I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 268
"Your Majesty, it's a death penalty for ministers and concubines." Xiao Jing'an said indifferently, not wanting to say any more high-sounding reasons such as Gu Quan's love for husband and wife, and just touched her head to the ground, with a low-browed, desolate look.

"Capital crime? Why are you guilty?!" Qi Tianyin laughed back angrily, the murderous intent and pain instantly revealed in her eyes almost cut her to pieces.

Xiao Jing'an bowed her head in silence, staring at his court boots embroidered with golden dragons without moving.

He looked at her plain-clothed, indifferent appearance, and angrily said: "You just used my patience and tolerance to commit such a treasonous crime!" As he said, he clenched his fist with one hand and put it heavily on the table. superior.

Seeing this situation, the surrounding palace people and guards all knelt down in unison.

Xiao Jing'an bit her lip without making any excuses, pain crossed her heart, she had noticed the man's appearance as early as when she was planning, and turned a blind eye to her, but she just let Xiao Ningyan and Xiao Ningyan go. cloud.

She is ashamed of him, but not ashamed of her heart!

"You are usually eloquent, why don't you have a single word today?! I am asking you something!" Qi Tianyin sarcastically said that his patience had already run out.

"Concubine... I have nothing to say." Xiao Jing'an just said this while touching her head to the ground, as if in this moment, the previous scene of love between them would never be there again.

"You know, Xiao Nansheng's actions not only made people panic, he used Axituo to evacuate the border, and the great prince of Bagan had [-] elite soldiers. If Su Guang hadn't reported to General Chang, my Dajin [-] reinforcements would only be enough for this trip." I'm afraid there will be no return, Jingzhou has become his stronghold!" Qi Tianyin trembled at the end, furious.

"Even if I put all my country's troops to fight, how many lives and how many military supplies will I have to lose?!"

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Jingan raised her head blankly.

Only after knowing from Qi Tianyin's words that the elder brother's two children escaped smoothly, before she had time to rejoice, she was shocked by his words, she said with deep disappointment: "Your Majesty, my concubine's elder brother, He is the brave and fearless Da Jin God of War who defends his family and the country, and he is a mighty general who loves the people everywhere. Not only him, but the entire Xiao family has devoted themselves to Da Jin for generations, and it is absolutely impossible to do something to betray Da Jin! There must be someone Frame up big brother!"

Xiao Jing'an's eyes were blurred with tears, and her voice was choked with sobs.

Overnight, the Xiao family suffered such an accident. The eldest brother was suddenly charged with treason, and the Xiao family was naturally implicated. She spread the secret letter yesterday, but she was lucky enough to rescue her two nephews and nieces. They have all been taken to prison in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

"Your Majesty, my concubine begs to see Wang Bao, Commander Wang, who sent the message yesterday!"

"Wang Bao?! Are you mentioning Wang Bao to me now?!" Qi Tianyin was furious and waved his hands.

Immediately, a guard brought in a person and threw him on the ground, only to see that person's eyes were closed tightly, blood was on the corner of his mouth, and there was a horrified wound on his neck, he had long since lost his breath.

Xiao Jing'an recognized this person as Wang Bao, the Commander of the Habayashi Guard who sent the letter back to Shu Yan the day before.

Immediately terrified, he said in a shocked voice: "Your Majesty! General Xiao is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and the world can learn from it! The loyalty of the Xiao family to Da Jin, the emperor must be clearer than his concubines. If Su Guang's one-sided words are used alone, I must not be judged against Xiao. My Majesty is a crime of death at home. My concubine is so bold that I ask your Majesty to thoroughly investigate the grievances inside. If I recall my eldest brother at this time, Bagan will think that I am timid, absolutely not, Your Majesty..."

"I don't need you to remind me! You spend a lot of time and effort to save the traitors of the Xiao family just for your own selfishness, it really chills me!" Qi Tianyin interrupted coldly, revealing in his tone that he refused to care about even a trace of emotional breakup.

He took out a letter from his sleeve and threw it on the ground in front of her.

Xiao Jingan was shocked.

Tremblingly, she picked up the letter, only to find that it was written by her elder brother. After reading the contents of the letter, she felt extremely desperate, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and she collapsed to the ground.

The words and sentences in the letter are all about how the inside and the outside should cooperate, and Jingzhou should be handed over to Bagan.

She didn't understand what was going on, the world seemed to be spinning.

Seeing her instantly pale face, Qi Tianyin stood up with a cold snort, and walked to her slowly.

She trembled all over, and heard his low voice full of anger explode in her ears: "I just returned to the palace, and Concubine Hui told me that Concubine De was hiding the son of a traitor. Concubine De is like you, so I didn't pursue it, but I didn't expect you to help him, and Xiao Nansheng's son and daughter are gone!"

"The concubine only said that my elder brother has absolutely no rebellious heart, I beg the emperor to enlighten me." Xiao Jing'an tried almost all her strength to argue, but Qi Tianyin looked at her with eyes that were not only painful but also dark, and she choked up after saying a word. .

Qi Tianyin suddenly pulled a smile from his lips, and spread his palms in front of her eyes.

Xiao Jing'an felt extremely suffocated for a moment, and slowly handed him the finger wrench with the imperial seal in her hand.

He snatched it from her before she let go, leaned in front of her, and said almost gnashing his teeth: "What are you hiding from me until now?!"

Before Xiao Jing'an could make a sound, he raised his hand and smashed the wrench hard to the ground. With a crisp sound, the wrench broke into multiple petals, rolled into the broken porcelain of the cup and disappeared.

Xiao Jing'an intuitively felt that the blood in her whole body had stopped, and stared at the piece of broken porcelain, as if it was not only a priceless finger wrench that was broken, but also the fragile bond between him and her.

Qi Tianyin was angry at the moment, angry that she was wholeheartedly saving Xiao Nansheng, angry that she endangered the safety of the empire, angry that she kept many things from him, angry that she resolutely stood on the side of the family until the last moment, regardless of his feelings.

And the hatred brought about by his unstoppable anger has begun to devour her bit by bit. She even sensed that Qi Tianyin was not only angry, but also heart-wrenchingly sad, but how could she not be heartbroken at this point?

She knew that Qi Tianyin's anger had reached its peak, let alone the Xiao family, even other people who had been involved with the Xiao family would be implicated.

"I beg your majesty, please spare the innocent people. All these things are done by one concubine alone, and have nothing to do with others!" She trembled and kowtowed.

"Excuse me?" Qi Tianyin sneered, "Those arrested in the capital must be shot to death! Multiple crimes should be punished, and crimes should be punished at the same time! When the situation on the border is certain, those innocent people in your mouth will die!"

"Your Majesty..." She listened to his verdict, but she was powerless to refute it. It sounded harsh and painful at the moment, so she could only sit on her knees and wait for his decision.

"emperor!"

Before Xiao Jing'an could think any further, a cry came along with her hasty footsteps.

Qi Yuehe rushed straight into the front hall, and when she saw the emperor, she knelt down desperately, crying like rain: "Your Majesty, I beg you to make the decision for my sister! Your Majesty!"

Qi Tianyin was furious, and impatient with her crying so much, he sat back on the seat in the middle and said displeasedly: "Say."

"Your Majesty..." Qi Yuehe kowtowed and looked at the aloof emperor sadly, "Ever since Concubine De went to Shuchang Pavilion, Sister Wei has not been well, and now I heard that her younger brother is critically ill, and her elder sister is even worse , Doctor Li just arrived and was already too late, my sister... she had a miscarriage." She sobbed as she spoke.

Qi Tianyin was shocked.His face suddenly became ugly: "A tire slip? When did it happen?! How is her younger brother critically ill? Didn't Lord Hou find a doctor?!"

Xiao Jing'an was shocked, thinking of the scene of Wei Ruxia crying and begging her that day, and then looking at Qi Yuehe, her heart sank a little bit.

Qi Yuehe immediately burst into tears: "Sister has passed out now, the empress has already gone to take care of her, the emperor... I beg the emperor to make decisions for Sister Hui..." Qi Yuehe cried mournfully, kowtowing continuously.

"I'll go and have a look later, you go back to the palace for now. Comfort Ru Xia well, do you hear me?" Qi Tianyin put away his stern words, and turned to soft words of relief.

"Yes! The concubine is going now!" Qi Yuehe had never been so tender and holy, she was surprised and happy but still tear-stained, thanking her again and again.

As if knowing that she was going to be favored from now on, Qi Yuehe didn't forget to give Xiao Jing'an a gouged look with a triumphant smile when she turned around.Then he was helped away with a sad face and sobbing.

Xiao Jing'an saw Qi Tianyin's sadness after being angry with her own eyes, and understood that after hearing Qi Yuehe's words, he would be even more angry with herself. Even if he didn't believe that he would do something nasty to Concubine Hui, he would feel pity for Wei Ruxia because of it. , doubting myself more or less.

"Sister Yue He came at a very good time." Xiao Jing'an laughed at herself, after being discouraged, she calmed down and said clearly, "Please give me your death."

"You want to die?" Qi Tianyin confirmed to her through gritted teeth, his angular face was almost submerged in the darkness.

She didn't dare to look up at him, kowtowed again, and slowly opened her lips and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine is a noble concubine, but letting go of the son of a traitorous general is infidelity, and my concubine harming Zhongliang in vain and accepting the emperor's doubts is for disloyalty." Righteousness, now that the evidence is solid and punished for several crimes, the concubine dare not argue, I implore the emperor to sentence the concubine to death and execute him at a later date."

"Ling Chi? Are you the emperor, or am I the emperor?!" Qi Tianyin was so angry that he was almost incoherent, got up and shouted angrily, "It's not easy to die?! I want you to suffer but you can't die!"

Her complexion became pale, and she looked up at Qi Tianyin in disbelief, as if she saw Chang Ruibai who was once cold-blooded and ruthless, with sharp eyes that forced her to question herself, and felt that the two were so alike.

Qi Tianyin gritted his teeth, stared at her firmly, and said to her word by word: "The concubine Xiao Jing'an is cunning, colluding with the rebel party in private, robbing the prison, releasing prisoners, and being obsessed with obsession without remorse, she is suspected of murdering The heir of the emperor, who caused chaos in the court, now cuts his concubine's position, relegates him to a commoner, is expelled from the Palace of Joy with a [-]-thirty flogging, and enters Yong'an Palace in the clothes, waiting to be punished! Wait for the Ministry of Punishments to decide and convict, and then decide how you will die!"

"Concubine...obey the decree, thank the Lord for your kindness." Xiao Jingan kowtowed, her expression as usual.

She looked at the bright yellow clothes Qi Tianyin was wearing hastily, at the coldness in his phoenix eyes that could not be dispelled like a thick fog, his sharp and handsome face without any warmth, and his tall and straight figure showing his majesty everywhere, she saw Looking at the person in front of her, she would never be that Qi Tianyin with tender eyes from now on. After a moment of silence, she said in a low voice: "Although the concubine is a sinner, I dare to beg the emperor to let the concubine wash up."

Lu Shun sighed and shook his head again, he called the eunuch to help her go, but unexpectedly Qi Tianyin nodded and agreed to her request.

Xiao Jing'an bowed again, went into the inner room alone, pretended to comb her hair, and put the hairpin back to its original position to avoid the eyes of the palace people, and closed the hidden compartment in the cabinet as it was.

After doing all this, she felt a void in her heart. Eldest brother Xiao Nansheng, Qi Tianyin, my son Yumo...

She combed her hair silently, looking at her beautiful but pale face in the mirror, her bright eyes were dimmed.

In a blink of an eye, I saw the palace servants who were waiting in line at the door to take her to the cold palace. Looking around, the girl who laughed and accompanied her was no longer there, the jade seal that kept her awake at night was no longer there, and the emperor who had bickered with her regarded her as a enemy.

No, she still has Mo'er, if she dies, what will her Mo'er do...

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to let this concubine stay with Mo'er."

"Hmph! You are a sinful woman, how can you take my emperor's son away! Come, someone, detain Xiao Jing'an!"

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"Mother concubine...Mother concubine..."

Lu Xizhi was awakened by a burst of babbling, and slowly opened her eyes, only to hear her husband talking non-stop, as if he had been in a nightmare.

"Jingming, Jingming...wake up quickly."

Yuan Yanxi opened his eyes in a swish, in a trance like a dream, unable to distinguish between reality and dream for a moment.

"Jingming, concubine mother...is..."

Yuan Yanxi was taken aback when she heard this.

(End of this chapter)