Chapter 491: Retribution in this World
After explaining the reason for his departure to Zhou Xianyu concisely, they all knew that the two of them were indeed not suitable for them to talk more at this kind of state banquet, even if they were separated.
But whether it is Xiao Jinxuan who left the seat from the side door, or Zhou Xianyu who returned from the new seat.
None of them noticed that on the other side of the banquet, Xiang Ping, who was sitting next to Empress Chen, had been staring at each other since Xiao Jinxuan stood up.
Because I can't let go of Xiao Jinxuan's failure to rescue Mo Linzhi in the first place.
Therefore, Xiangping is now always paying attention to the opponent's every move, hoping to find every opportunity to suppress and attack the opponent.
And just now, seeing Xiao Jinxuan first whispered a few words to Zhou Xianrui, and then got up and left the table.
Immediately after being stopped by her seventh brother, it was obvious that after telling each other some more things, this would be considered a complete departure.
felt that Xiao Jinxuan's actions were obviously not unwell, or that she was too strong to drink, so she left first.
Xiangping, who immediately wanted to find out what Xiao Jinxuan wanted, also found a reason to leave the table, in order to find an opportunity to follow the other party to find out.
As for Xiao Jinxuan, who naturally had no way of knowing what Xiang Ping was thinking, she had already walked into the prison with the token that Zhou Xianrui gave her to enter the prison unimpeded.
Under the guidance of the prison officer, Xiao Jinxuan took Wen Xin and walked in the cold and dark prison.
I could see all kinds of prisoners in the prison doors on both sides, who couldn't help but reach out and shout for help to her, or laugh wildly.
It's also a shame that Xiao Jinxuan has never been a coward, and if it were to be replaced by an ordinary woman, I am afraid that she would not have the courage to continue walking.
And when Xiao Jinxuan was led through the torture room of the prison, looking at the prisoners who were screaming miserably and being beaten, the scene was like hell in the underworld.
Just when the prison officer who led the way turned around and told Xiao Jinxuan that he could go through the torture room to the place where the felons were held, and Ji Lingfeng was there.
Before Xiao Jinxuan could reply, suddenly she only felt a panicked and hurried footsteps behind her, and then her right arm was grabbed the next moment.
Before she could see who was coming, Xiao Jinxuan was already grabbed by the other party's hand, and she couldn't help but snort in pain.
Immediately afterwards, I saw three or four female prison officers, who were holding Xiao Jinxuan's arm tightly, and a woman with a cloak and a disheveled face that could not be seen clearly, was beaten with a pure iron stick.
After the woman, whose hands were bound in chains and was obviously a felon, could not hold Xiao Jinxuan's arm and was beaten to the ground.
Seeing that the other party kept rolling around, Xiao Jinxuan felt very familiar with the loud cry of begging for mercy.
After she frowned and thought for a moment, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but snort in surprise, and immediately asked hesitantly:
"You are Bailiu, right, since the **** and Xue Hou were besieged on the Jinluan Palace, and later Zhou Xiantai died, you, the scapegoat who was also pushed out by Xue Hou, were escorted away. But I don't want to say goodbye for months, and when we meet, you are already what you are now. ”
Bai Liu, who was still dodging the stick attack on the ground, recognized herself as soon as she heard Xiao Jinxuan, and immediately she hurriedly cried and said:
"Good sister, tell these prison officers to stop. My sister has not only been severely tortured in the past few months, but she has also been bullied by them. For the sake of our friendship in the past, you can help me once. ”
Hearing Bai Liu's words, he knew that the other party, as Zhou Xiantai's side concubine, was publicly accused of responsibility by Empress Xue, so Xiao Jinxuan knew that Ling Chi's punishment today, this Bai Liu was probably inevitable.
Immediately, no matter how great the grudge is, it also pursues the death of people and extinguishes the lights. will not abuse and bully Xiao Jinxuan before ending people's lives.
couldn't help but immediately stop the beating of the female prison officers, and said:
"Look at you escorting this white willow out, she should be the one who was punished by Ling Chi today. When he heard that the torturer would suffer from a thousand slashes, he saw his flesh and blood being cut off piece by piece, but he did not die of breath. Therefore, you don't have to embarrass each other along the way, after all, the pain that this white willow has to suffer before she dies is so deep that she can already get the punishment she deserves. ”
Bai Liu, who had just dodged the sticks, was sitting on the ground rubbing the pain on his body.
But as soon as she heard the words Ling Chi's execution, she didn't know where she was going to be taken today, and she immediately couldn't help but immediately collapse and shouted:
"How could it be Ling Chi's execution, where are you people going to take me. I am the eldest lady of the Guogong Mansion, and our Bai family is the first family of the Great Zhou. My ancestor of the Bai family was a meritorious man who saved the Holy Ancestor Emperor, so no matter what our descendants of the Bai family did, they could avoid death. After all, we are the benefactors of the royal family, without the help of my Bai family ancestors, where would there be the current Zhou family. ”
Seeing Bai Liu's hoarse voice and the appearance of wanting to pounce, Xiao Jinxuan stood in place without any fear.
And when Wen Xin stopped Bai Liu to death, after the other party was embarrassed, he only saw Xiao Jinxuan coming to the other party in a few steps, and then said with a gentle smile:
"Your Bai family relies on the merits of your ancestors, and you have already been in the Great Zhou Dynasty for several generations of glory and wealth. If you Bai family disciples did kill people in public, they might not be severely responsible. However, the big crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country and attempting to rebel and force the palace is that Zhou Xiantai, as the prince of the royal family, cannot be spared death. After all, your Bai family is just a courtier of the Great Zhou, don't say that you Bai Liu will be executed by Ling Chi. It may not be clear that you have been locked up in the prison for the past few months, but now there is no Huaguo Mansion in Da Zhou. The people of your Bai family are now all imprisoned in the cells of the Criminal Department, and you can only wait for the evidence of the crime to be released. ”
Ignore Bai Liu's round eyes in disbelief and his rebellious cursing demeanor.
Xiao Jinxuan was actually extremely annoyed by this vicious woman who was behind the scenes, saying that Bai Hang would hand over Zhou Xianyu's marching map to Yeying.
And when this white willow went to the Guogong Mansion, if it wasn't for Princess Cheng'an's protection, she might have died in the hands of the other party.
Thinking that after Bai Liu became Zhou Xiantai's side concubine, she helped the other party do a lot of bad things, and immediately Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but whisper:
"Bailiu Today, you should know the truth that everything is being done and the sky is watching. How do you harm me and Xianyu, because we have different positions, it may not be wrong from your point of view. But you are so cold-blooded and ruthless that as soon as Mrs. Bai died, you killed your own mother to escape responsibility. Now that you are about to be punished by Ling Chi, the flesh and blood that your mother conceived for you in October will eventually be removed from you piece by piece. So you don't have to complain about what to rebel against, it's all your retribution. ”
Because Zhou Xiantai has now been convicted as the biggest first offender in the previous rebellion, according to the law, even if he is a royal prince, his wife and children and family members will still be executed.
Therefore, Bai Liu, as Zhou Xiantai's side concubine, has been involved in the rebellion case from beginning to end, so since she entered the prison, she actually has no chance to overturn the case.
Therefore, even if Bai Liu's identity in the past was indeed precious, but now in the eyes of the prison officer, she is simply a dead person.
In addition, even the prison officials hated the Bailiu rebellion very much, so today the other party was about to be executed by Ling Chi, and no one even told her.
Therefore, from Xiao Jinxuan, I knew that I was taken out of the cell today, and I was going to suffer the punishment of a thousand knives.
While Bai Liu was frightened, he naturally had to struggle.
Even she wanted to hit the wall next to her several times to beg for a happy death, but she was stopped by the female prison officers on both sides.
But after listening to Xiao Jinxuan's words, Bai Liu's crazy resistance couldn't help but stiffen.
Thinking of her biological mother, Mrs. Wu, when she used a broken sword to unravel her life, the other party looked at her with helpless sadness, surprise and even disbelief in her eyes.
Bai Liu didn't know how many midnight dreams he had, and he was frightened and woke up in horror because of the eyes of Mrs. Wu before death appeared in the dream.
Even if Bai Liu did comfort herself in her heart for a while, she regarded Mrs. Wu's death as being forced by Xiao Jinxuan, and she made a choice out of desperation.
But even if she regarded Xiao Jinxuan as an imaginary enemy, she felt that killing the other party was avenging Mrs. Wu, and she could be freed from the pain of killing her mother.
But no matter how Bai Liu refused to face the reality, in fact, deep down in her heart, she also knew that her biological mother's death had nothing to do with Xiao Jinxuan, and she caused it single-handedly in order to shirk her responsibility.
Therefore, I heard Xiao Jinxuan say that she was about to be executed by Ling Chi, which was basically a kind of retribution for cutting off her flesh and blood and atoning for Mrs. Wu's sins.
Immediately, I saw that Bai Liu was stunned for a while, and suddenly she couldn't help laughing lowly, and later she looked up to the sky and laughed, but tears couldn't stop flowing from the corners of her eyes.
"Retribution, this is the retribution of my white willow mother in this life. It's okay to die, if I die, I don't have to **** to suffer in my heart. God, mother, you can see clearly, I, Bailiu, will atone for your mother. I hope that when my daughter arrives in the underworld and meets you, you will still recognize me as an unfilial daughter, because my daughter really regrets it. ”
When Bai Liu's emotions gradually calmed down, she gave up resisting and was soon caught by the prison officer.
In order to prevent the execution time from being mistaken, Bai Liu was immediately dragged towards the entrance of the prison.
However, although Bai Liu was not struggling, she still turned her head and looked at Xiao Jinxuan behind her, and then said with a desolation and relief in her tone:
"Xiao Jinxuan, when the news of the death of the royal king came, and you were forced to marry Prince Rui. At that time, I thought that I was married to the prince and was higher than you, you were less fortunate than me after all, and I thought that the person who had the last laugh must also be my white willow. But now I'm losing, and I'm convinced. If God is willing to give me a chance, I want to live as authentically and calmly as you do. After all, I am really tired of trying to kill others every day. Jinxuan is as you said, everything I do now is retribution, I hope you take me as a warning and don't be blinded by power**. After all, being alive is always a kind of happiness, I have no chance, I hope you don't live up to your life. ”