Qin Yining was pushed out of the cell door. In front of the door stood guards, palace servants, and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment who had just arrived in a hurry.
Everyone was shocked when they saw a woman covered in blood appear in front of them.
Seeing that the inner servants were leading people to prepare the prison car, the minister of punishment and Shangfeng looked at each other, and then stepped forward to ask the situation in a low voice.
The jailer said in a low voice, "The sage ordered me to take the princess to the streets to show the public." After speaking, he bowed his head and stepped back.
Not long after, a prison cart was pushed over, and someone else went to lead the horse.
Qin Yining was pushed into the prison cart. The height of the prison cart was not too high or too low, so that people's head and hands were stuck on it, but he couldn't stand up straight or squat down.
The minister of the Ministry of Punishment frowned. He had never seen such a repeat offender parading in the street for many years. This Qin family is the direct wife of Prince Zhongshun, and what kind of vicious things can he do that makes the emperor so angry!
Li Qitian strode out, and the queen followed the servants and guards. The two servants were holding the baby in their arms. The baby in the baby was still crying hoarsely.
Qin Yining was locked in the prison van. She was already in a drowsy state, but when she heard the cries of the children, she immediately woke up. She turned around suddenly, tears fell, and two white traces of blood were flushed from her face.
"My child, my child... Your Majesty, that's the son of a hero. Pang Xiao fought for you outside, but you took his wife and children... Aren't you afraid that the world will be chilled!"
Li Qitian sneered.
Xiong Jinshui immediately understood the holy will and stood up and scolded: "I haven't brought it out yet! The saint is wise and benevolent, he was the master of the time, and there is no room for you to slander it at will!"
When Li Qitian saw Qin Yining's appearance, he remembered how powerful this woman was. Maybe she had the ability to deceive people on the street.
"Give her mouth to me. Let's see how she still confuses the public!"
"Yes!"
Immediately someone tore off a piece of fabric, climbed into the prison cart and forced it into Qin Yining's mouth, and tied a knot behind her head with a cloth strip to prevent her from tearing it apart.
Qin Yining shook his head, only whimpering and sobbing, the bloody appearance was truly terrifying.
As soon as Li Qitian waved his hand, the jailer immediately drove the prison car out, and Li Qitian arranged for Gyeonggi guards to line up beside the prison car to guard against someone robbing people.
In the silence, only the creaking of the wooden wheels on the snow and the whimpering of Qin Yining in the prison car could be heard. After the group left, Li Qitian said, "Go back to the palace."
"Your Majesty!" The Minister of Punishment strode forward and saluted, "Your Majesty, this princess did not do anything evil. It would be too inhumane to deal with her like this. I would like to ask the Holy Majesty to take it back."
"Inhumane? She just killed someone by brutal means. Don't you see blood on her body?"
"Prince Zhongshun, however, is of noble birth and is a female class, and being held by so many people, the minister of murder thinks that there must be a secret!"
Li Qitian squinted and looked at the Minister of Punishment: "Su Huaiyu, I think your errands are getting better and better, and you dare to question my will?"
Su Huaiyu was startled, suppressed the panic in her heart, and bowed her head: "This minister made a mistake. Please forgive me."
Li Qitian snorted coldly and ordered, "Go back to the palace."
Xiong Jinshui immediately said loudly: "The Holy One returns to the palace!"
Everyone saluted and watched the emperor go away. Su Huaiyu couldn't help but look worriedly at the rut marks on the ground when the prison cart drove out.
At the rest of the time, the emperor is happy to be a benevolent and wise ruler, but when he encounters matters related to Prince Zhongshun, he becomes so aggressive and inhumane, which is not a good phenomenon after all. People in the world are not blind and fools. There are many people who are sensitive and like to analyze the political affairs. If it is publicized at this time and it is spread by people with a heart, will the reputation of the emperor still be needed
Such a simple truth, the partial emperor can't figure it out at this time. Or maybe the emperor understands everything, but just doesn't care
Qin Yining was very familiar with the streets of the capital. When he had nothing to do, he used to walk around with his maid.
But when the weather was cold and the snow was blowing, his body was covered in blood, and the cotton wool from the whip on his jacket fell out. He was half squatting and half standing in the prison car and walked through the streets of the capital, which was the first time for Qin Yining. once.
Every time the prison car passed an intersection and a street, the jailer ordered Qin Yining's "crime" to be loudly spoken, only to say that she was as cruel as a hungry wolf, and she killed the court official with her teeth, and the person who was going to die was an official or not? The reason for the bite is irrelevant.
There were Gyeonggi Guards watching from the left and right beside the prison car, looking for suspicious people among the crowd who stopped to observe, but the commoners didn't dare to talk loudly when they saw someone staring at them, they only dared to lower their voices to question.
"Prince Zhongshun's character is trustworthy, but why is his concubine such a person?"
"What do you know? When Prince Zhongshun was in disaster relief, the princess helped him a lot. Later, when the prince attacked the Tartars on the front line, the princess helped to collect food and grass."
"Bag you!"
"Hey, don't believe it, our family has relatives in Jingang, the princess lived in Jingang temporarily, and the prince has not yet given birth to a pair of twins! One is about to give birth, and at the same time is busy with military pay, how can such a woman be unreasonable. to kill?"
"Maybe there is a secret, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense, the princess was pulled out to parade the streets, it was decided by the high officials above, you don't want your head, can you go to the yamen to get a board?"
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No matter how the people talked or speculated, there were people who believed that Qin Yining would kill people, but they believed that she would torture and kill a person for no reason.
Regardless of whether they believe it or not, the guards in Gyeonggi can only act according to their will. The Holy Master asked them to observe whether anyone in the crowd is willing to rebel.
A gust of wind whistled past, and fell down like goose feathers of snowflakes. Originally, there was only a rustling of snow, but now it was a biting cold wind.
Qin Yining closed her eyes and could not help shrinking her neck coldly. Her chin immediately touched the cold wooden board of the prison car. She laughed at herself, moved her cold and stiff legs, and continued to close her eyes not to listen or to listen.
Under the snow, one after another, the line of sight was blocked, and most of the people were scattered. Only a few people followed the prison cart curiously, wanting to find out what happened.
And Tang Xiu was hiding in the crowd with ten Jinghu guards, and it was already splitting.
"Let's rush up and save the princess out!"
"How can someone as noble and noble as the princess suffer like this! The prince is still distressed when he finds out!"
"The faint-hearted gentleman who killed a thousand knives, can't get our lord, just arrest the princess to vent his anger, he is also a man!"
"Rush up and save the princess!"
The Jinghu guards were so excited that they wished they could rush up immediately.
Tang Xiu shook his head calmly: "No, we can't act rashly. Once we are caught, the prince will be implicated. We have to obey the prince's orders."
I didn't expect to hurry up and hurry up, but it was still a step slower. The road from the border to the capital was blocked by heavy snow. The weather was fine, but when we caught up with the blizzard, they couldn't tell the direction at all, so they came late. I didn't expect that this is what I saw in the capital. one scene.
They never imagined that Li Qitian would be so despicable that he would use a woman as a means!
"Let's ask what Prince Ming means first. When we need us, our brothers don't hesitate." Tang Xiu gritted his teeth.
"Brothers who have you been afraid of!"
Everyone was excited, and immediately thought of a way to send a letter to Pang Xiao.
As for Li Qitian, he was a little disappointed to learn that Qin Yining did not find any suspicious people when he was walking on the street.
"It looks like it will take a while." Li Qitian clicked his tongue twice, "If this woman doesn't work, I can only use other methods."
Xiong Jinshui stood by with his head lowered, and buried his face even lower when he heard the words.
The news that Princess Zhongshun tortured and murdered officials and was ordered by the sage to be dragged to the streets soon spread to everyone in the streets and alleys.
Qin Yining swam across the street and was put back in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Whenever Li Qitian remembered it, she was put in a prison cart and went around the city.
Whether this parade or not depends on the emperor's mood, and even if the New Year is coming, he still hasn't let her go.
It was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month when Pang Xiao got the news. Looking at the secret letter sent by Jinghuwei, his hands were trembling and he could barely hold the thin piece of paper.
Ji Zeyu put his arms around Pang Xiao's shoulders and shook him heavily, "Calm down. What he wants to do now is to lead you back. If the imperial edict fails to call you, he will use this rude method."
Pang Xiao's Adam's apple rolled, and it took a long time before he nodded, and said in a hoarse voice, "Yeah. I know."
When Ji Zeyu saw him bow his head, there seemed to be a little bright reflection in his phoenix eyes.
He couldn't help frowning, "Don't do this, now is the critical moment for the Tartars to confront us. Once we relax, we will most likely be killed. If we can, at least we can drive the Tartars back to their desert. Here, let them not commit crimes for hundreds of years, which is more important, you understand!"
"I understand." Pang Xiao gritted his teeth, "but I can't just watch Sister Yi suffer like this. And my children, who were snatched by the emperor, whose life and death are unknown."
Just seeing this news, Pang Xiao felt heartbroken, how scared should his sister Yi be
She is a kind-hearted woman, why would she use such an extreme method to kill a person
If she hadn't been driven to a dead end, how could she do this
"I have to go back and save her." Pang Xiao pursed his lips and paced back and forth.
Ji Zeyu pursed his lips, full of depression written on his face, helplessly akimbo looked at Pang Xiao pacing back and forth, spinning around like a headless fly.
Pang Xiao couldn't think of any clues, so he called Xu Weizhi and other advisers to discuss.
Here, Qin Yining ended another afternoon of parade. His legs were too sore, and he was dragged back to the prison by the jailer.
As soon as he was pushed into the cell, a jailer came with a wooden basin. Before Qin Yining could react, he poured his head on it.
"Quickly rush to the smell on her body, the stench is unbearable!"
In the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, people could freeze to death in the prison, and even a basin of cold water poured down her head, Qin Yining screamed, the blood that had already hardened and turned black, and the cold water rushed down her hair and face.
Before she could catch her breath, it was another basin of cold water.
The jailer burst out laughing: "Just thank the brothers! As the Chinese New Year is approaching, let's clean up the noble princess!"