Aunt Ran looked at Tang Ning with blood and resentment on her face, but Tang Ning was not afraid at all.
"Your master did not die because of me, and there is no need to turn your resentment against me. From the day I entered the palace, I have been keeping my peace and only thinking that the Queen Mother can leave the palace safely after she is healthy. It is you who do not want to be at peace with each other, and it is also your master. To harm others and seek their own death.”
"And you don't have to look at me like that. The Queen Mother did not do these things for me."
Tang Ning has something to say.
Nanny Ran turned to look at Emperor An with blood-red eyes.
She wanted to scold Emperor An for being unfilial, scolding him for causing the death of the Queen Mother, scolding him for being unkind and unjust, as he watched the Queen Mother die without saving anything.
Emperor An's heart skipped a beat when he met Nanny Ran's eyes. Just when he thought what Nanny Ran would say, he heard her suddenly laugh.
"Yes, it's the Queen Mother's fault. She knew she was inferior and still wanted to force things."
Nanny Ran was crying and laughing at the same time, her face stained with blood from her tears. She lay on the ground and carefully tidied the Queen Mother's hair, and wiped the blood from her lips with her sleeve.
"My slave has advised you before. It's not worth it. Nothing is as important as your life. But you insist on going your own way. Now you have lost a life, but you have gained nothing in exchange."
She murmured softly, her voice hoarse:
"Girl, you have managed to survive until today. You should have been rich and happy in your old age, but you had to forcefully plot Song Tangning's life. In the end, no one remembers your love. Only you, only you lost your life in vain... Hahahaha …”
Aunt Ran laughed loudly, but her tears became more and more violent. She called the Queen Mother as she did when she was still in the boudoir, and then she suddenly leaned down and hugged the Queen Mother.
"Stop her!"
Xiao Yan suddenly spoke up.
Mu Feng stepped forward and took Granny Ran's arm to pull her away, but it was too late. He saw that a hairpin that the Queen Mother had taken off from her head at some time was stuck in Granny Ran's heart. The hairpin was almost completely buried in her heart. , and when Nanny Ran staggered to the ground, her face was covered with tears.
The Queen Mother risked her life in exchange for Emperor An's safety. He was her biological son. She could not betray Emperor An against her master's will, but she still hated Emperor An.
Aunt Ran smiled softly. She would not betray Xie Tianyong, but she would also not tell him what the Queen Mother had discovered. She would not tell him that those innocent souls in the East Palace came back to demand their lives, and he had gone to great lengths to get them back. The throne has long been unstable.
No matter how he calculates, he is already in the urn.
He is just a turtle in a urn who is struggling to his death, but he still thinks he has the power and wants to scheme against others.
Aunt Ran turned her head to look at Xiao Yan, her eyes falling on his completely unfamiliar features. She stared at Xiao Yan's face, opened and closed her lips twice, then suddenly closed her eyes and died.
Tang Ning looked stunned.
Aunt Ran seemed to have called out to them before she died.
His Highness the Emperor's Grandson?
The Shoukang Palace became extremely strange because of the successive deaths, and the suicide of Aunt Ran was even more embarrassing. No one expected that Aunt Ran would be such a martyr after the death of the Queen Mother. Such a loyal servant, no matter how much she did, Evil things are too disgusting for people to hate.
Emperor An saw that Nanny Ran had died along with the Queen Mother. Although he always felt that there was something wrong with the way Nanny Ran looked at him at the end. She seemed to be mocking him, but after all, the person was already dead, and the dead could not speak again. Emperor An felt that something was wrong with the way Nanny Ran looked at him at the end. Still relieved.
Emperor An said in a deep voice: "The prince died suddenly today. When I came here after hearing the news, I saw the queen mother vomiting blood and unconscious. I only thought that Princess Xiangning was trying to protect the daughter of the Qian family and offended the queen mother, so I ordered someone to kill her in anger. She didn't expect that the Queen Mother would do such a thing, and Granny Ran actually helped the Queen Mother hide it from everyone."
"Tang Ning, I misunderstood you."
Emperor An was able to bend and stretch, and bowed his head directly towards Tang Ning.
Tang Ning didn't want to brush it off. She said to Emperor An, "Sister Qian was also murdered, so how can I protect her?"
Emperor An said: "The prince was hurt by her after all..."
"so what?"
Tang Ning said coldly: "Previously, the people in the Queen Mother's Palace had confessed that the prince had been tampered with while in the palace, and someone conspired to cite Madam Wenxinhou and her daughter to go there. Later, the matter escalated and the prince was drugged. Being unconscious, Sister Qian became one of their plans to murder the prince."
"I was able to ask the whole story, but the palace man was killed by Liu Tongen."
Liu Tongen's expression changed: "Your Majesty, I just made a mistake..."
Tang Ning mocked: "Whether she missed it or not, she will die in your hands."
"Today the prince died, and the queen mother held on to this matter and wanted to blame Sister Qian with a stick. She forced me to confront her in court and committed offensive actions. This led to the incident when she suddenly suffered a sudden illness and wanted to frame the blame. The prince His death and the Queen Mother’s plot against me today are the same thing.”
"If the palace man is not dead and Sister Qian is innocent of her injustice, it will be difficult for the Queen Mother to persecute her. Later, the trouble will not be as bad as it is now. Can Commander Liu cover up your fault with just one mistake?"
Liu Tongen opened his mouth, wanting to defend himself, but Tang Ning's words were extremely sharp.
The sentence that it was his fault no matter the reason blocked all Liu Tongen's words.
Emperor An pursed his lips and said, "Liu Tongen is indeed at fault. Someone, please take Liu Tongen down and punish him with twenty sticks and a year's salary."
"His Majesty!"
Liu Tongen suddenly raised his head and looked at Emperor An. He obviously did it according to the holy order, but now Emperor An actually wants him to be punished?
He was full of reluctance, but when he saw Emperor An's gloomy gaze, and it was only twenty sticks, even though he was reluctant, he still knelt on the ground and said, "I will accept my punishment."
Someone came in and led Liu Tongen out, but Xiao Yan suddenly spoke.
"Wait a minute."
Xiao Yan raised his eyes with a cold expression: "Liu Tongen made a mistake in front of others. Since it is a punishment, why should he put it behind others? If you can't see the fate of the person who made the mistake with your own eyes, how can you use Commander Liu's twenty sticks to warn others."
"Let the twenty sticks be used here, Jinyun, while you and Mu Feng go and execute Liu Tongen."
Jinyun smiled: "Yes, my subordinate has been in charge of the Criminal Division for many years and will definitely take good care of Commander Liu."
Liu Tongen's expression suddenly changed. He agreed to take the twenty sticks because he knew that Emperor An would not seriously hurt him. As long as Xiao Yan and the others were fooled and given a few casual blows, the matter would be over. But this executioner If it were Xiao Yan, it would be completely different.
He knew this Jinyun, he was not weak in skills, and he had been in charge of the Criminal Division in the Privy Council for many years, and he was best at punishment. Although that Mufeng seemed inferior to Jinyun, he had been following Gu Helian all these years, more or less. It is difficult for people who covet the Gu family to get close to Gu Helian, so how can he be an easy person.
Let these two people carry out the execution, I am afraid that if the twenty sticks are used, he will be killed directly.
How dare Liu Tongen agree?
