"I hope he doesn't come back." Qin Yining closed his eyes tiredly and curled his body tighter.
Bingtang and Ji Yun lowered their heads, and their tears-stained faces showed a bit of despair.
Of course they knew that the emperor had set up a net, and as long as the emperor set foot in the capital, there was only one death waiting for him.
The princess is extremely smart, and I am afraid that she had expected this day when she was arrested. It's just that they were looking for opportunities all the way, but they really couldn't find a way to escape.
If there is hope, who doesn't want to live well? The relationship between the princess and the prince is so good, how can they not want to stay together forever and grow old? It's just that things are impermanent, and it's not up to people at all.
The icy air spreads in the dead prison. After the anger, everyone is left confused. They are now behind bars, and there is nothing they can do. I really don't know what new tricks Li Qitian will come up with next. , what will be the next tense situation.
Qin Yining closed his eyes and just wanted to recharge his batteries, not knowing what would happen later.
It's just that as soon as she calmed down, scarlet color splashed in front of her eyes, and the man surnamed Nie's eyes widened and he covered his neck in disbelief...
She felt cold, dizzy, and in pain all over her body, and hugged herself tighter.
At this time, Li Qitian was shocked by the news from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
"You mean, Princess Zhongshun killed Nie Er alive?"
"Yes. Nie Er threatened the princess and asked the princess to accompany him once. The princess pretended to agree, and when she found an opportunity, she bit Nie Er's neck. The large blood vessel there was broken..."
Li Qitian waved his hand in disbelief, annoyed that Nie Er was taking advantage of the errand to do such things, but what was even more astonished was Qin Yining's reaction.
This woman is too bold! How dare you bite someone to death! Is this still a woman? I am afraid that no ordinary man can do such a thing. Everyone said that the Qin family grew up in the mountains before the age of fourteen, which seems to be the case.
But when he thought that Qin Yining was Pang Xiao's daughter-in-law, and that this woman was different from any other woman he knew, he felt even more jealous. Pang Zhixi is better than him in everything, the common people are towards him, the soldiers in the army are lucky to him, even when he gets married, his daughter-in-law is more beautiful than him, more able to give birth than his, and he has a stronger temper...
Li Qitian took a deep breath and stood up suddenly.
"Okay. Very good. She is an arrogant man, and she doesn't take me seriously. I want to see for myself, how capable she is! If I let her live, she can live. If I want her to die, she has to Die! Prepare me! I am going to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and I will meet that poisonous woman in person for a while!"
Everyone in the house agreed.
Xiong Jinshui was a little worried, "Your Majesty, you will be out of the palace, the weather is freezing cold, you..."
"Go away!" Li Qitian strode out, kicking Xiong Jinshui aside with one kick.
The rest of the servants hurriedly followed, those who prepared carriages and horses, and those who prepared cloaks, were busy turning their backs on their horses.
Xiong Jinshui reluctantly turned over and got up, and followed him with a tumble.
The cell in the prison was just cleaned out, and Nie Er's body was carried out, and just after it was locked for a stick of incense, there was another noise outside the gate.
"Your Highness?" The jailer was overwhelmed, knelt on the ground and rattled his head several times.
When the Son of Heaven came in person, officials such as the Minister of Punishment and the Shi Lang were too late to arrive, but the prison guards suffered so much that their bones were softened, and they almost stuttered when they spoke.
"Nie Er was bitten to death?"
"Yes, yes, Erye Nie was bitten by the large blood vessel on his neck, and he died of blood loss."
Li Qitian was confirmed and sneered: "Where is Princess Zhongshun?"
"In prison!"
The jailer quickly got up and opened the door.
The servants who followed Li Qitian felt that it was not suitable for Fang Tianzi to set foot in such a place. But Li Qitian didn't care, he strode down the steps and followed directly.
The servants and guards had to keep up.
Although it was snowing outside, it was warmer than the prison cell. As soon as he entered the gate of the dungeon, there was a cold musty and bloody smell on the floor.
"lead the way."
"Yes Yes."
Several prison guards walked all the way to Qin Yining's cell with lanterns in front of them.
Li Qitian also disliked the pickling in the cell, and was too lazy to look around, so he didn't even give a glance when he passed by Xie Yue and others' cells.
When I came to the cell where Bingtang and the wet nurse were, I waved to Xiong Jinshui behind him: "Go, bring the two children out to me."
Xiong Jinshui should be, and hurriedly called a few people to grab the two children.
The wet nurse, Bingtang, Ji Yun and the others all wanted to resist, Qin Yining had already stood up and looked over there with blood-stained eyes on her face.
When Li Qitian turned around, he saw Qin Yining, who had become a "red man" with blood in the dark environment, and was frightened by her fierce expression.
Immediately, he laughed: "Tsk, isn't this Princess Zhongshun? How did you make such a fuss? I didn't know how vicious a woman could be, how could you kill someone? This is what Pang Zhixi handed over to me. yours?"
The blood on Qin Yining's head and face had dried up, she tied her long hair into strands, and the blood on her face turned dark brown, making her eyes look extraordinarily white, and she had a strange aura.
"Your Majesty, the child is innocent. You are a benevolent monarch, so wouldn't you do anything to the heirs of the hero?"
Li Qitian sneered: "The son of a hero? Dare to ask who is a hero? Isn't Pang Xiao's crime of disrespecting the decree not counted?"
"Pang Xiao paid for disaster relief at his own expense, paid the prince at his own expense, and expelled the Tartars from Da Zhou's apprentice. Does this not count?"
"It's up to me to decide whether to count or not, not you, a poisonous woman!" Li Qitian walked to Qin Yining's prison door, grabbed Mu Zha, and gritted his teeth: "Zhen is the Son of Heaven, The Lord of the world, why should he take all the benefits!"
"Benefits? Working hard on the battlefield, pinning your head on your trousers belt, beating a tartar if you don't have enough food, clothing, food, and pay, is this also a benefit?" Qin Yining also gave up at this time, strode forward, and was separated from Li Qitian. Looking at each other from the prison door, every word he said was particularly sonorous and powerful, "For your country and the people's stable life, your courtiers poured out their blood and devoted themselves to their duties without expecting anything in return. But what have you done? If such a thing spreads, the Holy One will not be afraid of ridicule by the world? How should it be recorded in the history books?"
Li Qitian clenched his hands into fists, stared at Qin Yining's blood-stained face, gritted his teeth and said: "I said, I am the emperor, the emperor is the master of this world! Whoever I want can live, and whoever I want will die. , whoever has to die! Shame? Whoever dares to laugh at me, I will send them to the king of hell! No matter who the prince is, whoever pays the money, the whole world is the king's land, isn't their money not mine? The woman is so quick to talk here!"
"Faint, Jun!" Qin Yining gritted his teeth and couldn't help scolding.
Li Qitian was relieved, "come here, Princess Zhongshun is disrespectful! Put it in the prison car, parade through the streets! Tell everyone in the city that the blood on her body was splattered by someone who killed her."
"Yes!" Without waiting for the jailer to come forward, the guards and inner servants took the keys, opened the cell door, and dragged Qin Yining out after entering.
Qin Yining had vertical and horizontal whip marks and stick wounds on his body, frostbite on his hands and feet, and was hit on the head while struggling just now. At this time, he was already weak and wished he could not bear it. The guards around Li Qitian showed no mercy at all. Qin Yining was pulled and staggered to make up for the pace, so he should be dragged out.
"Princess! Princess!" Everyone screamed.
However, Li Qitian seemed to like hearing such a voice very much, as if he saw the people around Pang Xiao so embarrassed, he saw Pang Xiao also so embarrassed, the more miserable these people screamed, the more comfortable he felt.
Li Qitian couldn't help laughing up to the sky.
The baby that was held in the arms by Xiong Jinshui and the servants moved, and Brother Xuan and Sister Yun finally started to cry in fright.
In the midst of the chaos, the loud cries of babies were particularly penetrating, and the entire prison was quieted because of this.
Xie Yue and the others jumped in their hearts, staring intently at Li Qitian's direction, and the whole person trembled nervously.
Now is not the time when they can think of anything, they are bound and tightly locked, even if they want to rush out desperately, they can't do anything, and the young master and the young lady are in Li Qitian's hands, as long as he says a word, this will happen. Two children are going to die!
They want to intercede, but they also know that it is useless to intercede, because Li Qitian has no humanity at all! He doesn't care if he kills an ignorant child at all, he just wants to be happy!
Walking to Xiong Jinshui with his hands behind his back, Li Qitian unwrapped his swaddle, looked at the baby with a tiger head cap inside, and then another glance.
For a moment, his fists were clenched tightly, as if he had endured to the limit, and he wanted to strangle the child to death immediately.
His hand slowly stroked Brother Xuan's weak and soft neck, gradually exerting force.
The people couldn't bear it any longer.
Just as Jing Zhe was about to scold, he was grabbed by Xie Yue, Xie Yue said loudly, "Your Majesty, your Majesty think twice! That's just a child, innocent! Besides, this child's life is even more useful!"
Li Qicai didn't think the child was innocent, who made his life bad, and the child became Pang Xiao's child.
But the last sentence successfully pushed him to wake up.
He also wanted to use these two children as bait to lure Pang Xiao back to Beijing. If he killed them directly, wouldn't he force Pang Xiao to rebel
For now, it's better to coax people back and take a long-term view.
Thinking of this, Li Qitian raised his hand, turned and walked out.
Xiong Jinshui and others immediately followed.
Xie Yue, Bingtang, and others are already collapsing. Yelling: "Where are you taking the children! Come back, come back!"