The imperial concubine is charming and charming, and only seeks power and wealth

Beijing.

After Jiang Lingyue had breakfast, she began to think about returning to Ning'an Palace.

Qi Junyi didn't agree, but just smiled and asked her: "Are you not afraid anymore?"

Jiang Lingyue blushed as she thought about how she was so exhausted last night that she had to cling to someone and had to follow the Emperor to Guang'an Palace.

Seeing her like this, Qi Junyi stopped joking and said, "I heard that Shen Congwen used a sword in front of you yesterday?"

His expression was gentle. "Don't be afraid. Since the Zhao girl dared to assassinate me, she deserves death. However, Shen Congwen was indeed reckless in this matter and should be punished."

The head was chopped off with a sword. For the little girl who had never seen a bloody scene, it was inevitable that she would be frightened.

Moreover, Shen Congwen, as the leader of the accompanying guards, allowed Crazy Horse to break through the encirclement. If Chen Ziwei had not rescued her, she would have been injured.

If you fail to protect your master, you will definitely be punished.

Jiang Lingyue had no objection to this, but after hearing about the Zhao girl, she suddenly thought of the girl who jumped from the second floor and the young man who hugged her and begged for mercy.

Then he asked, "Has the girl who I ordered to be treated with all your strength been saved?"

"Still holding your breath," Qi Junyi was still in shock when he mentioned this. "The Zhao family hates you so much that they dared to assassinate you in public. The whole family deserves death. Why bother saving her?"

Even if he is saved, he will still die.

The power of the royal family is inviolable.

Originally, the entire Zhao family, except for males over the age of six, were executed, the female members were sent to the Jiaofangsi or the military camp, and the males under the age of six were exiled to Lingnan.

In general, he showed mercy and preserved the bloodline.

Now that they have committed the assassination, no one from the Zhao family, whether they were exiled to Lingnan or infiltrated into the Jiaofangsi, will have any chance of survival.

Beheading at Caishikou is their final destination.

Jiang Lingyue also knew this truth, but girls are always soft-hearted.

This is especially true when it comes to a pair of lovers.

She thought for a moment and said, "That young man who begged for mercy..."

"He is the second son of the Yongchang Marquis. Don't underestimate his deep affection and loyalty and feel pity for him."

Qi Junyi naturally knew all the details of what happened in the box yesterday.

He picked and chose, then sneered, "He pushed Chen Ziwei to go to the Music Bureau, and he put in a lot of effort, just to humiliate the Zhao girl for refusing marriage in the past. If that girl didn't still have some integrity and would rather die than be humiliated, do you think he would be polite?"

Jiang Lingyue didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret in it, and her brows furrowed when she heard it.

polite?

If you were polite, how could you force someone to jump off a building?

No matter how high one's social status was, once one was sent to the Jiaofangsi, he would become an official prostitute.

Girls in ordinary brothels could still hope to meet a patron, or save money to redeem themselves, but there was no such thing as redemption for official prostitutes.

What is the difference between looking straight ahead and looking down?

The fourth daughter of the Zhao family has fallen into the quagmire and become a lowly prostitute. She is not of the same class as Ma Ping, a young man from a wealthy family.

Even if there was some affection between them in the past, it was because they were of equal status and were noble ladies. After Miss Zhao Si became a court prostitute who was trampled upon by anyone, the two were destined to be completely different.

What would have been the outcome if Miss Zhao Si had not jumped down and preferred death to this humiliation, but instead had held on to this old friend as if he were a life-saving straw?

It is highly likely that after enjoying the person, Mr. Ma might have felt some pity at first, and such pity would become the confidence supporting Miss Zhao Si to struggle in the quagmire.

But men are prone to being empathetic, let alone to a girl in a brothel.

As time went by, Miss Zhao Si, who was unable to redeem herself, became a court prostitute who received customers day after day. Ma Ping eventually got tired of this girl from the Duke's Mansion whom he once cherished and wanted to marry.

The kindness gradually fades.

Later on, when the novelty of Miss Zhao Si completely wears off, she will become the most ordinary prostitute in the Jiaofangsi.

This is their end.

Even if this were not the case, but Ma Ping worked hard and became successful, he would be able to take her out of the Jiaofangsi.

Things have changed and there is no going back.

But now Miss Zhao Si did not choose to submit herself in humiliation, but jumped down in front of him when his love was the deepest.

That's why Ma Ping regretted so much.

Therefore, she is still the girl that the other party cherishes and desires but cannot get.

After all, Jiang Lingyue had lived two lives, so it didn't take long for him to figure out everything.

She frowned, unable to put it into words, "Men are really scary."

The emperor was displeased when his cheeks were pulled, "I'm scary?"

"..." Jiang Lingyue was silent for a moment, then curiously asked him, "Qi Hengzhi, if you were not the emperor, but an ordinary noble family like Ma Ping, and I was Miss Zhao Si, who was forced to join the Imperial Music Bureau because of my family's influence, what would you do?"

What would he do in the same situation?

Unexpectedly, she suddenly asked this. Qi Junyi's expression paused slightly and he restrained his expression, "I won't let you enter the Jiaofangsi."

"Hey!" Jiang Lingyue reminded: "I'm talking about the situation where you are not the emperor. If I really enter the Jiaofangsi, what will you do?"

Qi Junyi didn't want to think about this question, but seeing her serious expression, he could only patiently put himself in her shoes, and his expression became more and more ugly.

Finally, he said, "There's no way I could watch you go into a place like that. If you go in, it means I'm gone."

He was appointed as the crown prince since he was young, and he has been dealing with the ministers since he was old enough to understand. He is very familiar with controlling the ministers and playing the game of power, and he can be said to be a natural emperor. He never thought about what his identity would be after he was no longer the emperor.

But Qi Junyi believed that even if he was not born into a royal family, he would never be as dissolute and useless as Ma Ping.

Today, if Ma Ping were a capable minister like Chen Ziwei, it would not be difficult for him to ask to save a criminal girl who was sent to the Jiaofangsi.

In short, if you put yourself in Qi Junyi's shoes, it would be impossible for him to watch his beloved girl fall into prostitution.

Unless he dies.

Jiang Lingyue laughed when she heard this: "You are really good at saying sweet words."

Where did this love saint come from?

Qi Junyi glanced at her and said helplessly, "You always come up with these tricky questions to embarrass people."

“…” Jiang Lingyue blinked.

Suddenly she thought of the time when she was just reborn, when the Emperor's mood would change from time to time, testing her.

It was really difficult for her back then.