Chapter 217: The Empress Came to the East Palace in Person to Ask for Guilt
"Someone, tie up this disobedient and unfilial King Zhao alone, and escort him back to the gate of the East Palace to execute the rod punishment, so as to uphold the law of the country!"
"Yes."
The crown prince gave an order, and this time Sun Tiancang did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
He immediately led someone forward and escorted King Zhao, who was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, like an eagle catching a chicken, from the chariot and prepared to escort him back to the East Palace.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what do you mean by this? The slave maid was ordered by the queen mother to bring King Zhao and King Jin back to Funing Palace for inquiry. ”
The Qianniu guards from Funing Palace, the eunuchs and the palace maids, no one dared to speak up, and stood in place to watch the excitement.
Only the queen's mother's former female official, whose position is second only to Jasper's Chunmei, she is not afraid of the prince and dares to stand up and question in public.
"You can bring King Jin back first, King Zhao has committed the crime of disobedience and unfilial piety, and he will be allowed to go only after being punished according to the law."
Yuan Zhi turned his head and said sharply to Sun Tiancang: "Quickly escort King Zhao away, and after the execution of the ten rods, there must be no mistake!" ”
Seeing this, Chunmei's tone hardened, and she said loudly:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is slow! The slave maid was ordered to bring King Zhao back to Funing Palace unscathed, you are like this, we are not good at explaining to the queen, and the mother will definitely be punished! ”
Yuan Zhi's eyes narrowed suddenly when he heard this, and the murderous intent suddenly rose.
This female official named Chunmei, I heard that she is also very close to Bu Shuren, and often gets money and goods from this undercover agent, a small favor.
This kind of unreliable person, it is really dangerous to stay with the queen, like a time bomb, designating her to explode at any time.
In the current situation, it is better to kill by mistake than to miss it.
"The prince of the dignified state is doing things, and you are a slave who dares to point fingers at him in public, and you also use the queen mother to suppress it, who gave you the courage?"
"Sun Tiancang!"
"Humble duty!"
"Drag this hateful slave who despises the imperial power and disrespects the prince to death in public."
As soon as these words came out, Chunmei, who relied on the power of the queen, turned pale with fright, and the person suddenly collapsed to the ground and shouted loudly:
"His Royal Highness the Prince! The slave maid went to the East Palace on the order of Yi, and she was the queen's maiden in front of the palace, and you can't and don't have the right to kill me. ”
Yuan Zhi ignored him, he turned away in disgust, and waved his hand like a fly.
Sun Tiancang hated this damn palace maid so much that he was reprimanded by the prince for no reason.
It was her commanding posture that scared him before.
The queen of the dynasty is second only to the authority of His Majesty the Emperor, who dares to disrespect her will.
After weighing the pros and cons, he had to let King Zhao go.
As a result, it became his disobedience to the prince's order.
Now that the crown prince has ordered again, how can he dare to disobey the order again.
Sun Tiancang did not hesitate to greet the two Qianniu guards, immediately grabbed the palace maid, put her two arms up and dragged her to the side of the road, and immediately executed.
Chunmei's screams suddenly resounded in the sky.
The surrounding palace maids, grandmothers, eunuchs, and Qianniu guards were like birds and birds when they saw this, and they were all terrified.
This former female official, relying on the weight of the queen's mother, and the care of Bu Shuren, the head of the inner chamberlain, is very arrogant and domineering in Funing Palace and even in the entire inner palace.
Basically, no one in the palace dared to provoke her.
Unexpectedly, he annoyed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, and with an order, he was directly dragged out and killed in public.
In the gloomy palace, the relationship between the master and the slave is like heaven and earth, and human life is like duckweed, which is probably the case.
Killing a palace maid with a cane, for the powerful Qianniu guards, it only takes three or five strokes to completely end.
As the creepy screams came to an abrupt end, the violent Sun Tiancang came back to his life.
"Your Highness, that palace maid has been killed with a cane."
Yuan Zhi glanced at the frightened King Zhao and said indifferently: "Go back to the East Palace." ”
As soon as the prince's words fell, a high-pitched and sharp singing voice came: "The queen has arrived!" ”
The queen's guard of honor, 28 guards before and after, and 16 eunuchs held a pair of ritual instruments such as a staff, a bone, a golden yue, and a ringing festival around the phoenix luan.
Close to Fengluan are eight palace maids, holding a group fan, a red embroidered round umbrella, a green embroidered round umbrella, a red lantern and other honor guards on the side.
Graceful and luxurious, like the phoenix of a small mobile palace, it is made of gilt.
The queen's mother, Cao Feiyan, sat on it, wearing four phoenix crowns, four phoenix beads and hairpins in the cloud sideburns, wearing a hundred phoenix luan clothes, a real red large-sleeved shirt, and a silk veil with woven gold and embroidered phoenix patterns.
"The queen mother is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
Yuan Zhi is also the second time to see Cao Feiyan wearing the queen's formal dress and going out with a complete guard of honor.
The first time was more than half a year ago, when he died with a cane in the water, she came to save people, but she was a step late.
This time, she obviously came to Xingshi to ask for guilt.
The noble and dignified, majestic and beautiful queen mother in front of her is the same person as the beautiful woman who was charming and silky on the phoenix couch in Funing Palace half a month ago.
Thinking that the queen mother was like a big white snake, entangled in his endless demands all night, Yuan Zhi's eyes suddenly became hot.
Cao Feiyan does have a seductive power, which can make Yuan Zhi become tender like water all of a sudden, and his heart is ape and he can't refuse.
It's just that the current situation is grim, and Yuan Zhi has to harden his heart and play the opening scene thoroughly, and he can't tolerate the slightest hesitation or confusion.
"Erchen Yuanzhi, I have seen the queen mother."
It's been half a month, and when she parted, she was so vowful, tender and sweet, but the result was that she waited for a break.
After that, the prince seemed to be a different person, ignoring her, neither coming to Funing Palace to take a picture, nor a piece of paper explaining the original end.
She sent the female official Biyu several times to deliver secret letters, and it is said that the prince was as cold as ice and did not say anything, only that he was very busy now and had no time, and he would talk about it after the New Year.
Could it be that the crown prince saw that Cao Fu had been overthrown, and the king of Jin gave up fighting for the prince, and he thought that the basic goal had been achieved and he could cross the river and demolish the bridge?
Could it be that all the sweet words and love that the prince said to her before were false?
But Cao Feiyan couldn't believe it anyway, the prince had no feelings for her.
There may be an ingredient in it, but it doesn't matter.
Let King Jin give up fighting for the crown prince, she figured it out by herself, not the prince who lured her.
With the feeling of a woman, the prince also has true feelings for her, otherwise, he dares to risk the disapproval of the world and use the position of the prince to fornicate with her?
But a few days ago, Bu Shuren, the head of the Funing Palace, and one of her personal palace maids were arrested by the secret guards and put in prison, which made Cao Feiyan wake up like a dream.
Bu Shuren is an old slave in the palace, and since the day Cao Feiyan stepped into the palace, he has been the great eunuch in front of the palace, serving his mother.
Later, he was promoted to the head of the Funing Palace, and he has always been loyal to her.
The prince's action against Bu Shuren was nothing more than his participation in the conspiracy between Niangniang and Cao Fu over the years to make the King of Jin compete for the crown prince.
Especially more than half a year ago, a series of incidents such as instigating Concubine Lan to poison the prince and the deposition of the palace by hundreds of officials in Zichen Palace, Bu Shuren is an insider and a participant.
Yuan Zhi's sudden move on Bu Shuren can only show one motive.
That is, he kept the hatred in mind and prepared to settle accounts after the autumn.