HLnovel Chapter 258: Let me vent your anger
Chapter 258: Let me vent your anger
The palace door burst open and light shone in.
The feeling of suffocation dissipated, and Lu Mingyang fell into a warm embrace, coughing violently.
The Queen Mother saw the newcomer and said with dismay, "Zheng'er, do you know what you are doing?"
The color on her bruised face gradually faded. Lu Mingyang regained her strength and hurriedly pushed the man holding her away. Their eyes met. He saw the slap mark on her face, and she saw the blood flowing from his chest.
But no one spoke.
Chu Mingzheng looked at the Queen Mother and asked, "What does the Empress Dowager want to do?"
The Queen Mother angrily said, "She murdered the prince and deserves to be tortured to death by slicing."
"That should be handed over to the Imperial Clan Court for investigation. When will it be the Empress Dowager's turn to resort to lynching?"
"How dare you!" The Queen Mother was so angry that her hands were shaking. "You are really bewitched by her. You have lost your soul."
"Grandmother has misunderstood." Chu Mingzheng brushed off his clothes and knelt down. "If she dies, my grandson's guilt will be completely extinguished. Or does Grandmother want my grandson to be convicted by my father?"
The Queen Mother was surprised: "You really aren't doing this for her?"
"Grandmother! She's not that important to me. I don't need to kill for her."
At this point, he looked at Lu Mingyang and sneered, "If it weren't for my good fortune, I would have died at her hands. I want her dead more than anyone else, but she can't die now. If she dies, my guilt will be completely extinguished."
Seeing that the Queen Mother was about to be persuaded, Qin Miao said anxiously: "Grandmother, a shrew dared to call you an old witch. If you don't punish her severely, what will happen?"
This reminded the Queen Mother that even if the death penalty could be temporarily avoided, the punishment of life imprisonment could not be avoided. This was a good opportunity to verify whether Zheng'er was deceiving her.
The Queen Mother said, "Since that's the case, let's punish her for her rude words first. Give me a hundred slaps on the face, a good spanking."
"Grandma..."
"Don't you hate her?" The Queen Mother interrupted Chu Mingzheng sharply, "I'll let you vent your anger first."
After saying that, he invited him to sit down and watch the execution.
The eunuch, who had been hit by Lu Mingyang and kicked by Chu Mingzheng, clutched his waist and walked towards Lu Mingyang with a ferocious look. Before Lu Mingyang could kneel firmly, he felt a burning pain.
But after just a few slaps, the pain turned into numbness, her vision went black, and blood flowed from her ears. If the beatings continued like this, she would meet the King of Hell in less than a hundred or twenty slaps.
"That's enough. Time is urgent and my grandson still needs to investigate the case, so I'll take her away first."
Without waiting for the Empress Dowager to speak, Chu Mingzheng pulled Lu Mingyang away. As they reached the Imperial Garden, the roaring in Lu Mingyang's ears gradually subsided, and she shook off his hand.
"Don't think that if you saved me, I would change my confession and give up revenge for Brother Qing. You are dreaming."
Her voice was resolute and cold, keeping people at a distance.
Chu Mingzheng looked at her swollen face, held her shoulders, and asked inquiringly: "What do you want me to do to convince you that I didn't kill him?"
There was no one around. Lu Mingyang grabbed his arms and lowered his voice, "Do you really need to do it yourself? I saw it all last night. One of the two figures who escaped was Zhu Cong! You won't tell me that the other one wasn't you. Are you unaware?"
Chu Mingzheng was stunned, then laughed: "So it's true, you stabbed me just to avenge him?"
"Yes!"
"Then you kill me now."
Chu Mingzheng took out the plum blossom silver hairpin from his arms and put it into her palm, but he did not let go. He took her hand and stabbed it into his heart.
"It's not worth risking my life for someone like you!" Lu Mingyang broke free from his hand and turned away.
Chu Mingzheng laughed. It turned out that he was just being sentimental.
"Second sister, you scared me to death."
At the palace gate, Yang Nianshu cried and threw herself into Lu Mingyang's arms. Yesterday, she returned to the military camp in a rage, and today, upon learning that Tian Qing had died, she hurried back to the city.
Not finding the second sister, he asked Lu Mingyuan. Lu Mingyuan guessed that the Queen Mother had sent someone into the palace, so he hurried to Ningyuan Palace to find Chu Mingzheng.
Lu Mingyuan walked over and saw that his sister was safe and sound. He saluted Prince Ningyuan who was slowly walking out of the palace gate and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Chu Mingzheng stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Marquis Chengyang, please take your sister away. From now on, whether Madam Tian lives or dies has nothing to do with me."
Lu Mingyuan nodded slightly and helped Lu Mingyang into the carriage.
"Second sister, what's wrong with your face?"
The carriage left and the sound gradually dissipated. Chu Mingzheng turned his gaze away and walked towards another carriage, which was originally the carriage she used most often. The jade wind chime on it was chosen by her personally.
It sounds nice, like a yellow oriole in the woods.
But now, she doesn't want it anymore.
"Brother Zheng, wait for Miao'er." Qin Miao came trotting over, holding the hem of her skirt. No matter what, she couldn't let Lu Mingyang take Brother Zheng away again.
As they approached, Qin Miao didn't see Lu Mingyang and happily took Chu Mingzheng's arm. Chu Mingzheng turned around and slapped her smiling face hard.
"Brother Zheng!" Qin Miao covered her face and cried in disbelief.
Chu Mingzheng said coldly, "I thought you were innocent and kind, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious. Since you like going to Shoukang Palace, you don't have to go back to the palace."
After saying that, he turned around and got on the carriage.
Qin Miao grabbed the corner of her clothes, knelt down, and said in a panic, "Brother Zheng, I didn't mean to come to Shoukang Palace. It was, it was... Captain Pei who asked Miao'er to come to Shoukang Palace. He said that only by telling the Empress Dowager could Brother Zheng be saved."
Chu Mingzheng looked at Zheng Hao who was waiting on the side.
Zheng Hao said, "Your Highness, it was Captain Pei who indeed sent the concubine to Shoukang Palace."
Chu Mingzheng looked at Qin Miao again, his anger undiminished: "He asked you to come to Shoukang Palace, and he also asked you to instigate the Empress Dowager to beat someone up?"
Qin Miao cried, "Brother Zheng, Miao'er did this all for Brother Zheng. Do you know how worried Miao'er was when you were lying on the bed, dying? I don't care how she bullied me, but how could she hurt Brother Zheng? Miao'er did this all for Brother Zheng. Miao'er thought Brother Zheng would be happy."
"Are you saying that for my sake, you can presume to guess my thoughts and act recklessly on your own initiative?"
Qin Miao didn't dare to reply because of the murderous tone in his voice. Chu Mingzheng continued, "Since that's the case, there's no need to speculate. I'll tell you what I'm thinking."
As he spoke, he pointed to the bluestone path leading out of the imperial city and ordered, "You will crawl back to the palace on your knees. Every ten steps you take, slap yourself. Return and tell me how many times you've slapped yourself."
"Brother Zheng, please spare me. Miao'er will never do it again." Such a punishment frightened Qin Miao to the point of trembling. After all, she was a lady from a wealthy family. How could she face others in public?
"Zheng Hao, you keep an eye on her. If she doesn't do it, she doesn't have to go back to the palace." Chu Mingzheng shook off her hand, got on the carriage and left.