Chapter 158: Revenge with your own means
Seeing that Han Qiong had no objection to this matter, Jun Wenci naturally felt that there was something fishy going on.
He leaned back in his seat, adjusted himself to a comfortable position, and asked curiously:
"General Han, are you really willing to sacrifice your only grandson?"
Han Qiong clenched his hands and said, "If the king wants his subjects to die, they must die."
"My youngest son is still young, and he will have countless grandchildren in the future. Besides, I had a conflict with the Ninth Prince some time ago, and now my Han family is isolated and helpless!"
Jun Wenci was quite interested when he heard this. "Oh? You guys actually broke up with Lao Jiu. What's the reason?"
Han Qiong pretended to be anxious and replied, "He refused to give the position of principal wife to my granddaughter Han Xinxin no matter what. It's a pity that I, an old minister, wholeheartedly assisted him, and this is how he treats his mother's family!"
Jun Wenci raised his eyebrows and exchanged glances with Wu Dalang.
Judging from General Han's appearance, this is probably true.
He knew that the Han family would never help Jun Chenyi unconditionally and must have some ulterior motive.
The position of the Ninth Prince's wife may seem insignificant now, but if Jun Chenyi can really regain his father's favor and seize his throne, the daughter of the Han family will be the queen.
Who doesn’t care about it?
This way, he can be of good use.
"General Han, please don't worry. There are many good men in this world. Why did your granddaughter have to hang herself on a tree like Jun Chenyi?"
"I have never been married, and my age is almost the same as Miss Han. If the old general doesn't mind..."
Having said that, Jun Wenci stopped talking.
He knew that the Han family were all smart people.
If the Han family army could be used for his own purposes, he would not have to go through the trouble of trying to deprive him of his military power.
After all, he hates killing!
"Your Highness is indeed a handsome man, even better than the Ninth Prince, but our Xinxin has been spoiled since she was a child, so she can only be the legal wife!"
Han Qiong suppressed the nausea in her heart and praised the brutal scum in front of her.
"Of course. After all, I know that the daughter of the Jian family is unwilling to marry me even though I am engaged to her."
"Rather than getting tired of her after marriage, it's better to find someone else."
Fortunately, Jun Wenci still had some self-awareness and knew that Jian Zhiyi looked down on him.
The solution Deng Youning came up with for the Han family went smoothly.
During the days that Jun Wenci was in Qingzhou, he would talk to Han Xian whenever he had nothing to do, for fear that Han Xian would have complaints about the sacrifice, and he kept trying to persuade him.
Han Xian knew this very well. He was testing him on purpose to see if the Han family really didn't care about this at all.
Until the morning of the day of sacrifice, Jun Wenci was still worried and supervised the whole process.
However, based on his knowledge, he would never be able to imagine that the Han family used the technique of disguise.
At this time, the real Han Xian had become a woman in Qiaozhuang. She took some small amount of silver and left Qingzhou City.
General Han and Master Han wanted him to return to Beijing first.
Once he arrives in Beijing, the Deng family and Han Qiongyue will protect his safety.
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Imperial Palace, Cuiwei Palace.
Deng Youning got up early today and started to get dressed.
Entering the palace is a big deal. Even if the person you meet is just Concubine Li, you cannot be careless.
If you happen to meet other nobles, you must not lose the demeanor of the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion.
Just after noon, Lipin's men brought her to the gate of Cuiwei Palace.
As soon as she came in, Jun Wenying came to greet her like a cheerful little swallow.
"Ningning, you're here!"
"My queen has been waiting for you for a long time."
Deng Youning smiled at her lovingly, then bowed and knelt in the direction of Concubine Li.
"Your humble servant Deng Youning pays respects to Concubine Li."
Lipin did not dare to let her mother's savior perform such a great honor, so she hurried forward and helped her up personally.
The few of them briefly chatted about Aunt Dai, and Deng Youning turned the topic to Dai who died eight years ago.
"Didn't Concubine Li say that she wanted to thank me? Don't wait until tomorrow. Today I have an important question to ask you."
"I hope your Majesty will tell me everything you know."
Deng Youning said with a smile, looking pure and innocent.
Concubine Li had heard of Deng Youning a long time ago and knew her personality and style.
How could she, who was not even afraid of the queen, care about a mere concubine like herself?
However, this time, she was really wrong!
Lipin thought it was funny and asked back, "The county lady doesn't think that I was the one who sent Dai to the Ninth Prince's bed, right?"
Deng Youning looked at her in surprise.
Eight years ago, when the Queen first met Dai, she wanted to kill her when she saw that her face looked very similar to Concubine Han.
Unexpectedly, before the queen could take any action, the emperor had already fallen in love with her.
If the Queen took action again at this time, she would be afraid that the Emperor would investigate and she would not be able to escape the blame.
So, she gave Dai a choice and asked her to cut her face herself.
This is why Dai sent the letter home about face and life.
But till the end, Dai still did not compromise with the Queen, naively thinking that she could defeat the Queen with the Emperor's favor.
In the end, you're just digging your own grave.
If the queen wants to kill someone, she has thousands of ways to do it.
By using someone else's hand, she was able to kill two birds with one stone. This move was a brilliant one!
"In the selection, she, as the legitimate daughter, could enter the palace as a concubine and become the emperor's woman, but as a concubine's daughter, I can only enter the palace as a female official."
"You are a female official, but in reality you are still a palace maid who can be slaughtered by your master?"
"As soon as I entered the palace, I chose to stay by the queen's side. I saw everything she did with my own eyes."
"The person who poisoned her and made her unconscious was another female official close to the Queen, who also attended the Dai family's winter banquet that day."
When she mentioned the Winter Banquet, Deng Youning immediately had an impression of it.
She was the female official who followed Deng Xuelian to catch Jian Zhiyi committing adultery.
"Do you have any evidence?"
Deng Youning asked anxiously.
If they could find solid evidence of the Queen's crime, combined with the fact that she had instigated Manager Jin to burn down Changchun Palace, they would be able to completely overthrow the Queen.
"have!"
Lipin, a commoner's daughter, was able to rise to the position of concubine after years of careful planning.
As she was always by the Queen's side, she naturally had to keep some evidence of the Queen's crimes to protect herself.
"However, I would like the county lady to exchange something for me."
Deng Youning smiled softly. Bargaining?
"Tell me first, what does this county lady have that is worth your attention?"
She also became interested.
Lipin didn't want anything else. She knew that Deng Youning was raised by Nan Xin's evil cult and was infected with both poison and witchcraft. She just wanted a poison that could make people go crazy unconsciously.
Mrs. Dai bullied her biological mother, and her father turned a blind eye.
These are the Dai family's private affairs, and even the emperor and empress cannot interfere.
What's more, the aunt was just a concubine. Even if she was beaten to death or sold by the master, it would not be a big deal.
Since she was born a slave and the laws of nature cannot be changed, she can only use her own means to take revenge on that family.
Deng Youning knew what she wanted the poison for.
"We can trade, but I have a condition. No innocent people can be harmed!"
She also saw the excessiveness of the Dai family.
She didn't object to Concubine Li's revenge, but Dai Dalang was the good bamboo shoot among the bad bamboos, so he had to be spared.
After the conversation, Deng Youning and Jun Wenying were about to leave Cuiwei Palace when the Queen came over in person.
At the Dai family's winter banquet, the person Deng Xuelian pushed to death was her own mother!
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