Chapter 22 Twenty-two, no one knows

"I know things can't go on like this. The princess and Qian Guansuo actually got along very well. Although she never called him daddy, at first she called him short and fat in private, then he became fat, and gradually became The fat old man... And I heard that Qian Guansuo also showed off his Jin Chan and the daughter of the princess mansion to others many times. The more excited he is, the more worried I am... worried that his life experience will be revealed, and his upcoming marriage will be in a close relationship. It was destroyed by him overnight..." Chuizhu looked down at the blue bricks on the ground that were stitched together without any gaps, and murmured, "At this moment, the princess had that dream, the one about Pan Yuer coming to ask for it." Jiuluanchai's dream. Then, Wei Ximin died, the son-in-law also had an accident, and the princess was anxious and fell ill. I couldn't sleep all night and night. I went to the Imperial Hospital to get the princess’s medicine, and when I got out of the car, someone stared at my wrist and asked, 'Are you Chuizhu?'"

All eyes were on her wrist. She was wearing a white linen dress, with faint scars showing under the sleeves.She pulled up her sleeves, exposing her arm that was covered with hideous scars. She lowered her head and said, "I think he saw my hand, so he must be sure of my identity. I turned around and saw That man, he... I don't know who he is, he is wearing a tattered cloak, half of his face is covered by the hood of the cloak, but the lower half of his face is covered by a black cloth. I covered myself tightly. I didn’t want to talk to him at first, but he stopped me and said, Xing’er, your father is going to die.”

Her eyes swept over Lu Zhiyuan blankly, and landed on Qian Guansuo, her voice was tranceless and weak: "I... I almost jumped up in fright when I heard him say that. I'm afraid that people will know my identity, and he Said, just talk to me and leave, so I can only leave the carriage, follow him to a deserted place on the other side of the alley, and listen to him. He said... I know you are Xing'er, Qian Guansuo Daughter. Wei Ximin was killed by your father, because Wei Ximin asked him for Lingling incense, and the two disagreed, so your father set fire to him in Jianfu Temple; and your son-in-law's horse was also your father who went to check and sold it to Zuo Jin Wuwei's horse accidentally broke the horse's shoe, which unfortunately hurt the son-in-law; Sun Manzi was killed when your father broke into the door... Moreover, he asked me, you know, once your father is arrested by the government After being arrested, will your identity be revealed, and what will happen to your future life?"

Qian Guansuo grinned, and the fat on his face kept trembling. He raised his hand tremblingly, as if he wanted to touch his daughter's scarred wrist, but Chuizhu withdrew it as if burned by fire. He hid his hands behind his back. Qian Guansuo's hand rested on his chest, and he didn't let it go for a long time.The mournful expression on his face, coupled with that fat face, is so ugly that people don't know whether to sympathize or disgust him. And Chuizhu's voice was choked up, almost crying: "He... he told me, do you think you can hide things from others? But I am your father's friend, and I have to help your father and you. I, I was terrified, so I could only ask him, what should I do?"

"So, he asked you to steal Jiuluan Chai, didn't he?" "Yes...he said that for the first two murders and the accident with the son-in-law, Boss Qian had the time and proof of his presence. He asked me...to help my father get a piece of evidence that is absolutely impossible to do." Consort Wei Baoheng stared at her and asked in disbelief, "So... you just killed the princess?" "No! I didn't!" Chuizhu said, biting her lower lip, her voice trembling, "I, how could I do something to hurt the princess... That person said, it's very simple, isn't the princess dreaming of her nine Is Luan Chai missing? This matter can be linked to this case, and... everyone knows that Boss Qian has absolutely no way to get Jiu Luan Chai... I still refuse, I said Jiu Luan Chai is a princess I received it in the box with my own hands, and I have no way to get it. But he... he taught me this method, so that I can steal Jiuluan hairpin like this when I get things. I... I really didn't Method……"

Concubine Guo Shu interrupted her with a stern voice, and asked: "Then the Jiuluan hairpin is in your hands after all? You've been talking about it for so long, and you can't tell the truth. How did you use it to kill the princess?" "Concubine Shu, I understand your feelings, but we have to start from the beginning, otherwise, how can the truth be revealed?" Huang Zixia said, and then sighed, "The princess died immediately after being stabbed in the heart. This method of death struggles very little. It is even more surprising that a jade hairpin like Jiuluan Chai would break when piercing the heart. So maybe, even though you have laid cloth underneath But the Jiuluan hairpin broke when it slipped from the box cover, the head and tail of the hairpin were separated, and fell into two pieces, right?"

Chuizhu couldn't make a sound, she just nodded her head heavily, and after a long time, she continued: "I never thought that the disappearance of Jiuluanchai would make the princess care so much. Her old illness relapsed, and it was out of control. So after the news stopped so tight, I , I quickly went to the box to get the Jiuluan hairpin, and prepared to let it appear next to the princess again without anyone noticing. Who knows... who knows that I took out the Jiuluan hairpin from the back of the box and saw that it was broken!" Her eyes passed over everyone in the hall, looking at Qian Guansuo who was paralyzed there, dazed and bewildered: "I... I was so scared that my heart stopped beating. I held the broken Jiuluan hairpin like holding It's like a rope around my neck... I delivered the hairpin to the corner gate of the princess mansion at night according to the agreement of that person, but when the hairpin was handed over to him, I was suddenly terrified, and I always felt that this Come on, I'm about to be dragged into the abyss. I don't know why...I, I gripped the hairpin tightly and asked, who are you?"

And the man who covered his face, without saying a word, just snatched the hairpin from her hand with his hands, but he didn't prevent the Jiuluan hairpin from breaking, he grabbed the tail of the hairpin with one hand, but the head of the hairpin still remained in the hand of Chuizhu .Chuizhu grabbed the hairpin, turned around and ran, and rushed into the corner gate, but the man did not dare to enter the gate, after two steps of chasing, he hurriedly left from the other side of the alley. Luo Pei cried out: "But... But if that person got only the tail of the hairpin, why was the princess able to see Jiuluan hairpin at a glance among so many people at such a long distance? She couldn't be so far away Just recognize the broken half of the hairpin!"

Chuizhu shook her head desperately, crying bitterly: "I don't know... I don't know! When the princess called out Jiuluanchai, I was so scared that my heart almost jumped out of my throat. I thought... I thought I did something. She found out about it. Unexpectedly, she pointed to the crowd and said it. I knew it was absolutely impossible, because the head of the Jiuluan hairpin was in my arms at that time... so I I urge the princess not to go there, but in that chaos, the princess is still...or..." She couldn't speak any more, and knelt down on the ground, just crying hysterically.

The people in the hall could still wait, but the emperor couldn't bear it any longer. He tried his best to restrain himself, and said through gritted teeth, "Get up! Give me one five ten, and make it clear!" Chuizhu was sad and frightened, so she could only press her hands on her chest desperately, and forcefully squeezed out the words behind her, her voice was hoarse and almost broke down: "Yes, slave... When slave and a group of people are looking for the princess, in the I saw the figure of that man in the crowd! Although I still couldn't see his face clearly, the servants still remembered the cloak... Moreover, they saw him taking the princess behind the remote wall. So the servants squeezed desperately Passing through the chaotic and crowded crowd, but...but it was too late, when the slaves arrived, they happened to see the princess falling down..."

When she talked about the scene that day, her face turned blue, as if the Jiuluan Chai at that time had stabbed her in the chest and cut off her vitality: "Slaves... I was so frightened that I ran to her and took a look. The one stabbed in front...is the tail of Jiuluan Chai! The maidservant...was terrified, knowing that if she was suspected, she would definitely be searched, and the hairpin in her arms would be the evidence of the maidservant's murder of the princess! The servant desperately ran to the princess's side, and when she knelt down to hold her body, she quietly threw the Jiuluan hairpin in her arms into the grass beside her, trying to make others think that... someone was holding the hairpin. Jiuluanchai killed the princess, and Jiuluanchai broke because of the princess's struggle... But the servant did not kill the princess! The servant just made a wrong step, and finally reached the current ending..." Everyone in the hall was silent, and they didn't know whether to be surprised or sigh. The emperor let out a long breath, and his whole body was exhausted.His gaze turned to Huang Zixia: "Is what she said true?" Huang Zixia whispered: "It's true. When the princess fell down, Chuizhu had just arrived. She crawled to the princess's side at that time. There was really no chance of killing the princess." The emperor raised his head, never looked at her again, and only waved his hand, motioning to take her down. The yamen servants of Dali Temple came up, grabbed Chuizhu's arms, and dragged her out. Chuizhu staggered and was dragged out by them, her eyes looked at Qian Guansuo, and her voice, which was originally low from crying, finally roared out hoarsely at this moment: "Qian Guansuo, my whole life... From the beginning to the end, I was ruined by you! Even if I die... I will never forgive you!" The emperor raised his hand to signal the servants to stop. Chuizhu knelt on the ground wearily, stretched out her hands and cried, "Look, the birthmark on my wrist is gone, why? Because I was burned from wrist to elbow in order to protect the princess, and the wound festered and had a high fever for many days I almost died, in exchange for the princess thinking of my loyalty, and transferred me to her side as a personal maid! The princess had a little porcelain dog brought from outside the palace when she was young, but she accidentally broke and cut her finger, the emperor Concubine Yu Shu believed that I did not take good care of the princess, and made me kneel in the broken porcelain all night until I lost consciousness and fell to the ground before being forgiven... Where were you when I was burned and dying of high fever? I Where were you when your knees were dripping with blood? You sold me, took the money from selling your daughter and made a fortune, and then came to me in a pretentious manner because of a disturbed conscience and ruined my last happiness, you—” Her chest heaved violently, tears rolled down her cheeks, her breath choked, and she could no longer speak. "It's dad..." Qian Guansuo looked at his daughter and muttered for a long time before finally speaking, his voice hoarse.After he said these two words, he thought about it, and then changed his words with difficulty, "It's me...I'm sorry for you, Xing'er...I'm sorry for you..." He couldn't go on anymore, and wept bitterly. He was originally an ugly and short fat man, but now his whole face was distorted from crying, making him even more ugly.But everyone couldn't laugh at him aloud, they just looked at their father and daughter, and the whole room was silent. The emperor's voice interrupted the silence at this moment, and said: "You served Linghui with all your heart in your lifetime. Now that you have made a serious mistake, I am extra merciful and allow you to follow your master." Chui Zhu gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, she didn't say anything, she didn't even look at the attendant, and let others drag her out. Concubine Guo Shu looked at her and said angrily: "She was one of the culprits in Tongchang's death, and now she can still accompany Linghui after death, why did His Majesty give her such kindness!" No one echoed her, and no one answered her. Even Qian Guansuo was still kneeling there blankly, but the tears were streaming down his gloomy face, seemingly unable to stop. The emperor motioned to take Qian Guansuo out as well. He looked back at Huang Zixia, clenched his right hand into a fist, and because of too much force, the veins protruded, just like the pulsating muscles on his face, it was shocking: "Then, instigate Chuizhu Who is the person who stole the Jiuluan hairpin and killed the princess?" Huang Zixia silently bowed to him, and said: "With only one hairpin tail, Princess Tongchang certainly cannot recognize it as Jiuluan hairpin. However, there is a person who is good at making all kinds of lifelike flowers, birds, dragons and phoenixes. It is not difficult to connect a fake Jiuluan hairpin to the broken hairpin." Zhou Ziqin shook his head and said: "Chonggu, it's impossible, even if it's rough, even the most skilled jade craftsman, it takes several days to carve a jade hairpin, let alone such a complicated hairpin as Jiuluan— — What's more, where would he go to find the same piece of nine-color jade?" Huang Zixia asked back: "Why use jade? Anyway, it's just for the princess to take a look at it from a distance in the chaotic crowd. Then, how can she recognize it in a hurry to make a Jiuluan hairpin with the wax that has been adjusted in color? And , One night, using wax to make a jade hairpin, isn’t it more than enough?” In the silent hall, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Zhiyuan. Concubine Guo Shu shook her head slowly, while lowering her eyelashes, the tears in her eyes slid down helplessly and sadly. The emperor stared at Lu Zhiyuan for a long time, took two steps back, and fell back into his chair. He could not speak, but stared at Lu Zhiyuan with resentful and resentful eyes. At this time, Lu Zhiyuan's eyes were only cast on the sky outside the hall, and he remained silent. The wrinkles on his side are like weathered ravines on the rock.He looked at the sky, as if watching his daughter running farther and farther away, and finally got away from him, away from this terrible Chang'an - when she didn't know everything her father had done for her. Perhaps, she will never know what the father she once resented and hated did for her. Huang Zixia looked at Lu Zhiyuan, with complicated emotions in her heart, but she finally opened her mouth and said, "Old Man Lu, you want to avenge your daughter, I understand your feelings. But you shouldn't hide yourself Innocent people were involved." Cui Chunzhan hurriedly and cautiously asked the emperor for instructions, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to punish Lu Zhiyuan and make him confess?" "No need, I plead guilty... I killed three people, Wei Ximin, Sun Manzi, and Princess Tongchang, all of them were killed by me." Lu Zhiyuan interrupted him. The breath suppressed in the hall did not feel cleared because of his confession, but became more dignified. Huang Zixia sighed, and said: "In this case, Princess Tongchang hurt your daughter indirectly, but she was unintentional after all, and with her status, you insisted on killing her, why? " "Princess Tongchang... I actually didn't want to kill her. After all, as you said, she didn't directly make Di Cui into such a person. But I don't know why, why Di Cui surrendered to Dali Temple, saying I am a murderer. I can't see my daughter in danger, and I can't surrender myself and harm my daughter!" Lu Zhiyuan said, raised his head, took a deep breath, and said reluctantly, "At this moment, I thought of Princess Tongchang, I think, all these things happened because of her, probably only she can save my daughter. So I lured Chuizhu to steal Jiuluan Chai for me, but she only gave I'm halfway. But although I couldn't get Jiuluan Chai from Chuizhu's hand, I had already seen the hairpin's appearance clearly, so I guessed that Chuizhu would not dare to hand over the broken Jiuluan Chai to the princess, so I As you said, I made a Jiuluan hairpin with wax, and it looks like the real thing from a distance." Huang Zixia asked again: "You seem to be very familiar with the affairs of the princess mansion, did cardamom tell you?" "Yes, she has very little contact with my family, but Di Cui's mother is her elder sister after all. When I went to Chunniang's tomb this year, she also came. I spread some spices for her, but she said that it was from the Princess Mansion. According to the rules, all valuables received by outsiders must be handed over to the princess, and there is a very greedy Wei Ximin beside the princess, who has a headache, and he will definitely take away any spices, especially those that calm the nerves." "But, the princess had the dream of Jiuluanchai's loss, how did you know it?" "It was Wei Ximin who came to my shop that day and was fascinated by my incense. I tied him up. He thought he was in the underworld in a daze, so he was so scared that he said everything. I asked a few words, and he I just talked about the princess’s dream, and I also said that I saw the princess secretly seeing Qian Guansuo. I know that Qian Guansuo is proudly showing off the golden toad given by his daughter recently, and I also heard that the maid beside the princess, Chuizhu, has Scar, she did a good job helping the princess pretend to be her daughter, so I guess that Chuizhu might be Qian Guansuo's biological daughter." Huang Zixia nodded silently, and the emperor behind her interrupted her inquiry angrily: "Don't ask about these things! First, confess everything about killing the princess!" Lu Zhiyuan lowered his head and said: "I took the fake Jiuluan hairpin and hid secretly outside the princess's mansion, and followed her to Pingkangfang. The princess who was blocked on the road got out of the car and was successfully led over by me. I was in a state of confusion. He took her to a place where there was no one, confessed to her that he had killed the eunuch in her house and the grandson, told her that my daughter was wronged, and begged her to save Dicui. But she didn't even look at it. I just looked at the grass on the ground and sneered. I knelt on the ground and begged her to let Dali Temple release Dicui. But the princess was in a very bad mood, and at the beginning she only asked us father and daughter to wash their necks and wait. Said... she said, not only you will die, but your daughter will not live!" The emperor listened to him tell about the scene of Princess Tongchang before she died. Sitting on the chair, he seemed to see the unscrupulous, proud and self-willed appearance of his daughter again in front of him.The sharp and thin facial features are like the most easily broken ice, but they are still so stubborn. The emperor felt that his chest was so painful that he could hardly breathe. He grabbed the armrest of the chair and stared at Lu Zhiyuan, but he couldn't say a word. "At that time, I was terrified. If the princess leaves, Di Cui and I will die... I have already killed two enemies, and I am old. What does death matter to me? Cui... Dicui is so young, just like a flower bud that has just been pulled out, how can she die with me?" When Lu Zhiyuan said this, he finally reversed his previous silence, and he beat his chest with his fist excitedly, As if to vomit out the blood there, "At that moment, at that moment, I suddenly thought... related to this matter, two people have already died... If the princess died too, wouldn't it prove that the person in Dali Temple Di Cui, is she...is she innocent?" Among the silent people in the hall, Lu Zhiyuan's voice was hoarse and dry, but everyone didn't know how to respond. "So, I... caught up with her, and stabbed the hairpin tail into her heart..." Concubine Guo Shu let out a frenzied cry, and she was about to rush to the hall.The eunuch and maid beside her hurriedly held her back, but they couldn't stop her from crying: "Your Majesty, Linghui... Linghui died in the hands of such a villain! Your Majesty..." The emperor sat on the chair, as if he could not hear or see at all, just sat there, and the great grief overwhelmed him, making him unable to move for a while. Huang Zixia said in a low voice: "Lu Zhiyuan, the whole city of Chang'an is saying that you despise your daughter, drive her out of the house, and are greedy for money...but I know that all of this is just for you to protect your daughter Dicui. In fact, from the moment she was insulted by Sun Laizi, you have already made up your mind to take revenge. Wei Ximin is the eunuch of the princess mansion, and the princess mansion wants to protect him. You know that you can't go the way of the government. The only way is, Just do it yourself, kill them yourself!" Her eyes fell on Zhang Xingying, whose eyes were wide open in disbelief, and his face was panicked and desolate. She paused for a long time before continuing: "But you know, if this matter is revealed, not only you will die, but your daughter will die." , will definitely be implicated by you, and you will be exiled if you don’t die. So you drove Di Cui away from the moment you made up your mind to kill someone. You threw a rope to her and forced her to seek death. I want to sever ties with her in public and let her go far away without getting involved. But I think you must follow her secretly, otherwise, how could you find Zhang Xingying's house impartially and be bumped into by Di Cui?" Lu Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and said vaguely: "I... I went to Zhang's house to sneak a look at her a few times. Although I was very careful, Dicui found out once... So I said that I came to ask for a bride price. Seeing that Zhang's family can't come up with so much money, I hope it's safest for Dicui to leave the capital and fly far away. Who knows that she is so stupid, she really thought I was the father of Hulang, and she stole Zhang's painting and gave it to me, saying It’s worth ten cents. I said it’s not worth it, and she also told me that there are three ways to die. When I saw the first one, it seemed like a thunderbolt fell from the sky to kill people, and I immediately thought of the one I just killed. Wei Ximin. So when I was killing Sun Laizi, I heard that he would stay behind closed doors, so I was inspired by the second painting. No matter how the iron cage is, there are always gaps, and the skills I learned in the crossbow team back then can be used On. As for the third picture..." When he said this, his voice was hoarse, and he couldn't go on. "What happened to Di Cui...we all sympathize with her. However, the princess is considered an unintentional mistake after all, and Qian Guansuo and her family are even more innocent. It is too wrong for you to involve them," Huang Zixia sighed softly, "And What I admire the most is that you disguised so well that you not only fooled us, but even your own daughter." "Maybe... because I really treat Di Cui badly." His voice was hoarse, and his eyes fell on a void in the air. He looked there, as if he saw his daughter standing in front of him, like a person who is about to die reluctantly. Like the only thing left around him, he treasured and measured his daughter's illusory face inch by inch with his eyes.Huang Zixia heard his murmuring voice like a dream: "When I was first born, I didn't like this daughter... She was born prematurely, and Chun Niang died of bleeding after giving birth to her. I can only be dumbfounded." Hugging the newborn her tenderly, sitting on the edge of the bed watching Chunniang's face slowly turn white, then blue again..." He was looking down at the crying baby in his arms, because of this wrinkled little baby, his wife was gone.At that moment, he just wanted to throw the child to the ground in exchange for Chunniang's life. However, she was such a small, premature child, lying in his arms like a kitten, crying, her red face wrinkled like a frog, so ugly and weak, he could only He hugged her tightly, buried his face in her swaddling clothes, and began to cry. He was poor since he was a child, and he went to be a soldier for another ten years. In his thirties, he met Chunniang, the only woman who was willing to marry him.They had a good relationship after marriage, but Chunniang never got pregnant.They burned incense and prayed everywhere, and finally they had this child. Who knew that when she arrived, she took away the person he thought could be with him forever. What's worse, she's still a girl. Boys can grow up if they are thrown in the grass, and when they are a little older, they can take them into the water to fish and go up the mountain to hunt birds.Someone will accompany him to drink a pot of wine, work hard together, and his blood will boil together. This is his son, and one day he will grow up to be more luxuriant and solid than himself. But all he has is a daughter, who is as soft as a rosebud, and will be broken by the spring wind if she is not careful.He could only ask Aunt Wu next door to help her take a bath, washed her daughter's diaper-wet pants in shame and indignation, and clumsily combed her ugly braids... She grew up day by day, from a premature baby as ugly as a skinned frog, She grew up to be such a delicate and beautiful girl.This made him more and more worried. He didn't know who would remove this rosebud in the end and plant it in someone else's flower pot. After that, whether she bloomed in full bloom or withered, he could no longer protect her. Who told Chun Niang to give birth to a daughter?What is left to him is destined to be alone forever.His temper is getting worse, it is easier to scold his well-behaved daughter, and he is more and more envious of families with sons. In seventeen years, a single father took a child and raised her from a lump of meat less than four catties to a beautiful, considerate and capable girl. Outsiders can't imagine the hard work of these ten years.He also watched Dicui who had a fever overnight without closing his eyes; he also guarded Dicui who was out with others at the street corner, and scolded him; The weeds on her grave chattered to her, saying that her daughter really looks like you... He also went to find a woman and tried hard to have a son, but that woman abused Di Cui behind his back, which made him unbearable, and finally drove her away by drinking madly.At that time, he was also in his fifties, and he finally gave up his heart.He thought, maybe he has been like this in his life.Alone, dead, let Di Cui bury herself next to Chun Niang, and just lived her whole life like this. Time is so fast, in the blink of an eye, the daughter who babbles like a dough ball and calls her father has turned into a girl who can put a white orchid in her hair. In a shop, just to take a look at her. At that time, he was both worried and joyful. He dismissed one matchmaker after another pickily, just because he felt that no man in the world was worthy of his daughter. However, what he didn't expect was that his daughter, who was laughing and chatting all day long, would encounter the most unbearable fate because she went to the princess mansion to send incense candles. Sun Laizi spread the scandal everywhere, and everyone in Chang'an City was talking about his daughter's misfortune.Di Cui secretly hid the wax stick and wanted to find Sun Mangzi desperately, but he who was always staring at her found out that he took the wax stick and slapped her. That was the only time he beat Dicui after she grew into a girl. No one knew, he had already made up his mind at that time. He wants to keep his daughter; he wants to pay blood for blood and wash away the shame on Di Cui; he wants to dispel her nightmare and let her live again. "Why, the emperor's daughter, just because she is in a bad mood, you can manipulate my daughter's fate at will and knock my daughter into hell?" In Lu Zhiyuan's eyes, turbid tears rolled down his wrinkled cheeks, dripping It fell on the blue brick floor.As if he was talking to himself, he said very lowly, "Seventeen years, I spent seventeen years raising my daughter from such a small baby to such a good girl... all my life , just such a child, I'm just a lowly craftsman, I can't give her a noble family, can't give her great power, can't give her a lot of wealth... But I, even if I lose my life, I must let my Daughter, live well!" Huang Zixia only felt a warm blood surge in his chest, making his eyes sore and hot.She held back her tears, but couldn't help but see her father's figure in front of her eyes. When she was in Chengdu Mansion, after being blamed by her father, she refused to eat willfully.Mother brought soup cakes to persuade her to eat, she turned her head, but just saw her father hiding under the tree in front of the court, watching her secretly. Seeing her at a glance, her father immediately turned his face away, pretending that he was just passing by, and walked towards the depths of the courtyard. She still remembers that the sun cast the shadows of the garden trees on her father. She didn't care about the clear shadows at the time, but now when she thinks about it, she still remembers them vividly, as if the shadows were not reflected in the father's body. On her father's clothes, but painted on her heart with blood. She didn't know how long she had been in a daze, but it was Li Shubai who gently touched her that she regained her senses. Lu Zhiyuan was still kneeling in the hall, and the guards had put him in shackles. Cui Chunzhan sat in the hall, patted the gavel, paused again, and then asked: "The kneeling prisoner, you killed Princess Tongchang, Wei Ximin, the eunuch of the princess's mansion, and Sun Laizi, a resident of Daningfang in the capital. Now, do you obey the law?" "Yes." His voice was decisive and clear. Cui Chunzhan glanced at the back hall and saw that the emperor was still sitting motionless on the chair although his chest heaved violently, so he turned his head and asked Lu Zhiyuan, "What else do you have to say?" Lu Zhiyuan was silent for a moment. Zhang Xingying, who was standing obliquely behind him, opened his eyes wide, expecting that he would turn his head and tell himself about his daughter, that he would entrust Dicui to himself. But no, Lu Zhiyuan finally shook his head silently. Cui Chunzhan looked at the emperor again. The emperor's face was still pale, but his breath finally calmed down. His lips moved slightly, and he said four words to Cui Chunzhan: "Ling Chi executed." Cui Chunzhan was stunned for a moment, before he could speak, he only heard a "plop", and Lu Zhiyuan's face turned purple, and he fell to the court. In the chaos of exclaiming, Zhou Ziqin was the first to run, sniffed his breath quickly, then opened his mouth to look, and stood there in a daze. Huang Zixia hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" "He should have hidden poisonous wax pills in his mouth a long time ago, and he bit them through at some point, and now... he died from the poison, and there is no cure." Huang Zixia squatted down in a daze, looked at his black and purple face, and remained silent. Zhou Ziqin glanced at her and said in a low voice, "That's fine." She sighed, stood up and reported to the emperor. The emperor's hand was tightly gripping the armrest, his veins were showing, and he said furiously, "Dead? Just died like this. How can I vent my hatred!" Concubine Guo Shu cried: "Your Majesty, doesn't he still have a daughter? This kind of thief... Even if he dies, he will not live in peace!" The emperor asked sharply, "Where's his daughter? He escaped, and I want his daughter to suffer the death penalty for him!" Zhou Ziqin jumped up in fright, and Huang Zixia grabbed him quickly, motioning him not to move. "Your Majesty..." Cui Chunzhan said frightenedly, "Just now... after fainting, His Majesty ordered someone to carry him out. It was his daughter Lu Dicui." Only then did the emperor think of the previous incident, and suddenly he was furious, but because it was his own will, he could only vent his anger and had nowhere to vent. He slammed his sleeves and shouted: "Search immediately! Turn the whole capital over." Come and catch her too!"