Chapter 139: The Concubine Goes Crazy and Immolates Herself
Deng Youning's ruthless method shocked even the emperor.
He never expected that Deng Youning would say such a thing. Could it be that this silly boy Li Tianzhuo has always had a one-sided love for the girl?
This is great, he doesn't have to worry about Deng Youning taking his knife away.
Li Tianzhuo couldn't help but chuckle.
Hearing his beloved say such words, he actually found it somewhat pleasing.
As expected, it's Ning Ning, bold and unique!
Just one move made the emperor let down his guard.
"Hmph, castrate him?"
"Are you willing to do that?"
The emperor made a deliberate joke.
"There's nothing to be sad about. We are just ordinary childhood friends. No matter whether we are male or female, we are just friends!"
Deng Youning said it with absolute certainty.
If she didn't know that Li Tianzhuo died to avenge her in her previous life, and if she hadn't met Li Tianzhuo so early in this life, they would of course be just ordinary childhood friends.
The emperor laughed, "Tian Zhuo, you heard it, Princess Youning is really heartless!"
Li Tianzhuo cooperated with Deng Youning to refute the emperor:
"Your Majesty is wrong. There is no such deep affection between us. How can you say that the county lady is heartless?"
The emperor smiled obscurely, "That's great!"
He looked at Deng Youning again, and his eyes suddenly became bright and kind, as if he was looking at the old father of his own daughter.
"Youning, thanks to you for helping me get rid of the poison this time. Tell me, what reward do you want?"
"Except asking me to let Han Xian go, I can agree to everything you ask."
The emperor was reluctant to owe a favor to a younger generation, but he just wanted to satisfy him with some valuable gifts.
"Your Majesty, I only ask for your health and well-being, nothing else."
"Recently, I have been reading the case files and feel that there is something fishy about the death of Concubine Han twenty-three years ago. After all, she is my cousin."
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask you to allow me to re-investigate the case of Concubine Han's self-immolation!"
Deng Youning had guessed it long ago. After saving the emperor, he would not give up the idea of having Han Xian sacrificed.
In that case, it would be better to ask him for some other reward.
The scrolls concerning Concubine Han's case were all in the Imperial Household Department, and no one dared to search without the emperor's order.
Hearing her request, Li Tianzhuo couldn't help but smile.
I had told her once before about the difficulty of investigating this case, but I didn't expect that she would come directly to ask the emperor to investigate it openly.
From the moment he asked Han Qiongyue to inquire about the emperor's condition, Deng Youning had been laying out his own plan step by step!
The emperor felt very uncomfortable when mentioning Concubine Han again.
That was the woman he loved most!
If the wives of military generals married into the palace as concubines, then logically speaking, the military power of their fathers and brothers would be taken back by the emperor, and like what happened to the Wu family, they would be given a nominal official position without power.
But the Han family was an exception. The emperor did not take away their military power. It can be seen that his love for Concubine Han has surpassed the suspicion that an emperor should have.
But that woman Han Shaoyi is not worth it!
"The matter of Concubine Han has always been a knot in my heart."
"If you want to investigate, go ahead. Remember, investigate thoroughly. If you can't find anything, I will punish you."
The emperor smiled maliciously.
He ordered that all evidence of what happened that year be dealt with, and even the palace maids and eunuchs were executed.
He knew that Deng Youning and his children were quite capable and could even find out that Deng Ren was pushed off a cliff by Deng Zheng thirty-five years ago.
However, Deng Ren was lucky enough not to die, but Concubine Han was not so lucky.
The emperor witnessed her death with his own eyes!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help."
Deng Youning bowed to express his gratitude.
Before leaving the palace, she and Li Tianzhuo went to see Changchun Palace where Concubine Han lived.
The place is still in ruins now. I heard that the emperor did not have anyone clean it up in order to commemorate Concubine Han.
What is more lethal than the white moonlight is the dead white moonlight.
When you get closer, you can almost smell the burnt smell from twenty-three years ago.
"It seems that our Majesty is also a lovesick person?"
Deng Youning said sarcastically.
She knew that the emperor kept the ruins not to commemorate Concubine Han, but just for show and to establish his image.
"Do you know why the matter between the Ninth Prince and Dai Shi has made the Emperor angry for so many years?"
Li Tianzhuo suddenly asked about this.
Deng Youning shook his head suspiciously.
Logically speaking, she is just a woman. If the prince likes her, the emperor will naturally reward her, and there will not be the current deadlock between them.
"Is there something special about this Dai family?"
Deng Youning asked curiously.
Li Tianzhuo nodded.
"I heard that Dai looks a lot like Concubine Han when she was young."
"During the selection, she captured the emperor's heart with just a glance and a smile."
Since her death, there was someone in the world who looked a little bit like her, and the emperor became panicked.
"So in the eyes of the emperor, the person my cousin flirted with was not an ordinary concubine, but his mother?"
Deng Youning found it ridiculous.
She seriously suspected that the woman was someone with ulterior motives who deliberately wanted to destroy Jun Chenyi.
In the dark night, under the candlelight, there was a chilling cold wind blowing through the Changchun Palace.
In the main hall where Concubine Han was burned to death, there seemed to be some wronged souls crying for a long time.
Weird and sad.
"The day of the fire was the Lantern Festival, and the Changchun Palace was full of lanterns inside and outside."
"They all said that it was the Imperial Concubine who went crazy and burned the lanterns, which caused the fire. The two maids who came with her wanted to come in to save her, but the Imperial Concubine was so extreme that she thought they wanted to harm her. Relying on her martial arts skills, she knocked out the two maids and burned them to death in the fire."
Li Tianzhuo told what he had learned.
Deng Youning just listened for fun.
It goes without saying that this must have been deliberately fabricated!
She had heard her grandmother talk about Cousin Han.
The relationship between Concubine Han and the Emperor is very similar to that between her and Li Tianzhuo. Both originated from mutual redemption in their youth, and from then on, the two have had each other in their hearts.
It’s a pity that they didn’t know each other’s true identity or name.
The passage of time separated the two for decades.
When they met again, he had married and she was also married.
But even so, the emperor expressed his love to her many times and asked her to remarry him.
In order to get her, he even resorted to a trick to kill all nine clans of her husband's family. All the men were beheaded and the women were exiled to the northern border.
Only the third daughter-in-law, Han Shaoyi, was not only pardoned but also given the title of Imperial Concubine.
It can be said that the emperor forced Concubine Han to marry him.
Because of this, Concubine Han bore a grudge against the emperor.
After she entered the palace, the emperor was very obedient to her and even wanted to clear out the harem for her, but she refused to give the emperor a good face, so it was five or six years after she got married that she gave birth to her only heir, Jun Chenyi.
Deng Youning felt that it was precisely because of this little-known past that the criminals had the opportunity to create the illusion that Concubine Han had gone mad and set herself on fire after killing her.
"I have interrogated those palace servants before. I think the real murderer must have used a trick to silence them. I didn't find out anything."
"Besides, that day was the Lantern Festival, and many people from outside the palace entered the palace. The real culprit who set the fire might be among them."
"But if he is really someone from outside the palace, he would be too big a target and it would be difficult to find him!"
Deng Youning hardly listened to what Li Tianzhuo said.
The person who planned to murder Concubine Han would never leave clues for them to investigate.
There is absolutely no point in investigating those people.
She was walking in the ruins and suddenly found some black oily liquid.
"What is this?"
Deng Youning picked up a dry branch and poked the black thing.
It's very sticky and has a pungent smell.
Li Tianzhuo also rushed over after hearing this.
He has been the commander of the Silver Dragon Guard for five years and has gained some experience.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be varnish."
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