Chapter 262 Execution
The Guanyin Bodhisattva in the painting bowed her head slightly, with an extremely kind face. After looking at it for a long time, it seemed as if all the distracting thoughts in my mind could disappear, and I felt calm and peaceful.
The prince even felt that he was completely relaxed at this moment, and he couldn't help but want to close his eyes and take a nap.
Just a moment after he had this thought, the bamboo painting in the prince's hand slipped from his hand and fell to his feet. He leaned heavily on the soft pillow and fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, the prince was awakened by a low and urgent voice beside him.
Hearing that the person calling him was the servant beside him, the prince rubbed his sleepy eyes, wondering why he fell asleep, and bent down to pick up the bamboo painting.
The attendant was a little anxious when he saw that the prince had not gotten off the carriage for a long time. "Your Highness, please get off the carriage quickly. It is getting late."
"What time?" The prince was stunned. "What time is late?"
The attendant was also stunned. "When His Highness the Crown Prince was about to arrive at the mansion, he suddenly changed his mind and said that he wanted to go to the palace to pay his respects to His Majesty. Now he has arrived at the palace. If Your Highness does not pay his respects to His Majesty now, I am afraid that His Majesty will go to Qingxu Palace..."
Qingxu Palace is the place where the current emperor practices meditation. Every time at noon, the emperor takes a bath, changes clothes, and goes to Qingxu Palace on time, in the hope of attaining immortality.
Moreover, His Majesty has issued an order that no one, not even the Queen or the Crown Prince, can disturb us at this time.
Upon hearing this, the prince frowned, clenched his fists, and pulled aside the curtain, "Did you say you wanted to come to the palace to pay your respects to the emperor?"
"Of course." The attendant was a little puzzled by the question. "I was not sure at the time, so I asked His Highness for confirmation again and again. His Highness even got very angry!"
The prince's frown deepened.
He was sleeping so soundly that he didn't even know where he was. How could he have asked his servants to come to the palace?
Or was it because he slept so deeply that he mumbled a few words in his sleep and didn't even realize it? But now that he had arrived at the palace, the reason for entering the palace was to pay his respects to his father, so there was no reason not to go.
The prince thought about it, clenched the bamboo painting in his hand even tighter, then got off the carriage and went to Zhongyuan Palace.
They went all the way and soon arrived at the gate of Zhongyuan Palace. However, Zhongyuan Palace seemed more solemn than usual at this time. The palace maids, attendants, and guards at the gate were all kneeling on the ground, and they were all trembling with fear.
"What happened?" asked the prince.
"Your Highness." A palace maid's voice was trembling. "The emperor took a nap today, but the servants did not dare to disturb him. As a result, his meditation time was delayed, and the emperor was very angry..."
"The emperor scolded them, and the people below were terrified. When they begged for mercy, they accidentally bumped into the incense burner. The emperor became even more angry and wanted to take everyone in the palace away..."
The palace maid gritted her teeth and didn't say the remaining two words.
But the prince also understood that they were all to be put to death.
The prince's brows furrowed again.
The people below were indeed at fault for missing the time and knocking over the incense burner, but the mistake was not serious enough to result in death.
But the current emperor is obsessed with spiritual practice and attaches great importance to the incense burner and meditation. Naturally, he will not talk about mercy and compassion at this moment and will definitely take these people's lives.
The prince thought for a moment and his eyes fell on the bamboo painting in his hand.
(End of this chapter)
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