Chapter 157: The Tiger Falls to Pingyang
"Hey, it's lunch!"
A rough voice reached Jing Yuan's ears, and Jing Yuan raised his eyes a little embarrassed.
In the past few days, the palace has been busy, busy with the funeral of the former emperor, and maybe the enthronement of the new emperor, only Jing Yuan was locked up in this small and cold cold palace, plus it rained for days, Jing Yuan felt that his body was going to be moldy.
Sometimes when he wakes up at night, Jing Yuan will think that he has returned to the last days of his previous life, the unbearable past when he was also imprisoned.
The above has a resigned attitude towards this crown princess, and the people below naturally follow suit, and it is already good to be willing to send three meals a day to eat, so even though Jing Yuan is wronged, he has no complaints about these eunuchs who look down on people.
"Thank you."
Jing Yuan pursed his lips and looked at the window with some blank eyes.
When the little eunuch who walked out heard these two words, he was stunned for a moment, and the muscles on his face twitched unconsciously: "It is said that you are still the crown princess now, and the minions can't snub you like this, it's just ......"
"Hongu understands."
Without waiting for the little eunuch to finish speaking, Jing Yuan nodded clearly.
"Forehead ......"
The little eunuch thought for a moment, and seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't say it, so he had to sigh, and then turned away.
A bowl of white rice that had already cooled, with a few green vegetables lying on it, Jing Yuan pursed his lips and picked up his chopsticks.
I didn't eat a few bites, and suddenly there was another noise at the door.
"Oh, how can the princess eat such a thing? Tsk, it's so sad to watch......"
A proud voice reached Jing Yuan's ears, in fact, there was no need to raise his head, Jing Yuan also knew that the owner of this voice was not someone else, but Concubine Ye.
"What are you doing here?"
Jing Yuan lowered his eyes, but still did not put down the chopsticks in his hand.
However, Concubine Ye didn't answer Jing Yuan's words, she just looked around at the furnishings in the room, her eyes full of schadenfreude.
"Although it is a little wronged to let you eat such things and live in such a place, but the crown princess, why can't you think about it so much, and want to poison the emperor, ah no, the first emperor?"
Concubine Ye seemed to ask casually, but her words were as sharp as a knife, so that Jing Yuan had to answer this question.
"I didn't poison the emperor, I was wronged!"
During this time, Jing Yuan didn't know how many times he had said such words in his heart, but except for the first day, Jing Yuan didn't have the opportunity to say it to anyone else, because no one had come to interrogate Jing Yuan.
"Are you wronged? Ha! ”
Concubine Ye sneered as if she had heard some big joke, and looked at Jing Yuan like an idiot: "You are the crown princess, you are alone with the emperor, what kind of heart do you have?" Chu Jingyuan, even if the emperor was not poisoned by you, you have become the laughing stock of Daxuan, do you think anyone will sympathize with you? ”
"So you're here to see my joke today?"
Jing Yuan raised his eyes at this time, put the chopsticks on the table, and looked at Concubine Ye with an arrogant face in front of him.
"yes, I'm here to laugh at you."
Concubine Ye nodded, and said to Jing Yuan with a crazy look: "Chu Jingyuan, do you know how long I have been waiting for this day?" Obviously, I liked him first, but you want to get ahead of me! Back then, my dancing posture obviously dominated the world, but what kind of immortal do you want to show me the way, so that I will be laughed at by the world! ”
While talking, she seemed to recall those people and things in the past, and the hatred in Concubine Ye's heart deepened.
"Do you remember my royal brother? When he was dying, he was thinking about you, and he asked me to tell you something, but in my opinion, you are not worthy of his liking at all! Chu Jingyuan, why did you marry Daxuan, if you married my imperial brother back then, our Xiyue would not have ruined the country and the family, and my imperial brother would not have died......"
As she spoke, Concubine Ye burst into tears.
"I'm sorry for Ye Yun's matter."
Thinking of the smiling boy, Jing Yuan pursed his lips, and a feeling of pity also appeared in his heart.
"It's just that if it weren't for Xiyue's vain attempt to plunder more resources, Daxuan wouldn't have started a war with Xiyue, and our Li State wouldn't have intervened in it, so to put it mildly, the demise of Xiyue was still your own doing, how could you put this responsibility on my head?"
Jing Yuan tried to distinguish the events of the year from Concubine Ye, but how could Concubine Ye, who had fallen into a state of madness, admit that she should not graft her personal feelings to the hatred of the country and the family?
"Shut up!"
Concubine Ye's face was cold, and she shouted loudly: "It's all you slut, if it weren't for you, none of this would have happened in front of you!" I am still the noble princess of Xiyue, no, maybe I am already the crown princess of Daxuan, Chu Jingyuan, all this is your fault, it's all your fault! ”
"Even if you hate me, then why did you send someone to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!"
Seeing Concubine Ye's excited face, Jing Yuan's mind turned, and he deliberately pretended to be provoked, and asked loudly.
"I didn't want to hurt him, I just wanted your life all the time!"
After yelling at this, Concubine Ye suddenly stopped her mouth and looked at Jing Yuan with a frightened expression.
"It seems that I guessed correctly, and this matter is indeed your handiwork."
Jing Yuan hooked the corners of his mouth and gave Concubine Ye a meaningful smile.
"You talk nonsense, I don't, you talk nonsense!"
Concubine Ye shouted hoarsely again, and suddenly her pupils shrank, and her eyes looking at Jing Yuan were a little more fierce.
"You, what do you want to do?"
Jing Yuan was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously stepped back.
"You are talking nonsense and slandering me, I will never allow you to continue to live in the world!"
Concubine Ye lost her mind at this moment, and suddenly pounced forward, grabbed Jing Yuan's neck with both hands, and as soon as she exerted her strength, Jing Yuan felt that she couldn't breathe at all!
"Ahem, you let me go!"
Jing Yuan struggled with a painful face, and kept patting Concubine Ye's arm, but Concubine Ye was originally a person who practiced martial arts, so she naturally had much more strength than Jing Yuan, and at this moment, she was determined to put Jing Yuan to death, how could she let go of her so easily?
"Ahem......"
She closed her eyes in pain, and the suffocating sensation in her throat suddenly reminded her of the hatred and despair she felt at that moment before she died in her previous life.
Just when Jing Yuan shouted that the heavens should not be and the earth was not spiritual, suddenly a muffled snort came from his ears, and in the next breath, Jing Yuan's neck was released!
Ignoring what happened, Jing Yuan took a big breath of the hard-won air, and after a few breaths, he realized that it was not someone else standing in front of him, it was Murong Yichen, and Concubine Ye fell to the ground in embarrassment, her eyes full of horror.
"Get out."
Murong Yichen's face was cold and seemed to be able to drip water, and he didn't even look at Concubine Ye, and spit out such a word from his mouth.
Startled by this, Concubine Ye suddenly regained her senses, hurriedly got up from the ground, and ran away as if she was flying, for fear that if she ran one step late, she would be killed by Murong Yichen.
"Just ...... Thank you so much. ”
Jing Yuan pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and said lightly.
"Jing Yuan, you've been wronged these days......"
Murong Yichen took a step forward and gently took Jing Yuan's hand.
"I can't talk about the grievances, it's just that I don't want to bear the notoriety of killing the king and killing the father, Murong Yichen, someone must make trouble in this matter, you must give me justice!"
Jing Yuan raised his head and looked at Murong Yichen with a sincere expression.
"If you tell me in detail about that day, I, and I, will be able to tell you a few words in front of the ministers......"
Murong Yichen lowered his voice, and a flash of guilt flashed in his eyes.
Jing Yuan didn't ignore this guilt.
"So, you still don't believe me, do you?"
Jing Yuan gradually suppressed the expression on his face and asked this sentence, as if to say that the weather was not good today.
"It's not that I don't believe you, but I need a reason, a reason that can convince the great Xuan, the civil and military officials! Jingyuan, you know what? ”
Murong Yichen held Jing Yuan's shoulders with both hands, and a touch of pain flashed in his eyes.
"There are always people who have to bear this responsibility for the death of the emperor, you have been saying that it was the queen mother who announced that you went to Kunning Palace, but the queen mother did not admit it at all, and the queen mother had no reason to kill the emperor......"
Speaking of this, Murong Yichen closed his eyes in some pain, took a deep breath, and then slowly spit it out.
"So in your opinion, I, a foreign princess, is most likely to kill your father, right?"
Jing Yuan looked at Murong Yichen with a smile: "So even you think the same way, right?" Do you think that the reason why I chose to marry you in the first place was to wait for this day so that I could kill your emperor of Daxuan? ”
"So in your eyes, I, Chu Jingyuan, am such an idiot?!"
The last sentence, Jing Yuan almost screamed.
Everyone in the world can not believe me, but you can't!
If it is said that all the grievances suffered before, Jing Yuan can bear it, but at this moment, all the negative emotions are like a river bursting the embankment, surging towards Jing Yuan at once.
"Jing Yuan, calm down!"
Looking at the sadness in Jing Yuan's eyes, Murong Yichen only felt a pain in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Jing Yuan.
"I don't disbelieve you, you are my wife, you are the one who will join hands with me for the rest of my life, how can I not believe you? Jing Yuan, you believe me, I will definitely find out the truth of this matter and give you justice, you wait for me, give me a few more days, okay? ”
While softly comforting, he increased the strength of his hand and hugged Jing Yuan vigorously, as if Jing Yuan would leave as soon as he let go......
Jing Yuan's tears were like beads with broken threads, fluttering and falling straight down, and his body was trembling slightly, but he couldn't say a word.
Murong Yichen, can I trust you? Can I still trust you......