Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

So, half a month later, Xia Yuxiao took advantage of the night and secretly ordered Qin Ji and herself to go to the courtyard where King Rongsheng was imprisoned.

Inside the courtyard, the lights were still on, and the servants guarding the gate saw the emperor coming, and just wanted to salute, but Xia Yuxiao stopped him.

She went straight into the courtyard of the fifth prince. Although the courtyard had been unoccupied for a long time, it was cleaned up. After Xia Yun was imprisoned here, besides writing something for self-entertainment, he also The rest is to take care of the yard.

In the room, with the lights still on, a figure was writing something at the desk in front of the desk, Xia Yuxiao knocked on the door.

The people inside were stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something: "Please come in."

Xia Yuxiao pushed the door open and entered.

The house is still the same as it used to be. The layout of the fifth prince's house has not changed at all. The whole room is full of poems written by the former aspiring fifth prince. There are volumes of ancient books in the antique house. The fifth prince, dressed in his princely attire, was brushing something in front of the desk.

"His Majesty."

Seeing her coming in, Xia Yun stood up and saluted.

"Yeah." Xia Yuxiao nodded, then looked around, looking at her younger brother's yard.

This courtyard is full of memories for her. At that time, neither she nor Xia Yun was particularly favored. There is a small stove in the yard.This has become the "secret base" for the siblings.

But now, it has also become a sad place.

"Qin Ji, you..." Xia Yuxiao was about to say something, but hesitated.

However, in the end she still made up her mind and became firm: "Qin Ji, avoid it a little bit."

"Yes."

Qin Ji knew that it would not be easy for him to listen in on the next matter, so he resolutely chose to quit.

Seeing Qin Ji leave, Xia Yuxiao let out a long sigh, and then closed the door. She sat down by the table, then raised her head and looked at the ceiling.

"I don't know what your Majesty is looking for today?"

Xia Yun asked.

"It's nothing, I just want to tell you," Xia Yuxiao didn't stare at him, but said as if talking to herself, "Now inside the empire, the people all over the world despise your rebellion."

"This is normal, Your Majesty, what the criminals have done is really not in accordance with the etiquette." Xia Yun said.

He is very clear about this matter, but he just wants to fight for the last time, but he just lost the bet. If he can, even if it is done again, he will still choose this way.

"However, although the world despises me, there will always be people who think that I have gone too far," she continued, "I am afraid that after Qiu Hou is executed, many people will make use of it. After all, in their eyes, I am Such a person who ignores family affection and your achievements."

"There is nothing wrong with what His Majesty has done."

Now that what Xia Yun could say, he could only agree with him with a wry smile.

Xia Yuxiao nodded, and then continued: "To be honest, I am not afraid of being derogated by the world. No matter what I do, I will not be able to bring it into my mausoleum in the future. If you die, you are dead. The merits and demerits are for future generations to say Go ahead. However, I don’t want these remarks to affect the current political situation.”

When she said this, Xia Yun understood something.

"Your Majesty..." His voice was a little trembling, but he finally calmed down, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have my own way, so that Your Majesty need not worry."

A brief silence.

Xia Yuxiao stood up, walked in front of Xia Yun, then stretched out her hand, and gently stroked Xia Yun's head.

Ten years ago, this was something she would often do.Since the two of them had grown up, there had never been such an action.

"Thank you, brother."

She is the emperor, and the emperor sometimes has to make some ruthless decisions.However, she is still a person after all, and she is still a young person.

No one wants to kill her once favorite relative, or, even now, her emotions still make it difficult for her to accept that she has to decide his death with her own hands.But reason told her that this must be done.

Xia Yuxiao took out a white ribbon from the small box she carried.

Looking at the ribbon, Xia Yun paused for a moment, then took it.

"Your Majesty, do you need your help?" Qin Ji's voice came from outside.

"Don't bother the captain. Also, I asked you to avoid me a little because I hope you don't want to hear my conversation with my brother, instead of letting you just walk out of the house." Regarding this, Xia Yuxiao reminded.

"It's okay, Your Majesty should also know that the minister's mouth is very tight."

To this, Qin Ji responded like this.Xia Yuxiao could only smile wryly, and then looked at her younger brother.

"elder sister."

"Ok?"

Xia Yuxiao originally thought that Xia Yun wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, and the call of sister seemed to be simply a call.He climbed onto the chair, and flung the satin in his hands over the beams.

Xia Yun, who had tied the knot, stood on the chair and looked down at Xia Yuxiao condescendingly.

The two looked at each other for an unknown amount of time.

The summer worms outside the window are calling, but the sound is already a little hoarse. Summer is coming to an end soon, and after that is autumn, and the summer worms are probably about to disappear.

"Sister, I'm... scared."

After a long time, a slightly trembling voice came out.

The corners of Xia Yuxiao's mouth trembled slightly, she looked at her younger brother, and then gently grabbed his hand:

"I'm here."

She gently caressed those delicate hands. These hands were born in the royal family, but judging from the articles and handwriting written on these hands, the owner of these hands has always been eager to save Daxia's countless rough hands. hand.

However, with too delicate hands, without enough support, there is no way to really do this.

The chair was kicked away by Xia Yun.

In an instant, Xia Yun, who had lost his support, concentrated all his weight on the satin. His body subconsciously struggled desperately, his legs kicked vigorously, and his mouth made a painful gurgling sound.

At this time, the strength of the human struggle was extremely terrifying, Xia Yun's face turned red, and he subconsciously tried to pull his hand away from Xia Yuxiao's hand to grab the white satin around his neck, so that Xia Yu Xiao was almost knocked down by him.

Xia Yuxiao had never seen a human struggle like that, like a beast.

She had ordered many executions, but she had never been so close to a dying person.That has nothing to do with reason, it is completely an instinctive reaction.

Xia Yun's pain continued, and she was about to be thrown away by her younger brother.

At this moment, Qin Ji strode in.

He went straight to Xia Yun, grabbed the prince's legs with both hands, and pulled them down hard.

Accompanied by a small "click" sound, there was a brief convulsion.

A few seconds later, Xia Yun's struggle completely disappeared.

At the end of the summer of 558 in the summer calendar, Xia Yun, the prosperous king of the Great Xia Empire, was arrested for treason. After being imprisoned for half a month, he hanged himself in fear of crime.

The historian recorded it like this.

Chapter 87 comes to an end

Looking at Xia Yun's body that had stopped struggling, Xia Yuxiao fell to the ground.

Qin Ji let go of his hand, and Xia Yun's body was hanging on it, shaking slightly.

What he did was actually very simple, just to help Xia Yun die happily.As for whether he is afraid...

To be honest, when I first came to this world, I was a little afraid of killing and hurting people, but I don’t know if it’s the hidden memory and physical characteristics of this body itself, or a problem he’s gotten used to. Nothing to be overly afraid of.

"Your Majesty, let's go," Qin Ji said softly, "You'd better not look up."

It's better for Xia Yuxiao not to look at the appearance of a hanged person, although it's really nothing to see.

After all, with his help, Xia Yun didn't completely hang himself to death, but was "hanged" by him.But that period of struggle still made him look a little scary.

Xia Yuxiao didn't answer him, but opened her eyes, raised her head, and watched her brother's death.

She shuddered.

Then, those clear eyes closed, and when they opened again, they were already peaceful.

"Let's go."

she said softly.

"I have to trouble your Majesty to call out, otherwise it's not true enough." Qin Ji said.

Xia Yuxiao glanced at him, then nodded.

She took a deep breath, then shouted in a frantic tone:

"What's the situation!? What's going on here!? Where's the person? Where's the person? Hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!"

The guards outside the door rushed in immediately when they heard Xia Yuxiao's call, and before they rushed in, Qin Ji had carefully adjusted the door, thus creating a feeling that he and His Majesty heard that there was nothing inside for a long time. The scene where the sound directly pushes the door open.

When the guards saw Xia Yun's body hanging on it, their faces turned pale with fright, and they rushed over to take Xia Yun down.

"Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on him? What are you doing to eat!?"

Qin Ji simply put on a show and did a full set, and directly reprimanded him.

The two guards were full of grievances, but they didn't dare to make a sound, they could only beg for mercy repeatedly.

"Hurry up and call the imperial doctor!"

After Xia Yuxiao ordered, the guards realized that one of them stumbled out in a hurry.

The imperial doctor came soon, but it was of no avail. The old man had no choice but to announce Xia Yun's death.

Facing the imperial doctor's helpless expression, Xia Yuxiao opened her mouth, ready to say the words to prepare Xia Yun for the funeral, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them.

Her arms trembled behind her back.

Qin Ji noticed this, and with quick eyesight and quick hands, he grabbed her arm tightly, and the strength completely stopped her trembling.

"After all, he is a member of my royal family. Since the execution failed in the end, let's handle the funeral according to the royal family's etiquette."

After everything had been dealt with, under Qin Ji's care, the two guards were also required to keep their mouths shut—he wasn't worried that asking the other party to keep a secret would arouse suspicion from others, because this kind of thing was originally inside the royal family, and asking the other party to keep it secret was a must. very normal thing.

For the first time in so many years, this small courtyard welcomed so many people. Relevant personnel from the imperial doctor, guards, Zongzheng Mansion, etc. all participated in it. Professionals were responsible for beautifying Xia Yun's face with make-up. Fortunately, Not long after Xia Yun struggled, Qin Ji made him happy all of a sudden, so although his expression was a little painful, it didn't have the tongue-out and distorted face of many hanged people.

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The death of Rongsheng Wang Xia Yun caused a sensation among the government and the public.

Everyone heard the news that Xia Yun committed suicide out of fear of crime, but whether it was because of fear of crime, or they really knew that His Majesty personally decided to let him commit suicide, many ministers nowadays have shut their mouths one after another.

After all, no one wants to be the next King Rongsheng.