Chapter 1 An Edict
The westernmost palace of the Imperial Palace is called the Cold Palace.
It was overgrown with weeds, dark, damp and cold, with bursts of rotten and pungent musty smell.
A group of eunuchs hurriedly poured into the cold palace, and everyone's faces unconsciously carried a little bad luck.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Concubine Ning, fornication with the king of Chu, filthy harem; Discuss the government in vain, cause chaos in the court, abolish the concubine position of the Ning family, take her to the noon gate, and carry out the punishment of Ling Chi——"
A shrill voice swept through the empty and deserted palace, and the eunuch standing in the center of the main hall slowly rolled up the bright yellow holy decree, showing contempt and disdain in his gestures.
And Ning Zhao, who was rebuked by this holy decree, was sitting upright on the main seat at this time, wearing a golden silk phoenix robe, a gorgeous phoenix crown on his head, and his pale plain face was still delicate and bright.
She looked at the bare plum branches not far from the palace gate, and the corners of her lips unconsciously hooked up a sarcastic arc.
The eyes that were once as bright as the stars have now become dull.
Today, the new emperor is crowned, but it is not her.
How ridiculous that is!
After she single-handedly sent him to this imperial throne, after she used all her power to help him stabilize the power of the emperor, he seemed to have changed as if he had changed a person.
Those affectionate funds all turned into ruthlessness, it was not enough to take away financial power, it was not enough to enter the cold palace, and it was not enough to ask for her life with an edict, and even the queen's throne that she had promised to give her before was also given to others.
The heart of an emperor, what an emperor's heart!
Seeing that Ning Zhao didn't react for a long time, the eunuch who announced the decree spoke again with a thin voice impatiently: "Ning, take the order!" ”
Ning Zhao's eyes narrowed, but he didn't look at him, just said, "I want to see the emperor." ”
Perhaps because she had been locked up in the cold palace for so long and had not spoken, her voice sounded hoarse and low, as if her voice was grinding and grinding in the sand.
"It's funny!" The eunuch sneered, "You are no longer the noble concubine who dominated the six palaces in the past, do you think the emperor is the one you want to see......
"Whew-"
A sneer interrupted the eunuch's cold words, and Ning Zhao slowly moved his gaze to the eunuch's face, his sharp eyes full of coldness.
Her words were like crying blood: "It's Murong Cheng that he doesn't dare to come to see me, right?" I'm afraid I'll call him ungrateful, wolf-hearted, I'll expose him in front of him—"
Ning Zhao paused, and suddenly laughed, "If it weren't for me Ning Zhao, he Murong Cheng would only be that waste prince who was like a lost dog and had a precarious life!" ”
"Presumptuous—you madwoman!"
The eunuch's face changed suddenly, his sleeve robe waved, and he scolded angrily, "Come on, this mad woman doesn't choose what to say, insults the saint, why don't you drag her down quickly and send her to the noon gate for execution!" ”
As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, the rest of the eunuchs guarding the palace gate poured into the palace one after another, locking Ning Zhao's hands and feet in heavy shackles, and dragging her arms out.
The phoenix crown on the head fell to the ground in the chaos, and several eastern pearls inlaid at the phoenix tail rolled down in all directions, embarrassed.
Ning Zhao did not resist.
Even though she was loaded into a prisoner van and paraded in the streets, she was still not half cowardly.
The onlookers didn't know the reason, but they only heard the messenger next to him loudly declare: The woman who was escorted to the parade did not abide by the women's way, hooked up with her husband's own brother, and tried in vain to meddle in the government and cause social turmoil. Fortunately, the emperor Shengming is going to put her to death as a typical example!
I don't know who threw a handful of rotten vegetable leaves at Ning Zhao, and even the rest of the people threw rotten eggs and pebbles at her, accompanied by one sentence after another of abuse-
"There is such a shameless woman in this world, as the emperor's concubine, she even secretly hooked up with the king of Chu, it is really innocent!"
"I also heard that she meddled in the politics of the court because she wanted to be a female emperor in a big rebellion!"
"Phew, a woman like her deserves it? Still a female emperor? Chicken Si Chen, shameless! ”
How beautiful Ning Zhao was in the past, how embarrassed she is today.
But she is Ning Zhao.
She is the arrogant and unyielding Ning Zhao.
Rao is being pointed at by Qianfu at this moment, she still straightens her back and looks straight ahead, her eyes contemptuous and arrogant.
The execution table had already been set up at the noon gate, and the prison officer was Ning Zhao's father, Ning Hong.
A power reshuffle, Ning Hong, who used to be a servant, has now sat on the position of the prince because of his daughter's power.
The guards at the execution ground dragged Ning Zhao out of the prisoner cart and brought her to Ning Hong, pressing her shoulders down, but they were surprised to find that she was motionless.
Ning Zhao's gaze calmly met Ning Hong's, even though he was now a prisoner of the stairs, Yu Wei was still there.
Ning Hong was a little cowardly stunned for a moment, but soon realized that this was not what it used to be.
A look of pain crossed his face, he raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, and pretended to sigh: "Alas, I didn't expect that a white-haired person would send a black-haired person today...... It's all because the official didn't teach you well, so that you did such a shameful ugly thing, in fact, my Ningfu family is unlucky, thanks to the emperor's sage, good and evil are clear, the official obeys the will of heaven, and the righteousness destroys relatives, from today on, you will be removed from the genealogy, and my Ning family does not have a daughter like you who does not abide by women's morals! ”