usatvline Chapter 439 Escape and ascend to heaven
Chapter 439 Escape and ascend to heaven
"King Dongli did indeed order the execution of over a hundred members of your family, even the children. All the boys, whether from the main branch or the side branches, were sent to the border as hard laborers and enslaved for life. Even the girls were sent to brothels to become courtesans, and some were sold to various places by human traffickers. However, considering what your family has done, King Dongli was merciful in his treatment of you, only executing three clans, not nine."
"The only mistake King Dongli made was probably letting you, a fish that slipped through the net, go. Right, Zhou Xiang, the second daughter of the Prime Minister of Dongli Kingdom." Gu Jianchu said this in a light tone, but his eyes carried the pressure of a superior, and the aura around him was not weaker than that of Xie Ci'an next to him.
Gu Jianchu's few words made the three of them stunned for a moment.
Zhou Xiang never thought that his identity would be exposed.
Xie Qingrou and King Dongli were shocked by Zhou Xiang's identity.
Not long after she married into the Dongli Kingdom, the current King of Dongli married the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion under the arrangement of her father. She heard from the maid serving the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion that there was also a frail second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion who almost died at birth. Fortunately, she was lucky enough to meet an old Taoist priest who saved her life. Since then, she has been taken in by the old Taoist priest to practice with him. She would not go home all year round. Even the Prime Minister and his wife took a long time to see their daughter.
As time went by, people rarely mentioned the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Because she had not been home for many years, no one knew what the second daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion looked like. No one would have expected that this woman would sneak into the Jin Palace and try to murder King Dongli.
When King Dongli learned of Zhou Xiang's identity, he couldn't help but frown. When the guards came to report, the number of people executed in the Prime Minister's Mansion was correct. How come a second daughter was left behind and appeared in the Jin Palace?
King Dongli directly asked the question in his heart, "You were clearly among the bodies reported that day. How did you escape?"
Zhou Xiang tightened his grip on the dagger, the blade gradually piercing his skin, large amounts of blood gushing out, and Zhou Xiang gradually became insane. "I have to thank you for saving my life, even though I was weak and sick since I was a child."
"Everyone in Dongli Country knows that I nearly died at birth. I was later saved by an old Taoist priest and taken in by a Taoist temple. Since then, no one in Dongli Country has ever seen what I look like. So after hearing about the incident at the Prime Minister's Mansion, I went down the mountain. To help me escape, my master went to the mass grave and found a corpse about my age. He disguised it as if it had fallen from a cliff and handed it to the officials, helping me get away with it."
"It wasn't so easy to get away with it, but that officer had received favors from my father and owed my family a favor. Seeing our family in trouble, he felt sad. When my master found a body to pass through, he didn't check it carefully and sent it directly to the Eagle Army Department to report. That's how I survived. I saw my whole family killed with my own eyes. I would be unworthy of being a son if I didn't take revenge. So I came to Jin State and tried my best to enter the palace and become the most important maid. Because I know that King Dongli is grateful for the support of the Emperor of Jin, and he needs to cooperate with Jin State, so he will definitely come to the Jin Palace in person. As long as I can do everything I can to stay by your side, I can slowly take revenge on you."
"Who would have thought that Prince Dongli would actually fall in love with his own sister-in-law? His heart and eyes were filled with his sister-in-law. There was no place for me at all, and my plan was exposed."
"It doesn't matter if my plan has been exposed. I can just take your life, you bastard, and avenge my parents."
"If the Dongli Kingdom's palace wasn't heavily guarded, I wouldn't have taken so many detours. I would have directly broken into the Dongli Kingdom's palace and killed you directly. I wouldn't have let you live for so long."
"But it doesn't matter if you live a little longer. I still want to take your life." As he said that, Zhou Xiang was about to raise the dagger and stab towards King Dongli's neck again.
Just when the dagger was only a hair's breadth away from King Dongli's neck, Gu Jianchu spoke again, "Wait a minute."
"What else does the Queen have to say?" Zhou Xiang stopped what he was doing and looked at the Queen with eyes full of confusion and vigilance.
The queen of Jin not only carried the reputation of being a kind bodhisattva, but also liked to join in the fun and meddle in other people's affairs.
"I don't want to say anything, I just think your revenge is so unreasonable. It was clearly your father who killed the other man's brother first, causing chaos in the entire Dongli Kingdom's court, so the Dongli King ordered the massacre of all of them. If you were sitting in the Dongli King's position back then, I'm afraid you would be even more ruthless than the Dongli King. And now that you have killed the Dongli King, there will naturally be people who come to kill you. When will the cycle of revenge end?"
"I don't want to persuade you. After all, even your master can't persuade you, so who else can persuade you?"
Taking advantage of the moment when Gu Jianchu was distracted while talking, Wen Zhu, who had been hiding in the dark, suddenly appeared and kicked Zhou Xiang in the shoulder. Zhou Xiang was caught off guard and fell to the ground due to the huge inertia. The dagger in his hand fell to the ground at any time due to the severe pain in his arm.
Before Zhou Xiang could react, the people from the Imperial City Bureau had already stepped forward quickly. Two of them protected King Dongli by their sides, while the other two pinned him to the ground before Zhou Xiang could react. No matter how Zhou Xiang struggled, she couldn't break free. Her arms seemed to be controlled by giant hands. The kick from Wen Zhu had caused her entire arms to be numb until now.
"King Dongli didn't kill you. It was my mistake to avenge my parents. You'd better kill me now, otherwise I will find a way to kill you no matter where you are." Zhou Xiang spoke fiercely to King Dongli. Her eyes were bloodshot because of hatred when she looked at King Dongli. Her legs were still struggling, trying to break free from the hands of the two strong men.
The rescued King Dongli looked at Zhou Xiang with complicated eyes and casually wiped his aching neck.
A trace of blood suddenly appeared on the fingertips.
Xie Qingrou, who was standing aside, glanced at King Dongli with worry in her eyes, then quickly looked away before King Dongli noticed.
She did not forget what Zhou Xiang said.
Zhou Xiang said that King Dongli had a secret affair with her, but they were now a widowed sister-in-law and her brother-in-law. If such a relationship were to become known, it would not be good for King Dongli's reputation.
Although he deliberately avoided the question, he couldn't help but worry and ordered Doctor Lin who was waiting beside him, "Why don't you go and help Prince Dongli."