Chapter 606 Past Events
[Why are you asking me? I know I can’t tell you.]
[I don’t have much in common with Concubine De. I just told you the reason, and now you have to ask me how you knew.]
The Emperor: “…”
He really wanted to tell her that he could hear it. He didn’t even dare to think about how much time this could save.
But it was just a thought, and the Emperor still took her to the Heavenly Prison obediently.
The sound of water was gurgling. Since they were going to investigate, it would be more efficient to ask the person involved.
So during the detention, Xiao Chuji was also tortured.
The emperor had specifically ordered it, so he would not show mercy to Xiao Chuji because of his status as a prince.
When they arrived, Xiao Chuji, who was hanging upside down, had just been pulled out of the water.
The coughing continued for a while.
The emperor waved his hand, and a moment later, Xiao Chuji was forced to kneel in front of the emperor.
He no longer looked as handsome as before, his whole body was wet and thin, the scars on his body had turned white due to being soaked in water, and his eyes no longer had the calculating ambitions they had before, only fear and uneasiness remained.
The others retreated tactfully, and only the three of them were left in the prison.
The emperor took a step back to avoid Xiao Chuji's attempt to pull his hand, and said coldly: "What happened to the Su family back then?"
Xiao Chuji stared at his vain hand for a long time, then slowly raised his head, with a slight smile on his lips: "Su family, what Su family?"
"Why are you pretending to be stupid? It's the Su family that you and your mother framed."
"Oh——" Xiao Chuji let out a long "oh".
The emperor looked at him, not hiding the disgust in his eyes: "I remember that they were very good friends with Concubine De, why did you do it?"
"I wanted to keep them." Although he was still young, Xiao Chuji could understand how much help the Su family would bring to him in the future. Moreover, the Su family couple valued friendship and were easy to control. However, "They caught her having an affair."
Of course, this was not what Xiao Chuji saw with his own eyes, but what Concubine De told him later.
"If the palace concubine and the foreign minister had an affair, once it was spread, no matter whether I was a prince or not, there would be thousands of mouths to deny my identity. You can't tolerate me in those rumors, even if I really am a prince."
"The premise of having help is that I am alive. If I am dead, what's the point of having help?"
After hearing this again, although the emperor was not as angry as before, his face was still very ugly.
Xiao Chuji looked at him and laughed louder and louder: "Even if you are the emperor, how many people treat you sincerely? Your concubine is having an affair with a man outside, and your own son is plotting against you. Everyone is eyeing your throne, not you as a person."
"Why not tell you one more thing, I am not your son either!"
The emperor looked at the crazy Xiao Chuji and said nothing.
It can be seen that Xiao Chuji is on the verge of collapse. He now wants to anger the emperor and use death to make him suffer.
After all, he is his own blood, and he has explained what he should explain. It is better to fulfill his wish.
The emperor's eyes were full of murderous intent. Jiang Zhiyu suddenly said at this time: "Your Majesty, can you hand him over to me to deal with?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that Jiang Kang'an had fallen to such a state before, and it was inseparable from Xiao Chuji, so he responded.
The despair in Xiao Chuji's eyes became even worse.
He looked at the emperor pleadingly, but the emperor's mercy had run out, and he turned away.
Jiang Zhiyu didn't even look at Xiao Chuji again, and followed the emperor out.
...
When she left the palace, the sky had darkened, and the carriage was still in place, and Jiang Zhiyu got in.
"Okay, the emperor will issue an edict tomorrow," she said, and then turned to He Yanting: "The emperor is no longer insisting on making you the crown prince, you can enter and leave the palace without worry."
Su Bai was still immersed in joy, and felt that everything was like a dream.
There was also some surprise in He Yanting's eyes: "How did you do it?"
"Talk about reason, convince people with reason." Jiang Zhiyu chuckled.
The carriage went all the way to Xu's house. Jiang Zhiyu got off the carriage, said goodbye to them and walked into the house. The carriage started again. When it was almost at Qingfeng Pavilion, Su Bai finally reacted. "
Where are they?" He raised his voice. "They
went back. Since you are awake, you can walk back by yourself."
Su Bai: "?"
He got off the carriage and stared blankly at the carriage that was leaving quickly, his eyes full of confusion.
In front of the general's house, a figure stood outside the door.
He asked the coachman to drive the carriage back, and He Yanting walked forward.
Chao Haisheng's eyebrows were cold: "Let's talk."
He Yanting nodded.
The two went into the house and sat opposite each other. There was tea brewed on the table, still steaming.
The two looked at each other in silence for a while. After a long time, Chao Haisheng finally spoke: "You suffered an undeserved disaster at that time. I was too biased."
He Yanting was stunned for a moment when he didn't expect that he would
admit his fault. "I am a new father. When Yuan was just born, I wanted him to inherit my family and become the best in the world. So when he was a little sensible, I started to teach him strictly. Because of this, your master's wife and I quarreled for a long time."
Chao Haisheng took a sip from the teacup and said in disgust: "Is there any wine?"
He Yanting stood up silently and put the wine on the table.
Chao Haisheng raised his head and took a big sip before continuing, "The so-called talent is actually a very unfair thing. Some people are naturally gifted and can easily practice to a level that others cannot reach without much effort, while some people work extremely hard all their lives and cannot make any progress."
"I am a beneficiary of talent, so I cannot and cannot understand why Yuan can't reach my level."
"When he was at that age, I had already mastered all kinds of martial arts, but he could only make the water in the vat shake."
"I once thought there was something wrong with my teaching."
Chao Haisheng paused and took another sip of wine: "Until I accepted you as my apprentice."
"You are the same as me, even stronger than I was at that time. Unfortunately, I still didn't realize that people are different. I only had one thought in my mind: why can you do it, but Yuan, my son, can't?"
"I just thought he was just being lazy before, so I became more and more harsh on him. I never praised him, but I always scolded him."
Chao Haisheng's eyes were red. He Yanting silently replaced the tea with wine and took a sip with him.
The childish voice seemed to linger in his ears. As Chao Haisheng narrated, the scene at that time gradually emerged in He Yanting's mind.
Although Chao Haisheng often compared him with him, Yuan did not hate him much. He always followed him and called his brother in a childish voice.
The master's wife did not get angry with him because of the master's attitude, and treated him the same as Yuan.
"Later, the gap between you two became more and more obvious, and I became more and more anxious. Yuan also grew up and became more and more dissatisfied with me."
"My wife finally couldn't stand it anymore and prepared to take Yuan away."
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