But Empress Song did not come.
These days, Empress Song has been kneeling and begging the Emperor repeatedly. Even though the Emperor has placed her under house arrest, Empress Song still insists on leaving Fengyi Palace with a gold hairpin to her neck and continues to plead with the Emperor.
Empress Song truly loved her two children, and even when she fell ill, she couldn't possibly miss seeing Xie Jingyin off on his final journey.
But at noon, the executioner, Duke Maoguo, threw the execution order on the ground, and the executioner removed the wooden board from Xie Jingyin's back, preparing to carry out the execution. Empress Song did not appear.
The Left Prime Minister fed Xie Jingyin, but Xie Jingyin didn't eat a single bite; he only drank a cup of wine.
The executioner grabbed the wine, took a swig, and spat it at his broadsword.
Under the sunlight, with the spray of alcohol, and whether it was a firework display or not, she thought she saw a rainbow.
The executioner raised his broadsword high, and just when everyone thought he was about to strike, a galloping horse came from afar, shouting, "Spare his life!"
This scene is so familiar.
How similar it is to when Yun Qi rushed to save the Prince of Yanping back then and now.
The execution of Xie Jingyin in public was an order from the Emperor. Who could save him?
Shen Wan looked at the person riding up and felt that he looked somewhat familiar, like... the commander of the Imperial Guard.
Someone shouted, "Spare his life!" and the executioner stopped and looked at the person approaching.
Duke Maoguo roared, "What are you dawdling for? Execute him immediately!"
The commander of the Imperial Guards dismounted from his horse, leaped onto the execution platform, and raised his hand above his head.
Even from some distance, Shen Wan could see what he was holding.
That is—
"A get-out-of-jail-free card?!"
Shen Wan's heart skipped a beat.
The commander of the Imperial Guards held up the pardon token and said, "The Empress Dowager has decreed that Prince Jin will be spared death!"
Shen Wan, “…!!!”
Is there something wrong with her ears?
Or did the Empress Dowager take the wrong medicine?
Even when the Empress Dowager went on a hunger strike, she forced the Emperor to execute Xie Jingyin as soon as possible. When he was actually taken to the execution platform and sent to meet the King of Hell, she used the imperial pardon bestowed upon her by the late Emperor to save Xie Jingyin's life.
Has the Empress Dowager gone mad?!
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