174 She Didn’t Persevere
Qi Zhouhao smiled bitterly and shattered her fantasy with his own hands, "My mother and grandfather are waiting for my cousin, but my cousin is not a puppet in your hands. Otherwise, why would His Majesty say that in the court?"
"My cousin has already surrendered and told Your Majesty everything you and my grandfather were going to do. He and Your Majesty have played this empty city tactic, waiting for you and my grandfather to fall into the trap so that we can get rid of everything."
"impossible!"
Concubine Shu immediately denied it and said through gritted teeth, "Huai Li couldn't possibly do that!?"
"He is doing this to bring the entire Xu family to ruin!"
Qi Zhouhao couldn't bear to see his mother being kept in the dark any longer, so he told her what he had learned from his conversation with His Majesty.
It turned out that as early as when Xu Huaili learned that Xu Huasong was planning this, he had already noticed that he was colluding with Xinyi.
So he confessed his crime, but His Majesty already knew that the Xu family was colluding with foreign races, and was just waiting for Xu Huaili to make a choice.
If we choose the Xu family, then the entire Xu family will have to go. If we choose Your Majesty, then there is still room for discussion.
Fortunately, Xu Huaili made the right choice.
Pei Yuning promised to spare the innocent people of the Xu family during the reckoning.
After hearing these words, Concubine Shu was stunned. She didn't expect the fact to be like this.
"Does mother still remember the flood in Zhuzhou? His Majesty has already started planning since then. He has always been giving the Xu family opportunities. Unfortunately, only my cousin saw it clearly."
"Mother, you and my grandfather should confess your guilt to His Majesty." Qi Zhouhao knew that His Majesty would not vent his anger on others, but what about his mother?
Shu Fei shed two lines of tears and murmured softly, "Qi Yuhan... you have such a cruel heart..."
"How could you do this to me..."
Qi Zhouhao thought of his father and burst into tears. He cried quietly and suddenly said, "Mother, you don't love father that much, right?"
Concubine Shu was shocked all over, and the tear just stayed in her eye. She raised her head in disbelief and looked at her child.
This young man, who already had a vague resemblance to a handsome man in the future, looked very much like that man. Concubine Shu stared at him in a daze.
Qi Zhouhao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and his calm tone carried a hint of madness as if he had seen through everything.
The entire prison was in deathly silence, which made his words just now more profound.
For the first time, Concubine Shu attacked her son and slapped him across the other side!
Bang!
Heavy
A clear slap landed on Qi Zhouhao's face, and he didn't even think about dodging.
Concubine Shu pointed at his nose with a shaking hand, the veins on her forehead bulging, and cursed fiercely, "Say it to me again!"
"Say it again!!!"
It was almost a roar. For the first time, Concubine Shu lost her normal demeanor as a concubine in the harem and looked like a madman.
Qi Zhouhao tilted his head, half of his face in the shadow, and raised his head slightly, "Mother, you said that father and you are very loving, but..."
"Why didn't you stick to it?"
After Qi Zhouhao said this, he knelt on the ground and bowed deeply to Concubine Shu.
Then he slowly left the prison under Concubine Shu's painful look.
Concubine Shu just stood there for a long time...
It was so long that the memories buried deep in her mind emerged one by one, so long that she thought she had forgotten him, but when she remembered again that although they looked the same, she could still tell that they were not the same person.
Did she not persevere?
It seems
But it doesn’t seem like it.
But the person who died was not wrong, so the wrong person became her.
Yes, she didn't stick to it. In the end, she wanted to throw herself into the arms of another man for power.
She was indeed attracted by Pei Yuning later on, and even thought that it would be nice if he could join in and be Qi Yuhan for the rest of his life, then why couldn't she continue to be the concubine.
Unfortunately... Pei Yuning is not Qi Yuhan. Pei Yuning is as cold as ever.
Her tenderness was only for that one person, so she wanted to take the opportunity to silence him. In the end, the fire never started, and the assassins failed to take her life.
It was a pity that she was shameless and failed to bring down Pei Yuning.
In hell, she was the only one there...
Concubine Shu recalled all those densely packed memories, the astonished look in Qi Yuhan's eyes when she first entered the palace, his surprise when she got pregnant for the first time, and their cautiousness when welcoming their first child.
Thinking of him calling her name, "Ayue, your name is as beautiful as you are."
Yes, her name is Xu Chuyue. The moon is bright and the people are beautiful.
Unfortunately, later on, she was no longer the only one in the palace. There were more and more stunning girls, but her love had long since faded.
"Ah!!!——" Concubine Shu closed her eyes and cried bitterly. She fell to the ground, covering her face and sobbing.
Not long after Qi Zhouhao left, news spread that Concubine Shu had committed suicide.
Pei Yuning was processing the military report from Yinzhou. After learning about this, his pen paused for a moment before returning to normal.
"Xu Huasong, sentenced to death."
Zhang Quanfu's heart sank, "Yes."
Xu Huaili and Xiao Huan's army won victory after victory in Yinzhou, and they reversed their previous defeat and quickly recaptured the fifteen counties of Yinzhou, and also destroyed the Xinyi and mongoose.
However, he returned to the capital in just one month.
Pei Yuning pardoned the Xu family and only beheaded some of those who knew about the incident, including Xu's staff and the second branch of the family. However, the Xu family's title of Duke of Guo was stripped, and most of the officials in the court resigned.
After Xu Huaili came back, he surrendered his military power and never entered the palace.
After enduring several blows, Old Mrs. Xu finally succumbed to the blow and died of a cold.
The Xu family held a funeral and stayed at home to mourn.
Just when the court officials thought that the matter was over, news suddenly came.
His Majesty was going to abdicate the throne to the eldest prince Qi Zhouhao, causing an uproar in the court.
There were a lot of dissenting voices, but unfortunately Pei Yuning had made up his mind. He wanted to return the Great Qi to the people with the surname Qi by saying that he was returning the jade intact to Zhao, but his surname was only Pei!
The Queen Mother had a head full of silver hair and lay weakly on the pillow.
Looking at her son in front of her, she suddenly felt powerless. She knew she was wrong, and very wrong.
His pale face was filled with unspeakable guilt, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said weakly, "Have you...really decided?"
Pei Yuning's expression was calm, "Yes."
The Queen Mother felt desolate in her heart and choked up as she said, "Is that position really not attractive to you at all? You want to throw it away so badly."
"It's not mine in the first place, so how can it be considered attractive? From the beginning to the end, I was very clear and understood that I was only staying here temporarily, and wasn't that your purpose in the first place? Otherwise, you wouldn't have reacted so strongly to the edict."
Pei Yuning still spoke so bluntly, but that was the fact.
The Queen Mother smiled bitterly.
Yes, this has always been the purpose. She wanted too much and forgot a lot.
He always thought that the position was reserved for him, and that his wealth and power over the world were the greatest compensation for him.
But I never asked him if he wanted it.
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