OBS Chapter 369
Chapter 369
Chapter 369
Mo Chonggui frowned and said, "Chu Jinxun is a serious criminal. Shouldn't he be under strict guard? What are the people in the Ministry of Justice doing?"
Ye Huaichi said, "The Ministry of Justice is indeed keeping a tight watch on him, but the people who came to break him out of prison are all experts, and there are quite a few of them. There was a bloody battle in the Ministry of Justice prison just now, which was very fierce. Both sides suffered heavy losses. More than twenty people from the Ministry of Justice died, and the prison was burned down."
Mo Zhonggui frowned even more: "Did the prison breakers leave any survivors?"
"No, most of those who came were suicide squad members. Even those who didn't die on the spot all committed suicide by poisoning themselves. The Ministry of Justice prison was in complete chaos, and there was no time to make arrests."
Mo Zhonggui rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
For a family as prestigious as the Chu family with a history spanning centuries, it's perfectly normal for Chu Jinxun to keep a few assassins for his own use. But to be able to break into the Ministry of Justice prison and rescue him, that's a truly extraordinary number of assassins.
What's even more worrying is that this means Chu Jinxun still has considerable influence outside of the Marquis of Changguo's residence.
Mo Chonggui stood up: "The Ministry of Justice prison has been turned upside down like this, it's probably unreliable now. I'll go and report to the Emperor and have Chu Jinxun's close relatives transferred to the Eastern Depot prison."
Chu Jinxun values the Chu family so much that if he were to escape alone, it would be tantamount to the entire family being wiped out. Therefore, he will likely have further plans.
......
In the palace, the imperial study.
Princess Pingkang knelt below, tears streaming down her face, pleading desperately:
"Your Majesty, for the past two months, I have been fasting and copying Buddhist scriptures daily in my residence, reflecting on my sins and repenting. You must have seen all of this... I truly know I was wrong, and I promise that I will never again feel even the slightest jealousy, and I will never again touch a single hair on any woman's head. I only beg Your Majesty to summon Consort Song back to the capital so that our family can be reunited... I truly cannot live without my Consort..."
Princess Pingkang was no longer adorned in her former finery and sparkling with jewels. Now, she had washed away all her finery, her hair was free of any pearls or jade, and she was dressed very simply. Moreover, she had lost a lot of weight, and she seemed to be sincerely repenting.
As she spoke, she kowtowed forcefully on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
The scene was so poignant and heartbreaking that it moved anyone who saw it.
The emperor was also very conflicted when he saw Princess Pingkang looking like this.
Princess Pingkang has indeed performed quite well during this period.
The emperor ordered her to stay home and reflect on her mistakes, and she truly did not even step out of her courtyard. She fasted and abstained from alcohol and music, copied Buddhist scriptures every day, and even set up a Buddhist hall in the Grand Princess's residence, where she repented and practiced every day, living a very austere life.
She also very sensibly took a large sum of money from the Grand Princess's private treasury and donated it to the national treasury. This was because the Emperor had previously spent a considerable amount of his own money to appease the victims and their families.
As the year-end approached, banquets for members of the imperial family were frequently held in the palace, and it would be inappropriate for Princess Pingkang to consistently fail to attend. Therefore, the emperor slightly lifted her confinement, but only to allow her to enter the palace for banquets and to participate in sacrificial ceremonies.
Princess Pingkang was also very disciplined, never taking an extra step or saying an extra word.
But the only thing she still desperately wanted was for Song Yong to come back.
She could accept any other punishment, and she could endure hardship, but all she wanted was Song Yong.
The emperor was truly speechless. He wondered what kind of spell Song Yong had cast on Princess Pingkang that made her, a princess born of the principal wife, so devoted to such a philandering and dissolute man.
But seeing his own aunt kneeling before him, kowtowing and pleading bitterly, in such a pitiful and wretched state, the emperor was still in a very difficult position.