Chapter 505: Cutting off all relatives
Two secret guards dragged Concubine Shu to the tiger room next door.
"Let me go, let me go——"
Concubine Shu was terrified to the extreme, her face turned pale and she struggled desperately.
But the arms of the two secret guards were as strong and solid as iron arms.
She couldn't move at all in their grip.
He could only watch as he got closer and closer to the tiger house.
Maybe I was too scared, or the scene was too similar, overlapping with the scene in my memory.
In a trance, she seemed to see two guards dragging Yizhen into a cage for wild beasts like the secret guards dragged her.
Yizhen's eyes were filled with fear, but she did not look at the Emperor of Northern Qi. Instead, she stared in the direction of Anrui Palace without blinking.
Because her child is there.
Her body was so frail, yet full of tenacious vitality, and no matter what situation she faced, it could not crush her. Until the moment she was put into the cage, the beast not only threw her to the ground, but also completely crushed her.
Broken.
Miserable.
However, all this did not move the Emperor of Northern Qi.
He waited almost paranoidly for Yizhen to beg for mercy.
Now, cause and effect are turning.
Retribution has come.
She followed in Yizhen's footsteps.
"No...don't...don't feed me to the tiger..." The bloody scene of Yizhen dying at the hands of a wild beast kept surging in Concubine Shu's mind, frightening her to tears and pleading in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't blame you for Heng'er's death. I couldn't bear the pain of losing my son, so I went crazy and assassinated you and spoke rudely to you. I know my sins are serious, so I dare not ask you to spare my life. I only ask that you consider our past friendship and let me die quickly."
In Shufei's opinion, her status is nobler than Yizhen, and the Emperor of Northern Qi really dotes on her.
Otherwise, why would he allow her to throw Yizhen into the cage of wild beasts?
How could she give birth to three daughters and one son?
However, the Emperor of Northern Qi did not really like Yizhen.
It was just Yizhen's pride that aroused the Northern Qi Emperor's desire to conquer.
After all, Yizhen was just a plaything in the eyes of the Emperor of Northern Qi.
Otherwise, why wouldn't she be given a status?
Or even let others look down on her?
At the beginning, the Emperor of Northern Qi locked Yizhen in a cage with wild beasts, waiting for Yizhen to beg for mercy.
Now, the Emperor of Northern Qi threw her into the tiger house, waiting for her to beg for mercy, right?
Concubine Shu watched as the secret guards dragged her to the tiger room. She was terrified, her body shaking uncontrollably, and her voice became particularly sharp. "Your Majesty, I entered the Prince's Mansion at the age of fourteen and gave birth to four children for you. Even if I haven't done anything meritorious, I have worked hard. Please, for the sake of these children, grant me a dignified death."
The Emperor of Northern Qi remained indifferent, with his hands behind his back, watching her shouting coldly.
The tigers were kept in an underground well, with a low wall built on the ground for people to watch the tigers.
Shufei was dragged to the low wall and looked at the mean and ungrateful Emperor of Northern Qi. She then discovered in despair that in the eyes of the Emperor of Northern Qi, she was no different from Yizhen.
But she is more gentle, obedient and knows how to serve others than Yizhen.
The Emperor of Northern Qi just used it to his liking.
Hatred burst out from Concubine Shu's frightened and desperate eyes.
Hate the ruthlessness of the Northern Qi Emperor.
I hated myself even more for not being able to kill him with one blow.
She was afraid that she could not kill the Northern Qi Emperor with one blow, so she smeared a deadly poison on the hairpin knife.
Unexpectedly, he was wearing soft armor.
Concubine Shu cursed viciously: "You will be cut off from all your relatives and die a miserable death...ah..."
At this time, the secret guard pushed her down.
Concubine Shu plunged down and was horrified to find two tigers crouching below, their bloody mouths wide open, waiting for their prey. The fear of impending death completely aroused her desire to survive.
But before she could even ask for help, she clearly heard the Northern Qi Emperor's voice in her ears: "If you had even a little bit of Yizhen's integrity and didn't beg for mercy from me, I might have let you go."
Concubine Shu wanted to say something, but fell into the tiger's mouth.
"ah--"
All her resentment and hatred turned into miserable cries.
The Emperor of Northern Qi walked to the low wall and looked down. He saw Concubine Shu lying at the bottom of the well with her body bent. One of her arms had been torn apart by a wild beast. Her clothes were stained with bright red blood, just like when she first entered the Prince's Mansion and was dressed as gorgeously as before.
At that time, she was standing in the sunlight, surrounded by flowers in full bloom in the yard, and she was more beautiful than the flowers.
She picked a bright peony, handed it to him, and said in a gentle voice, "Your Highness, please cherish me."
Now, she lay at the bottom of the dark well, her face pale and twisted with pain.
Her fingers were covered in blood and she slowly stretched them in his direction.
A tiger bit her arm and dragged her away.
The Northern Qi Emperor didn't know how long he stood there.
Until a breeze blew, and the Osmanthus fragrans fell into the well, lightly covering a piece of white bone.
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As night fell, the Northern Qi Emperor returned to his bedroom.
The bedroom was filled with rows of candles, and the candlelight illuminated the palace as bright as day.
For some reason, the Emperor of Northern Qi felt that his bedroom was empty. A sense of loneliness spread from the bottom of his heart, and he subconsciously went to the harem.
Eunuch Liu asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
The Emperor of Northern Qi paused, suddenly realizing that there was nowhere to go in this huge palace.
I couldn't help but think of Concubine Shu's words "all relatives are cut off".
Although the emperor calls himself a lonely man, he is just a humble person with few virtues.
Now, it seems to be meant literally.
He is a lonely man with no relatives.
The queen guards the imperial tomb.
Concubine Shu died.
Any other women in the harem who showed any signs of gaining favor would be suppressed by Concubine Shu.
In recent years, he has been pursuing immortality and no longer favors other women.
As for offspring.
The King of Qi's background was cleared, but there was always a thorn in his heart, and because of the assassination attempt, he was imprisoned in Guangyang Palace.
The wise king is dead.
All the daughters married far away.
Only the Prince of Guangling was left.
But Prince Guangling had been fighting with him secretly, and they had long been enemies.
"Where are you going..." The Northern Qi Emperor said quietly, "I'm not going anywhere."
He turned around, walked slowly to the dragon throne, and sat down slowly.
The candlelight cast his shadow on the ground.
It is like a towering and isolated mountain.
There were no mountains surrounding him.
Eunuch Liu actually saw a trace of loneliness and desolation in the Northern Qi Emperor: "Your Majesty..."
The Northern Qi Emperor interrupted him: "How is the Imperial Tutor?"
Eunuch Liu replied, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Fang has sent word that the Imperial Tutor's condition has stabilized and is no longer deteriorating."
Now that the Imperial Tutor was mentioned, the Northern Qi Emperor had a complicated expression: "When the Imperial Tutor wakes up, tell me immediately."
Eunuch Liu accepted the order: "Yes."
The Northern Qi Emperor picked up a memorial and said nonchalantly, "Prince Guangling should return to the capital."
Eunuch Liu didn't understand what the Emperor of Northern Qi meant.
The Northern Qi Emperor ordered: "Send someone to keep an eye on Prince Guangling's mansion. When Prince Guangling returns, bring him to me immediately."
Zhao Yi, who was being talked about by the Emperor of Northern Qi, happened to return to the Prince of Guangling's Mansion under the cover of night.
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