"Yes." The four eunuchs lifted up Yunyun and walked towards the door of the prison. Before Xiao Yingying left the prison, she asked the palace maid to throw the silver coins prepared in advance to the guards in the prison, and warned them not to mention this to anyone.
If anyone dares to leak even a single word of the matter, he will be severely punished. He repeatedly emphasized that the punishment was the intention of the Queen Mother. When the prisoners heard that it was the Queen Mother's will, they naturally did not dare to neglect it.
There was a hint of coolness in the late autumn morning, the wind was howling, and the leaves of the trees were fluttering like snowflakes. Shao Yan was walking alone in the imperial garden, with the soles of his feet stepping on the leaves, making a squeaking sound. As he walked, he seemed to be watching the flowers.
Looking at the green flower belts on both sides, he suddenly stopped, opened his arms and faced the blue sky and took a deep breath. It seemed that all the worries and sorrows were thrown away.
In the past few days, he has been busy studying combat plans against the two countries. In addition, he recently heard that a plague has occurred in the five southwestern provinces. This news is undoubtedly worse for him. In order to fight against the invasion of powerful enemies, he almost exhausted all the money in the treasury.
With no choice but to put aside his dignity as emperor, he shamelessly spoke to the ministers every morning. The loyal ministers headed by Dongfang Yi, Deng Bingtang and Ren Xianliang were more active and took out the few money they had at home.
However, when more than half of the ministers heard that the emperor asked them for money, they rushed to Shao Yan and cried out that they were poor.
Shao Yan was angry, but he couldn't pursue it too much, so he had to turn to the harem for help. Empress Dowager Guo took the lead in donating the rare treasures given to her by the late emperor. The other concubines also reluctantly donated their own private possessions.
Regarding money, Xiao Yingying expressed her strong support for the emperor on the surface, but when the emperor spoke to her, she kept crying and complained that her life was miserable and that there was no valuable treasure in the palace.
Alas, it’s really hard to be the emperor. Shao Yan looked up at the sky and sighed, then walked to a tree that was as tall as a person, reached out and picked off a yellow leaf, he lowered his head and stared at his hands quietly.
From that small leaf, it seems that you can clearly see your bitter melon face. The same is true in life. When you walk in front and look back, you will always feel how naive you were before.
At first, Shao Yan thought that being the emperor had supreme power and he could do whatever he wanted. However, when he actually ascended this position, he realized that everything was so difficult. It can be said that he has never had a stable day since he ascended the throne.
During the days, he first racked his brains to defeat Guo Wei, then caught up with the severe floods in the south, and now it is the Western Chu, the Nanliang army is pressing down on the border, and there is a severe drought in the five southwestern provinces. Thinking of these, he really wants to take off his golden skin immediately.
Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and a high-pitched voice rang in his ears, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, Concubine Yun is missing."
Shao Yan turned around suddenly, only to see Xiao Shunzi bending down panting, the clothes on his chest wet with sweat on his face. People who didn't know thought he had just climbed out of the water, "What's going on?"
?Don’t be anxious, just speak slowly."
Xiao Shunzi said eagerly: "Reporting to the Emperor, I just followed your instructions to visit Concubine Yun in the Tianlao, and gave her some of her favorite peanuts, but who knew that Concubine Yun was not in the prison at all?
"
Shao Yan was stunned for a moment, "It's impossible. I told her that I will release her from the prison in three days. Today is the last day. I originally planned to pick her up from the prison in person at night. Why did she...
Did you leave early?" Asked here, Shao Yan suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, have you asked the prison guard? Did you leave on your own or was you taken away?"
"After asking, the guards all said that Concubine Yun left on her own, but the slaves always felt that they were lying." After that, Xiao Shunzi took out a piece of clothing that had not yet been sewn from his arms, "Your Majesty, you
Seeing that these clothes are still in prison, how could Concubine Yun leave on her own?"
"You mean she was taken away by others?" Shao Yan asked suspiciously. For some reason, he suddenly had a very bad feeling.
Xiao Shunzi nodded and said: "Concubine Yun is deeply in love with the emperor. How could she not know the emperor's good intentions? You deliberately locked up the empress to protect her from being persecuted by others. Therefore, in my opinion, the empress
You will never leave the prison until you arrive, unless——"
"how?"
"Unless he was taken away by force"
Forced? When Shao Yan heard these two words, he couldn't help being shocked. Except for the four masters in and outside the palace, Yun Yun's martial arts was the best. No one could take her away. Could it be——
Queen Mother? Shao Yan suddenly realized that it must be her. No one but her can take people away from me.
"I understand, let's go, follow me to Tianlao quickly." Shao Yan immediately turned around and walked out of the imperial garden, walking quickly through each palace gate, Xiao Shunzi followed hurriedly behind, and the two of them soon arrived at the gate of Tianlao.
When the guards saw the emperor, they quickly knelt down and shouted long live. Shao Yan ignored them and quickly walked into the sky prison. When the two arrived at the cell where Yun Yun lived, they found that there was no one inside.
Shao Yan was very angry, so he asked Xiao Shunzi to gather all the prisoners in the prison together. The prisoners were furious when they saw Long Yan, and they were all too frightened to speak.
"I ask you, apart from me and Xiao Shunzi, who has been here to see Concubine Yun in the past two days?" Seeing their silence, Shao Yan continued: "You have to think about it before answering the question.
Well, if I find out that you are telling half a lie, be careful with your heads. Of course, if you are unwilling to speak, I will cut out all your tongues so that you will not be able to speak for the rest of your life."
The prison guards were so frightened that they looked at each other and said that you were not joking. They had to worry about their lives and wealth. But when they thought of Xiao Yingying's warning, they were afraid of telling the truth and offending the Queen Mother. For a moment, they really didn't know what to do.
What to do?
Xiao Shunzi saw their worries, and then raised his voice and said: "Today, the emperor still has the final say. The benefits given to you by others are indispensable for the emperor." After saying this, he took out a gold ingot from his sleeve.
He deliberately dangled the silver in front of them and said, "The emperor said that whoever tells the truth will be rewarded with this piece of silver."
When everyone saw such a big piece of silver, there was no reason why they wouldn't be tempted. Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and kept rubbing their hands back and forth. They wanted to reach out to take it but were afraid of offending anyone.
Seeing their greedy faces, Shao Yan felt angry and funny in his heart. He thought that if all prison guards in China were to be like these people, society would be in chaos. Seeing that these people had not expressed their stance, Shao Yan became even more aggravated.
He said in a tone of voice: "Since everyone is unwilling to say anything, we can only punish him with the crime of deceiving the emperor. Someone -"
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me." Before Shao Yan could finish his words, more than a dozen prison guards knelt down and begged for mercy. Seeing that the matter could not be concealed, the older prison chief had to honestly explain everything to the emperor. Shao Yan was furious when he heard this.
Angry, he immediately grabbed a big knife from the waist of a prison guard and rushed out of the prison without saying a word. Xiao Shunzi was very angry when he learned that Yun Fei's legs had been interrupted.
At this moment, Shao Yan was like a beastly tiger. He picked up a knife and broke into the Kunning Palace where the queen lived. However, Xiao Yingying was nowhere to be seen. According to the palace maid, Xiao Yingying went to Ci Palace early in the morning.
Ning Gong hasn't come back yet, Shao Yan is furious and breaks out of the door with a sharp knife.
When they arrived at the entrance of Cining Palace, they were waiting for the eunuchs outside. Seeing the emperor's posture, the maids were frightened and immediately knelt on both sides. Shao Yan did not allow them to go in to report, and rushed inside as quickly as possible. At the same time, Xiao Yingying
Sitting across from the old queen mother over a drink, the two ladies were chatting about issues related to fetal care.
"Xiao Yingying, come out here"
As soon as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law heard the emperor's voice, they stood up quickly. Before Xiao Yingying could step forward to greet her, the cold sword in Shao Yan's hand was pointed at her neck, "What a vicious woman, I'm going to kill you today."