freenovelworld Chapter 52 How could a prince cry so easily?
Chapter 52 How could a prince cry so easily?
That same day, Lin Xingyao entered the palace with the brothers Gu Cheng'an and Gu Chengyan.
He knelt outside the Imperial Study.
Princess Anyang was the emperor's elder sister. She made outstanding military achievements during her lifetime and, when the country was in crisis, she stood against the majority of the people and helped the current emperor ascend the throne.
If she hadn't risked her life time and time again on the battlefield, how could she have perished?
Her only child was paralyzed from the waist down because of Gu's mother, and it's unknown how long he will live.
The emperor wished he could tear that poisonous woman to pieces to vent his hatred.
The memorial on the emperor's desk was thrown out violently, arcing through the air before landing on the ground with a "thud".
"They still have the nerve to come and beg me? That venomous woman with a heart of stone is utterly unforgivable!"
Eunuchs and palace maids knelt on the ground.
Steward Ma hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The young princess of the Yong Prince's mansion is still pregnant. If something were to happen to her outside the Imperial Study, the Yong Prince would come to the palace crying again."
"Why don't we send this servant to explain things to them..."
The emperor snorted coldly, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes. "Since they're willing to kneel, then let them kneel. I'd like to see how long they can hold out!"
The emperor angrily flicked his sleeves, sat back on the dragon throne, his chest still heaving violently.
The hall fell into a deathly silence.
Lin Xingyao naturally wouldn't kneel with the two of them indefinitely, as she was pregnant.
In less than half an hour, her legs went numb. If she knelt down any longer, they would definitely turn blue. Her body went limp, and she fell to the side.
"The princess has fainted!" a palace maid cried out in alarm.
The palace servants immediately panicked and carried her away.
Gu Cheng'an looked up and knew she was faking it. He didn't intend to let Lin Xingyao kneel there indefinitely.
If this performance is well-executed, Prince Yong will surely be able to protect his mother if he intervenes.
As long as I can survive, I'm willing to be imprisoned and spend the rest of my life atoning for my sins...
The once pampered and noble Lady Hou is now a prisoner.
A square cell, dimly lit, with a messy, damp floor and coarse prison food.
Mother Gu gripped the bars of the prison door tightly with both hands, shouting hoarsely at the outside, "My son is the heir! He's the heir..."
Her voice, hoarse and shrill from the excessive force, echoed eerily against the cell walls.
The jailers were gathered together, drinking and chatting, when the sudden shouting disturbed them.
One of the jailers spat impatiently and muttered, "That crazy old woman, she still doesn't know what's good for her. Does she really think she's still the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, throwing her weight around like a tyrant?"
With that, he grabbed a whip from the side and stormed into the cell where Gu's mother was being held.
With a sharp crack, the jailer's whip lashed her hard.
As if oblivious to pain, Gu's mother suddenly burst into a fit of maniacal laughter, "Hahaha..."
The prison guards were horrified by his laughter.
"You old woman, have you really gone mad?" The jailer couldn't help but take a step back.
Enraged by her laughter, he raised his whip again and lashed her repeatedly.
One lash after another.
Even after she was exhausted from beating him, Gu's mother was still laughing, muttering incoherently, "Bastard, bastard..."
"You've all gone mad! These things are useless to you now, give them all to me!" The jailer muttered as he tore off the gold hairpins, jade bracelets, and other jewelry from Gu's mother's head and put them into his own pocket.
After he had searched everything, he spat in disgust and turned to leave.
As soon as they reached the cell door, the jailer saw Chu Ruohan standing there.
The jailer's expression instantly changed, his face full of obsequiousness. "Madam, what brings you to such a filthy place?"
"This old woman is crazy, she might hurt you." As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily glanced at the jewelry in his hands, and he hurriedly tried to hide it behind his back, stammering, "This...this..."
She glanced at the jailer indifferently. "Alright, you can go now."
The jailer, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, hurriedly bowed and scraped as he withdrew, closing the cell door tightly behind him.
Chu Ruohan had arrived when the jailers were whipping Gu's mother, and had been watching coldly ever since.
Mother Gu, disheveled and dressed in tattered clothes, squatted on the ground, her hands tightly hugging her knees, her body curled up in a ball, muttering repeatedly, "Bastards... all bastards..."
Chu Ruohan frowned slightly. She had set up such a big scheme and gone through such a long process, not just to expose her crimes to the public.
She came here to ask Gu's mother for the antidote.
But now.
Do you think she's really gone mad?
"Why don't you try it and see?" Song Ruyan smiled sinisterly.
Chu Ruohan glanced sideways. What was she going to do?
Don't do anything reckless!
Just then, it started raining again outside, and in a short while it became a downpour.
Gu Cheng'an and Gu Chengyan remained kneeling outside the Imperial Study. Large raindrops pelted them, chilling them to the bone, and soon their clothes were soaked through.
Prince Yong finally arrived, and a young eunuch hurriedly followed behind him, holding an umbrella for him.
He strode forward without looking to the side, not even glancing at Gu Cheng'an as he passed by.
If his daughter hadn't sent someone to beg him, he wouldn't have bothered with this meddlesome matter.
She felt even more resentful towards Gu Cheng'an. What good could a son raised by such a vicious woman be?
Steward Ma came out to greet you, "Your Highness, what brings you here in such heavy rain?"
Before he could finish speaking, Prince Yong burst into tears.
Steward Ma shuddered, inwardly cursing: Here we go again.
How can he cry so much?
A real man can shed tears whenever he wants, without feeling ashamed.
Prince Yong, however, disregarded the opinions of others and entered the imperial study, where he knelt down with a thud.
"Your Majesty, if I cannot repay this debt to my children, I will not be able to die in peace!"
The Emperor grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it. The teacup shattered into pieces next to Prince Yong, and the tea splashed onto the corner of his clothes.
"What are you doing, shutting your eyes? You're not much older than me, stop with your pretentious act!" the Emperor roared, utterly disgusted by Prince Yong's affected manner, which he always displayed whenever something happened.
The tactics of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide have always worked.
Even the Marquis of Anyang didn't come, but his in-laws rushed over.
The Prince of Yong cried even louder, “The children said they only beg that the poisonous woman’s life be spared, and that the rest can be punished by the Emperor.”
The Emperor grew impatient with Prince Yong's crying. He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said coldly, "Enough, enough. Let her hand over the antidote. As long as Junze lives, she can live as long as he lives."
"If anything happens to Junze, she will pay with her life! This is already the limit of my tolerance, so you should stop bothering me."
Upon hearing this, Prince Yong stopped crying abruptly and said, "Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty!"
"roll."
After thanking the Emperor for his grace, Gu Cheng'an and Gu Chengyan hurriedly left the palace to find their mother and ask for the antidote.
Gu Chengyan's heart sank. If his elder brother recovered, then the position of heir apparent...