Shen Yubai paused and said, "Mother, you brought her here, what do you want me to do?"
Empress Dowager Lu stared at him and suddenly smiled sinisterly, "I have a method to pull her soul out of Si'er's body, and then make her soul fly away and never enter the reincarnation cycle. Just do as I say, and I will believe you."
Shen Yubai glanced outside the palace gate.
The place was filled with imperial guards close to the Empress Dowager, watching intently.
As long as Empress Dowager Lu gives the order, he and Jiang Xiancao will die here today.
Shen Tingsi's mouth was blocked. He looked at Queen Mother Lu anxiously and wanted to plead for Jiang Xiancao, telling her that Jiang Xiancao had no choice, but Queen Mother Lu never looked at him from beginning to end.
"Tell me, do you want to deal with this fake prince?" Empress Dowager Lu pressed.
Shen Yubai suddenly smiled, "Hasn't the Queen Mother already guessed it? It's impossible for me to do anything to her."
Jiang Xiancao's eyes flickered slightly, and Empress Dowager Lu sneered:
"How dare you disobey your mother's order, or do you not want to prove your loyalty to your royal brother?"
Shen Yubai looked at her and said word by word:
"Neither. I did this only because I want to protect the person I want and won't allow anyone to hurt him. And because you are not my mother at all."
The next moment, Jiang Xiancao, who had been standing there obediently, suddenly made a move.
She threw the blood jade hidden in her clothes at the Queen Mother. A red light appeared, the Queen Mother looked dazed, and a puff of black smoke came out of her body.
Jiang Xiancao stared at the black smoke that was trying to escape from the hall and said coldly, "Mr. Xuan, don't even think about escaping this time."
After Shen Yubai and Jiang Xiancao worked together to set up a trap, the leader of Tianming Pavilion was arrested, the evil spell on Emperor Yong was broken, and he woke up slowly.
The Queen Mother, whose body was possessed, also woke up. She finally found out that the reason she was possessed by Mr. Xuan was that the palace maid closest to her had been killed by Mr. Xuan a long time ago, and the people who had been with her for the past year were all spies from the Tianming Pavilion in disguise.
Because of this disaster, the empress dowager aged a lot. From then on, she stayed in the Cining Palace and devoted herself to worshipping Buddha. She handed over all the affairs of assisting the emperor inside and outside the palace to Shen Yubai.
Three days later, Jiang Huaizhong was dragged to Caishikou for execution, and Old Lady Qin was also taken there. Before her head hit the ground, she kept howling, saying that she was the wife of a first-rank marquis, but no one paid any attention to her.
Even the common people who were watching the scene were disgusted with her after hearing that she had used witchcraft to borrow longevity from her descendants, and they kept throwing rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at her.
Jiang Huaizhong had been tortured in the imperial prison to the point of losing his mind. The last words he said before his head fell to the ground were, "Let me go. I will never be a man again." No one knew what he had experienced.
As for the five sons of the Jiang family, except for Jiang Jinzhen who was imprisoned in Lingyin Temple for his entire life as a monk, the other four were exiled to the frontier.
Before they left Beijing, Jiang Xiancao went to see them off.
She smiled and asked the four embarrassed people:
"Do you regret it?"
Do you regret having treated her like that?
They looked at her with hatred, confusion, regret, and fear of the future in their eyes, but no guilt.
Just as Jiang Xiancao had expected, even if they regretted it, it was not because they felt guilty for treating her badly in the past. They just regretted not killing her directly when she was most lonely and helpless, which gave her the opportunity to turn over and take revenge.
Jiang Xiancao laughed. "Carry your regrets with you and work as a laborer on the frontier for the rest of your life! May you experience all the sufferings of the world and be reborn as cattle and horses in your next life. This is my wish for you!"
Jiang Huaizhu's soul was released from Chu Yuxu by Taoist nun Meng and sent to the path of reincarnation.
Jiang Xiancao had no objection to this.
She knew that there is reincarnation in the world, and the evil deeds and debts owed by people in this life must be repaid in the next life.
Jiang Huaizhu's reincarnation path will probably be full of ups and downs from now on, and he may not even have the chance to be reborn as a human being, but that is what Jiang Huaizhu deserves.
Shen Tingsi asked Jiang Xiancao:
"What about me?"
Jiang Xiancao looked at him, "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Tingsi asked her calmly, "I know you won't forgive me, so how are you going to punish me?"
Jiang Xiancao did not answer.
She just turned and left, leaving Shen Tingsi behind.
Shen Tingsi looked at her back, and suddenly his heart was broken.
He understood what her punishment was for him.
That is to never look back at him again.
Half a year later, Shu Linyue found a way to swap bodies without harming their souls.
Jiang Xiancao agreed to change it back.
Compared to Shen Tingsi's male body, she still prefers her original self.
And now she doesn't need his identity to support her and can live the life she wants.
After turning back into a daughter, Jiang Xiancao dressed up beautifully and, with the support of Emperor Yong and Shen Yubai, entered the palace as a woman to receive rewards and became the first female official of the Sheng Dynasty.
When she walked out of the Golden Palace, she looked at the morning glow in the sky, feeling filled with emotion.
She was lost in thought when she heard steady footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Shen Yubai, dressed in court robes, walking towards her. His eyes gleamed with determination and tenderness, as if all the hardships had melted away in that moment.
"Holding the grass, I will always be with you from now on." Shen Yubai said softly, reaching out to hold her hand.
Jiang Xiancao looked at him, a flicker of relief in her eyes. She gently snuggled in Shen Yubai's arms, feeling the long-lost peace.
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