Drawing Crescent Eyebrows: Alluring Zinnia with a Smile

Chapter 385

After talking to Ye Feng a few times, and resting in the camp for less than an hour, Qingyou said goodbye to him in a hurry. Although Ye Feng was a little worried that she would not be able to bear it after working for a long time, she also understood the importance of the matter in Beijing. He didn't stop her, but just called a team of guards to escort her back to Shengjing.

All the way to Chengde, Qingyou had just rested outside the city with a group of guards, and then a guard who went to spy on the sentry came back with news.

"Reporting to Princess Qi, something is wrong!" The guard knelt down with his hands flustered, opening his mouth like this, making Qingyou's mind sink.

She calmed down and asked, "But it's about His Royal Highness King Rong?"

"Reporting to the princess, the emperor issued an order to convict His Royal Highness King Rong and the fourteenth prince for the crime of murdering relatives and treason, and be executed at noon tomorrow."

In fact, she had already prepared for this news in her heart. If such a heinous crime as murdering one's relatives and plotting rebellion was not completely sure, Ye Wushang would never dare to easily crown it on the heads of the royal family, let alone Ye Wushang. Xu, and once he did so, it was even more expected that he would issue this imperial decree.It's just that now that the conclusive news hit her ears, she still felt a momentary chill in her heart.

It should be, not only for Ye Xu's worry, but also for Ye Wushang's despair in thinking of the kindness he had in the past.

"It's too late." After thinking for a while, she turned around and walked out. A group of guards behind her didn't dare to delay, and she only heard her say: "Let's go back overnight, and we must arrive at Shengjing City before noon tomorrow!"

"Yes!" The guard mounted his horse in response, and in an instant, a sound of horseshoes sounded outside Chengde City on the way to Shengjing, the imperial capital of Northern Xia, taking away a stable heart that had not been seen for many years.

The imperial capital, Shengjing.

This is the first time that so many people have gathered on the court since the founding of Beixia, almost all the people in the city came out, pushing and shoving, just to watch a beheading that shocked the world.

On the supervisory platform, the emperor of the current dynasty was sitting in a high position, and the face under the twelve white jade crowns was reflected in the eyes of the people all over the world. It was so blurry and unreachable, and on both sides stood the crown prince of the current dynasty, Ye Zhan and Su Wang Yezhen.

Emperor Zun came to the court to supervise the execution, which was enough to show the high status of the criminals in the audience.

"Brother Seven, listen to the voices outside. You want to kill me this time, but you are going to alarm the people in Shengjing!" The shed built for the royal family's face was blocked by the white cloth fence. Ye Lu looked at the sight of the crowd, but there was a lot of people outside, but he could clearly estimate the number of people.

In the shed, the two of them sat leisurely on the chairs, and there was even a wooden table with teacups in the middle. No matter how you looked at it, they didn't look like criminals who were about to die.

Ye Lu's words didn't seem to arouse Ye Xu's interest, he was just lazily playing with the teacup in his hand, a pair of handsome eyes fell on the tea, indifferent, but seemed to accept the world.

Ye Lu glanced at him, and then said, "Seventh brother, are you so sure that things will go according to your plan?"

There was a slight pause in the movement of his hands, and for a moment, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he remained silent.

"By God, the emperor ordered that on the night of July [-]th in the ninth year of Daixing, King Rong Yexu and the fourteenth prince Yelu, with ulterior motives and schemes, murdered their grandmother, Empress Dowager Cheng'an, in the Chongqing Palace. I am deeply saddened. Today, with the orders of the two of them, we sacrifice to the spirit of Empress Dowager Cheng'an in heaven, to report to the royal family, and to make known to the world." Following an imperial decree personally read out by Prince Yezhan on the high platform, there was a burst of excitement inside and outside the court, after so many years, Rong Rong Wang Yexu already won the hearts of the people, and it was hard for anyone to accept such news when it came out.

"The time has come, execution!" There was a sound that could almost break through the sky. I don't know if Yezhan shouted this sentence with years of hatred for Yexu, and he just wanted to pay it back overnight.

In the fence, the executioner held a long knife in his hand. At this moment, Ye Lu felt somewhat uneasy. No matter how much he believed in Ye Xu, he naturally didn't dare to risk his life. He only heard a trembling cry "Seventh Brother..." On the other hand, His Royal Highness King Rong was still as calm as a mountain.

"Stop!" Accompanied by the sound of horseshoes breaking through the crowd, a figure who had been far away from the imperial capital for a long time appeared in front of everyone like a fairy descending from the sky. Princess Rong of the Dynasty dismounted from the horse step by step and walked onto the execution ground step by step. Outside the white cloth fence on the roof, such a face was shown to the world, and it attracted everyone's attention for a while, until now, people finally knew why there was a legend of three smiles on this woman.

"Seventh brother, it's Seventh sister-in-law!" In the white tent, as this figure appeared vaguely in front of him, the person who had been waiting for five years finally had a faint smile on his face.

"Qingyou...?!" When her figure appeared on the execution field, Ye Wushang could hardly believe his eyes, even though he had thought that at this moment, maybe she would appear and rescue her with his own strength. Ye Xu, but he didn't expect that she would actually appear in front of him with strict defenses everywhere inside and outside the city, with the same face and firm footsteps as yesterday, everything seemed to have not changed at all, but in fact , but things have long changed.

"Princess Rong, the Holy Grace doesn't allow you to sit down, but now the princess is blatantly disrupting the court and the execution. I don't know why?" Without a single word, Ye Zhan was afraid that Ye Chang had a dream, and just wanted to kill Ye Xu and Ye Mu at this moment. Now that Qingyou was present, he was afraid that something might change, so his tone was cold and serious, and he just asked a question.

"Qingyou didn't dare to violate the laws of our Northern Xia in the slightest, but this morning, I suddenly heard that the military situation in Tianshui City had changed. Now Xiqi and Song Guo have jointly sent troops to invade our Northern Xia. The situation is so serious that it should be far away. Is it more important than killing people in vain?"

What she said, the so-called two countries joining forces to send troops to the North Xia, is indeed true, and Ye Wushang and Ye Zhan had already received an urgent report on the military situation earlier in the morning, but it was only for various considerations that they have not made it public.

But at the moment when he said to Yu Qingyou, the audience was full of noise, and the people complained about the emperor's disregard of the military situation, and Ye Zhan's voice was cold and high-pitched: "Military situation is naturally important, but the execution of criminals is also urgent. , The princess should understand that those who know the current affairs are heroes, and they should retreat if they have to."

Qingyou snorted coldly, and said: "Nowadays, the world is divided into three parts, and the internal and external wars of the three dynasties are imminent. , His Royal Highness told me to know the current affairs, but I don’t know what the current affairs are in your heart?”

Ye Zhan was speechless for a while when she asked him, and the people in the audience were all on the side of King Rong, which made him feel more and more tense, but finally he had a flash of inspiration and said: "Emperor Gao died If this is the case, Princess Rong can't violate it at will with just a word."

Emperor Gao, the founder of the Northern Xia Dynasty, did have such a will when he passed away, not to allow Northern Xia to annex Song and Western Qi. Therefore, for many years, even though the monarchs of all dynasties always wanted to rule the world with their national power higher than the world, they still He always did not dare to act recklessly because he considered Gaozu's will, but Ye Zhan was able to bring up this mistake at this moment, which is reasonable and well-founded.It's just that Qingyou was forced to this position, and she couldn't care less, and said bluntly: "Emperor Gao's last order? Dare to ask His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness, where is the last edict of Emperor Gao? Last order, who is the current royal family? To hear the Holy Message with your own ears?"

"You?!" Ye Zhan naturally couldn't get what she wanted, and was stuck there for a while, not knowing how to deal with it.

Seeing this, Qingyou felt a little more at ease, and then said: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Gaozu was benevolent and virtuous to the world, and he was famous all over the world for his faith and righteousness. The Song Kingdom and Xiqi have survived to this day. How can you ask the emperor, if you let the southwestern army invade the north because of your personal friendship with which enemy's grandson?"

Ye Zhan shouted loudly, "You are presumptuous!"

Qingyou bowed slightly, and said: "Don't dare, you are the one who puts the lives of the people of Beixia at risk for your own selfish desires. I am a concubine of a mere mansion, and Suxi obeys the teachings of Qi Ye, and dare not go beyond the courtesy I don't respect you, only you, the natural king of You, Yangdi, can afford to bear the great crime of the people and the country like this."

Ye Zhan was blocked here by her, and he was extremely helpless, but he shouted to his side, "Come here!"

The surrounding guards stepped forward, "The end is here!"

Yezhan's eyes fell on Qingyou aggressively, as if she was looking at a prey, she was determined to be immortal and unhappy, and the sinister voice hit her ears, "Princess Rong's words are disrespectful, rebellious, and the Holy Majesty will not punish you!" The holy grace of Lianzao, take it down for me and execute it together."

Executed at the same time, hearing these four words, if she was in the past, she would have fought back immediately, but at this moment, her body was frozen there, and her heart was also frozen there, she didn't know if the Crown Prince knew about her life experience , but she knew from the bottom of her heart that even though the past between the two of them was just unhappiness, but at this moment, hearing the words of her brother who was a compatriot saying that she was going to execute herself, that feeling really felt like cutting off the blood. Heartbreaking pain.

"Stop!" When so many guards were ordered to step forward to arrest this Princess Rong, the illusory light and shadow on the high platform steadily called out these two words, with a firm and forbearing tone, and I don't know how many people can endure it Anger and confusion.

Lifting her eyes lightly and proudly, she slowly shifted her gaze to Ye Wushang, she couldn't see clearly what kind of expression was on the face under the emperor's crown, just like she couldn't figure out why she would rather There are so many people who insist on the throne when brothers and sisters fight each other.

"Royal father!" Ye Zhan yelled at Ye Wushang in a cold voice, his tone seemed to be vigilant, but also angry.

And Ye Wushang, for a long time, did not say a word.

Yezhan looked at him for a moment, then looked back, as if he had made up his mind to get rid of Qingyou, he raised his hand and motioned for his own soldiers to go up and take down Qingyou.

"I see, which of you dares to do it." A cold voice sounded from behind her, and in an instant, the entire practice field was surprisingly quiet inside and outside.

It was this voice that had appeared in her dreams so many times, lingering in her mind day and night, but it had never been so solemn and prestige, even surpassing thousands of troops. sensation.

(End of this chapter)