Chapter 110 Ordering the Execution
Princess Chaoyang was a little distracted for a moment, and she didn't even hear what Concubine Liang was talking to her clearly.

After Concubine Liang stretched out her hand and pushed her lightly, Princess Chaoyang turned her head: "What?"

"What is the princess thinking?" Concubine Liang looked nervously at Princess Chaoyang and said, "Does it mean that even the princess feels that the emperor treats the empress very differently, no matter what I do, it will be useless..."

"No, don't think that way." Princess Chaoyang felt unbearable when she saw Concubine Liang's dejected and sad appearance, and quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, Brother Huang may just be on a whim."

"You don't have to comfort me." Concubine Liang smiled a little self-deprecatingly and said: "In terms of family background and appearance, I am inferior to the queen in everything. If the princess is the emperor, she must also fall in love with the queen."

"How could it be!" Princess Chaoyang said hastily: "What is family background and appearance? You and the emperor have known each other since childhood, and you can be regarded as childhood sweethearts. How can this be compared to others?"

"Perhaps the news from the front is wrong. I'll ask someone to inquire carefully to find out what's going on." Princess Chaoyang stretched out her hand to hold Concubine Liang's hand, and said in a soft voice full of comfort: "Don't think wildly, I'm here to help you." I will definitely not let Brother Huang wrong you."

Concubine Liang's face softened slightly, but she still looked sad. Obviously, what happened this time hit her hard.

In fact, Princess Chaoyang has no idea, so she can only ask people to inquire about the situation again, but...

I saw the famous scene of the Holy King going to the Punishment Department to receive his punishment.

The faces of the officials of the Department of Punishment turned pale. In the eyes of everyone in the palace, the Holy King and the Emperor are almost one entity. I have only seen the Holy King beheading thieves for the Emperor, punishing and beheading rebellious ministers. Until they hit the board of the Holy King?
This is this...

"Slave sees the Holy King!" The chief prisoner of the Punishment Department knelt down in front of Zhao Yuanli in a panic and kowtowed firmly.

"En." Zhao Yuanzhang glanced at Li Cong with downcast eyes, and asked indifferently, "Where is the torture?"

Li Cong stood up tremblingly, his heart trembled when he heard Zhao Yuanzhang's words, and he said with a bit of helplessness: "My lord, I think the emperor is just angry for a while, maybe you go and ask the emperor for a favor." Sin, the punishment of this stick can be avoided, right?"

Zhao Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was indifferent: "This king is guilty and should be punished."

Seeing Zhao Yuanli's attitude, Li Cong didn't dare to speak, so he carefully invited him into the execution hall, knelt down and wiped the execution bench clean, looked at Zhao Yuanli and said: "My lord, would you please?"

Zhao Yuanli looked at the bench: "..."

I can still clearly see the blood seeping into the gaps of the wooden boards of the bench, and the traces of the nails on the edge of the stool, and I don't know if there is still flesh and blood in the gaps...

Kind of disgusting.

Zhao Yuanzhang opened his eyes, raised his feet and walked to the side facing the main plaque of the punishment hall, raised his hand and untied his belt and stood upright, "It's right here."

In front of everyone, he took off his robe and slid it down to his waist, revealing a body full of scars. On the chest and back, he could clearly see all kinds of knife wounds, large and small, without even needing to say a word. Everyone can understand that these injuries on the Holy King's body were all for the emperor and for Tianqing.

Everyone only saw that the new emperor ascended the throne and sat safely on the throne. No one knew how many assassinations Zhao Zongheng suffered secretly during the three years since he ascended the throne. Without exception, Zhao Yuanzhang cleaned up for him secretly. Clear all obstacles.

The two internal officials who were in charge of carrying out the execution with sticks, looked at Zhao Yuanli who was standing there and none of them dared to approach, they really didn't dare to make a move.

Moreover, this person who entered the Department of Punishment and Punishment was tortured, and he had never seen anyone who was tortured standing up.

Not to mention that he has to kneel down, even if he is beaten with twenty big sticks, who can stand up for ordinary people?
"Lord Li, this..." The executioner looked at Li Cong with some concern.

Li Cong turned his head to comfort the two of them with his eyes, then walked to Zhao Yuanzhang's side and said, "My lord, if you are ready, then the servant will carry out the execution according to the order?"

Zhao Yuanli closed his eyes: "Yes."

After Li Cong retreated with a smile, he stood to the side and read out the emperor's oral order loudly, ordering the execution.

"Really fight?" The internal officer next to him clenched the stick in his hand, glanced at Li Cong, and after receiving Li Cong's nod, he took a deep breath and walked forward. Although Zhao Yuanli closed his eyes, they still He bowed down to Zhao Yuanli politely.

The two stood on both sides of Zhao Yuanzhang, one on the left and the other on the right. They were already veterans of the punishment with the stick, and they could kneel down even if they were standing, so it was not difficult.

Since he got permission, obviously he didn't need to put in any effort, he just gritted his teeth and shot down.

There is a seat directly in front of the execution hall. If an ordinary prisoner is executing a sentence, Li Cong, as the head of the Punishment Department, will sit on it to watch the sentence, but today the seat is empty. Li Cong It is only worthy of standing by the side.

Because the person being tortured is a holy king, only the emperor is qualified to sit on it and watch the punishment.

Since the emperor didn't come, it was empty.

The sticks fell on Zhao Yuanzhang's body one after another, but there was no energy left. After hitting twenty sticks, Zhao Yuanzhang still stood motionless. The two internal officials who beat the sticks took a breath. The beating was sweating profusely and panting.

But the holy king who was being tortured didn't make a sound. Li Cong, who was watching the torture, was filled with admiration. He counted the sticks carefully and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, my servant will help you to rest..."

Zhao Yuanli raised his hand to signal that he didn't need it. His forehead was dripping with sweat, and he said in a low voice, "Change clothes for me."

Li Cong was stunned, looking at Zhao Yuanli's bloody back, he hesitated to speak, while carefully dressing Zhao Yuanli, he said: "My lord, you need to apply medicine to this wound earlier, otherwise it will fester." It will be troublesome."

"Mm." Zhao Yuanzhang replied indifferently, put on his outer robe just like that, refused to rest and travel in a sedan chair, and walked out of the gate of the Punishment Department.

The execution officer panting with a stick was full of amazement, his hands were numb, and the Holy King was able to walk out by himself without saying a word.

You must know that the Department of Punishment and Punishment has a fierce reputation outside, but no one who comes in goes out straight.

Li Cong looked at Zhao Yuanli's back and sighed deeply: "The holy king is really hard-headed, and this empress is so powerful that the emperor even punished the holy king. We have to be careful in this palace from now on." With the empress."

Everyone listened to Li Cong's words and nodded in agreement, as if the way to go in the future became clear in an instant.

(End of this chapter)

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