Chapter 232 A Nightmare
"No, that's impossible!"
She interrupted Zhao Wanqing with a murmur, eagerly trying to sit up in bed.
However, because his hands and feet were tied, he was unable to move and fell off the bed in a disheveled state.
The excruciating pain in her knee sent a shiver through her body, and she suddenly recalled the scene before she lost consciousness.
Arrows rained down in front of the Empress Dowager's tomb.
Shen Cong was pierced through the heart by an arrow, and blood gushed out...
That scene was etched into her mind like a nail, and endless pain instantly overwhelmed her!
It was her letter that ruined Shen Cong!
She ruined Shen Cong, the man who rescued her from the brothel!
Although sending her to Shen Xu's side was just a transaction, Shen Cong never ordered her to investigate any military or state secrets.
All he wanted was the antidote; all he wanted was to live!
"Why? Why did you do this to him? Why did you do this to me?"
She curled up on the ground, glaring at Zhao Wanqing with resentment, and let out an angry roar.
Zhao Wanqing looked down at her, her smugness almost overflowing.
"King Xuan was not poisoned at all, but rather suffered from a 'blood curse'."
His Highness the Crown Prince already told me about this. What a fool you are, being kept in the dark for three years and still so clueless! His Highness will really help you find the antidote!
Actually, His Majesty has known for a long time that you are Shen Cong's person, but you just want to get something from Shen Cong..."
Zhao Wanqing seemed to realize something, and the words she was about to say stopped abruptly.
Li Nanke felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Blood curse? What's that?
Did Shen Xu lie to her?
"Do you think His Highness the Crown Prince—oh no, now I should call him His Majesty—truly likes you?"
Haha, Li Nanke, why don't you look in the mirror and see what kind of person you are!
How could a lowly woman who has fallen into prostitution be worthy of His Majesty's favor? She even dares to dream of becoming His Majesty's empress?
"By what right? By your vixen-like face? Or by your body, which has been ridden and ravaged by thousands in brothels?"
Zhao Wanqing's face suddenly darkened, and she reached out and pinched her face, forcing her to raise her neck.
His sharp nails dug into her cheeks, his eyes filled with undisguised jealousy.
“Every time I see you, I want to smear your face to shreds, so that you can see how you will seduce His Majesty in the future.”
The excruciating pain made Li Nanke tremble all over, and he struggled to shake off Zhao Wanqing's hand.
"I don't believe a word you say! Where is His Highness the Crown Prince? I want to see him!"
Snap!
No sooner had she finished speaking than Zhao Wanqing slapped her hard across the face, so hard that her lip swelled up in pain.
A metallic taste filled my mouth, and traces of blood trickled from the corner of my lips.
"How dare you! He is His Majesty now. How dare a lowly person like you have the right to pay him homage?"
"Li Nanke, don't you understand yet? His Majesty never liked you at all. It was all just an act to deceive you!"
"I don't believe it!"
Li Nanke stared stubbornly at Zhao Wanqing, desperately trying to convince herself that Zhao Wanqing was lying to her.
These words are completely unbelievable!
Having endured nearly eight years of hardship in the brothel, she thought her heart had long since turned to ice, but Shen Xu's gentle care gradually opened her heart.
She didn't believe that all the intimate moments and tenderness she had shown during the past three years of living together were just an act!
She wanted to hear Shen Xu say it with her own ears!
Zhao Wanqing laughed triumphantly.
"You really won't shed a tear until you see the coffin. Let me tell you the truth, do you think that the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review can punish my father based on the evidence you found?"
Hehe, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is His Majesty's confidant, and His Majesty and my father had already reached a secret agreement.
"As long as my father supports His Majesty's ascension to the throne, His Majesty will make me Empress and place me in the central palace!"
Zhao Wanqing squinted, took out a stack of papers from her bosom, and waved them in front of her.
"Tsk tsk tsk, so these are the pieces of evidence you snatched from the brazier and handed over to the Minister of Justice, right?"
Li Nanke's pupils contracted sharply.
Some of the papers in front of me were half burned, and some still had clear shoe prints on them.
It was the evidence that she had painstakingly collected in secret that led to Zhao Hong framing her father!
How did you end up with these things?
She instinctively lunged forward, but Zhao Wanqing dodged backward, missing her target and falling awkwardly to the ground.
Zhao Wanqing sneered.
"You don't know yet, do you? The very night the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review obtained that evidence, he delivered it to my father's desk."
Oh, right, and that witness you were so meticulously protecting also died suddenly that night.
Li Nanke's expression changed drastically, as if she had fallen into an ice cave, the icy lake water instantly freezing her to the bone.
Even though he clenched his teeth tightly, he couldn't stop his whole body from trembling.
It was Shen Xu who gave the evidence to the Zhao family!
The so-called handing it over to the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was nothing more than a performance put on in front of her!
Li Nanke, you are hopelessly stupid!
Overwhelmed by boundless regret and pain, she wished she could slap herself a few times right then and there.
"Li Nanke, you're dreaming if you think you can punish my father!"
Zhao Wanqing laughed triumphantly and threw all the papers in her hand into the brazier.
No! Don't!
Li Nanke let out a hysterical roar, struggled to get up, and rushed towards the brazier without a care in the world.
"Grab her!"
Zhao Wanqing roared, and the maids and servants immediately stepped forward and pinned her to the ground.
She watched helplessly as the stack of evidence was consumed by the flames and burned to ashes!
That was her greatest motivation to live!
Her only hope!
Why did you treat her like this?
"Ahhh! Zhao Wanqing, I'm going to kill you!"
Filled with rage, she let out a sharp and painful scream! She struggled with all her might to get up and tear Zhao Wanqing apart.
At that moment, the door opened, and Song Hui walked in with a cold face.
"Why haven't we dealt with that little slut yet? We're going to the palace to congratulate His Majesty on his ascension to the throne soon, don't miss the auspicious time!"
Song Hui was dressed in an imperial robe, adorned with jewels, and looked at Li Nanke with disgust.
He was completely different from the gentle and loving person he used to be in front of her!
"Don't just stand there, quickly throw her into the lake outside to drown her, or we'll miss the auspicious time."
Song Hui impatiently gave instructions to the old woman.
"aunt?"
She called out blankly.
Song Hui's face was full of disdain. "Pah, you lowly slut who's been ridden by a thousand men and trampled by ten thousand, don't call me aunt!"
"What are you waiting for? Throw it in!"
Several maids and servants stuffed a wad of cloth into her mouth and threw her directly into the lake.
The moment the icy lake water filled her mouth and nose, she shivered uncontrollably. Her intense resentment and will to survive drove her to desperately tell herself to calm down.
She can swim and knows that the more a person struggles when they fall into the water, the faster they sink.
Therefore, Li Nanke relaxed his body and slowly floated upwards.
But as soon as she surfaced, she heard Zhao Wanqing's vicious voice.
"Hit her head with a stick until she can't float anymore!"
One blow after another struck his head, and crimson blood flowed down his forehead, staining the surrounding lake water red!
A large amount of water poured into her mouth and nose, and she was no longer able to pull herself up. She drowned in the water!
When I opened my eyes again, I realized it was all a nightmare!
She was still Li Nanke, eight years old, from the Anping Marquis's residence!
The images in the dream made Li Nanke dizzy. Suddenly, she became ruthless and put the blood-stained white cloth directly around Shen Xu's neck.
With enough force, you can strangle Shen Xu!
"girl!"
Zisu had never seen Li Nanke like this before, and was so frightened that she picked her up without thinking.
"Oh no, someone's coming!"
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