Chapter 97 I have something else to do, please excuse me.
Only Shang Xi lowered his eyes and prostrated himself on the ground with a submissive attitude.
He had the same posture as the eldest prince, but his mood was completely different. There was even a faint sneer at the corner of his lips.
This Shang Hui is really courting death...
The emperor's reputation is the most important thing. Otherwise, since he had forced the emperor to abdicate and rebel, why would he whitewash him so much and even keep the emperor's orphan alive, indulge him and dote on him to show his benevolence?
How dare he say such words in front of the emperor.
Originally, the emperor wanted to protect the fifth prince, after all, he was his own son.
Compared to Shang Xi, he is definitely more sincere.
But this son just picked on the emperor's sore spots.
This is good, confinement has been changed to beating...
Shang Xi turned his head slightly and could see the fifth prince.
He seemed to be frightened by the emperor's words. He came to his senses and realized that he had said something extremely treasonous. He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Father, please spare me. I just said that. Please don't take it to heart..."
"No one's coming yet? Are they all dead?"
The emperor's majestic and cold voice came from the Qinzheng Hall.
Two eunuchs stood up tremblingly, dragging the fifth prince away, one on the left and one on the right.
The fifth prince was dragged away for execution.
The emperor exhaled heavily, looked at the men kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said in a deep voice: "Aren't you going to deal with him? Why are you trembling now?"
Everyone was silent, but they just shook even more violently.
The emperor shouted angrily, "You bunch of rubbish, get out of here!"
Everyone stood up without saying a word, not daring to breathe, and quietly left the Qinzheng Hall along the wall.
The beautiful concubine also quietly slipped away behind them.
She really didn't dare to stay around the angry emperor.
After leaving the Qinzheng Hall, the eldest prince let out a breath, while Hua Xun's legs went weak and he almost fell down.
Shang Xi helped her up, "Sister Huaxun, be careful where you step..."
Hua Xun: “…”
She stood up straight, looked at the relieved eldest prince and Shang Xi with a calm expression, and felt a little overwhelmed.
"Fifth Brother is about to die..."
The eldest prince said: "He raised private soldiers and insulted my father. Isn't this all his own fault?"
Shang Xi: "Sister Huaxun, I almost died once. Have you ever worried about me?"
Hua Xun avoided his gaze, "But you are still alive and well..."
Shang Xi chuckled softly, "Although I survived the 100-foot cliff, do you know how scared I was at that time..."
Hua Xun: “…”
She stammered and didn't say anything for a long time.
The eldest prince advised, "Hua Xun, what happened today is over. Don't think too much about it. Just be a good princess and don't get involved in such matters in the future."
After all, the princess posed no threat to them, and Huaxun was very well-behaved and gentle when she was little, and would follow him and call him "big brother" sweetly.
The eldest prince still has some feelings for this sister.
Hua Xun looked at the two of them and asked, "Are you really... just going to ignore Fifth Brother like this?"
Shang Xi twitched the corners of his lips slightly, "I have something else to do, so I'll excuse you."
The eldest prince glanced at Hua Xun and said, "My brother has things to do, so I'll leave it to you now. You can take care of yourself."
Watching the two of them leave like this, Hua Xun's eyes were filled with tears, and the next moment he saw the beautiful concubine.
When she saw Hua Xun looking at her, the concubine immediately coughed lightly and said, "I have something to do too. I will leave first. Princess, please take your time."
After saying this, he slipped away with his palace maids and eunuchs.
Hua Xun: “…”
She lowered her head and walked towards her bedroom dejectedly.
…
The fifth prince was executed at the palace gate, and his screams almost echoed throughout the palace.
When the concubines in the palace heard the noise and didn't know what was going on, they sent people to inquire.
The emperor was very angry today, and the people working in the Qinzheng Palace were all very perceptive, so no one dared to leak this matter.
Therefore, everyone only knew that the fifth prince was sentenced to death by beating, but no one knew the reason.
When the fifth prince's mother, Concubine Shu, heard about this, she immediately brought people to the Qinzheng Palace. Her legs were so weak that she almost fell to the ground as soon as she got off the sedan chair. It was the palace maid beside her who supported her and brought her to the gate of the Qinzheng Palace.
The eunuch guarding the door stopped him: "His Majesty has said that he will not see anyone. Please go back..."
Concubine Shu knelt at the palace gate and cried to the inside: "Your Majesty, I don't know what Di Hui'er did wrong to make you so angry, but he is our son after all..."
"Your Majesty... I beg you to spare his life..."
Shufei cried and kowtowed on the ground, and soon her forehead became red and swollen.
The emperor didn't come out, but his personal eunuch Li Dezhong did. He squatted down and advised, "Empress Shufei, you should go back. The fifth prince has committed a crime of disrespect, and there is no way to save him..."
Concubine Shu raised her tearful eyes and said, "What on earth did Hui'er do wrong that Your Majesty must put him to death? He's still just a child..."
Eunuch Li sighed and said, "You'd better stop asking and go back quickly..."
Concubine Shu was unwilling to do so because she only had this one son.
"Your Majesty! No matter what mistakes Hui'er made, I am willing to take the punishment on his behalf. Please forgive him..."
There was a sound of something hitting the ground from inside.
Then came the emperor's furious voice: "Since Concubine Shu is willing to be punished on behalf of the Fifth Prince, her title as Concubine will be stripped away and she will be confined to Yong'an Palace! She is not allowed to leave without an imperial decree!"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu crawled on her knees, clung to the door frame, and shouted, "Your Majesty, I am willing to be punished. But what about Hui'er... can you please forgive him this time?"
The emperor's icy voice rang out: "He has no respect for his father and his majesty, and is unfilial and unfraternal. Beating him to death would be the least he could do!"
Concubine Shu staggered and knelt on the ground. Her gaze towards the Qinzheng Palace became full of hatred, but the tears in her eyes hid the hatred in them.
She didn't move, and the eunuchs carried her away.
At this time, the fifth prince had been beaten so hard that he was breathing out more than breathing in, and he couldn't even shout.
The palace servants passing by were terrified when they saw this scene.
As the saying goes, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, yet Your Majesty actually beat his own son to death like this...
As a prince, even if he made a mistake, he shouldn't die in a dignified way...
The news spread outside the palace.
The Sixth Prince, who had been waiting for news, felt his legs go weak when he heard the news and almost fell into the lotus pond.
"What did you say? My fifth brother was ordered by our father to...be beaten to death?"
The eunuch who delivered the message nodded. "It's absolutely true. The execution took place at the palace gate. Many people heard the Fifth Prince's screams... I'm afraid he's already dead by now."
The Sixth Prince sat down by the railing, staring at the water.
He gave those things to Shang Xi just to use him to attack his fifth brother and make his father dislike him.
He hadn't expected... he hadn't expected his father to be so furious, to beat his own son to death just for the sake of the late emperor's orphan...
"Father...how could he be so cruel..."
Even if you want to kill me, why not give me poisoned wine or white silk...
Why do you have to use such a cruel and embarrassing method?
The Sixth Prince felt cold all over, and a sense of fear of the loss of one's teeth and lips spread in his heart.
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