Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 605: How much sorrow can you have?

Zhao Mu searched carefully in the backyard and found a bunch of "priceless" calligraphy and paintings by famous artists from past dynasties in Zhao Ji's study.

A priceless treasure, as the name suggests, may be worthless or even worthless.

Zhao Mu selected a few of them as gifts. He sent people to pack the rest into boxes and seal them. Then he sent them to the palace to present to Zhezong.

Although Zhao Mu's "private affairs" delayed the entire day, before nightfall, all the properties in Prince Duan's Mansion, except for the private property such as dowries in the rooms of the female relatives in the backyard, were counted.

In addition to the Prince Duan's Mansion that he couldn't take away, and the paintings and calligraphy that couldn't be valued, the total value of all kinds of gold, silver, treasures, silks and satins that Zhao Mu obtained this time, which could be priced, was 630,000 taels.

This made Zhao Mu a little disappointed. He didn't expect that he could only get so little money from raiding the house of a deposed emperor, which was not even enough to cover the military expenses for his own expedition.

But Zhao Mu was also satisfied. So he personally wrote a memorial and handed it to Zhezong, detailing how he had confiscated Zhao Ji's wealth.

In the last memorial, some of the confiscated calligraphy and painting "trophies" were sent to the palace and handed over to Zhezong.

However, Zhao Mu did not eat alone this time. He took out tens of thousands of taels of silver and rewarded the soldiers who came with him to confiscate the property and the Conglong Guards who were on duty before, according to their ranks.

This time, the least amount of money each person received was fifty taels of silver, and the most was two or three hundred taels. Now that everyone is well taken care of by me, I feel very comfortable. Naturally, no one will gossip about me in the future.

After finishing all this, Zhao Mu naturally did not return home, but stayed overnight in Prince Duan's mansion.

After all, he had only used Queen Wang, and had not used the other concubines of Prince Duan. That night, he directly gave them a "one spoonful of stew".

Especially when putting Zhao Ji's three queens, Queen Wang, Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Wei together, that feeling made him so excited.

And now, they are not like the fifty-year-olds they were during the Jingkang Shame more than twenty years later. At this moment, they are still young and beautiful, and even younger than himself, which naturally makes Zhao Mu feel more comfortable.

Although Zhao Mu didn't know how much sorrow the "king" in the sky prison had, he experienced the joy of "a river of spring water flowing eastward".

Emperor Taizong must have had the same evil taste in his heart when he visited Concubine Xiao Zhou.

In the past two days, Zhao Mu has been enjoying himself in Prince Duan's mansion.

People like Zheng Cairen and Wei Meiren were not as stubborn as Queen Wang. They were more than happy to stick with the victor, Zhao Mu.

Queen Wang still looked bitter and resentful. She basically did not resist, obey, or pay attention to Zhao Mu. But the more she acted like this, the more Zhao Mu liked her. Zhao Mu hugged her with a bitter and resentful face and watched Concubine Wei and the others dancing and playing.

Zhao Mu even put his arm around her neck and forced her to drink the remaining half cup of wine. Although Queen Wang was very disgusted with this, she could only endure it silently.

That day, a report came from the Dragon Guards: "Your Majesty, the three courts have concluded the trial of Prince Duan. Your Majesty has specially asked the Emperor to go to the Heavenly Prison to supervise the execution of Prince Duan."

Hearing this, the women present all felt their hearts in their throats.

Each of them felt that this was the final moment of their destiny, and their final fate depended entirely on Zhao Mu's thoughts.

Zhao Mu let go of Queen Wang at this time. He said, "Okay! Go report to His Majesty. I will go to the Heavenly Prison to execute him now!"

"Yes!" said the Dragon Guard and turned and left.

Zhao Mu was also preparing to go to the Tianlao to take care of Zhao Ji's final affairs. At this time, Queen Wang, who had been silent all the time, grabbed Zhao Mu's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, can you grant me a favor?"

Zhao Mu looked at Queen Wang's cold and miserable face and asked, "Why? Do you want to go with me?"

Queen Wang nodded, but there was no hatred or indifference in her eyes now, only pleading to Zhao Mu.

Queen Wang said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to see him one last time. I have nothing to worry about in this life, and I will serve Your Majesty wholeheartedly from now on."

Zhao Mu replied: "Alright. Although this is illegal, I can still do you a favor."

Zhao Mu then shouted to the guards outside, "Come here, prepare the sedan chair."

But Queen Wang said at this time: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment while I decorate a few things."

Zhao Mu did not refuse Queen Wang's request. He said, "Well! Go quickly and come back soon. I will wait for you in the front yard."

This was not because Zhao Mu was kind or pitiful. He just wanted to see Queen Wang's exquisite makeup and her beautiful appearance.

Queen Wang had bathed a lot during these days, but she always showed her face without makeup. Now she was going to see Zhao Ji for the last time, so she would dress up well and leave Zhao Ji with the last and most beautiful side of her life.

After saying that, Zhao Mu did not delay and went to the front yard, then got on his imperial sedan chair to wait for Queen Wang.

About half an hour later, Queen Wang finally arrived.

Seeing Queen Wang's appearance at this time, Zhao Mu couldn't help but be shocked. However, it was not because Queen Wang was so beautiful, but he was used to seeing her without makeup in the past few days. After she was carefully dressed up, Zhao Mu's eyes naturally brightened.

At this time, Queen Wang was wearing a wedding dress and a phoenix crown on her head. At this moment, she looked more like a bride ready to get married.

This is what she wore when she married Prince Duan.

This dress had been kept as a treasure in Queen Wang's dowry box. Today, Queen Wang dug it out again and put it on herself.

If her queen's robe could no longer be worn, she would even want to wear it to meet Zhao Ji.

But on second thought, the dragon and phoenix robes worn by the emperor and empress were the death warrant that separated them as a couple, and were far inferior to what she was wearing now.

After all, when he was Prince Duan, they lived in harmony and peace. But the disasters now were all brought about by the power of the empress.

Now Queen Wang regrets very much that she and her husband have embarked on this path of no return.

Seeing the beautiful Queen Wang in her wedding dress, Zhao Mu also looked at her infatuatedly. While Queen Wang was still looking at where her sedan chair was, Zhao Mu stepped out of the sedan chair and stretched out his hand to her.

Although Queen Wang didn't want to ride in the same carriage with Zhao Mu, she had no other choice. She then stretched out her hand, and Zhao Mu grabbed her and pulled her up. Then Zhao Mu personally opened the curtain for her and let her sit in.

Afterwards, Queen Wang sat on the left and Zhao Mu sat on the right, side by side on the imperial sedan chair like a "husband and wife". As the gate of Prince Duan's Mansion slowly opened, Zhao Mu's sedan chair also went towards the sky prison.

(End of this chapter)