Chapter 24(2/4)
"This is the whole story. I am just Ziwei's messenger, I am not a princess. At that time, I was confused and didn't explain it clearly. When I wanted to explain it clearly, I couldn't explain it clearly! In fact, I told everyone and told Emperor Ama that I am not a princess, but no one wants to believe me. Everyone warned me that if I say it's not a princess, I will chop my head! That's how I was so scared that I dare not say it. I dragged it left and right, and it was dragged to this today!"
The queen was so proud and majestic that she shouted in a arrogant manner:
"What you said today is the truth? I see you lied and made up stories, and it has become a habit. Are you a few of you colluded and made up stories? Say! When death is coming, don't talk nonsense here anymore! Ziwei is the princess? Will it become Jinsuo be the princess next time? How many fake princess have you prepared to mess with the emperor? It's ridiculous! What is the truth? What is your conspiracy? Say!"
Little swallow shouted:
"How can we have any 'conspiracy'? What I say now is the truth!" Looking at Qianlong, he shouted, "Emperor! Why don't you speak?"
Qianlong was emotionally disturbed and was greatly hit. Looking at Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, he was already confused and could not even figure out his positioning. This change came too much and too suddenly, and was almost impossible to bear. Now, when he heard Xiaoyanzi shouting "Emperor Ahma", he felt ache in his heart and said in a hoarse voice:
"Little Swallow, Ziwei, you two actually played with me in your palms like this. I trust you so much, but you deceive me like this! If these stories are true, why didn't Ziwei tell me when she entered the palace?"
Ziwei kowtowed and looked up at Qianlong again, Yingying was in tears:
"Emperor, how can I say it before I can't ensure the life of Xiaoyanzi? Although I really want to recognize my father, I can't let Xiaoyanzi die! Xiaoyanzi is confused, but I am not confused. I know how serious the crime of deceiving the emperor is! I have no choice but to tell me! But whenever the emperor asks about my mother, I have hinted to you!"
The queen was afraid that Qianlong would be persuaded by the two girls again, so she immediately looked at Qianlong with sharp eyes and shouted vigorously:
"Your Majesty! Do you believe the story they made up now? Do you believe that Xiaoyanzi is not a princess, Ziwei is a princess? You have missed it once, don't make mistakes again and again! Now, the Tibetan chieftains have known it. Do you want people all over the world to make jokes!"
Concubine Ling couldn't bear it anymore and said:
"Empress, let the emperor decide on it himself! After all, only he knows the matter of the emperor best!"
The queen turned her head and looked at Concubine Ling sharply, and said with a stern voice:
"What are you saying? At the beginning, I said that Xiaoyanzi could not be a princess, she must be a fake! But who told the emperor that her eyes and eyebrows were like the emperor? Who made a strong guarantee that she was a dragon seed? Today, I have caused such a big disaster! Xiaoyanzi is a death sentence. This person who spread rumors and deceived the emperor is even more hateful than deceiving the emperor! Now, do you still have to use your 3-inch tongue to continue to confuse the emperor?"
Concubine Ling was shocked and heard the queen speak in a very good manner, afraid, and bowed her head and said nothing.
Yongqi kowtowed and shouted:
"Emperor! Please listen to me. In this whole story, no one has a bad intention. Although he deceived Emperor Ahma, everyone is trying their best to make Emperor Ahma happy! Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei have never harmed Emperor Ahma. They both used all their tricks to make Emperor Ahma happy!"
Qianlong fell into anger that he didn't understand and shouted in a low voice:
"Fulen! Your family has known the secret for a long time, why not tell me?"
Fulun trembled and bowed in fear and said:
"Your Majesty, I have no choice but to have too many concerns!"
Seeing the queen being aggressive, Qianlong was gloomy and angry, and he could not stop saying many words:
"Your Majesty, please listen to me for a few words. At that time, we were half-believing and half-doubted about Ziwei's identity. Apart from taking her in the mansion and investigating slowly, we didn't know what way to go! When Xiaoyanzi sneaked out of the palace and the two girls met, we decided on this matter! Then, we went through a lot of hardships to send Ziwei into the palace and let the two princes accompany the emperor... You have no losses! And we all have done a good job! Although we are "deceptive", we are also "love the king"!"
Erkang also interfaced:
"Your Majesty, please think carefully. When we discovered Ziwei, we knew that the two princes had made mistakes, we could have killed Ziwei and kept this permanent secret! We didn't do this! We could also send Ziwei to the horizon so that she would never contact the emperor, and we didn't do this! Leave Ziwei and then send Ziwei into the palace. Although there is no helplessness in this, the most important thing is Ziwei's love for the emperor, which makes people irresistible..."
The queen slapped the table and shouted angrily:
"Rareless! The four of Fulun family, joining Concubine Ling, do such a thing that hides the truth! Now that the truth is revealed, I still don't know how to repent, and I still talk about it, and I am still confusing the public and disrupting the emperor's judgment! It's a terrible crime!" Just look at Qianlong sharply, and he has a momentum, "I was 'loyal and unhappy' and offended the emperor again and again, and I can't trust the Concubine. The emperor doesn't believe it! Now, I can't stop chanting again. This whole story is ridiculous! The emperor should not be deceived by them again!"
Qianlong looked at everyone, sadness and anger were accumulated in his eyes.
"The queen is right! I can't make mistakes again and again. Let you all deceive me! Your stories are full of loopholes, so don't believe a word!"
The little swallow was anxious and screamed in pain:
"Emperor? Why don't you believe us? Ziwei is your daughter, your daughter of your legitimate relative! You can ignore me, how can you not recognize Ziwei?"
Erkang also shouted:
"Your Majesty! Think about Ziwei being stabbed for you! What force is it that makes her use her flesh and blood to block that knife? Think about what she said and done! We bystanders can see clearly. Do you really don't understand..."
The queen made a quick decision and shouted to Qianlong:
"Today, it's just a 'family trial'. I think that at this point, they are all in a collusion and can no longer escape the fact that they can convict and judge. The sect's office will make a judgment! It's better to hand them all over to the sect's office and lock them up!"
Concubine Ling was shocked and shouted:
"Your Majesty! You have to figure it out! The Fulun family has made many military achievements in the country. They are your beloved ministers, and Ekang is also the prince consort selected by the Tibetan chieftain. Don't be angry for a moment, so that your relatives will hurt you, your enemy will be happy!"
The queen shouted angrily:
"Concubine Ling! You are confusing the public. Now, you can't stop talking! You should send it to investigate together!"
When Qianlong saw that the Queen and Concubine Ling had a quarrel again, he felt dizzy and burst into tears. He broke his sleeves and shouted in pain:
"Don't say anything! Come on! Send Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi to the clan mansion to lock them up! The four of the Fu family will return to their home for the time being and make a decision!"
As soon as Qianlong said this, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei, Jinsuo, Ertai, Erkang, Yongqi... all his face changed drastically, and Xiaoyanzi shouted shrillly:
"Emperor! You chopped my head! I don't want my head anymore. Everything is my fault. I'm vain and I can't stand the temptation. I deceived you and Ziwei... But what's wrong with Ziwei? Are you going to behead both of us? How can you do this?" As he said, he climbed up and rushed forward, grabbed Qianlong's clothes, and shook desperately, "Emperor! Wake up! What's wrong with Ziwei? What's wrong with my head alone... Isn't it enough?"
Qianlong shouted:
"Come here!"
The guards rushed in.
Qianlong pointed at Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei:
"Catch them both!"
Erkang jumped up, his face turned pale and his eyes were fierce.
"Your Majesty! Please think twice!"
Qianlong pointed at Erkang and shouted hatefully:
"You dare to resist! I don't care whether you are the prince-consort selected by the Tibetan chieftain or not, you..." pointing to Fulun, Fujin, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei and others, "If you deceive your superiors and hide your subordinates in this way, you will be punished for death!"
Fulun was shocked and urgently pulled Ekang's clothes and asked Ekang not to say anything else. Ekang looked at his parents and was heartbroken. He looked at Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi again, not knowing what to do. In a panic, his forehead was sweating.
At this time, the guards had already rushed forward and grabbed Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei. Ziwei was afraid that Erkang would resist and shouted:
"Mr. Fu, Fujin, Erkang, Ertai, I thank you for your many cares! Please take care of me!" He looked at Qianlong again, "Master, can I say another word?"
"You said!" Qianlong was still unable to resist Ziwei's request.
"There is heaven above and earth below. I am apologizing to the emperor. The heaven is worth celebrating! I am not willing to die. My mother will pick me up from heaven. I will not be lonely! But before I drew my sword, you promised me to let Xiaoyanzi die! No joke! There are many people to prove it! You, kill me and let Xiaoyanzi go!"
Qianlong was stunned and the scene of drawing his sword was still vivid in his mind.
At this time, Jin Suo let out a shrill shout, rushed forward, grabbed Ziwei's clothes, and cried:
"Miss! Miss! What are you saying? You can't use your head to exchange for Xiaoyanzi's head! If the emperor must chop a person's head to calm down, then please chop my head! I am a girl, I am grateful to the Xia family, I am raised by Xia Yuhe, and I have some connection with the emperor at least! Let me die for them! Cut my head... forgive them... They didn't harm anyone, they just rushed to be the emperor's daughter..."
The queen shouted angrily:
"Closed this Jinsuo together!"
"twitter!"
The guard rushed forward and grabbed Jinsuo again.
Erkang, Ertai, and Yongqi looked at each other. Everyone understood that Qianlong was angry now, and whoever spoke was unlucky. The queen was eyeing her again, determined to catch everyone in one go. At this moment, I am afraid that everything she said was wrong, so she gestured with her eyes and warned the other party not to be impulsive.
Qianlong looked at the three women, and his heart was in chaos for a moment. He didn't know whether he loved them or hated them now, but he felt suddenly like a deflated ball, old, sentimental, and depressed. He stared at the three women and said depressedly:
"No one wants your head, you don't have to be smart! After causing such a big disaster, you can escape the death penalty, and it is inevitable that you will be punished by living! No matter whether your story is true or false, you must go through investigation and trial by the clan's mansion! I don't want to use my "feeling" to judge this matter! I'm afraid that my "feeling" is wrong! Don't say anything! Go to the prison cell to completely repent!" Then he waved his hand and shouted to the guard, "Pull it down!"
The little swallow shouted as earth-shaking:
"Emperor! You will regret it! Emperor, you let Ziwei go, Jinsuo... They are all the emperors who were killed by me. Didn't they say 'No one kisses their relatives alone, but not only their sons alone'? Other people's children can recognize them. Why don't you recognize Ziwei... Why don't you recognize Ziwei..."
Jin Suo also shouted:
"Emperor! Emperor! Ziwei has your poems and paintings. Your blood flows from her blood vessels! Do you want Xia Yuhe to cry when she is in the world, but after she goes underground, she still crys?"
At this time, Ziwei was no longer excited. She said calmly and solemnly:
"Jinsuo, Xiaoyanzi, save your energy! Isn't it good to have me accompany you? We share the blessings and difficulties!" As he said that, he actually smiled, turned back to look at Qianlong deeply, and asked clearly and softly, "Your Majesty, your heart is so high that you are used to the stars and the moon, but you are not used to the most ordinary family affection in the world?" Qianlong was shocked and stared at Ziwei.
The queen shouted:
"Pull it down! Pull it down!"
Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei and Jinsuo were dragged down by the guards.
Ertai, Erkang, Yongqi knelt straight and gritted her teeth and said nothing.
The prison door opened with a loud bang.
Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei and Jinsuo fell into prison one after another.
The door closed again. Then, the chain clanged and the iron lock clicked again.
The little swallow jumped up and threw herself on the iron railing, shaking desperately, shouting:
"Let us go out! I don't want to be locked up, I don't want to!" He stretched out his hand to the prison guard and shouted in a sarcasm, "Go and tell the emperor that I have something to say to him..."
The jailer said in a rough voice:
"Your Majesty? I advise you to avoid it! Once you enter such a place, just wait for death! You will never see the emperor for the rest of your life!"
After the jailer finished speaking, he left without looking back. Xiaoyanzi couldn't help crying and fell on the iron railing: "How could this happen? How could this happen? I don't believe it or not..."
Ziwei and Jinsuo walked over, and one side of the room held Xiaoyanzi. Ziwei took out her handkerchief, kept wiping her tears, comforting her and said:
"Don't cry, don't be sad! This is our life, accept our fate!"
To be continued...