Chapter 437: Governor Xiao and Tang Ning, they...
Tang Ning's high fever came and went, and he was in a daze for two days.
Xiao Yan returned to the palace halfway, and after settling matters in the capital, he left the city. Zhuangzi stayed by Tang Ning's bedside.
He whispered to comfort her when she occasionally fell into nightmares, wiped the cold sweat that kept appearing on her face, fed her medicine, and massaged her hands and feet that occasionally convulsed when she had nightmares.
Xiao Yan held her in his arms and whispered "Brother is here" in her ear over and over again, comforting the little girl who was unconscious and full of anxiety, trapped in a nightmare and unable to extricate herself.
When Rong Yue and Gu Helian arrived, they were accompanied by Xue Ru and Qian Qiyue, who were full of worry.
Several people looked at Xiao Yan sitting by the bed through the window. The person on the bed was not clear, but Xiao Yan looked particularly gentle when his eyebrows were lowered. His usually cold outline was softened by the warm color, but the affectionate look made Rong Yue's heart skip a beat.
That look was totally not what a brother should have.
Qian Qiyue, who was standing aside, also had a slightly changed expression.
Governor Xiao and Tang Ning, they...
She suddenly looked at Xue Ru, but saw that her expression did not change. As if she noticed her gaze, Xue Ru turned around, squeezed her hand, and shook her head at her.
Rong Yue felt a little panicked and subconsciously walked into the inner room.
Xiao Yan turned around when he heard footsteps and saw Rong Yue staring at him as if she was about to speak, but he could only speak in a low, hoarse voice.
"Tang Ning just had a good sleep. Let's go out and talk if you have anything to say."
He lowered his head and put the hand he was holding back into the quilt, tucked the corner of the quilt for Tang Ning, and brushed away the black hair that was stuck to her face.
The big hand brushed across her cheek with such unrestrained intimacy that Rong Yue's eyelids twitched.
Gu Helian noticed that the person next to him was breathing faster, and naturally he also saw Xiao Yan's actions. His eyes became a little darker, but he was better at controlling his mind than Rong Yue.
Seeing that Xiao Yan's eyes were dark blue and Tang Ning, who was lying on the bed, looked even worse, Gu Helian reached out and pulled Rong Yue.
"Let's go out first."
Xiao Yan glanced at Gu Helian, then said to Hua Wu, "Take good care of Tang Ning."
Hua Wu's eyes were red: "Yes."
…
Rong Yue was taken to the side room by Xiao Yan, holding back her words. After she stood firmly, before she could question Xiao Yan's unusual intimacy with Tang Ning, Xiao Yan handed a stack of things in front of her.
Xiao Yan hadn't had a good rest for two days, so he spoke with a bit of a hoarse voice: "Tang Ning has been in a coma for two days."
Rong Yue was shocked: "What happened? Why did he fall into a coma for no reason?"
Xiao Yan's face turned pale: "She knew some of the past and was shocked."
Before Rong Yue and the others could ask, Xiao Yan took the initiative to say:
"Before the fire in the cold palace, I ordered people to abduct Empress Lu. Previously, Song Jinxiu brought back the Song family members who were supposed to be exiled to the capital and settled them in the suburbs. This time, I gathered them together, and this is their confession."
He paused.
"It's all about Tang Ning, and the cause of Madam Rong's death."
The thick stack of paper was covered with fresh ink. Because the torture was being carried out while the words were being recorded, the handwriting was not smooth and was stained with blood.
When Rong Yue heard that it was related to her sister's death, she suddenly remembered what Gu Helian had said to her when she was taken to her sister's grave that night.
He said that his sister and her family could not rest in peace until their death, and that his sister's death might not have been an accident.
Rong Yue didn't bother to ask and immediately started to look at the thing in her hand. Before she finished reading the top one, she staggered half a step with a pale face.
"Rong Yue!"
Gu Helian hurried forward to support her, and looked down to see what was written on the paper in her hand.
[Mrs. Rong was trapped in a coffin by the Song family and died of suffocation...]
He looked extremely sad and wanted to take the things from Rong Yue's hands, but she stopped him forcefully.
"I..." Rong Yue's eyes were red with tears: "I will see for myself!"
She took the confessions below and saw that it stated that the Song family colluded with Queen Lu, and that after Old Madam Song accidentally killed her sister, she was afraid of being blamed by the Rong family, but was reluctant to let the Rong family help her. She was afraid that Tang Ning, who witnessed her sister's death with her own eyes, would reveal the truth, so she imprisoned her in the Song family villa.
The words on the paper seemed to be dyed crimson, and each word was like the sharpest knife, cutting Rong Yue and making her bleed.
She bit her lips so hard that blood was visible on them, but Rong Yue seemed to feel no pain at all and just watched the Song family torture Tang Ning.
After watching it, her face turned transparent white, tears fell from her eyes as she trembled all over, and she almost tasted a sweet and fishy taste in her throat.
"It's me...it's all me..."
"It's my fault for not taking good care of Tang Ning. I shouldn't have trusted the Song family so easily. My sister could have survived, and I should have kept Tang Ning with me. How could I have trusted those wolves in the Song family and handed Tang Ning over to them..."
Rong Yue started crying without any image. She should have gone to see her sister's "corpse". She should have kept Tang Ning with her. It was she who killed her sister and it was she who harmed Tang Ning.
Gu Helian was also filled with anger. He never thought that those people in the Song family were so hypocritical, but treated Tang Ning like this in private.
He looked at Rong Yue, who was crying uncontrollably. Seeing that her face was pale and she seemed to be about to faint, he quickly hugged her and said, "It's not your fault. This has nothing to do with you."
Gu Helian held Rong Yue's hand tightly:
"The death of Rong's elder sister deeply traumatized the Grand Tutor, who was nearly dead from illness. You were the one who took care of him, staying close to his bedside. Furthermore, the Song family and Prince Cheng were intent on colluding to deceive us. How could you have imagined they would treat Song Xi's own flesh and blood like that?"
She is the granddaughter of the Song family and their closest blood relative.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, so who would have thought that the Song family was so vicious.
Gu Helian said in a deep voice: "It's the Song family. They are vicious, and Queen Lu is greedy."
Rong Yue's mind gradually cleared up, but her eyes became redder: "Song family, I will kill them!!"
Qian Qiyue and Xue Ru stood aside, originally puzzled as to why Rong Yue and the others were so excited, but when they picked up the things that fell on the ground and took a look.
Not to mention Qian Qiyue, who always had a hot temper and hated evil, was shaking with anger, even Xue Ru gritted her teeth.
Xiao Yan looked at the excited people and took a deep breath. "I have already had the people from the Song family and Queen Lu locked up. They can never atone for their sins. But Tang Ning was shocked and suddenly had a high fever. She has been in a coma ever since."
"She's been mumbling about her past intermittently these past two days. When she wakes up, she might remember things from her childhood. I'm afraid..."
His heart was trembling, and even speaking became difficult.
It was the first time he was so scared.
I’m afraid Tang Ning will recall the past and be unable to move on.
She was even more afraid that the fears she had suppressed by forgetting as a child, and the memories that had nearly driven her crazy, would destroy her.
After hearing what Xiao Yan said, Rong Yue and the others also became nervous.
Back then, the old hag of the Song family did all those things with the intention of destroying Tang Ning. Every one of them was extremely vicious. She used every possible means to break people's bones and peel off their flesh to tame them.
Not to mention the young Tang Ning, even an adult would probably find it difficult to endure the pain.
Tang Ning had forgotten that memory, which allowed her to live peacefully until now. But if she ever remembered it...
Xiao Yan pinched his fingers and said, "The Song family deserves to die, but Tang Ning shouldn't be buried with them. You are the people Tang Ning cares about the most. If... this governor hopes that you can accompany Tang Ning."
Rong Yue's face was pale, and Qian Qiyue was holding the whip around her waist tightly.
Gu Helian said coldly: "Don't let the people of the Song family die easily."
"nature……"
"ah--"
Before Xiao Yan could finish his words, a sudden scream came from next door, causing everyone's faces to change drastically.
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