Chapter 234 Stop
That place is as forbidden as a cicada.
No one dared to utter a sound, and even their breathing became extremely cautious, for fear that someone would accidentally lose their head.
The prince was a powerful man. He silenced them with just a few words.
He metaphorically compared the key to them, telling them that if they really didn't let him in, then it would be destroyed like this broken thing.
He is the prince, and what he said about killing them is not empty talk. He holds supreme power and has absolute power over life and death. Life and death are only in his mind. No matter how powerful Lin Zhi and others are, they are definitely not as powerful as the people in front of them. What's more, they don't want the prince to go in.
This is adding sin to sin. How can they not be afraid?
But when Lin Qingjun saw Lin Zhi and the others being so humble, so low, and so like dogs that they didn't dare to bark, she should have been happy in her heart, but for some reason, she couldn't be happy.
"Ji Chenchuan, do you think what Lin Zhi and the others are doing now is wrong?" she asked.
Not allowing a man from outside to see her daughter should be the right thing to do, right? Even if Lin Zhi and the others' motive was not to protect her, their behavior was not wrong from a common sense point of view, right?
Since they are not wrong, why should they admit their mistakes and bow their heads?
Ji Chenchuan knew what she meant.
In fact, she wanted to say more about the horror of power, and even more about how cheap human life is. She wanted to say that people without rights don't even have the ability to protect themselves. He didn't answer, but just stayed by her side quietly, allowing her to vent her inner depression.
"Ji Chenchuan, do you think I will become someone like the prince in the future?"
Lin Qingjun's gaze was distant and long.
She also felt the pleasure brought by power in her previous life.
When she was in the Lin Mansion, she was a lowly concubine's daughter, and even the maid in the kitchen who served food dared to step on her. But when she became Madam Xiao, especially after interacting with several ladies of high rank in other mansions, she tasted the sweetness of it.
It turns out that she doesn't have to beg others for a meal, and it turns out that she can eat her favorite food at will.
It turned out that she didn't have to embroider things herself and sell them to earn a few cents. It turned out that she could pay monthly wages to those servants instead.
It turns out that she used to have to live by other people's moods, but now, others have to live by her moods.
She understood how attractive it was to have control over a person's life and death. Moreover, in her previous life, she was just a small lady of the Hanlin Academy. If she married Ji Chenchuan, her status would rise by more than two or three levels.
By then, the scene will be completely different. Or maybe she will have the confidence to fight with Concubine Ning, and Concubine Ning will give her some face when she sees her.
At that time, would she also be able to decide life and death like the prince? After all, once you have tasted that feeling, you will never forget it, and you will crave more power.
Ji Chenchuan said, "What are you thinking about? Power is indeed a good thing, but if everyone acts as recklessly as the crown prince, then wouldn't our Great Qi Kingdom be in chaos?"
He added, "Look at Lord Su, then Lord Mu, General Hu, Lord Li, and Lord Liu. Could it be that all these first-rank ministers are like Zong Yuanji?"
He continued, "Besides, the Crown Prince is only the Crown Prince. Don't forget, above him is the Emperor. The Emperor is the one who can truly decide someone's life with a single word in this Great Qi Kingdom. Could it be that he has the same character as the Crown Prince?"
There is nothing wrong with the right itself; the wrong thing is the person who uses the right.
If this thing is in the hands of a virtuous and loyal minister, it will be a sharp blade that can split mountains and rivers. But if this thing is in the hands of a person like the prince, it can only destroy the country and the mountains and rivers.
Ji Chenchuan asked, "Then let me ask you, if you had the ability and power to decide life and death with a single word, would you casually point your finger at someone and kill them?"
Lin Qingjun answered without thinking, "Of course not."
She is not some murderous female devil, so how could she take people's lives at will?
Ji Chenchuan shrugged, "Isn't that the end?"
Well?
Lin Qingjun was stunned, but after hearing what he said, she suddenly became cheerful.
Yes, she is not a bad person. Even if she has tasted the joy of power, she did not kill people for no reason in her previous life. Those slaves who died in her hands all deserved to die. They were evil slaves who drugged their masters.
Why does she think that she would use this power to kill innocent people?
"...Open, open, open. I will open it now. Come, come, get the axe."
Lin Zhi was so frightened that he quickly ordered someone to get an axe. He wanted to chop open the small door with hanging flowers and let the prince in. Even if he rushed in and killed Lin Qingjun in front of him, he would not say another word.
"teacher?"
"master?"
"Father?"
Xiao Yuan, Qi and the others exclaimed in surprise.
How could Lin Zhi bear to hear so much? He just yelled at them.
"How dare you disobey what the prince says?"
They don't want their lives, but why does he?
this?
They gasped, but they didn't say a word to stop it.
Lin Qingjun was filled with contempt when he saw this.
Look at their faces, it's really disgusting, especially Xiao Yuan. Just a while ago, he vowed to her that he would marry her and that he would definitely protect her.
She bah.
Useless stuff, is that all?
Of course, she never thought of asking Xiao Yuan to marry her and protect her.
Zong Yuanji smiled with satisfaction when he saw this, and said something that should have happened a long time ago. Moreover, the more they prevented him from entering the door to see Lin Qingjun, the more interested he became.
He wanted to know if she was, as others said, a woman of unparalleled beauty. Moreover, even if she wasn't, based on what they had done today, he would still take this woman.
Lin Zhixiao, Yuan Lin Yingxue and the others never thought that this little thing would arouse the prince's desire. They wondered if they would regret their decision after knowing it. If they had let the prince in obediently, perhaps such a thing would not have happened.
While he was thinking, an axe had fallen into Lin Zhizhi's hands.
Lin Zhi picked up the axe and chopped the door open himself. He wanted to atone for his sins and hoped that the prince would forgive him for chopping the door open.
How could this small door with hanging flowers withstand the blow of an axe? It should be able to be split open with just one axe.
Everyone stared at the axe, not daring to breathe. They knew very well what it would mean once the door was opened. It meant that the Qi family would be laughed at for the rest of their lives, that Lin Yingxue would never be able to compare to Lin Qingjun, and that Xiao Yuan was a cowardly man who couldn't even protect his wife in his previous life.
"stop."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
