Chapter 76: Beauty, what a disgrace!
"I'm not Jiang Yueying!"
Jiang Yueying was trembling all over, and couldn't believe the first words she heard. It wasn't concern or longing, but a person who mistook her for Jiang Yueying!
How can Jiang Yueying be compared with her!
Anger filled her chest and she glared at Jiang Kui hatefully.
The light in Jiang Kui's eyes dimmed, and he opened his mouth for a long time, which turned into a long sigh.
"Father, do you just want to see your sister?"
"I'm sorry for her..." Jiang Kui's face was dejected, his voice hoarse, "She doesn't want to see me again. After all... we are not destined to be father and daughter."
Jiang Yueying could no longer control her emotions. She strode up to him, her eyes red. "Didn't you abandon her first? Now you're pretending to love her so deeply!"
Jiang Kui raised his head and held Jiang Yueying's hand: "It was my ignorance that harmed your sister."
"I don't want to talk about her right now!" Jiang Yueying gritted her teeth. "Father, tell me, why did Prince Jing rebel for no reason, and why did my uncle betray us? What exactly is going on?"
Jiang Kui smiled bitterly and said it was retribution.
In order to seize the throne, he killed his own brothers and sisters, and caused the bright and noble Prince Li to die in a conspiracy. In order to seek revenge, Prince Li's former subordinates murdered his queen, causing him to abandon his own daughter in the cold palace.
Later, Prince Jing learned the truth and decided to avenge his brother.
The Queen's younger brother, Marquis of Anyang, hated him, and Prince of Li's younger brother, Prince of Jing, hated him, and the two joined forces to overthrow his rule.
Everything gained through conspiracy and scheming must be returned in the end.
From then on, he had nothing.
"Ying'er, you are the only one I have." His throat choked with sobs.
Jiang Yueying shook her head stiffly, unwilling to accept anything.
She is a noble princess in the clouds, how could she fall to the earth and live among the mud?
"Is there really no other way..."
"Is there no possibility of restoration?"
Jiang Kui shook his head and held her hand: "Ying'er, I know you can't accept it, but things have come to this point and there is no way to change it...
Ying'er, let's go see your mother together."
Jiang Yueying's pupils constricted and her face turned pale.
“I don’t want to die!”
Her face was filled with terror, and she screamed and resisted, knowing that if she died, everything would be gone.
She was a princess of the Jiang Kingdom and was to be buried in the royal mausoleum, with gold, silver, pearls and jade as burial objects, and millions of servants buried with her. She could not die in the cold palace like a commoner, ignored by everyone.
"Ying'er, accompany your father to see your mother."
Jiang Kui's words were like a curse, lingering in her ears. Jiang Yueying desperately shook off his hand and stumbled out. She felt a sharp pain in her ankle, but she didn't dare look back.
Because she saw the white silk in Jiang Kui's hand, which was so white and flexible, and so familiar. She had ordered her confidants to strangle countless palace maids with such pure white silk as snow.
Bai Ling shouldn't be stained with her own blood.
She ran out of the dim little house like a madman, came to the outer wall of the cold palace, and finally got a chance to breathe.
Just then, a eunuch came over holding the imperial edict.
The one-eyed eunuch announced the decree in a shrill voice and expressionless face: "Jiang Yueying, originally of the royal family, has committed grave sins of murder and harmed innocent people. She is now demoted to a commoner and banished to the cold palace to serve as a maid to atone for her sins for ten years."
Jiang Yueying sneered: "You want me to stay in the cold palace as a maid? Dream on!"
The one-eyed eunuch looked at her calmly and said, "This is the punishment that Marquis Anyang has requested for you. Otherwise, considering the murders you have committed, the death penalty would not be excessive."
"What if I disobey your order?"
"His Majesty is merciful. He said that as long as you atone for your sins in the cold palace, your title of princess may be restored."
A hesitant look appeared on Jiang Yueying's face.
As long as she stays in the cold palace for ten years, she can become a princess... She clenched her fists. Jiang Yueying could live in the cold palace for more than ten years, so why couldn't she?
Jiang Yueying took the imperial edict and stared at every word on it, as if she was holding a life-saving straw.
The eunuch said nothing more and turned away.
The one-eyed eunuch once served Princess Anyi Jiang Yueying, but unfortunately he failed to serve her well and ended up blinding one of his eyes.
Judging from her expression just now, Jiang Yueying really didn't remember herself at all.
The one-eyed eunuch understood that faced with the temptation of becoming a princess, Jiang Yueying would definitely stay in the cold palace, but being a palace maid in the cold palace was not an easy thing.
In the future, Jiang Yueying will realize that given her arrogance, being a slave will be more painful than killing her.
No one in this palace would sympathize with a princess who was once cruel. God has eyes, and this is all retribution.
He touched his empty eyes and faintly saw tears flowing out.
The next day, Jiang Kui hanged himself in the cold palace.
…
When the news of the deposed emperor of Jiang State's suicide reached Tingshan Palace, Jiang Yueying was crying.
The person outside the house left after reporting, completely unaware of the scene inside the bedroom.
The soft gauze bed curtains fell to the ground, leaving a long tail. The thin pajamas were thrown on the ground, overlapping with the bed curtains.
There was a tasseled silk ribbon hanging from the ceiling of the bed. At this moment, the moon-white silk ribbon was not tying the bed curtain, but a pair of slender white wrists.
She was wearing a short, tight dress, and her hands were tied to the top of the bed. Her smooth arms were as delicate as cream, and her legs could not be closed either.
Xie Yuting said calmly: "Jiang Kui is dead."
"It's none of my business." Jiang Yueying didn't care at all and swore for the first time.
Xie Yuting laughed and pinched her little face: "You are a little angry, Ying."
Jiang Yueying looked at her own posture and found it difficult to speak. Her ears were red and she muttered to herself.
"Are you cursing me in your heart?" Xie Yuting stroked her leg with his warm palm.
"I don't want to know now, please let me go."
Jiang Yueying regretted it deeply. She had nothing to do today and was curious about how the Ministry of Justice interrogated prisoners, so she asked Xie Yuting. However, this guy did not tell her directly, but wanted to demonstrate it to her instead.
She didn't take it seriously, and when she came to her senses, she was tied to the couch.
Damn Xie Yuting, such a scheming guy!
"Aying, don't you want to know how the Ministry of Justice conducts interrogations? I'm here to teach you."
Jiang Yueying couldn't move her body and could only fight back with her eyes and mouth: "How can a prisoner take off his clothes while being tortured? I don't believe it!"
"Of course not. When branding a prisoner, he must take off his clean clothes." Xie Yuting said seriously.
"You don't have a soldering iron now." Jiang Yueying retorted.
Xie Yuting looked at me with pity and affection, "How could I bear to burn you? Of course I have to use something else instead of the iron, like my palm."
After he finished speaking, his handprinted on her snow-white skin. There was no stinging or burning sensation, only endless numbness.
The sunlight was clear, casting mottled spots of light through the bed curtains.
"Do you want to recruit?" Xie Yuting raised the last word in his voice.
Feeling the touch of caressing on her body, Jiang Yueying felt that she had really become a prisoner, and Xie Yuting had become her interrogator. If she did not confess and receive leniency, she would have to suffer more "torture".
The other party was still torturing her. Jiang Yueying bit her lower lip, staring at Xie Yuting with hazy eyes. The more she looked, the more she felt that the interrogator shouldn't be so handsome, otherwise the prisoner would confess and sign the name of the prisoner after seeing his face...
Xie Yuting raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically, "You still have the ability to be supernatural. It seems that my punishment is not harsh enough."
Jiang Yueying subconsciously cooperated: "I won't admit it."
"Tsk," Xie Yuting smiled, "Then I'll have to impose a more severe punishment. Have you heard of acupuncture?"
He stretched out a hand, slender as jade, well-proportioned and clean, with light calluses on the fingertips, the result of years of sword practice.
Jiang Yueying didn't understand what acupuncture was, but she could tell from the name that it was nothing more than pricking people with needles. However, Xie Yuting couldn't really hurt her, so he could only use his hands instead.
So, where will it be pierced?
Do you want to pinch her a few times?
Then, the beautiful fingers were inserted into her mouth and pressed against the surface of her tongue.
Jiang Yueying opened her eyes wide, but this time she couldn't even speak.
Xie Yuting's fingers were very long, with thin calluses that were a bit rough. They rubbed her delicate mouth. The faint scent of ginkgo leaves invaded her mouth, making her eyelashes tremble.
The knuckles brushed lightly, stirring the tip of the tongue.
She instinctively wanted to close her mouth, but she had no choice but to keep it half open. She couldn't bite his fingers, so she had to let the crystal silver threads flow out from the corners of her lips, making her lips look particularly red, moist, and entangled.
She raised her eyes slightly, and her watery eyes were particularly endearing.
"Oooooh..." she whimpered.
Xie Yuting was at his ease, and raised the corner of his lips: "Are you going to accept or not?"
Jiang Yueying shook her head, her breathing disordered.
"In that case..." Xie Yuting calmly withdrew his fingers, and his beautiful hands like butterflies spread their wings and flew straight down.
The moment they touched, Jiang Yueying's face turned red as blood, and she was so embarrassed that she was about to smoke.
What a disgrace...!
In the past, it would have been fine if the lights were turned off at night, but now it was bright and clear, and the light inside the bed curtains was bright. She only needed to lower her head to see everything clearly...
Xie Yuting leaned closer, stared into her eyes and smiled.
Her waist softened instantly. If her hands had not been tied with a silk ribbon, she probably would not have been able to sit still. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she could vaguely hear the faint sound of water.
Her voice was hoarse, and she couldn't help begging for mercy: "Sir, please forgive me."
"Are you planning to confess?" Xie Yuting was very serious and never showed favoritism.
And increase the punishment and stir it gently.
"Isn't it okay for me to recruit?"
Xie Yuting's peach blossom eyes shone brightly: "Tell me about it."
Jiang Yueying's cheeks flushed, and her voice was soft: "Husband, I plead guilty..."
"How dare you use your beauty to seduce me," Xie Yuting lifted her chin with his other hand and looked at her carefully. "Shout again?"
"Husband, my hands are sore..." Jiang Yueying acted coquettishly and skillfully.
The girl looked pitiful, her wrists turning pink.
Xie Yuting finally forgave her, picked up the handkerchief beside him, and carefully wiped each of his fingers. Jiang Yueying watched from the side, feeling ashamed and angry.
The silk ribbon was untied, and Jiang Yueying, with her hands free again, threw herself into his arms, rubbed him habitually, then remembered something and punched him a few times, without much strength, just like a little bird pecking at someone.
Such a cute revenge.
Xie Yuting hugged her tightly and lowered his head to kiss her hair.
The two of them cuddled together, Jiang Yueying yawned, and slowly closed her eyes to rest.
Even when she fell asleep, her hand was still clasped around Xie Yuting's hand, tightly pressed against his.
He lowered his eyes to look at the sleeping girl. At this moment, time became gentle and meaningful.
…
Ever since the second prince was stripped of his title, the court officials have been in chaos.
The original party of King Xuan was leaderless, while the party of the Fourth Prince became completely inflated, thinking that they had made the right bet.
Looking at the remaining princes, the eldest prince, Prince Rong, is mediocre and only has the title of prince. The crown prince is addicted to pleasure and is a waste. The eighth prince is too young and no one takes him seriously.
Among a bunch of misfits, only the Fourth Prince was considered decent. Although he was arrogant, as a member of a noble family, conceit was not a big flaw.
The fourth prince, Xie Yufan, was completely proud of himself and acted arrogantly all day long as if he was about to ascend the throne.
One day, several princes happened to bump into each other on a pleasure boat. Xie Yufan glanced at Xie Yuting, and his eyes were unconsciously attracted by Jiang Yueying beside him.
Xie Yufan is obsessed with stunning beauties, but in recent years, only Jiang Yueying can catch his eye.
But she is someone else's wife.
Qin Wangyou, the Fourth Prince's wife, turned her head to look at Xie Yufan. Seeing his fixed gaze, she understood in her heart, haha, he actually fell in love with Jiang Yueying.
Qin Wangyou looked at the unsuspecting Crown Prince Xie Yuting again. That idiot was still holding Jiang Yueying's hand affectionately and treating her like a treasure.
I couldn't help but mock her in my heart. Just wait, she would expose Jiang Yueying's true face sooner or later and expose the dirty deeds between her and the Hanyi Swordsman!
Let these bastards know that they were blind to fall in love with such a fickle woman.
Xie Yufan's eyes became more and more blatant.
Xie Yuting took Jiang Yueying's hand and said to Xie Yufan: "Fourth brother, if you look at me again, I will dig your eyeballs out."
Xie Yufan sneered: "Sixth brother, what are you talking about? I haven't offended you." He deliberately put on an innocent look with his chin raised high.
"It's better not to."
Xie Yufan looked arrogant and pointed, "Sixth brother, there is a truth you must understand: things that belong to you may not always belong to you."
Xie Yuting said: "Fourth brother, what you said is not true. What belongs to me will always belong to me. If you don't have the ability, don't get involved with me."
?
Who is incompetent after all? Xie Yufan looked at him in disbelief.
Well, why bother with a fool who has not had many good days.
He walked straight ahead with long strides and without looking around.
Xie Yufan was so busy bickering with Xie Yuting that he only felt a bump under his feet. He thought it was a stone by the water and did not look down to see what was happening.
In fact, it was the foot of Prince Rong Xie Yuwei, leaving a dirty footprint on the boot, and the guy who stepped on him completely ignored him, his elder brother.
He walked over to him with a show of force.
Prince Rong Xie Yuwei clenched his fists, raised his dark eyes, and stared at Xie Yufan's back, like a dormant volcano suddenly awakening and about to erupt.
After spending several months in the palace to escape the summer heat, the day to return to Beijing is approaching.
The dusk was silent and still.
A ray of setting sun shines into the bedroom.
Candles were lit early in the Qinghe Hall.
Xie Yuting and Jiang Yueying sat cross-legged on the soft couch, surrounded by fruit plates and tea. He was teaching her how to play chess.
Jiang Yueying couldn't help but say: "You just drove the Eighth Prince out again. The child just wanted to send you some fruit."
"Alas, I don't want to bully him, but now is not the right time. If I reconcile with him now, given his temper, he will probably immediately take out a knife to help me kill the other princes."
Xie Yuting cried out in injustice: "Besides, I didn't accept the cherries he gave me, I just didn't keep him."
"I saw his eyes were red when he left. I guess he went crying somewhere," Jiang Yueying said. "By the way, what opportunity are you waiting for?"
"Wait until everything is settled."
Jiang Yueying held the white chess piece, undecided: "When will the dust settle?"
"Wait for someone to counterattack." Xie Yuting snatched the white chess piece from her hand and placed it for her.
"I thought you were the one who wanted to rebel, is there someone else?" Jiang Yueying also snatched the black chess piece from his hand and made a mess of it.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Lang outside the hall came to report something.
Xie Yuting let him in. Yu Lang's previous injuries had already healed greatly. After Meng Shuzhang's treatment, he now looked better than before.
But his expression was a little solemn.
Jiang Yueying asked: "What happened?"
Yu Lang truthfully stated, "Prince Rong's private soldiers have surrounded Liangxin Palace. Now, most of the entire Tingshan Palace is under his control. Judging from his appearance, he intends to force the emperor to abdicate."
Jiang Yueying was surprised that there were actually people who wanted to rebel. Was Xie Yuting some kind of fortune teller?
"Your Majesty, the concubines from various palaces, and many important court officials are all under siege. Now the Liangxin Palace is in chaos and a melee is going on." Yu Lang's tone did not reveal any emotion.
"Why would Prince Rong suddenly rebel?" Jiang Yueying looked at Xie Yuting.
"It wasn't sudden. He had long been fed up with the fact that his father favored the imperial concubine's son. Now that two powerful rivals had fallen, his father still ignored him. It must have pushed him to the limit, so he lost his mind and tried to force the emperor to abdicate.
I thought he would hold back until he returned to Beijing, but I didn't expect my eldest brother to be so impatient. I guess someone must have provoked him."
Jiang Yueying blinked and tugged at his sleeve: "What should we do then? Should we just join the rebellion? I have the Cavalry Guards that my uncle sent me. They are now stationed outside the Tingshan Palace."
Xie Yuting smiled and said, "How can we be traitors? Let's go out first."
"What are you going to do?" Jiang Yueying was curious.
"Help."
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