Chapter 312 Escape
Cao Qian, who had not explained anything, did not understand how the situation had developed to this point until he met Li Xu and Zhang Li in court.
"You...are not dead!" Cao Qian's face suddenly changed, and he was shocked.
Li Xu and Zhang Li said hatefully, "The master is still alive, how dare we die first."
They had all worked hard for Cao Qian, but once the incident happened, Cao Qian abandoned them like old shoes and wanted to kill them all.
Li Xu, in particular, hated Cao Qian to the core.
He had worked for Cao Qian for many years and even killed Sun Hechuan for Cao Qian. Cao Qian wanted to kill him, but he even spared his family. It was really too cruel.
"How could you..." Cao Qian didn't understand how they survived.
It wasn't until he saw Yu Zheng who was calm and composed that he realized that everything was premeditated.
Although Zhang Li was a nobody, he knew about Cao Qian's loan. And Li Xu knew even more.
As Cao Qian expected, after a trial, he was found guilty of colluding with officials to make private loans at high interest rates and murdering Sun Hechuan.
Not only that, based on the letters and other evidence provided by Wen Yuanxiu, Cao Qian was also found guilty of corruption and bribery.
Regicide and treason are capital crimes, and Cao Qian didn't care about these additional charges. However, after a thorough investigation, many officials were implicated.
From the imperial court to the local provinces, there were nearly a hundred officials who were in cahoots with Cao Qian.
In recent years, the power of the Cao family has gradually penetrated into all parts of Dazhao. It was for this reason that Cao Qian dared to kill the emperor.
Yu Zheng presented the evidence to the court. After reading it, the emperor was furious and ordered Yu Zheng to continue to investigate thoroughly and not let any officials involved go.
In just a few days, at least a dozen officials in the court were imprisoned.
For a while, the situation in Shangjing changed drastically, and officials were arrested and imprisoned almost every day. Such thunderous anger shocked the people and made them cautious.
The sky, which had been gloomy for a few days, began to rain in the afternoon of this day.
Xie Wanruo held the medicine bowl and fed Yu Cheng medicine one spoonful at a time.
Yu Cheng, who should have woken up after being in a coma for two or three days, did not wake up until yesterday, having been in a coma for seven days. During
these seven days, Xie Wanruo was in agony and despair, and stayed with Yu Cheng almost day and night, never leaving his side.
Doctor Chen said that Yu Cheng did not want to wake up.
Xie Wanruo understood that Yu Cheng did not know how to face it, so he chose to escape.
In order to wake Yu Cheng up, Xie Wanruo and Yu Haolin cried until their tears dried up and their voices became hoarse.
During this period, the emperor also came several times.
Fortunately, Yu Cheng finally woke up.
"Cough cough..." Yu Cheng suddenly coughed violently, and spit out the medicine he had just fed onto the pillow and lapel.
"Your Highness..." Xie Wanruo hurriedly put down the medicine bowl, took the handkerchief from Yingyue's hand, and wiped the stains off Yu Cheng.
Yu Cheng was already seriously injured and had been in a coma for the past few days. Although he was forced to take medicine, he had not eaten for many days, so his injuries healed very slowly and he lost a lot of weight.
Although he is awake now, he has difficulty taking medicine and eating, and he is drowsy most of the time and unwilling to speak.
Xie Wanruo knew that the pain in Yu Cheng's heart was worse than his physical pain, and she also shared in this pain, so she felt very distressed.
But she did not regret it.
The actions of Cao Muxue and the Queen that day were enough to prove that the Cao family could not tolerate the Xie family. If the Xie family did not join forces with Yu Zheng, she would have died that day.
Yu Cheng coughed for a long time, and Xie Wanruo patiently helped him breathe, and when he stopped coughing, she continued to feed him medicine.
Yu Cheng looked at Xie Wanruo's haggard and thin face. After drinking the medicine, his lips slightly opened. He swallowed the words back several times.
He wanted to ask how the Cao family was, how the queen was, and how Cao Muxue was, but he didn't dare to ask.
Because he could do nothing, nothing.
As a prince, he knew clearly that Cao Qian had committed a capital crime punishable by genocide, and he also knew that there was no way around it.
And the queen and Cao Muxue were most likely involved.
Yu Cheng closed his eyes in pain and dared not ask anything.
If he hadn't felt guilty about Xie Wanruo and the children, he would rather sleep forever.
Seeing Yu Cheng like this, Xie Wanruo frowned deeply.
Physical injuries are easy to heal, but mental illness is difficult to cure.
The sound of rain was howling outside, and the atmosphere inside the house was depressing and suffocating, making people feel suffocated.
Xie Wanruo walked to the corridor, staring at the yard under the rain.
The rain washed away the remaining blood, but it could not wash away Xie Wanruo's memory. She will never forget the scene of the fight in the yard that day, the corpses scattered all over the yard, and the blood everywhere.
It's time to put an end to the new and old hatreds.
Xie Wanruo looked at the darkening sky and made up her mind.
At night, Xie Wanruo slept beside Yu Cheng and had a nightmare in her sleep.
"No, Your Highness, save me..."
Xie Wanruo cried in panic, desperate and helpless.
Yu Cheng was awakened and found that Xie Wanruo was having a nightmare, and called her in a low voice.
"Wanruo, Wanruo, wake up..."
Yu Cheng raised his hand with great effort and patted Xie Wanruo's face.
Xie Wanruo struggled to wake up, gasping for breath.
"Wanruo, what's wrong?" Yu Cheng asked.
Xie Wanruo came to her senses, leaned into Yu Cheng's arms, and cried in fear: "Your Highness, I'm scared, I'm so scared..."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Yu Cheng hugged her and comforted her slowly.
After Xie Wanruo calmed down, Yu Cheng asked doubtfully: "Wanruo, what are you afraid of? What nightmare did you have?"
After sleeping in the same bed for many years, it was the first time that Yu Cheng saw Xie Wanruo so scared by a nightmare.
Xie Wanruo didn't say anything, but just snuggled in Yu Cheng's arms, as if she was scared.
Seeing that she didn't want to answer, Yu Cheng didn't ask again, but just caressed and coaxed her.
The next day, the rain stopped.
After breakfast, Doctor Chen came to give Yu Cheng a routine checkup.
"Your Highness is depressed, which is not good for your recovery. You must relax your mind. Otherwise, your physical injuries will heal slowly, and over time, your heart will become depressed and become ill." Doctor Chen frowned and told the truth.
Yu Cheng listened, pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
Xie Wanruo glanced at him, sent Doctor Chen away, changed the medicine on his wound, and fed him soup.
Yu Cheng was emotionally unstable and needed to rest, so Doctor Chen added tranquilizers to the soup he gave him. Not long after Yu Cheng finished drinking it, he felt drowsy.
Xie Wanruo waited patiently, and left the East Palace after Yu Cheng fell asleep.
The rain had just stopped for a while, and there was a thin layer of water on the ground.
Xie Wanruo clenched her hands and walked on the wet palace road, her face cold and determined as she walked towards the cold palace.
"Your Majesty." The imperial guards guarding outside the cold palace saluted.
Xie Wanruo said, "I want to go in and say a few words."
The imperial guards opened the locked gate and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please."
The emperor asked them to strictly guard the cold palace and not allow others to visit, but he said that Concubine Yu Gui and Concubine Xie could enter.
"Creaky..." The heavy and rusty gate was pushed open, and Xie Wanruo stepped in.
The cold palace had been uninhabited for many years, with weeds growing in the yard, old doors and windows, and painted and peeling columns. It was desolate and cold, and it was incompatible with the magnificent palace.
The Queen and Cao Muxue in the house heard the noise and hurried out to check.
"Mother." Xie Wanruo called out softly.
Seeing Xie Wanruo, Cao Muxue was stunned for a moment, then went back to the house as if to avoid her.
The Queen was overjoyed.
She is finally here!