Chapter 288
Qi Roufu sneered, "Your son Qi Heng's rebellion failed last night, and he's completely finished. He'll be executed soon."
"You shouldn't even dream of having a chance to turn things around."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Lingyao felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and slumped down on the stool.
Thinking of the destroyed Qiu family, Qi Heng who was about to be executed, and her son, she couldn't help but run towards the door.
As a result, they were blocked at the door by eunuchs and palace maids and could not get out.
Seeing this, Granny Yu hurriedly went over to comfort her, "Your Highness, please calm down, we can't go out."
"I want to see His Majesty! Make way! I want to see His Majesty!"
There must still be room for maneuver. If she can see the emperor, she will surely be able to persuade him to let Heng'er go.
Heng'er is his own son, he can't be so heartless!
At this moment, Qiu Lingyao was unaware that the Celestial Empire was now under Duan Gan's control, and that he would not kill Qi Heng for Tao Tao's sake.
But it's hard to say what will happen in the future, or whether Qi Heng will truly be willing to live such a humiliating and shameless life.
“Sister-in-law, I was indeed ordered by my brother to come and see you.”
She slowly walked up to Qiu Lingyao, a smile on her face, but there was a chilling aura about her, and her eyes were sinister.
At Qi Roufu's signal, the palace maid took out the wine pot and wine cup from the food box, while the eunuch next to her removed the red silk covering the tray, revealing a white silk ribbon underneath.
Upon seeing this, Granny Yu and Zhi'er immediately looked terrified, as if a great calamity was about to befall them.
She raised her chin and said calmly, "Choose one: poison or white silk?"
Qiu Lingyao shook her head in disbelief, "Impossible...impossible! This can't be true!"
"How could His Majesty possibly issue such an order? You must be forging an imperial edict! Get out of my way! Don't touch me! I want to see His Majesty and ask him directly."
"No need, you can wait for him downstairs!"
"Guards!" Qi Roufu's face was fierce, her eyes filled with murderous intent. "Hold her down. I will personally send my sister-in-law on her way."
Upon seeing this, Granny Yu and Zhi'er panicked and rushed forward to block Qiu Lingyao, but the burly eunuchs pinned their hands behind their backs and pressed them firmly to the ground, unable to get up.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"Princess, please spare Her Majesty! Please..."
"Granny Yu, it's no use begging me! It's the Emperor who wants her dead, how can she not die! This is defying the Emperor's orders! Do you also want to go down and join her?!"
Zhi'er cried and struggled desperately, but it was all in vain under the suppression of so many people.
"Your Majesty, please don't kill her! Kill me instead! Please, spare Your Majesty..."
Qi Roufu was somewhat surprised to see that they were all pleading for Qiu Lingyao.
"I never expected that you, such a ruthless and vicious woman, would be so popular. It seems you have quite a knack for winning people over."
"In view of your unwavering loyalty, I will make you all be buried with her."
After speaking, she picked up her wine glass, looked down at Qiu Lingyao who was being forced to kneel on the ground, and felt a surge of pleasure as she watched her angry expression.
He grabbed her chin with one hand and poured the wine into her mouth with the other.
After Qiu Lingyao drank the poisoned wine, her face turned deathly pale, and she collapsed to the ground, trembling all over. Her limbs convulsed uncontrollably, and she looked pained and distressed, with dark red poisoned blood spilling from her mouth.
In no time, he stopped breathing, his eyes remaining open until his death, staring straight at Qi Roufu.
Qi Roufu could be so cruel as to kill her own child, so what was a mere dead person to her? She showed no fear whatsoever.
She laughed coldly, her laughter filled with mockery and contempt, and stepped over the corpse on the ground, walking leisurely outside.
The moment I stepped out, I heard a wail behind me.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."
The Ministry of Justice prison.
Dressed in white, Qi Heng lay on the wooden bed when she suddenly felt a dull pain in her chest. She sat up, clutching her chest, her hair disheveled and falling to her temples, her furrowed brows filled with doubt and worry.
He had a strange, uneasy feeling, thinking of his mother locked up in the cold palace, and Tao Tao...
These are the only two people he can't let go of.
He still doesn't believe that Tao Tao was with Duan Gan willingly; he must have been forced by Duan Gan.
She obeyed Duan Gan for his sake; otherwise, if she really didn't care about him, why would she have come to persuade him last night and plead with Duan Gan for her life?
Thinking about this, he felt a surge of guilt again.
So many people have died because of him, and now even his wife has to be given away. He's truly useless.
Father is right, he is a good-for-nothing, a loser, a good-for-nothing who can't do anything.
The more he thought about him, the more painful it became, to the point that he felt like he was dying.
...
The Prince's Residence.
"Princess! Lord Duan has brought more gifts."
Rong'er excitedly ran into the courtyard and spoke to Tao Tao, who was peering at something in her hand from the windowsill.
She looked over at the sound and saw the steward and Granny Wu instructing people to bring in boxes of things packed in sandalwood chests.
"Send it to the side warehouse."
She had gotten used to receiving them every few days and continued to look down at the brocade box in her hand.
These are a pair of rings made of pure gold. They are sure to fit her perfectly because she personally went to a jewelry shop to have them made.
Men's style...
She thought about Duan Gan's ring finger; she had only roughly gestured at the time and wasn't sure if it would be inappropriate.
But that's okay, we can change it if it's not suitable.
These past two days, I've been thinking of going to see her, but then I realized she must be very busy, so I gave up on the idea.
Furthermore, she was thinking of visiting Qi Heng in the Ministry of Justice prison.
But if Duan Gan finds out, he will definitely think that what she said that night was all a lie, after all, she has a criminal record.
I finally convinced him that what I said was true, so I can't let him misunderstand again.
There's also the matter of Murong Yan. Murong Huai Shi came to see her again just now. Can she just ignore it? Or should she move back to the Tao family?
Besides, this isn't something she can control.
After thinking it over, she decided to write a note and have Asu deliver it to him, asking if he had time to talk about it later.
Despite the major events that occurred last night, the Emperor still did not appear at the morning court session this morning.
The court was immediately thrown into turmoil, with even the ministers inquiring about the emperor's whereabouts.
Some even rushed into the inner palace to see if the emperor was actually there.
The third prince is dead, the crown prince has been deposed, and now the troublemakers are these two groups. Unable to see the emperor, they have begun to interrogate Duan Gan aggressively.
Duan Gan had been too low-key and mild-mannered lately, making them forget just how terrifying this ruthless man was.
They never expected that Duan Gan would dare to kill someone in the imperial court. When blood splattered on the spot, the ministers were instantly terrified.
Apart from the leader, everyone else was as silent as quails, not daring to even breathe loudly.
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