Chapter 33: I Will I Choose, Therefore I Am

The dim cell was cold and damp, the cold wind attacked through the hole, the iron door of the cell was locked, the cold chains were tightly intertwined, a few rays of moonlight shone in, on the dead grass, the petite figure sat against the wall, she stroked the wounds on her hands, and the morning dragon on her wrist, the cold light and lines on it were clearly visible.

Qianyu, how to be good? She silently asked herself in her heart,

Qianyu, are you guilty? She blamed herself silently in her heart.

A thousand words, that's a human life! She thought back to what Gongsun Yuting had said in her heart.

Oh, yes! Is that a human life, but not just a human life? It was a noble human life, one was a concubine, the other was a wounded concubine, she herself knew how noble they were, and she knew how insidious and vicious they were, but so what? I just want to protect my mother and brother.

Gongsun Qianyu, who committed the crime of murdering the princess, was imprisoned by the Criminal Law Department and tried on a later date to make it known to the world.

On that day, the father's decree echoed in her ears, Qianyu leaned against the wall, her ears were close to the wall, quietly listening to the movement outside, the night outside seemed to be very quiet, only the sound of the wind was quiet, she hugged her body and shrunk into a ball, but Gongsun Yuting's words were always endless, she held her head, and tears finally fell.

In the middle of the night, Qianyu fell asleep deeply, and when she was half-asleep, she heard a small sound outside, she sat up in fright, a pair of eyes searched in the dark, and her trembling body was clinging to the wall.

The voice was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that he had entered the prison, and Qianyu held his breath in fright, biting his lip with his teeth, and staring at the iron door.

"Click..."

A pair of slender and white hands used the key to open the chain that locked the iron door in the dimness, gently pushed the door and walked in, Qianyu slowly raised her head, a pair of cloth shoes appeared in front of her, and she saw Ouyang Yu's emaciated figure in the dimness.

"The Queen Mother..."

Qianyu called softly, his eyes were red again, and his trembling body swayed and stood up.

"A thousand words..."

Ouyang Yu, who was dressed in plain clothes, squatted down and hugged her, a small face buried deep in her arms, tears wetting her clothes.

"Queen Mother, is my father still angry with a thousand words?"

Qianyu lay on Ouyang Yu's chest, tears flowing.

Ouyang Yu choked and nodded helplessly.

"Qianyu, do you know what mistakes you made? You killed your father's concubine, or Fuyu and Yeqing's mother."

Ouyang Yu's voice was hoarse, and his eyes had already been washed away by tears, as if he had experienced life and death in just a few days.

"Yes, Qianyu knows, as long as his father is no longer angry, Qianyu is willing to do anything"

Qianyu lifted her tear-stained face and squeezed out a bitter smile.

"Master Qingyan and Master Su Taishou Su have mobilized 30,000 self-battalion troops to garrison outside Rong'an City, if your father does not give their family an explanation, there will be a battle" Ouyang Yu's lips trembled, and his eyes were closed with tears.

"Is my father so embarrassed? Qianyu is really unfilial, Qianyu knows the purpose of the queen mother's coming tonight, and Qianyu will never embarrass his father"

Qianyu left Ouyang Yu's arms, wiped away the tears on her face, her eyes flashed, and she looked at her with a sweet smile.

"A thousand words..."Ouyang Yu choked, carrying a bottle of poison in his arms.

"The queen mother came tonight to send Qianyu away with her own hands, and the queen mother didn't want her father to do it"

Qianyu was still smiling sweetly, and the tears on her face had dried.

"But, Queen Mother, Qianyu doesn't want to die", I want to stay with the Queen Mother all the time."

Qianyu looked up at the small window on the wall, and the moonlight sprinkled all over her face.

"Qianyu, the queen mother will always be with you" Ouyang Yu stroked her smiling little face.

"Qianyu doesn't want to die, and he doesn't want to embarrass his father, the queen mother is accompanied by her brother and father, Qianyu is relieved"

Closing his eyes, feeling the coldness of the moonlight, Qianyu covered his heart, the place that was still beating.

Ouyang Yu took out the bottle from her arms, her trembling hands and her crumbling body, the bottle she prepared had the weight of two people.

Ouyang Yu told himself in his heart that tonight is the last time, after tonight, Qianyu will turn into white bones and will no longer be his daughter, Gongsun Yuting has prepared a decree to abolish Qianyu's identity and remove her from the Gongsun clan, she is no longer her own daughter, she is no longer a member of the Gongsun clan, and after her death, she can only be discarded to a mass grave by the identity of Jing Suxin, a criminal slave, with no tombstone and no family.

Especially let her do this, before Gongsun Yuting's decree was announced, she killed her by herself, to protect her innocence, to protect her daughter's reputation, although she couldn't live with Gongsun Yuting, she had no other way.

Qianyu held Ouyang Yu's hand with both hands, wrapped it tightly, and then silently took the bottle of poison from her palm.

"Queen Mother, I want to wait until you're gone before drinking this poison, okay?"

The bottle in her hand was heavy, Qianyu frowned, she seemed to see through Ouyang Yu's thoughts, she said this, Ouyang Yu had to agree to her.

The night was very long, Ouyang Yu sat on the iron door with Qianyu in his arms, the moonlight was cold, Qianyu listened to Ouyang Yu talk about her past with Gongsun Yuting, listened to her talk about her youth, listened to listen, the sky was bright, listen to it, and woke up from the dream.

Before dawn, Ouyang Yu left the dungeon, she promised Qianyu to let her see Gongsun Yuting for the last time, and promised to let her give an explanation to the people of Chu for what she had done.

The morning wind, slightly cool, the morning light through the leaves, sprinkled on the ground, like a beautiful new clothes, the door of the dungeon of the Criminal Law Department of the palace slowly opened, the heavy iron door let out a lament, dressed in white prison clothes, wearing iron chains and shackles, and the thin body of a thousand words slowly walked out.

Qianyu blocked the dazzling sunlight with her hand, she hadn't seen the sun for a long time, and left the Criminal Law Department with the management of the Criminal Law Department, and a simple group of people escorted her to Yuchu Palace, and the black people in Yuchu Palace were all from Concubine Hui and Concubine Zhen's family, led by Fu Qingyan and Concubine Zhen's father, Master Su.

Qianyu step by step, slowly walked in front of everyone, the crowd consciously made a way, she saw Gongsun Yuting standing in the middle of the hall from a distance, she watched him slowly turn around, as if he was old all of a sudden, no longer handsome and extraordinary, no longer radiant, Qianyu walked in front of him and knelt down.

"This king has summoned you here today to give you an explanation for the death of Concubine Zhen and the injury of Concubine Hui."

Gongsun Yuting gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, her eyes were like torches, looking at Qianyu, she knelt on the ground and did not move, quietly listening to him.

On the top of the "King Wise" hall, the loud voices and the crowd that wanted to move were all putting pressure on Gongsun Yuting.

Qianyu watched quietly, listened quietly, and waited quietly.

"Gongsun Qianyu, the following offense, beheaded the princess, and the Criminal Law Department has put her to the law pending execution"

The Chief Administrator of the Criminal Law Department held a piece of paper in his hand, and the decision of the Criminal Law Department was read.

"The prisoner Gongsun Qianyu, now take off the title, in addition to the surname of Gongsun, give Jing Sin's name, and the name Su Xin"

Qianyu's kneeling body trembled, and a layer of sweat broke out in the palm of the hand holding the poison bottle.

"Jing Suxin, a criminal slave, murdered the princess, took human life, and the crime is unforgivable. Give... Dead"

Gongsun Yuting finished all his will in one breath, and the last few words were almost squeezed out of his teeth.

"Sin Slave Jing Clan's Decree" Qianyu said a few words lightly, bowed to the decree, and reached out to take the Zhao Decree in Gongsun Yuting's hand, Gongsun Yuting's hands trembled.

Qianyu held the edict in his hand, step by step, walked to the crowd, knelt down, kowtowed, and apologized.

"Jing Suxin today, give everyone an explanation with death"

Qianyu got up and declared loudly, his eyes swept over everyone, all of whom had a heart that was not good for his father.

"The faults of Concubine Hui and Concubine Zhen do not need to be pursued again"

She looked around the hall, and finally looked at Gongsun Yuting, she smiled, and passed a word to Gongsun Yuting in a voice that no one else could hear.

"Take care of my queen mother"

After Qianyu said this, she raised her head and poured the poison that had already been opened in her hand into her mouth, swallowed it all, let go of her hand, the bottle shattered, her soft body fell to the cold ground, and a large piece of black blood instantly gushed out from the corner of her mouth, slowly flowing to the floor, like a blooming flower.

Gongsun Yuting stood with a heartache, he knew that Ouyang Yu was behind that screen, Yan Feng, Chu Yun and Fuyu were also behind the pillar over there, Gongsun Yuting had explained that in order to calm the anger of the public, no one could come out.

After the Criminal Law Department confirmed the death, the outer priest arranged a place for Qianyu to go, in fact, everyone knows that there is only one place for the person who arrives at the outer priest to go, that is, the mass grave outside Rong'an City, Qianyu is given to die as a criminal slave, and the arrangement of the outer priest is no longer important.

In the Yuchu Palace, behind the splendid screen, Ouyang Yu shook his head in disbelief, took a few steps back, and grabbed the hand of Ji Jue, the central management director.

"Didn't you say the poison was fine? You tell me the poison will be fine! Ouyang Yu clung to Ji Jue's sleeve and shook it, and she cried against the wall.

"Mother, that's... Chaojiao tears" Ji Jue helped Ouyang Yu and said slowly.

It's too late, Qianyu has already died of poison, and it's all over.

Ouyang Yu muttered to himself, his eyes stumbling outside blankly, his steps were light, as if he was drunk.

Chu Yun asked Gongsun Yuting to send Qianyu to the mass grave by himself, and Gongsun Yuting asked him to send her on her last journey at his behest.

Chu Yun took Qianyu's body and rode all the way to the small forest on the outskirts, where there was a small house, which they had accidentally discovered, as long as they had time, they would go there to live for a day, and they lived freely in the mountains.

When Chu Yun arrived there, Yan Feng and Fuyu were both waiting for him there, and when they saw him coming, they hurried to his side.

Several people carefully carried Qianyu off the horse, put her on the bed, and stuffed various antidotes into her mouth, but it was useless, she couldn't eat it at all without signs of life, and Fuyu kept hugging her tightly, unwilling to admit that she was dead.