usatvline Chapter 291 Confined in the East Palace
Chapter 291 Confined in the East Palace
Bei Jingchu walked away, her footsteps echoing in the silence in the empty cell.
After going out, Zhou Huanjiu went into the palace with her.
Bei Jingchu did not waste time in getting the sedan chair, as the speed of the sedan chair was too slow.
The two of them held hands and ran on the palace road, she was holding up her slightly heavy skirt, and she was heading towards the Xuanshi Hall.
Zhou Huanjiu went to Renshou Palace to find the Queen Mother.
The palace road is so long, I felt it was long when I was young.
When I grew up, I felt that it was not that long and I could walk through it quickly.
Today, however, feels like it’s still very long.
He arrived at the Xuanshi Hall panting, and when he entered the door of the Imperial Study, his forehead was covered with hot sweat.
There was also heat trapped in the clothes that could not be escaped.
Eunuch Jiang came forward and said, "Oh my Lord! How come you are here like this?"
"But what happened?"
Bei Jingchu said directly: "Father-in-law, I want to see Aye, is Aye free?"
"Please wait a moment. I will go and ask."
After a while, the door reopened and Jiang Zhixian greeted her: "Your Highness, please come in."
I see my father every day, and this time I was actually nervous.
The open door looked like a dark abyss, with the shadowy figure of my father sitting inside.
The dark dragon robe exudes a subtle solemnity.
Bei Qin's persuasion echoed in his ears: "Don't go, be obedient."
She clenched her fist, and her nails dug into her flesh, causing some pain.
It's time to cut my nails when I get home. Once my mind is free, I feel a little more relaxed.
Bei Jingchu walked in, lifted her skirt and knelt down, asking Aye to show mercy.
He just raised his eyes and asked, "Why should I show you mercy outside the law?"
"The law is the law, there is no grace."
The sun is warm, but the cold is biting.
"Jinruo has already begged me to change Beiqin back to her name and sever ties with Bei Jinwan."
Bei Heng sneered, which was something Bei Jingchu had often heard before, a laugh of anger when he was extremely speechless.
"How naive! As long as he has been the son of Yiri Bei Jinwan, he will never be let off for such a crime."
He asked Bei Jingchu: "What do you think the law is?"
She replied: "It is a tool to punish the guilty and maintain the stability of the court."
"Since you knew that, why did you do such a stupid thing?"
"The so-called punishment is for the world to see!"
"Kill one to warn the hundred, kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!"
"Does it matter whether he is innocent or not? Does it matter whether he is the traitor's biological son or not?"
"As long as they have any connection with the rebels, they cannot be let off."
"Under severe punishment, there will always be a constant stream of people who breed greed. If you are soft-hearted, how can you accomplish anything great!"
The emperor stood up and walked down the steps, his voice full of anger: "It's not easy for you to get rid of your inexplicable compassion for the world, but I find that you are still too soft-hearted towards those close to you."
"Bei Jingchu, you are not a Bodhisattva who sympathizes with the common people and sits alone on a high platform. You are the prince of Dayue!"
"Except Dai Viet, there is nothing and no one worth your love."
"I remember telling you when you were young that if you ever have a power struggle with your brothers and sisters in the future, I hope you would spare their lives."
"Then I will tell you now, if they commit treason, you will also kill their entire family, and not a single one of their descendants will be left alive."
"If you give them repeated warnings and they also compete with you for power, they should be killed."
Bei Heng had a strong murderous aura about him.
He has always been gentle and kind, a far cry from the tyrant in the original novel.
Only now can we realize that he is truly a cruel and brutal person, and an emperor with a good character.
Bei Jing didn't know how to answer at first, and then Eunuch Jiang came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Military Equipment Supervisor Zhou Huanjiu wants to see you."
"not see."
After saying this, he added: "Anyone who has a close relationship with Bei Qin will not be allowed to enter the palace before he dies."
He glanced at Bei Jingchu and ordered, "The prince is not feeling well. Please rest in the East Palace for half a month."
"You are not allowed to go out without an imperial decree."
Bei Jingchu walked out in a daze. The guards outside were already standing in front of the door, escorting, no, escorting her back to the East Palace.
Zhou Huanjiu looked at her blankly, walked over and asked, "What... happened?"
Bei Jingchu avoided her eyes and said, "Father is determined to kill everyone in Princess Xianning's mansion, and he is afraid that I will do something bad."
"Before the execution, I was confined to the East Palace."
"Why did you come back so early? Where is the mother?"
Zhou Huanjiu said in despair: "Aunt Hui said that the Queen Mother is seriously ill and will not see any outside visitors."
"I don't know if I'm right. I guess it's an excuse."
"I knelt outside the Renshou Palace and asked for a meeting."
"Then Aunt Hui told me...told me to stop doing meaningless things."
"I thought there was hope that His Majesty would be willing to see you."
"Why is this happening? Is there no room for maneuver?"
There's none?
No.
Bei Jingchu stayed quietly in the East Palace, counting the days.
The sun rises and the moon sets, and the days pass by, and the date of my friend's death is clear.
At least he had money. She had quite a bit of gold in her purse, so he wouldn't have a bad time in jail.
If you keep a calm mind, it can even be very refreshing.
Those who have nothing to do every day no longer have to work hard with paperwork and worry about endless official duties.
It’s just a pity that she can’t get back the money she lent.
It's so heartbreaking.
One day, Lei Nian'er couldn't bear it anymore and hugged her distressedly.
"Your Highness, I will send the guards away and let you out. Let's go to the execution ground."
Bei Jingchu leaned into her arms and said softly, "Okay, then it will go from one person dying to the whole army being annihilated."
......
so quiet.
Just wait quietly like this until the day when the gate of the East Palace opens again.
At noon, the spring sun was unusually poisonous.
It's another sunny day, and it's scorching hot.
Bei Jingchu propped up her body which had not moved for a long time, and the joints between her bones were creaking.
"Let's go collect the bodies."
Life remained unchanged, except that the position of Prince's Secretary was vacant.
However, at the court meeting in the East Palace, there was no young man who arrogantly held his big teacup and drank tea.
It’s just more stressful when you encounter difficulties because there’s no one to talk to.
It’s just that Zhou Huanjiu spent more and more time buried in his own laboratory room and was rarely seen by others.
Princess Guangde became a Taoist nun and lived in seclusion in a temple.
This was the first time since Bei Jingchu was born that she had an unpleasant ending with her father, and she was even confined to the room.
Some people who thought they knew the situation began to wait and see. Even the officials of the Eastern Palace became fence-sitters and attached themselves to other forces and quickly left.
There are countless people who take advantage of others' misfortunes.
Just like the third prince’s maternal family, the Zhang family, thought they had come to terms with their opportunity.
In the Yanjia Palace, Concubine Zhang De taught her son: "Take advantage of this time to visit your father more often."