long live the queen

Chapter 55

Wei Yunqing was startled, and couldn't believe his ears.

She asked Sun Chengji to help her persuade Yang Yi before, but Mr. Sun was sent to prison for trying to persuade Yang Yi. This...how could it be?

"Where is Lord Sun?" Wei Yunqing asked anxiously.If what Baili Yue said was true, she must take the responsibility.

"Of course it's locked in a cell." Baili Yue curled his lips into a smile, "Why, do you want to see him?"

"Yes, I want to see him. Lord Baili, please be accommodating." Wei Yunqing nodded.

Baili Yue sneered: "This is the Imperial Prison, is it a place where you can do whatever you want?"

"Master Baili, I just want to see Master Sun, that's all." Wei Yunqing said eagerly.Faced with Baili Yue's difficulties, she had no choice but to go back to the palace. Through Yang Yi, she could find a way to save Lord Sun.

Baili Yue looked at Wei Yunqing for a while, then said with a smile, "Alright then, follow me."

As Baili Yue said, he actually turned around and led Wei Yunqing to the depths of the Imperial Prison.

Wei Yunqing only hesitated for a moment, then followed.This is the jurisdiction of Baili Yue, even if he has any conspiracy, she will not be able to escape, so why don't she trust him once and follow him to see, maybe he is not deceiving.

After the two of them died, whether Li Xun stayed or left, his whole body was not well.He still doesn't know what happened.Is this little maid female?Is she the imperial concubine or not?What's going on, can someone tell him? !

Wei Yunqing followed Baili Yue through more than ten cells, and soon came to the deepest part of the prison.It is the darkest, most humid place, and also the most dim, with a lamp like a bean. Under the dim light, Wei Yunqing could only see a thin figure curled up in the cell.

"Master Sun?"

The figure trembled and turned to look out.That person is Sun Chengji who seems to be ten years older!

"Master Sun..." Looking at the thin old man in front of him, Wei Yunqing's eyes became moist.The last time I saw this old man, he was still young and strong, with white hair but hale and hearty, always looking very energetic, but now, he was so pale, as if he would fall down at any time.

Sun Chengji squinted his eyes under the dim light, and called out softly, "Miss Yunqing?"

"It's me." Wei Yunqing's voice trembled.

Sun Chengji was taken aback, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Why are you here? It's too messy here, you should go back soon!"

"Master Sun, I want to rescue you." Wei Yunqing said, "It's all my fault. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't..."

Sun Chengji glanced at Baili Yue who was standing next to Wei Yunqing, who had no intention of leaving, and only smiled wryly at Wei Yunqing: "You are wrong. I was not sent to jail because of you."

"What's the reason for that?" Wei Yunqing asked in surprise, and turned his head to look at Baili Yue suspiciously.

Baili Yue stood a little distance away and didn't leave. Facing Wei Yunqing's doubts, he didn't intend to answer, but just smiled inscrutablely.

"It's just the fact that the party is united against dissidents." Sun Chengji sighed.

Wei Yunqing was startled.After all, she hasn't stayed in this era for much time, and she doesn't have much interest in court affairs, so she can understand the meaning of Sun Chengji's words, but she has no idea who made him unlucky.

"You don't care about this matter, so as not to get angry. Get out of here quickly." Sun Chengji wanted to drive Wei Yunqing away again.

"I can't just leave like this!" Wei Yunqing shook his head.Sun Chengji didn't speak clearly, how should she find a way to save him?She can't just sit and watch him being framed... That's right!
"Master Sun, what crime were you imprisoned for?" Wei Yunqing asked.If she could overturn the charge, no matter how powerful the other party was, it would be impossible for him to put Sun Chengji to death in an open and honest manner.There is also a law in Daliang. Even if you can use torture indiscriminately in private, you may be able to hide the past if you kill someone, but Sun Chengji is the chief assistant after all, the highest power controller other than the emperor, and no one can be silent If the earth killed him, there must be ironclad evidence!
Sun Chengji looked at Wei Yunqing, shook his head and sighed, "Conspiracy."

"Treason?" Wei Yunqing asked in surprise, "Where's the evidence?"

"Jin Yiwei found the dragon robe in my mansion, as well as the letters I conspired with Prince Sun." Sun Chengji sighed.

Wei Yunqing looked at Sun Chengji, and suddenly asked: "That one, Mr. Sun, you proposed to take over the throne when the emperor was living and dying abroad?"

"Exactly." Sun Chengji nodded.

"I don't believe it." Wei Yunqing said, "Master Sun, anyone in this imperial court may rebel, but I don't believe you will."

Sun Chengji looked at Wei Yunqing, sighed and shook his head: "Girl Yunqing, you should leave this matter alone."

"No, I can't do nothing!" Wei Yunqing shook his head and said, "I'll go to the emperor right away and let him rehabilitate you!"

"It's useless." Sun Chengji grabbed the wooden fence of the cell, so hard that his knuckles turned white.

"I want to try!" Wei Yunqing said firmly.Even if going back to the palace is a self-inflicted trap, she still has to go back, she can't just watch Master Sun fall to this point.Rebellion is a serious crime of ransacking one's family and destroying one's family. If the case is convicted, he, his wife, children, and Sun Sisi will all be implicated!
"The one who ordered the old man to be imprisoned is the emperor. The emperor is... in a fit of anger and will not change his mind." Sun Chengji said.

Sun Chengji didn't make it clear that speaking for Wei Yunqing was indeed a fuse, but the real cause was the disaster he caused when he planned to establish a new emperor.Since the emperor came to the throne, he has been extremely strict with the emperor academically, presumably since then, the emperor has hated him to the core.But for Daliang's centuries-old foundation, he had to do that.After Jin Yiwei suddenly searched his house and found the so-called evidence of treason, and Zheng Xiang provoked him, the emperor didn't think much of it, and put him in the imperial prison in a fit of rage.

This time, Sun Chengji had a premonition that more bad luck would come, but he was old enough to live enough, the only two things that he couldn't let go of were his family members and Daliang's Jiangshan Sheji.

"I want to try, there will always be a way." Wei Yunqing gritted his teeth and said, "Master Sun, please wait for me!" The words are still obeyed, anyway, this is a feudal dynasty, even if the law is violated, the emperor can release it with a word.

"Wait a minute!" Sun Chengji stopped Wei Yunqing, he didn't mention what she said, he just said, "Girl Yunqing, I didn't ask you anything, but now I ask you two things, are you willing to agree?"

"Master Sun..." Wei Yunqing's eyes were slightly red, but when she met his cloudy but spirited eyes, she could only respond with choked up tears, "Say, I will definitely help you!"

"Good girl!" Sun Chengji smiled, "First thing, I beg you to speak kindly in front of the emperor and protect my family in the Sun residence."

"Master Sun, when you go out, you will be able to protect them yourself." Wei Yunqing heard the ominous omen in his words, and said hastily.

"That's something for later, I just ask you to agree now." Sun Chengji said.

Wei Yunqing was silent for a few seconds, and responded: "Okay, I swear, I will definitely protect you and your family members from harm."

Sun Chengji smiled gratifiedly: "Okay. In this way, the old man can rest in peace." Seeing what Wei Yunqing was about to say, Sun Chengji raised his hand to interrupt her, and said, "Listen to the second thing that the old man said first."

Wei Yunqing could only nod his head.

"The second thing... this old man also knows that it will embarrass you, but other than that, no one can entrust it to you." Sun Chengji sighed, "Girl Yunqing, this old man knows that you don't want to enter this harem, but the matter is over." So far, for the emperor, no one can compare with you. I hope you can assist the emperor in the future, and I can't let my great Liang Jiangshan be broken in this generation."

"Master Sun..." Wei Yunqing stared at Sun Chengji firmly, but was unwilling to let go easily.She must fulfill the promise she made to Sun Chengji, but it is impossible for her to agree to the second thing he said.

"Girl Yunqing, this old man also knows that this matter is too embarrassing for you. But... you really think that the emperor will release you from this palace?" Sun Chengji's face was filled with compassion.He watched Yang Yi from childhood to adulthood, and it was the first time he saw him being so persistent about something, and this was a great misfortune for Wei Yunqing who was not thinking about Yang Yi.

"Even if I try a thousand times, ten thousand times, I will try." Wei Yunqing said.

Sun Chengji lowered his eyes and sighed: "This old man is too domineering, and I made things difficult for you."

Wei Yunqing gritted her teeth, she couldn't accept Sun Chengji's words, because she couldn't agree to his second request.

Sun Chengji was silent for a while, then looked at Wei Yunqing with a smile, and said: "Girl Yunqing, if the old man can get out from here, then the second thing will be done, if not, you should accept the old man, so that the old man can rest in peace, how about it? "

"Master Sun..." Wei Yunqing hesitated.

There was only a faint sense of expectation on Sun Chengji's old face, and he looked at her with a smile and said nothing.

"I...understood." Wei Yunqing finally nodded.But she made up her mind, she must go back to the palace immediately and let Yang Yi release Sun Chengji.What treason is, it's nonsense!

"It's so good!" Sun Chengji laughed loudly, as if he had gotten rid of some shackles, his face seemed to be younger.

"Girl Yunqing, get out of here quickly. It's dirty and gloomy, and it's not suitable for a girl like you to stay for a long time." Sun Chengji laughed and started to chase people away.

Wei Yunqing nodded, she was going back to the palace, she really shouldn't delay here any longer.

She turned her head to look at Baili Yue, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, but never interrupted.

"Lord Baili, now that Lord Shoufu has acknowledged my identity, are you still planning to detain me in the Imperial Prison?" Wei Yunqing looked at Baili Yue calmly, with a hint of urgency in his tense voice.

Baili Yue smiled: "Since the lord Shoufu has testified, I will certainly believe it. Your Majesty, this way please."

"My lord, Baili." Wei Yunqing nodded sullenly, and strode forward.

Bai Liyue didn't follow immediately, but turned to look at Sun Chengji—Master Shoufu, why do you trust this woman so much?

Sun Chengji's cloudy eyes also looked at Baili Yue, but he smiled lightly, turned around and went back to lie down on the thatch.

Baili Yue turned and left, and soon caught up with Wei Yunqing.

Looking at the back of the woman in front, Baili Yue's eyes gradually darkened.I didn't expect that even Sun Shoufu valued this woman so much... Can she really live up to Sun Shoufu's trust?
The answer to this question is not yet known.Baili Yue was a little curious, he wanted to see what she could do.

After Baili Yue led Wei Yunqing out of the imperial prison, there was already a carriage waiting outside. She got into the carriage and was escorted back to the palace in silence.After learning from Baili Yue that the person in the carriage turned out to be the imperial concubine, the guards guarding the palace gate immediately let them go.

Not long after Wei Yunqing was taken away by Jin Yiwei, the palace servants of Yanxi Palace discovered that she was missing and reported it to Yang Yi. The palace was in chaos, and Yang Yi drove everyone who could mobilize to find Wei Yunqing.After looking for it for a long time but still not seeing anyone, Yang Yi panicked—could it be sister Yun Qing who recovered her mana and returned to the sky?
With this thought that he couldn't tell outsiders, Yang Yi waited for a long time in fear, and then he was told that the imperial concubine was found, and she was sent back by the governor of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi.

As soon as Wei Yunqing walked halfway, Yang Yi hurried over. Seeing her dressed as a servant, she described a bit of a mess, and hurriedly asked: "Sister Yunqing, are you injured? Who took you out of the palace? He must be punished!"

"Did you order Mr. Sun to be arrested?" Wei Yunqing ignored Yang Yi's concern and got straight to the point.All her thoughts were on Sun Chengji along the way, and she couldn't feel at ease for a moment if she couldn't rescue Sun Chengji.

Yang Yi was taken aback, and stood there for a while before wondering: "Sister Yunqing, have you gone to the prison?"

"Yes!" Wei Yunqing said anxiously, "You let Master Sun go soon! How could he rebel?"

"But the evidence for that matter is solid." Yang Yi said, his eyes glanced slightly to the side.

Standing next to him was Zheng Xiang. Unexpectedly, Wei Yunqing would escape from the palace and went to see Sun Chengji in the imperial prison. He was a little panicked, but he smiled on his face: "Indeed, ma'am. The mansion was found in Mr. Sun's house." Huangpao, and letters of rebellion, it can’t be wrong.”

"Master Sun has no motive to do that." Wei Yunqing insisted.

Zheng Xiang smiled and said: "The evidence is real, ma'am, if you don't believe it, just go and see it."

"Okay, show me the evidence." Wei Yunqing nodded.

Zheng Xiang just said casually, but who knew that Wei Yunqing really wanted to see it, he was stunned for a while, and then smiled: "Oh, ma'am, it's not that the old slave underestimated you, the emperor has seen the evidence and is sure it is Sun Daren wrote it with his own hands, what else can you see if you look at it again? Your Majesty, do you think the old slave is right?"

Yang Yi froze for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, I have read all the letters, it is indeed written by Sun Chengji!"

"Handwriting can be forged." Wei Yunqing glanced sideways at Zheng Xiang and sneered.If it is modern, the handwriting can also be tested by technical means to distinguish the authenticity from the fake.But in this era, you can only use the naked eye, not to mention the unreliable kid like Yang Yi, who can be fooled casually!
"Your Majesty, what you said is doubting the eyesight of the emperor!" Zheng Xiang said with a serious expression, "This is a crime of disrespect!"

Wei Yunqing snorted coldly: "I dare to beat him, so what's the point of doubting him?"

Zheng Xiang kept quiet and didn't say anything more.

Yang Yi remembered the day when the dispute between the two turned into a chase, his face flushed, and he felt a dull pain in his back.As an emperor, that would be really embarrassing.But the person chasing and beating him was Sister Yun Qing, so...forget it.

Everyone around was silent, and those who knew the cause and effect of the incident didn't even dare to recall that scene—it was really sensational, but also...funny.

Bai Liyue, who had been silent all the time, was disturbed by Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi's barrage of answers and had no chance to say a few words, looked at Wei Yunqing in surprise.Although many palace people were seen when Yang Yi was beaten, they were all sealed by Zheng Xiang, and Baili Yue didn't know about it.

In his original suspicion, there was a trace of expectation.

This woman named Wei Yunqing might really become an interesting existence in the court.

"Ah Yi, let Master Sun go first, and investigate the evidence slowly. Master Sun will drag his family with him, even if he leaves the imperial prison, he can't run away. At most, before the evidence is overthrown, you should send someone first Stare at him." Wei Yunqing said.

Zheng Xiang glanced at Wei Yunqing calmly, this... the meaning in the words, but you are sure that the evidence is false?

"Then... if I promise you, sister Yunqing, you won't leave me?" Yang Yi was suddenly blessed at this moment, and threatened Wei Yunqing with this matter.

Wei Yunqing frowned, and blurted out, "That's impossible."

The hope in Yang Yi's eyes fell to ashes, and he said angrily: "Then I will not let go!"

"You..." Wei Yunqing was almost pissed off by Yang Yi. Sure enough, a child is unreliable to be an emperor. I knew that Li Zhuo should have arrested Yang Yi in the first place. Life might be better!
"Until Master Sun's matter is clarified, I will stay in the palace." Wei Yunqing could only compromise so far.

Yang Yi is very dissatisfied with this answer, how complicated can things be?Even if Sun Shoufu really rebelled, he would save his life. After all, Sun Chengji was a veteran of the three dynasties. When he was having fun, the affairs of the court were also thanks to the other party's management. There was no credit but hard work. He would not really want to kill him .Putting Sun Chengji in imperial prison was more like an outburst of anger to Yang Yi.He had long been dissatisfied with Sun Chengji's proposal to change the new emperor, but on the matter of Wei Yunqing, which he valued most at the moment, Sun Chengji wanted to contradict him, so it was no wonder he didn't bother seeing him.It happened that evidence of treason was found in Sun Chengji's house, so he was naturally happy to send him to the prison for a while, so that the other party would know who is the real emperor, and how could he allow the other party to make decisions about his harem?

Thinking of this, Yang Yi felt a sigh of relief in his heart.Before he met Sister Yunqing, he agreed to make her a queen under the plea of ​​Concubine Zhuang, but Sun Chengji obstructed her in every possible way, even threatening to tell her old age and return home that he had to back down. Who cares about the business?Therefore, Yang Yi, who was extremely playful and didn't want to care about the court affairs at all, had to break his promise to Concubine Zhuang.Therefore, when he ordered Wei Yunqing to be canonized, he could only canonize her as an imperial concubine at the most, because he was afraid that Sun Chengji would do the same thing again.

The grievances accumulated over the years erupted almost instantly. Yang Yi wished that Sun Chengji would suffer more in prison, so that when he came out, he would no longer be as rampant as before.

Yang Yi was about to refuse, but then he thought, whether this matter can be investigated clearly, isn't it up to him?As long as he said that the matter was not clear, then his sister Yun Qing had to stay in the palace.As long as he doesn't let go, she must stay here and be with him all the time.

"Okay, then I will release Sun Chengji first!" Yang Yi nodded in response, "Sister Yunqing, you must keep your promise!"

"I promise." Wei Yunqing nodded.

Only then did Yang Yi feel relieved.

Zheng Xiang said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this treason is a big deal, it must not be such a trifle!"

"I have already made a decision, you don't need to say anything!" Yang Yi put on the emperor's posture again at this time, and said majesticly.

"But the emperor..."

Yang Yi shouted angrily: "Shut up! Are you the emperor or I am the emperor?"

"...Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng Xiang could only lower his eyebrows and complied.

Yang Yi looked at Baili Yue and said, "Hurry up and bring Sun Chengji here."

Baili Yue replied: "Yes, Your Majesty." Then he turned and left.

Seeing this, Wei Yunqing calmed down a little.As long as Mr. Sun is allowed out of the dangerous place of the Imperial Prison, the rest of the matter will be much easier.Whether it is to overthrow the evidence, or to make Yang Yi release him, she will save Sun Chengji!
"By the way, sister Yunqing, why are you dressed like this?" Yang Yi remembered that Wei Yunqing was still wearing the servant's clothes, and couldn't help but wondered. Then, he remembered Wei Yunqing's sudden departure from the palace and the return from outside the palace. As for the matter, the doubts in my heart almost swelled, and I wished to ask clearly immediately.

"Go back to Qianqing Palace!" Yang Yi shouted immediately before Wei Yunqing could answer.

Thus, the group returned to Qianqing Palace in a mighty manner.

When there was no one else in the room except Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi, Yang Yi asked cautiously: "Sister Yunqing, you... have you recovered your mana?"

Wei Yunqing was thinking about Sun Chengji's matter in his heart, so he glanced at him and said, "Why are you asking this?"

Yang Yi's eyes drifted wildly, but he didn't dare to answer directly.He feared that once she regained her powers she would be gone forever.Judging from the situation when the two met last time, this matter is very likely.Thinking of never seeing Sister Yun Qing again in the future, he felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.

"It's none of your business." Wei Yunqing said angrily.

Yang Yi hit a snag, so he had to shut up and stop talking.

After a while, a palace official came to report in a panic.

Sun Chengji committed suicide in imperial prison.

(End of this chapter)