After being read, the abstinent prince bullies others with his wife every day

Chapter 309 Collecting the Corpse

Jiang Hong's conspiracy to treason was like a huge rock hanging on his heart. No matter how he dealt with it, it was an extremely difficult matter, so he kept delaying and was reluctant to make a final decision.

Right now, pressure from all sides was surging like a tide, and he could no longer remain silent.

Emperor Jingsheng took a deep breath and opened his eyes: "In this case, pass on my decree. The Crown Prince has privately forged weapons and plotted treason. He will be executed at noon tomorrow to serve as a warning to others!"

"My Holy Emperor!"

There was a roar of applause in the hall, and the faces of the courtiers in the hall were very different. Those who had been waiting for this moment for a long time could no longer contain their smug expressions, while those who still had hope for the prince's life or death lowered their heads and shook their heads, sighing heavily.

This unwilling yet helpless energy merged into the cold wind, swirling through the high walls of the palace, blowing into the palace of the East Palace where no charcoal fire was lit, and penetrating the icy chill into every corner of the palace.

Pei Yan sat in front of the window, staring blankly at the snow outside.

In the past few days, she felt more and more uneasy. She specially asked people to inquire about Emperor Jingsheng's opinion several times, but the answer she got was that the prince had not been dealt with yet and there was no result yet.

Although no news is good news, for some reason, she just couldn't calm down.

Pei Yan stood up from the small couch, wrapped herself tightly in her thin coat, and was about to go out when Mingzhu hurried in, her face pale, holding onto the palace door as she breathlessly said, "Crown Princess, it's bad, the Crown Prince..."

She didn't say the rest, but just looked at Pei Yan with eyes full of heartache.

Pei Yan immediately grabbed her shoulders nervously and said, "What's wrong, Your Highness? Tell me quickly."

Mingzhu felt a stinging pain when she was grabbed by her, but she didn't frown at all, because she knew that such pain was only one ten-millionth of the pain in Pei Yan's heart.

She just gritted her teeth, and after a while she met Pei Yan's gaze and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince has been executed by order of the Emperor."

Pei Yan was struck by lightning and her body shook violently.

"Princess!"

Mingzhu hurriedly supported Pei Yan, who was limp and almost fainted on the ground.

Pei Yan grabbed her collar, her voice trembling: "How is it possible? Your Highness...how could he...clearly, the emperor hasn't issued any decree in the past few days, and clearly said that he hasn't made a decision yet..."

Mingzhu choked up and said, "It was the Emperor's order, and he deliberately kept it a secret from the Crown Princess. In fact, the imperial decree had already been issued at the morning court two days ago... Now, it is said that the Crown Prince's body... it is said that the Crown Prince intended to rebel, and he is a treasonous criminal, and he is not worthy of a proper burial, so they have hastily disposed of it in secret."

Pei Yan completely collapsed, tears welling up in her eyes. The knuckles of her hands, which were tightly clutching her clothes, turned white, and her nails dug into her flesh, leaving crescent-shaped blood marks.

"Crown Princess..."

Pei Yan brushed away Mingzhu's hand that was trying to support her, stood up in a daze, and staggered out of the hall, her mind in a mess.

Jiang Hong was such a noble person when he was alive, but after his death he couldn't even enter the imperial family.

No wonder, no wonder she always felt uneasy these days. Whenever she met the concubines in the harem on the road, they looked at her with an expression as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.

It was really hard for her to keep it a secret.

Pei Yan laughed out loud, tears rolling down her eyes. Her life was so tragic.

The first half of life is about pursuing love, and the second half is about losing love.

She went with the flow, unwilling to struggle, but in the end, the people she pursued abandoned her and left her, Gu Wen and Jiang Hong were the same.

"Crown Princess, are you okay? Where are you going?" A palace maid saw Pei Yan's distraught look and chased after her worriedly.

Pei Yan didn't say anything, but just walked out like a zombie.

When she came to her senses, she had already arrived at the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

Yun Shuning seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time. When he saw her appear, his eyes moved slightly.

Pei Yan could no longer control her emotions. She fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face. "Ms. Yun, you didn't keep your word! You clearly promised me that you would plead for the prince! But why, why did he still die? All of you kept it from me, so that I didn't even see him for the last time. When he left, did anyone see him off? Did anyone prepare a good meal for him..."

Yun Shuning looked at Pei Yan like this, feeling both guilty and sympathetic.

She stepped forward and helped Pei Yan up: "Crown Princess, the death of the Crown Prince was the decision of the Emperor, and there is nothing I can do."

Pei Yan was heartbroken when she heard this. She burst into tears and asked, "Where is his body? All of you have spurned him and are unwilling to collect his body. Then I will go collect his body. We can't let him lie exposed in the wilderness. Miss Yun, please, I have taken the poison. Today is our last day. Since we can't share the same bed in life, it's good to be buried together in death."

At the end of her words, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, as if the scene of the two of them together had already appeared in front of her eyes.

Yun Shuning was silent for a moment, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Pei Yan: "This is where he was placed."

Pei Yan unfolded it tremblingly, took a look through tearful eyes, and turned away.

She cried all the way, her heart full of regret and self-blame.

If she had realized it earlier, Jiang Hong would not have ended up like this.

She hadn't even told him yet how she felt about him.

Her true feelings for him.

At this moment, Pei Yan felt her whole body burning hot while her hands and feet were cold. Her chest seemed to be severely scalded by boiling water, with large areas of burning pain. The pain spread rapidly throughout her body, almost tearing her heart apart.

She trembled and shook like a dead leaf in the howling wind on this cold day. Suddenly, she vomited a mouthful of blood.

But now she couldn't care less about all that. She just wanted to go faster and faster, to see him as quickly as possible and in the fastest time.

……

There is a Chongyuan Mountain outside the city of Yanjing.

The mountains and forests are dense, and the treetops are connected, blocking the sunset glow, casting only mottled light and shadows on the ground.

Pei Yan stopped halfway up the mountain. Standing here, she could see the snow below the mountain and the entire Yanjing city.

Pei Yan was a little confused.

She originally thought that the place she was going to was an extremely desolate mass grave, but when she arrived she discovered that, far from being desolate at all, not far in front of her, hidden in the dim light and shadow, was actually a quiet farmyard.

"Squeak-"

The gate was pushed open.

The faint red sunset glow passed through the silver-covered branches and leaves, making the figure of the man chopping wood in the yard look lonely and somewhat blurred.

When the man heard the noise, his hands that were chopping wood froze slightly and he slowly turned around.