Chapter 455 A Life For A Life (Part One)

After all, the old empress was old and after shouting so many times, she felt a little tired. She sat on the chair gasping for breath, but she did not want to show weakness.

After staring at the old empress for a long time, Xia Huanyu said in a loud voice, "since this is your choice, I will satisfy you!" Then he rolled up his robe and knelt down abruptly. Seeing that Xia Huanyu was kneeling down, everyone was surprised and followed him to kneel down as well. After kowtowing three times in a row, Xia Huanyu stood up and walked towards the door silently. Yun Shang saw vaguely that his eyes were red with tears.

"Now that the emperor has left, why don't you leave? Get out! " The old empress took up the teacup on the plate held by the maids and threw it to the crowd. A clear sound rang in the palace. Everyone stood up and left the Qian Ling Palace in a hurry.

After they walked out of the Qian Ling Palace, Luo Qingyan said, "wait for me at the gate. I'll be there soon."

Yun Shang knew that Luo Qingyan must go to see Xia Huanyu now, so she nodded her head, separated from him, and went to the palace gate alone.

After leaving the palace gate, Yun Shang got in the carriage and waited quietly.

"A Yun." A soft voice came from outside.

Yun Shang was stunned. She thought as no one in the world would call her like this. Then she opened the curtains and looked outside. It was indeed Liu Yinfeng.

Liu Yinfeng smiled at her and said gently, "I heard that Prince Rui and Lord Hua Guo would together in order to rebel the Ya clan in a few days."

Yun Shang pondered for a while and nodded her head. It shouldn't be a secret since Xia Huanyu shou

was stunned. It occurred to her that Xia Huanyu had made a kowtow to the old emperor when he left the Qian Ling Palace just now. What was more, the old empress told her that it was a pity that she couldn't see him die. What was more, she asked him to release Tai An. It turned out that the old empress had chosen to trade her life for Princess Tai An's life.

"Her Majesty bestowed her with a dagger, white cloth and poison, and she took the dagger." Luo Qingyan said lightly.

Yun Shang was taken aback again. Normally, if these three things were given to the culprit, most people would choose poison because they wouldn't suffer a lot, but the old empress would choose the dagger.

"She was a tough woman." Yun Shang let out a sigh.

After returning to the mansion of Prince Rui, Yun Shang told the butler to prepare the dress. Although the old empress was executed by Xia Huanyu, in order to protect the royal family's fame, the people would only know that the old empress died of illness or any other cause of death. So she thought they still had to were the white clothes to honor the old empress.