After the soldiers had been commended for their merits and the twins' third-day bathing ceremony had been held, the emperor was in the mood to deal with King Cheng, who was imprisoned in the death row of the Ministry of Justice.

The emperor went to the Ministry of Justice’s prison to meet King Cheng.

It's not that the emperor wants to condescend, it's just that Prince Cheng cannot enter the palace.

King Cheng had his scapula pierced.

Xie Jingyan and his men were escorting King Cheng back to the capital, but halfway along the way some fearless people hijacked the prisoner van.

The people who came were all killed before they could even get close to King Cheng's prison cart, which also angered Xie Jingyan, who pierced King Cheng's collarbone in a fit of rage.

Although there was almost no possibility for King Cheng to escape, Xie Jingyan had gone to great lengths to capture King Cheng, and even if there was only a slight possibility, he would nip it in the bud.

On the way back to Beijing, King Cheng was hit by countless rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

Wherever he went, there was no one who did not think that King Cheng deserved to die. As the current emperor's brother from the same mother, he had his way in the court, and yet he was not satisfied and colluded with Xiliang to attack Da Chu. Such a person could not be relieved unless he was cut into pieces.

Especially those whose husbands and sons died on the battlefield hated King Cheng to the core. Smashing rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves was not enough to satisfy their hatred, so they had to use stones to do it. The officers and soldiers in charge of escorting them were so unlucky that no one knew how many times they were implicated.

The prison of the Ministry of Justice is dark and damp, and the jailers have been very busy these days for fear that it might harm the dragon's body. They have cleaned the prison inside and out. It can be said that the prison has never been so clean since it was established.

King Cheng was imprisoned in the deepest death row. Xie Jingyin was imprisoned with King Cheng and also had his scapula pierced.

When he saw the emperor, Xie Jingyin's eyes moved and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

I used to hate my father the most for favoring Xie Jingyan, but now I am not even his son.

Prince Cheng was tied to a rack and had his collarbone pierced. He became extremely emaciated from the torture on the way back to the capital. If the Minister of Justice had not known that this was Prince Cheng, he would not have been able to recognize him.

Seeing the emperor, King Cheng laughed bitterly, "Kill me or chop me up, just give me a quick death!"

The emperor waved his hand, and Eunuch Yuan immediately asked Xie Jingyan to leave.

Xie Jingyan frowned and turned away.

Even Xie Jingyan was not allowed to stay, let alone the Minister of Justice and others, so they hurriedly took their leave.

Eunuch Yuan also stepped back seven or eight steps, but fearing that they were too close, he took two more steps back, trying not to hear what King Cheng and the Emperor were saying.

But its ears stood up unconsciously, it was not listening.

Xie Jingyan left the Ministry of Justice prison. Although the prison had been cleaned up, the chill was still there. When he got out of the door and was exposed to the sun, his mood suddenly became brighter.

The Minister of Justice invited Xie Jingyan to go to the main hall to drink tea and wait, but Xie Jingyan did not go. Instead, he waited outside the cell, and the Minister of Justice waited with him.

The emperor did not stay in the death row of the Ministry of Justice for long. He came out in less than a cup of tea. His steps were a little unsteady when he came out. He was so angry that even the Minister of Justice did not dare to look at him for a long time.

When the emperor saw him, he said, "Tomorrow at noon, King Cheng will be beheaded and shown to the public!"

The emperor left this sentence and returned to the palace. Xie Jingyan looked at Eunuch Yuan, wanting to know what Prince Cheng had said to the emperor that made him so angry.

Eunuch Yuan thought about the words that King Cheng said that hurt the emperor's heart, and didn't know why the emperor came out of the palace to seek such torture. King Cheng had surrendered to the enemy and betrayed his country, so he should be executed directly. Why did he have to seek trouble himself?

The emperor was so angry that he wanted to kill King Cheng with his own hands. Eunuch Yuan didn't dare to tell Xie Jingyan what King Cheng had said.

All we can say is that King Cheng was too ungrateful, and human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant.

The royal family loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son. This has been the case throughout the dynasties. As the eldest son of the late emperor, the emperor was destined to inherit the throne from birth. It is right for the late emperor to value him more. This is his responsibility to his ancestors and to the people of the world. The emperor has kept Prince Ling by his side since he was young and taught him carefully, so they can be considered to be in the same lineage.

The Queen Mother doted on Prince Cheng more. Prince Cheng was jealous of the late Emperor's regard for the Emperor, but it was not obvious at that time. Eunuch Yuan even doubted whether Prince Cheng liked Concubine Chen or just liked the feeling of competing with the Emperor.

He cannot compete for the throne unless the emperor is gone, otherwise it will not be his turn. Even if King Cheng is ambitious, the Queen Mother will not allow him to compete with the emperor for the throne. But it is different for Concubine Chen. He can righteously ask the Queen Mother to help him and let the emperor give up Concubine Chen so that he can get what he wants.

Prince Cheng told the emperor that he knew that Empress Wei and Duke Mao were planning to plot against Concubine Chen, and he rushed to Yan Mansion to save Concubine Chen, but he did not expect that Empress Song had given Concubine Chen an aphrodisiac. There were only two things he wanted most in his life, the throne and Concubine Chen.

The Concubine Chen was drugged with an aphrodisiac and her consciousness was blurred. She didn't even see him clearly. The person she saw was the Emperor.

She called him "Emperor".

King Cheng's sanity collapsed at that moment.

He sent Concubine Chen to her death, harmed the entire Yan family, and forced himself into a corner with no way out.

Although the Concubine Chen did not give him away, he was afraid that the Emperor would know the truth, so he had to make preparations for both scenarios.

He supported his son Xie Jingyin to ascend to the throne, but because the Queen Mother was on the side of the eldest prince, she did not dare to support him too obviously. If Xie Jingyan had not repeatedly ruined his plans, secretly advised the eldest prince and suppressed Xie Jingyin, he would not have been forced to defect to Xiliang.

He placed his hopes on Xie Jingyin, but he also had a trick up his sleeve. He recruited soldiers in his fiefdom and secretly colluded with Xiliang. If things really came to that, Xiliang could secretly help him.

But Prince Cheng had planned everything, but he did not expect that Xie Jingyan's broken leg could be healed, and that he was also extremely wise and brave. He should not have spared Xie Jingyan's life, because no one dared to mention Concubine Chen except Xie Jingyan. As long as Xie Jingyan was alive, the emperor would never forget Concubine Chen's "betrayal" of him.

In order to make the emperor uncomfortable, he did not get rid of Xie Jingyan, and was finally defeated by Xie Jingyan.

This was the only thing that King Cheng regretted.

King Cheng did not repent even when his death was imminent, and deliberately provoked the emperor. He truly deserved to die.

King Cheng surrendered to the enemy and committed treason, and no one dared to plead for him. He was the emperor's biological brother, and the emperor could not tolerate him. If he pleaded for mercy and was labeled as an accomplice, his entire clan would have to buy two miles of land, and he would be beaten back to life even if he died.

The next day, King Cheng and Xie Jingyin and his son were sent to the execution ground and beheaded in public.

Also beheaded were the concubines of Prince Cheng's mansion and Xie Jingyin's wife and concubines. The crime of treason and collaboration brought disaster to the entire family, and no one was spared.

Princess Cheng and Prince Cheng have already shaved their heads, so worldly affairs will not involve them, and they no longer care about them.

Princess Yong'an, on the other hand, burst into tears.

Although she also hated her father for cruelly throwing her mother into the well and killing her, King Cheng was her father after all, and she could not just turn a blind eye.

But she couldn't even enter the palace to plead for King Cheng. She couldn't even enter the palace.

All she could do was collect her father's body.

However, he fainted from crying during the execution, and when he woke up, King Cheng's head was gone. Xie Jingyan said that he would use his head to sacrifice to his mother, and he would do what he said.

Xie Jingyin's head was sent to the cold palace so that Queen Song could see it for the last time.

When Queen Song learned that Prince Cheng and Xie Jingyin were captured and brought back to the capital, she knew they were doomed.

But she didn't expect that Xie Jingyan would have someone send her son's head to her.

Queen Song went crazy.

She struggled desperately.

She died suddenly in the cold palace that night.

The next day, the palace maid reported the news of Queen Song's death to the emperor, but the emperor remained expressionless.

If Xie Jingyan hadn't wanted to save Queen Song's life, she would have died long ago. How could she have been allowed to live until now?

A deposed queen who was secretly pregnant with someone else.

Burying her in the imperial mausoleum would be a desecration of the mausoleum.

The emperor waved his hand, and Eunuch Yuan had the deposed Queen Song dragged out of the palace and buried.

As for where it is buried, no one cares.

Queen Song and Xie Jingyin both died, but Princess Shouchun did not.

Princess Shouchun should be the emperor's flesh and blood. When Prince Cheng was pregnant with Princess Shouchun, he was not in Kyoto. However, with a shameless mother like Queen Song, the emperor would feel uncomfortable looking at the child even if it was his own.

The Emperor promised Princess Shouchun to someone else a few months ago. She will probably be married off in a few months. The place where she will be married is hundreds of miles away from the capital, so she probably will never return to the capital in her lifetime.

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