Chapter 195: Empress Dowager Yan is missing!
Lin Xiaoyue was not surprised at all that Chen Yunyun had such thoughts. Most women in ancient times had such a fate, and her thoughts were incompatible with this world!
"I can only say that everyone has their own aspirations! I advocate freedom and yearn for gender equality. If women can take the imperial examinations, I'd also like to try! People only live for a few decades, and only a few live to be a hundred years old. Why don't I do something that makes me happy in these short years?"
Chen Yunyun was trying very hard to absorb Lin Xiaoyue's thoughts. She felt that when Lin Xiaoyue said these things, she was radiating confidence and courage!
"Sister Lin, I envy you so much!" Chen Yunyun's face was full of admiration as she spoke.
The evening time passed quickly because of the chatting. Later, as Chen Yunyun chatted, her nerves relaxed. Gradually, she leaned on Lin Xiaoyue's shoulder and fell asleep until she woke up naturally.
But the capital was not peaceful at night. Liang Jingyao appeared in an abandoned cold palace in the imperial palace.
"Empress Dowager, Jingyao is late!" Liang Jingyao bowed respectfully to Empress Dowager Yan.
Empress Dowager Yan had been kneeling on the ground for too long, and her old illness, which had just eased, flared up again. She opened her eyes weakly and said, "Jingyao, you're here. But after today, don't come again! I have to go and accompany the late emperor!"
Liang Jingyao realized something was wrong. He reached out and touched Empress Dowager Yan's forehead, and found it was very hot!
He cursed indignantly, "How could Emperor Liang do this to you? Is he afraid of being struck by lightning? Without your support back then, would he have become emperor? Empress Dowager, please come with me. I'm here to save you today!"
Empress Dowager Yan shook her head and said, "No need. I know how long I can live. Even if I leave this palace, I won't be able to survive for much longer. If I stay here, I can at least be buried with the late emperor. He has been alone down there for too long, and it's time for me to go and join him!"
Liang Jingyao suppressed his tears sadly and said, "But what about the eldest princess? How sad she will be! The imperial physician Hua who served with the late emperor is in Yangming Town. He has superb medical skills and will definitely be able to cure you!"
Empress Dowager Yan's dark eyes were devoid of light. She clutched Liang Jingyao's hand tightly and said, "I won't leave. But my eldest princess and Jiacheng are depending on you. You must treat them well! In this life, they have always been suspected and monitored by Emperor Liang. Their life is too hard!"
Liang Jingyao assured firmly: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, but please follow me now. I'm sorry!"
As he spoke, Liang Jingyao knocked Empress Dowager Yan unconscious with a knife, then carried her out of the cold palace.
The reason Liang Jingyao was able to enter the palace smoothly tonight was because he had spread the word the day before that a wandering Taoist priest could refine an elixir that not only granted immortality but also could transform bones into flesh. Sure enough, the foolish Emperor Liang was tempted when he heard about it. He sent many people to search for the wandering Taoist priest, hoping that he could refine the elixir to help him regain his virility!
Then, Liang Jingyao spread the word that the Taoist priest Xianyou disliked the strict palace security and the patrolling guards everywhere, and was unwilling to enter the palace. So Emperor Liang issued an order to temporarily restore the original number of patrols and reduce the number of guards guarding the palace gates by half.
So it became easy for Liang Jingyao to take someone out of the palace! As for the wandering Taoist priest, he would naturally send him to the palace for free!
After leaving the palace, Liang Jingyao hid Empress Dowager Yan in a secret room in Juewei Tower and left ten Cheetah Army soldiers to protect her.
However, Emperor Liang, who was looking forward to the wandering Taoist priest, did not know that Empress Dowager Yan had been rescued from the palace. It was not until the next day when he was sitting in a luxurious sedan chair and preparing to go to the Meridian Gate to watch the eldest princess and Zheng Jiacheng being beheaded that he remembered to take Empress Dowager Yan with him.
"Hurry up and go to the cold palace to bring out Empress Dowager Yan. I want her to watch her daughter and nephew being beheaded with her own eyes! Humph, anyone who goes against me will never have a good ending!" Emperor Liang said proudly, touching the dragon head on the handrail.
The Imperial Guard responded, "Yes! I'll do it immediately!"
But what Emperor Liang did not expect was that until he arrived at the Meridian Gate, he did not see Empress Dowager Yan appear. Instead, the Imperial Guards came running in in a panic.
The imperial guards were so frightened that they stammered, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is missing!"
Emperor Liang angrily kicked the imperial guards in front of him and said, "Assholes! With so many guards in the palace, how could they not keep an old woman at bay? Find her, even if it means digging three feet underground! Otherwise, bring your heads to me!"
On the execution platform at the Meridian Gate, the eldest princess smiled with joy when she heard Emperor Liang's words. "It must be Jingyao! It's so great that my mother was rescued! It's a pity that these old ministers will be killed along with me!"
She said with a sad and apologetic tone, "My Lords, you are all old ministers who have served my father. You should be enjoying your retirement, but now you have to suffer such consequences. It is my fault, Mingzhu. I am sorry!"
Kneeling beside her was the princess's uncle, Yan Peili. He shook his head and consoled her, "Princess, you don't have to apologize! We are deeply blessed by the late emperor, and this is only natural. It's just that a tyrant reigns supreme, and it's truly unfortunate for the people of Dongsui!"
Emperor Liang was already seething with rage. Hearing the chatter on the execution platform, he couldn't contain his fury any longer. He rushed over and kicked Yan Peili to the ground again. "How dare you! Who are you calling a tyrant? You're facing death, yet you're still so stubborn. I've been too polite to you! Come on, beat them! Don't kill them, or it'll be a mess!"
The guards came up with wooden sticks and started beating him. The guards did not dare to stop until Emperor Liang shouted.
Yan Peili was a civil servant; how could he endure such a beating? He passed out soon after.
But Emperor Liang still refused to let him go, and shouted sternly: "Throw water on me, and then beat me after I wake up!"
At this time, Liang Jingyao had already appeared in the crowd. He saw that the person being beaten was Yan Peili. His brows furrowed and his fists clenched tighter and tighter.
Yan Peili served as the Prince's tutor. When Liang Jingyao was young and studying in the palace, he always studied under Yan Peili.
hateful!
Emperor Liang was simply trying to provoke me. He wanted to lure me out!
Liang Jingyao took a deep breath and said to the Cheetah Army around him: "I'll go out first, you wait for my instructions!"
The Cheetah Army responded and watched Liang Jingyao leap up and land on the execution platform.
"Emperor Liang, how are you?" Liang Jingyao kicked the bucket in the hand of the imperial guard away. The water did not fall on Yan Peili, but splashed on Emperor Liang's face.
Emperor Liang wiped the water off his face, revealing an angry expression. "Liang Jingyao, you are too presumptuous! I will make sure your body is utterly destroyed today! Kill him!"
Suddenly, a huge, ghost-like man flew out from hiding, and the sword in his hand was about to stab Liang Jingyao in the middle of his eyebrows.
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