Chapter 674 Under Despair
If the old patriarch Cai had a little doubt that Emperor Jing Hong's anger was directed at him just now, now looking at his attitude towards him, he could feel the emperor's anger to a full extent.
Did the emperor know what they were doing behind their backs?
"Xu'er..." Emperor Jing Hong stood in front of Xiao Xu, with his hands behind his back, and hesitated on his face.
It’s not that he doesn’t care about Xiao Xu, but that Xiao Xu is in such a situation now, and he is inseparable from being unable to escape. Looking at Chu Junlan, who is unconscious in Xiao Xu’s arms, Emperor Jing Hong finally sighed.
Xiao Xu looked up in dismay, and saw the tall and heroic Emperor Jing Hong, standing against the light, and the corners of his lips moved: "Uncle the Emperor."
He staggered up and picked up Chu Junlan, his face tense, his teeth trembled constantly, and his steps were hurried out.
Emperor Jing Hong had never seen Xiao Xu like this before, and he couldn't help but feel ache: "Xu'er, where are you going to take her?"
"Uncle, I have to save her. She has suffered so much for me... She said that the people from Qingjian Mountain can save her life, and I must take her to Qingjian Mountain."
Xiao Xu's voice was hoarse and abnormal. Emperor Jing Hong's brows furrowed as he heard it. Looking at the blood on Chu Junlan's skirt, he said worriedly: "You are going to take her away just like that? I'm afraid that if you go out like this, Chu can no longer hold on before you arrive at Qingjian Mountain."
Xiao Xu then came to his senses and looked down at the person in his arms, his eyes gradually turning to despair.
When the old patriarch Cai saw Xiao Xu like this, he felt relieved in his heart. He closed the cloak on his shoulders and sighed softly: "The emperor has forgiven him, but she has no idea what she is doing and insists on rushing out of the palace to rob and imprison himself, which is now considered a self-destruction."
There is another sentence for "self-inflicted evil". Xiao Xu suddenly looked up at the old patriarch Cai, his eyes were bloodshot and red, and his voice was chilling: "You say it again."
The eyes were too vicious, and the old patriarch Cai was so scared that his face turned pale, and he took several steps back.
Xiao Xu suddenly smiled and his voice was harsh: "If it weren't for your Cai family's frame, she wouldn't have mistakenly thought that I committed suicide in prison and broke out of the palace, which harmed people. How could you be so at ease? If you dare to say a little nonsense, I will let you live first!"
"Your Majesty! Look, this evil is so rampant that he dares to be so vicious in front of you. If you don't take him down quickly, I'm afraid that all the remaining people in the family will be slaughtered by him!"
Emperor Jing Hong turned around and glanced at the old patriarch Xiao: "Who revealed false information to Zhongcui Palace and led Chu Junlan out, I will investigate again. As for the Cai family, hehe, if the old patriarch disciplined properly, he would naturally not have those rebellious sons who specifically led people to slaughter."
Old Master Xiao opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "From the emperor's opinion, the Cai family's troubles were brought in by the Cai family themselves. Is it really worth the consequences?"
"Come, Doctor Xuan," Emperor Jing Hong stopped talking to the old patriarch Cai, and turned around to instruct the accompanying inner guards, "Send the old patriarch Cai home and let the old patriarch Cai rest well. Without my summons, you must not leave the house. You will also bring all the Cai family guards and Dali Temple servants to question today."
"Abide by the order." The inner guard bowed and took action quickly.
"Your Majesty! What are you doing! My Cai family is the victim and the victim! How could you be so partial and not be the leader of my old family, but you have to arrest everyone in my Cai family? Instead, you have to ask the imperial physician to treat this poisonous woman!" An inner guard came to support the old patriarch Cai from left to right.
The old patriarch Cai could not get rid of these people, and the old voice burst out with anger: "Master! There is still the Cai family in the center of your eyes, but I still remember that the Cai family is your maternal family!"
Emperor Jing Hong turned around suddenly, and then the old patriarch Cai saw the expression on his face clearly.
The old patriarch Cai clearly saw unconcealed boredom in Emperor Jing Hong's eyes.
"If I hadn't been thinking about the friendship between my relatives, do you think I could spare you easily if I had made a fuss about making news within my palace walls?"
My heart skipped a beat and my old patriarch Cai was immediately frightened and his face turned pale.
Emperor Jing Hong frowned. After all, this was her grandfather, and he felt unbearable: "Send the old patriarch Cai back to rest."
The guards responded quickly and hurriedly led their people to retreat. The old patriarch Cai no longer struggled, but only showed a little depressed look on his face.
Soon, only Xiao Xu and his group were left in the open space in front of the prison of the Ministry of Justice.
Xiao Xuwen sat on the ground and hugged Chu Junlan tightly. If you look closely, you will find that he is trembling.
Emperor Jing Hong stood beside him with his hands behind his back, silent.
When Li Defang and Zhao Lu saw Emperor Jing Hong's attitude, they became more clear about Xiao Xu's position in Emperor Jing Hong's mind.
The emperor really loves his son. If it were the other people who killed nearly a hundred people from the Cai family and dared to cause trouble in the Ministry of Justice, he would have arrested the person directly. Where would he be here to wait for the imperial physician?
Looking at Xiao Xu's appearance again, the two felt a little sorry for each other. I was afraid that the prince's concubine would have a few shortcomings, so the prince would go with him.
But in a moment, the envoy Liu Yuan and the verdict Zhang Yuan were hurriedly brought over. The two hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Emperor Jing Hong waved his hand: "No need to be polite, let me show you how to Chu."
The two looked at each other, but they didn't expect that the emperor called them to come because it was Chu.
Xiao Xu made a little easier, but he still hugged Chu Junlan and refused to let go. The two had to cooperate in this posture. After the examination, their faces were extremely solemn.
"How is it?" Xiao Xu asked anxiously.
In front of Emperor Jing Hong, Liu Yuanzhang naturally did not dare to have any thoughts and said bluntly: "If it were an ordinary woman, she would be afraid that she would have miscarriage at this time."
Jing Yu, Huo Yeqing and others were scared and looked deserted.
Xiao Xu's face was pale: "Then is there anything wrong with her body?"
"Thanks to the princess who are proficient in medical skills and have bizarre acupuncture techniques. In this way, the princess who are also a person who is very skilled in martial arts and has a lot of internal strength. The princess who use acupuncture techniques to temporarily relieve the fetus, but in this way, the mother will lose the loss. If you are not treated for a long time, the princess will be exhausted by the fetus first, and the oil will be exhausted."
After repeated blows, Xiao Xu felt that his mind was not enough. It took him a while to realize what the imperial physician meant.
"You mean that she uses her own life to prolong the life of the child in her womb. If she cannot find a solution in time, she will first kill herself?"
"So that's it." Liu Yuanzeng nodded.
Xiao Xu's eyes were red and bloody: "Then you save her quickly. I don't want this child anymore, so I'll save the adult first!"
Both the envoy Liu Yuan and the judge Zhang Yuan shook their heads helplessly.
Xiao Xu said: "What are you hesitating about?"
"The prince, the prince's acupuncture method is her unique skill. We are not good at learning skills. Although we have studied acupuncture method, we are not sure."
In other words, neither of them could interrupt Chu Junlan's self-rescue like "sacrificial".
Xiao Xu looked up at Emperor Jing Hong, his voice hoarse: "Uncle..."
Emperor Jing Hong sighed: "Go back to the palace first."
He turned around and ordered people to prepare a carriage, and sent Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan to the carriage, while Jing Yu and others were temporarily imprisoned.
The two imperial doctors accompanied him, and everyone rushed back to the palace all the way. Emperor Jing Hong directly arranged Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan in the Yangxin Hall, and asked several imperial doctors to come to the palace to discuss.
In Yong'an Palace, the little eunuch quickly came to report to Concubine Shu: "Empress, the emperor has returned to the palace."
"Oh?" Concubine Shu was asking the palace maid to dye her nails. Even if something happened to the Cai family, the red color on her nails was still bright. "The emperor hurried out of the palace and came back so soon. What did he do?"
When he said this, Concubine Shu chuckled: "Can you go to the Ministry of Justice to kill Xiao Xu, that bastard Xiao Xu and that little bitch Chu."
The eunuch lowered his head, a little nervous, and dared not speak.
Seeing that the young eunuch was not raising his eyebrows and looked timid, Concubine Shu was displeased and said sternly: "Say, can I still eat me?"
"Empress, please calm down!" The little eunuch knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Go back to Empress, the emperor did go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, but the emperor did not kill anyone, but instead imprisoned the old patriarch Cai in the Cai family, and arrested the other guards and the servants of the Ministry of Justice for interrogation. Now Prince Gong and Chu have been brought into the palace and are in the Palace of Yangxin..."
"Fart!" Before the eunuch finished speaking, Concubine Shu was furious and smashed the dishes at hand. The porcelain splashed on the ground that could be seen, and the splashed pieces cut through the face of the eunuch.
The little eunuch closed his eyes in pain and pressed his forehead against the ground: "Grandmaster calms down."
Concubine Shu was furious and wanted to rush to Yangxin Palace to find Emperor Jing Hong to judge him immediately. The two palace maids and Madam Cen around her comforted the person.
Madam Cen waved her hand to signal everyone to retreat. The little eunuch immediately lowered her head and quickly retreated out as if she was given a general amnesty. The other palace maids were also very angry and did not dare to breathe, and quietly left the palace.
Madam Cen took the dustpan, wrapped her fingers with a veil and picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground bit by bit, and then searched for a broom to sweep it clean. She said, "Empress, the emperor must have noticed some abnormalities when he did this. At this moment, the Empress should still think about it. If the Emperor investigated the news about Zhongcui Palace, we would like to reveal the past. Once the Emperor asked him how we should deal with it."
Of course, Concubine Shu understood this.
It was precisely because she understood that she felt helpless and angry.
They made this plan and decided that Chu Junlan would do everything for Xiao Xu, and that she would be either dead or injured. But the only thing she didn't calculate was that Emperor Jing Hong would actually leave the palace and go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice himself.
They had seen that the emperor was hesitant about Xiao Xu's judgment. In the original plan, the old patriarch Cai went to help the Dali Temple yamen to get people, so he could just wait for the news of Chu Junlan's death, and then wait for Xiao Xu to ask for the beheading. Who knew that such a big change would happen.
"Hurry, please order someone to pay attention outside the Yangxin Palace to see if there is any news inside. Go!" Concubine Shu urged repeatedly, and Madam Cen nodded and asked her confidant eunuch to inquire quietly.
In the Yangxin Palace, several imperial physicians were consulting.
Chapter completed!