Chapter 8 The Princess and the Bloodthirsty King
The leader pretended to be heartbroken: "Princess, we are willing to sacrifice our lives to save you. Why do you have to deny our hatred for Yuwen the bastard? Even if we lose our lives, we will not hide it!"
Cha Jiu held a cup of hot tea in her hand, but her hands were shaking more and more violently.
She finally saw how vicious the person behind the plot was.
These people are determined to die, they have no intention of saving their lives.
For one thing, if she really followed these people and successfully left the palace, she would be quietly eliminated once she reached the outside of the palace.
Secondly, she died before she left the palace, so the charge of escape was confirmed, and a dead person cannot speak up to appeal for justice.
Third, even if they failed, they could still frame her with empty words.
Verifying the fact of existence is simple.
But verifying that this thing does not exist is indeed extremely difficult.
Cha Jiu had no evidence to prove that she did not know these people. All she could rely on was the emperor's trust.
But will Yuwen Yuan believe her?
Cha Jiu couldn't help but look at the man beside her.
Yuwen Yuan seemed to sense her helplessness, and covered her trembling, cold hand with his warm palm.
"Don't worry, I promise I will protect you." He promised.
Just based on the concept of "treating with sincerity" behind the book "Agricultural Seasons", Yuwen Yuan would not let Cha Jiu suffer any grievance or injustice in the harem.
Cha Jiu's eyes instantly turned red.
At this time, Concubine Hui Gui, who had received the news, also rushed over, followed by the Queen Mother.
Consort Hui supported the Queen Mother and saluted Yuwen Yuan: "Your Majesty, your Majesty is blessed."
A dark light flashed in Yuwen Yuan's eyes: "Why is the Queen Mother here?"
Zhang Lu quickly ordered someone to bring more chairs and put cushions on them.
After the queen mother was carefully helped to sit down, she snorted coldly: "If you don't come, this harem will be turned upside down by the enchantress."
Concubine Hui Gui sighed softly and said softly, "I was helping the empress dowager take her medicine and take a nap, but I heard that an assassin broke into the Yongle Palace, and it turned out to be someone from the Northern Frontier. Fortunately, the imperial guards caught the assassin, and the empress dowager was worried about your majesty's safety, so she hurried over."
Yuwen Yuan gave her a meaningful look and said, "Even I just learned that the assassin was from the Northern Frontier. How did Concubine Hui and the Queen Mother know about this?"
Concubine Hui was stunned for a moment, but quickly responded: "I was anxious and didn't explain clearly. When I was in Shou'an Palace, I only knew that it was an assassin. But just now, when I helped the Queen Mother in, I happened to hear the assassin confess."
The Queen Mother could not stand it any longer and spoke up for Concubine Hui: "Why should the Emperor speak harshly to Concubine Gui? It is obvious that Concubine Zhao has evil intentions and behaved improperly. She even dared to betray the Emperor and flee back to the Northern Frontier! This kind of enchantress must not be tolerated!"
Yuwen Yuan said nonchalantly: "What does the Queen Mother think should be done?"
"Of course, we should sentence Zhaopin to death to save the royal family's reputation."
Cha Jiu stood up and bowed, trying to explain: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of escaping, nor do I know you..."
Aunt Cui beside the Queen Mother scolded, "Shut up! The Queen Mother is talking to His Majesty, how can Concubine Zhao interrupt?"
Concubine Hui picked up the teacup and drank tea to hide the faint smile on her lips.
In the past, the late emperor was obsessed with his favorite concubine and treated the empress dowager as nothing. The empress dowager was very disgusted with this beautiful and charming concubine who seduced the emperor.
What's more...
Anyway, she invited the Queen Mother here today just to make sure Cha Jiu was at least severely punished if not dead.
"Madame Cui is so majestic." Yuwen Yuan chuckled softly, but there was no smile on his face.
Except for Cha Jiu, everyone present turned pale.
The last time their Majesty showed this expression was when he was slaughtering the rebels.
At a glance from Yuwen Yuan, the leader of the imperial guards beside him drew his sword instantly. After a flash of cold light, Nanny Cui's head fell to the ground on the spot.
Warm blood splattered all over the ground, but no one dared to make a sound.
Cha Jiu was stunned.
He would chop off people if they disagreed with him. It was rumored that Yuwen Yuan was a bloodthirsty king. Now I have experienced it myself.
There was nothing to regret about losing a Madam Cui. The empress dowager was more concerned about her own face, and was rejected in public.
At this moment, her wrinkled old face turned blue and black, looking very ugly.
A life bought temporary peace to Yongle Palace.
Yuwen Yuan looked at the two assassins pinned to the ground again.
"My patience is running out. Who are you?"
The assassin leader still insisted: "Bei Fan is a good man, and he will not change his name or surname!"
Yuwen Yuan leaned back, nonchalantly and with a hint of sarcasm, "If you were truly a noble and unyielding northerner, you wouldn't call yourself a northern vassal."
The two assassins' expressions changed drastically.
Cha Jiu secretly said to the system: "Yuwen Yuan is quite smart."
The system almost rolled its eyes at her: "He is the lucky child of the small world, so of course all his attributes are maxed out."
"That's right." Cha Jiu agreed.
Not only is he a man of both inner and outer qualities, his methods and character are extraordinary, and some of his abilities are quite...
The system blushed: "Ahem, don't think about those colored things. Your thinking is connected to mine. Don't lead me astray."
"You are so pure." Cha Jiu teased, "When we return to the main world to collect the bonus, the name of our group will be called 'Pure System's Personal Host'."
While Cha Jiu's mind was racing, Yu Wenyuan had already entered the killing mode.
His patience had been exhausted, and with a wave of his hand, the guards around the assassin began the horrific torture.
Needles were inserted under the skin, nails were driven into bones, and the bones were broken into pieces... Although the assassin looked unharmed on the outside, the bones and flesh under the skin were actually shattered.
Their bodies were soon covered in black and red blood, but their blood was covered by their intact skin, without a drop leaking out.
Cha Jiu maintained her character as a little white rabbit and shrank into Yuwen Yuan's arms tremblingly.
Yuwen Yuan comforted her: "Don't worry, there is no bloodshed and the Yongle Palace is not dirty."
Cha Jiu was speechless. It turned out that in Yuwen Yuan's mind, whether or not the palace was soiled was the top priority.
As expected of him.
Seeing that the Queen Mother remained silent, Concubine Hui Gui could not help but say, "Your Majesty, they are all witnesses. If we execute them like this, I'm afraid it will not be enough to stop them from talking."
"You mean I should continue the trial?"
Concubine Hui Gui pretended to be embarrassed: "If not, it would be difficult to clear Concubine Zhao's name."
Yuwen Yuan was unwilling to act with her anymore.
From the moment Consort Hui and the Queen Mother appeared here, he already knew who was the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Let's leave it at that. I know Zhaopin's character very well."
If Zhao Bin really wanted to escape, why did she offer "Agricultural Seasons"?
She looks a little naive, but not stupid.
Yuwen Yuan thought.
"But……"
Concubine Hui was unwilling and wanted to say something else, but was stopped by a warning look from Yuwen Yuan.
She clenched her fists tightly under her wide sleeves, almost squeezing her palms to make them bleed.
What kind of tricks does this vixen have? Even without any evidence, Your Majesty still believes her!
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