Chapter 175 A Guest
Zhao Xuanyi was sitting in the carriage and could see from afar that the fire at the Song family had burned half the sky red.
He opened the curtain, and hot wind carrying the smell of ashes blew in his face.
"Who did it?" Zhao Yuanrong didn't have time to set the fire.
"It's Princess Jia'an." Cui Yanzhi said.
Zhao Xuanyi said, "I never thought there would be such a courageous person in the Dingxiang Marquisate."
"Are you getting married soon?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"yes."
"Find an opportunity and kill him."
My aunt can't use another helper.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess and Princess Yuanrong are protecting her well. If she marries into the Marquis of Jingwei's mansion, it will be even more difficult to kill her." Cui Yanzhi said.
The Song family had tried twice before but failed to take her life.
This Princess Jia'an is very cautious.
Zhao Xuanyi's brows were filled with fatigue. "In that case, let's wait for the Queen Mother to return to the palace."
He didn't have the extra energy to deal with Qu Ling.
He lifted the car curtain and looked in the direction of the billowing smoke, his eyes flashing, "Song Yuzhen is dead?"
He really thought that woman could get the Red Shadow to help him.
He revealed the eldest princess's plan to Song Yuzhen.
Unexpectedly, the eldest princess didn't trust anyone.
Cui Yanzhi couldn't figure out what the prince was thinking. "He's almost certainly dead. How about we have someone investigate?"
Zhao Xuanyi shook his head and lowered the curtain, "No need."
He has more important things to deal with.
The eldest princess's actions were faster and more brutal than he had expected.
He couldn't afford to be distracted any longer.
The Ministry of Justice's prison was cold and damp, with a jailer leading the way with a lantern.
In the deepest cell, although Song Guang had been stripped of his official uniform as the Minister of the Central Secretariat and was only wearing a white undershirt, he still sat upright on the stone bed, his grace unchanged.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to visit. It seems he has a request for me." Song Guang heard the voice and knew who it was without opening his eyes. The sarcasm in the tone made Zhao Xuanyi frown slightly.
Zhao Xuanyi signaled the jailer to withdraw, "Grandfather is very composed."
"You are not as calculating as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Song Guang opened his eyes, "but it's a pity that you are really stupid."
"Do you think that by killing me, you can secure your position as Crown Prince?"
"Zhao Ju was personally trained by the late emperor. Her ruthlessness and decisiveness, and even her ability to manipulate power, are superior to yours."
Zhao Xuanyi's expression remained unchanged as he casually replied, "I only just discovered today that I had been tricked by her, which is why I came to look for my grandfather."
This made Song Guang burst into laughter. He said fiercely, "How do you think I have been able to hold the position of Minister of the Central Secretariat for all these years? Zhao Ju was sixteen years old and was able to kill court officials in front of the late emperor. What about you? You can't even let go of Zhao Yuanrong."
Zhao Xuanyi let Song Guang vent his anger and kept silent.
Song Guang cursed again and again until he was exhausted.
He stared at Zhao Xuanyi's calm face and suddenly felt powerless.
He leaned his head against the stone wall, a strange expression on his face. "I know why you came here. You want my people in the court to support you in ascending the throne."
Zhao Xuanyi raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Grandfather is right."
Song Guang's eyes gleamed with brilliance. "The Princess wanted to kill me, but she put me in jail first because she wanted to wait for the Ministry of Justice to try me and then execute me."
"Prince, whether my charges can be proven or not depends on your ability."
Zhao Xuanyi admired him a little.
Even though he was thrown into jail, he was still planning how to escape.
"If the prince can save my life, I will naturally hand over the connections I have accumulated over the years to you, including Chi Ying."
Song Guang said in a bad tone, "If the prince doesn't have this ability, then there is no need for me to do this."
At this moment, Song Guang began to understand the late emperor's decision to pass the throne to the eldest princess.
The emperor and the prince, worthy of being father and son, are equally useless.
"I can save your life," Zhao Xuanyi said, "but you will inevitably be exiled."
Song Guang laughed and said, "It's enough to save my life."
He handed Chiying over to his grandson, who would definitely be able to rescue him when the time came.
The eldest princess and the crown prince are not of the same mind, so he will definitely find an opportunity to make a comeback.
"Then, Grandfather, let me tell you who are the available people in the three provinces and six ministries."
Just as Song Guang was about to speak, a female voice came over, "Master Zhongshu Ling, please don't be fooled."
Zhao Xuanyi turned around and saw Zhao Yuanrong walking towards him with two bloody cloth bags in his hands.
"Yuan Rong, you..."
Zhao Yuanrong ignored Zhao Xuanyi, walked straight to the prison door, and threw the cloth bag in his hand at Song Guang's feet.
The cloth bag fell apart and two heads rolled to the ground.
"The Song family is gone," Zhao Yuanrong said calmly, "Your Song family is all dead."
Song Guang has seen many storms.
Over the years in the court, he has overcome all kinds of difficulties.
But at this moment, I felt my throat was being strangled.
He stared blankly at the two heads on the ground, "Impossible..."
Suddenly, he let out a howl that was not like a human voice.
"Poisonous woman, you and Zhao Ju will not have a good death."
He pounced forward, wishing to tear Zhao Yuanrong to pieces.
Zhao Yuanrong took a step back and watched Song Guang go crazy with cold eyes.
It’s a pity that Empress Dowager Song didn’t see this scene.
"Oh, by the way, Song Zhang was killed by Song Yuzhen. I just chopped off his head."
She turned to leave, and Zhao Xuanyi followed her.
"When will you ask the Emperor for the transfer order for the Imperial Guards?"
He asked Zhao Yuanrong.
Zhao Yuanrong didn't answer and just walked forward on his own.
"You and your aunt didn't believe me and even lied to me," Zhao Xuanyi said unwillingly, grabbing Zhao Yuanrong's arm. "Why? Am I not good to you?"
Zhao Yuanrong chuckled and shook him off, "I don't care about yours, okay?"
She said almost cruelly, "If you can defeat me, then I will kneel on the ground and beg for your kindness. But now, your kindness is worthless."
Zhao Yuanrong was gone for a long time before Zhao Xuanyi came to his senses.
Inside the cell, Song Guang was holding two human heads and muttering to himself, looking like a madman.
Zhao Xuanyi calmed down a bit.
Since there is no room for negotiation, let's see who will win in the end.
The defeat of the Song family caused an uproar in the dynasty.
The rumors outside about Qu Ling and his men breaking into the Song family became more and more bizarre.
The Song family was accused of treason, but no one dared to say that Qu Ling's behavior was inappropriate. He was just described as a ferocious and evil yaksha by the storyteller in the teahouse.
Hu Yingyue found it interesting and told the wife of Marquis Jingwei when she returned.
The wife of Marquis Jingwei felt dizzy when she heard the word "Princess".
The warm mountain residence is completely different from the hustle and bustle outside.
Qu Ling was fully focused on preparing for his wedding and never left the house.
Anyway, as long as the eldest princess doesn't fall, no one can touch her hair.
In May, the weather gradually became warmer.
This tranquility was broken.
"Princess, someone is coming from Hedong's hometown."
Nanny Li went to Nuanshanju in person to tell Qu Ling.
Qu Ling held a fan, leaned lazily against the window, and looked at the green bamboos in the yard.
Hearing this, he turned around and said, "Didn't my aunt send people to carry my mother's coffin? What are people from Hedong doing here?"
After requesting the imperial decree to allow Xu Zhaoyue and Qu Xin to divorce, the eldest princess wanted to bury Xu Zhaoyue's coffin in her mausoleum.
"A child was brought from Hedong, and they said he was adopted by the Marquis." Nanny Li was helpless.
Qu Ling was stunned for a moment, then covered his mouth with his fan and laughed.
She was still worried about how to kill those old immortals because the road to Hedong was long. She didn't expect that they would be delivered to her door.
In the previous life, those opportunistic villains in Hedong moved Xu Zhaoyue's coffin out in order to please the Song family.
They gave the joint burial position to Song Jun, and they also wanted to give the position of eldest daughter to Qu Lianzhi.
The sky is high and the earth is far away, it is difficult to calculate the accounts.
"Change clothes."
Qu Ling stood up, waving a fan in one hand and moving Buddhist beads with the other.
“When a guest comes from afar, treat him well.”
She was in a very happy mood.
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