Rebirth: Marry a General instead of a Prince

But before the guards could drag the Prince of Yan away, there was a commotion outside, and a woman's heart-wrenching howling. Then, a eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rou has learned about the Prince of Yan, and she is clamoring outside to see Your Majesty."

Emperor Renxiao said impatiently, "She dares to come to see me. I am about to punish her. Let her in, and bring that rebellious son in with her!"

The eunuch bowed his head and said "yes".

Soon, Prince Yan was brought back, and Concubine Rou lost her usual dignity at this moment. She held Prince Yan's hand tightly with one hand, fearing that her son would disappear if she let go.

As soon as Concubine Rou came in, she knelt down and said with tears in her voice, "Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I instigated Yi'er to do what he did today. If Your Majesty wants to sentence him to death, then please do so. Yi'er was just bewitched by me, and he dared not disrespect Your Majesty."

Emperor Renxiao glanced at her coldly and said, "I will punish you for your crimes. As for this rebellious son, since he dared to do such a thing today, I will not let him stay. Otherwise, how can I explain to the ministers in the court? I understand my son. I am afraid he has already had the intention to kill me, right?"

Concubine Rou's legs went limp, and she fell to the ground, crying bitterly, "Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I didn't have good intentions. But please, Your Majesty, please spare his life for the sake of him being our son!"

"Your Majesty - please spare Yi'er's life. I am willing to exchange my life for his!"

The King of Yan said at this moment: "Mother, you don't have to beg him. The winner is the king, and the loser is the enemy. Since my son has lost, I am willing to accept this result."

Concubine Rou cried, "Yier - my son -"

Emperor Renxiao said impatiently, "Enough! How could this rebellious son easily break into the palace today? I'm afraid you may have helped him. You helped the tyrant, and I wanted to punish you as well. And now you dare to come to me on your own."

"Come here! Throw Concubine Rou into the Heavenly Prison together with me and wait for your punishment! Grand Tutor Li Yunzhou failed to teach his daughter well, which led to what happened today. All nine generations of his family will be executed!"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Rou completely collapsed to the ground and shouted, "No! Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with my mother's family. Your Majesty, you can't be so cruel. My father has been an official in the court for many years and is loyal to Your Majesty. Your Majesty can't kill all nine generations of my Li family - no -"

As Concubine Rou was about to grab Emperor Renxiao's sleeve, Emperor Renxiao coldly pushed her away and said, "If I don't punish you severely for what happened today, how can I guarantee the stability of my kingdom? You, your son, and the Li family, all deserve to die. All those who have their eyes on my kingdom deserve to die!"

Concubine Rou was still begging for mercy, asking the emperor to spare the Li family for the sake of their past friendship. But Bai Zhiyuan knew that Emperor Renxiao was killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, and no one would dare to rebel easily in the future. The heart of the emperor was cruel, how could he care about the little bit of love? What's more, although Emperor Renxiao had woken up, he didn't have much time after all, so he was also paving the way for Prince Jin to make his road to the throne smoother.

No matter how much Concubine Rou begged, Emperor Renxiao ignored her. The embarrassed Prince Yan seemed to have seen through the Emperor's cruelty. He did not beg for mercy, but instead persuaded her: "Mother, it's useless. You have been with this man all your life, don't you know how cruel he is?"

After hearing this, Concubine Rou finally stopped crying. She probably knew that Emperor Renxiao would never change his mind. She smiled sadly and said, "I entered the palace to serve the emperor when I was a teenager. I gave birth to a son for the emperor, but I didn't expect that I would bring trouble to my mother's family in the end. How can I still live with dignity? Yi'er, mother will go first!"

"As for you..." Concubine Rou looked at Emperor Renxiao. There was no warmth in her eyes, nor any emotion, nor any pleading from before. There was only bottomless coldness. She said, "You will be here soon, Your Majesty. I am waiting for you downstairs! Hahahaha——"

As Concubine Rou said this, she suddenly stood up. The King of Yan subconsciously wanted to reach out and hold her back, but he was still a step too late. He could only watch Concubine Rou crash into the pillar in the palace. The next second, Concubine Rou, with a bloody head, turned her head with all her strength, smiled sadly, and then slowly fell to the ground. Her body twitched a few times and she was completely motionless.

The King of Yan was shocked at first, and soon became sad, "Mother—"

After all, Concubine Rou was his biological mother, and at the moment of his life and death, only Concubine Rou sincerely pleaded for him.

Prince Yan struggled to crawl to Concubine Rou's side, but he was firmly held down by the guards of the Yulin Army and could not move.

Emperor Renxiao was also shocked at first, as if he had not expected Concubine Rou to be so strong-willed. In his mind, Concubine Rou was just a brainless concubine. He was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Take her away!"

Seeing how cruel he was, the Prince of Yan didn't care about Concubine Rou's death at all, and he cursed, "You will die a miserable death..."

Seeing this, Li Mi signaled the guards to drag the Prince of Yan away.

The King of Yan continued to curse until his voice gradually faded away.

The rest of the people looked at each other in bewilderment, and soon a guard came to report: "Your Majesty, all of Prince Yan's men have been captured."

Emperor Renxiao: "All of these people, including their families, will be thrown into the Heavenly Prison and executed together with the Prince of Yan. I want to inform the world that this is the fate of anyone who dares to rebel."

Everyone looked at each other with some emotion. Not long ago, the Prince of Yan was the most favorable contender for the throne, but he became a prisoner overnight. Concubine Rou had been in charge of the six palaces recently, but today she was killed. One cannot help but sigh that the heart of the emperor is hard to predict.

Although Emperor Renxiao woke up, he was still weak. After dealing with Concubine Rou and Prince Yan, he looked tired.

Seeing this, everyone said goodbye and left.

Xie Yunsong embraced Bai Zhiyuan and walked out of the palace gate, where they happened to meet Bai Tingxuan and Bai Qiuze who were arriving with King Jingyang.

When Prince Jingyang saw Bai Zhiyuan, he immediately pulled her to look around. Only when he saw that Bai Zhiyuan was fine did he feel relieved and said, "Ayuan, I'm relieved that you're fine. This time, it was because I didn't teach your cousin well that you suffered this disaster."

Bai Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have worried Grandfather. I'm fine. It's not your fault what happened to my cousin. By the way, is there any news about my cousin?"

Prince Jingyang shook his head, as if he had aged a lot, and seemed unwilling to mention Qi Shuyue. He asked again: "When we came here just now, we had already heard about what happened today. The emperor woke up, and Prince Yan was defeated."

Xie Yunsong: "That's right! The emperor has ordered the imprisonment of Prince Yan and his execution in three days. As for Prince Jin, he is now the crown prince of Dali."

King Jingyang nodded and said, "It can be considered as settled now."

Bai Zhiyuan echoed, "Yes."

Since this was the outcome, there was no need for King Jingyang to enter the palace anymore. He spoke a few more words to Bai Zhiyuan and a look of fatigue appeared on his face.

After all, King Jingyang is old, and he is inevitably tired after running around so much at night.

Seeing this, Bai Zhiyuan said, "Grandfather, it's late, you should go back and rest early. I'll come back to see you when I'm free, so don't worry about me."

King Jingyang touched her head and said, "Good, good child. Grandfather will go back now."

Bai Zhiyuan nodded, said goodbye to Bai Tingxuan and Bai Qiuze, watched them leave, and then walked out of the palace hand in hand with Xie Yunsong.

The snow fell all over the ground, leaving behind two people's footprints, deep and shallow.