Unable to return to Nanchu, she also wanted to look towards her hometown day and night.
Princess Donglin nodded: "Okay."
...
Two days later, at night.
The Ministry of Justice prison is dark and cold at night. Yan Yunting was wearing an official uniform, and his usually handsome face was tinged with fatigue. He dragged his heavy steps, holding a lantern in his hand, and under the guidance of the yamen runners, he came to a cell in the deepest part of the prison.
The bailiff said, "Master Yan, you can only talk to the criminal for a stick of incense at most. She won't confess anything even after all the torture. Master Yan is needed to help the criminal speak up as soon as possible."
Yan Yunting thought of his precarious family and nodded slightly: "I will do my best."
The bailiff unlocked the cell, and the door opened with a dull creaking sound.
The bailiff left.
The cell was dim, with the oil lamp dim as a bean.
Yan Yunting smelled a strong stench of blood and decay. Yan Yunting raised the lantern, the pale light dispelled the darkness, and the slender figure curled up in the corner came into view.
That is Tan Tai Rou.
Tan Tairou was tortured, her flesh and blood were all over the place, and there was a chain tied around her ankles. She looked like she had been fished out of a pool of blood, and she looked very miserable. Yan Yunting felt a dull pain in his heart. He put the lantern aside and called softly, "Rou'er?"
The chains rattled.
Tan Tairou slowly opened her eyes. When she saw Yan Yunting, tears instantly fell from her eyes. She struggled to crawl over and said, "Brother Yunting... I, I'm not a spy. Please help me. Someone is trying to harm me."
Yan Yunting felt a dull pain in his heart, and he wiped the blood off Tan Tairou's face.
Tan Tairou cried sadly: "They tortured me...Brother Yunting, I am dying...It hurts so much."
Yan Yunting felt heartbroken to see the lady, who used to be gentle and quiet, become so miserable. But he couldn't help but ask, "Rou'er, tell me, did you change the list of names for the Farming Ceremony?"
Tan Tairou denied it with a sob, and said pitifully: "Of course not..."
Her bloody hands tugged at Yan Yunting's sleeve in pain, and the pleading look in her eyes made people feel pity.
Yan Yunting really wanted to believe Tan Tairou.
But the evidence is irrefutable!
All the evidence indicates that Tan Tairou is a spy from Southern Chu. The youngest daughter of the Tan Tai family, "Tan Tai Rou", had long been replaced.
Yan Yunting's heart was broken. He held Tan Tairou's hand and said patiently, "Rou'er, you are my wife. I will do my best to save you. First, tell me where Nan Chu's spy base in Yanjing is located."
Tan Tairou's eyes gradually turned cold, and her face was no longer pitiful.
She sneered in her heart
She curled her lips and said, "Come here, I'll tell you where the base is."
Yan Yunting was delighted and leaned closer. Tan Tairou used all her strength to grab Yan Yunting's sleeve.
Yan Yunting was a weak civil official who fell to the ground accidentally. Tan Tairou's fingers were like eagle claws, tightly clasping Yan Yunting's throat, and her mouth bit Yan Yunting's ears hard.
His ears hurt so much that Yan Yunting whimpered in pain!
The yamen runners outside heard the noise and ran in hurriedly.
"Hurry up and save Minister Yan!"
"Oh, why did they start a fight?"
Everyone was in a hurry to separate Tan Tairou and Yan Yunting.
Tan Tairou's mouth was full of blood. She spat out half of Yan Yunting's ear and said with disdain, "If it weren't for Nan Chu, who would be willing to serve a hypocritical man like you? You are the most hypocritical and heartless man in the world. I feel sick every moment of my time with you over the years."
The lower half of Yan Yunting's right ear was bitten off, and he almost fainted from the pain.
Tan Tairou was still cursing: "Princess Zhaoyang doesn't like you, and I don't like you either, you self-indulgent fool."
Yan Yunting felt a sharp pain in his ears, and his heart was broken when he heard Tan Tairou's words. How could he have imagined that his wife, who had always been gentle and virtuous, had such a cruel and heartless side.
Tan Tairou turned around suddenly and ran headfirst into the stone wall.
Bang--
Head broken and bleeding.
Tan Tairou fell in a pool of blood, her fingers trembling slightly as she reached towards the south. It was as if I was touching the sky of Southern Chu State across the distant mountains and seas.
Her eyes widened and she lost her breath.
...
The news of Tan Tairou's death soon spread to distant Nan Chu.
Nanchu is in chaos now.
In order to seize power, the royal family provoked bloody disputes, and the war burned everywhere in Southern Chu. The palace was heavily guarded. Li Yuanli, wearing a dark black dragon robe, summoned his trusted generals and issued an order to suppress the rebels.
There was a river of blood inside and outside the imperial city.
"Your Majesty, how should we deal with Lu Yun?" the chief eunuch came to report.
After the Lu family fell, the youngest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Yunben, was imprisoned in the prison, and no one knew how she escaped from the prison. In short, when Li Yuanli left Qing Kingdom, he brought the blood-stained Lu Yun back to Nanchu.
It's magical that Lu Yun has dreams that predict the future. Li Yuanli thought of the mysterious prophecy left by the Queen of Southern Chu. Perhaps leaving Lu Yun behind could help uncover the secret of the Queen of Southern Chu.
So Li Yuanli said casually: "Find a courtyard to keep her under guard, and I will see her again after I put down the rebellion."
The chief eunuch took the order and left.
Li Yuanli rubbed his brows and thought about the chaotic situation in Nanchu, all thanks to his good second brother!
Li Yuanli reflected on his behavior - he was impulsive and suffered heavy losses when he broke into Qing State to assassinate his good second brother.
He needs to learn from his mistakes, gather his strength, and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. Li Yuanli's eyes flickered, and Shen Wei's bright face appeared in front of him.
The corners of his lips slowly rose.
He and Shen Wei will meet again, there is still a long way to go.
...
...
Tan Tairou committed suicide, and the Yan family was affected. The story of Yan Jiafei became a topic of conversation among the common people after dinner, and it also spread to the harem.
"She committed suicide by hitting her head against a pillar. She was a woman of integrity." In Yuxiu Palace, Liu Ruyan sighed for a while over the death of Tan Tairou.
Then she held the brush in her hand and continued to paint on ordinary rice paper.
It was daybreak and the sky was dim. There were no plum blossoms in the courtyard of Yuxiu Palace, and even ordinary flowers and plants did not grow. It was bare and lifeless. Liu Ruyan also gradually got used to painting with crude brushes and rice paper.
The new palace maid was standing by the table serving, dozing off frequently and not bothering to pay attention to Liu Ruyan who was talking to herself.
Liu Ruyan concentrated on painting a picture of plum blossoms in ink, and then carefully appreciated it - the plum blossoms in ink were elegant, but it was a pity that the rice paper used for the painting was too rough, which tarnished such a noble plum blossom.
"Master, the newly made wedding dress from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been delivered." The young eunuch came over with the gorgeous dress. "Tomorrow at ten o'clock, please change into the wedding dress and go to Yongning Palace to watch the ceremony."
Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows slightly, looking unhappy: "Why should I go to Yongning Palace?"
She wished she could stay away from Shen Wei.
Every time she saw Chen Wei, Liu Ruyan felt uncomfortable all over.
The young eunuch replied, "In the morning court today, the Emperor conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort to Consort Chen, and the ceremony will be held tomorrow. According to the rules, all the concubines in the palace need to wear auspicious clothes to watch the ceremony."
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