Chapter 293 Sorrow

Shen Yunbai looked at the backs of the two and suddenly said in despair, "Wait."

Shen Anan turned around slowly, the fiery red torch reflecting her cold little face.

"If I tell you the identity of that person, can you let me see Tian'er?"

"cannot."

Shen Anan, “But I can help you convey it.”

Shen Yunbai frowned, obviously not satisfied with the deal.

"You are a man full of calculations. It is not easy to force you into a desperate situation. How can I give you the opportunity to conspire with Chen Tian to harm us?"

"But I am a man of my words. As long as you say it, I will definitely help you convey your words."

Shen Yunbai remained silent.

Just when Shen Anan thought he would not speak and turned to leave, he slowly spoke, "Tell him to go back to Jiangnan, stay away from the court, and stop fighting."

Shen Anan was startled, looking at him with a bit of disbelief.

After thinking about it, he understood. Although Chen Tian was not stupid, it was still very difficult for a young man to gain a foothold in the turbulent court.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Shen Yunbai is indeed sincere towards him.

"Your enemy is the emperor, not us. If you were not so greedy, we might be able to reach an agreement and you wouldn't be in this situation today."

Shen Yunbai slowly twitched his lips, "Just killing him, how can I avenge what he did to my parents? Since it's murder, it's naturally heartbreaking."

"Back then, Concubine Shu was not necessarily completely innocent."

Xiao Yuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly had sharp eyes, hiding a sharp cold light. Shen Anan tightly held his hand and turned to look at Shen Yunbai, "So, you have ended up like this today."

Shufei is Xiao Yuan's thorn in his side, and also her Achilles' heel. No one is allowed to trample on her in the slightest, not even the emperor.

"So, who is that person?"

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"Fifth Prince, the time is almost up." The servant reminded in a fearful whisper.

Xiao Tian raised his head and glanced at the position of the sun, his eyes turning completely into deathly silence.

He stood up in a daze and walked down the stairs. The butler watched him from a distance, bowed, and said, "Goodbye, Fifth Prince."

Suddenly, at the end of the road, there was a squeaking sound of carriage wheels turning, coming from far away and getting closer. Soon, a carriage drove out of the corner and appeared on the official road.

There was a ripple in Xiao Tian's dead eyes, and he rushed up at an extremely fast speed.

Xiao Yuan frowned, but was not surprised at all. He turned around and helped Shen Anan get off the carriage.

"Save my elder brother's life. I can agree to any conditions you ask for."

Shen An'an pretended not to hear anything and walked forward holding Xiao Yuan's hand.

Xiao Tian held on to his last hope and blocked their way, pleading in his eyes, "I can leave the court and never set foot in the capital again. Please, let my brother go."

Shen An stopped, looked up at the sun, then retracted his gaze and stared at Xiao Tian, ​​"The time has come."

Xiao Tian's face turned pale at this moment.

"No," he stretched out his hand to grab Shen Anan's arm, but his wrist was grabbed and bent back fiercely. Xiao Tian's eyes were red, and he didn't care about the pain and begged, "Please spare my brother, I will agree to anything you ask me to do."

Shen Anan raised her hand, pulled Xiao Yuan's hand back, held it in her palm, and said in an extremely calm voice, "He asked me to tell you to leave the capital and stop fighting."

After saying this, he walked straight back to the mansion.

Xiao Tian stood there in a daze.

"Fifth Prince." A servant came running over breathlessly, his face pale, "Lord Shen...Lord Shen..."

Xiao Tian suddenly came back to his senses and stared at the servant without blinking.

"Lord Shen has been executed. The Dali Temple has sent a message that the Emperor... has given you permission to collect the body."

His legs suddenly started to feel weak and he couldn't take a step. If the servant hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground.

The Fourth Prince’s Mansion was not far from the Dali Temple, but Xiao Tian still stumbled for a long time.

When the soldiers saw him coming, they brought out a stretcher covered with a white cloth and placed it on the ground. "Your Majesty, please grant me leniency and allow the Fifth Prince to take the body back for burial. I hope the Fifth Prince will keep this in mind and take this as a lesson to avoid making the same mistake again."

This was a warning that the emperor finally began to suspect him.

But at this moment Xiao Tian couldn't hear anything. He tried to uncover the white cloth with trembling hands. When the person lying on it was revealed, his head buzzed and he lost consciousness immediately.

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In the evening, the sky was foggy.

Chen Tian suddenly opened his eyes, and after a brief daze, he quickly got off the bed and ran out.

"Fifth Prince." The servant stopped him and said, "You are still ill. The imperial physician told you to take good care of yourself and not catch a cold."

"Where's my eldest brother? Where's my eldest brother?"

The servant looked unhappy, "Master Shen... is in the side room. The housekeeper has called in a coroner, who is sewing up the body."

When beheading, the head and body are separated. If you want to bury the whole body, you need the help of a coroner.

The servant lowered his head deeply, not daring to look up at Xiao Tian's face.

Xiao Tian's vision went dark. He pushed the servant away, fell down, and got up again. He walked all the way to the wing room, where the coroner was threading the needle and was about to complete the final work.

Seeing Xiao Tian, ​​he bowed and saluted, "The scene is bloody, Fifth Prince, how about coming back later?"

Xiao Tian could no longer hear anything and his eyes could only see the scarlet scene on the ground. His heart felt like it was being shattered.

He swallowed, then slumped down on the ground, his eyes slowly becoming empty and lifeless, like an empty shell with his soul taken away.

I was so numbed by grief that I lost all feeling.

The coroner held the needle, hesitating for a moment, but suddenly a sharp voice came from the side, "Go on, the emperor said that the fifth prince is young, loyal and treacherous are hard to distinguish, and he doesn't understand the dangers. It's good to watch it, so that he can sharpen his character."

The coroner glanced at Eunuch Liu, then lowered his head and continued working.

"vomit--"

Xiao Tian suddenly fell on the doorstep and started coughing violently, vomiting all over the place, as if he was going to vomit out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

His chest tightened and his breathing became rapid. His fingers were tightly gripped on the ground, his nails turned outward and rubbed the flesh underneath.

Eunuch Liu watched coldly, but did not move forward until the coroner finished his work and packed up. Then he followed him and moved forward, saying calmly, "The Fifth Prince has been frightened. You should rest well these days. The Emperor has granted you permission not to attend the morning court."

After saying this, he led the coroner away.

Xiao Tian's face turned pale. He turned around to look at the person on the ground in the room, and slowly moved over, "Brother, brother."

…Sad cries and angry roars emanated from this small courtyard and lasted for a long time.

×

In a remote courtyard in the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

A man wrapped in white cloth slowly opened his eyes and struggled to get up from the bed, but as soon as he moved, he let out a sharp cry of pain.

Footsteps were heard, and a little maid walked into the room quickly, "The doctor said that you are seriously injured and are not allowed to get out of bed."

The man was stunned for a moment, as if in a daze. It took a long while for his empty eyes to slowly come up with thoughts, "Where is our home?"

"The Fourth Prince's Mansion." The little maid helped him lie back down, "You rest first. I have sent someone to report to the prince's wife."

Hearing the words "Prince's Consort", Eunuch An instinctively shrank back, with fear in his eyes.

He is not dead? Still in the Fourth Prince’s Mansion? He pushed the maid aside and was about to leave, "No need, I still have to go back to the palace to serve the emperor, so I won't delay the Fourth Prince and the Princess."

I don't know how a seriously injured man like him got so much strength, but he pushed the little maid to the ground and limped out.

Squeak——

The door was suddenly pushed open, a gust of cold wind blew in, and Shen Anan, wearing a light blue dress, walked in with a smile on her face.

"Father-in-law, you are in such a hurry, where are you going?"

"..." Eunuch An choked, walked in a circle, turned around and went back to the house.

Thinking it was not right, he walked back and said with a sad face, "Princess, I am just a eunuch and can't do anything. It's useless even if you arrest me."

"Catch you? What for?"

Shen Anan sat down in the chair, looking calm.

Eunuch An was startled, "So what are you doing..."

"The emperor was assassinated, and Eunuch An was killed by criminals and is dead."

Dead? Eunuch An’s eyes widened. He was still standing here, how could he be dead?

After all, she had lived in the palace for most of her life. After a quick thought, she figured out something. "Was that maid sent by the prince's wife?"

Shen Anan nodded, "According to the plan, you were supposed to die, but my mother's tablet had just been brought back to the mansion, and a small Buddhist temple had been built, so it was not appropriate to kill, so you saved your life."

Eunuch An wanted to smile at Shen Anan, but after pulling his lips a few times, he couldn't smile.

Was he supposed to die? …

Did he do anything so outrageous and against his conscience that he deserved to die?

A thin layer of sweat appeared on his palms. He opened and closed his palms again and again, repeating this several times before he slowly calmed down and propped himself up to sit down on the edge of the bed.

"The Fourth Prince's wife spared my life. I am deeply grateful. If you have anything to say, please tell me."

"Tsk." Shen Anan sighed softly, "I said it was to accumulate blessings, why didn't Eunuch An believe it?"

Eunuch An laughed twice, looking both funny and pitiful.

"Chen Tian, ​​is he the emperor's son?"

Shen Anan's words made Eunuch An's smile freeze at the corner of his lips.

"I don't know, old slave." His face fell and he cried.

"Really? As a eunuch, Eunuch An has experienced the most brutal punishments, so he should be able to withstand any torture, right? Have you heard of the dungeon in the Fourth Prince's mansion? I just wonder how many days the eunuch can endure it?"

"…Princess, I am not being perfunctory. I really don't know." Eunuch An was almost crying. "I am in your hands. You have the final say over my life and death. How dare you lie?"

"I don't believe it."

"..."Eunuch An looked helpless and melancholy.

"Anyone can say they don't know, but I don't believe you don't know."

Eunuch An bent down and held his face, feeling deeply helpless and sad.