The palace door has been locked.
Chu Rui was Prince Zhuang and was always loved by the Queen Mother. When he returned to the palace, he was allowed to go back to the palace without any notification.
He took him to Kangning Palace first.
Empress Dowager Feng had fallen asleep at this time, the main hall was dark, and scattered lights were on in the courtyard.
"It's so late, why is Your Highness here?" The old mama stepped forward quickly, "Your Highness, what's wrong? It seems that you drank. Your Highness is not in good health. How can you drink? Come quickly, go and cook." Sober up the soup, then ask the imperial doctor..."
Chu Rui pushed the old nanny away: "I want to see the Queen Mother."
"The Queen Mother has rested..."
"Step aside!"
Chu Rui broke into the main hall and pushed the door open.
Empress Dowager Feng, who was old and had little sleep, had already woken up when there was a sound outside. At this time, she put on a coat and was getting up from the bed.
When she saw that Chu Rui was in a mess and still injured, she walked over quickly and said, "Rui'er, what happened? Who dares to hurt you?"
"Jie family, it's Jie Zun!" Chu Rui's voice was trembling, "Jie Zun bullied the eldest sister and used such a long whip... I didn't allow him to bully the eldest sister, and he wanted to kill me!"
"How dare he!" The Queen Mother's expression suddenly changed, "He dared to bully the Ai family. How can Mr. Jian be so unreasonable? The Ai family will not let him go!"
"He, he is dead." Chu Rui raised his eyes, "I killed him myself."
"What did you say?" The Queen Mother looked in disbelief. "You mean, you killed Jie Zun?"
Chu Rui nodded: "Yes, it's me."
"Impossible." The Queen Mother shook her head, "You are so young, you are sick all the time, and you don't even have the strength to hold a knife. How can you kill people..."
"It is indeed me." Chu Rui pursed her lips, "Tomorrow morning, please ask the Queen Mother to issue an order for the eldest sister to reconcile."
He dropped these words and turned to leave. He was too tired and couldn't hold on any longer.
But when he returned to the bedroom, he couldn't sleep. He was very restless and his heart kept beating wildly, as if something was about to happen.
Soon it was dawn.
He heard that dozens of members of the Jie family were beating drums at the gate of the palace to express their grievances.
I also heard that the ministers at Yushitai kept petitioning the court to punish him as a murderer.
He went to Kangning Palace and saw that the Queen Mother was in a state of distress. He knew that this matter was very serious and would be difficult for even the Queen Mother to handle.
Because the Queen Mother and the Emperor had always been at odds with each other, the Emperor simply took advantage of this matter and wanted to abolish his title as Prince Zhuang.
It doesn't matter if a prince just seals his title.
He said: "Queen Mother, just as the Emperor said, demote me to a commoner. As long as I can make the eldest sister successfully reconcile, I will do anything."
"You!" Empress Dowager Feng was furious. "Once you lose your title and are demoted to a commoner, you will be nothing. How can you regain your father's empire!"
"My father is dead, but the eldest sister is still alive." Chu Rui said one word at a time, "Please give the Queen Mother an order to let the eldest sister reconcile. She cannot stay in the Jie family!"
However.
He just finished speaking.
The old nanny outside ran in with a panic look on her face: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Your Majesty!"
Queen Mother Feng held back her anger: "What's the matter!"
"Princess Fukang, Princess..." the old woman cried loudly, "Princess Fukang was hanged in front of the gate of Jiejie's house!"
"What!!!"
Chu Rui shook his body and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He rushed out desperately, but the huge mood swing prevented him from running far and fell to the ground.
"Quick, help me up and go to the house!"
The people in the surrounding palace couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother.
Chu Rui shouted angrily: "If you don't let me see the eldest sister for the last time, I will die here!"
Empress Dowager Feng was also filled with grief and anger: "Let's go, Ai Jia will go with you."
The carriage left the palace and sped towards Xie's house. It only took a quarter of an hour to arrive at the door of Xie's house.
Countless people gathered around to watch the excitement. A woman was hanging at the gate of Jie's house. A group of palace people below were kneeling and crying, and no one was allowed to come near.
Chu Rui looked at it, clutching his chest and vomiting blood.
The eldest sister who loved him the most was surrounded by countless people and died without dignity.
He knew that this was the eldest sister using her last strength to pave the way for him... but he didn't need it, he just wanted the eldest sister to live well.
why why!
Chu Rui crawled and rolled off the carriage. He wanted to carry his eldest sister off with his own hands.
But he didn't have the strength.
He vomited so much blood that he could no longer hold on and fainted at the foot of the steps of his home.
At this time, a man in a white shirt walked over and lifted Chu Zhixia down from the beam.
It was Lu Hao, the eldest young master of the Lu family who had just gotten married.
"Zhixia, why are you so stupid..." Lu Hao's eyes turned red, "There are obviously other ways, why would you use your own life..."
Empress Dowager Feng said coldly: "Young Master Lu just got married, so don't cause misunderstandings here, come here!"
A group of palace people came forward, snatched Chu Zhixia's body, and placed it in the coffin. However, they did not close it. Instead, they carried the coffin and walked toward Dali Temple. Along the way, countless people talked about it...
When Chu Rui woke up, it was already seven days later.
People in the palace told him that Princess Fukang was hanged at the gate the day after she married into the Jie family, which aroused suspicion among countless people. After thousands of people expressed their opinions, the emperor had no choice but to order Dali. Temple investigates the case thoroughly.
It was immediately discovered that the first three matrons of the Jie family were beaten to death.
Jie Zun is more than worthy of death...
In order to appease the Queen Mother, the emperor rewarded countless gold, silver and jewels, and promoted several members of the Feng family...
Chu Rui dragged the sick body to find the Queen Mother: "Where is the eldest sister buried? I want to pay homage to the eldest sister."
Empress Dowager Feng closed her eyes to hide the pain in her eyes: "She married into the Jie family. She was born into the Jie family and died as the soul of the Jie family. Naturally, she was buried in the ancestral grave of the Jie family."
"The eldest sister died because of the Jie family. She cannot be buried in the Jie family." Chu Rui took a deep breath and said, "I want to move the eldest sister's grave."
"Have you made enough trouble?" Empress Dowager Feng suddenly opened her eyes, "If you hadn't made trouble on the wedding night, Fukang would not have died, and things would not have come to this point! You are so old, you should be sensible. You can’t always let me deal with the aftermath for you!”
"I'm not making trouble." Chu Rui said calmly, "I just want my eldest sister to rest in peace after her death."
Empress Dowager Feng said coldly: "Here comes, send him back."
The old nanny stepped forward and said: "Your Highness is not in good health, please rest for a while..."
When they arrived outside the palace, the nanny softly advised, "The Queen Mother has been very upset these days because of the princess's affairs. Please be considerate of the Queen Mother..."
Chu Rui didn't say anything.
It was late at night, and he called all the secret guards.
This was the soldier left behind by his father. After his father died, he became loyal to him.
It's just that he doesn't like to plan shady things, so these dead soldiers are sent by the Queen Mother.
That night, he asked the dead men to sneak into the Jie family's ancestral graves.
He has a Zhuangzi with beautiful mountains and rivers, which was left to him by his mother and concubine. He wants this Zhuangzi to become the mausoleum of his eldest sister so that she can sleep forever.
