Chapter 125: Ling Chi's capital punishment
Chinese When Lou Yue burst out and Princess An was also framed by Queen Lou and died, except for Su Liuying, everyone else was shocked and couldn't believe it!
But tonight in the main hall of this Yongkun Palace, too many unbelievable things have happened, so with this one more, everyone is no longer surprised after a moment of shock!
At this time, instead of retreating, Queen Lou became more and more rampant, clamoring for Lou Yue to come up with evidence.
Seeing that she still has no trace of guilt and remorse, Lou Yue will certainly get her wish. With a cold wave of his hand, Lou Yue asked Nanshan, who was guarding outside, to bring in the people who were waiting outside the Yongkun Palace.
As expected, the person who came in was Concubine Chen's brother, Chen Nian! The moment she saw the old age, Queen Lou, who had been clamoring for evidence, was completely shocked on the spot if she was struck by lightning!
Since so many things happened tonight, even if Princess Linglan took out the old handwritten letter, Queen Lou still dared to shout so justifiably, precisely because of the news she received before, Chen Nian had already been secretly killed by her people when she fled, and she was no longer in this world at all.
Therefore, she decided that the letter was written by Su Liuying and Princess Suzulan in order to deal with herself, and she found someone who knew how to write it, so she didn't pay attention to it at all.
But now, the person who was already dead appeared alive in front of her, which was not just as simple as scaring her guts!
I haven't seen him for more than half a year, Chen Nian has already been old and haggard a lot, in such a long fugitive career, plus all the relatives around him were brutally killed by Queen Lou, and Chen Nian, who is burdened with a sea of blood and hatred, how can he not be old?
He staggered forward and knelt in front of Emperor Huicheng, and before the words came out, his voice was already sad-
"Your Majesty, Weichen is a big injustice, please ask the emperor to avenge the lives of Weichen and the fifteen members of the Chen family!" Chen Nian used to be a member of the Ministry of Rites, although he was not well-known, he showed his face in front of Emperor Huicheng in several ceremonies, so Emperor Huicheng recognized him at a glance.
Looking at the appearance of Chen Nian, Queen Lou was completely speechless, and sat dumbfounded with a dead face, her sharp armor pierced deeply into the armrest of the chair, and her eyes were bloodshot and looked at the enemies in the first hall.
Emperor Huicheng asked at that old man
"You wrote the letter in the fifth princess's hand?" Chen Nian lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Queen Lou, he was afraid that as soon as he saw her, he couldn't help but step forward to fight with her and ask her for the lives of his fifteen family members.
He said in a trembling voice
It was written by Wechen. And every sentence and everything above is true, and there is no trace of deception! "By now, Emperor Huicheng had already believed everything Su Liuying and Lou Yue said, and now, it was just to ask for the evidence of the crime in order to punish the evil woman.
His eyes were cold, and Emperor Huicheng's voice was so cold that there was no trace of temperature, and he said coldly word by word
"Okay, in that case, you can start from the beginning with the tragic changes that happened to your family and confront Lou Yun face to face!" Hearing this, not only Queen Lou's whole body trembled, but Princess Rongqing and the crown prince were even more shocked.
Emperor Huicheng did not call Queen Lou as the queen again, but changed her name and called her name directly, and the ending of Queen Lou is already conceivable.
Chen Nian wiped away the tears on his face and told the story of the Chen family's tragic framing-
"In the middle of winter last year, the man in black suddenly broke into Weichen's house in the middle of the night, holding Weichen and his wife and children from leaving the capital, and before leaving, the man in black chopped off the tail finger of the left hand of each of Weichen and his family......" Chen Nian said as he raised his left hand for everyone to see.
Sure enough, the tail finger of his left hand was cut off at the root, and it was covered with an ugly scar.
"They sent a total of sixteen tail fingers of Weichen and his family to their sister Concubine Chen, and threatened her to bear the charge of Concubine Ning's miscarriage......"
"I thought that after my sister became the scapegoat of Queen Lou as they wished, they would let go of the sixteen members of our Chen family, but I didn't expect that after the news of my sister's tragic death in the cold palace came, it would also be our end ......"
"Elderly parents, young sons and children were brutally murdered and dumped in the wilderness. And Weichen, his brother and wife were sent to the black mine kiln of the Lou family, becoming the lowest slaves, digging kilns day and night...... "Recalling the tragic poisoning of the Chen family, Chen Nian's tears gushed out again, and fell to the ground hot.
The dry hands were clenched into fists, and the rickety body trembled uncontrollably. Who said that men don't flick when they have tears, it's just that they haven't let you encounter heart-wrenching pain......
"Within a few months of entering the official kiln, my brother died of exhaustion, and Weichen's wife and other female dependents were also tortured and humiliated to death by those beasts, leaving only Weichen alive...... Weichen desperately survived, only looking forward to one day being able to escape from the black kiln and return to the capital, to avenge the tragedy of my Chen family's destruction, and to seek justice for the relatives who died in vain for no reason! ”
"Huangtian finally opened his eyes, but in the end, it was Lou Shizi who risked his life to rescue Wechen, escorted Wechen back to the capital all the way, and gave Wechen a chance to face the saint, so that Weichen's grievances could be seen one day!" In the end, Chen Nian knocked his forehead down and exclaimed sadly
"Please Your Majesty, uphold justice for Weichen's family and Concubine Chen, who died unjustly!" It turned out that since she promised Su Liuying to give her a result, Lou Yue had already begun to investigate Queen Lou's cruelty to Concubine Qiong nineteen years ago.
But the time between the events of that year was too long, coupled with Queen Lou's ruthless methods back then, although Lou Yue found out the truth of the year, he was suffering from no witnesses and evidence to prove, and Lou Yue had to start with the latest incident.
Qinghui, the most critical figure in Concubine Ning's miscarriage case, has been eliminated, and the assassin who assassinated Concubine Ning that day has also been killed, so in the case of Concubine Ning's miscarriage, Queen Lou also did a clean job and left no evidence.
In this way, the only way to start is with the death of Concubine Chen. In the process of sorting out the whole thing, Lou Yue discovered the Chen family who was rumored to be 'afraid of sneaking away', even after Concubine Chen, the emperor made her clear of her grievances and posthumously called her Concubine Chen, but he didn't find that the Chen family appeared in the capital again.
This is unusual. It stands to reason that after getting the news, the Chen family does not need to flee anymore and will return to the capital, but the fact that they do not show up now further confirms his and Su Liuying's previous speculation - the Chen family did not escape, but was coerced.
From then on, Lou Yue sent his most trusted shadow guard to personally look for the Chen family's people, but in the end, he found Chen Nian in a black kiln.
And this black kiln was actually set up by the Lou family to hide from the imperial court! In this way, it is confirmed that Concubine Ning's miscarriage and Concubine Chen's death were both done by Queen Lou.
Lou Yue knew that Chen Nian was the only evidence that testified to Queen Lou, so when he returned to Beijing, he went into the black kiln of the Lou family alone to rescue Chen Nian!
Because he was afraid that the thugs of the Lou family would recognize him, Lou Yue even hid his skills on his face, and also blocked the fatal knife for Chen Nian, and almost died in the black kiln...... Chen Nian's words shocked everyone, and made Su Liuying even more sad.
It wasn't until this moment that Su Liuying knew that Lou Yue was carrying himself behind his back, and he had quietly done so many things in private for the sake of a promise to himself, and the deep knife wound on his back was actually left in order to keep the last powerful evidence against Queen Lou...... At this time, he was standing in front of her, looking at his back from behind, thinking about the deep knife mark on his body, imagining the crisis when he broke into the black kiln alone that day, even if he was standing in front of her now, Su Liuying's heart was still terrified, and she felt infinite guilt.
That day, he ran to the post house to find him, but he was so angry that he fainted outside the courtyard, thinking of the blood on the wall, her heart hurt again, and she was even more moved by his dedication to herself.
From the beginning of entering the hall, Lou Yue has been standing next to Su Liuying. His body stood half a step in front of her, seemingly unintentional, but he was afraid that Queen Lou's dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, or that a sudden change would hurt her, so he was ready to protect her behind him at any time.
seemed to feel that her burning eyes were looking at herself, Lou Yue looked back at her with a faint smile, and after seeing her paleness, she was worried that she was uneasy, so she quietly reached out from under her sleeve and held her hand tightly, so as to make her feel at ease...... The small actions of the two fell into the eyes of Li Xiu on the opposite side, looking at the hands that the two quietly held together, Li Xiu's heart was sour, but more angry.
He looked at Lou Yue opposite with fixed eyes, and his heart was extremely sour and uncomfortable - he had always thought that he loved Su Liuying more than Lou Yue, but today he saw Lou Yue openly turning against his aunt and the Lou family for Su Liuying, which really caught him by surprise.
Ask yourself, even if he were him, he couldn't even want his closest family members for a woman - even if his family was extremely evil!
While being surprised in his heart, he also had a trace of injustice, he didn't like to see Lou Yue's desperate appearance for Su Liuying, he didn't want to admit that Lou Yue's love for Su Liuying surpassed his deep affection...... Later, he heard Lou Yue say that his biological mother, Princess An, was actually killed by Queen Lou, but Li Xiu's heart was much more balanced, he thought, everything Lou Yue did was not for Su Liuying, it was all his own hatred for Queen Lou.
This discovery made Li Xiu's heart feel much more comfortable and balanced, but it also gave rise to many doubts - if there is a reason for Queen Lou to kill other people, why didn't she even let Lou Yue's biological mother and her own sister-in-law, Princess An, go?
And Lou Yue's complete confrontation with Queen Lou today does not seem to be just because Queen Lou killed Princess An, but the deep hatred for Queen Lou in his eyes made Li Xiu unable to see a trace of family affection...... Suddenly, something strange flashed in Li Xiu's heart, and he suddenly thought of the way Queen Lou gritted her teeth when she scolded Lou Yue for 'wild seeds' before, it seemed that she also had no family affection for Lou Yue, only hatred.
What answer is there in his heart, but at this time, Li Xiu didn't care about Queen Lou's case, because he knew that after Chen Nian's appearance and his confession, Queen Lou had almost no chance to turn over.
What he cares about is the secret and hatred hidden between Queen Lou and Lou Yue...... At this point, the appearance of Chen Nian completely determined the crime of Queen Lou, whether it was the child in Concubine Ning's belly or Concubine Chen in the cold palace, they all died at her hands.
Emperor Huicheng's face was as silent as water, thinking that the queen he had been with for several years was such a poisonous woman with a heart like a snake and scorpion, and Emperor Huicheng's heart was not comfortable.
And the hatred and disappointment of Queen Lou made Emperor Huicheng miss the previous Concubine Qiong. And when he thought that Concubine Qiong was killed by her, Emperor Huicheng couldn't wait to kill Queen Lou immediately.
stepped forward, Emperor Huicheng raised his leg and kicked Queen Lou to the ground with a chair, stepped on Queen Lou's face, and said hatefully
"Tell me honestly, did you do the person who sent someone to assassinate Concubine Qiong? Did you let you shoot the seventeen arrows that she had? If you dare to lie and deceive me again, I will not only destroy your Lou family, but also make you unable to survive or die! When Concubine Qiong was just killed, Su Liuying bluntly told Emperor Huicheng that the queen was the murderer of her mother, and asked Emperor Huicheng to uphold justice.
But at that time, the border war between Beixian and Dayong was chaotic, and the imperial court was the time to employ people, but Lou Yue was the only candidate for the commander, so even if Emperor Huicheng believed Su Liuying's words in his heart, he silently remembered it in his heart, but he did not deal with Queen Lou!
And now that the war in Beixian has been calmed, Emperor Huicheng has no worries, and the evidence is conclusive, how can Emperor Huicheng let Queen Lou go again!
? Queen Lou was like a fish in a net on the verge of death, her head was trampled under the feet of Emperor Huicheng, and her body was struggling on the ground, such a shame was something that Queen Lou never dreamed of.
And her face at this time was facing Lou Yue and Su Liuying, thinking that everything she was suffering now was done by the two of them, and the hatred in her heart came flooding back, and her brain remembered the nightmare she had a long time ago - she dreamed that she was defeated by Su Liuying, and Lou Yue also betrayed her, and together with that slut, destroyed everything about her.
Not only herself, but her most cherished daughter Rong Qing and her son Yin Ming, the crown prince she cared about the most, were pulled down from the platform by her, losing everything they cared about the most...... The horror in the dream is so consistent with reality, when Queen Lou thinks of Rongqing and the crown prince, the fearlessness in her heart is wiped out again, replaced by horror and fear deep to the bone marrow...... When the crown prince and Princess Rongqing saw their mother being humiliated in public like this, they couldn't help but want to step forward and beg for mercy for Queen Lou, but they were frightened by Emperor Huicheng's cold eyes and retreated silently.
After Empress Conglou was kicked to the ground by Emperor Huicheng, Yingluo also collapsed to the ground. Seeing the painful and unbearable appearance of Queen Lou, Yingluo rushed forward to save Queen Lou at the feet of Emperor Huicheng, and cried out in a broken heart
"Your Majesty, she is the queen of Dayong, you can't do this to her...... Everything, everything was done by slaves. Concubine Qiong was killed by a slave, Concubine Ning's child was also the hand of the slave and maid to let Qinghui, and Concubine Chen was also a slave who threatened the lives of the Chen family and the five princesses...... Everything is done by slaves, it's not about the mother's business...... "Yingluo is dedicated to protecting the master, and she knows that if Queen Lou is convicted, she will not die well.
In this case, it is better to take all the blame on yourself. But now, who will believe these pale and feeble lies!
? The angry Emperor Huicheng withdrew the foot of Queen Lou who was stepping on, but turned around and kicked towards Yingluo, kicked Yingluo in the chest, and directly kicked her out, and her body slammed into the palace door and fell to the ground.
"Diao Nu, Knowles has committed so many heart-wrenching evil things, and your 'credit' must be indispensable. I didn't come to you to settle the score, but you came to the door on your own! The kick hit the chest with blood spurting out of her mouth, and she curled up in the doorway like a ball of defeat, her eyes gray and silent.
Emperor Huicheng said sharply
"Put this on death row and put Ling Chi to death!" Hearing Emperor Huicheng's execution of Yingluo, Queen Lou's whole body trembled violently, and her eyes were dead silent.
In the next moment, she finally gritted her teeth and got up from the ground, watching Yingluo being dragged down by the guards like a group of defeats, thinking about the torture that Emperor Huicheng executed her, sorrow appeared in her eyes in the dead silence, and tears finally fell in her cold eyes - Yingluo was her loyal servant, more like a sister for many years, who had been by her side, but now she was sentenced to death by Ling Chi, as her master, she could only watch her being dragged away, but there was no way at all.
And after the execution of Yingluo, who will be the next turn, is it his turn? When Yingluo was dragged down, she shouted all the way, let Emperor Huicheng spare the queen, and the poignant voice was so eye-catching in the harem in the middle of the night, which alarmed the people in the first palace.
After Yingluo was put on death row, the main hall of Yongkun Palace fell into dead silence again, the expressions on everyone's faces were solemn and cold, and Emperor Huicheng's face showed a trace of exhaustion, and he stroked his forehead in pain.
The entire hall was so silent that the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard. Everyone was nervously listening to Emperor Huicheng's verdict on the sinful Empress Lou.
At this time, Rong Qing finally knew that it was impossible for her to protect herself if she wanted to protect herself. And the prince also knows that as long as the queen mother is caught, his own seal ceremony will also be in vain three days later, and even his position as the crown prince is in jeopardy...... In the end, the tacit sister and brother grabbed Emperor Huicheng's mouth and knelt in front of Emperor Huicheng to intercede for Queen Lou.
Then before they could speak, Emperor Huicheng had coldly waved his hand to stop their words, his eyes crossed the faces of a pair of children in front of him, and he said coldly
"Don't say anything - your mother is a terrible sin. From this moment on, she is not only unworthy of being the mother of a country, but also unworthy of being your queen mother, so there is no need to say those useless words again. Hearing this, the crown prince and Rong Qing's eyes sank, their faces were panicked, and they stayed on the spot in a daze.
And Queen Lou is even more heartbroken - in her life, she has tried her best to marry into the East Palace to become the crown princess, and then she has been ruthless in fighting for favor and position, and then to eradicating one after another women who have taken the favor of her husband...... But the more she went to the back, she gradually understood how extravagant the king's love was for a husband and wife who were looking forward to being a couple, she killed a new favorite, and another beauty would emerge in the blink of an eye, the woman in the palace, she seemed to be forever gone...... So, after countless sad disappointments, Queen Lou put all her thoughts on her children, hoping that her daughter would no longer be like her, she could find a good husband who loved her and spoiled her, and hoped that her son could become the prince, inherit the throne, and become the most honorable person in the world...... However, Rongqing didn't obey her, she didn't marry well, and the concubine didn't love her.
Therefore, she had to put her last hope on the crown prince. She worked every step of the way, exhausted the organs, and finally looked forward to the prince's seal ceremony, but all of this was turned into ashes on her birthday...... And now, Emperor Huicheng's words not only want to deprive her of everything she has now, but also to take away the pair of children she is desperately protecting from her!
Empress Lou knelt down again in Emperor Huicheng and said with a sad smile
"The saint is wise, all evil things are done by concubines, and they have nothing to do with Qing'er Xian'er...... They can lose the concubine, the queen mother, but they can't lose the virtuous father of the saint. Therefore, how to deal with the concubines, the concubines should be, and I just ask the emperor to treat Qing'er and Xian'er as always...... "So far, the only hope of Queen Lou is that Emperor Huicheng will not involve his anger against himself on his children, let alone affect the prince's position as the prince.
Emperor Huicheng didn't have much affection for Queen Lou in his heart, and now that he knows that she has done so many evil things, he only has hatred for her and no trace of pity.
His eyes turned to see the prince with a panicked face, and Emperor Huicheng's heart sank - these days, the call for the abolition of the prince in the court is getting higher and higher, and now that King An is under house arrest, and the queen has been exposed to heinous crimes, the crown prince's position cannot be saved.
Putting aside all the court forces, the prince's virtue and ability are not very popular with Emperor Huicheng, he likes women but is more than cowardly, even if he becomes a prince, he does not look like a prince.
But if Empress Lou is disposed of, the position of the crown prince is unstable, and the turmoil in the court will be more severe. If you don't deal with Queen Lou, it will be difficult to extinguish the hatred in Emperor Huicheng's heart...... Therefore, after thinking about it, Emperor Huicheng couldn't make up his mind for a while how to execute Queen Lou.
In the end, he looked at Queen Lou, whose heart was like ashes, and said coldly
"For the sake of your birthday, I will let you stay in this Yongkun for the last night today, and let you go to the prison tomorrow to accompany your good brother. After that, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple will jointly try the crimes of you and King An, and punish them according to law! "Anyway, Emperor Huicheng ordered without hesitation, and asked people to go to King An's Mansion overnight to arrest King An Louyu and detain King Lou Yu in the prison, and the words 'according to law' made Queen Lou's whole body cold from her feet to her head, her eyes had already sunk into silence, and she was desperate like a ragdoll who had lost her soul, kneeling on the cold ground in a daze.
Turning his head, Emperor Huicheng said to Lou Yue and his party tiredly
"It's late at night, and I'm tired, so you all stand down!" And hearing Emperor Huicheng's treatment of Empress Lou, Su Liuying's heart that had been hanging all night finally let go.
Emperor Huicheng handed over Empress Lou to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple to deal with, no matter what she did, it was enough to make her lose her head.
The most important thing is that King An was officially arrested, and Queen Lou was also arrested.
But what she didn't know was that Lou Yue was safe, but she was unaware of the poison that King An had ...... And when Lou Yue walked out of Yongkun Palace, something suddenly happened in his heart, and he suddenly thought of something!
Hesitantly turned around, Queen Lou, who was still kneeling on the ground in embarrassment, saw him turn around, but her dead face showed a sneer to him...... Cat flutter Chinese