Chapter 440 Late Night Farewell
Late at midnight, outside the imperial city.
“Whoa!”
A carriage was moving fast, and the driver was actually Number One who should be in the space. He did not stop the carriage until he was dozens of miles away from the imperial city, and then he parked it steadily on the dark official road.
“Hmm…”
Inside the carriage, Shen Xiangwan waved her hand, and two silver needles were inserted into the bodies of the two unconscious people. They were none other than the deposed Crown Prince Li Yunhong and his wife Qiao Yanran.
"Husband?"
"Yanran?"
The couple woke up slowly, and when they saw each other, they couldn't help being shocked. They both reached out to grab each other. Qiao Yanran's eyes were red, and tears rolled down her cheeks. She never dreamed that she would have the chance to see her husband again. After her husband left that day, she returned to the house, dispersed all the servants, and prepared to end her life with a three-foot white silk, but... what on earth was going on?
The couple seemed to have thought of the same question and finally realized that there were other people around. When they turned their heads and saw Wei Chengyi and his wife, they were reflexively stunned. Shen Xiangwan was not included, but Wei Chengyi and his wife were people they knew.
"Cheng Yi? What's going on?"
After calming down a bit, Li Yunhong took his wife's hand and looked at Wei Chengyi. Did he want to let them go?
"You shouldn't be buried with the Li royal family. Go away, go far away, hide your identity with your sister-in-law, and don't show up again."
Knowing that he had guessed his purpose, Wei Chengyi met his eyes and said in a deep voice that when he was young, he and his elder brother had not yet gone to the battlefield. At that time, they were close friends with Li Yunhong. He vowed to become a good emperor loved by all the people in the future, and they also said that they would follow him, fight for him in the south and the north, and guard the four directions. Today, things have changed, and they are no longer the same as they used to be. This is the only thing he can do for him as a good friend.
Holding his wife's hand tightly, Li Yunhong said in a hoarse voice, "Aren't you afraid that I will secretly rebel as a prince of the previous dynasty?"
The reason why the new dynasty had to kill all the royal family members of the previous dynasty when it was established was that they were afraid that they would use their status to secretly cause trouble and bring chaos to the country that had been pacified with great difficulty. What's more, Li Yunhong was once the prince, the eldest son of the king of the previous dynasty who had lost his country. He loved the people like his own children and had been sincerely supported by the people.
No new emperor would tolerate Li Yunhong to continue living, let alone let him go personally.
"You won't!"
Looking at him deeply, Wei Chengyi said firmly that if he continued to provoke war, he would not be Li Yunhong.
"Yeah, I can't."
Li Yunhong laughed. It was enough for him to have a good friend who understood him so well in this life!
"Li Yunhong is dead. From now on, I will take my mother's surname, Ye, and change my name to Ye Yunhong. Chengyi, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to meet again in this life. As I said before, treat the people well. I will watch you become a wise ruler from the people."
After a moment, Li Yunhong raised his head again, there was a bit more relief in his eyes, and his smile became more genuine. At this moment, he really let it go completely.
"Um."
Wei Chengyi didn't make any fancy promises, but just nodded. Shen Xiangwan, who had remained silent, took out a bundle and handed it to them: "There are some banknotes and medicines I made myself in here, which you should be able to use."
"Thank you very much."
Li Yunhong did not refuse. He took the bag and handed it to Qiao Yanran.
"Take care on your journey!"
Finally, Wei Chengyi clasped his fists and gave another warning. He took Shen Xiangwan by the hand and left the carriage. Before getting off, Shen Xiangwan suddenly turned around and said, "Sister-in-law's pregnancy is a little unstable. Brother Hong should pay more attention to it and don't miss the chance to have a child."
"What?"
Li Yunhong turned his head and looked at his wife in disbelief. The latter nodded with tears in her eyes. The couple hugged each other tightly and tenderly for a long time. After almost an incense stick of time, Li Yunhong, who had changed his clothes, got out of the carriage and took over the driving job: "Chengyi, thank you!"
"treasure!"
"drive!"
The two men looked at each other deeply in the moonlight for a while. Li Yunhong suddenly whipped the horse whip, and the carriage parked on the official road moved quickly and soon disappeared into the night.
"Let's go back too."
Reaching out and clasping her fingers with his, Shen Xiangwan looked at him with a smile. When he sent Li Yunhong into the space that day, she was the first to notice it. Later, he had someone rescue Qiao Yanran who was almost hanged, and sent her into the space together. It was she who asked No. 3 to inject them with sedatives so that they could continue to sleep. They had been sleeping in the space for the past few days, until tonight, when they took the two of them away from the imperial city.
She had no objection to his decision to let Li Yunhong and his wife go. Firstly, Wei Chengyi didn't have many friends, and Li Yunhong was the only one he could call his closest friend. Secondly, when Li Yunhong was still the crown prince, he had a very good reputation. Even the original owner, who had recently been summoned back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, had heard of him. They all said that if he inherited the throne, he would be a good emperor who loved his people like his own children, and it would not be difficult for him to extend the life of the Li royal family for another hundred years. Finally, this was the first time Wei Chengyi had asked her to forgive his willfulness. What reason did she have to object? People like Li Yunhong and his wife really didn't deserve to be buried with the corrupt dynasty!
"Um."
Turning to look at her, Wei Chengyi waved his hand and an off-road vehicle appeared out of thin air. After sending Number One back to the space, they drove the off-road vehicle back to the imperial city. Except for them, no one knew that Li Yunhong and his wife were still alive. Even if someone came to their senses later and remembered that they were not among the royal relatives killed today, no one would believe that Wei Chengyi and his wife would personally let them go.
For half a month, executions were waged in the downtown area, and the air in the imperial city seemed to be filled with the smell of blood. Few of the former nobles and important officials were clean, and Wei Chengyi and his men were ruthless. In Shen Xiangwan's words, these termites who endangered the foundation of the country were not beheaded, and they were kept alive for the New Year. The only happy people were probably the people. They had witnessed the courage of Wei Chengyi and his men with their own eyes.
Of course, Wei Chengyi and his men did not just kill people. They also comforted and resettled the people. During the time when people were not allowed to leave the city freely, they even distributed potatoes, sweet potatoes and other food to the people for free, and posted notices to teach them how to eat them. Even the snowflake salt that the people had never seen before was sold at a very low price. The main purpose was to benefit the people.
"Are we really going to demolish the Qianyuan Palace and other major palaces?"
In the front hall of the palace, Yan Junling looked at Shen Xiangwan in surprise. It was obvious from the fact that they had been living in the palace that they disliked the palace from the bottom of their hearts, but he really didn't expect that they disliked it so much that they would rather spend money and effort to demolish the main palace that was frequently used by the previous dynasty and rebuild a new one.
[End of this chapter]
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