Su Rong sat in Yan Huisheng's carriage and went to the Penal Prison with him.
The precious concubine committed a serious crime and the emperor ordered her to die. The Minister of Punishment used Xiang Shang's head as a guarantee. Therefore, no fly could fly in without the emperor's decree.
Prince Yan Huisheng naturally held the emperor's decree. After arriving at Tianlao, he was personally greeted by the Minister of Punishment.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice almost lives and eats in the Ministry of Justice these days. He doesn't even dare to go back home or leave even a step away. The last time someone died in the Tianlao, the Ministry of Punishment took responsibility. Later, neither the Protector's Palace nor the Prince Ruian's Palace trusted the Punishment Department, and even the Dali Temple and the Jingfu Yamen were distrusted. The black gauze hat on the head of the Minister of Punishment is no longer stable. If he wants to continue his official career, he must risk his life.
Therefore, he rectified the punishment department, pulled out the nails, and personally guarded the punishment department.
Sure enough, his actions worked. The precious concubine is still alive and well. She cannot die unless His Majesty tells her to die.
After the Minister of Punishment read the emperor's handwriting, he handed it back to Yan Huisheng and quickly handed it over, "His Royal Highness, please, Miss Su Qi."
He led the way and personally accompanied Yan Huisheng and Su Rong to the prison cell of Concubine Zhibao.
Even if the precious concubine is in jail, everything she needs in prison will be of good quality, which is in line with her status as a noble concubine. The cell she lived in was also a top-grade cell. It was not damp or cold, and it had a charcoal basin. It was extremely warm. It was no different from a woman's boudoir.
Seeing the person coming, Princess Baogui raised her eyelids and took a look, her face expressionless and indifferent.
Yan Huisheng stood with his hands behind his hands, looked at the precious concubine, and said, "The emperor said that he will never see the imperial concubine again. Your case will be handed over to Gu Lai for trial. Does the imperial concubine have any explanation? If there is no explanation, I will follow the instructions The evidence I examined led to a conviction."
If convicted, the precious concubine would be sentenced to death for committing such a major crime.
Only then did the precious concubine gain some expression and echoed to Yan: "I am pregnant."
Yan Huisheng looked stunned.
Su Rong thought to herself, the eldest prince's concubine is pregnant with the emperor's heir, and the precious concubine is also pregnant. Pregnancy is a life-saving talisman, and everyone is rushing to come.
"So?" Yan Huisheng's face was calm, "Does the imperial concubine want to inform the emperor alone? To exempt you from the death penalty? To allow you to raise your child with peace of mind and give birth to the emperor's heir?"
The precious concubine looked at him and said, "I am pregnant. Shouldn't you tell His Majesty?"
Yan Hui shook his head, "My father has handed over the case of the imperial concubine to Gu, so whether or not to tell the emperor depends on whether the imperial concubine will cooperate. If the imperial concubine confesses to the person behind the scenes, Gu Nian will wait until the imperial concubine is convicted. And for the sake of having a dragon heir, I can open my eyes and report to my father."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wishes that my child would not be born without Your Majesty knowing about it, right?" Concubine Gu Guo asked.
Yan Hui smiled and said, "The Imperial Concubine is overthinking. There are many orphaned brothers, not least of which is your pregnant one. If the Imperial Concubine wants to use him to save her life, then it depends on your cooperation or not."
"Are you threatening me?" Gu Guifei looked at Yan Hui.
"You can say that." Yan Hui nodded.
The precious concubine looked at the Minister of Punishment behind Yan Huisheng, "Master Li, I said that I am pregnant. Are you deaf?"
The Minister of Punishment remained motionless and seemed not to hear. He really thought he was deaf.
The precious concubine looked at him and sneered, "Master Li, a third-rank official in the court, is now seeking refuge with His Highness the Crown Prince? Does Your Majesty know?"
The Minister of Punishment did not speak, as if he had not heard anything.
As long as he is not a fool, he should understand that now the eldest prince has lost power, the second prince is not much better, the prince has gained power, and even the precious concubine has been handed over to the prince for trial. In this court, eight out of ten people, He has moved closer to the prince. If he wants to continue to sit firmly in this position under his butt, he will naturally listen to the prince. It is said that those who know the current affairs are heroes.
The precious concubine turned to Su Rong again, "Su Rong, do you want to watch me die?"
Su Rongwan'er said, "My dear concubine, you forget things a lot. You have severed ties with my master and have nothing to do with me. Why can't I watch you die?" She changed her voice and said, "But you can also do it. You don’t have to die, the only one who can save you is yourself.” After saying that, she added, “If you are reluctant to let go of the unborn child in your belly.”
The precious concubine put her hand on her lower abdomen and said, "I have been barren for ten years. Do you know why?"
No one answered.
The precious concubine thought to herself, "That's because I don't want to get pregnant."
Yan Huisheng said softly: "The imperial concubine was rescued by Zhang Ping. Even if she repays her kindness, ten years is enough. Because of your love, Zhang Ping has benefited a lot in recent years. He took the father's secret order and stationed troops to buy Ma, his father thought that Zhang Ping was loyal to him, and his second brother thought that his father-in-law was supporting his rise to power. However, they were both wrong. General Zhang had his own ambitions, and perhaps what he wanted was the Ninth Five-Year Plan of the Liang Emperor. Noble Concubine The empress only knows that he saved your life, but little does she know that the life-saving grace you thought was just his plan. The man the empress likes, Zhang Ping's counselor Duan Xiao, has already got a group of wives and concubines. The two of them , taking advantage of the honor and favor of the imperial concubine, one has ambitions, the other has glory and wealth, but the imperial concubine, you have spent all your energy, and now you are sitting in this prison, no one comes to save you. Maybe, they want you to die, are you sure? Don’t want to live anymore?”
The precious concubine's face finally changed, "I don't believe a word of what you said."
Yan Huisheng took out a file from his sleeve and handed it to the precious concubine, "If you don't believe me, just read it for yourself!"
The precious concubine didn't want to take it, but somehow, she reached out and took it in her hand.
The file Yan Huisheng gave her was not thick, just a few pages, but it did record in detail the facts verified by her subordinates. At that time, when the precious concubine was still young, she fell in love with a penniless poor scholar. The two fell in love with each other, but her father did not agree. The precious concubine did not hesitate to sever the relationship between father and daughter and wanted to marry that man. Later, she got married. The couple loved each other, but the good times did not last. Only half a year later, when the poor scholar was selling paintings, he got into an argument with someone and got into a lawsuit. The precious concubine had no way to ask for help and was almost bullied in a deep alley. Zhang Ping passed by and saved her. She took the opportunity to ask Zhang Ping for help. Zhang Ping agreed to save her husband, but there was one condition: to repay the favor of saving her life, she participated in the draft that year.
In order to save her husband, Concubine Zhigui tearfully agreed, but she also had one condition: her husband had ambitions but was frustrated, so she begged Zhang Ping to give her husband a chance. Zhang Ping also agreed.
What Zhang Ping was interested in back then was the beauty of the precious concubine, and the precious concubine lived up to her beauty and became the most favored concubine in the Sixth Palace.
The thing sounds simple to say, but Zhang Ping spent a lot of effort in planning back then, and even planned to trap the precious concubine. Otherwise, given that the precious concubine had martial arts to defend herself, how could she have been almost insulted in a deep alley.
(End of chapter)
