Li Zhongtang frowned: "Even if the prime minister bears all the responsibilities, shouldn't he just let the rest of the people go?"
"Then what else do you want?" The emperor raised his eyebrows: "If all members of the Hua family will suffer, then the prime minister will not have to suffer the death penalty."
Prince Xi was a little surprised: "The emperor agrees to kill the prime minister?"
He thought the emperor would think of a way to struggle again, but he just resigned to his fate
"The matter has come to this point, and it is impossible for me not to agree." The emperor said lightly: "Concubine Hua's fault had nothing to do with the prime minister, but her blood was involved, causing the prime minister to die for her. I must find out who helped Concubine Hua escaped from the palace so that he could go down to accompany the Prime Minister's Spirit of Nine Springs!"
These words were a bit gloomy, and the courtiers below couldn't help shivering slightly. Prince Xi smiled and said: "This matter should be investigated, but now that the emperor has agreed, then it's time to discuss when to execute the prime minister?"
"Prime Minister Hua has contributed to the imperial court. Although he cannot be exonerated, he should be given some dignity." The emperor said: "When beheading, cover him with a wooden box to prevent his blood from splattering. This is my last favor to him. The punishment of beheading will be carried out tomorrow, do you have any comments?"
It was beyond everyone's expectation that the emperor could cut off the prime minister, so what else could they say? Yu Wenxi kept his head silent, and the rest of the people took advantage of the situation to compliment: "My emperor is kind."
He Changan frowned, glanced at the emperor a few times, but said nothing.
After the court, he followed to Zichen Hall and asked, "Has it reached the point of no return?"
The emperor pursed his lips: "Not necessarily."
"Then why is the execution tomorrow?" He Chang'an couldn't understand: "It's too fast, at least it would be good to let him live in the prison for a few more days."
After entering the apse, the emperor closed the door smoothly, looked sideways at him and said, "Compared with that prison cell, I want her to live in the sun more."
"How to live?" He Changan frowned: "What kind of tricks do you want to play with that wooden box?"
Swapping
"You'll know that when the time comes, now follow me out of the palace."
"Where are you going?"
"Tianxiang Pavilion."
He Chang'an: "..." When is this, is he still in the mood to go to that kind of place
Before he objected, the emperor had already gone to change clothes, this time without a cloak, and went out of the palace with him openly.
A lot of new girls came to Tianxiang Hall recently, Yu Wenjie didn't even look at them, and said directly: "Redemption for that girl named 'Hua Chun'."
The old bustard was dumbfounded, and wanted to ask, who is Hua Chun? However, after all, he is someone who is used to rolling around in Fengyuechang. He still has the ability to adapt to changing situations. He immediately called a girl in at random, and said with a smile, "Look, Lord, is it Miss Huachun?"
"Well, it's her." The emperor said: "I'm in a bad mood today, take me back to play."
These words scared the little girl half to death, she stood tremblingly in the room and dared not speak.
He Changan glanced at the emperor suspiciously: "Surname Hua?"
"Yeah." Yu Wenjie looked at him with deep eyes and said, "You and I sit for an hour, and then take her back."
What is this for? He Chang'an didn't realize it for a while, Hua Chun, Hua Chun, what does it have to do with Hua Jinghua
An hour later, the emperor brought "Hua Chun" back to the palace, and without letting anyone see his appearance, he sent it directly to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The harem was undoubtedly shaken again. The girl brought back from the brothel lived directly in the Hall of Mental Cultivation? That's the closest palace to Zichen Palace, and even a favorite concubine may not be able to live in it. A little civilian girl is still a prostitute, what can she do
So before Yu Wenjie could sit down and rest for a while, he was taken directly to the Empress Dowager's palace.
"The Ai family knows that the emperor has been worrying a lot recently." The queen mother sighed, "but you can't mess around."
"My son did not mess around." The emperor said: "When Hua Chun learns the rules of the palace, I will bring it to the Queen Mother to have a look, and the Queen Mother should understand."
Empress Dowager Ning frowned: "Ai's family is gone."
Women from that kind of place, don't they drop in price when they see it
"That's fine." The emperor said: "If the prime minister will be killed tomorrow, the queen mother must be in a bad mood, so let the younger brother accompany you to relax around. For the time being, I will leave the affairs of the harem to Concubine Hui."
Concubine Hui stood beside her, overjoyed when she heard the words, and hurriedly came out to salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Once the Hua family fell, Hua Xunyue's concubine Shu would not be able to stay for long. She was the only fourth concubine, and it was a great thing that she had to take power again this time. Now she doesn't care about who is in the Hall of Mental Cultivation at all, she has to seize the opportunity and consolidate her position!
The Queen Mother sighed and said nothing more. Thinking of Hua Jinghua, my heart is still sad, and I whispered: "If only he was really a woman..."
The emperor paused, his eyes rolled, and he smiled slightly.
When Tianlao received the news that the prime minister would be beheaded tomorrow, Hua Chun was happily eating chicken legs.
She was really starving to death, she didn't care at all when she died, anyway, the bones of her whole body seemed to be falling apart, and death might not be far away.
Yu Wenjie is really a beast of noble blood, tormenting her for a whole night is almost more uncomfortable than ten sets of her muscles and bones. But I really want to thank him, this way, she really has no regrets here.
Lie on the pillow and smiled, Hua Chun sighed. Life is complete, and self-introduction in hell must be full of confidence.
But, what a pity, when she finally dared to face her own feelings, she was about to say goodbye forever. People like Yu Wenjie, even if they die in the future, they will definitely be the ones who go through the VIP channel of Huangquan, and they will definitely not meet her.
I don't know why, but before last night, she still felt that she could leave in style, but after last night, she felt a little bit more reluctant. Not much, just a little bit like the tip of my little finger.
The chicken legs were tasteless, so she reached out and put them back on the table, lying on the bed and twisting her sore waist.
"My dear brother." Someone called her outside the door.
Hua Chun was startled, and when he looked up, he saw He Chang'an with a pale face.
"Second brother." She was curious: "Why are you here at this time?"
It's still daytime, and usually these people come to see her, aren't they all sneaky
He Chang'an didn't come in, but stood outside, with deep eyes and said: "Tomorrow, I will send you to the execution ground."
"Well, okay." Hua Chun nodded: "Then I will walk steadily."
Nodding his head, He Changan hesitated for a while, and said, "In case, I mean in case, if there is a chance to come with me, will you go?"
Hua Chun was taken aback.
go with him
"I didn't say anything yesterday, and I'm finally free today." He chuckled lightly, his expression looked relaxed, but his knuckles were turning white on the fence: "If there's a chance, I can take you out Yanjing, are you willing to wander the world with me?"
Wandering! Hua Chun's eyes widened: "Second brother, you don't even want the seat of Marquis?"
"What's the use of coming?" He Changan lowered his eyes: "It's extremely boring."
Taking a deep breath, Hua Chun shook his head: "Second brother, you are not in the right mood, you shouldn't be the one who said such impulsive words. Even if it was to save me, is it possible that you can even betray the emperor?"
He Changan was silent.
"Did something happen?" Hua Chun tried hard to stick his head out of the fence, looked at his side face and said, "You seem very unhappy."
He was indeed unhappy, but there was no way to say it. After thinking for a while, I slowly calmed down: "I was just joking."
"Scared me to death." Hua Chun said after taking a long breath, "This is a joke, although the emperor trusts you very much, but if someone listens to it and framed you, you will not be able to defend yourself."
"You don't have to worry about me." He Changan smiled: "I will pick you up tomorrow."
"Okay." Hua Chun nodded, then looked at him suspiciously.
To pick her up tomorrow, it's like picking up a date, she's obviously going to die, okay
But for some reason, when He Changan came this trip, she vaguely felt that things should have turned for the better.
Could it be that he planned to drop her bag and send her away
This possibility is very high. In many TV dramas, people are going to be beheaded, and they will be replaced by another person. At worst, they will cover their heads with a sack. Who knows who it is
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it was right. Hua Chun tidied herself up and began to catch up on sleep happily. Only after a good sleep will she have the strength to escape tomorrow!
"Are you ready?" In the middle of the night, the emperor asked Eunuch Qin.
Eunuch Qin nodded: "Everything is well arranged, just wait for the dawn to pick up Yuhou to pick up the prime minister... Your Majesty, would you like to sleep for a while?"
After tossing in the dungeon for a whole night, it was morning when he came back, and today was another busy day, the emperor's eyes were already bloodshot.
"I can't sleep." He said: "Go and watch the time, wait for the wind outside, and report back immediately if there is any movement."
"yes."
Frankly speaking, Eunuch Qin feels a little distressed. After all, he is the child he has watched grow up. He knows how bad his mood fluctuated these two days. Now he would rather sit all night and wait for Hua Jinghua to be safe.
I hope Prime Minister Hua will not disappoint His Majesty.
At dawn, there was movement at the prison door, and Hua Chun immediately opened his eyes.
A few guards in armor came in, holding a black sack in their hands.
"Please, Prime Minister."
Hua Chun nodded, put his head into the sack cooperatively, and then walked towards the gate of the prison.
He Changan waited at the door, his eyes were a little dazed, seeing someone coming out, he was about to go up to meet him, when suddenly another group of imperial guards came in, as well as a dozen people in official uniforms.
"Attack Yuhou." Li Zhongtang took the lead, bowed his hands and saluted when he saw him, and then said: "I have been an official in the same dynasty as the prime minister for several years. Today, the prime minister is going to the execution ground, and I will come here to see you off."
Hua Chun's heart skipped a beat, didn't he? They come to deliver, how to drop the bag, how to escape? This Li Zhongtang is also ruthless enough. He was desperate to protect her at the beginning, but now he is shameless when he makes trouble.
"My lords' kindness, I will take it for the Prime Minister." He Chang'an said indifferently: "But Hua Jinghua is now charged with a serious crime, so it is not appropriate to have such a big battle."
"It's fine if you don't send me off." Li Zhongtang smiled: "Please, Lord Hou, please tear off the sack from the prime minister's head, and let the prime minister go to the execution ground in a fair manner."
He Changan was silent.
Excited as if he was grasping something, General Meng went straight forward, passed layers of guards, and climbed into the prison car.
"General Meng!" He Changan shouted displeasedly.
It's all over, who still listens to him? General Meng stretched out his hand and tore off the sack from Hua Chun's head.
Everyone looked over one after another, and saw Hua Jinghua calmly said: "Thank you, General Meng, I feel like I'm in a panic."
It turned out to be me? Li Zhongtang was a little surprised, and the group of ministers behind him felt speechless for a moment.
"The matter of escorting the prime minister, the emperor entrusts this Marquis to handle it." He Chang'an rarely showed a serious expression on his face, looking at the group of people, he said: "If you continue to mess around, don't blame Ben Marquis and take care of you. "
Everyone took a step back, He Changan raised his hand, and the prison car started to go out.
Hua Chun hangs on the prison car with some frustration, feeling sorry for the missed opportunity to drop the package. Li Zhongtang and others have been following the prison car not far behind, so she has no chance of surviving, right
Closing her eyes resignedly, she heard the exclamation of people who got up early on both sides of the street. The further she walked, the more lively the street seemed to be. Gradually, the prison car began to be unable to move again.
"Clear the way!" Huo Zi rushed to the front and shouted, and the imperial guards divided into two rows and squeezed their way out of the crowd.
"Master Hou." A guard ran over and said, "Prince Xi will be beheaded today."
He had expected it early in the morning, and He Changan was not surprised. He brought Hua Chun to the execution ground and helped her down with his own hands.
There was no expression on Hua Chun's face, and he looked extraordinarily calm.
"Aren't you afraid?" He couldn't help asking in a low voice.
"I'm afraid." Hua Chun nodded: "That's why my legs are weak, second brother, please support me, I don't want to lose face."
Laughing softly, He Chang'an supported his arm and said: "The emperor's decree, there will be a wooden box to block you, and then you will be beheaded."
"Wooden box?" Hua Chun wondered, "The box is in the way, so how do I cut it?"
"Look over there." He Changan pointed to the execution ground.
Taking a quick look, Hua Chun saw a wooden box the size of a coffin, with a gap at the neck, and a tiger-headed guillotine on top.
It means that she lies down, and then the knife falls, and the head and body can be directly connected to the coffin for burial
"It's really creative." Hua Chun felt that his legs were getting weaker, and he almost lost his balance.
Prince Xi stood on the position of the supervisor, looked at He Changan and smiled: "Your Majesty is bothering you."
It's a pun, but it's a pity that He Chang'an didn't care about him at all, and directly helped Hua Chun lie down in the coffin where the head and body were separated.
"Prime Minister Hua shouldn't die!" The crowd gradually increased, shouting, "Prime Minister Hua is a good official, he shouldn't die!"
"The emperor spare your life! We are willing to plead for the prime minister!"
Tears welled up in Hua Chun's eyes, and she really wanted to reach out from the coffin to say hello to the general public, but He Chang'an put the lid on her directly.
It was suddenly dark all around, except for a ray of light on the neck, which was shining brightly.
"With the support of so many people, Prime Minister Hua should have no regrets about leaving." Prince Xi said in a very good mood: "Let's just wait for an auspicious time."