Chapter 21: The Palace Examination Ruined (21)
twenty one
As dusk fell and the palace lights dimmed, suddenly voices of many people were heard outside the palace.
"Your Majesty? Is your Majesty in good health?"
Zhu Qingchen and the emperor turned around and saw court officials in official uniforms, holding jade tablets, rushing towards the Yangju Palace in a mighty procession.
Several old school officials walked in the front, wiping their tears and saying, "Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu, where are you? Are you dead?"
"God damn it, Prince Jing! If you dare to force me to abdicate, I will splatter blood all over the court!"
General Zhenwei returned to the city today, and as soon as he came back he blocked the entire Yong'an City. They all thought that the emperor was going to be forced to death by Prince Jing.
Zhu Qingchen was in the palace tending to the sick, so naturally he couldn't escape.
So, when they saw the scene in front of them clearly, they were all stunned.
The ground was full of rebels, who were crying out in pain and rolling on the ground, breathing in but not out.
Zhu Qingchen and the emperor were standing nearby, nothing happened to them.
Zhu Qingchen responded: "I'm not dead yet."
Um……
It seemed like they were worrying too much.
Liu An and Pei Xuan followed behind several old school officials. The young man couldn't hold his breath and quickly stepped forward, surrounding Zhu Qingchen on the left and right, and asked with concern: "Master, is there anything wrong?"
"I'm fine."
Zhu Qingchen sheathed his sword and stood obediently.
He didn't kill anyone, it was His Majesty who did the killing, he was just cheering from the sidelines.
Pei Xuan whispered, "Senior Brother Liu almost brought the palace soldiers into the palace to rescue the Master."
Zhu Qingchen glanced at the emperor and quickly covered his mouth: "Shut up."
How dare you mention "bringing the imperial guards into the palace" in front of the emperor? He just went crazy and will kill you too.
The emperor also glanced at Zhu Qingchen, pulled over the curtain hanging beside him, and carefully wiped the blood off his hands.
The murderous intent in his eyes was too strong and had not yet dissipated. Liu An and Pei Xuan withdrew their hands and moved away from the Master.
The emperor casually asked, "Where are the top two candidates now serving?"
Liu An and Pei Xuan bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, we have not yet taken office."
"That's perfect." The emperor pointed to the group of people on the ground and said, "You two go to the Dali Temple and take up your posts. I'll leave these people to you. Find out the truth."
The two of them accepted the order: "Yes."
Prince Jing was controlled by the secret guards and looked at them viciously.
In a flash, he suddenly understood something.
"Pei Xuan, you...you took the letter..."
Pei Xuan did not comment.
Prince Jing didn't know where he got the strength from, and he broke free from the suppression of the secret guards and rushed to Pei Xuan: "How dare you? I value you and like you so much, and you dare to betray me!"
Pei Xuan frowned and asked in disbelief: "The prince tricked me into entering the mansion, and that's called 'liking'? The prince touched me, and that's called 'liking'? If I hadn't listened to the teacher and worked out hard, I would have been pressed under the prince that day, and it would have been extremely humiliating. The prince would have called that 'liking'?"
Without waiting for him to speak, Pei Xuan waved his hand and said, "Pull him away."
Prince Jing was dragged away, his eyes as if filled with poison, staring at the direction of Pei Xuan.
In the original book, it was on that night that Prince Jing ruined Pei Xuan's palace examination and his life.
Now, Prince Jing did not pull Pei Xuan in, but instead sent himself to death.
Retribution will come.
The system sighed: "The relationship between top and bottom has completely collapsed."
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "What does it matter? He will do the same as Pei Xuan, jumping off the city wall, and then Pei Xuan can be cremated. Our Xuan is the protagonist, so he only needs a small crematorium."
"Wait a minute." Zhu Qingchen frowned, "He wouldn't be afraid to jump off the tower, right? If he doesn't even dare to jump off the tower, how can he say he likes it?"
The system gave him a thumbs up: "As expected of you, scumbag minister."
*
Overnight, Prince Jing and General Zhenwei were captured alive and sent to the Dali Temple.
The emperor searched General Zhenwei's body and took out the military token, gave it to a trusted general, and ordered him to go to the border immediately to stabilize the morale of the army.
Fortunately, Prince Jing had been busy with career advancement for many years and only made friends with a group of drinking buddies. As soon as these dandy boys heard that there was a change in the palace and Prince Jing was captured, they immediately wanted to distance themselves from him.
Some families, upon hearing about this, immediately tied up the man and sent him to the Dali Temple.
The emperor didn't care either. He was just a fence-sitter, wavering and unable to cause any big waves.
If we get to the bottom of it, there's nothing to punish them for; if we let them off this time, they might even be grateful.
Pei Xuan and Liu An have been staying at home doing nothing since the palace examination.
Now the emperor appointed them both to the Dali Temple, in charge of presiding over the trial of Prince Jing's treason case. The two men were full of energy and took the prisoner away.
Zhu Qingchen yawned quietly.
Young people are full of energy and can stay up late, but he can’t. He wants to go back to sleep.
He returned the sword to the emperor and prepared to retreat with the other court officials.
The emperor said, "There is still chaos in the city. I am afraid that Prince Jing's rebels are roaming around. You have been close to me recently. Please stay in the palace for the time being. When the situation calms down, you can move out."
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "I will send a few old ministers out."
The emperor threw the sword to him and said: "Take the sword with you. You are allowed to carry the sword in the palace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Qingchen held a long sword and retreated with several old school officials.
After leaving Yangju Palace, Zhu Qingchen held the hands of the old academic officials and walked on the palace road.
The palace lanterns on both sides are bright.
Zhu Qingchen's eyes curved, and he smiled and said, "Just now I seemed to hear someone calling me anxiously, 'Xiao Zhu? Xiao Zhu, where are you? Xiao Zhu, are you dead?' Which old school official is worried about me?"
Several senior school officials were a little embarrassed, waved their hands and turned their heads away.
"It wasn't me, it wasn't me. It was probably Lao Gao. Lao Gao even cried."
"Bullshit, how can I be so calm? I am always so calm and composed. Even if there is a catastrophe in front of me, I will not show my emotions."
"When we came to you and said we wanted to go to the palace to get some information, you wiped your tears and said that it was rare to meet a friend as old as Xiao Zhu, and if he died, who would you find to burn incense with you? Just tell me, did you cry?"
Zhu Qingchen showed a delighted expression: "Really?"
Senior student Gao was still stubborn: "Bullshit, I was blinded by the wind."
The other school officials smiled and said, "Of course it's true."
Zhu Qingchen was very happy: "More, more!"
Let me hear how important I am in everyone’s heart!
"As soon as Old Xu heard that you were going to die, he immediately went to look for his former students."
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Are the students of Master Xu the ministers of the court?"
"No, but he is a Taoist priest who can make elixirs that can bring the dead back to life. Old Xu wants to wait for Prince Jing to kill you, then steal your body and bring you back to life."
“…”
Is it possible that if a person is killed, he will die?
It doesn't sound very reliable.
But it was a good intention, and Zhu Qingchen appreciated it.
He was taking care of the emperor in the palace and could not leak the news. Everyone thought that the emperor was ill and was about to fall.
At such a critical moment, even though they were already old, they still risked their lives to come into the palace to save him. Zhu Qingchen was very grateful.
Zhu Qingchen held their hands affectionately and said, "What about the other adults? Are they worried about me too? I'm so popular!"
The old scholar said calmly: "You think too much. People don't recognize you."
Zhu Qingchen's smile froze on his face: "..."
"Prince Jing usually only loves hunting, just like Your Majesty. If we allow him to stir up trouble, how can we have peace?" The old scholar lowered his voice, "Although Your Majesty is unreliable, Prince Jing is even less reliable."
"Although Your Majesty is addicted to singing and dancing, he will listen to the advice of the court officials. As for Prince Jing..."
They didn't say any more.
The best emperor is a wise one, and the second best emperor is an obedient one.
The worst is the emperor who is stubborn and self-righteous.
Prince Jing happened to be the worst one, and no one wanted to help him take the throne.
Zhu Qingchen smiled secretly.
The old scholar continued, "Besides, we all know that he detained Pei Xuan in his mansion on the eve of the palace examination."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head: "How did you know?"
"Pei Xuan told us himself."
Zhu Qingchen was shocked: "He...he told you himself?!"
"At that time, the court officials were still hesitant. He came out and said that Prince Jing was not a wise ruler and told us about this matter. He would not make such a serious matter a joke."
"He also said that if we don't stop Prince Jing from usurping the throne today, the people present here will be beaten black and blue by Prince Jing tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, the people who will be summoned to the palace and bullied by Prince Jing will be the children of the ministers."
"After he said this, the court officials were willing to come to the palace to make a death-defying appeal."
Zhu Qingchen lowered his eyes, feeling a little emotional.
Originally, not many people knew about this matter, and even Liu An was not clear about the inside story.
After all, a good student was bullied by King Jing like that.
It is really embarrassing to tell others about such a thing. If someone spreads it, it will lead to false information and people will think of Prince Jing when they mention Pei Xuan in the future.
He is inseparable from Prince Jing.
Zhu Qingchen intended to keep the secret for him, but unexpectedly, he told it himself.
He really had no choice. In order to persuade his ministers and prove that King Jing was not a good person, he had no choice but to make this choice.
The old school officials patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we won't tell anyone."
Zhu Qingchen sent the old scholars to the palace gate, helped them into the carriage, and watched them leave.
*
Return to the room.
Zhu Qingchen hung the sword given to him by the emperor on the head of his bed, washed up simply, and prepared to go to bed.
He lay on the bed, with his hands under his head.
Maybe it was because I had just experienced an unexpected incident and I couldn't sleep for a while.
The system stopped at the bedside and chatted with him: "Are all the political schemes here so fast? The emperor just picks up a knife and kills, and that's it?"
"It's not over yet." Zhu Qingchen said, "Capturing Prince Jing and General Zhenwei alive is just the beginning. One of them is a prince, and the other is a general with outstanding military achievements. If Your Majesty cannot give a proper reason and cannot stabilize the people under their command, and is instead accused of 'harming his fellow meritorious officials', then everything that happened tonight will be over."
"The next part is the highlight, so the emperor sent people to appease the northwest soldiers overnight, and specially sent Pei Xuan and Liu An to investigate the case. They have just entered the court, so it is impossible for them to be partial and will not be criticized."
"Hmm..." The system thought for a moment, "I thought it would take several years to plan and deploy."
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "Several years?"
"That's what's written in novels," the system said. "The emperor usually has to plan for several years. During this time, in order to strengthen the general's military power, he has to take their son into the harem. Even though he doesn't like him, he has to pretend to dote on him."
"Then the emperor took the opportunity to regain military power. On a dark and windy night, he imprisoned General Zhenwei and his family. The emperor won over the entire military camp and trained them day and night. On another dark and windy night, they surrounded Prince Jing's mansion together, controlled Prince Jing's men, and captured Prince Jing alive."
"Although the emperor gained the world, he lost the love of General Zhenwei's son forever. Oh, my favorite 'Chasing Wife to the Crematorium', this is the perfect political strategy!"
Zhu Qingchen's mouth twitched as he listened to the so-called political intrigue.
"Did you make this up yourself? Do you know how many people there are in the entire military camp and the entire court?"
"have no idea."
"There are only tens of thousands. If any one of these tens of thousands leaks out, the conspiracy will fail."
"Really?" The system suddenly realized.
Zhu Qingchen counted on his fingers: "The emperor pretended to be sick this time. No one knew about it except him and me. Even Eunuch Yang and the imperial physician were excluded. The secret guards only knew that the one they were going to arrest today was Prince Jing a quarter of an hour in advance. They had no chance to inform the secret. This is called 'conspiracy'." "Tens of thousands of people are involved in conspiracy. It's better to find a few storytellers to shout it out on the street."
The system choked.
Zhu Qingchen said, "Besides, the emperor is not a prostitute, why should he sell himself to General Zhenwei to get back his military power? General Zhenwei's son is not stupid, the emperor can be replaced at will, but there is only one father. Why would he help the emperor instead of helping his father to monitor the emperor?"
"Because..." The system was speechless. "How can you be so serious about the matter of the 'crematorium'? It's all because of love."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "You're still in love even if your life is about to be lost? The same goes for Prince Jing. Pei Xuan was about to interrogate him, but he didn't quickly beg for mercy, telling Pei Xuan that he had confessed everything and begged Pei Xuan not to torture him. He even kept saying 'love love love' to Pei Xuan."
The system was shocked: "You are so heartless! Trash Minister, you don't understand love at all!"
Zhu Qingchen propped up his head and said leisurely, "Nonsense, I understand 'love'. 'Love' is the snacks and toys that you bring back every time you go out, not trampling, humiliating, and bullying."
The system said loudly: "'Emperor's love' is a dilemma! You have never been an emperor, how do you know?"
Zhu Qingchen shouted even louder than him: "Nonsense, I have never been an emperor, but I have seen an emperor!"
"When I was still alive, Li Yue gave me the key to his private vault for safekeeping, allowing me to take whatever I wanted. This is called the love of an emperor!"
"Li Yue, give me the military token. Half of Fengxiang City's imperial army will be at my disposal and will obey my orders. This is called the love of an emperor!"
"Li Yue promised me that I would be second to none and above all others. He is not in Fengxiang City and he respects me as the emperor. This is called the love of an emperor!"
"What did Prince Jing do to Pei Xuan? When he wasn't in love, he ruined his future. When he was in love, he forced him to jump off the city wall. How can you call this 'emperor's love'? This is called 'the love of the king of hell', right?"
Zhu Qingchen frowned: "If I didn't know Li Yue, I would have been fooled by you. Li Yue has never been forced to do things against his will."
Zhu Qingchen thought about it and came back to his senses: "You really like to make up some inexplicable crematorium stories. Could it be that Pei Xuan's book "Gloomy Suffering" was also written by you?"
"How is that possible?" The system quickly retorted, "I just saw it."
Zhu Qingchen looked at it suspiciously: "I don't believe it."
The system flushed red all over the ball: "I'm just a little bit in love, there's a red system in the Quick Wear Bureau, it's much more in love than me!"
Zhu Qingchen looked at it and said, "You are red now."
"It's not me!" "I know, I'm going to sleep first."
"I told you it's not me!" The system angrily pressed the play switch of "Lullaby".
Zhu Qingchen wrapped himself in the quilt, turned over, closed his eyes, and fell asleep heartlessly in less than two seconds.
His sleeping posture was not very good, and he looked like a bird about to take off.
The system looked at his face and suddenly understood why it had to find Zhu Qingchen to do the task.
Only those who grew up immersed in various kinds of love will not be led by the "crematorium theory".
At the same time, in the Yangju Palace opposite.
The emperor also prepared to go to bed.
But his villain system didn't play "Lullaby" next to him, but instead shouted loudly.
"What are you doing? You arrested the protagonist! You even stabbed him! You even let the protagonist judge the protagonist! Are you crazy?"
The emperor dug his ears and pretended not to hear.
"I've already told you that you're just a villain, you just need to eat and wait for death, but now you've messed things up like this, the whole plot has collapsed!"
The emperor said confidently: "Didn't you say that villains are there to cause trouble for them?"
The system paused for a moment and said, "I'm asking you to follow the plot and send Pei Xuan to the frontier to make things difficult for him!"
"It's the same if you make things difficult for Prince Jing. He's also the protagonist." The emperor glanced at it, "So the villain is only allowed to make things difficult for the protagonist, but not for the protagonist? You have double standards, can't stand seeing Prince Jing being wronged?"
"I don't have any. When I go to the crematorium of King Jing, I will..."
The emperor sneered, took a spittoon to cover it, pushed it into the corner, turned over and went to sleep.
The big villains attack indiscriminately, including the system.
*
On the other side, Pei Xuan and Liu An sent the prisoner to jail overnight.
General Zhenwei and Prince Jing were both injured, one was stabbed and the other was hit. I'm afraid we can't interrogate them tonight. We can only ask the doctor to come and take a look and resume the interrogation tomorrow.
Pei Xuan and Liu An took their servants to Prince Jing's mansion.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the people in the palace packed up their things and tried to escape. But when they ran to the side door, they found that there were people guarding the door and every few sections of the courtyard wall.
They couldn't escape at all.
The main gate was wide open, and the servants held torches in their hands, lighting up the Prince Jing's mansion.
Pei Xuan and Liu An, dressed in official uniforms, walked into the palace.
All the palace attendants were gathered in the courtyard.
Liu An raised his hand and said, "Take ten people in a group and interrogate them. There will be a reward for those who find out the information."
"yes."
The officers immediately stepped forward and took the servant away.
Liu An said again: "Stay here, steward. Where is Prince Jing's study?"
The palace steward hurried out to lead the way for them.
The study in Prince Jing's mansion was very large, and there were many things inside. Pei Xuan also took out a secret compartment, which contained many account books and letters.
Pei Xuan and Liu An stayed in the study tonight and sorted out these things one by one.
*
When Pei Xuan and Liu An first entered officialdom, the first case they took over was such a major case of treason.
The two men did not dare to slack off and stayed in Prince Jing's mansion overnight to search the letters.
The harvest was not small. They found in Prince Jing's mansion the correspondence between Prince Jing and officials in the court, as well as the account books of some officials who gave gifts to Prince Jing under the guise of their sons.
Prince Jing often went out hunting and also often held banquets in his palace.
These things were done secretly during hunting and banquets.
At night, the police came to report.
"Master Liu, Master Pei, the traitor is yelling and cursing in the prison, and he insists that Master Pei go to see him."
Under the candlelight, Pei Xuan and Liu An were reading letters.
Liu An said calmly: "Go back and tell him that it's not his turn yet, let him wait first."
"Yes." The officer hesitated. "The traitor also said that he was Master Pei's... his..."
Liu An said: "What is it? Just say it if you have something to say."
The officer was obviously unable to speak: "He said that he is Master Pei's husband, and asked Master Pei to go and see him..."
Before the officer finished speaking, Liu An threw the letter heavily onto the table: "What is this? Is he crazy? Shield his mouth to stop him from talking nonsense!"
Pei Xuan raised his head and held Liu An's hand: "Brother, don't be angry." He looked at the officer: "Do as Master Liu said, and shut his mouth."
"yes."
The officer was about to leave. Liu An became more and more angry and stood up: "I'll go with you to take a look."
Pei Xuan said, "It's getting late. Brother, you have already visited him in the prison. Just go back to the mansion and rest. You don't need to come back."
"Yeah." Liu An said, "You should also go to bed early."
"good."
Liu An rolled up his sleeves, loosened his wrists, and left with the officer, looking like he was going to beat someone up. After he left, Pei Xuan lowered his head and continued to read the letters he had found.
The candlelight flickered, Pei Xuan supported his head, and unknowingly, his vision began to blur, and the words on the paper shook slightly.
Pei Xuan had a dream.
He dreamed about himself.
In his dream, he was still a young master in a winery, studying hard, hoping that one day he would be able to pass the imperial examination and gain fame so that his mother would not have to work so hard and could enjoy a peaceful life.
He studied hard day and night, and finally passed the autumn and spring examinations and was ready to take the palace examination.
However, there was no Master Zhu in the dream.
Without Master Zhu, there would be no one to help him read his articles, and he would not be able to get to know other classmates.
He could only study hard alone, like a headless fly, bumping around everywhere, preparing for the palace examination with great anxiety.
A few days before the palace examination, his mother thought that their home was far away, so she took out the money she had saved for a long time and asked him to book a room in an inn in the city.
He carefully carried the silver and looked for several inns.
But he found that the money his mother had saved with great effort could not even afford to rent a woodshed.
In the dream, he was too self-deprecating. He apologized timidly, lowered his head, and left the inn.
In fact, Pei Xuan could see clearly that neither the waiter nor the owner of the inn had any intention of laughing at him in their eyes. They were just telling him something.
He kept his head down and couldn't even see other people's expressions clearly.
He left the inn, head lowered, and bumped into Prince Jing again.
Prince Jing asked him the whole story and the prince told him that there were many empty rooms in the palace and if he didn't mind, he could stay there for a night.
He agreed.
Prince Jing often took care of their family's business. At that time, he was very grateful to Prince Jing. Without the teacher's advice, he could not tell the difference between "doing business according to the rules" and "deliberately winning over others".
He just thought about not making his mother worry and not delaying the palace examination. Now that he had accepted Prince Jing's favor, he would thank him later.
At that time, he was still thinking with all his heart that Prince Jing was such a good man.
So, the night before the palace examination, he moved into Prince Jing's Mansion.
That night, he was reading a book in his room, planning to go to bed early after finishing this page to get enough rest.
He blew out the candle, and suddenly, the door of the room creaked and was pushed open.
Before he could shout, he was hugged from behind by a drunken man.
He struggled desperately in the dream, but because he did not listen to his teacher and exercise diligently in this life, he was soon pressed down on the bed by the man.
A night of humiliation.
He didn't know in the dream, but Pei Xuan, who was watching the dream, knew it clearly. Even if there was no candle and he couldn't see clearly, he knew that this person was King Jing.
When he woke up again, he hurried into the palace to take part in the palace examination.
He endured the discomfort and finished writing the article, but fainted while talking to His Majesty.
His Majesty was furious. He took out his article and threw it in front of him without even reading it. He then had him dragged away and exiled to a remote frontier.
As he fell to the ground, he saw a familiar hem of clothing beside him.
Senior Brother Liu looked down at him and saw the marks on his neck with a look of disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that a student could do such a thing on the eve of the palace examination.
Senior Brother Liu hid to the side and stopped looking at him.
Pei Xuan was startled, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.
In the eyes of Senior Brother Liu in the dream, he was just a student who had committed adultery in the palace examination. Senior Brother Liu was aloof and self-righteous, so he naturally despised him.
He wanted to explain to Senior Brother Liu, but when he opened his mouth, no words came out.
Because of his misbehavior in front of the emperor, he was exiled to the frontier by His Majesty, without even the chance to go home and say goodbye.
When the mother received the bad news, she fainted several times.
At the border, he once again believed in Prince Jing, believed that Prince Jing was the savior who saved him from the quagmire, and even fell in love with him.
Pei Xuan in the dream was not clear, but Pei Xuan who was dreaming was very clear.
Prince Jing had long been in collusion with General Zhenwei of the Northwest, so after Pei Xuan was exiled to the frontier, he was harassed by local officials at the behest of Prince Jing.
King Jing first had someone torture him for a while, and when Pei Xuan became discouraged, he came before Pei Xuan as a savior.
Helping him out and encouraging him, Pei Xuan naturally became devoted and followed King Jing wholeheartedly.
A few years later, he joined Prince Jing in a rebellion and provided advice to him.
On the day when the army entered the capital, at the celebration banquet, he belatedly realized that the man who ruined his palace examination was Prince Jing!
The him in the dream was indeed too naive, without any scheming at all.
He was humiliated in Prince Jing's mansion and cried loudly for help, but no servant came to see what was going on.
It can be seen that someone had already arranged the servants.
Who else could be the man in the palace who could order the servants around and bully him if not Prince Jing?
And he actually wanted to protect King Jing and make plans for King Jing. He was once again pressed into that hellish room by King Jing, feeling sticky and disgusting.
The rebellion was successful, and the good days were coming. He thought he would be able to wait for the clouds to clear and see the moon, but he went crazy.
Prince Jing thought he was pretending to be crazy and even threatened him with his mother to make him admit his mistake.
On the night when King Jing ascended the throne, Pei Xuan received the news of his mother's death. While the palace servants who were guarding him were out drinking, he escaped from the cold palace where he was imprisoned, climbed up the city wall, and jumped down.
The wind was roaring in my ears.
Pei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. It was better this way, even if he died.
Prince Jing held his body and cried like a "child who had lost his precious toy."
Suddenly, Pei Xuan heard many strange noises.
"The first time the rule-abiding Pei Xuan called King Jing by his name was before he died."
"The first time the iron-willed Prince Jing shed tears was when Pei Xuan was about to die."
“What a beautiful love!”
Pei Xuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what they were talking about.
What is this iron-clad character? What is this beautiful love? He doesn't understand.
But the dream did not end, and he did not die.
It snowed that day and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. He fell on the snow but did not die.
Prince Jing held him and yelled at the doctor: "If you can't save him, I want you all to be buried with him!"
That voice also echoed: "What a domineering, beautiful love! He loves him so much!"
With the knife hanging on his neck, the imperial doctors tried their best and finally saved Pei Xuan.
But he turned into a puppet, unable to cry or laugh, and was like a corpse when King Jing forced him.
The voice said again: "The crematorium of King Jing has begun!"
The so-called crematorium is——
Prince Jing knelt on one knee in front of his bed, held his hand, and apologized to him: "A Xuan, I know I was wrong. I didn't know how to love you. I just wanted to keep you by my side, but I used the wrong method."
King Jing hung the corpse of the late emperor in front of him and said, "It's all his fault. It's all the fault of the late emperor who sent you to the frontier. I have ordered him to be cut into pieces. Ah Xuan, do you feel relieved? Come and cut him too."
King Jing then took him to see Brother Liu's body and said to him, "I know that Liu An was arrogant and looked down on you. He is dead too. I killed him."
Pei Xuan finally showed some expression. He opened his eyes wide, climbed up from the bed, and looked at Senior Brother Liu's body in disbelief. When King Jing entered the city, Senior Brother Liu committed suicide for his country. There was a huge wound on his neck, almost cutting off his entire head.
Pei Xuan opened his mouth, fell off the bed, and threw himself beside Senior Brother Liu's body, trying to hold him, tears falling from his eyes.
Prince Jing hugged him from behind and said, "Ah Xuan, no one will bully you anymore. I will kill all those who bully you."
Although all these disasters were caused by King Jing, he was excluded.
Why doesn't he have to be cut into pieces?
If there really is karma in this world, why don't the perpetrators be cut into pieces?
The voice told him that it was because Prince Jing was the "protagonist", his "official partner", and his husband.
So Prince Jing can still be forgiven. As long as he is "crematorium", there is nothing that cannot be forgiven.
Pei Xuan was greatly shocked.
Of course, Prince Jing’s “crematorium” is not over yet.
He continued to squat and apologize to Pei Xuan - because he wanted to maintain the dignity of an emperor, he squatted on one knee.
He apologized twice, got caught in the rain once, and shouted Pei Xuan's name all night with a fever. He deliberately sent the message to Pei Xuan's ears.
In the end, he went against all odds and made Pei Xuan, a man, the queen, which attracted criticism from both the court and the public, but he was determined to go against the will of heaven!
Pei Xuan was like a puppet, feeling the unknown emotions in his heart, but also feeling extremely disgusted.
He was forced to raise his hand, hold King Jing's hand, and said with a smile: "Fu Wenzhou, I forgive you."
King Jing was overjoyed to get him back. He embraced him and promised him: "A Xuan, I will treat you well. I love you."
That's how the story ends.
Pei Xuan wanted to take his hand back, but he couldn't move.
Many voices filled his ears.
“The crematorium is so busy!”
“But it always feels like it’s not enough.”
"Isn't that enough? The gong has already kneeled down and apologized several times. It's good enough that the emperor can do this."
"The bottom has already forgiven the top. They are just a couple playing around and having fun. Why do you, an outsider, care so much?"
"The top just doesn't know how to love. Life is so long, can't the bottom teach him slowly?"
…
Pei Xuan had a splitting headache, but he was still deeply trapped in the dream and couldn't wake up.
In response to the requests of these voices, there are several short stories called "extra stories" that follow. At the wedding ceremony between Prince Jing and him, Prince Jing dressed him in the queen's dress and coaxed him to call him "husband".
Although Prince Jing took several ministers' daughters into his harem, he would not touch them unless necessary, until one of them gave birth to a child. After Prince Jing made the child the crown prince and completed his "emperor's mission", he favored the queen alone.
They call this "the emperor's affection."
At the end of the extra story, Prince Jing and he lived together until old age and became an enviable pair of emperor and empress.
The younger generations surrounded Pei Xuan and said that they wanted to marry a man as good as King Jing in the future. Pei Xuan showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Pei Xuan couldn't bear it any longer, he suddenly opened his eyes, and let out a "wow" sound, retching.
He woke up from his dream. It was completely dark and the dark air was so oppressive that it made him feel uneasy.
Pei Xuan lowered his head, his eyes were gloomy, his whole body was trembling, and he was gasping for breath.
He gripped the corner of the table tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand, and he almost broke the corner of the table off.
What is all this?
It was not until he saw the indigo official uniform on himself that he came to his senses. He immediately rushed to the side, holding the spittoon and retching continuously.
He was busy investigating a case at night and didn't eat anything, nor could he vomit anything.
The emperor's deep affection.
vomit--
An enviable empress.
vomit--
His future was ruined, his only relative was tortured to death, and his former classmate was forced to death.
Prince Jing actually knelt down and apologized to him, twice! Twice!
vomit--
What did he do wrong?
What did his mother do wrong? What did Senior Brother Liu do wrong?
What did the imperial physician who was threatened by Prince Jing do wrong? What did the concubines who were locked up in the harem by him do wrong?
Pei Xuan was holding a spittoon and retching. The officer walked to the door and was startled by him. He hurried forward and patted his back: "Master Pei, how are you? Are you too tired?"
The officer handed him a handkerchief and poured him a cup of tea: "Master, please clear your mouth."
Pei Xuan calmed down, rinsed his mouth with tea, and pressed the corners of his lips: "What are you doing here?"
The officer said, "It's nothing serious. It was just that traitor. I was worried that I would suffocate him to death by stuffing his mouth, so I loosened his mouth. As a result, he started talking nonsense again, and this time his words were even more outrageous..."
Pei Xuan said: "You say."
"He said that Lady Pei is his queen and he is Lady Pei's husband, and he wants Lady Pei to join him in the rebellion..."
Thinking of what happened in his dream, Pei Xuan couldn't help but vomit again.
nausea!
The officer patted him on the back and said, "I have already blocked his mouth, but his words were too shocking, so I hurried over to inform you. If you are not feeling well, why don't you go back and rest early?"
Pei Xuan clenched his fists and stood up: "No need, get ready and send someone to inform the teacher and senior brother——"
"I want to interrogate Fu Wenzhou at night!"
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