She watched as Consort Li personally took out a white cotton cloth from a cabinet, as well as needles and thread. She then hid in the inner hall and began to pry the voodoo doll that she was best at. Although there was nothing that Zuo could do, she still let out a sigh of relief.
Although Consort Li prying the voodoo doll was taboo in the palace, it was better than her thinking of other methods to make an enemy out of the Ninth Prince. As long as the people of Zhang Ning Palace kept their mouths shut about prying the voodoo doll, the news would not spread outside. Right now, she would rather Consort Li immerse herself in the pleasures of prying the voodoo doll and properly stay in Zhang Ning Palace. She absolutely could not have any more contact with Talented Lady Liu.
Zuo 'er glanced at Imperial Concubine Li and made a decision. Walking to the side of the hall on her own, she ordered the servants in the courtyard: "In the future, when Talented Lady Liu comes again, just stop her outside. Regardless of what reason you use, even if you force her out, either way, she must not be allowed in. Do you understand? "
The servants did not know why this order was given, but when they thought about it, she was just a talented lady. So what if she was her sister? Either way, they were not close in the past. Thinking about it, it should be that Consort Li did not want to see her! Thus they all nodded in agreement, expressing that they would not let Talented Lady Liu or anyone related to Jing Si Palace through Zhang Ning Palace's gates again.
The people outside definitely did not know about the turmoil in the palace. Recently, the Board of Punishments had been preparing for Xuantian Mo's execution. Xuan Tianming had been busy raiding the Sheng Palace, personally leading people to record everything that had been confiscated. They were preparing to put everything into the national treasury in three days.
When he saw the wealth of his Eighth Brother, he could not help but sigh. He thought to himself that his wife had not been ruthless enough last time! The Eighth Brother really had many places to hide things. There was a secret passage and a cellar in the palace, and they were all filled with treasures. Seeing chest after chest of treasures being carried out, he felt his heart ache. How nice it would be if all of these could be put into Feng Yu Heng's space!
Of course, he did not dare say this to Feng Yu Heng after returning to the palace at night. He even told her: "Last time, you robbed the Sheng Palace clean. Now, you can't even copy anything good." Why did he say this? What a joke! If his money-grubber wife knew that the Eighth Brother had so many good things, she would definitely move them overnight! However, the items had already been registered and were going to be added to the national treasury. He couldn't allow anything to happen to them.
However, Feng Yu Heng was not interested in what he said. She was only concerned about whether the Eighth Brother would really be beheaded three days later. Regarding this, Xuan Tianming said, "The imperial edict has already been issued. Three days later at noon, the Ministry of Justice will supervise the execution. If there are still any changes, then I think that old man can forget about being the Emperor."
Three days later, Xuan Tianming personally brought the Eighth Prince out of the Imperial Palace's death row prison. The death row prison, which was like an ice cave, was extremely torturous for someone who had only been in there for three days. Because he had been sitting on the ice for a long time, Xuantian Mo's legs had already become stiff, and he was unable to walk. He had to rely on eunuchs to carry him out on a stretcher.
But while his legs could not move, he was quite spirited. After seeing Xuan Tianming, he even had the energy to say to him: "I did lose, but that doesn't mean that you will win."
How could Xuan Tianming be in the mood to bicker with him. Seeing that a person was about to die, saying another word would be a waste.
He personally brought him out of the palace and sent him to the prison carriage. He then handed him over to Xu Jingyuan; however, he did not follow him to the execution ground. In the end, they were still brothers. Even if there was a great enmity between them, he did not have the heart to personally watch the other party's head being cut off. Thus he waved his hand and sat in the imperial carriage with Bai Ze, returning to the Imperial Palace Yu.
Xuan Tianming did not want to watch the Eighth Brother be beheaded, but Feng Yu Heng did not have the same brotherly feelings! When he returned to the manor, he heard Lady Zhou say: "Princess went with Palace Princess Wu Yang and the two young misses of the Ren family and Feng family to the execution ground. She said that she wanted to observe the execution."
The place to observe the execution was a two-story tea house across from the execution ground. There was a private room that happened to have a window facing the execution ground. Sitting next to the window, they could clearly see the situation below. At this time, Feng Yu Heng, Xuan Tian Ge, Ren Xifeng and Fung Tian Yu were sitting at a table. While drinking tea, they waited for the next hour to arrive.
The waiter who came to serve the tea said: "This private room is jokingly called the Execution Viewing Platform. To be honest, ever since the imperial edict was announced three days ago, there were people who came to book it. If it was not for Palace Princess Wu Yang's words, this private room really could not be reserved! " The waiter had a joyous expression as he spoke. It was as if he was talking about something that was filled with sunshine. It was as if this private room was used for a joyous occasion. But in reality, this was an execution viewing platform, specially used to watch people being killed.
After the waiter left, Feng Yu Heng said: "Say, the waiter is happy because this private room is popular? Or is it because the person who is about to be beheaded is too unpopular? "
Xuan Tian Ge shrugged: "It's most likely both. With Eighth Brother's popularity, at least half of the people in the capital want to strangle him to death! "
Fung Tian Yu asked her: "Speaking of which, that is also your cousin. Now that he is about to be beheaded, do you not feel uncomfortable at all?"
Xuan Tian Ge thought about it and said: "If you want to talk about uncomfortable, I do feel a little. After all, he is my cousin. But so what? Who told us to be born in the imperial family. Who told him to have such a wicked heart. The imperial family is like this. The greater the temptation they give you, the greater the crime you can commit. He caused the deaths of so many people and even single-handedly incited the war in the South. Just based on this point, he will pay with his life for those citizens and soldiers who died. "
"That's right!" Ren Xifeng also sighed, saying: "During the days when the South was in trouble, my father did not have a single good night's sleep. I once saw him brandishing his spear in the manor's garden. One dance lasted for an entire night. Later on, I asked him why. He said that he was General Ping Nan and had very deep feelings for the land in the South. He once left behind quite a few subordinates in the South, but all of the subordinates he left behind in the South died at the hands of the Eighth Prince. To a soldier, dying on the battlefield was a worthy death, but dying in a struggle for power was the greatest humiliation. He had no place to console those heroic spirits. He could only hope that the South could be successfully recovered and let those people who died see the great rivers and mountains of Gu Shu's desert. " Ren Xifeng spoke very sorrowfully. After he finished speaking, he looked at Feng Yu Heng and said to her very seriously: "My father always wanted to personally say thank you to you, not just to His Ninth Highness, but also to you. But he just could not bring himself to do it. Today, I will say it for him! Heng Cheng, thank you for bringing peace to the South and allowing the citizens of the South to live good lives. Our Pingnan General's Office is filled with gratitude and respect towards you and His Ninth Highness. Once the Eighth Prince's matter is resolved, it can be considered a great worry in my father's heart. We can also breathe a sigh of relief. "
"That's right! We can all breathe a sigh of relief. " Feng Tianyu also said, "Although my father is a civil official, but in the imperial court, the eighth prince has stirred things up to an outrageous degree. Every day, there are more than a dozen memorials that he suppresses, and all of them are from the eighth prince's faction, instigating this and that. I don't understand those political matters. I just know that my father and the left prime minister have to face large amounts of provocation from the Eighth Prince's faction. Their days really are not smooth. "
"Can we really breathe a sigh of relief?" Feng Yu Heng, however, frowned and asked in return. At the same time, she said: "Why is my right eyelid twitching? I keep feeling that something bad is about to happen."
Xuan Tiange advised her: "You're just too nervous!" As she spoke, she pointed down at the execution ground.
At this time, in the middle of the execution ground, the executioner was already in position. Xuantian Mo had already been brought to the periphery of the execution ground in a prison carriage. There were soldiers dragging him out of the prison carriage and into the middle of the execution ground. Because Xuantian Mo could no longer bend his legs, his entire body was lying on his stomach, but he could not just lie on his stomach like this. Thus, under Xu Jingyuan's arrangements, two officers came forward and propped him up on each side. They maintained a half-kneeling position to make it easier for the executioner to carry out the execution.
Xuan Tiange said: "He's already like this. The blade is already at his neck. Heng Heng, what are you still afraid of?"
Feng Yu Heng did not know what she was afraid of. Either way, her left eyelid had been twitching ever since she woke up in the morning. Wasn't it said that the twitching of the left eyelid would bring fortune and the twitching of the right eyelid would bring disaster? That was why she had been feeling a little uneasy the entire morning. She kept feeling that something was about to happen. But it was as Xuan Tiange said. The blade was already at his neck. It was about to arrive in the afternoon. What else could happen? She must have been too sensitive.
She shook her head, indicating that she would adjust her state of mind. Ren Xifeng saw that her state of mind was not too good, so she first helped her refill her cup of tea. She then took the initiative to change the topic with the intention of distracting Feng Yuheng from being overly focused. She said: "Let me tell you about my family! You all know about my older brother, Ren Xitao, right? I really feel vexed whenever I talk about this. A while ago, my older brother accidentally saved Prime Minister Lu on the streets. Heng Heng, you still remember, right! At that time, my older brother sent the left prime minister to Hundred Herb Hall. That was the time he coughed up blood. "
Feng Yu Heng nodded: "I remember. The left prime minister had a polyp in his stomach. I used a gastroscope and took it out for him to do pathology. It was not malignant. He can be considered lucky."
"What you're saying is too technical. I don't understand. What I want to say is that after leaving Hundred Herb Hall that time, my older brother was kind-hearted and sent Lu Song back to the Prime Minister's Mansion of Zuo. As a result, he saw the Lu family's eldest daughter, Lü Ping, in the Prime Minister's Mansion of Zuo. From then on, he could not forget about that Lü Ping. He would mention her in front of me from time to time and would ask me about her. I was so angry that I did not know what to do. Tell me, based on the Lu Family's character, how could I let my older brother marry their daughter! "
Hearing her say this, Xuan Tiange became angry and slammed the table, saying: "Of course he can't marry her! Have you forgotten what happened with the Yao family? The Lu Family's daughter marrying into the Yao family caused the Yao family to lose a great deal of face! Heng Heng's eldest cousin is such a good person, yet he was ruined by Lu Yao. He's truly a disaster. Huh? "As she spoke, she suddenly recalled something," That's not right! When that Lü Ping jumped into the water to save the Yao family's eldest madam, didn't her face get injured? We're all here to witness it! She was already injured to that degree, yet your older brother still likes her? "
"I'm also confused about this!" When Ren Xifeng mentioned this matter, she was completely puzzled. She told the group: "I asked my older brother, but he said that Lü Ping's face was not injured. It was completely fine. Don't you think that it's strange?"
Strange, it was indeed strange. Lü Ping's face had recovered. This was something that even Feng Yu Heng did not know about. She had just found that Lü Ping's face had recovered slightly during the new year's celebration, but to say that it was completely fine, that was impossible. Could it be that there really was a way to improve one's appearance and remove scars in this world?
While the group was discussing the Lu Family's matter, they heard the sound of drums outside the window. It was a quarter to noon!
Xu Jing Yuan was the official overseeing the execution and sat at the head of the table. The order for execution was already in his hand, and he was about to throw it out. In fact, he had already gritted his teeth and was about to say the word "execute."
Yet at this time, a voice that Feng Yu Heng found to be very familiar came from the distance, loudly shouting: "Spare the person! Spare the person! "
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