Chapter 182 Begging the Queen Mother to Go to the Northern Qi Military Camp to Plead Her Guilt
Chapter 182 Begging the Queen Mother to go to the Northern Qi military camp and plead guilty
Mu Yin was nagging and originally wanted to give Mu Qingchao a few more words, but she didn't even listen. She sat up and headed outside.
"Sister..." Mu Yin shouted helplessly.
But he saw Mu Qingchao struggling and heading outside.
Mu Yin really had no choice but to follow her.
Fortunately, although the palace is large, the courtyard where Mu Qingchao stayed is right next to Jiang Bo, and it only takes a few steps to get there.
At this time, Jiang Bo tried his best and just sat up.
He was actually used to being injured. For so many years on the battlefield, his life had been hanging by a thread many times. As long as he still had breath, he could eventually survive.
But this time the injury seemed to be more serious than before.
In the past, three days was enough for him to walk on the ground, but this time, he was already sweating even when he sat up.
My whole body seemed to be falling apart.
Suddenly at this moment, I heard a loud noise outside.
"Sister, please walk slower, walk slower..."
Suddenly, the door was pushed open from the outside.
When he looked up, he saw the person standing outside the door.
Mu Qingchao stood there against the light, his face pale and almost transparent.
When he saw her, he smiled at her.
"Are you scared?" he asked.
"What's wrong?"
When he saw the depression between her brows, he still said with a relaxed face: "Look, isn't this good? Don't worry, it's nothing serious."
"you……"
Mu Qingchao opened his mouth, just as he was about to say something, Chunya suddenly barged in from outside.
"Queen Mother, outside, outside..."
Chun Ya was so out of breath from running that she couldn't even speak clearly and could only point outside in panic with one hand.
"What's going on outside?" Mu Qingchao turned to ask her.
Chun Ya looked at her and didn't know what to say for a moment. Gudu swallowed: "The Queen Mother should go out and take a look."
Mu Qingchao looked at her face and knew it was definitely not a good thing.
But he didn't hesitate and strode out from outside.
"Queen Mother..."
Jiang Bo called her after her, probably because he had a premonition of something bad happening.
Mu Qingchao turned around and saw the worried look on his face.
She suddenly laughed: "Look at you, weren't you pretending to be relaxed just now? What are you afraid of now? I just went out for a look and will be back soon."
"It'll be okay, don't worry."
She said: "Don't forget who I am. I am Mu Qingchao. There are so many storms and waves coming, what else can happen to me?"
After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the door.
Chunya stepped forward and put a piece of clothing on her body.
Although it was already late spring and early summer, Mu Qingchao's body was too weak. It was clearly a warm day, but he still felt as if the wind was getting into the cracks in his bones.
Chun Ya has always known that since the last cold weather, even if the heat is unbearable in June, the Queen Mother has to wrap herself up tightly.
Mu Yin kept holding Mu Qingchao's hand.
It took her half an hour to walk from the inner courtyard to the door.
It was the green book that was opened.
As soon as the door opens, what comes into view are dots of torches.
They are connected together, like the stars in the sky falling into the world, like a handful of moonlight crushed into pieces, and sprinkled on the river surface, sparkling light spots, rising and falling.
Under the torch were the heads of the common people.
The dark crowds of heads gathered into a sea that stretched all the way with no end in sight.
"Come out, come out..."
Someone saw the door of Prince Wu'an's Mansion open and shouted loudly.
One word stirred up a thousand waves.
Suddenly, the crowd surged and the sound of stealing could be heard.
"Yes, yes, it's the Queen Mother..."
"It's out, it's finally out."
"It's finally out."
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"You..." Mu Qingchao paused, "What are you doing?"
One word, but the excited crowd quieted down. People looked at each other, but they didn't seem to know how to speak.
"Queen Mother!"
Finally, it was an old woman at the front of the crowd who spoke first.
She said: "My old lady has lived to this age and is not afraid of death. I will say it for everyone if they don't dare to say it."
"Queen Mother, can you take the initiative to go to Beiqi to confess your guilt?"
"What?" Mu Qingchao was surprised.
"The Queen Mother..." But the old woman's voice was sincere: "The Northern Qi army has arrived at the city. The city gate has been closed for a month. People inside the city can't get out, and people outside the city can't get in. We are about to run out of food before our eyes."
"Everyone knows that the prince is injured and this battle cannot be won. My old woman is dead, but I still have children and grandchildren...
Queen Mother, please be merciful and raise your hand to let them go."
Mu Qingchao saw a child standing next to the old woman. He looked about seven or eight years old, with a round face and bright eyes.
He was probably afraid, so he clung to his grandmother's side, looking at Mu Qingchao with his round eyes.
"Yes, yes..."
As soon as the old woman finished speaking, there were a lot of echoes.
"Our family has been without food for three days and is almost starving to death."
"Please have mercy on the Queen Mother and save us."
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"What are you talking about here?"
Looking at the scene in front of him, before Mu Qingchao could say anything, Mu Yin rushed to say: "It's not my sister who made you have no food to eat. You just go to whoever is blocking the city gate. Why should you?"
Are you here to see my sister?"
When Mu Yin said this, she heard a sneer from the crowd.
"The Earl's wife really can stand and talk without pain in her back."
The last wedding of Mu Yin caused Jinling City to discuss it for a month. Everyone knew that Mu Qingchao had a sister who married into the Su family.
Then the man said: "The Su family has a great business. Just scraping the oil off the cutting board is enough for us to eat for a month. How can we know the hardships of ordinary people like us?"
Otherwise, the countess will open the Su family's granary, and as long as we are full, there will be no need to embarrass the Queen Mother."
"That's right, that's right..."
"you……"
"Queen Mother!"
Mu Yin wanted to say something more, but she saw the old woman kneeling down with a "pop" sound.
"Your Majesty, I, an old woman, beg you!"
"We are really forced to have no choice. If you have any grievances or anger, just come at my old woman. I just ask you to give us a way out."
"Queen Mother..."
If there is one, there are two. The old woman knelt down, and then they all knelt down one after another.
They said: "Queen Mother, you can't be too unconscionable."
"Can you even count how many immoral things you have done during your reign over the years? Now, do you have to force all of us to death to be willing to do it?"
"As a human being, you have to accumulate some virtue for yourself, right?"
Once they got started, they became bolder and started talking out loud.
At the end, he simply kowtowed and said directly: "I beg the Queen Mother to go to the Northern Qi military camp and plead guilty."
Someone started, and others followed.
"I beg the Queen Mother to go to the Northern Qi military camp and plead guilty."
"I beg the Queen Mother to go to the Northern Qi military camp and plead guilty."