It was not until the curtain of the carriage was lifted that the executioner saw clearly who the person was. He looked at the other person in surprise, then quickly walked to the stage to greet him.
"Your humble servant greets the Prince. I wonder what your intention is?"
Jing Chengzhi only glanced at the supervising officer indifferently, then said coldly: "This prince has been acquitted. Naturally, there are also suspicious points in the case of this flower thief. Now this prince will take people away to conduct further investigation."
The executioner was surprised. Everyone knew that the prince would be beheaded in public in half a month, but now not only he was fine, Shao Lecheng might be fine as well.
Although he was surprised, the executioner didn't hesitate at all and ordered, "Why don't you release him now?"
Shao Lecheng thought that it was someone from the Prince's Mansion who came to rescue him, but he never thought it was Jing Chengzhi.
He stared at Jing Chengzhi, as if trying to see through Jing Chengzhi and see if he had any bad intentions.
While he was suspicious, the ropes were released, Yu Fei broke free from the shackles of the officers and soldiers, and walked towards Shao Lecheng.
"What on earth is going on? Are you related to the prince?"
Shao Lecheng shook his head: "No."
Shao Lecheng was taken away by Jing Chengzhi. The two sat in the same carriage. Jing Chengzhi looked at Shao Lecheng with interest.
"I never thought that a flower thief like you would be so impressed by the willful and capricious Princess Gou Qiong!"
Shao Lecheng narrowed his eyes at Jing Chengzhi and questioned, "Are you saying that Princess Gou Qiong asked you to save me? Weren't you sentenced to beheading in two weeks? Logically, there are only less than ten days left."
Jing Chengzhi smiled and leaned against the carriage wall behind him: "Confused? Follow me into the palace now, maybe you'll know everything later!"
Shao Lecheng was not happy about being rescued, but just had a cold and gloomy face.
Duan Gouqiong's request to see the emperor was rejected. She paced back and forth in frustration. She looked at the palace maid and asked, "Is it noon yet?"
The palace maid looked up at the sky and said awkwardly, "We've arrived a long time ago."
Duan Gouqiong's expression changed instantly, "It's over, it's over..."
After that, she no longer cared about anything and yelled at the southern study: "Your Majesty, how could you go back on your word? You don't keep your promise? Didn't you promise to rescue her? Why didn't you go to rescue her after noon?"
In the eyes of others, Duan Gouqiong was just a servant in the Prince's Mansion, but if a servant in the Prince's Mansion dared to say such words to the emperor, he would be dragged away and beaten to death without any negotiation.
The palace maids tried to stop her, and Duan Gouqiong was furious: "Let me go, I want to see the emperor!"
Everyone in the Southern Study heard Duan Gouqiong's shouting. Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen exchanged a glance, and the Emperor spoke wearily, "Alright, all three of you, please leave. I need to summon this young lady."
Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen came out of the South Study and met Duan Gouqiong, whose arms were held down by palace servants and pressed to the ground. Her face was hideous, but when she saw Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen coming out, her originally ferocious face instantly returned to calm.
"You, you guys, why are you here? When did you enter the palace?!"
Jing Yuchen coldly ordered the palace servants, "Let her go!"
Duan Gouqiong was freed and immediately walked towards Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen, saying, "When did you enter the palace? The emperor, he is not trustworthy. It's past noon, and Shao Lecheng is dead... Woo woo..."
He wiped his tears sadly and began to cry. Ni Yueshan quickly comforted him: "The emperor said that people have been sent to rescue him. He is fine. Don't be too sad!"
Duan Gouqiong was still sobbing, about to burst into tears, but she stopped immediately after hearing these words. She looked at Ni Yueshan in surprise and asked, "Really?"
"Silly boy, of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?"
Ni Yueshan had a relaxed expression on his face, and Duan Gouqiong also felt relieved. "It's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay."
Shao Lecheng followed Jing Chengzhi into the palace, but he was reluctant.
"Since I'm innocent, why not just let me go? Why bring me into the palace?"
Jing Chengzhi only responded indifferently: "You want to ask me what my father meant? Who should I ask?"
Shao Lecheng: “…”
The two walked towards the South Study, but they saw people from the Prince's Mansion standing outside the South Study.
When Shao Lecheng saw Captain Shi, his eyes froze.
Captain Shi faced Shao Lecheng, closed his eyes, and silently chanted "Amitabha". Obviously, he didn't want Shao Lecheng's identity to be exposed, but because the situation was urgent and he didn't want Shao Lecheng to be beheaded, he had to go into the palace and tell the truth.
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