Li Sujie, the Prince of Xun, already had an ominous feeling when he saw the situation around him, but he still didn't dare to imagine that with his status as a prince of the Tang dynasty, he would be executed without trial. Hearing Wu Youji's words, the Prince of Xun was shocked and said in horror: "Sujie is a member of the imperial family, a prince of the Tang dynasty, you dare?"
Before Wu Youji could answer, Li Gui stepped forward and shouted: "What are you waiting for? The general has already given the order, why don't you act?"
The warriors behind Wu Youji swarmed forward and took down all the men of the Li family present. Li Sujie had a total of thirteen sons, the oldest of whom was already an adult and the youngest was still in swaddling clothes. They were also taken from their mothers' hands. The women and the young children were so frightened that they burst into tears.
Li Sujie's arms were firmly clasped and his eyes were red. With tears in his eyes, he shouted with grief and indignation: "This is the Empress Dowager's order, isn't it? Isn't it? "
Wu Youji kept his mouth shut. Li Gui laughed: "What? Are you planning to lodge a complaint in the netherworld? Humph! Do it! Hang his sons first! Hang them one by one! "
As Li Gui spoke, the shallow pockmarks on his face became particularly obvious because of the swelling and redness of his face. He seemed to be particularly interested in the cruel scene.
"Wait!"
Wu Youji shouted and stopped the soldiers' actions. Li Gui suddenly turned to him, his eyes as gloomy as a spitting poisonous snake: "What does the general mean? Could it be … you want to defy the will of the emperor? "
Wu Youji was well aware that this was a prince who was accused of rebellion and then executed without teaching. But he was even more clear that he couldn't disobey! Although this order came from Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, it must be Wu Zetian's intention. Otherwise, even Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi would never dare to give such an order. If he didn't obey, he would be abandoned by the entire family.
Wu Youji gritted his teeth, suddenly turned around, waved his hand, and shouted: "There is an order of seniority, there is a distinction between superiors and subordinates! First … give Li Sujie death! "
What kind of cruel devastation was it for a father to watch his own flesh and blood being hanged? And he didn't just have one child, but thirteen! From big to small, from adults to babies, there were a total of thirteen sons. The Prince of Zun had to watch helplessly as his thirteen sons were hanged one by one. Wu Youji shuddered at the thought of that resentment.
The only mercy he could spare was to execute Li Sujie first.
A piece of white silk was wrapped around Li Sujie's neck. Li Sujie looked up to the sky and howled in grief, "I, Li Tang, am a member of the royal family, a descendant of the royal family. When have I been reduced to a lowly dog? Heavens … uh … "
Before he could finish his sorrowful cry, the white silk around his neck tightened. Two strong men, one on the left and one on the right, with their feet in a horse stance, their hands tightened on the white silk, causing it to creak. Li Sujie's face flushed red, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets. The white silk creaked and twisted. After a long time, Li Sujie was like a taut string that suddenly snapped, suddenly softening.
The white silk was still twisting, and the women's hoarse cries and shouts could be heard from the side, as well as the frightened cries of Li Sujie's young sons. The Crown Prince of Zun and several of his brothers wanted to struggle and resist, but they were shackled and their arms were twisted tightly by the strong soldiers, so they couldn't move at all.
Wu Youji didn't dare to look at this scene at all. He had already walked to the side of the boat and looked out at the leisurely river, refusing to look back. Li Gui secretly curled his lips and thought, "Trash! Your surname is also Wu! "
He waved his hand and as soon as the two strong men let go, Li Sujie fell to the ground. According to the rules, he should cover his face with a wet towel in case the hanged person's life was great and he could still catch his breath. But when Li Sujie fell to the ground, the white silk was pulled back and his head was twisted at a strange angle. It was clear that the two strong men had used too much strength and had broken his neck.
Li Gui chuckled and waved his hand, "Well, it's time to send our Crown Prince of Zun on his way!"
Wu Youji, who turned his head to look at the water and didn't dare to look back, heard this and the corners of his eyes twitched a few times.
"Next …"
"Next …"
Li Gui looked at these phoenix children and dragon grandchildren, whimpering and dying at his feet like dogs, and faintly felt a kind of morbid pleasure. Just at this time, Princess Taiping's pleasure boat slowly sailed over from the opposite side.
Princess Taiping stood at the bow of the boat, the wind constantly blowing up her clothes, but her mood slowly calmed down.
When she first boarded the boat, she was inexplicably angry, but as the anger disappeared, it was replaced by a bellyful of sadness.
Li Tang's royal family was like a big tree whose branches were constantly being sawed off, leaving only a bare trunk. It would soon wither, rot and collapse, but she could only watch helplessly. It was her biological mother who dug the grave for the Tang dynasty. She couldn't and was powerless to stop it. She was also a descendant of the Li family. How could she feel good watching this?
And what about herself? She was also hurt by her mother again and again. Her mother loved her dearly. There was no doubt that compared to her brothers, whom her mother would kill whenever she wanted to and who did not have a shred of motherly affection, she undoubtedly received her mother's special love and protection. However, compared to her mother's love for power and position, what was she worth?
Her mother clearly knew that her husband did not participate in the rebellion, but in order to make an example of him to others, just to frighten people, even if he was her beloved daughter's husband, she could still kill him without mercy.
Xue Shao was still alive and did not hinder her mother's great cause. But just to make others more afraid, more afraid, and more intensely show that those who opposed her would die, she did not hesitate to let her own daughter become a widow. She closed the palace door and kept her daughter outside.
At that time, she was holding her child who was just a month old. Mother cried, child cried, both mother and son cried until they breathed their last.
Now, the mother wanted to marry her daughter off to her nephew. Yes, what a good plan this was!
The daughter-in-law of the Li family took away the Li family's empire!
The son-in-law of the Li family, sat on the Li family's empire!
In order for her to sit on the throne, she ruthlessly took away her daughter's son-in-law!
In order for the descendants of the Wu family to sit on the throne, she forcibly gave her daughter a son-in-law!
Tears gradually condensed into beads of tears in Princess Taiping's eyes. She closed her eyes slightly, and two crystal tears fell. At this moment, a cry drifted into her ears along with the wind.
Princess Taiping suddenly opened her eyes and saw a large ship anchored in front of her. It was a battleship, and Princess Taiping was on a gaily-painted pleasure boat. The gaily-painted pleasure boat was a multi-story ship, one story higher than the battleship. Princess Taiping looked down and saw that the deck of the battleship in front of her was full of corpses.
"Bai Ling?"
Bai Ling was sentenced to death. Could it be an ordinary person?
Princess Taiping's heart moved. She immediately pointed to the battleship and ordered, "Meet them!"
… …
"Stop!"
The big ship approached. Because it stopped too quickly, the two ships collided slightly, and the people on both ships shook slightly.
At this time, the soldiers on the battleship were putting white silk around the neck of a nine-year-old boy. This was the tenth son of Li Sujie, the Prince of Zun. On the deck, there were dead bodies lying on the ground. Li Sujie and his nine sons had all been hanged.
Seeing the tragic situation on the deck, Princess Taiping held the side of the ship with her hand. Before the big ship stopped completely, she shouted to stop the soldiers' actions. Two maids next to her lifted the footboard and slammed it on the side of the ship, causing the battleship to shake.
The plank was made of solid wood, and was extremely heavy. Moreover, it was often soaked in water, so it was even heavier. Normally, it would take seven or eight sailors on the ship to lift the plank off the ship. Who would have thought that the two strong and stocky women by Princess Taiping's side would unexpectedly have such extraordinary strength, which made those sailors endlessly stunned.
Princess Taiping stepped onto the footboard and walked to the bow of the battleship. She looked at the dead bodies on the ground and asked sternly, "Who are the dead? Why are you lynching them here?"
Wu Youji had already turned around when he heard the movement. Seeing the many dead bodies on the ground with their tongues sticking out and their eyes glaring, Wu Youji was frightened and didn't dare to look anymore. He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Princess Taiping, saying, "General Wu Youji greets Princess Taiping."
The Wu family had many sons and nephews. Princess Taiping had seen Wu Youji several times, but she couldn't remember his name. However, from the contact with those palace gatherings, she roughly understood this Wu Youji. He was different from Wu Sansi, Wu Chengsi and the others. He was more reserved and docile, so she found him pleasing to the eye. She nodded and said, "So it's General Wu. What's going on? Who are the dead? "
Wu Youji said, "Princess, the dead … are Prince of Zun, Li Sujie and his son."
Hearing this, Princess Taiping felt a chill in her heart.
When Li Sujie's concubine, Lady Yun, heard that the person who came was Princess Taiping, she immediately struggled out from the hands of a soldier and threw herself on her knees, begging, "Princess, please save your nephew, please save your nephew!"
Her son was the boy who had just been hanged. Seeing that her son was about to be hanged, Lady Yun felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife, but she was powerless to save him. Now that she heard that Princess Taiping had arrived, even if the hope was slim, she couldn't care less.
She knocked her head on the ground a few times and hurriedly pulled her son to kneel down, saying anxiously, "Stupid son, quickly kneel down, this is your aunt, quickly beg your aunt to save your life!"
The child was already scared silly. Hearing his mother's words, he knelt down with a thud. The mother and son kowtowed like pounding garlic, banging on the deck. In a short moment, his forehead was already dripping with blood. Only Lady Yun was begging, the child was so scared that he couldn't speak. He only knew to follow his mother and kowtow, kowtowing hard.
Princess Taiping's heart trembled. As soon as she asked about the identity of the dead, she knew that this matter could not have been Wu Youji's private execution. Prince of Zun, Li Sujie, was her half-brother. Because of the hatred between their mothers, her relationship with this brother was very cold since childhood, but after all, they were of the same bloodline.
A prince of the Tang dynasty, who should have been the most distinguished person, was now strangled here like a dog. As a member of the Li family and a son of the royal family, Princess Taiping couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy for the death of a rabbit. Especially the scene of Lady Yun and her son and other concubines and daughters of Prince of Zun kneeling down and begging made her even more miserable.
She was also a mother, and just a year ago, she also lost her husband …
Princess Taiping's eyes turned red. She slowly raised her head and stared at Wu Youji, "Let them go!"
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