Chapter 291 Begging
"I have already said that your eldest brother is only the fourth brother, Xiao Yuan. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will execute you as well."
These words were extremely serious. Even the ministers were stunned when they heard the emperor say this. They couldn't believe that this was something the emperor, who doted on the fifth prince so much, would say.
Xiao Tian was about to say something else but was stopped by Shen Yunbai.
He shook his head slightly at Xiao Tian, his eyes filled with unquestionable determination.
He didn't know why the emperor insisted that he was an assassin, and the reason why the emperor was so angry must be that he had touched his reverse scale.
I can't get away, and Tian'er can't get involved again.
"Brother." Xiao Tian watched Shen Yunbai being taken away, his eyes slowly turning bloodshot.
Xiao Yuan, "Father, I still have to go look for An An, so I won't accompany you any longer. Goodbye."
After saying this, he quickly left the Fifth Prince's Mansion without waiting for the emperor to speak. His anxiety could be seen from his back.
The emperor's relief turned into disgust, and he finally returned to the palace under the escort of his ministers.
The Fifth Prince's banquet became a taboo, and all the ministers who attended were horrified when they returned home.
This assassination was like a dark cloud hanging over the capital city.
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Xiao Yuan hurried back to Wutong Garden and saw the familiar figure on the recliner. She had one leg hanging outside and was drawing a booklet.
Hearing the voice, she raised her eyes slightly and smiled at Xiao Yuan, "Are you back? Have you dealt with everything?"
Xiao Yuan closed his eyes tightly, strode forward, picked her up from the couch, and held her tightly in his arms.
Shen Anan blinked.
"You know, I'm so scared of you that my heart is about to stop beating."
She chuckled and hugged his waist.
The lingering fear in Xiao Yuan's heart slowly faded away, and he pushed the person in his arms away. His gentle face was unusually cold, "Everything today was designed by you?"
Shen Anan nodded, her large almond-shaped eyes were clear, as if waiting for Xiao Yuan's praise.
"Do you know how dangerous it is? If anything goes wrong, how will you escape unscathed?"
"Don't I still have you?" Shen Anan pouted, "I have a way out, what am I afraid of."
"You are really so bold." Xiao Yuan was really angry this time. Assassinating the emperor, such a big thing, she did it without even discussing it with him.
Thinking about it now, he is still scared.
Shen Anan shook his arm gently, but Xiao Yuan remained unmoved, with a sullen face and no words.
She put her face against his chest and whispered, "I'm not reckless. I took action because I knew Shen Yunbai's weakness and the emperor's suspicion. If there was any danger, I would not do it."
Before today, she had already played out this situation in her mind countless times. She thought of all the possibilities and solved them one by one before she dared to implement it thoroughly.
"Xiao Yuan, I feel sorry for you," she hugged him tightly, "I can't forget the fire at Xiangjue Temple. I must make them pay the price."
If they dare to touch Concubine Shu's tablet, she will make Shen Yunbai pay with his life.
Xiao Yuan's eyes were moved, he closed his eyes slightly, tightened his arms around Shen Anan, and his thin lips trembled slightly.
"Xiao Yuan," she raised her head and held his face, "I won't allow anyone to bully you."
He looked at her solemnly, with mist in his eyes, and suddenly bent down and covered her lips, gently and tenderly.
He thought that as time passed, she would slowly forget him and the love between them.
Unexpectedly, her emotions became more and more intense.
The deep and reserved state at the beginning and the overbearing and frank nature of the girl now made him unable to desire and difficult to reason.
Fortunately, no matter whether her memory declined or not, she never forgot to love him, and as time went by, her love became stronger and deeper.
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In the evening, the sky began to darken, with dark clouds overhead. Even the air became stuffy, and the wind kept blowing against the window frames.
The clouds were getting lower and lower, making people feel depressed.
After dinner, it started to drizzle. In less than a quarter of an hour, the drizzle turned into a heavy drizzle, catching everyone off guard.
In the imperial study, outside the rain, a straight figure knelt outside the palace, letting the rain soak his clothes without moving a step.
The newly appointed eunuch Liu stood under the eaves, frowning slightly, and did not dare to step forward to advise.
Time passed bit by bit, until the candle in the imperial study went out. He then sighed softly, held up an oil-paper umbrella and walked forward to block most of the rain for the person in the rain, and whispered persuasion.
"Fifth Prince, this matter is of great importance. The Emperor will not change his mind. Even if you stay in bed for life, it will not have any effect. You'd better go back quickly."
Regicide is a capital crime. The emperor was merciful by not taking his anger out on the fifth prince. How could he be soft-hearted because of his plea for mercy?
The rain dripped down along Xiao Tian's outline. In the thick rain, he couldn't even open his eyes, but he still had no intention of retreating.
Time passed little by little, and Eunuch Liu's words were of no avail, so he could only put away his oil-paper umbrella and follow Xiao Tian.
The rain fell all night and only stopped at cockcrow. Xiao Tian knelt on the ground and begged all night, but he got nothing except the sigh of Eunuch Liu.
During the morning court session, the emperor's angry voice finally rang out from the imperial study and bedroom, "If he wants to kneel, let him kneel and die there!"
After a while, the emperor came out surrounded by a group of people and went to the Fengtian Hall.
Xiao Tian's eyes finally showed some movement. He knelt a few steps forward and grabbed the corner of the emperor's robe. His red face was full of requests, "Father, please, let my brother go this time. I will definitely send him away from the capital and let him go far away. Please, father, please let him go because he raised me."
The emperor lowered his eyes and looked down at Xiao Tian. His eyes were so cold as if he was looking at a stranger with whom he had no relationship at all, or even worse than Xiao Tian.
"Do you know what you are saying?" He spoke in a calm tone, his eyes cold, "He tried to assassinate me, but you want me to let him go?"
"Tian'er, you are my prince. In your heart, your king and father are not as important as that lowly creature?"
Xiao Tian shook his head, "I have absolutely no such intention, Father, there must be a misunderstanding in this matter, please give my brother a chance to explain."
The emperor's impatience reached its peak, he kicked Xiao Tian to the ground, and said coldly, "Don't forget your status. The more you act like this, the more I will not tolerate him."
The emperor's figure disappeared in the misty drizzle.
Xiao Tian half-lay on the ground, not moving for a long time. The despair in his eyes slowly turned scarlet. He slowly clenched his hands, and his palms were filled with dust.
"Fifth Prince, you'd better go back. If you anger the emperor again, your life will be miserable." Eunuch Liu had someone prepare an oil-paper umbrella for Xiao Tian and advised him again.
Xiao Tian did not speak, nor did he answer. Instead, he stood up shakily and walked toward the palace road alone. His back was lonely and cold, exuding endless determination.
Eunuch Liu sighed again, "After all, you are still young and can't tell the difference between the important and the unimportant."
Without Lord Shen, and if he also loses the support of the Emperor, he will be like a persimmon in the court, and can be manipulated at will. However, he cannot understand the situation and does not know how to distance himself from the matter at this time, but instead rushes to beg for mercy. It is simply a pipe dream for him to want to fight for the throne with such a mentality.
Eunuch Liu's lips seemed to raise a hint of ridicule, but he quickly concealed it.
Xiao Tian stood on the palace road with a blank look in his eyes.
From childhood to adulthood, it was his eldest brother who planned everything, paved the way for him, and supported him. Now that he has left his eldest brother, he realizes that he is nothing, without power or connections, and can do nothing except begging.
Shen Yunbai was his only relative, someone he would risk his life for. The sky began to turn pale, and Xiao Tian slowly raised his eyes to look.
It's dawn, and time is running out before my eldest brother is beheaded.
He suddenly ran madly and rushed all the way to the Dali Temple.
When leaving the palace road, he passed by a carriage. The curtain was slowly lifted. Li Huaiyan glanced at it with lack of interest and then looked away.
"Poor silly child, begging the emperor to forgive your death sentence is no different from adding fuel to the fire."
You have to remember that the person being assassinated was the emperor. How could the emperor give him a chance to survive in public?
Ling Chenyi was silent, looking relaxed, and obviously in a very good mood. "I thought you were going to ask for leave, so I hugged Miss Zheng to comfort her."
Li Huaiyan curled his lips, "I'm not like Xiao Yuan, who would delay his work for beauty."
Ling Chenyi, "My sister-in-law was captured by Shen Yunbai's men. She was frightened and unconscious. Logically, he should accompany her day and night and stay with her all the time, so as not to arouse suspicion."
Li Huaiyan smiled softly, "Even though Miss Shen has lost her memory, she still impressed me. This round, she won happily. I finally let out all the anger I've been holding back since the fire at Xiangjue Temple."
This kind of counterattack makes people's blood boil.
Ling Chenyi raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Your Miss Zheng is not bad either. She cut off the firewood from under the cauldron, but she almost destroyed her own clan by herself."
Thinking of Lord Zheng's frightened face that day, Ling Chenyi found it interesting.
"That grandson deserves it." Li Huaiyan's face suddenly turned cold, "A person who doesn't even care about his own daughter's life or death should be dragged to hell with him."
Li Huaiyan felt depressed when he thought about how Lord Zheng wanted his daughter to become a nun to atone for his sins in order to avoid being punished by the emperor.
Zheng Yue'er definitely couldn't stay in the Zheng family anymore. He felt bad when he thought of her lying in his arms dying yesterday and the bruises on her neck.
Ling Chenyi, "If that girl continues to stay in the Zheng family, she will definitely die. Now it all depends on what you think."
Li Huaiyan was rarely silent.
Ling Chenyi, "However, with this incident, Lord Zheng should thank his daughter. With Shen Yunbai's downfall, what can Xiao Tian do alone? He is lucky that he did not get on that bad ship."
That's true, but it's also true that Zheng Yue'er's behavior angered and offended the emperor. While Lord Zheng escaped danger, he also found ways to extinguish the emperor's anger. However, Miss Zheng will have to bear everything.
Xiao Tian ran all the way and arrived at the gate of Dali Temple. His clothes were already soaked and stuck tightly to his thin body. His hair was messy and he looked very disheveled, but his eyes were bloodshot.
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