Chapter 127: Easily Solved

There was a faint rustling noise on the roof, as if a cat were treading across the tiles.

Just as Song Zhao was staring intently at the beams,

Suddenly, the diamond-shaped window next to the warm seat was pushed open.

The cold wind rushed in along with a blue figure.

Xiao Jingyan stood in front of Song Zhao, clapping his hands and shaking the dust, while saying with a sly smile:

"The thief is obviously a noble, why are you trying to turn the tables on him?"

Song Zhao glanced at him with a gloomy look and did not respond.

Jamel Xiao sat in front of her with a swagger, leaning back lazily on the back of the chair, and jokingly said:

"I heard that you set fire to the emperor's sister-in-law?"

As he said this, he turned around to look at the wide-open window, "Tsk tsk, such a serious crime, it seems that the emperor brother does not really want to confine you, and he didn't even lock the window."

Song Zhao looked at his gangster-like sitting posture and became increasingly annoyed with this plague god.

Although today is the New Year's Eve banquet, the head concubine of Yaohua Palace, Concubine Yao, went to the Tonghua Terrace early to take her seat, and the palace servants also had a half-day off today, so there were not many people in the huge Yaohua Palace at this moment.

But Xiao Jingyan was talking to her with the window wide open. What if someone saw them?

Song Zhao didn't have the courage he did, so he stood up, closed the window, and sat down next to the warm seat, keeping some distance from him.

"The prince just slipped away from the palace banquet. Aren't you afraid that the emperor will get suspicious?"

"Scared! Scared to death!" Xiao Jingyan pretended to cover his chest and said in horror: "So we have to fight quickly and decisively!"

He suddenly stood up and stretched out his hand to Song Zhao, "Please give me the things."

Song Zhao looked at him for a long while and did not give him the Tianji secret order. Instead, he leisurely took the teapot and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

Xiao Jingyan raised his hand and was left alone by Song Zhao for a long time. He asked impatiently, "What do you mean, sir?"

Song Zhao picked up the teacup and gently shook it in his palm, saying slowly:

"The Tianji secret order is with me. But the prince must agree to a request of mine before I can give it to you."

"you say."

Song Zhao smiled, and suddenly turned the teacup upside down.

The boiling tea was spilled on the ground, as if offering sacrifice to the dead.

"I want the prince to help me kill someone."

Her tone was cold and casual, as if killing people was no different from killing sheep and chickens to her.

Jamel Xiao was quite surprised, "Who?"

Song Zhao opened his mouth with his red lips and said word by word:

"The director of the Imperial Observatory, Wei Zhengde."

"Him?" Xiao Jingheng pinched his chin and said thoughtfully, "Young Master, I heard that it was him who told the emperor that you were a disaster star, so the emperor confined you. So you think he is too talkative and caused you to be alone in the empty room during the New Year, so you want to send him to death?"

"If your Majesty thinks it is, then so be it." Song Zhao did not directly answer his question. He just answered it and asked again, "How about it? Is your Majesty willing to help me with this?"

"Okay, I promise you." Xiao Jingyan agreed to Song Zhao's request without even thinking about it.

Song Zhao was also very straightforward. He took out the hidden Tianji secret order and handed it to him.

Xiao Jingyan kept the Tianji secret order close to his body, and suddenly gave Song Zhao a mischievous smile.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you? I'm stealing the secret order but not helping you?"

Not only did Xiao Jingyan ask this, he actually thought this in his heart.

No matter what, Wei Zhengde is an important official in the imperial court. If something unexpected happens when you take action against him, wouldn't you be getting yourself into trouble?

He thought Song Zhao would be angry after hearing this.

Song Zhao's confidence and calmness obviously surprised him.

"Since the prince dares to take the secret order, he will certainly not deceive me."

Song Zhao spread out his ten fingers under the candlelight, calmly admiring the new nail polish on the mask, and said with a smile:

"If Wei Zhengde doesn't die tomorrow, I will tell the emperor and the queen mother that it was the prince who forced me to steal the Tianji secret order."

Xiao Jingyan's eyebrows froze, and he asked in a low voice: "Are you not afraid of death?"

Song Zhao smiled even more, with a nonchalant expression, "Of course I'm afraid, but I know that the prince won't let me die. I'm just an ominous person who is despised and confined by the emperor, and the prince is the emperor's most beloved younger brother. I believe that the prince will protect himself and me, right?"

“Hahahaha, this is really funny.” Xiao Jingyan laughed heartily, and his serious expression relaxed. “I will help you settle this matter, but I’m very curious, why did you never ask me what the Tianji Secret Order was for?”

Song Zhao said calmly, "You won't take it even if I ask you?"

"......" Xiao Jingyan was speechless for a moment, but he became more curious about this woman who remained calm in the face of adversity.

"Aren't you afraid of something happening?"

"Your Highness really has the leisure to ask endless questions. Didn't I just answer your Highness? I am not only afraid, I am very afraid. But if something really happens, I will not survive, and neither will Your Highness. Even if Your Highness runs away, your mother is still in the harem. Although Your Highness is a carefree prince who does not care about state affairs, he is famous for his filial piety."

Song Zhao raised a bright smile at the corner of his lips, raised his eyebrows slightly towards Xiao Jingyan, and said calmly: "You dare to bet with your mother's life, what else should I be afraid of?"

"Tsk tsk..." Xiao Jingyan shook his head after hearing what Song Zhao said, "That's why I've always said that if women become smart, men won't have a chance. It's because my brother is so talented and bold that he dares to marry so many women and stuff them into his harem. If it were me, I'd have a headache with every one of them~"

After saying that, he waved to Song Zhao, jumped out of the diamond-shaped window in an elegant manner, and his figure disappeared in the thick night of Yaohua Palace.

Song Zhao knew that if Xiao Jingyan left, Wei Zhengde would definitely die tonight.

As long as he died, Xiao Jingheng and the Queen would definitely be suspicious of each other.

The Queen would think that it was Xiao Jingheng who sent someone to kill Wei Zhengde, and this move was intended to remind her not to go too far in everything;

Xiao Jingheng would also think that the Queen killed Wei Zhengde to silence him in order to eliminate future troubles and avoid exposing the truth.

When suspicions arise between one another, hidden evil will arise.

The queen thought she had the better of the two and had played a trick on Song Zhao for no reason.

Then Song Zhao would ask the Queen to abandon her pawns and her chariots. After all her scheming, she ended up losing everything!

Moreover, once Wei Zhengde, the director of the Imperial Observatory, died, his deputy would naturally take his place.

When the deputy saw that Wei Zhengde was dead, he was terrified and worried all day long.

In order to save his life, he would definitely not talk nonsense in front of the emperor again.

In this way, Song Zhao could easily clear his identity as a disaster star and walk out of Yaohua Palace openly.

She counted on her fingers and realized that the queen's schemes would only keep her trapped for three or two days at most.

These three or two days can make Xiao Jingheng feel more guilty about her, and gain a reputation for being a virtuous person with a broad mind.

No matter how you look at it, the real beneficiary of this game is only her, Song Zhao.