Returning to the Pastoral: Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 384 The Death of Lu Anqing

"what?!"

Lu Anqing's eyes were full of horror, and she knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, no, no! Shilin is the cornerstone of the country. Once the foundation is damaged, my beam will be ruined! Taizu once erected a monument, and he will not be punished with his words. This scholar cannot be killed!"

Xuan Hongyi snorted coldly for a while, "Lu Aiqing, these scholars are currently besieging the government everywhere and mobilizing the local people. If they didn't kill one or two of them, the world would be in chaos. I will make my own decision on this matter. Aiqing, don't worry about it. The affairs of the world are difficult to say, and easy to say, but if you raise your fist, whoever is bigger will have the final say!"

When Lu Anqing came out of the palace, her face was ashen.Looking back at the resplendent palace, a tear slowly fell down the corner of his eye. ,

Did I do something wrong?

This King of Fortune, his own benefactor back then, was actually a bloodthirsty and brutal person?

Domineering at the court, not to mention not a single example of a Mingjun, but also so brutal and bloodthirsty that he doesn't even pay attention to the stele of Taizu. Could it be that what he showed in front of him before was his disguise?
Lu Anqing's steps were vain, as if he had aged more than ten years. In this rainy spring, he felt that his heart was getting old a little bit. He remembered the scene when he and Fu Wang were in Yunzhou, talking loudly and telling each other about revenge in their hearts...

Thinking about the imperial decree just now, Lu Anqing could no longer suppress the sadness in her heart, let her tears flow, and suddenly knelt in front of the palace gate, shouting: "Your Majesty, no!"

The sound spread far and wide, but soon dissipated in the drizzle. A day later, with the issuance of an imperial decree, the beam began to shake all day long.

First, the rioting scholars in the capital were arrested and sent to prison, and after a few leading rioters were cut off, the entire scholarly forest suddenly became quiet.

"Hmph! I want to see how tough you scholars are! Lu Anqing, did you see that? To make an example to others, are they all quiet now?"

Lu Anqing remained silent, her eyes were filled with ashes, she just felt that the King of Fortune was going against the grain, and this time it was really going to be a mess!
Sure enough, after a few days of silence, a large group of scholars took to the streets after being beheaded to the head of the scholars, holding in their hands the Taizu's papers proclaiming to the world that he would not treat scholars preferentially for the crime of speech, wearing plain clothes , scattered money papers, set foot on the imperial street, and came towards the direction of the palace.

When they walked to the Zhengde Gate of the imperial palace, they didn't yell and write like they imagined, but just sat quietly in front of the Zhengde Gate, expressing their dissatisfaction in a silent way.

Silence is sometimes the best interpretation of resistance.It was a silent protest, small but powerful.

The scholars sat for three days in a row, and the entire Zhengde Gate was occupied by the people of the capital. The scholars were silent, but the common people made a fuss.

"What a crime! The sons who were beheaded a few days ago were all stars of Wenqu. The Taizu gave preferential treatment to scholars, and the palace also returned stone tablets as evidence. How can you say that you killed them?"

"Isn't that right! Guochao has won the crown for more than a hundred years, but I have never heard of a precedent of killing scholars!"

"Being so perverted, the Son of Heaven is cruel and immoral. He was already in a wrong position, and even colluded with the Qing people to kill the former Son of Heaven!"

"What former emperor! That emperor is real, this is a false emperor!"

These common people don't know where they got the courage to talk about state affairs like the scholars, but only those who are interested will understand that these are all excuses, intended to stir up the anger of the surrounding people, such as fake The emperor colluded with the Qing people and planned to attack Youzhou!

Ethnic righteousness is sometimes the best sword to use. Even an illiterate person has the simplest sense of national identity. After being deliberately provoked by these people, the people in the capital are completely boiling!
Lu Anqing, who was standing on the palace gate, looked at this scene, feeling ashamed, silently walked down the palace wall, and walked out of the palace. Those scholars just glanced at him, then turned their heads and continued to sit quietly.

Lu Anqing felt as if her heart had been pricked by a needle. She opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't utter a single word. After returning home, she sat quietly in the study all night. On the morning of the second day, the servants found that her master had hanged himself.

It is not a trivial matter that the first assistant committed suicide. After learning about this, King Fu suddenly felt a wave of fear. Would even Lu Anqing abandon him?for what?Just because he killed a few troublemakers?

Su Yun who learned that Lu Anqing committed suicide was also shocked. Thinking of what he said a few days ago when he came to look for him, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Not long after, she changed into plain clothes, got on a carriage and came to Lu's residence.

It's funny to say, she is obviously the daughter-in-law of this family, but she has never stepped into the door of this family.It was the first time I came to the door, but I didn't expect it to come in such a way. After offering incense to Lu Anqing, Su Yun, who was dressed in plain clothes, glanced at Mrs. Lu Anqing, who was dressed in onyx and wore linen and filial piety, and said, "Madam Lu ,I am sorry for your loss."

"You unruly bitch!"

Not only did Lu Zhou not appreciate it, but he cursed loudly, "If it weren't for you, how could my Lu family end up in ruins today?!"

Su Yun was speechless, what did Lu Anqing's suicide have to do with her?

"You bastard, it's not enough to kill your husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law, but you want to kill my son, my husband, get out, get out, get out! You bastard, my master doesn't need you to come to condole!"

"Presumptuous! How dare you treat the princess like this..."

"Forget it, Huo'er, let's go back."

Su Yun stopped Huo'er, a bit of bitterness came out of his mouth.

There is nothing wrong with Lu Zhou's thinking, people in this era are so superstitious.

I have married two husbands in a row, no matter what the reason is, it is not surprising that people in the world will think so when they see the fate of these two husbands.

The explanation for these words was also unclear. She could neither blame Lu Zhoushi nor explain anything, so she could only leave silently.

But when she walked out of the door, Wang Fu caught up to her and said in a low voice: "Prince Princess, this is a letter from my lord who asked the villain to give you."

"For me?"

Su Yun was a little surprised. He took the letter paper from Wang Fu. After returning to the East Palace, he opened the letter and quickly read it from top to bottom. All the mysteries in his heart were solved.

Fu Wang was kind to Lu Anqing's mother in saving her life, no wonder he would say that loyalty and righteousness are difficult to balance...

Looking at the scribbled handwriting and the tear stains on the letter paper, Lu Anqing felt very desperate when he wrote this letter. He never thought that King Fu, who has always been kind to others and introduced him as a close friend, is actually such a person in his bones.

Lu Anqing, who was already extremely guilty of Emperor Heshun, saw King Fu go on a killing spree and massacre scholars all over the world, and Lu Anqing finally knew what kind of person he had helped ascend to the throne of emperor.

Isn't this helping the evildoers?And without him, Lu Anqing, how could King Fu come to the throne so easily?After seeing the silent condemnation of those scholars in front of the Zhengde Gate, Lu Anqing had a soft thought. This time, he really felt that he was wrong. He was wrong. Only death can alleviate his crime...

After reading the letter, Su Yun couldn't help sighing, staring at the tears on the letter, and said in a low voice, "You have the courage to die, but don't you have the courage to make up for the mistakes you made..."

(End of this chapter)