Chapter 45 Su Yuheng reveals his life story
The sound of a man's real breathing came to his ears. Su Yuheng slowly opened his eyes and saw a pair of deep black eyes.
"Are you awake?" Huo Xingzhi looked a little worried.
Su Yuheng coughed twice, still not recovering from what happened on the pleasure boat.
"Your Majesty, why are you here on the pleasure boat?"
Huo Xingzhi's voice was slow and steady: "You were going to attack the King of Qi on the pleasure boat, why didn't you tell me? If you didn't succeed, do you know the consequences?"
"Of course I know." Su Yuheng said
"If the King of Qi ever becomes the ruler of Yan, rivers of blood will flow and the people will suffer untold."
"If I don't attack him today, he'll do it the first time, and the second and third time. Even if I don't go to see him today, he'll still have me knocked unconscious and sent to his room."
"By then, even if I go to hell, I won't be able to clear my name. In that case, I might as well have a quick and easy ending."
Huo Xingzhi frowned slightly, stretched out his slender hand and placed it on her cheek, carefully holding her in his arms.
"Next time, tell me, at least let me know. If you want the King of Qi dead, I'll kill him for you."
Su Yuheng: "I don't need you to kill for me. This is the grudge between him and me."
In the carriage, light breaths intertwined.
Su Yuheng smelled a faint scent of ambergris in Huo Xing's arms.
Huo Xingzhi always made her feel strange.
"Huo Xingzhi, why are you..."
Su Yuheng's words stopped abruptly at his lips.
"What?" Huo Xingzhi asked.
"Nothing, I just feel that the prince treats me differently from other women."
Huo Xingzhi curled his lips and smiled: "For so many years, this king has only had a bold woman like you by his side, so naturally... naturally different."
The carriage slowly left the pleasure boat, but before it had gone far, Su Yuheng stopped the carriage.
"Your Majesty, stop the car."
"What's wrong?" Huo Xingzhi asked.
Su Yuheng said, "I must return to the pleasure boat. Please, Your Highness, send me before His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin."
"Killing the prince is a capital crime. I must have the King of Qin testify for me. His concubine and I have been on the second floor the entire time."
Huo Xingzhi raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure the King of Qin is willing to testify for you?"
Su Yuheng nodded: "Of course I am sure. If Your Majesty doesn't go now, it will be too late."
Huo Xingzhi nodded and said to Bai Ze outside the carriage, "Turn around."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Huo Xingzhi escorted Su Yuheng back to the pleasure boat, Su Yuheng changed his clothes.
Before coming to this pleasure boat today, she deliberately wore two coats of different colors layered together.
Before going to see the King of Qi, she deliberately took off her other outer garment and changed her makeup and hairstyle to prevent anyone from recognizing her.
In order to play with her, the King of Qi cleared out everyone on the third floor.
There were only her and the King of Qi on the third floor of the entire pleasure boat, which was exactly what she wanted.
In the side room, the King of Qin looked at the purple-robed girl opposite him with a gloomy face, somewhat dissatisfied.
"Miss Su, do you know how much trouble you've caused? You almost burned down my pleasure boat!"
"If the guards had been any later, Brother Qi would have died long ago."
"Wouldn't it be better if he died?" Su Yuheng sneered.
"He's really lucky. He's not dead yet. He's really a disaster that will last for thousands of years!"
"You..." King Qin's face turned red with anger at her words.
"Your Highness, Prince Qin, I returned to this pleasure boat just to have you testify for me."
"Bearing false witness."
King Qin looked at the determined young woman sitting opposite him and sneered, "I really underestimated you, the fourth young lady of the Su family."
"Being obedient, sensible, and dignified is all an act!"
"You killed someone, and the prince in particular. You want me to bear false witness for you. Have you ever considered me?"
"I've considered it." Su Yuheng curled his lips slightly, and a wicked look appeared on his bright face.
"If the King of Qi doesn't die, Your Highness won't live long!"
The King of Qin's face instantly turned as black as charcoal: "You, you are so audacious!"
Su Yuheng sighed, his gaze still fixed on the face of the Prince of Qin. "Have you forgotten the deal that Your Highness the Prince of Qin made with me back in Wangjing Tower?"
"Today, I only have one request: you bear witness for me."
Su Yuheng sighed, "Your Highness the Prince of Qin should have someone investigate the battle in Ningcheng. Is it possible that Your Highness still remains unmoved?"
The King of Qin froze in place. He looked at Su Yuheng, then raised his head to look at Huo Xingzhi behind Su Yuheng.
"You two have been together for a long time."
Huo Xingzhi sat on the chair, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Brother Qin Wang, I think Miss Su is right."
"After all, it was the King of Qi who provoked her first. Now she is suffering the consequences and cannot blame others."
"If Fourth Miss Su doesn't do this today, she will be the one to die."
The King of Qin took a deep breath. When he made a deal with Su Yuheng the day before, he never thought that she would kill the King of Qi.
If he had known that she wanted to kill the King of Qi, he would not have agreed.
But now, everyone has agreed.
What's more, his people found out that the battle in Ningcheng was indeed related to King Qi.
After much deliberation, he decided to fulfill his promise.
"I promise you, but my father will have someone investigate this matter, and he will also personally inquire about it. You should figure out what to say when the time comes."
"Brother Prince Qi was injured on my pleasure boat. I'm afraid... I will be punished."
Su Yuheng: "I am sorry for this matter, Your Highness."
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The King of Qi was injured in the lower body and stabbed, and has been unconscious ever since.
The Dali Temple surrounded the entire pleasure boat and ordered the officers to interrogate the young men and women on the boat one by one, but they could not get any results.
It was not until the afternoon that the King of Qi woke up, and Su Yuheng was taken to the imperial court for questioning by the eunuch in charge of the palace.
When Su Yuheng saw the majestic and dignified Emperor Showa in front of him, he was not afraid at all.
"Your Majesty, this matter was not done by me. Please investigate thoroughly!"
Emperor Zhaohe threw the memorial in his hand fiercely in front of her and said angrily: "The Prince of Qi has pointed it out to you, and you still refuse to admit it!"
Su Yuheng was startled, but she mustered up the courage to speak: "I have no reason to kill His Highness the Prince of Qi. Moreover, I have been playing chess with His Highness the Prince of Qin's concubine in the chess room on the pleasure boat. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can summon me for questioning."
Emperor Showa looked at the person kneeling on the ground. The girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old. Not only was she delicate, but her unwavering look did not look like someone holding a dagger at all.
"Xuan Qin Wang's concubine."
Not long after, Qin Wang's concubine Yu was brought before the emperor.
Emperor Zhaohe asked, "I want to ask you, was Miss Su with you the whole time on the painted boat today?"
Concubine Yu glanced sideways at Su Yuheng.
"Your Majesty, Miss Su is indeed with this minister. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can ask His Highness to come and ask. Your Highness was also present. Prince Rui and Shen's sister, Shen Wan, also met Miss Su on the second-floor corridor."
Emperor Showa frowned, his eyes fixed on the two people kneeling on the ground, half believing and half doubting.
But why did the King of Qi accuse Su Yuheng of being the one who killed him?
"I heard from the King of Qi that he went to the Su family to look for you and asked you to find him on the third floor of the pleasure boat. After you had physical contact with him on the pleasure boat, you stabbed him with a dagger, is that right?"
Su Yuheng snorted coldly.
This King of Qi is really good at making up stories. When did she ever have physical contact with him? Isn't this obviously destroying her reputation?
"His Majesty."
"The other day, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi did visit me at the Su family, but what he said was too outrageous. I didn't see him when I went to the pleasure boat."
"Your Majesty, please investigate."
Queen Ye, who was standing aside, kept her eyes on Su Yuheng's face.
"Your Majesty, I don't think this Miss Su is the murderer. Could Jing Che have mistaken someone else for Miss Su in the pleasure boat?"
Emperor Showa frowned as he looked at Su Yuheng kneeling on the ground, and he didn't believe that she was the murderer.
After all, Su Yuheng is a model of a lady from a noble family in Beijing. She has always been obedient. How could she kill someone?
She looked at Su Yuheng.
"Just now you said that what Jing Che said to you at the Su family was outrageous. What did he say?"
Su Yuheng looked at Emperor Showa with a firm gaze.
"Your Highness Prince Qi, tell me that I am not of the Su family's bloodline. I have a brother named Shen Tingzhou!"
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