At the moment when Shen Shixu was crowned as the top scholar, the golden finger that was late for eighteen years finally arrived. In his previous life, he passed away to save a child who fell into ...
Chapter 111 Processing
Xiao Ruixuan said this with finality. Prince Changping felt pity for Xiao Jiping and the unborn child, but who would pity him? Pity his mother?
"Your Highness is concerned about the hardship that Xiao Jiping and the child who was born without a mother have had. Have you ever thought that I am also your child and have lost my mother as well? The only thing I ask for now is justice for my mother, but you are unwilling to give it to me. Instead, you ask me to sympathize with the child of the enemy who killed my mother."
Xiao Ruixuan seemed to be unable to continue talking. He lowered his head and looked at the cobblestone road under his feet, unwilling to expose his vulnerability.
Shen Shixu patted his shoulder to comfort him, and then looked at Prince Changping, "I know that the prince and Princess Liu are deeply in love, and I don't want Princess Liu to suffer. But the prince doesn't have to worry too much, after all, the matter you have is not small!"
Zhang Ming was very tactful and ordered two people to bring the two killers up. When King Changping saw the two captured killers, he closed his eyes with understanding.
"Prince Changping hired someone to commit murder but failed. According to my laws, he will be beaten with eighty sticks, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned for three years!"
When Liu Ru heard the verdict, she sat down on the ground in despair. She had wanted to ask Prince Changping to save her, but she didn't expect that she herself could not save herself.
She had worked so hard to have everything she has now, but she couldn't enjoy it for less than five months. Not only did she have to give it all back, but she also had to live a hundred times more miserably than before, and she even lost her life.
Thinking of this, Liu Ru clenched her fists and lowered her head and laughed foolishly. As she laughed, she said crazily: "It's all gone! Everything I worked so hard to get is gone. If I had known this would happen, why would I have spent so much time and effort?"
As she spoke, she became unwilling again. She looked at Shen Shixu, her bloodshot eyes full of jealousy, "God is so unfair. I have tried my best and dreamed of getting something, but some people can get it easily.
This is true for Hu Lanxin, and it is true for you too.
Why? In what way am I inferior to you? Why do you always target me? ”
Liu Ru scratched her hair like crazy. Her neatly groomed hair became a mess now. She looked like a mad woman.
Shen Shixu looked at the crazy Liu Ru without a trace of emotion in his eyes. He just looked at her coldly and said, "Since you are pregnant with a child, and the child is a royal relative, your death sentence will be carried out slowly, after you give birth to the child."
Liu Ru was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then pointed at Xiao Ruixuan and asked Shen Shixu, "Give birth to the child? Who will raise the child after it is born? By then, I will be dead and his father will be demoted to a commoner. Who will raise him? Xiao Ruixuan?"
He is the child I gave birth to, how could Xiao Ruixuan treat him well? Not to mention him, even Jiping would be tortured badly.
Rather than letting him live in pain, I might as well take him to death now! ”
As Liu Ru spoke, she stood up like crazy and ran into a stone pillar beside her. Prince Changping was startled by her action and when he came to his senses, he tried desperately to stop her.
Xiao Ruixuan was quite close to Liu Ru. Seeing this, he reached out and grabbed Liu Ru's clothes, making her movements less convenient than before. With his obstruction, Prince Changping caught Liu Ru.
Prince Changping felt very distressed when he saw the collapsed Liu Ru. Liu Ru was not of high status but was the cousin of his aunt from his mother's side. The two of them were childhood sweethearts.
When he was choosing a concubine for himself, he wanted to marry Liu Ru. But Liu Ru said she couldn't help him in any way, so she left and went back to her hometown.
He felt somewhat disheartened by this incident and agreed to Emperor Wu An's marriage. However, after the imperial decree was issued, Liu Ru came back.
He originally didn't want to have anything to do with her anymore, but when he saw her crying in front of him, he softened his heart again.
His one act of soft-heartedness resulted in countless subsequent misconducts. He knew that he was sorry for Hu Lanxin, but he could no longer extricate himself.
In this way, more and more mistakes were made, and in the end, there was no way back on track.
So Prince Changping thought that since he had already let Hu Lanxin down, he couldn't let Liu Ru down again. He had to be fair to one of the two women.
Prince Changping held Liu Ru in his arms and looked at Xiao Ruixuan, "I know that the two of us have wronged you, but Jiping and this unborn child have never offended you. I hope you can treat them well because you share half the same blood."
Xiao Ruixuan felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw Prince Changping, who had been making plans for Liu Ru and the others. It was as if his heart had fallen into a cold pond, and the bone-chilling cold flowed through his blood to every part of his body.
"I am not you, I am not as bad as you. Although I don't get along with Xiao Jiping, I will not kill him. I will send him to a farm far away and take care of his food and drink for the rest of his life, but I will never let him come to the capital again.
As for the unborn child, he and I have no grudge against each other, so I can just find a courtyard in the palace to place him. ”
Prince Changping was quite satisfied with his answer. He hugged Liu Ru and advised her, "This is good. As for the rest, don't be afraid. I will accompany you, always."
Prince Changping decided to die with Liu Ru. Liu Ru felt guilty looking at Prince Changping. She thought everything that happened now was her own fault.
She clearly had the opportunity to become the principal wife of Prince Changping, but at that time he disliked the emptiness of the Prince Changping's Mansion, which did not give her the wealth and glory she desired.
So after knowing that Prince Changping had married a wife with a good family background, she came back, which led to a series of events that followed.
It was all caused by her greed, but now at this time, Prince Changping was still willing to accompany her to death.
Liu Ru felt that her lifelong plans had not been in vain.
After Xiao Ruixuan finished saying those words, he left. As for what happened next, he had no idea, nor did he want to know. So it was only after Prince Changping died along with Liu Ru that he realized this had happened.
Prince Changping was demoted to a commoner, and Xiao Ruixuan became the new Prince Changping. After the news about Prince Changping's Mansion spread, those men couldn't help but start reflecting on how they treated their first wives.
All of a sudden, the quality of life of noble ladies and ordinary ladies in the entire capital improved a lot.
These men are afraid that if they treat their wives badly now, their children will help their wives take revenge on them when they grow up.
And if you think about it carefully, their wives have indeed sacrificed a lot for them, so they should be treated well.
And those wives did not just enjoy their husbands' rare tenderness. Emotions must be given and reciprocated. Those men also found that their families were living better and better since they treated their wives better.
Therefore, under this kind of atmosphere, the relationship between old couples who have been married for decades is getting better and better, and those who have just got married are also living well because of their examples.