Chapter 216: The Rebellion Ends
This night is destined to be an extraordinary night, Xiao Qingluan lost his proud appearance in this night, but Zhou Yin lost his life.
As the highest military governor of the Swiss Kingdom, even if Lord Taiwei loses the hearts of the people, there will always be a few descendants who are willing to help him escape successfully. But he is not a pure-hearted person, he cares not only about the money he has spent most of his life earning, but also about the relatives who have been with him for decades, and even the daughter who was abandoned by him.
So despite the dissuasion, he disguised himself on such a cusp and returned to the Taiwei Mansion, preparing to take his relatives out of Yingdu and flee with him.
One wrong step, one wrong step, it was a big mistake for him to insist on returning to the city despite dissuasion, so his death became a matter of course. In the end, he still has a little stubbornness unique to a soldier in his bones, even if he is certain to die, he is still willing to give it a try, if he doesn't even have the courage to try, what face does he have to continue to live in this world!
He was hacked to death with a knife. Just a moment before he lost his breath, he was wondering, his trip was extremely secretive, how could Ye Ningxiang's people find out his traces? But then he lost his breath with peace of mind, because the person who betrayed him was none other than his wife, who had followed him for decades.
Because by giving up his life, his wife will live, his children will live, and everything will be as if it had never happened. His wife eventually abandoned him for the sake of his children.
However, there is nothing wrong with that. Being able to die for his wife and children, he didn't lose his death, it should all be a punishment for abandoning his wife and daughter many years ago.
In the dimness, he heard the cry of a woman, violent, as if it could pierce a person's heart, it was his wife, who had never truly loved, but who had been in bed with him for decades.
It's worth it to be able to take your last breath and see your own woman grieving for herself.
On the Chongming Palace, although Xiao Chengyong was still symbolically sitting on the dragon chair, he didn't dare to move, didn't dare to say a word, and waited for Ye Ningxiang to give an order to execute him all the time. He spent all these days like this, worrying all the time during the day, and only at night did he dare to gasp a little loudly and relax his tense nerves a little.
The difference between today and the past is that the Empress Dowager Ye sitting next to him always looks at him, and he is panicked in the bottom of his heart. He knew that Ye Ningxiang must have something to say for a while, so he kept hanging his head and waiting.
But what he was waiting for was another man's words. The person who spoke was Wei Xun, and when Xiao Chengyong raised his eyes to look at Wei Xun, Wei Xun had already knelt on the ground upright, and took off the crown of his hair that symbolized his official position from his hair, and his long satin hair was scattered.
"Your Majesty, the minister Wei Xun asked for resignation and retreat, and hoped that the emperor would be fulfilled. ”
Xiao Chengyong didn't dare to answer, and turned his head to look at Ye Ningxiang on the side. I saw that Ye Ningxiang's face at this time was extremely gloomy, and his hair stood on end in fright.
"Wei Xun, you have just made great achievements, why are you going to resign?"
"Yes. ”
The concise but clear words came into Ye Ningxiang's ears, which immediately made Ye Ningxiang angry. She slammed the arm of the chair, got up immediately, and walked towards Wei Xun.
"Wei Xun, you know, there's no way I'm going to let you go. ”
"The heart of inquiry is no longer here, even if the Queen Mother insists on keeping me here, I will not do anything that is beneficial to the Great Rui Kingdom. Inquiries are no longer of value to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother no longer needs to be guarded by Inquiry. It's time to leave. ”
"What if I don't?"
"When I was young, I learned from many masters, and I also knew how to make poison, so it was not difficult to kill myself in a moment. ”
Ye Ningxiang didn't expect Wei Xun to threaten her with death, if she insisted on not letting Wei Xun leave, I am afraid that there will be one more corpse in this Chongming Hall today, and Ye Ningxiang will also lose Wei Xun forever.
"Well, if you want to go, go, and if you go, don't come back. ”
"Empress Dowager Xie is complete. ”
To the west of the Turtle Whiskers in the northwest, there is a vast desert everywhere. The golden sand and stone were magnificent and vast, but they were like talismans, mercilessly slapping on all those who had been exiled here.
Those convicted of exile, no matter how noble their former status, were now only the lowliest prisoners, deserving of the insults and beatings of the officers and men who escorted them.
Although Xiao Qingluan is no longer a princess, her noble bloodline still discourages those officers and soldiers who want to do something to her, except for tiredness, hunger and cold, but she has not been wronged too much along the way.
She thought that she would die of illness halfway through the journey, who had never suffered such a hardship, but although she was constantly injured along the way, she had never had any fatal illness, and even the officers and soldiers who escorted her were secretly surprised in their hearts that there was such a huge vitality hidden in the weak body of the golden branches and jade leaves.
After walking in the desert for three days and nights, Xiao Qingluan was placed in an unknown border town by officers and soldiers. Listening to the officers and soldiers who escorted them, the north side of the town is Beifu, and the east side is the former turtle whiskers, which can be regarded as the end of the northwest of Darui today.
She was rudely thrown by the officers and soldiers on a dirty haystack, and the pain and soreness of her body made her no longer able to get up, and followed the officers and soldiers out of this place where birds do not.
It is rare to see outsiders in such a border town, and even less to see a woman who has committed a felony by being escorted from thousands of miles. In the blink of an eye, there were already a lot of civilians around her. The men looked at her as if they were monsters, or more precisely at the words that pierced her face.
She raised her hand in shame, got up as hard as she could, and left in a hurry. She didn't have a penny on her, and there was no one she knew, and for the noble princess who used to open her mouth for food and stretch out her hands for clothes, she couldn't survive such a day.
She sat weakly beside a loess wall, weeping in despair. She didn't cry during the exile, and she didn't cry when someone tattooed her face, but after everything she had experienced and really settled down, she cried uncontrollably.
Emotions have reached this point, but they can't control them anymore.
Suddenly, she felt as if someone had come in front of her, and her grief was so great that she didn't have the heart to look up at the person who had walked up to her at this moment, and she still buried her face in her knees, sobbing incessantly.
"Don't cry, wipe away your tears. ”
The short words were like a bolt of lightning hitting Xiao Qingluan's heart, and she hurriedly raised her head as if she had been electrocuted. This man turned out to be ...... This man is indeed ...... Her husband, Jun Wei Xun.
In an instant, Xiao Qingluan's suppressed emotions for these days were vented to Wei Xun, and she hugged Wei Xun tightly and cried silently.
"I thought I would never see you again. ”
"Wei Xun, I really didn't expect you to come to me. ”
"Wei Xun, I miss you, I miss you, I want to see you day and night. ”
"Wei Xun, why did you come, do you know that I am about to die, I am about to be tortured to death. ”
Wei Xun let Xiao Qingluan mess around with him like a child, but in the end he only said one sentence: "Everything is over, and I will not leave you in the future." ”
This sentence is a commitment, more like a mission. Men exist in the world, if they can't stand up to the sky, then at least they have to shoulder the responsibilities that must be borne on their shoulders, such as making his women safe in their lives, such as advancing and retreating with his women forever.
He didn't love her, but in the end he made up his mind to take care of her, she fell to the point where he is today, and he should repay it in the years to come, and use the rest of his life to repay the unequal love that Xiao Qingluan paid.
The rain in early spring is one after another, dripping and uneasy. Xia Qingqing was caught in such a rainy season. Originally, the pursuers in the city would not have noticed her abnormality, but the rain was so heavy that it inadvertently wet her face, and inadvertently lifted a corner of her human skin mask.
And it is very unfortunate that this scene was bumped into by a whole team of patrolling soldiers, and she, a weak woman who was powerless, was naturally taken back to the Tingwei Mansion.
Things are always strikingly similar, just like ten years ago, Xia Qingqing was tied to the same torture rack, and she was powerless to face Ye Ningxiang.
"Xiao Qingyan is dead, Zhou Yin is also dead, the one named Feng Yi is now dying in prison, but the mourning family didn't expect that Qingqing you would be the last to be caught. ”
"Ye Ningxiang, you ...... If you want to kill, you can kill, and you don't have to talk too much. ”
Ye Ningxiang ignored Xia Qingqing's words, and continued to speak to herself: "I thought that Qingqing would die in the desert or be tortured to death by those barbarian men in the northwest. Unexpectedly, this amorous Xia Qingqing turned into a young grandmother, and she made so many incidents behind her back. ”
Xia Qingqing didn't speak, closed her eyes, and waited for the final ending that Ye Ningxiang arranged for her like a lamb to be slaughtered.
"The mourning family checked the yellow calendar, tomorrow is a good day to kill people, Feng Yi will be beheaded tomorrow, it is better for you to join him. ”
probably expected that he would definitely die, but Xia Qingqing didn't say a word of resistance, and silently accepted such an ending. However, Ye Ningxiang's next words made Xia Qingqing collapse instantly.
"I remember that His Royal Highness King Yu was executed by Ling Chi at the beginning, and every inch of skin and flesh on his body was strangled by fishing nets, and the knife cut at him one by one, as if he had completed a priceless rare treasure. ”
When Xia Qingqing heard this, her body involuntarily stepped back, shaking the iron chain with a clang.
"I heard that most of the people in the city went to watch the execution that day, and some of them were lucky enough to buy meat cut from King Yu. ”
Ye Ningxiang's face suddenly became gloomy, walked up to Xia Qingqing, and said with a smile: "Do you want to taste the taste of these thousands of onlookers? Do you want this white and tender skin to be seen by the world? Do you want to die a real vigorous death?"
"Ye Ningxiang, Ye Ningxiang, you can't treat me like this! I am kind to you, I told you the secret that Xiao Qingyu hid from you, if it weren't for me, how could you make up your mind to turn against Xiao Qingyu, if it wasn't for me, how could you get the supreme power you have now!"
Ye Ningxiang sneered: "Yes, you are kind to me, but the winner is the king, the loser is the loser, you are the loser, you have no right to choose." I can choose from hundreds of ways to kill you if I want, and Ling Chi is the easiest one. ”
Xia Qingqing didn't speak, but she couldn't stop wailing, it was a humble but full of survival power roar made by a woman at the last moment of her life.
"Come on, bet on this woman's mouth, this sound makes my brain hurt. ”
"No. ”
The sky finally cleared, and even the mood of the people was much smoother. Ye Ningxiang had just finished accompanying Xiao Chengyong to the morning court, and at this moment she was in contact with the little emperor in Xiao Chengyong's palace, to put it bluntly, she was accumulating obscenity.
Ma Zhong, who had just been promoted to the chief eunuch, broke in at this time, but he had a full reason. Without waiting for him to speak, Ye Ningxiang preemptively asked, "How is it, is the execution going well?"
"Back to the Queen Mother, everything is going well, Feng Yi and Xia Qingqing are completely dead this time, and no one will threaten you again. ”
"Really?"
Ye Ningxiang's word "?" deliberately dragged the old man, and then deliberately looked at Xiao Chengyong, who was trembling on the side. After staying under the obscene power for a long time, Xiao Chengyong also developed an alert mind, and as soon as Ye Ningxiang's words fell, Xiao Chengyong added in time: "Mother...... The queen mother is blessed all over the world, and no one will do anything unfavorable to the queen mother."
Hearing such an answer, Ye Ningxiang finally showed a reassuring smile.