Chapter 50 Eyes

Although Li Yan'er failed to give birth to a prince, it is always a good thing to be safe and sound.

But Xue Chongxun was not free yet, so he had to go to the Daming Palace. When he came back from afar, he should at least meet Princess Taiping as soon as possible.

He hadn't taken a shower for at least ten days, so he took a bath and changed his clothes before entering the palace.

After washing, I changed into a fragrant lining and put on a purple robe. I felt much more comfortable, but somehow I was even more tired and thirsty. It seemed that my body was soaked in hot water not only did not absorb water but also a little dehydrated.

He poured two cups of tea in a row, and then he put on the ornaments and asked people to prepare horses.

Now, in Xue Chongxun's opinion, this palace of Li Tang is as simple as entering the house. Although eunuchs reported it to him, he didn't have to wait for the summons to reply and went straight into the palace.

After staying in Guanbei for a while, he suddenly entered the originally familiar Daming Palace, and he still felt a little shocked.

Even from the perspective of modern people, the entire building complex is very grand.

Perhaps the Hanyuan Hall standing between the clouds and the sky is not as tall as the skyscrapers of dozens or hundreds of floors like modern cities, but the area is definitely not small. The upright and atmospheric momentum of the main classical buildings looks very magnificent.

When he arrived at the Daming Palace, Xue Chongxun was like entering a highly developed place of classical civilization, which was completely incomparable to the backward and low villages he saw on the way back...

In fact, this palace is a concentrated reflection of the national strength of the empire with a huge territory.

Princess Taiping still lives in Chengxiang Palace, and Xue Chongxun went there to meet her.

I saw that she was dressed in a simple and elegant manner, probably because she was practicing Taoism with Yuqing. Since her terminal illness was accidentally cured by Yuqing with Taoism, she believed it very much. Just like a person without faith suddenly saw a miracle that converted to my Buddha, Xue Chongxun still did not believe in the monster power god.

There were no foreign ministers in the hall. After Xue Chongxun gave a brief greeting, he talked to Princess Taiping for a while.She didn't ask about official duties, but just said: I heard that Yan'er gave birth to a princess, did she name it?

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: When Yan'er asked, I named Xue Xia...

Born in summer?

Princess Taiping couldn't help laughing, raised her long sleeves to cover her lower half of her face, and laughed.

She didn't say that her daughter was not good, because she was just a princess, and she looked happy and said, "I will receive it from the palace in a few days to let me hug you."

At this moment, the eunuch Yu Liben walked in, walked up to the wooden platform and whispered something next to Princess Taiping. Xue Chongxun sat far away and couldn't hear it clearly.

After hearing this, Princess Taiping said: The group of Turks who were caught before, I expected that the Turks would ask for those people, so I temporarily breathed a sigh of relief for the sake of the overall situation.However, I heard from Zhang that you did not agree to the Turks' request two days ago, so I ordered the generals of Hexi Town to execute them all.

Princess Taiping said it plainly, and Xue Chongxun felt that it was not a big deal, but then he thought: That was more than a thousand people, and it was probably a very bloody scene to be taken to the wilderness and massacre them together.

Xue Chongxun suddenly remembered something: There were three assassins in Huaqing Palace last time, two died, and one mother was executed?

Princess Taiping turned around and asked Yu Liben: Are you dead?

Yu Liben hurriedly bowed and replied: He was still in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He tortured her during the last trial. She cried and shouted that someone would kill her. Instead, I left a breath. When did your highness disappear, and when would you give her a pain...

Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: Don’t kill for the time being. I have read that confession, which involves the confession of the official Zhou Bin.Zhou Bin is Yu Wenxiao's friend and I am the one who sponsored the official position. It seems that it is because of this relationship that the censor has not heard of impeachment.I have to ask myself what this person did.

Yu Liben said calmly: The Wang family tragedy confessed by the assassin Baiyue. The Wang family was the in-laws of the rebel Jiang Changqing, so no censor was willing to mention it.

Jiang Changqing...oh!

Xue Chongxun suddenly remembered that although he was an unknown man, Xue Chongxun was plotted against by Li Longji's supporter at that time and almost lost his life, so after a few years Xue Chongxun still remembers his name.

But now he no longer cares much. Time is really a magical thing. Even if it seemed to be a major event that concerns wealth and life at the beginning, it would fade away as time goes by.

Yu Liben said something to Princess Taiping again, but Xue Chongxun didn't listen. The girl's eyes were full of hatred and murderous intent. It was hard to imagine a little girl of twelve or three who would have such eyes.

It left a deep impression on Xue Chongxun. Looking back now, it seems to have happened yesterday. As soon as you close your eyes and think about it, you can remember it, as if it is in front of you.

Driven by Xue Chongxun's curiosity, he wanted to see Baiyue again.

After a while, Princess Taiping saw that he looked tired and said: You have been running around on the road for many days, so you don’t have to talk to me here, go and take a break.It’s okay to just rest in my palace for two days. I don’t lack anything here, so I can go back.

Xue Chongxun said: It would be better for me to go back, so I will say goodbye now and go to Chengxiang Palace to greet my mother another day.

He wanted to go out of the palace to see the hundred months, and secondly, he had to rest at home. Perhaps because his place felt more secure, no matter how comfortable it was, it was not as good as it was.

After leaving the inner court, he went straight to the Ministry of Justice. He wanted to find Xiao Zhizhong, the biggest leader of the Ministry of Justice, to accompany him, but when he asked Xiao Zhizhong that he was still in the Political Affairs Hall, he asked another minister named Zhao to accompany him.

The Tang Dynasty had no factory guards and did not set up private prisons. The prisoners were taken from local prisons to the capital and could only be imprisoned in official prisons such as the Jingzhao Prefecture Ministry of Justice.

Baiyue was an imperial prisoner who assassinated the palace, so he naturally would not be detained in Jingzhao Prefecture; if he was in Jingzhao Prefecture Prison, it would be easier for Xue Chongxun to enter. Now the young Yin who holds real power is Zhou Bin, who belongs to the Xue Party’s direct lineage.

It is not the first time that Xue Chongxun has been imprisoned, but every time I can feel the difference between this and the outside world. Fortunately, in this era, royal family members like Xue Chongxun are basically impossible to be locked up in such places. Even losers will simply be killed without the reason of being humiliated by the pen and officials.

The prisons of the Ministry of Justice are cleaner and more comfortable than locally, and there are even often replaced hay for prisoners to sleep.However, Mr. Zhao said that Baiyue was not locked in an ordinary prison, but was in a death row!

Xue Chongxun held great power, but he had never understood that kind of place, so he asked casually: Where is the death penalty?

Mr. Zhao said: Underground, Zhao has been an official in the Ministry of Justice for several years, but he has never seen anyone who has been to the death row to go out alive.That kind of place is not suitable for the identity of King Jin. Why don’t we find another place to wait and let the prison guard bring her up to meet King Jin?

Xue Chongxun smiled calmly and said: Isn’t it just a dungeon? I went to the dungeon and became the governor of Shanzhou.Shanzhou is located in the border area, with a complex race and population. The state officials are very strict in preventing robbery, so the prison is a dungeon.

In fact, it was not just Shanzhou. The dungeon was built in the inner factory of the Prince. It was a private prison that Xue Chongxun boldly set up. I remember that one year I caught several Chang'an market ruffians and were starved to death.

The death row of the Ministry of Justice is only more solid, and its degree of darkness and cruelty is not as good as that of a private prison. After all, the state agency has to take into account its image.

The group went to the death row under the leadership of Mr. Zhao. As Xue Chongxun expected, the environment was not necessarily terrible. The drainage and ventilation were designed very reasonably, and it looked dry and clean.

It’s just that the light is not good underground, and there are stones around it. As soon as you enter, you feel a feeling of chest tightness, as if you are in a grave.

After walking in the dim aisle, I heard someone say: It's here.The prison officer rushed forward and unlocked the lock.

Xue Chongxun stepped in without any pressure. At this time, the prison guard behind him came in with a wooden chair and placed the four treasures of the study inside in a very good manner, as if he was really going to interrogate the prisoner.

Xue Chongxun looked around and saw no one hanging on the wall or tied to a pillar, but found a ball of things curled up in the corner of the wall, most likely just the assassin.

The prisoner was not polite about such prisoners who provoked the power. He walked up and kicked and shouted: Get up!People from the morning come to judge you!

The ball of things squirmed for a moment, neither resisting nor obeying the order, but she was hit hard again, but she didn't say anything.

At this moment, Mr. Zhao made her feel disturbed by a word: You don’t want to try you, so you can only let the father-in-law of the eunuch?

She struggled without saying a word, her disheveled hair completely covered her face like a female ghost.

Xue Chongxun said: What if you commit suicide if you are locked up like this?

Mr. Zhao said: It was tied at the beginning. He had to feed him for one or two months. It was difficult to clean the cell, so Eunuch Yu asked him to put it down. It seemed that it was okay.

Xue Chongxun sat on the chair, and a clerk next to him hurriedly sat next to the desk and put the paper in the inkstone, dipping the brush and lifting it up, preparing to record the confession.

Seeing this, Xue Chongxun said: Don’t record words, I’m just asking one thing.All irrelevant people will be avoided, so Mr. Zhao and others can stay.

When the prisoners went out, he said to Mr. Zhao again: There is no need to say anything here to outsiders.

Yes, King Jin, please rest assured that the things taken out of the death row prisoner’s mouth are not something that ordinary people have the right to know.

very good.Xue Chongxun nodded and said to Baiyue again, lifting his head up.

She raised her head as she said, but her face was full of messy hair that made people think of the midnight bell.

Xue Chongxun was stunned for a moment. When he looked down, he saw her wearing shackles and shackles, he walked forward and reached out to brush her hair away.

Maybe Xue Chongxun's actions were too light, and Mr. Zhao and others were a little surprised, and they looked at each other and didn't know what they were thinking.

Finally, she saw her eyes, but Xue Chongxun felt a little disappointed, because the eyes I saw now were different from those I saw during the fighting that night. Now there was only dead dust in these eyes.