter. The emperor went directly back to the palace and sat in the imperial garden in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
Queen Lin Chuwu came to the emperor with the maids beside her: "I have seen the emperor and wish him well."
As she said that, the palace maid next to her had already put the tea in her hand on the table, and then knelt down. Mu Yexing glanced at the queen and sighed: "Why is the queen here? Everyone, please get up."
The smile on Lin Chuwu's face was a little forced. She had been in the palace for so many days today, but the emperor had never been to her palace once. She still felt like a queen who did not live up to her name.
However, even if Lin Chuwu was generous, she would not talk about the bridal chamber in front of the emperor, so she could only try her best to find a sense of presence in front of the emperor.
Just think of it as a reminder to the emperor. With this thought, Lin Chuwu looked at the emperor and said, "Actually, I was quite annoyed when I saw the emperor, so I made a pot of tea and invited the emperor to drink tea."
Mu Yexing frowned, looked at Lin Chuwu, but sighed in his heart, and then backed away from the people on the left and right. There were only the emperor and the queen in the entire pavilion.
Lin Chuwu's heart skipped a beat, because she knew that the emperor would definitely say something very personal to her next, and as expected, she heard Mu Yexing's words.
"The queen is blaming me for not consummating the marriage with you?"
The queen shook her head: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. I don't mean this. I..."
The voice behind him became softer and quieter, and he lowered his head. His face was already red. He thought that the emperor didn't know, but it turned out that the emperor knew everything.
Judging from Lin Chuwu's appearance, Mu Yexiao had a rare feeling that his queen seemed to be quite fun. She coughed twice, but she didn't feel awkward talking about it.
But Lin Chuwu's blush made even Mu Yexing feel a little awkward: "Ahem, actually, it's not that I don't want to, it's just..."
"But you also know that my father has just passed away. At this time, I also need to observe filial piety. Although for some special reasons, we got married during the filial piety period."
"But there still have to be rules."
Lin Chuwu's face turned even redder, as if he could bleed with just a pinch like that. This made Mu Yexing feel funny, while Lin Chuwu felt extremely embarrassed.
It's over. In the eyes of the emperor, is she such an impatient person? He blinked his eyes pitifully twice: "Your Majesty, you really misunderstood me."
"Although I'm a little confused, I definitely don't mean to force you. Fulfilling your filial piety is what you should do."
Mu Yexing smiled; "Well, it's best if the queen can understand. As for after the period of filial piety, I will naturally give you a wedding night."
The red color that had just receded from Lin Chuwu's face flew up again. Mu Yexing raised his eyebrows: "The last time I saw you, I didn't think you were such a blushing person."
The corner of Lin Chuwu's mouth twitched, but she still answered: "The last time I saw you, you were not my concubine's husband, but just an unrelated person."
"I will not blush in front of irrelevant people."
When Mu Yexing thought about it, it seemed that this was still the case. Thinking of the last time they met, Mu Yexing looked directly at Lin Chuwu: "Speaking of the last time we met, it was when we received the envoy from the Kingdom of Qian."
"The Queen at that time was full of confidence. By the way, Queen, do you know martial arts? Let's compete with me."
The corner of Lin Chuwu's mouth twitched, and she suspected that she heard wrong. What did she hear? The emperor wants to compete with her in martial arts? I had only heard of it before.
It is a romantic thing for a married couple to become more beautiful, but what does it mean for a married couple to compete in martial arts? Fall in love and kill each other
Lin Chuwu thought about it and shook her head quickly, no, no, if the emperor knew about this idea, it would be treasonous, so she still didn't want to think about it.
Mu Yexing looked at Lin Chuwu and shook his head, thinking he disagreed: "What? Is the queen worried that my martial arts is too bad? So you will hurt me?"
Lin Chuwu shook her head: "I don't dare."
Mu Yexing's eyes widened: "Do you really think so? That won't work. We must discuss it. I have my golden words, and you can't refuse."
Lin Chuwu was really speechless now. She could only stand up and fight with Mu Yexing. Then she found that the clothes she was wearing were extremely cumbersome.
Then Lin Chuwu accidentally stepped on the corner of his clothes and rushed towards Mu Yexing. Mu Yexing caught Lin Chuwu with quick eyes and hands.
Lin Chuwu looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I didn't do this on purpose."
Mu Yexing raised his eyebrows: "Yes, the queen did not throw herself into her arms on purpose. Queen, I am in a much better mood. You can go back. I still have many state affairs to deal with."
"By the way, the queen's tea is delicious. It seems that I can show off in front of King Xiao. In the past, it was King Xiao who always showed off that Princess Xiao's cooking skills are very good."
After saying that, Mu Yexing left, while Lin Chuwu saluted, watched the emperor leave, and sat down at the stone table with the help of the maid beside him.
"Do you think the emperor is angry?"
The palace maid looked at the queen with some confusion: "Why do you ask the queen like this? I look at the emperor in a very good mood."
Lin Chuwu sighed: "Yes, very good, forget it, go back to the palace."
Although he said he didn't touch her because of filial piety, Lin Chuwu still felt a little sad in her heart, on the first day, during the wedding night.
In fact, it should be possible. After all, the emperor went in that night and took off his hijab, but he did not stay. This matter made Lin Chuwu very worried.
Thinking of this, Lin Chuwu frowned. Now she was the only queen in the entire harem. In a few days, this harem would become lively.
The two concubines who had been decided in advance were probably going to enter the palace. Thinking of this, I felt a little depressed. Maybe my father and mother were right and they entered the palace.
Love and other things were just extravagant hopes. In fact, Lin Chuwu had no intention of entering the palace at first, but she couldn't stop her father from thinking about it, even though her mother was unwilling.
With a sigh, he thought about the King Xiao that the emperor just mentioned. Existences like King Xiao and Princess Xiao are probably special cases in the royal family.
Qian Jiujiu touched her hot ears: "Mu Yexiao, why do I feel like someone is talking about me behind my back? Look at my ears, they are so hot. Can you look at them, are they red?"
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu in a funny way: "How come there are so many people talking about you? My princess is something that ordinary people can talk about, but it's okay for me to come over and take a look at your ears."
While talking, Mu Yexiao's hand had already been placed on Qian Jiujiu's ear. It was really warm, so he couldn't help but stretch out his fingers and pinch it.
"This feels pretty good, warm."