Chapter 778: Chapter 776 Execution

This time, Prince NanAn was almost killed by the Heir of Duke Chong, but in the end, there was no real danger.

However, during these days, Princess NanAn has awakened from nightmares several times, drenched in cold sweat.

She only added one son to the Prince NanAn Mansion, feeling she’s already ashamed before the ancestors of Prince NanAn Mansion.

If her only son were to have an accident and leave no heirs, how could she face the ancestors of the Xun Family in the future?

Three years is too long.

Her son is prone to causing trouble; what if he encounters a few more like the Heir of Duke Chong…?

Princess NanAn dared not imagine.

Her son needs to settle down and start a family.

Unable to openly refuse the Empress, Princess NanAn tactfully said, “Three years, Fengfeng can wait, but the Nanyang Marquis Mansion cannot.”

“I cannot let the granddaughter of Marquis Yangnan wait until she is eighteen to get married.”

The Empress’s face was cold.

She didn’t want her daughter to marry Prince NanAn, but didn’t the Prince NanAn Mansion also not want to take her daughter as a wife?!

In a hurry, they set the engagement with the girl from the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, determined to kill her daughter’s thoughts.

It was her daughter who was too foolish.

Prince NanAn saved her, caught her eye, and since then she couldn’t let go.

If the Prince NanAn Mansion hadn’t refused to marry, her daughter wouldn’t have died!

That she didn’t demand Prince NanAn to remain unmarried for life was already merciful!

If it weren’t for Prince NanAn’s life being saved at the expense of her daughter’s own, the Empress would have wished for Prince NanAn to accompany Princess Shouning in death.

“It’s just three years, what’s so difficult about waiting? The granddaughter of Marquis Yangnan is already Prince NanAn’s person, can she possibly marry another?!” the Empress said coldly.

Princess NanAn frowned slightly.

What does it mean that the granddaughter of Marquis Yangnan is already her son’s person?

They were only engaged, not yet married, so she was not yet her son’s person.

The Empress’s request, Princess NanAn did not agree to it, nor did she directly deny it.

After all, having just lost her beloved daughter, Princess NanAn did not want to provoke her.

This matter could wait to be discussed a year later.

But this doubt lingered in Princess NanAn’s heart.

After returning to the Prince Mansion, Princess NanAn went to find Prince NanAn.

Prince NanAn was drunk beyond measure.

Seeing her good son in such a state, Princess NanAn was both angry and distressed.

Princess NanAn asked him what the Empress’s words meant, and Prince NanAn, reeking of alcohol, said, “On the Lantern Festival, Yaoyao and I… had already consummated…”

Before he finished speaking, Prince NanAn collapsed to the ground.

The servant was bewildered by Prince NanAn’s words.

The Commandery Prince and Miss Nie had already consummated?

Princess NanAn was overwhelmed.

She didn’t know how to handle this matter, so she went to discuss it with Prince NanAn.

Prince NanAn was also taken aback.

“The Empress wants Fengfeng to mourn for Princess Shouning for three years,” Princess NanAn said.

“But Yaoyao is already Fengfeng’s person…”

“What should we do about this?”

Prince NanAn raised his hand to rub his temples.

Never seen such a complicated relationship, he looked at Princess NanAn and said, “Did we insist on getting Fengfeng engaged too early?”

Princess NanAn looked at Prince NanAn and said, “What mistake?”

“Have you ever seen Fengfeng enjoy making any other girl angry besides Yaoyao?”

“He’s the only one who detours to provoke people.”

“I didn’t help him get engaged early, by the time he realized, the girl would have long been married.”

She gave birth to her son, no one understands him better than she does.

If he didn’t like her in his heart, he wouldn’t go against a girl, deliberately provoking her to anger.

This time she took the initiative to get them engaged, so Fengfeng didn’t go to provoke Yaoyao.

If it had been before, who knows how many times Marquis Yangnan would have complained to her.

Really, leading is useless, forcing results in retreat.

Princess NanAn stared at Prince NanAn, “Stubborn father and son!”

Prince NanAn, “…”

After leaving the study room, Mrs. Zheng supported Princess NanAn and asked, “What should we do about this?”

Princess NanAn sighed, “After some time passes, I’ll talk to the Old Marquis about it.”

Princess Shouning is married off and already buried.

Next is to deal with the Heir of Duke Chong.

Because the Heir of Duke Chong killed Princess Shouning, although unintentionally, Princess Shouning still died by his sword.

Almost no officials dared to plead for the Heir of Duke Chong.

Duke Chong, mourning at home, went to the palace several times to ask the Empress Dowager and plead with the Empress.

The Empress claimed illness and refused to see him.

Indeed, she was ill.

The Empress Dowager wanted to save the Heir of Duke Chong’s life, using the reason that the Heir of Duke Chong had signed a life-and-death agreement with Prince NanAn.

Princess Shouning, as a princess, had stolen the cart of Princess Consort Zhenbei to leave the palace and even shield Prince NanAn from the sword.

The Heir of Duke Chong did not intend to kill her; she ran into it herself.

As for attempting to kill Prince NanAn, since he signed a life-and-death agreement, he should have anticipated his fate!

The Empress Dowager was unreasonable, defending the Heir of Duke Chong to the end.

The Emperor was speechless with rage.

He did not argue with the Empress Dowager, shook his sleeves, and left.

Upon returning to the Imperial Study, he issued an imperial decree.

In three days, the Heir of Duke Chong would be executed in public at the West Street Vegetable Market.

With the decree issued, there was no room for negotiation in this matter.

Duke Chong was utterly furious.

Having his son accompany a foolish princess who turned against her own family in death, he was unwilling.

He wanted to save his son.

This time, Duke Chong intended to use force.

He wanted to visit the prison, but the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was not present, so the Vice Minister accompanied him.

Duke Chong intended to swap his son with a death row inmate.

With advanced disguise techniques, it was entirely possible to cover one’s tracks and deceive everyone.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice refused to comply.

Duke Chong clutched his neck, forcing him to cooperate.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice was drenched in sweat from fear, and he looked at Duke Chong and said, “Your Grace, killing me is effortless for you, but even if you save the young master, you will only doom yourself without changing his fate.”

“What do you mean by that?!” Duke Chong said coldly.

“To prevent Duke Chong’s Mansion from staging a prison break, the young master took poison before he was imprisoned.”

“Even if not executed in public, without the antidote, when the time comes, he will still be dead.”

Since the inevitable death cannot be changed, why take the risk of offending the Emperor with a prison break?

Duke Chong was filled with rage and indignation.

His grip on the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice’s neck grew tighter and tighter.

However, just as the Vice Minister was about to lose consciousness, he released him.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice steadied himself by holding onto the bars of the cell.

The feeling of just having walked past the gates of Yama Hall was truly unpleasant.

The Heir of Duke Chong pleaded with Duke Chong to save him.

He didn’t want to die.

What could Duke Chong do? Could he hold a sword to Princess Consort Zhenbei’s neck to force her to hand over the antidote?

“Father won’t let you die in vain,” Duke Chong said coldly.

“They will soon be joining you.”

After saying this, Duke Chong turned and left.

Behind him were the heartrending cries of the Heir of Duke Chong.

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice dared not meet Duke Chong’s eyes out of guilt.

The words he had just said were to deceive Duke Chong…

Fearing bringing trouble upon Su Jin, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice hurried to inform the Prince about this matter.

Three days later.

The Heir of Duke Chong was taken by prison carriage to the Vegetable Market.

Killed with one strike.

Duke Chong went to the execution ground.

Watching his son being executed, his entire body exuded such hostility that people avoided him.

The executioner was terrified.

He saw a future full of bloody storms on Duke Chong’s face.

He was just carrying out orders to oversee the execution and hoped Duke Chong would not blame him.

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