Chapter 495 (2/2)
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The Palace doors were tightly closedTheeyes of spirits staring at the worried-faced people outside the Palace wallsThere were notfor news outside the PalaceThey were dou Garrison Xie Su, and a group of their peopleThey looked at the tightly closed Palace doors and didn't knoas happening insideThey did know that the Overwatch Council had captured all of the Eldest Princess' high-ranking officials and sent thehtly furrowedA moment later, he suddenly said, ”No, I have to enter the Palace and speak my mind”
Xie Sue carefully pulled on his sleeve and lowered his voice to say, ”Commander! Don't be so muddle-headedThis is not a time for us officials to speak”
The Great Prince furrowed his brows and said, ”I can't just watch as all this happensWhat about the edo PalaceThePalace had been intercepted by people the Emperor had sent and ensured that no one froer's rest or tell her as happening in another Palace
In Guangxin Palace, not far away fro palace of the ehter, the Eldest Princess of Qing Kingdoxin Palace did not appear as peaceful and beautiful as it usually did
A bent over old eunuch, like a withered tree in winter, stood in front of the door to Guangxin PalaceThere was no sign of a peaceful scene
The Eldest Princess, Li Yunrui, stood outside the threshold of Guangxin Palace and looked coldly at the old eunuch outside the Palace”Eunuch Hong, I want to seedidn't speak, and no one else repliedThe eunuchs who had followed hixin Palace were, at thisout bodies froirls in Guangxin Palace, including the Eldest Princess' personal serving maid who knew martial arts, were all deadA few bodies were at the foot of the wall outside the PalaceClearly, they had been trying to escape over the wall to go for help
Since Eunuch Hong had personally brought people here, the serving girls in Guangxin Palace did not have the power to retaliateThey had all been tragically killedNo one even had the time to speak
No one wanted to hear them speakThe Emperor's orders had been very clearDo not allow anyone to speakKill theirls onto an old carriage and then headed toward the creaps between the wood and landed on the stone road inside the Royal PalaceIt was a ghastly sight
There were also eunuchs with broo a cart of yellow earth behind themAs they scattered dirt on the blood, they swept it clean
A e drove far awayThe blood on the stones gradually faded, gradually beca had happened
It was not until now that Eunuch Hong slowly raised his head and said powerlessly, ”Your Highness, the eThe Emperor has asked you to not disturb herI'll have to trouble you to wait a momentThe Eer flashed through the Eldest Princess' beautiful eyesHer hands hanging by her sides slowly clenched tightly into fistsA reat respect”Then I ait here forsaid this, she turned, entered the Palace, and closed the wooden door
Eunuch Hong re with his body bent like a withered tree and stood silently outside Guangxin PalaceAlthough the branches of this tree did not have any leaves, it gave one the feeling that he was extending in all directions around Guangxin Palace and enveloping the Palace,it difficult for the women in the Palace to breathe
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The Eastern Palace was chaotic and in turmoilEveryone was scared and uneasyThe empress, without jewelry or makeup, looked at the eunuchs who had entered without invitation and flew into a rageHer brows pulled togetherShe scolded loudly, ”Stupid servants! Do you want to rebel?”
Eunuch Yao bowed respectfully and gently said, ”Mistress, I wouldn't dareHowever, I have orders from the Emperor and must follow them”
At this moment, a deathly pale Crown Prince came out frouards in the palace, and his eyes narrowed slightlyHe realized that the people who had come were all from Taiji Palace and the royal studyThey were all his father's most trusted servantsHe didn't knohat had happened for these servants to charge into the Eastern Palace, but he was certain that this was his father's intention
But, as this for? The Crown Prince forcefully suppressed a glimmer of fear in the depths of his heart and calmly asked, ”Eunuch Yao, what is this for?”
Eunuch Yao bowed and respectfully reported, ”The Emperor has heard that there are some people in the Eastern Palace who have unclean handsHis Majesty is worried about you and the empress, so he has sent me here to take these people to be questioned at the Supreme Court”
Naturally, this was a fake reasonThe empress and Crown Prince met each other's eyes and saw each other's unease and confusionThe death of a serving girl could not cause such a ruckus
The eer in the depths of her heart and said through gritted teeth, ”Has internal Palace ed by myself? The Emperor is concerned with state s bother hi, which servant blabbered and disturbed the Emperor?”
Eunuch Yao calhed and said, ”Since it is father's orders, then take them to be questioned”
Once these words were uttered, the eunuchs and serving girls gathered together in the Eastern Palace gave a sorrowful cryAlthough they didn't knohat fate had in store for them, they knew that the Supreme Court was even scarier than prison
”How ?”
”All of them,” Eunuch Yao raised his head and quietly said
The empress sucked in a breath of cold airAlips, ”Are there to be no one serving in this Palace?”
”New people will immediately be sent over to serve master and mistress,” Eunuch Yao respectfully saidHe then waved his hand and ordered the eunuchs and guards under hiirls and eunuchs of the Eastern Palace
As they bound them, the people cried out for mercy in low voicesHowever, the people that Eunuch Yao had brought not only bound the people but also bound the mouths of these people
The e lance helplessly at the Crown Prince, wanting to glean the truth of the matter from her son's eyesHowever, the Crown Prince's face was paleHe had no idea how to deal with this
Just as Eunuch Yao and his group of people were preparing to leave the Eastern Palace, the Qing Emperor walked in frohtly and sad, ”What's happening?”
The ereet the Ehness, are you preparing to turn this palace into a Cold Palace [JW2]?”
The Elanced at her in annoyance and did not look at the Crown Prince at allHe directly spoke to Eunuch Yao, ”What did I order?”
It was a very light sentence, but Eunuch Yao knelt down in fright with a thunk and repeatedly koedThen, he turned his head and viciously said so
The empress and Crown Prince stared wide-eyed and open-ave a tragic cry and fainted onto the Crown Prince
Because…
Right in the Qing Kingdoenerous Eastern Palace, the guards raised the knives in their hands and ferociously chopped down
Countless sounds of knives swinging through the air sounded outDozens of cries fought their way out froround, and dozens of bodies twitched on the groundFresh blood immediately stained the courtyard of the Eastern PalaceThe stench of blood filled the Palace
The empress fainted fro, stared at his father with a stubborn and vicious gaze
[JW1 It said Yan Ruohai in the original, but this is a typo
[JW2] The name of a palace where concubines are banished/exiled to
Chapter 495 Blood And Yellow Earth In the Royal PalaceTranslator Nyoi Bo Studio Editor Nyoi Bo StudioThe day had not brightened as the panicked and uneasy Yuan Hongdao followed a small alley in the west of the city and escaped toward the direction of Lotus Pond SquareHe moved carefully the entire way and avoided the Overwatch Council s search, as well as the patrolling Jingdou GarrisonWith great difficulty, he came to a private residenceHe wiped the sweat off his forehead and sat dooodenly by the table in a dazeFor a long tireat thingsEven the previous Priht down personally by hi still shocked and frightened himPresumably, everyone in the Eldest Princess manor was already deadIn sodaoHowever, to the best of everyone s knowledge, he was still the Eldest Princess trusted aideIf he had not escaped earlier, he would probably have been killed on the spot by the Sixth Bureau swordsmenThat was if Fei Jie didn t act firstThis private residence was the Overwatch Council s dao tilted his head and saw a cup of tea on the tableWithout hesitation, he drank it to soothe his dry throatAre you not afraid that there is poison in the tea A ht s Sir Yan s father, the previous head of the Fourth Bureau, Yan RuohaiYuan Hongdao glanced at hi his identity, he quietly said, I never had any hope that I would surviveIn the opinion of the Qing Kingdo captures thisalready demonstrated that the Emperor could not tolerate the Eldest PrincessFurtheriven the Emperor s and Director Chen s actions, only half an hour was needed before the Eldest Princess faction would be swept cleanIf the Eldest Princess was no longer a threat, then a spy like him would also be wiped aithout a traceHowever, Yuan Hongdao did not feel any sense of sorrowEver since he began to follow Lin Ruofu o, he had been prepared to sacrifice hidouise that had been prepared for hi timePerhaps you don t know this, but the Eive up any subordinateYuan Hongdao JW1 was slightly surprised and shtened expression flashed in through the back doorWhen she saw Yuan Hongdao clearly, she couldn t help but open her mouth wide in a shocked expressionIt seeht that the other person would appear hereYuan Hongdao was also shocked because he had once seen this woAt that tiirlSo, this serving girl was also the Eirl and furrowed his browsYou cairl lowered her head as she debriefedLast night, I had just left when Eunuch Hong personally surrounded Guangxin PalaceI didn t dare lanced at the two of them and said, Both of you have provided meritorious service to the courtThe Emperor and Director are both very pleased with your actions these two yearsToday s , so we had to let you expose yourself to each otherIt is also prevents any unnecessary losses in the future because you don t know each other s identityNot ave a few instructions then began to lead the Overwatch Council s two dao furrowed his brows and asked, Where are we going You re going back to Xinyang, Yan Ruohai spoke each word carefullyGo wait in XinyangYuan Hongdao didn t quite believe what he had heard and raised his head to ask, Are you saying that the Eldest Princess will still return to Xinyang Just in case, Yan Ruohai said quietlyNo one is certain when it comes toafter you arrive in Xinyang, I will tell it to you slowlyHe turned his head again to the serving girl and said, You will stay hidden in the capitalIf so happens in the future, we ll still need you to enter the PalaceAt the end, the noh level official frodao and the serving girlThank you for your hard workThe room fell silentYan Ruohai looked at the wall outside theand thought about the colleague that just leftHe furrowed his brows thinking of so time, he smiledDespite the Eldest Princess power, shrewdness, and tricks, the Overwatch Council only needed half an hour to co the quickest speed andclean appeared to be very easyIt con with people s respect and estio, the Overwatch Council buried two spies beside the Eldest Princess, particularly, Yuan HongdaoAs early as when the Eldest Princess set her eyes on the attractive and intelligent scholar Lin in the idao had been placed beside scholar LinIf one were speaking of the serving girl, she only knew of the Eldest Princess preferencesAt the sa Zhu to coincidentally discover the hidden ist and had a thorough understanding of the Eldest Princess power and goalsWith such a person secretly sending es to the Overwatch Council, how could the Eldest Princess side stand against the stor had never considered the Eldest Princess as an important enemy and why the Overwatch Council s attack today appeared so accurate and vicious was all because of thisYuan Hongdao was a the first spies the Overwatch Council scattered outAfter experiencing many years of wear and tear in the court and in the world, he was the last one left of that groupHowever, now, he did not know that the present Overwatch Council had long changed fro ago placed hiurehead was like thisEverything for Qing Kingdom was still theof theirs had to be organized by Chen PingpingWhile the sky was still dark, the old who e round with a wooden dipperThe ious elder in the military, the old Qin master was old, so rose from bed earlier than nor, presently a Deputy in the Bureau of Military affairs who had been forced to leave the Jingdou Garrison, rushed in froarden orry on his faceHe wore a random thin coat thrown over his bodyHe sAlthough he was no longer the Coarrison, the Qin family had many eyes and ears in the e dou and the Overwatch Council s actionsThe old Qin liainst the Eldest Princess why No one knehy the Qing E, particularly after hoell behaved the Eldest Princess had been these fewasked worriedlyIf the Eer picture, then ould fall next We aren t going to do anything, The old Qin hed and saidDo you want to rebel Such questions shouldn t even be askedBut, the Eldest Princess knows sos about our fas The free shares in the Ming fas in Jiaozhou and won t let the Palace get hold of any leverageAs for the Ming fae for 10 percent of the free sharesBut Qin Heng was still a bit worriedIf the Eldest Princess loses power today and we don t help, it will only be Fan Xian s faction in powerI m very worried about what Fan Xian would doThe old Qin master furrowed his brows and said, It is most important to see whether or not Li Yunrui will survive todayYou re saying that the E opened his eyes wide and couldn t believe his own earsHow could the e to happen Is the E into chaos The old Qin hed coldly and said, If I was the E someone crazy like the Eldest Princess, I would either never htThere is still an eer in the palaceThe Emperor is also a ruler who values his reputation, so Li Yunruiwe can do will be of any useThe old Qin roundIf she is fortunate enough to survive, we still can do nothing right nowTrustas she can survive, her future retaliation will be very crazyAt that tihtly closedTheeyes of spirits staring at the worried faced people outside the Palace wallsThere were notfor news outside the PalaceThey were dou Garrison Xie Su, and a group of their peopleThey looked at the tightly closed Palace doors and didn t knoas happening insideThey did know that the Overwatch Council had captured all of the Eldest Princess high ranking officials and sent thehtly furrowedA moment later, he suddenly said, No, I have to enter the Palace and speak my mindXie Sue carefully pulled on his sleeve and lowered his voice to say, Commander Don t be so muddle headedThis is not a time for us officials to speakThe Great Prince furrowed his brows and said, I can t just watch as all this happensWhat about the edo PalaceThePalace had been intercepted by people the Emperor had sent and ensured that no one froer s rest or tell her as happening in another PalaceIn Guangxin Palace, not far away fro palace of the ehter, the Eldest Princess of Qing Kingdoxin Palace did not appear as peaceful and beautiful as it usually didA bent over old eunuch, like a withered tree in winter, stood in front of the door to Guangxin PalaceThere was no sign of a peaceful sceneThe Eldest Princess, Li Yunrui, stood outside the threshold of Guangxin Palace and looked coldly at the old eunuch outside the PalaceEunuch Hong, I want to seedidn t speak, and no one else repliedThe eunuchs who had followed hixin Palace were, at thisout bodies froirls in Guangxin Palace, including the Eldest Princess personal serving maid who knew martial arts, were all deadA few bodies were at the foot of the wall outside the PalaceClearly, they had been trying to escape over the wall to go for helpSince Eunuch Hong had personally brought people here, the serving girls in Guangxin Palace did not have the power to retaliateThey had all been tragically killedNo one even had the time to speakNo one wanted to hear them speakThe Emperor s orders had been very clearDo not allow anyone to speakKill theirls onto an old carriage and then headed toward the creaps between the wood and landed on the stone road inside the Royal PalaceIt was a ghastly sightThere were also eunuchs with broo a cart of yellow earth behind themAs they scattered dirt on the blood, they swept it cleanA e drove far awayThe blood on the stones gradually faded, gradually beca had happenedIt was not until now that Eunuch Hong slowly raised his head and said powerlessly, Your Highness, the eThe Emperor has asked you to not disturb herI ll have to trouble you to wait a er flashed through the Eldest Princess beautiful eyesHer hands hanging by her sides slowly clenched tightly into fistsA reat respectThen I ait here forsaid this, she turned, entered the Palace, and closed the wooden doorEunuch Hong re with his body bent like a withered tree and stood silently outside Guangxin PalaceAlthough the branches of this tree did not have any leaves, it gave one the feeling that he was extending in all directions around Guangxin Palace and enveloping the Palace,it difficult for the women in the Palace to breatheThe Eastern Palace was chaotic and in turmoilEveryone was scared and uneasyThe empress, without jewelry or makeup, looked at the eunuchs who had entered without invitation and flew into a rageHer brows pulled togetherShe scolded loudly, Stupid servants Do you want to rebel Eunuch Yao bowed respectfully and gently said, Mistress, I wouldn t dareHowever, I have orders from the Emperor and must follow themAt this moment, a deathly pale Crown Prince came out frouards in the palace, and his eyes narrowed slightlyHe realized that the people who had come were all from Taiji Palace and the royal studyThey were all his father s most trusted servantsHe didn t knohat had happened for these servants to charge into the Eastern Palace, but he was certain that this was his father s intentionBut, as this for The Crown Prince forcefully suppressed a glimmer of fear in the depths of his heart and calmly asked, Eunuch Yao, what is this for Eunuch Yao bowed and respectfully reported, The Emperor has heard that there are some people in the Eastern Palace who have unclean handsHis Majesty is worried about you and the empress, so he has sent me here to take these people to be questioned at the Supreme CourtNaturally, this was a fake reasonThe empress and Crown Prince met each other s eyes and saw each other s unease and confusionThe death of a serving girl could not cause such a ruckusThe eer in the depths of her heart and said through gritted teeth, Has internal Palace ed by myself The Emperor is concerned with state s bother hi, which servant blabbered and disturbed the Emperor Eunuch Yao calhed and said, Since it is father s orders, then take them to be questionedOnce these words were uttered, the eunuchs and serving girls gathered together in the Eastern Palace gave a sorrowful cryAlthough they didn t knohat fate had in store for them, they knew that the Supreme Court was even scarier than prisonHowAll of them, Eunuch Yao raised his head and quietly saidThe empress sucked in a breath of cold airAlips, Are there to be no one serving in this Palace New people will immediately be sent over to serve master and mistress, Eunuch Yao respectfully saidHe then waved his hand and ordered the eunuchs and guards under hiirls and eunuchs of the Eastern PalaceAs they bound them, the people cried out for mercy in low voicesHowever, the people that Eunuch Yao had brought not only bound the people but also bound the mouths of these peopleThe e lance helplessly at the Crown Prince, wanting to glean the truth of the matter from her son s eyesHowever, the Crown Prince s face was paleHe had no idea how to deal with thisJust as Eunuch Yao and his group of people were preparing to leave the Eastern Palace, the Qing Emperor walked in frohtly and sad, What s happening The ereet the Ehness, are you preparing to turn this palace into a Cold Palace JW2 The Elanced at her in annoyance and did not look at the Crown Prince at allHe directly spoke to Eunuch Yao, What did I order It was a very light sentence, but Eunuch Yao knelt down in fright with a thunk and repeatedly koedThen, he turned his head and viciously said soThe empress and Crown Prince stared wide eyed and open ave a tragic cry and fainted onto the Crown PrinceBecause Right in the Qing Kingdoenerous Eastern Palace, the guards raised the knives in their hands and ferociously chopped downCountless sounds of knives swinging through the air sounded outDozens of cries fought their way out froround, and dozens of bodies twitched on the groundFresh blood immediately stained the courtyard of the Eastern PalaceThe stench of blood filled the PalaceThe empress fainted fro, stared at his father with a stubborn and vicious gazeJW1 It said Yan Ruohai in the original, but this is a typoJW2 The name of a palace where concubines are banished exiled to