Chapter 425 Sending Concubine De Off

As soon as the words fell, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards came in: "Your Majesty, the fifty canes have been beaten. Please give your instructions."

Yan Li did not respond and turned to leave the Qinzheng Palace.

When she stepped out of the palace door, she turned her head to look at the embarrassed Yan Yun, paused slightly, and then walked over.

Yan Yun's voice was indeed inaudible. The whole person was like a puddle of mud lying on the spring stool, but he was not completely unconscious. He still retained a trace of consciousness in his confusion.

He was soberly aware of the pain all over his body at this time, and soberly felt the severe pain of his skin and flesh being torn and even his bones being broken.

The pain made him want to die. It would be better to die and end it all than to be half dead at this moment.

At this moment, he might regret it.

Yan Yun thought vaguely, regretting that he acted impulsively without being prepared, and that he did not make up his mind to kill the king after acting impulsively.

If he had been ruthless, even if he was called a usurper, at least the lives of their mother and son could be saved.

Isn't it better to lose his reputation, enjoy wealth and honor in the second half of his life, and control the power of life and death in the world than to be at the mercy of others now?

Perhaps he regretted that he chose to show weakness when he learned that Yan Li had returned safely, and made more wrong decisions.

One wrong step, all wrong steps.

If he went all out, risked his life and death, promised a thousand gold coins to tempt the Jingji Guards to fight with him, and held the attitude that he must get rid of Yan Li, there would be a glimmer of hope.

However, when the time came, he retreated first, without the courage to gamble everything. He thought that his father would be soft-hearted, and that Yan Li would let him go because he took the initiative to put down his weapons in order to win a reputation for kindness.

He was gambling, gambling on his father's love for his son, gambling that they would not kill him.

But at this time, this situation that was worse than death told him that he lost the bet.

His father would not let him go, so the Imperial Guards took a ruthless approach. They just wanted to abolish him and make it impossible for him to live.

They also want him to suffer before his death.

Even if he survives temporarily, he will live a life worse than death for countless days in the future. Tianlai Novel Network

Yan Yun experienced the taste of despair and regret in the pain of confusion.

Since he has done it, why not do it to the end? Why not do it to the end?

Even if he is shot to death by an arrow, it is much better than the current situation.

"If it were me, I would not give up halfway once I take action." Yan Li seemed to feel the regret in Yan Yun's heart and spoke calmly, "Before you make up your mind to do something, you must think of all the retreats and make sure that any consequences are bearable. And once you decide to do it, don't give yourself the opportunity to regret it."

Yan Yun's eyelids trembled, and beads of sweat rolled down from his eyelids. He opened his eyes with difficulty. The hair on his forehead was wet with cold sweat, and his face was pale and colorless.

Even his lips were pale.

He opened his mouth and spoke for a long time: "You...you are here to laugh at me..."

The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like a broken gong.

"No, you are not worth my trouble to laugh at." Yan Li said in a cold voice, "I just want to tell you that in your next life, you should be more decisive and smarter, don't be indecisive, and don't be greedy all the time. You want both wealth and glory, and you want to get out of it safely. Where in the world can you find such a good thing?"

After saying this, Yan Li turned and left.

If you want the power of life and death above thousands of people, you must be prepared to fall into the abyss and never recover.

All the interests and temptations in the world have corresponding risks behind them. If you dare not face the risks, don't covet things that do not belong to you.

A small but extremely cold order came from the Qinzheng Hall: "First, put him in the Tianlao and keep Yan Jin company."

Yan Li raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

Just now, he was only concerned with dealing with Yan Yun's affairs, but he forgot to ask how Yan Jin and Fenglu Governor Han Yunping were doing. But there is no hurry, it is not too late to ask at dinner.

A faint sneer flashed across Yan Li's lips. It was really a troubled time. It was just after the New Year.

They say that the new year brings a new atmosphere.

However, no one wants such a new atmosphere.

Yan Li left the palace and returned to the Princess's Mansion. At this time, in Baocheng Hall, Concubine De and the eunuch who came to deliver the white silk had been deadlocked for an incense stick of time.

The palace maids in Baocheng Hall knelt on the ground, their faces pale with fear.

The atmosphere in the hall was oppressive and silent, as if even the air was frozen.

"Empress Defei." Eunuch Bao lowered his head and smiled, "The emperor has given you white silk, please don't embarrass me."

Eunuch De's face was pale, and her eyes were fixed on the white silk in his hand: "I want to see the emperor."

"The emperor has ordered that Empress Defei does not need to thank him."

"I want to see the emperor." Empress De repeated in a harsh voice, and suddenly stood up and swept away the cups and bowls on the table. "I don't believe that the emperor will kill me. It must be the queen's order! I want to see the emperor, I want to ask the queen in person, if... if it is really the emperor who wants me to die, I... I..."

Eunuch Bao turned his head and signaled to his left and right with his eyes.

Two young eunuchs came forward and grabbed Empress De on the left and right.

"What are you doing? You are so presumptuous!" Empress De stabbed violently, "If you dare to commit treason, I will definitely let the emperor execute you! Let me go! Let me go!"

Eunuch Bao walked forward with the white silk.

De Fei's eyes suddenly shrank, and she struggled even more fiercely: "I want to see the emperor! I want to see the emperor. I have been married to the emperor for twenty years, and I have served him wholeheartedly all these years. The emperor can't do this to me, he can't do this to me... ugh!"

The white silk suddenly wrapped around her neck, and Concubine De swallowed all the unfinished words and fears she hadn't vented. As the white silk tightened little by little, she would never have the chance to speak again.

Eunuch Bao's men kept exerting force, and Concubine De's eyes widened little by little, she had difficulty breathing, and her face turned blue and purple...

Out of the instinct to survive, she struggled with almost all her strength, struggling madly, and her mouth opened wide as if she was eager to speak.

However, until her pupils dilated and her body softened little by little, she couldn't say a word.

Concubine De died.

It was not a painful death.

Eunuch Bao let go of the white silk in his hand, looked at Concubine De with her neck tilted, and sighed: "The emperor didn't even give you the right to choose."

In the past, when emperors executed concubines, they would at least give them poisoned wine or white silk, but Concubine De didn't even have the chance to drink poisoned wine.

Eunuch Bao and the two eunuchs stepped back two steps, knelt down, and saluted respectfully to Concubine De: "Your servants respectfully send Concubine De on her way."