Seeing that no one spoke, Li Junyan slowly walked to the dragon bed and looked at the emperor with deep eyes, "Your Majesty."
The emperor woke up instantly, the confusion and fear in his eyes gradually dissipated, and his old eyes were surprisingly bright at this time.
"Lezhi! Draft an edict now, ordering all prefectures to build shrines to the goddess!
The Temple of the Goddess in Chang'an must be built near the imperial palace. The site will be selected today, construction will start tomorrow, and it must be completed within ten days!
But the goddess statue——"
"I will carve it myself." said Li Junyan.
The emperor nodded and said, "I will have someone prepare the best jade for you."
The goddess saved his life!
If it weren't for the goddess, he would have died just now!
The shrine to the goddess must be built near the imperial palace, and he will have to go there every day to burn incense and pray for blessings!
Li Junyan left with the imperial edict. As for the mess in the room, he didn't want to care about it at all.
Anyway, Prince Heng is still here, he will help to deal with it.
The second day.
The people of Chang'an City were discussing two pieces of news.
First, the emperor wants to build a temple for the goddess, and construction has already started.
Second, the Crown Prince plotted a rebellion, but the Emperor was saved by a goddess, and the Crown Prince was executed. All of the Crown Prince's followers were arrested and interrogated intensively.
It goes without saying that there will be rivers of blood in Caishikou for some time to come.
This is indeed the case. All those who supported the prince, whether openly or secretly, were arrested.
The expected interrogation did not exist at all, and all of them were sentenced to death along with their entire clans.
Beheadings were being carried out in the vegetable market every day. The blood had soaked the floor tiles, turning the green tiles into dark red, and the dirt in the cracks between the tiles was all black and red.
Even the air was filled with the lingering smell of blood all day long.
Ordinary people were so scared that they didn’t dare to go out, and children didn’t dare to play on the streets. Some of them couldn’t sleep well at night and cried all night.
The once prosperous and bustling Chang'an City became deserted, the colorful nightlife disappeared, and the crowded streets became extremely deserted.
The former Prince's Grand Tutor, Lord Chu, was the object of currying favor with many people in Chang'an City, but now he has been arrested and imprisoned, awaiting execution.
Chu Yanran, who was the envy of a group of rich girls the day before, was no longer wearing gorgeous clothes and ornaments, and had no maids or servants around her. She was sitting in the corner of the prison in a miserable state with a numb expression.
She never imagined that yesterday afternoon, she was still the object of others' envy and flattery, and thought that good days were finally coming.
But unexpectedly, everything changed after just one night.
The prince rebelled and was killed, and his entire family was arrested.
As someone who had a close relationship with the prince, she was treated specially, and her messy clothes showed what she had been through.
When the prince was alive, she was ridiculed because he was unwilling to marry her.
Now that the prince is dead, she is still being insulted because of him.
Perhaps, everything went wrong from the day her father became the Prince's tutor and was tied to the Prince.
Chu Yanran closed her eyes numbly.
After a while, the cell was opened and a man was pushed in. He fell heavily to the ground and screamed in pain.
Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Chu Yanran slowly opened her eyes.
Although it was a little dark in the cell, Chu Yanran could still see the appearance of the person in front of her clearly.
"Zhao Wanxi?"
Chu Yanran was surprised for a moment.
But soon, he figured everything out and laughed softly.
"I never thought that we would be imprisoned together. This can be considered as fate!"
Zhao Wanxi got up from the ground, without even looking at Chu Yanran, and knelt directly on the ground, prostrating herself, muttering something.
"Please, goddess, save me one more time!"
"Please, goddess, save me one more time!"
Chu Yanran didn't hear clearly what Zhao Wanxi said at first, and only after she moved closer did she hear it clearly.
Chu Yanran sneered, "Cramming at the last minute? What's the point of asking the goddess for help? The goddess can only save the emperor, how could she save you!
If I remember correctly, you were framing Prince Chen yesterday, and today you are asking the goddess to save you. I'm afraid you are just dreaming!
If I were a goddess, I would never save you.
I heard that the goddess saved you more than once when you were in Prince Chen's fiefdom, but how did you repay her?
You protected Prince Chen like a goddess, and you framed him right after you got engaged to the eldest prince, wanting to ruin his reputation. You are simply an ungrateful and vicious woman!
You still have the nerve to keep talking nonsense here! If I were you, I would have banged my head against the wall and died out of shame!
Zhao Wanxi seemed to have not heard Chu Yanran's words at all, and continued to kneel on the ground, "I helped the goddess, I helped King Chen, the goddess wants to save me, the goddess must save me!"
Chu Yanran was stunned for a moment, "What did you help them with?"
Although Zhao Wanxi hadn't answered yet, Chu Yanran's heart was beating as fast as a drum, and she had a vague guess.
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