N-A-A Chapter 149 Prison
Chapter 149 Prison
Tang Yiming and Du Man were standing at the door, chatting idly. Suddenly, there was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground and breaking, followed by a loud shout: "Someone, someone—"
Du Man was startled and looked at Tang Yiming in shock.
Wasn't it fine just now? What happened?
Du Man quickly pushed the door open and went in. Tang Yiming also wanted to go in but didn't dare to. He could only stand at the door and look around worriedly.
"The slave is——"
After Du Man entered, he saw Rong Heqing kneeling on the ground with her head down. His expression could not be seen clearly. In front of her lay a pile of broken porcelain pieces. Water meandered to her knees, wetting her skirt.
"Your Majesty, this...what happened?"
Du Man looked towards the bed in panic, and saw the emperor leaning against the bed, one hand on his chest, his thick brows knitted, looking very angry.
His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stepped forward to pat the emperor on the back, "Your Majesty, calm down! The imperial physician said you can't get angry right now!"
The emperor brushed his hand away, pointed at Rong Heqing and said viciously: "As a minister, you have no reverence for heaven and earth, for the gods, and for me. You even dare to question my stupidity. This is a rebellion against your superiors and a great rebellion—"
He took two quick breaths and said to Du Man, "Pass on my order to put Princess Duan in the prison. Let her reflect on herself and come out when she knows her mistakes!"
Du Man was startled: "Your Majesty——"
How can this be done?
However, before he could finish his words, Rong Heqing had already stood up and said in a cold voice: "Don't bother others, I will go by myself."
"you--"
The emperor was so angry that he almost choked. Du Man was overwhelmed by the situation and said, "Princess, please stop talking!"
At the same time, he comforted the emperor: "Your Majesty, calm down. The princess is just straightforward. You are a magnanimous person. Don't bother with her!"
Tang Yiming had been eavesdropping, and when he saw Rong Heqing coming out, he immediately went to greet her and asked worriedly, "Princess, what's going on? Your Majesty——"
Rong Heqing immediately gave him a look, took off all the jade pendants and other ornaments on her body and handed them to him, "His Majesty asked me to go to the prison to reflect on myself, you take these things back for me, especially this purse, which contains my mandarin duck pendant, which is priceless, don't lose it."
She emphasized the tone of her last sentence, as if she was giving an instruction, but also as if it had a deeper meaning.
Tang Yiming was stunned and subconsciously held the thing she handed over.
"princess……"
"Don't worry, I'll just stay in the prison for a few days. It'll be fine."
Rong Heqing let go of her hand and turned to walk down the stairs. Du Man followed him out and sighed, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He flicked his whisk and said with a sad face, "Princess, why are you doing this? Hey! Someone, send Princess to the prison."
"Yes."
The guards on both sides came over and said to Rong Heqing: "Princess, please..."
Ronghe nodded calmly: "Thank you."
She didn't make a single excuse for herself the whole time and just walked away calmly.
Tang Yiming clenched the jade pendant, sachet and purse in his hands, his eyes heavy.
……
Yuan Jin paced not far outside the palace gate, feeling uneasy.
After waiting for a while, he finally saw someone coming out. He leaned over and was happy to see it was Tang Yiming, but when he saw that he was the only one there, his face instantly darkened.
He strode forward and was about to ask in a low voice, but Tang Yiming raised his hand to stop him. Looking around, he dragged Yuan Jin to the front of the carriage and stopped.
Yuan Jin asked anxiously, "What's going on? Where's the princess?"
"He was thrown into prison."
"what?!"
"Then how did you get out?" After all, he had been a police officer in Xuanwu Guard, so he reacted very quickly.
Tang Yiming glanced at Yuan Jin, said nothing, climbed onto the carriage and said, "Let's get out of here first."
Yuan Jin saw this and didn't say anything more. He jumped up and sat down, pulling the reins, "Gee--"
The carriage drove away from the palace quickly.
When they reached a secluded corner, Tang Yiming said, "Stop and follow me in."
The two of them got into the carriage together. As soon as the curtain was lowered, Tang Yiming couldn't wait to take out Rong Heqing's things from his arms and put them on the table, and picked out the purse.
Yuan Jin frowned, "What are you doing?"
"The princess just gave me these things and specifically mentioned the purse, asking me to keep it carefully and not lose the mandarin duck pendant inside." Tang Yiming said in a deep voice: "The princess is very smart. She knows what kind of person I am. How could I not keep the things she gave me properly? This sentence may sound fine to outsiders, but I think this may be the princess reminding me of something."
As he said this, he untied the string on his purse, and after opening it, he saw a folded piece of paper inside.
His eyes lit up, and Yuan Jin immediately sat down next to him, "What is it?"
Tang Yiming unfolded the paper and his breath caught.
"The princess asked us to return to the palace first and then secretly send someone to keep an eye on the prison. Someone will definitely attack her during this period. We don't need to do anything else. We just need to protect the people in the palace."
He paused, and Yuan Jin raised an eyebrow: "Anything else?"
"She also said that if Po Jun came, she should tell him that she was fine and asked him to not spread... the news."
Tang Yiming was silent.
Yuan Jin was also silent.
After a long while, the two looked at each other. Yuan Jin pursed his lips and asked uncertainly, "What do you think the princess meant by that? Is it what I think it means?"
Tang Yiming: "Who should I ask if you ask me? But I feel like the princess really knows."
Yuan Jin, "I think so too."
The two looked at each other again, feeling inexplicably awkward.
They thought they had hidden it very well, and everyone knew it except the princess.
Unexpectedly, the princess knew everything and was just acting along with them.
Now that the show couldn't go on any longer, she didn't expose the truth and gave them some face.
Yuan Jin coughed lightly to try to ease the embarrassment. Now that they knew Rong Heqing had not offended the emperor, they felt a little relieved.
"Then should we listen to the princess? Are you really not going to send a message to the prince?"
Tang Yiming hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't tell the prince yet. The situation on his side is unclear, and it's not good to distract him with these things. Since the princess dared to do this, she must have reached some consensus with His Majesty. Let's just wait and see what happens."
"That's right. Even if the prince knew, there's nothing we can do about it since we are too far away to reach him."
The two read the note again, and according to Rong Heqing's arrangement, they quietly returned to the palace.
After returning, he immediately closed the gate of the palace and told the doorman that the palace would be closed to visitors for a few days and no one would be allowed to come.
Soon, news spread in the palace.
Princess Duan behaved disrespectfully in front of the emperor, and openly defied His Majesty, who was furious and imprisoned her in the Heavenly Prison for reflection.
A stone stirred up a thousand waves.
The former court and the harem were in an uproar.
When the jailer brought food to Rong Heqing, he couldn't help but say, "Princess, you are really a legendary figure. Now people are guessing how you lost your manners in front of the emperor. There are many different opinions. In the end, they all say that you are evil and that the emperor's illness may have been caused by you."
Rong Heqing just laughed it off, took the food box and said, "Aren't rumors always spread in the most outrageous way? Look at me, am I evil?"