Chapter 102 Let Me Go
There are many people in the world who value money more than their lives.
There were many "eminent monks" and sorcerers who swindled people by claiming that they could bring the queen back to life. After performing their magic, they asked for something they had never heard of as a trigger and asked Pei Yan to give a thousand taels of gold as travel expenses so that they could go overseas to look for it.
Pei Yan gave it to them, and then asked someone to follow them. After seeing that the group of high-ranking Taoist priests left the capital and went to the secret kiln to have fun, he killed them all.
The remaining sorcerers were frightened and did not dare to ask for money after performing the ritual. They made up a story that they had made the queen reincarnate into a certain family in a certain street and lane in the south of the Yangtze River.
Pei Yan asked someone to investigate and actually found the family, but there was no newborn baby. Only a sow in the pen gave birth to a litter of piglets a few days ago.
The warlock was also killed.
But Pei Yan ordered the piglets to be transported into the palace and assigned someone to raise them properly.
This batch is useless, but it doesn’t matter. Pei Yan continues to post notices to recruit people who can resurrect.
Even after several groups of people died, even those who loved money would not dare to come and die.
Pei Yan started arresting people.
He sent his trusted confidants to various states and counties to inquire, and if he heard of any famous and talented people, he would bring them to the palace.
Finally, two months later, the local people caught the Taoist priest who had brought back to life a local philanthropist who had suffered a tragic misfortune.
Unlike the previous people, this Taoist priest with a sage-like appearance and white hair was neither humble nor arrogant in front of the emperor. He only said that life and death are determined by fate, and that Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, so he should mourn and adapt to the changes for the sake of the world.
Pei Yan didn't waste any more words with him. After determining that he had the ability to bring the dead back to life, he captured his disciples and the kind-hearted man who had been dead for seven days and came back to life. He tied them all up in front of the Taoist priest and coldly told him that if he failed to save the queen, he would kill one of them a day.
The old Taoist priest finally sighed and agreed to perform the ritual.
After watching the old Taoist spit out blood three times, Pei Yan no longer had the heart to go to court.
He stayed in Zhaoyang Palace, beside the ice coffin, never moving away, staring closely at Jiang Shuyi's body.
The original plan was for 49 days, but on the last day, the old Taoist suddenly vomited blood while performing a ritual and fell to the ground.
This was the first time Jiang Shuyi saw Pei Yan's expression change drastically. He was no longer as calm and peaceful as before, and his face was almost as pale as herself in the ice coffin.
The old Taoist priest used his last breath to tell him that Di Xing was the god in heaven, and as long as he was determined, he would see the queen again one day. He must not commit murder, otherwise he would not only fail to save the queen, but also himself.
The old Taoist priest died.
Jiang Shuyi saw the next scene very quickly. After sitting in silence for three days, Pei Yan regained his composure, released the Taoist's disciples and the kind man, and even comforted them with a gentle attitude and gave them gold and silver.
He began to pay attention to the children of the royal family.
There was a royal family son who lost both his parents at a young age, had a good character, and grew up on the royal salary. He was a very good person.
After testing his character and ability, Pei Yan returned to Zhaoyang Palace and summoned Pei Yi and Pei Yu.
Jiang Shuyi had heard what happened next in her dream.
Pei Yan's hands were not stained with blood. The two princes killed each other and neither of them succeeded to the throne.
On the second day after the prince was named the crown prince, Pei Yan left a will that stated that he should be buried with the empress and that the world did not have to observe a national mourning, and then drank poisoned wine.
He lay in the ice coffin, holding Jiang Shuyi tightly in his arms, just like he had done countless times before when he slept with her.
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When Jiang Shuyi woke up from the last dream, her hands and feet were cold and she was stunned for a long time.
After Yuzhu came over to show her concern, he hugged her and burst into tears.
The commotion caused quite a stir, and palace servants such as Wang Shun came over to ask anxiously.
Jiang Shuyi was in no mood to pay attention to them. She felt so upset that she was almost on the verge of collapse and could only vent her feelings by crying.
Wang Shun quietly withdrew and sent a trusted eunuch to report to the Qianqing Palace.
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It's time to go to the morning court.
Without anyone to cause trouble, Pei Yan saved a lot of effort in changing his court clothes than usual.
Just as he was about to step out of the hall, Cheng Fu came over with a young eunuch from Zhaoyang Palace.
"Your Majesty! The Queen woke up this morning and suddenly cried loudly. I don't know why."
After the eunuch finished his report, Pei Yan's face darkened slightly. Cheng Shouzhong hurriedly asked, "What happened? Your Majesty has not been with the Queen these days. Did someone bully the Queen? Or is the Queen missing His Majesty?"
He tried his best to wink at the young eunuch, hoping that he would say something nice.
After all, his ancestor was still depressed yesterday because the queen had not returned.
He said that he would give Your Majesty three days to think about it carefully. Yesterday was the third day. Your Majesty thought that you should return on the third day, but Your Majesty should understand that you should return after three days.
Because this matter has made him unhappy for a long time, Cheng Shouzhong is worried and just hopes that the queen will come back soon today and reconcile with His Majesty as before.
However, the young eunuch obviously did not understand and racked his brains to report: "Nothing has happened. The queen has not left the palace these days, and no one has come to bother her. If she misses His Majesty, she can just come to the palace directly. There is no need to cry... Oh, when the queen cried, she hugged Sister Yuzhu very tightly. I wonder if Sister Yuzhu is sick and the queen is sad too?"
Cheng Shouzhong wanted to give him a slap in the face.
He quickly looked at His Majesty's face, and sure enough, it was even uglier.
"What's wrong?" Pei Yan's tone was as calm as clear water: "She was crying while hugging her own servant in the palace because she was unwilling to come back and see me."
Why cry like this?
Do you hate him that much?
After thinking about it for three days, do you hate him more and more every day?
Cheng Shouzhong's scalp tingled. He had already thought of eight hundred ways to appease the emperor, but the emperor said nothing and just left the hall to attend the court.
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Jiang Shuyi cried until she was exhausted, and then she calmed down a little.
Yuzhu helped her clean her face and coaxed her gently, "Sleep a little longer. I'll go and ask His Majesty to come over."
When Jiang Shuyi heard the word "Your Majesty", she suddenly felt as if she had just woken up from a dream.
Pei Yan is still alive...
He didn't die in a way that broke her heart, he is still alive now!
Jiang Shuyi hurriedly said, "Help me change my clothes. I want to go see His Majesty!"
Outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
When Jiang Shuyi came over, it was time for court session.
Now no one dared to stop her from entering the Palace of Heavenly Purity, but she had no intention of going inside the palace. She just stood at the door and waited.
The one who stayed behind today was Cheng Shou. He was afraid that she was too frightened, so he didn't dare to persuade her to go in and sit down. He just wanted to faint on the spot and let his elder brother come to greet the queen for him.
Fortunately, Pei Yan did not discuss matters with ministers after court today, so he did not return too late.
The moment Jiang Shuyi saw him, her eyes turned red. She lifted her skirt and ran over, throwing herself into his arms, hugging him and crying, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Pei Yan lowered his eyes and looked at her. He didn't know why she was crying as if she was going to die.
The hands hanging by his side curled up, and he finally turned his face away and whispered, "Let me go."
Jiang Shuyi was not an obedient person. She hugged Wang Gu tighter and cried hoarsely, "No! I have thought it through. I love Your Majesty very much. I will never be separated from Your Majesty again, never again!"
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