The Chinese New Year is approaching, but some people cannot celebrate this New Year, as if the executioner's knife in Caishikou has bent.
Concubine Shu was directly demoted from a concubine to nothing and was banished to the cold palace.
The emperor also specially allowed the fourth prince to visit Concubine Shu in the cold palace, so that the mother and son could meet for the last time.
The Fourth Prince looked at the pale-faced Concubine Shu in front of him. She was wearing a tattered cotton jacket and huddled on the couch with dull eyes.
When she heard footsteps, she looked up and saw that it was her son. Concubine Shu was not moved at all, but just said calmly, "You are here."
The Fourth Prince moved a chair and sat opposite her. "Mother, you've lied to me for twenty years. Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"You already know everything, so why are you asking me?" Concubine Shu remained calm. "I don't even know who I am. I'm one of their adopted children. I was pretty, so I found my godfather and sent me to the palace."
"In order to survive, I will never forget the days I went through since I was a child. After entering the palace, I was trembling with fear every day. Fortunately, I had a good complexion and won the emperor's love and favor."
"Being favored makes me a target for everyone. I have to fight with the women in the harem, but I have to be controlled by those outside."
Concubine Shu's voice was calm. "And what those outside want most is you, to be a sharp weapon in their hands. If I don't agree, you will die. This is the fate of us, mother and son. We have no control over it. In their eyes, we are nothing but ants."
Concubine Shu had no choice. No matter what choice she made, it would be a dead end.
"You are your father's son. He will only be disappointed but will not kill you. Don't come here again. Forget about me, your useless mother. Just pretend that you are not my son."
She wouldn't live for many more days. This time the emperor acted without any warning, and 90% or not all of the spies were caught.
They underestimated the emperor and the ministers of Jing Dynasty. They were not as cowardly and incompetent as they appeared. They had been sleeping on straw and eating bitter food for the past seven years.
Perhaps they had already been investigating, but hadn't closed the net yet, so this time they were caught off guard. It was also because they were too complacent, always thinking that Northern Qi had already controlled Jing Dynasty.
The Fourth Prince knelt down and kowtowed three times to Concubine Shu, then stood up and left without looking back.
He also knew that what lay before them, mother and son, was a dead end, but now the dust had settled.
After being placed under house arrest, Concubine Jin was not afraid at all. At her age, death was not a big deal. What she feared was how the emperor would deal with her daughter.
But the emperor refused to see her, so she couldn't hear anything from the outside world and spent every day in anxiety and worry.
The emperor did this on purpose. He would not order Concubine Jin to be killed. Living like this was the best punishment for her.
Princess Huasheng was not having an easy time. All her lovers were taken away, and the maids, eunuchs and guards around her were all cleared out, leaving only an old maid to serve her.
Now, in the huge princess mansion, there are only four people: her, Li Guangping, Gu Yuanfang and Xiao Cui.
Princess Huasheng was already lying down. The emperor would not see her, so she could not leave and was trapped in the princess's mansion.
"Hahaha..." She is no longer a princess, but a prisoner.
Li Guangping had just moved into his own courtyard when the princess's mansion was surrounded and he was unable to leave. He was under house arrest. He knew that something big must have happened and the princess was involved.
The only thing he could think of was that the princess and the prince had been fighting recently. The back and forth was very exciting, and every time the princess won, she would give him a reward.
Now he had quite a few rewards in his courtyard, which looked nice sitting there, but they couldn't be taken out and exchanged for money, so they were just a pile of scrap metal. Most importantly, he felt that the Princess's Mansion was probably doomed this time.
Everyone was taken away, including the servant who had served him before. He secretly took a look and saw that a lot of things were moved away. All the guards guarding the princess's mansion had changed.
If the princess is finished, he will be miserable and will definitely die.
That wouldn't do. He had just entered the princess's mansion and hadn't received any benefits yet, but he was implicated and died. Isn't that too unfair?
He has to go out and can't stay here and wait to die. He has a bright future.
Xiao Cui also had to be taken out, she couldn't be left here to die, and as for Gu Yuanfang, it would be best if she died here to save him from having to do it. He found that Gu Yuanfang was a jinx, and nothing good would happen when he met her.
Li Guangping wanted to secretly meet Princess Huasheng to find out what had happened. Unfortunately, before he even left the courtyard, he was driven back by the imperial guards.
He collapsed in a chair, unable to leave the courtyard. He was about to be trapped to death in the princess's mansion. It was obvious that the princess's mansion was in big trouble this time, and many people were probably dead.
Gu Yuanfang and Xiao Cui were also in a panic, seeing the people around them being taken away one by one, and the guards searched them all after they came in. They were let go because they did nothing, but they were warned not to wander around, otherwise they would die without knowing how.
The two of them have been huddled in the house these days, not daring to move. Even when food was delivered, Gu Yuanfang didn't dare to go out and asked Xiao Cui to get it.
After all, Gu Yuanfang grew up in the capital and lived in the Anchang Marquisate for more than ten years. She knew more than Xiao Cui. She knew that Princess Huasheng was about to fall, and she had made a huge mistake to be imprisoned.
Princess Huasheng is a member of the royal family. She won't die for now. Maybe one day she will be given a piece of white silk or a cup of poisoned wine. But what about Gu Yuanfang? Will she die? Will she die?
Gu Yuanfang lived in fear every day, fearing that she would wake up one day and be sent to the guillotine. She was still so young, she didn't want to die.
He thought that entering the princess's mansion would bring him wealth and glory, but who knew that he was actually going to die.
She was unwilling to accept it, she was really unwilling to accept it.
Hearing Xiao Cui crying beside him, Gu Yuanfang became furious and slapped her.
At this point, Xiao Cui didn't tolerate her and responded to her twice, saying, "Bitch."
The anger that had been pent up in Xiao Cui's heart for so long made her unable to stop and she started fighting with Gu Yuanfang.
Gu Yuanfang had been spoiled since childhood, so he was no match for Xiao Cui. Moreover, the two had a grudge against each other, so Xiao Cui was very ruthless and finally knocked Gu Yuanfang unconscious with a stool.
"You've ruined our family. I've been serving you for so long, and I've been fed up with you for a long time." Xiao Cui straightened her clothes and hair, then went up and slapped Gu Yuanfang twice more. "Bitch."
Only then did she feel relieved. She went to rummage through Gu Yuanfang's dressing box and hid everything she could on her body.
She had to find a way to find her brother and discuss with him how to escape. Even if she died, she had to die with her brother. But before she died, she had to torture Gu Yuanfang and avenge her for injuring her brother and causing them to be displaced.
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