After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

Before Concubine Zheng could finish her words, Liu Zhi interrupted her anxiously.

"Mother, do you have any good ideas?"

Concubine Zheng shook her head helplessly: "My son, remember, if you want to live, you must not admit that."

Liu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then realized what Zheng Concubine said. He looked her up and down and asked, "Did they punish you too?"

Concubine Zheng wiped her tears and said, "Mother is fine. Mother will wait for you to come out and reunite with us.

You must persevere. Only when you are alive can you have hope. If you die, there will be nothing."

Liu Zhi lowered his head and muttered tremblingly, "Before, they locked me in a secret room. It was very dark inside, and there were snakes and rats.

"I was so scared that I dared not move. I'm sure Nangong Yunxue was as scared as I was, right?"

"You are most afraid of snakes. These black-hearted ones torture you like this on purpose."

Concubine Zheng felt heartbroken when she saw the abnormal Liu Zhi.

"It's a pity that the mistake has already been made. This is retribution. It's all your fault that your mother didn't teach you well!

Promise your mother that if you can get out one day, you must be a good person and change your past mistakes."

Liu Zhi nodded and said, "But can I still go out?"

"As long as you are alive, there is hope! If I could do it again, mother would only hope that you could be an idle prince and live a peaceful and stable life..."

The mother and son seemed to have endless things to say, and several eunuchs became impatient and stepped forward to separate them.

"It's time to go."

"My son, you must listen to your mother!" Concubine Zheng knew very well that this would most likely be a farewell forever, and she stared at her son reluctantly.

"Mother, please come visit me more often!"

Liu Zhi reached out and grabbed the hem of Concubine Zheng's clothes, unwilling to let go.

A eunuch came forward and forcibly pried his hands apart, finger by finger.

Soon, Concubine Zheng was dragged out of the clan house, and Liu Zhi was thrown into the secret room again.

After court was dismissed the next day.

Nangong Honglie and his son were called to the imperial study by Emperor Dongling.

"The man who abducted Xue'er was my third son, Liu Zhi. I have locked him up in the clan residence and will never let him out. Concubine Zheng has also been banished to the cold palace.

I know that even so, it cannot make up for the pain of separation from your family for more than ten years.

I will find a way to compensate you. Tell me, what kind of compensation do you want?"

Nangong Honglie bowed and said, "Your Highness, the mother and son have already received the punishment they deserve. I thank the emperor for upholding justice. There is no need for compensation!"

At this time, Chen Shangshu from the Ministry of Justice had a solemn expression on his face. He hurried to the outside of the imperial study to ask for a meeting. After whispering with Eunuch Wei, he waited outside the door.

Eunuch Wei trotted to the side of Emperor Dongling and whispered a few words.

Emperor Dongling frowned and waved at Nangong Honglie and his son.

"That's it for now. Xue'er and her daughter are waiting outside and will go back to the mansion with you."

"Yes!" Nangong Lie and his son left the imperial study and saw Nangong Xue standing at the intersection not far away, looking in the direction of the imperial study.

Nangong Yunsheng waved in response.

On this side, after Nangong Honglie and his son left, Emperor Dongling looked at Minister Chen who came in hurriedly.

"What happened?"

"Your Majesty, Xue Lin requested to see you. She said she has something important to tell you about the relationship between our two countries."

"Relations between the two countries?"

"Yes, that's what she said. If you ask her again, she won't say anything. I'm afraid of making mistakes, so I can only come and report."

Emperor Dong Ling sneered: "She is probably about to die, and wants to use this trick to buy her life!

Wait a minute, I will go meet her and see what earth-shattering things she can say."

On the other side, on the carriage returning home.

Nangong Honglie took Nangong Jiu from Nangong Yunxue's arms.

"Xue'er, I heard from the Emperor that it was Liu Zhi who kidnapped you. What's going on?"

"Dad, I went through a lot of things yesterday.

First, Jiuer told the Empress that Liu Zhi and Liu Heng had colluded to harm the Second Prince, and the Emperor went to find Liu Heng to verify it, and then sent someone to find Liu Zhi to the Imperial Study to question him..."

Nangong Yunxue recounted in detail what happened yesterday.

"I see! It's justice, retribution, it's what I deserve!

It's not enough for them to hurt you once, they want to hurt you a second time, they are so crazy."

Nangong Yunsheng smiled instead of getting angry: "After the court session tomorrow, I will go find the Second Prince and ask him to take me to the clan house to see the miserable appearance of that beast.

He has separated our family for more than ten years, and now he has finally received the punishment he deserves, how can I not go and congratulate him?"

Nangong Honglie nodded in agreement, and after a moment of joy, he asked Nangong Yunxue.

"In the afternoon, the Xue family will be executed at Caishikou. Do you and Jiuer want to go and see it?"

Nangong Yunxue looked at Nangong Jiu who was sleeping peacefully in her arms.

"Jiu'er is still young, and the execution ground is too evil, so we won't go!"

Nangong Honglie nodded when he heard this: "Jiuer is indeed not suitable for that kind of occasion, you and your daughter should just wait at home.

Speaking of which, if it weren’t for Jiuer, our entire Nangong family would have been beheaded.

Therefore, everyone in the Nangong family must go to the execution ground to let everyone witness and be alert! "

Nangong Yunxue smiled and said, "Dad, big brother, our enemies have all been punished. It's time for us to move on from the past and live a good life."

Nangong Yunsheng reached out and gently patted Nangong Yunxue's shoulder.

"From the moment you and Jiu'er returned home, we have moved on from the past. You should do the same and be happy from now on."

"Yes!" Nangong Yunxue nodded heavily.

Prison.

Hundreds of people in the Xue family were all tied up with ropes and waited for the time to be taken to the execution ground to be beheaded.

Except for the young children who were crying out of fear, the adults had already cried and cursed enough, and were all resigned to their fate and waiting for death.

Just a few days.

Prime Minister Xue has transformed from a powerful official who was always cheerful and confident with a sense of superiority into a dishevelled, haggard old man.

Li Yulin went from being a handsome top scholar admired by everyone, a young fifth-rank minister to a destitute death row prisoner with no one to turn to for help and a thousand reasons to give up.

And Concubine Xue Lin, who had been the most favored concubine in the harem for many years, waited calmly for Emperor Dongling to come and see her.

In the past two days, she thought about it over and over again, and could only reveal her life-saving talisman, her identity as the princess of Xiyue Kingdom, in order to avoid death.

When Emperor Dong Ling arrived at the prison, Xue Lin had already been taken to a separate cell.

Seeing Emperor Dongling, Xue Lin struggled to kneel forward.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of my years of service to you, please spare my son and me. We will flee far away, keep our identities secret, and never appear before Your Majesty again."

"Served me for many years? You kept rolling back and forth between me and that bastard Xue Huaian. I feel sick just thinking about it now.

Since you entered the palace, I believe I have never treated you unfairly, why are you still so unsatisfied?"

"Disgusted? Aren't you also doing this today and that tomorrow? I feel disgusted too.

Yes, you have never treated me unfairly! But so what? What I want is someone who is devoted to me. "

Xue Lin looked at Emperor Dong Ling who was on the verge of a rage and raised the corner of her mouth.

"Your Majesty, you can't kill me..."