Chapter 18: Kneel down and kowtow to her

Li Da walked up to Hensheng, his gaze sending chills down one's spine.

Su Zhenzhen quickly pulled Hensheng behind her. This guy's face was too dangerous. She should have smeared some ashes on his face.

Li Da asked in a muffled voice, "What's your name?"

Hensheng guessed that the question was probably directed at him, so he answered very sincerely, "Hensheng, I regret that I was born at the wrong time."

Li Da then asked, "Where are your parents?"

Hensheng pointed at the old man in white, "He is my father. I lost my mother when I was born."

Li Da glanced at the old man in white, but only gave him a cursory look.

Li's wife also came over. It was obvious that she had also seen Hensheng's appearance clearly. She hesitated and stared at Hensheng for a long time without saying a word, but her eyes were wet.

Before Su Zhenzhen could react, Li Da pulled Hensheng past her.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Li Da, however, pulled Hensheng along and moved with lightning speed. Su Zhenzhen was afraid that if she directly snatched the man, Hensheng might suddenly attack and hurt her, and then the comments section would be filled with criticism against her. So she only dared to stay close to the side.

Li Da stopped in front of the coffin, and Hensheng almost stumbled. Su Zhenzhen quickly stepped forward to support him.

"I already said we were just here to watch the show. You can't catch someone cheating without catching them in the act, can you? Which eye of yours saw us make a move? Are we all going to die if we just happened to be passing by?"

Su Zhenzhen looked at Li Da nervously. If this man made a move, she would immediately shove the flashlight into his eyes and blind him!

Unexpectedly, Li Da looked at Hensheng and said, "Kneel down and kowtow."

Su Zhenzhen: ? ? ?

Is this the legendary "kneel down and call me daddy and I'll let you off the hook"?

The question is, after Hate-Sheng kneels, does he need to kneel himself?

The comments section didn't care about Su Zhenzhen's thoughts, but they absolutely refused to let Hensheng kneel and kowtow.

[What kind of idiot dares to make my male lead kneel? You, a commoner, have imperial blood? Do you think you deserve that?]

[Why is the female lead standing there dumbfounded? Go for it! Beat this country bumpkin to the ground, and then steal his daughter's golden robe.]

Su Zhenzhen's head started to ache again. These comments were like they were under a spell; as soon as anything was mentioned that was detrimental to Hensheng, they would immediately start fighting in their minds.

Hensheng was much calmer in comparison. He thought, "A man's knees are worth gold, but there's a time and place for that." If kneeling down and kowtowing could resolve the conflict, he would be willing to kowtow a few more times.

Just as Hensheng was about to kneel down, Old Man Bai and Li's wife followed.

“Master, even if he has to kneel, make him kneel with a clear understanding, so that he knows who is buried inside.”

Hensheng looked over curiously, "Who is buried inside?"

Li Da looked into Hensheng's eyes and said, word by word, "Her name is Jiang Sijin."

boom!

Su Zhenzhen felt like her head was about to explode. She wasn't surprised that the deceased had any connection with the Jiang family dynasty and Hensheng, but because after Li Da said those words, her progress bar for promotion moved forward a little, becoming 2/100.

No, this hasn't sent the wronged souls away yet. Is the progress bar broken, or are there other requirements for the probationary period assessment?

After all, I've been with the company for eight months and haven't made a single sale, so I've long forgotten all the employee rules and regulations.

Hensheng was also shocked, and asked in a trembling voice, "Do you know who I am?"

Li Da nodded. "You and your mother look very alike."

Hensheng pointed to the coffin again, "Who...is she to me?"

“She…” Li Da glanced back at the coffin, “You can call her aunt, or you can call her sister.”

"What do you mean?" Su Zhenzhen asked first, ignoring her headache, since she loved listening to gossip the most.

“Let me tell you,” said Li’s wife. “When the last emperor of the previous dynasty was still the crown prince, he met a peasant girl. Soon after, this peasant girl entered the palace and gave birth to a princess. Not only outsiders but even the royal family themselves could not tell whose blood the princess was. This princess is Jiang Sijin.”

Su Zhenzhen immediately noticed something was wrong, since the Jiang Sijin she saw in her dream was about the same age as the person she called "Royal Brother".

How many years apart were the last emperor and Jiang Sijin?

Li's wife glanced at the coffin and said, "No more, no less, exactly twenty years old, and the two were even born on the same day."

That's not right. Just as Su Zhenzhen was about to ask a question, Li's wife dropped another bombshell.

"But Jiang Sijin never grew up. To avoid bringing shame to the royal family, the peasant girl buried her alive. However, several days later, the faint sound of an infant crying could be heard from the burial site. The last emperor dug up the child, and Jiang Sijin was still alive. Not only that, Jiang Sijin grew very slowly. At one year old, she was still only one month old, and at ten years old, she only looked like a two or three-year-old. The old people in the palace all said that this was a monster born from incest between father and son."

Old Bai's focus was rather unusual: "Why could that peasant woman be so heartless as to bury her ten-month-old child alive?"

Is this the time to focus on this? Su Zhenzhen was speechless. No wonder Hensheng was so naive; it seems his family education played a significant role.

"Think about it, a girl who has lost her virginity, according to the saying that chastity is more important than life in this era, she still dared to enter the palace for the imperial concubine selection and even fooled the examining nanny. What does that show? It shows that this person is extremely ambitious. A princess who can't inherit the throne and has even caused a rift between the emperor and the crown prince, why not kill her?"

Li's wife gave Su Zhenzhen an approving look. "That's right, that makes sense. The imperial family is ruthless; there are some things the emperor can't do himself, so he needs his subordinates to read between the lines."

Su Zhenzhen stroked her chin. "I guess that peasant girl died, or rather, it was the last emperor who brought it up, since he was the one who saved Jiang Sijin."

"That's right!" Li's wife said excitedly. "The last emperor was such a good person. When he was traveling incognito, he was tricked into marrying that peasant girl. Later, that peasant girl dumped him in order to climb the social ladder. When he entered the palace for the physical examination, he specifically asked me to be lenient, saying that it wasn't her fault that she wanted to climb the social ladder and live a better life, but the fault of the world. The only person he killed in his life was that peasant girl, because as long as she was alive, she would try every means to kill Jiang Sijin."

"So you're the palace's examination matron?" Su Zhenzhen looked at Li Da again. "And what is your identity?"

Li's wife hesitated, then trailed off, "He..."

“There’s nothing wrong with saying it!” Li Dada said frankly, tearing off his beard to reveal his smooth chin. “I’m the hairdressing eunuch by the Empress’s side.”

Su Zhenzhen looked at the coffin in the pit with a troubled expression, then at the eleven corpses. "So, why did you, a nanny and a eunuch, pretend to be husband and wife? Why were you with the princess of the previous dynasty? And why did you kill these people? Do you even know the real cause of Jiang Sijin's death?"