Chapter 40: Execution
When the courtiers heard that King Rui dared to directly arrest the imperial concubine and put him in prison, they were both surprised and delighted. At the beginning, the cabinet was so strong that it failed to bring her down, but the first assistant Zhu Ge took a gloomy position, and Xu Hua's family was ruined.
Zhou Xiangfu, everyone once again discussed and left.
Zhou Suizhi got up, pressed his eyebrows, and walked to the main house in the backyard. The colleagues who have visited in the past few days are all asking for his opinion, thinking about how to trample Tang Feng to death, he has to make false grievances with them, and he can't add fuel to the fire in Tang Feng's case, which is really a dilemma.
In the main house of the main courtyard, Xu Er was lying on the bed and couldn't move. Rescuing the little emperor that night, she was wounded by an arrow in the shoulder, if Haitang hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid it would have been their Zhou family who was in prison today.
Xu Er was a little gloomy, her original intention was to rescue the little emperor so that she could fight against King Rui and stir up the government, so as to find an opportunity to bring Tang Feng back to southern Xinjiang. didn't expect it to be self-defeating, but it made Tang Feng a bull's-eye, and everyone was punished for a while.
Zhou Suizhi entered the house, saw his wife lying on the bed crying, sighed slightly, walked over and held her hand and said, "Have you changed the dressing?" ”
Xu Er's head was tilted, wiped a handful of tears, and said in a dumb voice, "Changed." ”
Zhou Suizhi knew that she was blaming herself. He didn't actually agree with her going that night, but she insisted that the opportunity was rare and she must take someone with her. There is no way, he can only arrange manpower for her, and strive to have a better chance of winning, but he didn't think about it, this is a game of King Rui in itself.
"You and I are husband and wife, why don't you dare to cry in front of me now?" Zhou Suizhi straightened her head and made her look directly into her eyes, "I know you're sad, but there are more urgent things to do at this time than being sad." ”
"I hurt her, and if she really can't escape this time, I don't want to live anymore." Xu Er stretched out his hand and tugged at his sleeve and cried.
Zhou Suizhi sighed, "It's been so many years, isn't the weight of me and the child enough to be worth the princess?" She really made him sad when she said this, he could help her fulfill her wish, no matter how difficult it was, but he would never allow her to be self-inferior.
Xu Er knew that he had annoyed him, and cried even more, "So, I'm really sad...... I've always wanted to do something for her, but this time I actually handed the weapon that hurt her directly into the hands of King Rui, and King Rui will definitely not let her go. ”
"Well, he won't."
"What to do? What should I do......" She cried so much that her eyes were red, and her whole body trembled like autumn had been separated from the leaves of a tree.
Zhou Suizhi clenched her hand and said, "King Rui now wants to put her to death and behead her on the street, so as to win the support of the people." "I have to say that when you beat a snake and hit seven inches, King Rui understands the psychology of everyone very well. In this way, it not only diverted the contradiction of his claim to be the emperor, but also set up a common target for everyone, and everyone's thoughts would not be placed on him for a while.
"How are we going to save her?" Xu Er looked at her husband expectantly, he has always been unparalleled in intelligence, and she trusts him.
Zhou Suizhi said: "I'm afraid I can't easily save it this time." Begonias are in the hands of King Rui, this is ironclad evidence. Besides, in the past, Niangniang did a lot of criticism, this time everyone worked together, and she was afraid that she would not escape death. ”
Xu Er was very excited when he heard this, and he struggled to sit up.
"Slow down!" Zhou Suizhi was dizzy, and quickly pressed the person to lie down, and said sharply, "Can you think about it for me?" Even if you don't value your body, you should think about me and my children! ”
He is rarely angry, and he is very powerful. Xu Er bit his lip and didn't dare to refute, only looked at him with a pair of pleading eyes.
"Listen to me." He glared at her, "Although it is difficult to save, I didn't say that I couldn't save it." I can't make an article at this level of the case, so I can only rob it. ”
"Prison robbery?"
"I'm afraid it's unrealistic to rob the prison, in order to prevent her from escaping, King Rui has already surrounded the three layers inside and outside the prison, and there is no possibility of robbing the prison."
Since he was not in prison, Xu Er followed his thoughts and thought for a while, and knew that what he said should be robbing people on the execution ground.
"You can contact the people of the King of the Southwest." Xu Er's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Zhou Suizhi's hand, "I remember that the princess once said that the King of the Southwest sent someone to protect her. If you want to rob the execution ground, you can borrow the power of the king of the southwest. ”
"The King of the Southwest...... He is a person who can compete with King Rui, but he is not in the capital now, are his subordinates willing to listen to us? Zhou Suizhi asked.
Xu Er was a little sure and nodded, "Since he can send someone to protect the princess secretly, he has a heart for her, and it is worth a try." ”
"Okay, I'll go tell you."
"And ......," Xu Er said in a hesitant manner, "I raised a group of Southern Xinjiang sergeants behind your back, and I think it will come in handy this time." ”
Zhou Suizhi's "......"
"Are you angry?" Xu Er looked at him cautiously.
"Hmm." He replied heavily.
Xu Er scratched his palm and said, "Although I have already implicated you, I still don't want to implicate you too deeply...... Sorry, never again. ”
Zhou Suizhi looked at her silently, and the air pressure was so low that Xu Er wanted to hide under the covers.
"Don't take it as an example." After a while, he finally spoke.
Xu Er pointed to the sky and swore that "I will never hide anything from you in the future!" ”
After the gossip, Zhou Suizhi stepped out of the main house, with a faint smile on his face. He didn't know about these small actions she was doing behind her back, but it didn't hurt, so he let her go. pretended not to know, one is to respect her, and the other is to wait to see when she will support him.
And after he left, Xu Er, who was lying on the bed, breathed a deep sigh of relief, and finally told the secret, and no longer had to bear this sense of guilt.
When Zhou Suizhi sent someone to find Lei Dui, the latter was also bothered by this matter. When the prince was leaving, he told him to protect his mother, but when he turned his head, he "protected" people in prison, and Lei Du was also very frustrated and anxious. This matter is very involved, he wrote a letter and sent it to the west quickly, but he also knew that the mountains were high and the road was far away, and when the prince got the letter, I was afraid that Niangniang had already died under the scheme of King Rui. Therefore, when Zhou Suizhi sent someone to find him, he only thought about it and agreed.
"The prince said that he would protect his mother at all costs, so I will think that this is 'all costs'." Robbing the law field is to commit chaos, and the price is indeed greater, but Lei Du doesn't dare not do it, otherwise how can he explain to the prince?
Ten years later, the results of the triage of the three divisions came out, and the decision was made.
King Rui forced the little emperor to make an order, but the latter rebelled against his decision for the first time.
"She has the edict of the first emperor to avoid death, and if you let me issue an order to kill him, you are putting me in a place of disloyalty and unfilial piety." The little emperor said angrily.
King Rui said in surprise: "The first emperor left her an edict? ”
"What, is there anything that the prince doesn't know?" The little emperor raised his eyebrows and sneered, looking at him mockingly.
The corners of King Rui's mouth pulled down, and he looked at him expressionlessly, "Your Majesty has misunderstood the situation, now I asked you to issue an edict, not to discuss with you." Are you sure you can give up your life for her? Don't forget, the antidote to the Lock Heart Pill is still with me. ”
Shameless! The little emperor was so angry that there was smoke on the top of his head, and he didn't have anything to do with him. That night, Tang Feng obviously sent someone to save him, but he was twisted into a murderer, and he was charged with committing rebellion, and now he wants him to order to kill her, how can he bear it?
"Your Majesty has a quarter of an hour to consider whether to live by yourself or let her die with you." Rui Wang sneered.
The little emperor sat there, and the light all over his body dimmed. If he was so high-spirited when he first ascended the throne, how depressed he is now. In the past, he really wanted Tang Feng to die, but since King Rui forced the palace, he gradually felt that their interests were the same, and he couldn't join forces to deal with King Rui. This time she sent someone to save him, which was really unexpected by him. But now, if he doesn't give an order according to King Rui's will, Tang Feng will still die, and so will himself.
Smart people know how to choose.
After a while, the little emperor said, "Get a pen and paper." "In the end, he still wants to live, and only by living can he have other plans.
King Rui gave him a fluttering look, as if he expected him to do so.
Inevitably, there were many dreams at night, and the day of the execution was set for three days later.
King Rui departed contentedly with the holy decree, and behind him, the little emperor bent down and wept silently. He probably felt sorry for Tang Feng for saving him.
In prison, Tang Feng had a bad time. There were many people who interrogated her, and the questions asked were strange, and she finally survived the interrogation, but the dampness in the prison made her rash all over her body, and she couldn't sleep well at night.
Think of how she had ever suffered like this. Although the burden has been heavier in my heart over the years, I have always been superior in terms of external conditions. Now that he has become a prisoner, he knows that his previous days are really wasted, and he shouldn't be so picky.
Begonia's injury is also healing, it was really scary a few days ago, fortunately, Tang Feng bought the jailer and invited a doctor, otherwise half of his life would be lost in such an environment.
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