Original Heroine 10
"You...?" Out of fear of imperial power, Huiyin subconsciously wanted to run away, but when she thought of the scene of her family being wiped out in her previous life, she gritted her teeth and retreated behind Xie Ling.
Su Yourou looked at Hui Yin with resentment, wishing she could settle all the old and new scores at once. Prince Ning, with his high cheekbones and narrow eyes, was a man of ruthless means. He glanced at his kinsmen and, without further ado, waved his hand, having Hui Yin taken away.
Naturally, Xie Ling was also brought along. After all, choosing who to ascend the throne was still the Chu family's business. Everyone outside the royal family was an ant, so naturally, it had nothing to do with the Xie family. At the same time, he had long looked down on Xie Ling, and was just waiting to use up all his value as soon as possible so that he could get rid of him and avoid any trouble in the future.
The two were locked up in a side hall together.
At the Hui family's home, the princess had been reciting Buddhist scriptures in front of the shrine for several days, praying for her granddaughter's safety. The others were in similar conditions, and most were worried that the entire Hui family would be implicated. It was already late at night. After copying a scroll of Buddhist scriptures, the old lady drifted off, and a servant beside her supported her, saying, "It's getting late, princess, you should go to bed first."
"It's almost there, almost there..." She still had no intention of stopping, and even thought about going all out tomorrow and going to the palace to plead for her granddaughter. Prince Ning and Prince Yan were her cousins, and she couldn't just ignore this little bit of kindness. What's more, Huiyin was just a girl, without any means, and could not have much impact on the struggle between them men.
Thinking of this, the old man felt a little more at ease.
At the same time, she couldn't help but blame her granddaughter a little, and was also puzzled. She had never heard of her granddaughter and Xie Ling having any intersection before, so why did she suddenly say such words? Or was she trying to save her life in front of so many royal relatives?
She continued to copy silently when she heard a noise in the front yard. She hurried out to check and as soon as she entered, she heard the news that Huiyin was going to be executed.
The world was spinning before her eyes, and the princess choked on her last breath and fainted backwards.
The Hui family was in chaos again.
[This is actually pretty good. In the previous life, the Hui family was wiped out.]
[The princess is also a typical Tianlong person. She doesn't consider Xie Ling's perspective at all. It can only be said that the heroine is too righteous.]
[I agree. A group of vested interests has forced Xie Ling to this point. Disgusting.]
Because the previous main system deliberately made things difficult for Yu Wan, this livestream had a time limit. Fifteen minutes remained, which, judging by the current situation, would have been about half a month in the book's world. Most viewers felt deeply moved by the ending, feeling that Xie Ling was truly tragic. While praising him to the skies, they also added criticisms like "the world is blind" and "the people are despicable."
No one would have thought that this treacherous villain who was slandered in the original novel, defamed in the history books of the Great Chu, and despised by the people, was actually such a good man who served the country and the people. Some well-educated audiences wrote poems for him, performing a histrionic personality... no, a feast for literati and poets.
Huiyin was still completely ignored. A few viewers who came in later even asked the heroine's name halfway through the show.
Yu Wan shrugged. Humans are really a group of forgetful and performance-loving creatures.
Xie Ling had been tortured to the point of being unrecognizable. Only his face was barely presentable. He hadn't initially remembered Hui Yin, and there were more than one female official in the anti-government movement, some even prettier. But after spending time with her, he finally figured it out.
It turned out that this was the person he had been looking for, someone who was willing to love and protect him. In the past, those women were nice to him only because they were attracted by the Regent's wealth or his face. But Huiyin was different. She really wanted the best for him.
She smiled like a flower, raised her head with curved eyebrows, and said that he was a good man, that he was not a treacherous villain, and that he was a good man that the whole Chu envied. Xie Ling had not realized it at first, but after she said that, he believed it with red eyes.
The two of them expressed their true feelings to each other and couldn't help but hug each other and cry bitterly.
The sunlight gradually sets outside the window, and the struggle among the powerful continues. Before long, the owner of the imperial city will be replaced. By then, all things will be revived and rituals and music will be restored, but no one will remember that there was once a regent named Xie Ling who worked hard for many years but still fell under the cannibalistic imperial power.
His loyal bones and his devoted heart were all ground into mud and cast under the palace walls. From then on, every palace maid and every concubine in the Great Chu lived under his protection.
What a tragic life.
The mother system also wiped away tears: "They are all victims of imperial power." Seeing Yu Wan's absent-minded expression without shedding a single tear, she subconsciously wanted to teach her a lesson, but then she thought, Yu Wan is, after all, an intermediate system, with no empathy and no sense of the overall situation. She is very narrow-minded and uncultured, and is only worthy of reading brainless novels where the heroine is always on the rise.
It's safe to say that wild boars can't handle fine bran. The mother system was deeply distressed and felt it was time to reflect. Why had the world become like this? In this era, both men and women were merely victims of imperial power!
It’s a pity that Yu Wan will never understand.
Xie Ling was taken to the execution ground as scheduled. According to the law, beheading was a man's privilege; women could only hang themselves. They chose a location in the heart of the city, and the mother system had expected scholars to attend his death, to record this momentous occasion. Instead, they were a bunch of ordinary people, shabby and sleazy, their faces brimming with resentment. The mother system rolled its eyes again. Common people are common people after all.
A rotten egg hit Xie Ling's face. Seeing that the guarding soldiers did not stop him, a pile of mud, rotten leaves, and smelly dog shit immediately hit Xie Ling. He was in a very miserable state. At this time, a woman rushed out of the crowd and shouted angrily: "It was you who owed my younger sister's monthly salary for a long time, causing her to not be able to hire a midwife and die of hemorrhage!" Normally, such things would not be talked about openly, but the woman's words were tearful and did not seem false.
"Your rickshaw driver ran over my son and killed him in the street. My daughter-in-law went to court to seek justice, but you beat her to death. Fortunately, God has mercy on you, and you won't have a good end."
"Yes! He deserves death!"
The people listed Xie Ling's crimes one after another, and the barrage of curses became even more fierce. At Yu Wan's command, Hui Yin, with disheveled hair, immediately rushed to the execution ground and stood in front of Xie Ling. She opened her little mouth and recited the lines that Yu Wan had prepared in advance. Unfortunately, no one was moved. After a moment of silence, they threw more vigorously.
The scene was in chaos. Yu Wan crossed his legs and checked his stopwatch. Suddenly, the sound of hooves echoed down the long street. The wind blew up sand. A figure on horseback galloped over, his armor resplendent and his red tassels fluttering. Someone nearby shouted, "Spare his life!"
The warden, who was about to execute someone, was at a loss as to what to do. He looked over and asked, "Princess...?"
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