The Queen Mother jumped from the tower, and His Majesty was reborn with fear

Jiayu Palace

Yu Jinzhi was carried in by Xie Yuxiu, but as soon as she stepped into the doorway, she smelled a bloody odor and even heard the sound of sticks hitting flesh. A terrifying thought exploded in her mind. As expected...

The Jiayu Palace was littered with corpses. The eunuchs and palace maids who served in the palace had all fallen in a pool of blood. The palace servants who were carrying out the executions were hitting the palace servants in the Jiayu Palace hard on their backs with the court sticks.

Yu Jinzhi's pupils shrank sharply. The palace servant brought a chair and Xie Yuxiu put the person on the chair and held him down: "The dozen palace servants who served you were not doing their job well. I order them to be beaten to death. Today you will watch how these innocent people are implicated by you and die because of you."

Every word was like a sharp blade piercing her heart. Her voice was hoarse, her movements were sluggish, and she looked up at him with broken eyes: "It was me who ran away secretly. It was obviously me. Why are you always like this? They are not wrong. They are all ignorant..." Her voice was mixed with tears, which made people feel distressed but it could not arouse his pity.

Xie Yuxiu sneered: "Oh, why is it always like this? Then I also want to ask you, why are you always like this? You know you shouldn't do it, but you do it recklessly several times, huh? You think that not enough people have died for you, right? There has never been a person who can't remember the pain. If there is, it must not have hurt enough. In this case, I will make you feel enough pain at once today, come here!" Xie Yuxiu's eyes were fierce.

With his order, Yu Jinzhi's uneasiness became more and more serious.

When she saw who was coming, Yu Jinzhi's pupils shrank sharply and she collapsed instantly. The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were completely out of control at this moment: "Daddy!"

She screamed at the top of her lungs and was about to stand up and rush over, but Xie Yuxiu held her down heavily. She sat on the chair, unable to move.

The old man at the bottom was disheveled, with thousands of silver hairs scattered behind him, and countless bloodstains on his face and body. He looked like he had fainted.

"Your father led his private soldiers to guard outside the city gate today. I suspected that he was plotting treason, so I sent people to capture him and put him in prison." Xie Yuxiu came close to her, his lips curled slightly, his smile was cruel, and his warm breath swept across her ears: "Three days later... he will be beheaded in the downtown area!" He deliberately spoke slowly, but when Yu Jinzhi heard the word beheading, she no longer cared about anything.

No one knew where she got the strength from, but she broke free from him and knelt down in front of Xie Yuxiu with a thud: "No... I beg you, no, Daddy has no intention of treason, you know that. He was at the city gate today to meet me. Your Majesty, Xie Yuxiu, Xie Yuxiu, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, I will never run away again... I beg you..."

She knelt at Xie Yuxiu's feet, her voice hoarse and trembling, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Xie Yuxiu looked down at her for a long time, then he squatted down and raised her chin with his hand: "You have knelt before me and begged me countless times before, but you never succeeded. So... this time, how can I be soft-hearted to you again? Take him away."

Yu Jinzhi wanted to stop it, but she could do nothing. Xie Yuxiu used his fingertips to wipe away the tears that were sliding down her face, and every word was cruel: "You are not afraid because the price is not enough. You must learn to remember this time."

Yu Jinzhi shook her head: "No... I beg you, I really know I was wrong, I will never run away again, Xie Yuxiu..." She stretched out her hand and wanted to pull his robe.

But before she could hold him, Xie Yuxiu turned his head away, brushed her hand away, stood up, and said with an obscure emotion in his eyes: "Take her in. Without my order, she is not allowed to leave the palace gate." He did not look at the woman kneeling on the ground again.

After Yu Jinzhi was brought back to the inner hall, Xie Yuxiu turned around and looked in the direction she left. The palace servant beside him stepped forward and asked, "Does His Majesty want to convey an order?"

The crime of treason and capital punishment must be announced in an imperial decree.

"Go and ask the imperial physician to take a look at her." Xie Yuxiu answered a question that was not related to the question.

The palace maid lowered her head and dared not say more: "Yes," he agreed.

After all, Your Majesty may not have really made up his mind to deal with it.

Hall

The newly arranged palace maid had helped Yu Jinzhi change into clean clothes. Her eyes were dull, and now she was sitting barefoot on the bed, with her long black hair cascading behind her like a waterfall.

The imperial physician left after taking the patient's pulse, and the palace maid brought in the freshly brewed medicine: "Princess, let me help you take the medicine." This is a medicine for dispelling the cold, which Xie Yuxiu had someone prepare just now.

Yu Jinzhi looked at the palace maid: "I'm going to take the medicine. Can you please call His Majesty over for me?" Her throat was almost unable to speak.

The maid was embarrassed and knelt on the ground. Yu Jinzhi knew what she meant, her eyes dimmed instantly, she took the bowl of medicine and drank it all without saying anything.

The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief, and left immediately after she finished drinking the medicine.

Xie Yuxiu hadn't left yet. He looked at the empty bowl and asked, "Did you drink it all?"

"The princess has already drunk it, but... the princess said she wanted to see His Majesty." The palace maid replied.

"Light some calming incense in the hall later, and she will be able to fall asleep." Xie Yuxiu did not agree.

"Yes" the maid left.

Xie Yuxiu just stood at the door. The barrier between the two of them was not just these few doors.

In the dim room, the candle flickered slightly, as if it could go out at any time. Yu Jinzhi sat quietly beside the bed, her arms tightly wrapped around her legs, her head gently leaning against the bedside pillar.

Her thin body trembled under the cover of the night. Now, there was only deep darkness in her eyes. Her face was as pale as paper, and all the blood color was sucked away by pain and despair.

Thinking back to everything that happened today... She closed her eyes. Is there really no way out? No, there must be a way out. If her father is gone, how can she survive alone?

Xie Yuxiu...

The faint fragrance in the hall, filled with smoke, made her eyelids heavier and heavier. She could no longer open her eyes and slowly fell asleep without even noticing.

When Xie Yuxiu came in, she had already fallen asleep leaning against the bed. He walked slowly towards the bed, and when he saw her sleeping, he took the initiative to reach out his hand and help her lie down, but he found his hand was wet just after he touched Yu Jinzhi's face.

Cried?

The look in Xie Yuxiu's eyes became complicated. He pulled the quilt over him and covered him. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. That night, he sat quietly in front of Yu Jinzhi's bed for a long time, until the moon set and the stars faded away before he got up and left.

When Yu Jinzhi woke up again, there was no one beside the bed, but she received an imperial decree...

The emperor was sent to heaven to carry the order, and the edict said:

Your Lady Yu, Jinzhi, has a gentle and kind nature and is prudent and prudent. She has served the palace wholeheartedly and has helped to maintain the virtue of peace and tranquility. She has won my heart, and I hereby confer her the title of Empress. The ceremony of conferring the title will be held in three days to set an example for the harem. I hope you can persevere, be consistent, bring glory to the harem, and assist me.

This is it.

Establish a queen...Yu Jinzhi did not react at all when she heard the decree, but just sat quietly at the head of the bed.

The palace servants naturally didn't dare to say anything. Who in the palace didn't know that His Majesty treated this person differently? Although he was brutal and cruel in many things, and his methods were a bit cruel, he was also someone that others could not offend. Otherwise, the consequences would be even more tragic than offending His Majesty himself. For a moment, they couldn't guess His Majesty's intentions.