Chapter 496 (1/2)
Chapter 496
Chapter 496: Thunderstorm (1)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The day brightened hazilyThe clouds gradually gathered above Jingdou and turned the hazy light into blurry darknessIn the s in the rear of the Royal Palace, the sleeping eunuchs and serving girls were still turning in their sleepHowever, so Zhu forcefully steadied his state ofto use this motion to make himself maintain his composureHe had not been on duty in the Eastern Palace, so he had not been killed by the eunuchs and guardsEven though he was in the courtyard near the laundry facility, he still felt scaredHe had no idea what he would face next
A sound suddenly cah it did not disturb the people in their drea Zhu so htly to the poisonous dagger Fan Xian had once given hiht for his life with the people who caled, it would be difficult for hiht and just surrendered to the capture, it was not so, as as stubborn as a scholar, would be able to do
His hands shook as he placed his ear against the door, listening for sounds outside the courtyardOccasionally, he heard a tragic groan and the sound of crying ringing outThe sounds rang out quickly and immediately disappeared
His face was deathly paleHe knew there was soirls who lived near the laundry facility were almost all servants who served either the Eastern Palace or Guangxin PalaceOf course, Hong Zhu knew exactly the reason for which the things outside were happeningHe held the dagger tightly and anxiously bit his lipHe didn't notice that he had made a small cut on his lip
He didn't knohen the people would come to kill hile
Hong Zhu nervously waited for the arrival of death
After an indeter Zhu's doorGradually, the movements outside the laundry facility disappeared, and the courtyard outside recovered its peace
Hong Zhu sed a mouthful of saliva that had the taste of bloodNervously, he looked out through the crack in the door and found that there was no one outsideHe wanted to push open the door to see what exactly had happened outside, but his body had long been frozen by fearFor a moment, he couldn't move at all
He crouched down to rub at his anklesHe then sue to push open the door and walked out onto the street of the laundry facilityHe looked around absent-mindedly and found that, not far away, the door to where the eunuchs and serving girls lived were tightly closed, as if there was nothing out of the ordinary
He walked to one of the courtyards and carefully stretched out his hand to push at the door
The door wasn't bolted and opened i Zhu looked at the courtyard in front of hian to lose their color
He didn't see a courtyard filled with bodies, but he did see a few puddles of blood in an unremarkable cornerThe courtyard was emptyNot one person existed here
Presumably, the other courtyards were also like thisThe eunuchs and serving girls in these courtyards had already been ordered to death by the Eed, under the cover of darkness, to some secret place to be burned
The E Zhu backed out of the empty courtyard in a daze and stood in the empty alleyHe didn't understand why he wasn't killedA feeling of gratitude and fear for the new lease on life twisted in his heart, ht flashed in the depths of the dark clouds in the skyIn an instant, the sound of thunder traveled through Jingdou and surrounding countrysideI wind picked upCountless raindrops began to fall to the ground, accoht in the downpour and allowed the water to wash over his face and wet his thin clothingAfter a long tihtly onto the knife like a life-saver, he returned to his own little courtyard, closed the door tightly, and didn't dare to open it again
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”Father, what is this for?” The Crown Prince gazed angrily at his father with a rarely seen rage and roared loudly, ”Why!”
The Qing Emperor did not reply to his questionHe only stared at the e his hands behind his back, he slowly lowered his head and placed his face beside the empress'
Her body shook without reasonShe looked at the ed man she was most familiar with, loved the best, and also hated the ed brilliant gold robe on his body and golden threads on the dragon robe, and she smelled the scent on his bodyShe could not see the man's expression clearly or the emotions below the expression clearly
Many years had passed, but the empress had never truly seen the EainIt was clear that this empress felt a deep fear toward the Emperor
Beside her ear, the Eood son you've raised”
The empress immediately froze in surpriseShe had no idea why such a terrifying thing as purging the Palace had happened todayHearing the Emperor's words, only then did she realize that it had so to do with the Crown PrinceBut, the Crown Prince had recently been very playing his role very smoothlyWhat trouble could he possibly have caused? Particularly after hearing the Emperor say this, an emotion unique to women excited the empressShe screeched in a sharp voice, ”My son? Is he not your son?”
The sound of a crisp slap was the response to her wordsThe Emperor slowly pulled back his hand and looked at the e her face and didn't look at him directlyColdly, he said, ”If you want me to abolish you, then don't h the words were soft, they carried chilling coldness
A gliazed at the Ehed maniacally”You hit me…you actually hit lance at ht now? Should I thank you?”
The Crown Prince saw his ed overHe stood in front of the ee and helplessnessIn a loud voice, he said, ”Father, enough!”
Although he stood between the Emperor and empress, the Emperor's serene eyes seeh his flesh to stare at the sobbing empress behind himFaintly, he said, ”Do not lose your sense of proprietyDo you know that, Elanced at the Emperor past the Crown Prince's not very substantial bodyShe bit her lip and didn't speak for a moment