Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Li Yuebai closed his eyes and spoke.
“Your Majesty.” His voice was neither high nor low, just enough for everyone in the room to hear clearly: “If I heard it correctly, there is one more sentence in the poem that Concubine Hui just read.”
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.
Everyone, including the emperor, had just heard this obvious flaw, but did not think about it carefully. Now that Li Yuebai broke this window paper, they all suddenly realized it.
The emperor did not show the love poem to everyone but gave it to the Empress and asked her to read it out. The Empress read the first three sentences, then cried out in injustice and refused to read on.
Therefore, it was impossible for everyone to know what the complete poem looked like. They should only know the first three sentences.
And Concubine Hui actually recited the complete four lines of the poem…
This could only mean that Concubine Hui knew about this poem a long time ago and may have even participated in the creation of this poem.
“You confessed without being asked… Sister really confessed without being asked…” Concubine Qian showed a pale smile and murmured: “The net of heaven is vast and wide, and nothing can escape it…”
“Ding!” The system said in surprise: “Host, congratulations, the emperor’s trust in Concubine Hui has dropped to 0%!”
The emperor frowned, pondered for a moment, and finally gave an order: “Concubine Hui framed the Empress, her title is henceforth stripped, she is demoted to a commoner, and sent to the cold palace; Concubine Qian made meritorious contributions, so deducted one year’s monthly salary, and confined to the cold palace.”
“Ding!” The system said: “Host, congratulations, the task of defeating the villain has been completed 2/3.”
Concubine Hui was taken away by several eunuchs and dragged to the cold palace. Concubine Qian also returned to her own palace to confine herself. The idle people also left one after another. The Empress was personally comforted by the emperor, and with the help of the palace maids, she returned to Yuanheng Palace to rest.
After the matter came to an end, the emperor waved his hand and ordered someone to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in.
Murong Nan, in military uniform, looked dusty as he walked into Qingxin Pavilion. He seemed to have lost some weight, but his features were clearer, and his eyes were brighter. He first greeted his father, then stood up and looked at Li Yuebai. It didn’t matter that he looked at him, but his eyes were immediately filled with anger.
“Host.” The system said hurriedly, “You have really pissed off Murong Nan this time.”
“What?” Li Yuebai didn’t understand for a moment.
Murong Nan immediately strode towards him, half squatted and grabbed the iron chain on his body with anger and glanced at Zhao Ne who was standing beside the emperor with cold eyes.
Oh, the iron chain and shackles… Li Yuebai remembered that he hadn’t had time to take them off, and he looked very embarrassed.
“Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.” He tried his best to force a smile at Murong Nan.
“…” Murong Nan wanted to draw his sword immediately and cut the iron chain.
Fortunately, the emperor spoke in time and ordered the Crown Prince to report the results of the battle.
Murong Nan still had a trace of rationality and did not cut the chain on the spot and take Li Yuebai away.
He stood up and reported the details of the battle in a deep voice. He also discussed Shan Hengxin’s crimes with the emperor. After the discussion, he quickly pointed the finger at Zhao Ne. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had never intended to let Zhao Ne go. Now when he saw Li Yuebai being bullied like this, he knew it must be Zhao Ne’s handiwork. Therefore, he did not intend to endure it for a minute.
“Father.” Murong Nan said in a deep voice: “Regarding the case of the second prince’s rebellion, your son has found new doubts.”
The emperor nodded and motioned for him to speak out.
“The second prince’s treason case was tried by the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate. Why didn’t the Jinyiwei participate?” Murong Nan’s sharp eyes pierced Zhao Ne and said, “Lord Zhao Ne, you have never participated in the interrogation of the second prince. I suspect that this is a little strange.”
Zhao Ne stood beside the emperor, with no expression on his face. Just now, he witnessed the fall of Shan Hengxin and Concubine Hui and was already in a state of confusion. He was just holding on. Hearing the words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he became even more confused.
But on the surface, he still pretended to have nothing to do with it and said in a deep voice: “I have nothing to do with this case. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may have misunderstood.”
“Since Lord Zhao refuses to admit it…” Murong Nan smiled: “I beg you, father, to bring the criminal here to meet Lord Zhao.”
The emperor nodded in agreement.
After a while, the second prince Murong Yi was brought over.
He still looked crazy, with ragged clothes, dull and expressionless face, where he refused to say a word. Even when he saw the emperor and the Crown Prince, he did not react at all.
Murong Nan brought Murong Yi to Zhao Ne and asked him to look up at Zhao Ne.
Sure enough, there was a reaction.
Murong Yi screamed, pointed at Zhao Ne, cried and laughed, collapsed to the ground, and spoke nonsense.
The nonsense was messy and disorganized at one moment, and clear at another.
“Lord Zhao, you…” Murong Yi rushed up again, trying to grab the corner of Zhao Ne’s clothes, with tears streaming down his face, and said nonsense: “Lord Zhao, you have made me suffer so much… You said you would support me to seize the throne, but what happened…?”
Zhao Ne’s face sank, he then pushed Murong Yi away, and said: “Your Majesty, please look carefully, the second prince’s words are absolutely unreliable.”
The words of a madman could naturally not be used as evidence.
However, after the Dragon Boat Festival shooting incident, the emperor had the intention to get rid of Zhao Ne. As long as he had this intention, all charges could be made.
The emperor frowned and winked at the Crown Prince.
The meaning of this wink was clear.
The emperor wanted to get rid of Zhao Ne, but he didn’t want Zhao Ne to reveal too many secrets after being interrogated by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice.
The best way was to kill him directly.
This task naturally had to be completed by the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince immediately drew out his long sword and held it in front of his eyes. The long sword had been through a battle and was stained with a lot of blood, so it was specially washed and polished before entering the palace. Now it was extremely bright and smooth like a mirror. Li Yuebai exchanged glances with the Crown Prince in this “mirror”.
The Crown Prince originally had a trace of doubt, but after seeing Li Yuebai’s eye signal, he immediately threw it away, raised his eyebrows, jumped into the air, and stabbed Zhao Ne with the sword.
Zhao Ne was horrified and tried to resist, but he couldn’t stop the Crown Prince’s fierce momentum. After a few moves, he was beheaded by the Crown Prince’s sword.
Blood splattered and his head rolled on the ground.
Seeing that his former confidant was dead, the emperor was relieved and said, “Zhao Ne rebelled, the Crown Prince rescued us, and he will be rewarded.”
The chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department was trembling with fear, but he also faithfully wrote down the imperial edict.
“Ding!” The system popped up the third prompt: “Host, congratulations, all the tasks of this traversal are completed!”
“Thank you, system.” Li Yuebai didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until he saw Zhao Ne’s head fall to the ground.
After the task was completed, the traverser would soon leave this world.
Murong Nan pulled Li Yuebai into a remote and empty bedroom, locked the door, and then turned around to hug Li Yuebai and let out a long breath.
“Sir, I’m sorry…” Murong Nan, contrary to his heroic appearance just now, was panic-stricken in his tone: “I’m sorry…”
“What’s wrong?” Li Yuebai just found it funny.
“You’ve suffered.” Murong Nan held his wrist and raised it to his eyes – there was a wide red mark on it from the iron handcuffs: “It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t insisted on fighting Concubine Hui, you wouldn’t have been…”
“How is this your fault?” Li Yuebai smiled gently: “In order to complete the mission, I had to do this.”
In fact, Li Yuebai didn’t feel that he had suffered any torture. He was just locked up by the Jinyiwei for a while, and he was unharmed. Except for some nausea and pain when he was searched, the rest… It really didn’t matter.
As a result, Murong Nan was so distressed.
In fact, if we talk about distress, Murong Nan was the one he should be distressed about, right? He fought with Shan Hengxin at Zijing Pass, and went through life and death with real swords and spears…
Thinking of this, Li Yuebai took the opportunity to touch Murong Nan’s face and pinched it a few times.
“?” Murong Nan was pinched by him, and he was aroused by his desire. He couldn’t help but grab his hand again and raised his eyebrows.
“I just want to know if you are injured…” Li Yuebai said.
“Oh? Am I injured…” Murong Nan leaned close to Li Yuebai’s ear and lowered his voice: “Won’t you know if you take off your clothes and take a look?”
“Host.” The system reminded: “After 24 hours, you will be teleported out of this world and the original owner will return to the soul.”
“24 hours…” When Li Yuebai thought that there was only so little time left to spend with Murong Nan, he actually felt a little regretful.
“What are you afraid of?” Murong Nan picked him up, put him on the bed, and kissed him: “We…will meet again…”
….
Ten days later, Concubine Hui died suddenly in the cold palace.
Some said that the emperor sent someone to kill her, while others said that Concubine Qian secretly poisoned her. There were many different opinions, and no one could agree on one.
The author has something to say:
The prototype of the Empress is Xiao Guanyin, as shown in “History of Liao”[1] •Volume 71•Biography 1″; the poem “There are only Zhao family makeup in the palace…” used in this chapter comes from “Fen Jiao Lu” by Wang Ding (Yuan Dynasty).
The next one is set in modern times and is the most popular one in this article (￣▽￣)~ Welcome to continue reading. The author’s favorite is the ending, and there is a surprise when you see the ending~
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[1] Xiao Guanyin was an empress of the Liao dynasty, known for her tragic fate after being falsely accused of adultery. Married to Emperor Daozong, she was ultimately forced to commit suicide due to a plot orchestrated by the corrupt official Yelü Yixin.