Otoharu

Chapter 627
A small silver crossbow shot out from Li Chengqi's sleeve, piercing Song Ziying's brow accurately.

Blood flowers spread across her forehead, like the most alluring flower tin.There was still a smile on her face, and there was no trace of pain or fear of death.

The body leaned back, like a butterfly spreading its wings, flying into the sky.

Because of inertia, Li Meier was also brought by her, and fell down the high platform together.

Jiang Shanqing ran over desperately, reaching out to grab Li Meier's feet, but in the end it was a step too late.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Shanqing jumped off the platform with Li Meier.

Li Chengqi was shocked by this sudden change, and didn't go forward immediately. After he reacted, he ran to the railing, only to see a few blurred figures on the ground.

He also saw meandering streams of blood gushing out from the ground, finally converging into a small dark red stream.

The expression on his face was very complicated, with indescribable mixed flavors, as if all of this was like an absurd drama.

"Your Highness, this place is dangerous, please go down with your subordinates." The commander of the imperial guards ran behind Li Chengqi, and said in a respectful and worried tone.

Li Chengqi looked at it in silence for a while, and then slowly said: "Look for someone... to take the corpses of Jiang Shidu and her wife away, and then take them out of the palace and return them to their families."

The commander of the imperial guards agreed in a low voice, and then escorted Li Chengqi away.

A group of people walked downstairs, and a servant was covering the three corpses with a white cloth.

Li Chengqi stopped, as if he wanted to step up and take a look.

Li Chengqi's personal servant immediately stood in front of him and advised in a low voice: "Your Highness, the body must have been broken when it fell from such a high place. Don't scare you with your golden body."

Li Chengqi sighed, turned around and left with everyone.

The person who restrained the corpse hastily lifted the corpse covered with white cloth onto the rack and left quickly.

Immediately, other court ladies and eunuchs came over and washed the blood-stained floor tiles with clean water.

Perhaps tomorrow, there will be no more traces left here.

At night, the emperor finally woke up, and the imperial physician and Li Chengqi finally let go of their worries.

However, the emperor didn't wake up for a long time, he only asked Li Chengqi a few words, and then fell asleep again, until the next morning, he was fully awake, and he was able to get up and eat by himself.

Li Chengqi knelt beside the emperor's bed, watching the old emperor slowly finish a bowl of porridge.

"Get up, you don't need to kneel. I heard from Xu Fu that you have worked so hard to find an antidote for me. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have gone to see my ancestors now."

Li Chengqi still knelt straight, bowed his head and said: "Royal father, it was the queen mother who did something wrong. It is the fault of my son that I didn't notice the abnormality of my mother. Please punish me!"

After finishing speaking, he knocked his head heavily, and his forehead hit the floor with a blunt, muffled sound.

The old emperor was silent, and after a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Qi'er, if I kill your mother, will you hate me?"

When Li Chengqi heard this, a cold sweat broke out on his back. He gritted his teeth, did not raise his head, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Please forgive my mother's life. Xu Yizheng has already diagnosed it yesterday. The mother's reaction is too irritating." , is already crazy, she is like this now, living is as if she is dead, please see that for the sake of mother and son, please spare her life!"

The old emperor stared fixedly at Li Chengqi, and suddenly asked again: "Then if you trade your crown prince for your mother's life, would you be willing?"

This time, Li Chengqi replied almost without hesitation: "I am willing! I don't need to be the crown prince, I just ask for your favor!"

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed a few more times, each one was very firm, and there were bloodshots on his forehead.

The old emperor couldn't see any joy or anger on his face. After thinking for a while, he signaled Xu Fu to help Li Chengqi up.

Xu Fu immediately stepped forward, supported Li Chengqi's arm and said, "Your Highness, get up quickly, and if you kneel down again, Your Majesty will feel distressed."

Li Chengqi stood up, looked at the emperor with hopeful eyes, and asked, "Father, have you... promised my son?"

The old emperor waved his hand impatiently, "Go away, isn't there still a backlog of memorials that have not been approved in the imperial study room? I have to cultivate well these days, and I will leave all the affairs of the court to you. If there is something to do No, I can only ask you!"

Li Chengqi excitedly agreed, and his whole body was instantly relieved.

After Li Chengqi left, the old emperor leaned on the bed again, staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze for a long time.

"Xu Fu, is the person really dead?" The old emperor asked slowly, with no sadness or joy on his face, but a hint of sadness in his tone.

Xu Fu replied cautiously: "The slave has already gone to see it. Although his face has been slammed so hard that he can't see clearly, his figure and attire are indeed his own."

The old emperor was silent for a long time, then sighed and said: "He is really a very smart child, if he was back then..."

What happened back then, the old emperor didn't say any more, because no matter what, the past can no longer be changed, one wrong step, one wrong step, all wrong, maybe this is God's punishment for him.

"Xu Fu, help me draw up an edict to abolish the Queen of the Song family, demote her to a commoner, pursue the posthumous posthumous title of Queen Wen Cheng of the Xu family, and confer the title of Duke of Cheng'en on the Xu family, hereditary replacement." The Xu family itself has the title of Marquis, and now it is One more level.

Xu Fu was a little surprised when he heard the words, he didn't expect that the emperor would chase after the dead Concubine Mei to be the empress, and this abolishment would cause another disturbance.

"I heard that kid from the Sun family also put in a lot of effort this time?" the old emperor asked again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, thanks to Mr. Sun for bringing the antidote into the palace this time."

The old emperor nodded, and made another decree. The Wu'anbo mansion was granted the title of Marquis Wu'an's mansion by Jin Dynasty, and Sun Zhongyuan himself was promoted to be a servant of the Imperial Academy.

After the old emperor finished speaking, he seemed a little tired, and closed his eyes for a long time without speaking.

Xu Fu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, why don't you sleep for a while, and then think about other things when you have enough energy."

The old emperor waved his hand, looked at Xu Fu and asked, "What's the matter with Concubine Yun Gui, Song Shi, have you not let her go these two days?"

Xu Fu immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is vigilant. When the Song family sent people over, she had already escaped. The Song family only arrested the servants of Qingxi Palace. The imperial concubine hid in the palace for two days. Today She was taken back to Qingxi Palace in the early hours of the morning, but she passed out from hunger at that time, and the imperial physician has already gone to treat her, so she might wake up today."

After hearing this, the old emperor smiled inexplicably, and said slowly: "Yes, Yun'er has always been very smart."

(End of this chapter)