Chapter 237 Ruizong abdicates

"Is there any news over Taiping?" Ruizong was impatient and kept walking around, asking questions while wiping the sweat on his forehead. The cold sweat on Ruizong's forehead oozed out like water, one by one, one by one, as if this was not a cold winter, but a hot day.

The eunuch was very strange and didn't understand why Ruizong was sweating so much. Looking at his appearance, it seemed like something big was happening.

"Your Majesty, there is no news from the princess." The eunuch replied quickly.

"Isn't it really?" Ruizong asked hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, really doesn't! If there is, I will definitely report it!" The eunuch replied.

Ruizong sat down with his butt, as if a needle had pricked his butt, and suddenly jumped up and started to circle again. While turning, he untied his clothes, which surprised the eunuchs: "It's still hot today?"

"Fan, give me a fan, hurry!" Ruizong urged.

The eunuch really couldn't help it: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Is it because of the dragon's body uncomfortable? I'll pass it on to the imperial physician."

"Who said I was sick? What kind of imperial physician do you want? Fan!" Ruizong was very angry and scolded him in his words.

The eunuch had no choice but to hand the fan to Ruizong. Ruizong took it in his hand and fan it. It was the winter in the north, even if he was urinating, it would freeze. Although Chang'an was not as cold as the north, it would not be possible to use a fan in the winter. However, Ruizong not only used it, but also fanned it desperately.

Not to mention this, the fan was fanned quickly, and you could feel the cold air from afar, but Ruizong was still not satisfied: "Hurry up, bring another handful and you can fan it."

The eunuch responded and hurriedly brought a fan and fanned Ruizong. After a few slaps, Ruizong said, "Stop, stop slap, stop slap. You are like you haven't eaten, and it's useless." He wiped his forehead with his hands, and another sweat was filled with sweat.

Ruizong is a very easy-to-care person. It doesn’t matter what the eunuch does. As long as it is not particularly out of line, Ruizong will not say it. Like today, he is not a human being inside and outside, and the eunuch is still the first time he encounters it. He can’t help but be confused.

"Is there any news over Taiping?" Ruizong asked again.

The eunuch really couldn't help but ask the boss a question: "Your Majesty, why do you always ask the princess? This has been the fifteenth time!"

"Fifteen times?" As soon as Ruizong finished speaking, he immediately said, "Tell me quickly, is there any news?"

"Your Majesty, where is there!" The eunuch was a little amused and crying.

Princess Taiping cried for a while, raised her head, wiped her tears, and yelled outside: "Get the wine!"

Wu Chongxun responded, brought wine, poured it for Princess Taiping, and said with a smile: "Mom, you have to eat more. You will have made me suffer these days."

Nodded, Princess Taiping picked up the wine glass, drank it dry, nodded and said, "Xun'er, full."

Wu Chongxun responded and hurriedly put it on. Princess Taiping picked up the wine glass and drank it again. After drinking three cups in a row, Princess Taiping started eating Dong'an chicken, commenting while eating: "Xun'er, the Dong'an chicken cooked by your fifth uncle is so fragrant. It has improved a lot compared to back then!"

"Mom likes it, eat more." Wu Chongxun served with all his heart and strength.

Under Wu Chongxun's service, Princess Taiping let go of food and drink. Her appetite was wide open, and a wind blew up. After eating and drinking, Princess Taiping stood up and was in a good mood. She wandered around the house for a few days and said with a smile: "Xun'er, I haven't been so happy for a long time. Go and call someone to clean up my mother. When I get dressed up, my mother will go to the yard for a walk. I haven't left the house these days, and my mother is so bored."

"Okay!" Wu Chongxun responded happily and went there like flying. When he turned around, there was a girl following him, who was the maid of Princess Taiping, responsible for washing Princess Taiping.

"Come on, dress me up." Princess Taiping smiled.

The maid responded and walked behind Princess Taiping and dressed up carefully for her. Princess Taiping looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Xun'er, go and get some white silk for your mother, and it's longer."

Wu Chongxun was very strange: "Mom, what do you want Bai Leng to do?"

"Mom hasn't gone out for a few days, so she needs to dress up, otherwise, what kind of decorum will it be?" Princess Taiping raised her eyebrows.

Wu Chongxun was relieved and went out to work. When he turned around, he held the white silk in his hand, which was two or three feet long: "Mom, is this good?"

Princess Taiping looked at it and nodded, "Okay, just let it be. Speak, wait until my mother is making things in the house, don't disturb me. Remember! If it makes my mother unhappy, don't blame her for being merciless."

"I know! Mom!" Wu Chongxun was very happy.

Not long after, Princess Taiping finished washing, looked at the bronze mirror, and said with a smile: "I haven't dressed up for a long time. When I dressed up, I feel like I'm young."

The maid was very well-behaved and smiled and said, "Princess, you are young at first!"

"You can talk. Go out and close the door." Princess Taiping ordered, and the maid packed up her things, went out and took the door with her.

Looking at the maid's back, Princess Taiping didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, she sighed: "Fifth Brother, you want your little sister to commit suicide, and your little sister will obey you. But, I will leave my little sister's family to you. I believe that my little brother will treat them well."

After a pause, tears flowed down his eyes: "Fifth Brother, we brothers and sisters are role models when we go on blind dates. Why are we so tragic? My little sister really didn't expect that the fifth brother would take his little sister's life!"

Princess Taiping originally thought that Ruizong, who was kind to a woman, would care about the brother-sister relationship and let her have a way out. Unexpectedly, Ruizong actually killed someone with a soft knife and asked her to commit suicide. This was too unexpected to her. Until now, she still doesn't believe it.

Her most beloved brother wanted to kill her, and her heart was already broken.

Princess Taiping sat down, unfolded the paper, picked up the pen, wrote a letter to Ruizong, then picked up the white silk, held one end, and threw it towards the beam. After throwing it several times, she passed through the beam, pulled the other end, tied a knot, brought a chair, stood on top, put her neck on the white silk, kicked her legs, and the chair fell, and Princess Taiping hung in the air.

Wu Chongxun really thought Princess Taiping was in a particularly good mood, so she wanted to go out and walked around. She hurriedly called a group of people and ordered: "Mom is going to go out for a walk today, you have to accompany her. Remember, telling stories and jokes are OK. No matter what method you use, you must make your mother laugh. If you make it laugh, I have a reward, and you will receive 500 taels of silver."

"Thank you, Young Master!" The crowd thanked each other in unison, preparing to use their means to amuse Princess Taiping.

Everything was ready, Wu Chongxun and everyone stood at the door waiting. He didn't see Princess Taiping, the second-class Princess Taiping did not speak, and the third-class did not receive orders.

Today, Duke Taiping was having fun, and Wu Chongxun dared not disturb her interest easily, so he could only wait at the door.

Time passed silently. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement from Princess Taiping. Wu Chongxun was a little impatient and went up to knock on the door and said, "Mom, are you doing well? Everyone is waiting for you."

There was no movement, and knocked on the door again and asked, "Mom, I'll find someone to tell you stories and jokes. You must be happy today. Mom, do you like it?"

Still no movement, Wu Chongxun browed. A servant who spoke quickly reminded him: "Will something happen?"

"Nonsense!" A reprimand sounded.

The servant also realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly said, "Young master, little nonsense, death penalty, death penalty!"

Wu Chongxun's heart thumped, pushed open the door hard, looked into the room, and saw Princess Taiping hanging in the air, and couldn't help but feel shocked: "Mom!" He rushed forward like a flying man, holding Princess Taiping, his body was already cold, and he was already exhausted.

The servants also saw it. They all rushed in to help, and took off Princess Taiping with all her might and put it on the bed. Wu Chongxun was very unwilling to accept it. He took a nap and had already lost his breath.

He was fine just now, talking and laughing, and was in a good mood. Now he actually committed suicide by hanging his beam. Wu Chongxun was ignorant of the matter, hugging Princess Taiping's body and crying: "Mom, why are you? Why can't you think it through?"

"Young Master, this is the princess's last stroke!" A servant discovered the handwriting on the desk.

Wu Chongxun snatched it in one step without saying a word, grabbed it and saw it. He was shocked: "Your Majesty, do you want your mother to commit suicide? You, you, you are so cruel! Bullshit!" In anger, he tore up the letter from Princess Taiping to pieces.

"Is there any movement in Taiping?" Ruizong's cold sweat leaked out and asked anxiously.

"Emperor, no! Your Majesty, you have asked seventy-nine times." Ruizong asked the same question nearly a hundred times, and the eunuch's ears were all calloused.

"There is really no movement in Taiping?" Ruizong asked for the eightyth time.

"Your Majesty, if there is any movement, do we dare not report it?" The eunuch's face turned long.

At this moment, Duan Hui rushed in in a hurry and shouted from afar: "Master, big things are not good, big things are not good!"

"What big thing? Is it peaceful news?" Ruizong was so nervous that he almost popped out of his chest.

Duan Hui nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the princess has committed suicide by hanging her beam!"

"Taiping! Little sister!" Ruizong shouted loudly, opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood sprayed far away, and his right hand kept pounding on his chest: "Little sister, Brother Wu's heart hurts so much, it hurts so much! It's like a knife cut!" He staggered to the ground and fainted again. Duan Hui and the eunuch were so panicked that he hurriedly supported him and carried Ruizong to the bed and lay down.

For Princess Taiping’s affairs, Ruizong has been in a bad mood these days and has fainted a lot. Duan Hui and the others were not panicked and called the imperial physician to take their pulse.

The imperial physician came to the same conclusion as before when he took his pulse, which was anger.

Duan Hui has followed Ruizong for decades and knows his character well. He attaches great importance to family affection and cares for Princess Taiping, his sister. Now that Princess Taiping is dead, his feelings cannot be described in his heart.

When Duan Hui sighed, the eunuch rushed in in panic: "Mr. Duan, all the ministers asked to see the emperor in Xuanzheng Hall. The emperor did not wake up, what should I do?"

It must be that the news that Princess Taiping committed suicide had spread. This is a big deal. Can the ministers not come to see Ruizong? But Ruizong fainted, which is really a tricky thing.

"It's okay, I'll go and comfort them." Duan Hui browed and immediately had an idea.

"Duan Hui, you don't have to go, I'll go to court now!" Ruizong woke up at the right time and struggled to get out of bed.

Duan Hui hurriedly stopped him: "Master, this is not possible! The dragon body is important!"

"What's wrong?" Ruizong raised his voice and said angrily: "If they don't come, I will call them to come. It's just right!"

For decades, Ruizong respected Duan Hui very much and treated him like his brothers. He had never happened like today. Duan Hui was stunned. After thinking about it, he felt relieved. Princess Taiping committed suicide, and Ruizong's heart had long been broken.

Looking at Ruizong's trembling and timid appearance, Duan Hui was not kind and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, support."

Even if he didn't say it, the eunuch knew what to do. If it were in the past, Ruizong would support him, but today it was very different. Ruizong pushed the eunuch away and shouted, "Do you think I'm old? It's useless?" It was strange that after a shout, Ruizong actually made a big stride.

Looking at the Ruizong who changed in an instant, Duan Hui and the eunuch were stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at Xuanzheng Hall, Ruizong sat on the throne and the ministers bowed to each other.

After the ceremony, a minister stepped forward and said, "Emperor, Princess Taiping committed suicide. What should he do? Please tell me."

"Please give me the Holy Trinity!" The ministers hurriedly agreed.

However, Ruizong did not answer at all, but said: "You have tried the Taiping case?"

"Return to the emperor, the trial is complete. The evidence is conclusive..." Yao Chong's words interrupted Ruizong: "I passed the imperial edict, all officials involved in the Taiping case, the fourth rank and above were beheaded, and the clan was ignorant. Now, I will be executed outside the Meridian Gate!"

Yao Chong hurriedly said, "Emperor, some ministers will not die. Besides, the execution will be carried out now, which is too hasty."

"Emperor, what Yao Xiang said is extremely true, so please accept it." The ministers agreed.

Ruizong glanced at the ministers and said coldly: "I don't have a hurry to do it, I understand in my heart! I have decided my intention and cannot say it again! I will be punished immediately! If anyone resists the order, he will be punished for a crime of great rebellion!"

This is not called decisiveness, this is called arrogance. Many ministers want to advise, but under the sharp eyes of Ruizong, he wanted to advise but did not dare to advise. He slowly lowered his head and said in unison: "Abide by the order!"

Chen Wanrong took all this and thought to himself, "Today's Ruizong is more powerful than ever, and has a deterrent force. It seems that his mood is extremely bad, not far from the explosion."

The momentum comes from the heart qi. The higher the heart qi, the stronger the momentum. The momentum under the rage is quite terrifying, and Ruizong belongs to the latter.

With the order, the officials above the fourth rank were escorted to the prison, and teams of executioners stood solemnly with their knives. Looking at these executioners, these officials who were usually domineering were so scared that they were all terrified.

Just when these ministers were surprised, Ruizong came with his ministers and looked around. Ruizong said with a cold face: "You have followed Taiping on weekdays and have done so many illegal things. You know in your heart. Now that I kill you, you should die without any complaints!"
To be continued...