Chapter 248 Finale
The ministers looked at each other, no one daring to speak for a moment. The Fifth Prince swept his gaze over them all, his expression filled with unquestionable majesty.
"I have considered the matter of the Regent thoroughly. Prince Rong has committed a grave error, plotting to harm the Regent. He deserves death. Although the Regent acted impulsively, considering his past achievements, temporarily confining him is a measure of leniency. Any further objections would be questioning my ability to oversee the country and the fairness of the court."
The ministers lowered their heads and dared not speak again.
Upon seeing this, the fifth prince secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally settled.
"Yinli, deliver this imperial edict to the Regent Princess."
Xiao Fuguang, who was waiting at the palace gate, received the imperial edict, opened it and took a look, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"Liu Yue, let's go and take the prince home."
In the cell.
Xuanyuan Jing had changed his clothes long ago, and his injuries had healed a lot with the treatment of the medicine left by Xiao Fuguang. Looking outside the cell, Xuanyuan Jing couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Tomorrow is the day of execution, and I don’t know whether Fu Guang and An Ning have left the imperial city.
Suddenly the cell door was opened.
I saw Xiao Fuguang coming slowly in a red dress.
Xuanyuan Jing stood up anxiously.
"Fu Guang, why are you here? Shouldn't you have left the Imperial City? Why didn't you leave?"
Xiao Fuguang handed the imperial edict in his hand to the jailer.
"The Emperor is seriously ill, and the Fifth Prince is acting as regent. This is the imperial decree written by the Fifth Prince. The Regent is confined to the Regent's Palace."
Xuanyuan Jing looked at Xiao Fuguang with disbelief in his eyes.
"Fuguang, what did you do?"
The jailer looked at the imperial edict and hurried forward to open the cell.
This is the first time I've seen a person who rebelled and was sentenced to death walk out of the cell.
Xuanyuan Jing stepped forward and spoke in confusion.
"Fuguang, what happened?"
Xiao Fuguang reached out and held his hand.
"I'm here to take you home, Xuanyuan Jing."
The two got on the carriage.
Xiao Fuguang calmly recounted what had happened in the past two days. Xuanyuan Jing looked at her with a distressed expression. He spoke calmly, but he knew that after two days of setting up such a big game, he was afraid that she had already come to an end. Exhausted, he reached out and held her in his arms.
"I've been poisoned and won't live long. Why are you doing this?"
Xiao Fuguang leaned in his arms.
"Xuanyuan Jing, I have asked people to find famous doctors all over the world, and I don't believe that Master has no way to help. My mother is gone, Fushu is married, and I finally have someone who loves and protects me. I will not allow you to leave me."
"Xuanyuan Jing, you chose me in the first place, so you have to protect me for the rest of my life. I won't accept my fate, and neither can you."
Xuanyuan Jing held her hand tightly.
"Okay, I won't accept my fate. I'll do whatever you and Master tell me to do, and I'll eat whatever I tell them to eat. I'll work hard to get better and keep my promise to you."
The emperor was in a coma for half a month and did not wake up. When they heard that Beipan had stationed troops at the border, the ministers had to anxiously ask the fifth prince to ascend the throne.
After the fifth prince ascended the throne, he named Xiao Fushu as queen.
Yao Zhaoyi had long been confined to Yonghe Palace.
That night, when Yao Zhaoyi heard about the fifth prince's ascension to the throne, she laughed like crazy.
"Haha ...
“The heaven is blind, the heaven is blind…”
Cuizhu supported her with a worried look on her face.
"Your Majesty... please don't do this..."
Yao Zhaoyi pulled Cuizhu with hatred on her face.
"Where's Xuanyuan Jing? Is Xuanyuan Jing dead? And what about that bitch Xiao Fuguang?"
Cuizhu looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Who would have thought that the fifth prince would pardon the regent's crime as soon as he ascended the throne.
Suddenly a voice came from the door.
"What a shame! I'm going to disappoint Consort Yao. No, I should call you Yao Zhaoyi. But that's not right either. With the new emperor ascending the throne, I've discussed with him that there will be no more mention of you in the former or harem."
Xiao Fuguang, dressed in luxurious palace attire, slowly stepped into Yonghe Palace. A white silk was draped over her left arm, and Xuanyuan Jing was by her side.
The palace servants following behind him held lanterns, lighting up the dark palace.
When Yao Zhaoyi heard the voice, she turned her head suddenly. The moment she saw Xiao Fuguang, hatred like a poisonous snake burst out of her eyes.
"Xiao Fuguang! You bitch! It was you who conspired with the Fifth Prince to usurp the throne. You traitor, you shall not die a good death..."
Yao Zhaoyi roared without caring about her image and struggled to pounce on Xiao Fuguang.
Xiao Fuguang raised his hand and slapped her in the face. Yao Zhaoyi's cheeks were swollen, which showed how much force Xiao Fuguang used.
"Yao, at this point, I don't want to say a word to you, because even a single word would make me feel sick."
"You should go down and apologize to my mother."
Cuizhu hurried to support Yao Zhaoyi, knelt on the ground and looked up at Xiao Fuguang, her eyes full of pleading.
"Princess, Princess, please spare our queen!"
Liu Yue walked straight forward and knocked Cui Zhu unconscious.
Yao Zhaoyi looked at the white silk and had a bad feeling in her heart, and kept backing away.
"what you up to?"
"Xiao Fuguang, the emperor is just unconscious now. He won't let you go when he wakes up."
Xiao Fuguang walked towards him step by step.
"The Emperor will indeed wake up, but by the time he does, you will have already passed away."
As he spoke, he picked up the white silk on his arm.
"Yao, this white silk was used by my mother when she was forced to hang herself by you. Now I use it to take your life, which can be regarded as making the best use of it."
Yao Zhaoyi got up and was about to run, but Xiao Fuguang raised his hand and waved a white silk thread around Yao's neck, pulling her back with force. Yao Zhaoyi desperately pulled at the silk thread.
Xiao Fuguang's hands kept tightening. He glanced at the beam and leaped up with Yao Zhaoyi. He passed the white silk through the beam and Yao Zhaoyi was hung in the air, just like the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery who had committed suicide.
Xiao Fuguang didn't speak until Yao stopped struggling.
"Liuyue, Xingyue, tie up the white silk and let her hang here."
Then he turned and walked out.
Xuanyuan Jing followed her silently.
Xiao Fuguang came all the way to the Xiao family's ancestral hall, lit incense, and offered incense to Mrs. Xiao.
"Mother, I sent Zhaoyi Yao down here to make amends for your sins. In the depths of heaven, mother, you must not forgive her so easily."
I stood in the ancestral hall for a long time.
Xiao Fuguang just walked out of the ancestral hall.
Xuanyuan Jing stood in the yard.
Reach out to her.
"Fuguang, can I take you home?"
Xiao Fuguang put his hand in his.
"good."
The two held hands and walked towards the Regent's Palace.
(End of this book)
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