Song He'er was bewildered, thinking she was hallucinating.
As I slowly raised my head, I saw a woman wearing a dark blue dress, with a red gold phoenix hairpin in her hair. Her eyebrows were long and her cheeks were reddish-brown. The more I looked at her, the more awkward she looked.
"What, don't you recognize me?"
Song He'er held her breath and crawled out of the cave. She brushed the dirt off herself, bowed respectfully to the woman opposite her, and then raised her head to meet the Queen's gaze with composure.
“This humble woman has intruded into the palace and disturbed Her Majesty the Queen.”
"Is this meant to disturb me? Or are you trying to give me a fright?"
"Your Majesty, you went to great lengths to set up this trap just so you could see me. Now that I'm here, if you still have any anger, you can vent it on me. Please don't blame His Highness the Prince."
Song He'er wasn't afraid of being tortured. She had no weapons in her spatial storage; she could just blow up the place and escape. Right now, the most important thing was to ensure Jiang Huaifu's safety.
Furthermore, she didn't want to harm innocent people. If she could quell the matter without firing a single shot, everyone would be happy.
But the Queen was also stubborn; she wouldn't say anything directly and always had to beat around the bush.
"You've been deceiving my son for months. Tell me, how should we settle this score?"
"It is true that His Highness went to Nanzhao, but I did not trick him into going there. We are both innocent and have been working hard in Nanzhao to make a living. We have not done anything against the natural order. If Your Majesty does not want him to go to Nanzhao, then you should humble yourself and ask him to stay in the palace. However, please do not use him to control the government. He is a living, breathing person. If you imprison him like this, and those who have designs on the throne take advantage of the situation, do you think he will have any chance of survival?"
Upon hearing this, the Queen's expression changed, and she coldly reprimanded, "How I discipline my son is something you, a mere young girl, are lecturing me about!"
Seeing that she was about to get angry, Ah Miao, who was standing next to her, immediately stopped her.
"Your Highness, we still need this girl to persuade His Highness. If you push her too far and things fall apart, it will be difficult to explain to His Highness, and we might not even have a way to save face..."
The queen was not as shrewd as an old nanny who had served her for decades; she quickly steered the conversation back to the main topic with just a few words.
"Hmph, if it weren't for Fu'er's sake, I would have skinned this brat alive today!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down! You mustn't get angry at a time like this!"
The queen snorted coldly and summoned the guards behind her. "Take her over and teach her some manners."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Before Song He'er could even speak, she was dragged towards the innermost room...
"What are you trying to do? Stop pulling and tugging at me, I'll walk myself!"
"Shut up!" The guard grabbed her clothes fiercely and continued walking towards the room.
A bad feeling washed over me; could it be that they were going to... were going to...
A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated!
Unable to bear it any longer, Song He'er took out a sharp blade and tried to sever the tendons in the hand of the person in front of her.
"No! Please don't do it!"
Suddenly, the door to the room was opened, and a beautiful young woman walked out.
Song He'er recognized her; this person was Jiang Huaifu's cousin, Shen Jiadai.
"Who gave you the right to be so rude? Get out of here!"
"Yes, little princess."
After being reprimanded, the guards hurriedly withdrew.
Shen Jiadai glanced at the end of the corridor and, after confirming that no one was following, pulled Song He'er into the room.
"How dare you come here!"
"I want to see him. How is he?"
"Hey, he's my aunt's own son. Would she really kill her own son? But you, if my aunt gets really angry, she might not let you off the hook!"
Shen Jiadai looked very nervous. Song He'er was certain that she wouldn't have appeared here for no reason; it must have been arranged by the Queen.
"Your aunt sent you to see me, saying she wanted someone to teach me manners, but really she just wanted to question you, didn't she?"
Shen Jiadai hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. "That's true. My aunt, once she's made up her mind, won't easily change it. Just like how she used to dote on my eldest cousin. There was no reason why she just wanted to give him the best of everything. Now that he's gone, she's started to transfer that affection to my second cousin. But as you know, my cousin Afu doesn't like being close to her, nor does he like the intrigue and backstabbing in the court, so this simply won't work..."
Song He'er immediately understood Shen Jiadai's meaning, so she asked tentatively, "You want me to persuade him to stay in Xizhou and become the ruler of this country?"
"Well... that's what my aunt instructed, so I have no choice but to advise you. To survive, you have to do this. Your cousin is a member of the royal family, that's an indelible fact. You can't take him with you, so what you need to do is make him give up..."
Song He'er originally intended to take Jiang Huaifu away, but since he didn't like staying and didn't want to face this endless, insidious scheme, she might as well go all the way and completely sever ties with the Queen.
“Miss Song, you can’t take him away. He killed someone in Luzhao for your sake. Now he has a murder case against him and needs the prince’s identity to protect him. Once he leaves the palace with you, those court officials will definitely kick him while he’s down. At that time, even the king will be powerless to help him.”
Song He'er then realized that it was because he had killed someone...
No wonder, no wonder someone as calm and wise as Jiang Huaifu was trapped in the palace and powerless to save himself. It turns out he got into a lawsuit and couldn't silence the gossip of the people of Xizhou!
That damned Song Xiaoqi, even in death he can still cause trouble for others!
"Miss Song... Miss Song..."
"Yes, I know. It's my fault. I dragged him into this. Where is he now?"
"He's in a sealed room, but don't worry, there's good air circulation and plenty of meat and water. He'll be fine."
"Take me to see him..."
Shen Jiadai paused, then asked softly, "Have you figured out how to tell him?"
Song He'er stood there stunned, feeling as if something was covering her chest, making her feel suffocated.
"Let fate decide."
After saying that, Song He'er walked towards the door without looking back.
"The secret room is over here!"
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