White Hedge Dream

Chapter 288 Disposal

Li Yu leaned on Shangguan's consort and could feel the warmth dissipating.

There are no more warm smiles, gentle words, and no more joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. This person is no longer a human being and has become an unconscious corpse.

He cried loudly at first, but gradually became dazed.

There seems to be a lot of ideas, but there seems to be a blank.

Many times we never thought we would lose our loved ones, but the loss always comes so suddenly.

Such as parents, such as Ruibo, such as Shangguan's consort

And after losing so many times, he still couldn't get used to it. Each time was as painful as the first time.

"The prince-in-law is leaving with peace of mind."

A warm hand gently touched his shoulder, and a voice whispered in his ear.

"I gave him a dream and told him that the last thing he saw was reality, and what happened before was a nightmare."

The nightmare is over.

He can live peacefully and happily with his sweetheart.

Tears fell from Li Yu's eyes again, breaking away from his dullness. He raised his head and looked at Bai Li: "Thank you. His luck is not too bad to meet you."

Shangguan's consort had bad luck all his life, but he was happy when he died.

Bai Li knelt down beside him and said softly: "I know you are sad, but you don't have time to be sad now. The prince-in-law sacrificed his life to clear the way for you."

Just now, Shangguan's consort was in a state of confusion, and he no longer had the strength to speak. Li Yu actually didn't hear those few words he murmured clearly, but he understood why the consort did what he did.

Princess Jinyu was also in the palace, so she must have gotten the news - he had given instructions in advance to spread the news that the young prince was false immediately, so as to confirm the matter to avoid any hidden dangers.

Concubine Bai is gone, the little prince is useless, and the emperor is seriously injured. As the emperor's sister, Princess Jinyu has the best opportunity to intervene in court affairs at this time.

The emperor is now full of anger towards Bai Ying and the fake prince, but he must also be very suspicious of Li Yu.

Compared to Li Yu, the emperor believed in Princess Jinyu more.

If Princess Jinyu walked into the Hanliang Palace at this time, there would be no place for Li Yu in the Hanliang Palace.

For Li Yu, Princess Jinyu is a big trouble at this time.

Therefore, Shangguan's consort did not hesitate to solve this problem for Li Yu.

Li Yu lowered his head and looked at Shangguan's consort who was strung together with Princess Jinyu with swords, and tears fell like rain.

I risked my life to save him, but now I'm giving up my life for him.

Yes, there is no time to be sad, and we cannot let down the prince-in-law.

There is also a white fence.

She first used illusions to isolate the surrounding soldiers, allowing him to stop pretending and pour out his feelings in front of the consort, and then created a beautiful dream for Shangguan's consort.

She is capable, but she also has physical problems.

We can't let her take any more risks.

Li Yu looked at Bai Li and said, "I'm fine. I'll go back to His Majesty right now."

"The prince-in-law won't be sad, and he won't care whether you are watching over him or not. He did what he wanted to do and he has no regrets." Bai Li said softly.

Li Yu nodded.

"Then let me help you up." Bai Li said, holding his sleeping daughter in one hand, and stretched out his hand to Li Yu.

Li Yu looked at Shangguan's consort again and held Bai Li's hand.

Bai Li pulled hard, and Li Yu stood up suddenly, as if he had broken through some barrier. The stagnant gazes around him floated and immediately fell on him.

"Princess! Princess!" He roared, turned around and ran outside, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty—"

The soldiers and guards here looked at the King of Chu who was running away after seeing the broken corpse, with some sympathy on their faces.

"Cover the body first," the leading soldier said, "and wait until His Majesty decides what to do with it."

Should they be buried together or should Shangguan's consort be cut into pieces?

"The chamberlains present said that the dispute arose because of the princess's male favorite."

"The prince-in-law didn't allow the princess to have a male favorite. If the princess didn't agree, the prince-in-law went crazy—"

"Because he came in with the princess and there was no search. I didn't know that the consort had a sword hidden on his body."

After hearing the officials' report on the investigation, the emperor on the couch let out a harsh laugh.

"Is the princess going crazy because she has a male pet?" He said in a hoarse voice, "It's not the first day the princess has a male pet. Why is he going crazy now?"

The emperor pushed himself up and patted the bed.

"He clearly knew that I was going to die, so he had no scruples."

"No, he must be colluding with Bai Ying. Bai Ying killed me and he killed the princess. They want to get rid of us!"

"Kill him! Kill him!"

The officials quickly said, "He is dead."

The emperor did not understand his hatred: "Kill him with thousands of knives, cut his body into thousands of pieces, and exterminate the Shangguan clan as well!"

The officials in the palace looked at each other with helpless expressions.

Your Majesty has gone crazy now.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't be angry." Li Yu rushed over and cried in tears, "The princess is no longer here. You must take care of yourself. Only when you are mentally strong can you avenge the princess and punish these traitors."

After the King of Chu spoke, other officials also tried to persuade him.

"The Shangguan family can't escape. Please rest assured, Your Majesty. Our Ministry of Punishment will seal Shangguan's family immediately, pending inspection."

The emperor gasped, feeling the blood rising in his body.

"No, it's not just the Shangguan family." He murmured, "The traitor is General Li's family."

Bai Ying colluded with the Li family. Although General Li is gone, his descendants are still in the army. Although they have no ability, they can still control some troops. This time, Bai Ying replaced the Jin Jiawei, and almost killed the emperor and the courtiers. They caught them all in one fell swoop.

Officials are also afraid.

Especially Prime Minister Lu Zuo, once again recalled the moment when his head was chopped off

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, someone has already been sent there, and the Li family will conduct inspections immediately," said Lu Zuoxiang.

The emperor nodded.

"These traitors, if I don't get rid of these traitors, I can't rest, I dare not rest." He gasped, "These traitors are harming me, harming me, harming me, I have nothing left, A Yuan."

The emperor's consciousness was already somewhat unclear and he was murmuring.

Two imperial doctors stepped forward to help him lie down and prepared to use the needle, but the emperor murmured and stood up suddenly.

"Also, Dongyang Marquis Mansion Zhou Jingyun!" he shouted, "He harmed Ayuan, kill him, kill him!"

Zhou Jingyun? Bai Li, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised her head. The next moment, Li Yu turned around and held her down. Before she spoke, he shook his head nervously at her.

Why.

Those three words Bai Li stopped on his lips.

In my ears I heard the sound that continued to come from the hall.

"It was him, he killed the queen."

Hearing what the emperor said, some officials nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Zhang Ze has also confessed. It was he and Bai Ying who instructed Zhou Jingyun to come forward and ask your majesty to investigate the death of his wife, so as to frame and bring down the queen."

Everyone knew about this at the time. It was precisely because of Zhou Jingyun’s petition that the Board of Supervisors intervened to investigate the harem. At that time, Zhou Jingyun aroused a lot of speculation and doubts, but because Zhang Ze was so powerful, there was no evidence.

"I just said that Zhou Jingyun's behavior was a bit strange at that time."

"It turns out that I am also following Concubine Bai's orders."

"He does often interact with Zhang Ze."

Accompanied by the discussion, Prime Minister Lu Zuo opened his mouth to set the tone.

"Arrest Zhou Jingyun immediately." He said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that Concubine Bai's case will be investigated in detail, and I will not let any of the traitors involved in it go."

The emperor murmured something, but did not resist this time. Perhaps he was finally relieved, or he was exhausted. He lay down, and the imperial doctors hurriedly gathered around him, diagnosing the pulse and performing acupuncture.

Li Yu felt the stiffness on Bai Li's shoulders and pulled her back to the corner.

"Don't act rashly. Didn't I say that you can't cast illusions on the emperor? You can't take risks. If something happens to you and you can't save Zhou Jingyun, you will be dead."

She knows, she knows that she cannot cast a spell on the emperor, and she also knows that there is an imperial bell in the imperial city. If the spell is cast on Bai Ying or others, the imperial bell will be ignored, but the emperor cannot.

But, how could she watch Zhou Jingyun being arrested!

"Everyone knows that Zhou Jingyun's accusation triggered Zhang Ze's investigation into the Queen's case." Li Yu said in a low voice, "If something happens to Zhang Ze Baiying, he cannot escape being investigated and implicated."

She knew, she knew that everyone knew this, but what everyone didn't know was that she was implicated in Zhou Jingyun's actions.

"His Majesty has gone crazy now. He cannot listen to reason and cannot explain the whole story. He just wants to kill everyone."

Then she will kill him first!

She couldn't kill the emperor with illusions, but she could control other people with illusions. Then she stood in front of the emperor and killed him with a knife without using illusions.

"It's useless to kill him. Even if he's dead, the officials still have to investigate the case. The Bai Ying case is too big. He was a fake prince who harmed the queen and even killed his majesty. Zhou Jingyun is involved in it and he can't escape. "Yes." Li Yu said in a low voice, "Ali, calm down."

How can she calm down? Bai Li's body tensed up, and he exerted force with his hands. His daughter, who was sleeping in his arms, swayed uncomfortably and woke up.

Li Yu hurriedly took the child and held Bai Li's hand with his other hand.

He whispered: "There is still a way, there is a way."

What solution? Bai Li looked at him.

Li Yu looked at her and said softly: "When the new emperor ascends the throne, he can grant amnesty to the world."

Zhou Jingyun galloped on horseback. The journey outside the capital was smooth, but the number of guards at the city gate increased and the gate began to close.

There was a commotion in front of the city gate, and people who didn't know what happened were noisy and questioning the officers and soldiers. There were many powerful families in the capital, and two or three of the ten people in front of the city gate questioned the officers and soldiers one after another.

The officers and soldiers were not as easy to talk to as before. No matter what family or official position they were reported to, they would all be scolded with swords in their hands, "Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be arrested and imprisoned."

These words frightened the people, and they could only rush out of the city and into the city, and they were in chaos.

"It seems like something really happened."

"I just saw that Shengpingfang was surrounded by officers and soldiers."

"Whose house were surrounded?"

"It seems to be General Li's house."

"His Majesty seemed unhappy when General Li died earlier, and he did not give the Li family a posthumous title."

"No, I saw Shangguan's house was also surrounded."

"Does the princess no longer want to be the consort?"

The city gate was crowded and noisy, and Zhou Jingyun had to dismount. Just as he was about to follow the crowd in, a pair of hands from the crowd stretched out and pulled him out of the city.

"Your Majesty."

Zhou Jingyun was startled and immediately saw Jiang Yun's face. He hurriedly followed Jiang Yun and retreated to the side.

"Something happened." Jiang Yun whispered, looking anxious, "General Li's house was surrounded, the men of the Li family were taken away, and the female relatives were sealed in the house. The house was being ransacked, but just now there were officials from the Ministry of Justice leading They came to the Hou Mansion with troops and horses and said they wanted to arrest you."

Isn't the prince assisting King Chu in his work?

Why did the King of Chu succeed and the officers and soldiers came to arrest the prince?

Zhou Jingyun lowered his eyes: "Because, I did something to Concubine Bai before."

Assist Concubine Bai to get rid of the Queen.

Now that Concubine Bai has failed, he will inevitably be implicated.

"Your Majesty, please leave quickly and don't go back." Jiang Yun said urgently.

Zhou Jingyun smiled: "What are you talking about? What will happen to my family when I leave?" He looked inside the city gate and said, "This is the disaster I caused. How can I just leave?"

After saying that, he got on his horse and flicked his whip in the air, making a crisp sound.

"Get out of the way!"

he shouted loudly.

For a time, the noise at the city gate was overshadowed, and many people turned their heads to look.

"Prince Dongyang is here, get out of the way!"

The people in front were stunned, looking at the man on horseback, and they immediately became excited.

"It's Dongyang Hou Shizi."

"That handsome man!"

"It's really beautiful!"

When the noise started, Zhou Jingyun cracked his whip again.

"Zhou Jingyun, the prince of the Marquis of Dongyang, has surrendered. The rest of the people are waiting to make way."

Everyone was stunned, what? Surrender?

Taking advantage of the sluggishness, Zhou Jingyun urged his horse through the city gate, and the sound of whips and shouts continued to be heard from the city.

"Zhou Jingyun, the prince of the Marquis of Dongyang, has surrendered. The rest of the people are waiting to make way."

Zhou Jingyun, surrendered?

What happened?

Something really happened!

There was an uproar again in front of the city gate.

There was already a commotion in the capital city.

First, soldiers and horses galloped towards the imperial city, and soon there were servants running around, knocking on the doors of some officials who had not opened the door for a long time.

Then the soldiers and guards rushed around and surrounded the Li family's mansion. The men were dragged out of the house, and the female family members cried loudly.

As soon as the excitement here started, another group of soldiers and horses surrounded the Dongyang Marquis Mansion, surrounded by officials from the Jingzhao Mansion of the Ministry of Justice.

The door of Dongyanghou's Mansion was kicked open by the guards. Officials from the Ministry of Justice walked in and stood at the gate, looking at Dongyanghou who came running after hearing the news.

"Master Marquis, as a colleague of mine for many years, I will show you some dignity and hand over Zhou Jingyun as soon as possible, otherwise the house will be searched," he said.

Dongyang Hou's face turned pale, and he still had a fishing rod in his hand. He just came back to pick up the fishing rod, so why -

"What happened?" he shouted, "Shilang Tang, what happened?"

The official sneered: "Master Hou is really good at joking. What's wrong, you don't know what's going on?" After saying that, he urged, "Hand over Zhou Jingyun quickly, otherwise, the house will be searched."

Although the house has not been searched yet, the movement here has already caused panic and confusion in the house, and the female family members screamed again and again.

"I-" Dongyang Hou wanted to say something.

Mrs. Dongyang Hou rushed in from inside: "It's a son's fault if he doesn't teach his father, Mr. Tang, just take our couple away."

Dongyang Hou stared, he didn't know anything, how come he was the only one who was wrong as a father?

"There's no need to ask anything, and there's no need to search the house." Mrs. Dongyang Hou continued, standing directly in front of the officials, "Just take us away. We, the couple, did it."

Xu's mother and other servants, as well as the young men and women at home, all rushed over. When they saw the strict guards and heard the words of Mrs. Dongyang Hou, they couldn't help crying.

"lady-"

"Mother-"

The official frowned and then sneered: "Madam, are you unwilling to hand over Zhou Jingyun?"

Mrs. Dongyang Hou looked at him: "I said, everything he did was taught by me. I am the first offender. Just arrest me and go away."

What did the official want to say? There was a noise outside the door, accompanied by the sound of rapid horse hooves.

"Zhou Jingyun is here—"

"It's Dongyang Hou Shizi—"

Everyone looked out subconsciously and saw Zhou Jingyun jumping off his horse and running in quickly through the guards.

"Zhou Jingyun surrenders." He shouted loudly, his eyes falling on the official from the Ministry of Punishment, "Shilang Tang, don't embarrass others."

The official glanced at him and said coldly: "It's good that the Crown Prince is back. You can't escape."

Zhou Jingyun bowed to him: "I did this alone and it has nothing to do with my parents and family."

Another official sneered from the side: "It's not the crown prince who has the final say whether it matters or not -"

"Did His Majesty give an order to arrest my parents?" Zhou Jingyun interrupted him and looked at him, "Do you have an imperial edict?"

There is no imperial edict at this time. Your Majesty is still confused. The official frowned.

"Shilang Tang, please interrogate me and ask me about the case, my parents, and Dongyang Houfu will judge the crime as they want." Zhou Jingyun looked at Shilang Tang again, Su Rong said, "The matter is urgent, just arrest me as the main culprit now. , don’t add unnecessary complications.”

The emperor's current situation is indeed very confusing. I don't know what will happen next moment.

It is better to do less than to do more.

Mr. Tang glanced at Zhou Jingyun and waved his hand: "Take him away."

"Your Majesty—"

"Jingyun—"

"Can someone tell me what's going on-"

The shouts and cries were mixed with the shouts of Dongyang Hou.

Zhou Jingyun looked at everyone, lifted up his clothes, knelt down, kowtowed heavily to everyone, didn't say a word, stood up, turned around and left.

Everyone in the mansion shouted to give chase, but Mrs. Dongyang Hou raised her hand to stop them.

"No crying or shouting," she shouted, her voice hoarse, "Let him go—"

She looked at Zhou Jingyun's back, closed her eyes, and shed tears.

It’s a blessing, not a curse, it’s a curse that cannot be avoided, it’s fate!

"Zhou Jingyun colluded with Concubine Bai and Zhang Ze to murder the queen. They are treasonous and should be arrested immediately."

"Other people in the Dongyang Marquis Mansion are temporarily detained in the mansion and are not allowed to leave without permission."

Accompanied by shouts, the door of Dongyang Marquis Mansion was slowly closed, and the officials of Jingzhao Mansion stepped forward and affixed the big seal.

There was a commotion on the street, looking at the seal and Zhou Jingyun being escorted by the soldiers.

Zhou Jingyun didn't care about the comments around him, but when he was being escorted onto his horse by the guards, he subconsciously looked in one direction. Among the moving crowd, there was a face with a clear and blurred face. After being in a daze several times, it became clear.

White fence.

Bai Li's face was full of worry, guilt, and anxiety.

She stared at him closely and called his name silently.

"Zhou Jingyun—"

People seem to take a step, and after taking this step, they can stand in front of him.

Zhou Jingyun raised his hand to his lips and made a hissing sound, his eyebrows serious.

White fence, no risks allowed.

Bai Li, no illusions are allowed.

Don't do anything you shouldn't do for him!