Jiang Lanyue was in excruciating pain all over her body and even had difficulty breathing.
Sweat mixed with blood blurred her vision.
She endured the pain and looked up at Yuan Yao, who was holding an ink fan.
That white figure was so clean and flawless...
From beginning to end, Yuan Yao remained so pure...
On what grounds?
Jiang Lanyue closed her eyes in despair: "Why..."
She lost completely!
Yuan Yao glanced at the blood-stained folding fan, then coldly stared at Jiang Lanyue on the ground: "Why? Don't you know the answer?"
You should bear the consequences of your own actions.
Just because you're a princess, you could have lived a life of glory and honor, yet you've chosen to live like a pathetic, pretentious little thing, utterly despicable!
"No...that's not how it is..." Jiang Lanyue's already delicate voice sounded somewhat gloomy because of the hoarseness: "I have never lived like a princess!"
Even palace maids can give me attitude, and even a concubine's daughter from a minister's family can act arrogantly in front of me...
I also wanted to live a life of honor and glory, but it's all your fault... that I've ended up like this!
Yuan Yao: "..."
She had never been so speechless.
She sneered: "Jiang Lanyue, even now, you still refuse to wake up."
You always feel that everyone has wronged you.
But the one who truly wronged you is yourself!
The Emperor and the Empress have never mistreated Consort Li or you. It is you who are insatiable and want more, and are willing to use the lives of your own blood relatives to frame innocent people!
Consort Li took the blame for poisoning the young prince for you. You went to Mount Fotai. If you had properly cultivated your character, you would have been brought back to the palace when you came of age.
But after all these years, you have not only shown no remorse, but have become even worse!
You murdered your emperor and father, and even poisoned the current emperor; your crimes are unforgivable!
Today, you will reap the bitter fruit of your actions!
After speaking, Yuan Yao looked up at Jiang Chengyan.
She really did kill Jiang Lanyue with her own hands.
But she thought it was bad luck!
Those who commit the heinous crimes of regicide and patricide shall be judged by the law!
Jiang Chengyan stood by the golden pillar outside the hall.
He slowly descended the steps, looking down at Jiang Lanyue on the ground.
Jiang Lanyue also looked up at him: "Your Highness..."
Jiang Chengyan coldly ordered, "Men, seize Jiang Lanyue!"
At a command, two imperial guards stepped forward with swords drawn and seized Jiang Lanyue.
Jiang Lanyue was thin and injured, and when she fell into the hands of the Imperial Guards, she was like a little chick.
She struggled and said, "Your Highness, I did all this for you, for you!"
Don't you like Yuan Yao? Don't you want to marry her?
"After Father Emperor passes away and you ascend the throne, you will have me marry Yun Chan in the State of Chu. At that time, you can then rightfully marry Yuan Yao..."
Jiang Chengyan: "..."
He looked at Jiang Lanyue as if she were the very thing that time loathed most.
Clenching his hand hanging from his sleeve, his nails broken in his palm, Jiang Chengyan said expressionlessly, "Jiang Lanyue, have you gone mad?"
I... have never liked Yuan Yao from beginning to end!
Since childhood, I have regarded Yuan Yao as my younger sister!
Not only did you murder your emperor and father, but you also poisoned my great Qi meritorious official, the Nine Thousand Years Old, and dragged unrelated people into your mess. This is an outrage against Heaven!
Jiang Lanyue, the criminal, is hereby stripped of her princess status, stripped of her imperial surname, and imprisoned in the Dali Temple, effective immediately!
Seven days later, he will be executed by being torn apart by chariots!
Dismemberment by chariot?
As Jiang Chengyan's voice fell, the officials kneeling in the square all looked up, shocked.
In the century since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, Jiang Lanyue was the first to be executed by dismemberment!
Especially since she was originally a princess...
Jiang Chengyan glanced at the kneeling officials: "What? Do you gentlemen have something to say?"
Immediately, all the officials shook their heads.
Jiang Lanyue was the first person in the Great Qi Dynasty to be executed by dismemberment, and she deserved it!
Who made her the first princess to kill her king and father?
Such a wicked person is unworthy to be a princess, unworthy to be a citizen of the Great Qi!
Low whispers rose from the square.
Without even listening, Jiang Lanyue knew that everyone, absolutely everyone, was cursing her and despising her...
"Ha..." Jiang Lanyue looked up at the sky: "Hahaha..."
She laughed wildly, like a madwoman.
Jiang Chengyan glanced at Yuan Yao, who was watching coldly, and ordered in a cold voice, "Take Chen Lanyue away!"
List?
Chen Lanyue?
Jiang Lanyue laughed maniacally: "Your Highness, do you think that by killing me you can sit on your throne with a clear conscience?"
The one I love, I cannot marry; the feelings I harbor, I cannot speak of…
You'll spend your whole life guarding that cold throne, marrying someone you don't love, and living a lonely life!
"Smack!"
A loud slap landed on Jiang Lanyue's face.
Li Deshan was dressed in all white, even his hair was white.
He rushed over, and as soon as he entered, he heard Jiang Lanyue slandering the Crown Prince.
With red and swollen eyes, Li Deshan said in a hoarse voice, "The thing I have ever done in my life that I have wronged the Emperor the most was that day when I let you into Yong'an Palace!"
You are such a wicked person, you are not worthy of being the emperor's bloodline!
If His Majesty's spirit is watching over us from heaven, He will surely bless His Highness the Crown Prince with peace and prosperity, and ensure the stability and abundance of the Great Qi Dynasty...
And you, sinner, deserve to go to hell!
“Heh…” Jiang Lanyue spat out a mouthful of blood with teeth showing, looking at Li Deshan with a mocking expression: “You, a dead eunuch, a filthy thing, actually look down on me?”
"Your father is dead. You're so loyal, why aren't you going to be with him?"
"Enough!" Jiang Chengyan interrupted Jiang Lanyue and said to the Imperial Guards, "Drag her away and keep a close watch on her!"
Watch closely, don't let her kill herself!
Seven days later, at my coronation ceremony, all civil and military officials, princes, and nobles shall witness the execution of this criminal!
"yes!"
The resounding clang of the Imperial Guards echoed above the square.
Jiang Lanyue was dragged along.
Her legs were crippled, leaving only a trail of blood in her wake...
Watching Jiang Lanyue being dragged away, Yuan Yao took a deep breath.
The strong smell of blood in the autumn wind was nauseating.
Yuan Yao thought it was a real pity that she hadn't killed Jiang Lanyue with her own hands.
The Emperor will never come back...
Although she disliked the emperor for being incompetent, always making the Ninth Prince do all the work, and being a scoundrel, she was extremely saddened when he really couldn't come back.
All these years, she still hasn't called him "uncle".
Every time he looked at her expectantly, wanting her to call him "uncle," she would disdainfully change the subject...
Now, she wanted to call out, but he couldn't hear her anymore...
Yuan Yao raised her eyes, looked at the dark clouds on the horizon, and said to Jiang Chengyan, "By this time, has His Majesty already seen my mother?"
If my mother saw him, she would definitely give him a good scolding! If possible, she would even better beat him up!
It's all his fault. He's been so lazy all these years, which is why my father has to work so hard!
It's all his fault; that's why everyone wants to kill my father...
In the end, even on her deathbed, she caused my father to be poisoned, which caused him so much pain…
Jiang Chengyan's eyes reddened: "Yuan Xiaoyao..."
Yuan Yao took a deep breath: "Your Highness, I'll leave the rest to you. I... I'm going to be with my father."
After speaking, she took the blood-stained folding fan, lifted her skirt, and went up the steps.
"Yuan Xiaoyao." Jiang Chengyan called out to her from behind.
Yuan Yao paused and turned around to look.
The cool autumn wind, carrying dampness, ruffled a strand of hair on Jiang Chengyan's forehead.
His eyelashes were slightly damp: "Did you... ever, even for a fleeting moment, have even the slightest... feeling... liking me?"
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