Chapter 68: The Death of Aunt Su

  Xuanyuan looked at me with a glance, shook his head silently, at this time, no one could save her.

  Su's aunt was beaten half to death and thrown into the heavenly prison, while her family in Liancheng suffered as a result of her actions, with over 200 people inside and out being beheaded!

  There were also ordinary people who were selected to enter the palace to find children, and they were hanged directly outside the Xuan Yuan Gate, their bodies exposed for seven days as a warning to others.

  The child is missing, and the imperial court must establish its own dignity.

  Other people died quickly, but Su's aunt was sentenced to death by lingchi, a particularly cruel form of punishment. The executioner bound the criminal and then used a small knife to dig out pieces of flesh from her body. It is said that when this punishment was carried out, many criminals had not yet died, their flesh had been dug out, and they watched as they were slowly stripped of their flesh until death.

  Tomorrow is the day of Su's execution, Xuan Yuan finishes preparing the Heavenly Prison's guard, I go in to see her, her eyes are dull and lifeless, without the 'spirit' of her former self.

  "Are you afraid?" I stood outside the cell, looking at her who was thin and frail with wounds all over her body.

  Although she has used ghost babies to harm me, I don't hate her. I can feel the pain from her, the pain of living, the helplessness!

  "I've been waiting for this day for a long time, if I don't take revenge while I'm alive, even as a ghost after I die, I won't let them off!" Su Aunt said gritting her teeth.

  "Are those children you've stolen?" I wonder where so many babies, so small, have gone.

  "Didn't I tell you? The children are in the secret chamber beneath the throne, and every half month they send infants to the altar where they're... 'sacrificed' alive..."

  I heard this and couldn't help but wonder: "Who? Who would do such a thing, and why?"

  "For some reason I don't know, but..." Su Auntie stood up and looked around nervously, then said to me, "Your Majesty, it seems the Emperor is also serving that person!"

  Is there someone behind His Majesty? I stared foolishly at Aunt Su, feeling that she had really gone mad to be able to say such a thing.

  "What about your children?" Those three ghost babies, without a mother to adopt them, what will become of them?

  "Sister Su heard this and burst into tears 'Waaah!' I couldn't protect them, let me become a ghost to lead the three of them in revenge..."

  "Are those three children the Queen's kids?" The queen often mentioned that there were not just one child, and Su Auntie was a person by the Queen's side, she was Xuan Yuan Zi's 'nanny', all these children had died, she must be heartbroken.

  The wet nurse was nodding while wiping away tears, she was dying and had no chance left, so she was willing to reveal all the secrets: "The empress gave birth to four children, apart from Prince Zi, there were three others, all taken away as infants. I was their wet nurse, how could I bear it? Later I learned witchcraft and found out that those three children were murdered, through the ghost infant I knew they were killed at the altar in the south of the city. My poor babies, so young, only knowing how to drink milk...

  Sugugu cried out loudly, her voice very loud.

  "Was it you who made those ghost babies 'confuse' Princess An's personal maid, Mei Yu, to steal things in the front hall? In fact, it wasn't stealing at all, was it?" I continued to ask.

  "For so many years, I've tried every method, but couldn't get close to the Dragon Throne. I will definitely take revenge on those guys who have no 'humanity'...". Su Aunt didn't answer directly, but the answer was already clear. Her voice was loud and echoed through the Heavenly Prison.

  Xuanyuan suddenly heard a voice rushing in and pulling me out "Hurry up, someone is coming!"

  Xuanyuan Mu pulled me into the thicket outside the Heavenly Prison, while Guoshi led his men inside. Curses and screams came from within, but soon there was silence. The prison guards said that Guoshi had ordered someone to cut out Su Gugu's tongue.

  There are some things we know will happen but can't prevent.

  On the road, Xuan Yuan Mu and I were both silent. We both had a responsibility for what happened this time. If I had notified Xuan Yuan Mu at the first moment, maybe so many people wouldn't have died. If Xuan Yuan Mu could be more merciful and tolerant, perhaps he could give them another chance?

  "Did you hear our conversation?" I asked Xuan Yuan Mu on the way back to the East Palace.

  "She heard it, her words can't be fully trusted, nor can they be disbelieved. As for the person behind my father's back? I really can't think of who it could be."

  "Could it be Guoshi?" As soon as I thought of Guoshi's gloomy and ferocious appearance, I felt a chill in my heart.

  Xuanyuan shook his head: "I don't know! Judging from the way he interacts with my father, his power seems to be not above my father's."

  "Some things can't be judged by appearance!" I reminded him.

  Xuanyuan nodded slightly.

  "What I'm most curious about is the reason?" Xue Qiufeng said, "What exactly is it? It's been causing so many strange things to happen in Tiancang country. A few years ago, my master was traveling outside and encountered a case of a lost baby, identical to this child abduction case in the capital. Su Gugu seems crazy on the surface, but if you listen carefully to her words, you'll find that she's actually very rational."

  "Yes!" Xuan Yuan nodded: "Take this time, for example. Although it looks a bit reckless, she has planned for a long time, raised the ghost infant, left the palace, then lurked and stirred up the people's hearts. This sign shows that she is absolutely not crazy!"

  Tomorrow is the day of Su's execution, I clenched my fist tightly around the poisonous pill in my hand, which was prepared for her but never had the chance to give it to her. The thought of the brutal punishment of lingchi makes my hair stand on end. Humans are indeed the most ferocious animals!

  Later, Xuan Yuan Mu said that if Su Gonggong hadn't rushed in that day in the grand hall, he would have also taken action. He was the crown prince, how could he let a commoner show disrespect to the dragon throne in front of everyone? So from the moment the people gathered at the gate of the imperial palace, it was already destined that someone had to die for this matter.

  Although the disturbance in the capital has subsided, the case of the lost baby has not been cracked, and since then, two more cases of lost babies have occurred in the capital.

  The common people are in a state of panic, some people would rather leave the capital and go to other places to have children, they do not dare to take risks and stay here.

  These days, Xuan Yuan Qi finally found someone to help "fish". This is a family that Xuan Yuan Qi had helped before. It's said that he saved the whole family's life, so they wanted to repay him by letting their newly born child help us.

  That night, the wind was strong and the sky was dark. In a house on the west side of town, a small baby lay in his mother's arms, crying "ah ah". The young mother held her child with a reluctant face, several times wanting to shed tears, but was scolded back by her husband.

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