Chapter 251 The Queen Mother and the Regent Who Became a Cat 12
Song Zhili said, "The beast's sense of smell is very sensitive. If you let it go, it will find something on you. Then it will be difficult for you to explain the amber and gold balls that appeared on your body."
"But if you throw it into the lake and let it drown, when the people in the palace find its body, they will just think that those things sank to the bottom of the lake or were swept out by the current. Isn't that safer?"
Her tone was very cold.
Song Hui thought what she said made sense.
So he went to the lake, planning to press Cha Jiu's head into the water to drown her, and then throw her in to make sure it was safe.
Cha Jiu struggled desperately, and his sharp claws scratched Song Hui's arm, scraping off a lot of meat.
That's disgusting.
The slippery and moist feeling of the flesh between the claws made Cha Jiu feel nauseous and angry.
Song Hui felt pain and subconsciously loosened his hand.
“Plop——”
Cha Jiu was thrown into the lake.
Song Zhili and Song Hui thought that the cat could not swim and would be drowned in the lake.
Who knew that Chajiu would actually float up like a cat, dragging his limbs, and swimming slowly towards the other side of the lake.
The Song siblings were dumbfounded.
While swimming, Chajiu washed the dirty meat scraps from his paws.
Who said cats can't swim?
It's just that the image of them being afraid of water is so deeply rooted in people's minds that it has caused misunderstanding among most people.
The system observed the surroundings and suddenly reminded: "Zong Yue brought people here."
Cha Jiu's moving body paused.
The next second, she was flopping around on all fours in the middle of the lake, pretending to be drowning in a panic.
The Song brothers and sisters who were paying close attention to the whole process: ""
"Cat!" Zong Yue, who had rushed over, almost had his heart stop when he saw this thrilling scene.
Without waiting for others to take action, he took off his outer robe, jumped into the water, and swam towards Cha Jiu.
"Your Majesty!" The housekeeper was terrified and quickly ordered the servants around him to jump into the water to help: "Quick, quick!"
Cha Jiu originally pretended to be drowning, but he actually swallowed some saliva while struggling.
When Zong Yue carried her ashore, her nasal cavity was burning with pain and she kept sobbing and crying, which sounded extremely pitiful.
Zong Yue felt a pain in his heart.
He didn't care about his dripping hair, and in a panic, he hugged the shivering Cha Jiu by the neck, put his face against her and whispered to her to comfort her.
The housekeeper brought a dry soft towel, and Zong Yue used it to wipe Cha Jiu's hair first.
The Song siblings standing nearby were terrified.
They didn't expect Zong Yue to love a cat so much that he would go into the water to save it himself!
Song Hui hid the hand that was scratched by the cat behind his back, and his whole body was shaking like a sieve.
The moment Song Zhili raised her head nervously, she met Zong Yue's cold and terrifying gaze.
It's over now.
She thought.
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Zong Yue warmed himself and Cha Jiu up before he started to deal with the two bastards from the Song family.
He sat on his seat holding Cha Jiu, looking coldly at the three people kneeling on the ground: "Who, and with which hand, threw my cat into the lake?"
Song Hui dared not speak.
Song Zhili calmed down and spoke first: "My brother is naughty. He saw the cat was cute and wanted to tease it. But the moss on the bank was slippery, so the cat accidentally fell into the lake. It was really an accident."
Upon hearing her distorting the truth, Cha Jiu became so angry that he jumped onto the table and reenacted the scene.
She pretended to be held down by the neck, lying on the ground with her head stuffed into a teacup and her limbs thrashing about.
Then he raised his head again and stuck out his tongue half-deadly.
Then I stuffed it in again...
Repeated several times.
The servants around couldn't help laughing.
But Zong Yue's eyes became colder and colder.
"Okay, I get it." His voice was a little hoarse, and he held Cha Jiu back in his arms. When he turned his gaze to Song Hui again, there was already a lurking murderous intent in his eyes.
"Come here, cut off his hands and throw him into the lake. Don't let him swim out." Zong Yue gave the order cruelly.
Xiao Wei was so frightened that she screamed, "My Lord, are you going to kill your cousin for a beast?"
Zong Yue turned a deaf ear to it.
Just as Song Hui was about to confess his sister's crime, his mouth was blocked and he was dragged out.
Song Zhili's back was covered in cold sweat, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to save her only son, Xiao Wei blurted out in panic: "Your Majesty, I know the secret of the tragic death of Wei Cairen, and I am willing to use it in exchange for Hui'er's life!"
Wei Cairen is Zong Yue's mother.
Zong Yue raised his hand, and the servant who was dragging Song Hui stopped.
"Speak." His thin lips were hard and cold, and a chill surged through his body. "If one of your words is untrue, I will chop off the hands and feet of the three of you and throw you into the lake."
Xiao Wei did not dare to hide anything and told the whole story.
"The reason why Concubine Wei died tragically was because she murdered the heir in Concubine Gui's belly. But she was framed. The person who planned everything was the late emperor who was still the crown prince at the time."
Zong Yue had no expression on his face.
But Cha Jiu could feel the big hand on her body gradually becoming stiff.
Young Lady Wei continued, "Back then, the Empress and the Imperial Concubine were competing against each other in the harem. In order to consolidate the Empress' power, the Crown Prince was determined not to allow the Imperial Concubine's child to be born, so he used the simple Concubine Wei to facilitate this."
"The concubine Wei gave birth to you in the cold palace, but she couldn't save you. Fortunately, the prince came to your rescue and you survived. But what you don't know is that the prince saved you in order to vent his anger on the queen and the concubine."
"Whenever the imperial concubine saw you, she would think of her unborn child and that she would never get pregnant again. As a result, she became depressed and her heart disease worsened, and she died early."
In short, it was the late emperor who saved Zong Yue's life.
But the culprit who caused the disaster that brought about the demise of Wei Cairen and Zong Yue was also the late emperor.
Wei Cairen's personal maid luckily escaped the disaster and left the palace and returned to Jiangnan to seek refuge with Xiao Wei. Only then was the truth of the matter not completely buried.
However, Xiao Wei had selfish motives and did not reveal it to Zong Yue.
The system chewed the remaining melon seed shells, smacked its lips, and sighed, "The benefactor has become the enemy. Poor Zong Yue even swallowed the poison that would kill him for this favor, and even thought of sacrificing his life to pave the way for the little emperor's future."
Zong Yue knew that as the regent, the end of his life when he returned power would be death.
But he did it anyway.
Just to repay this kindness.
But now I am told that this kindness is a blatant deception.
After Xiao Wei finished speaking, the room fell into deathly silence, and no one dared to make even the slightest sound.
After a long while, Zong Yue slowly spoke: "Lock up the three of them."
He was not in the mood to think about how to deal with Xiao Wei and the others.
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During dinner, Cha Jiu didn't see Zong Yue.
Xiaoyun carried Chajiu to the table. In front of her were exquisite dishes, which were specially prepared by someone hired by the palace.
But Cha Jiu had no appetite and kept looking towards the door.
Xiao Yun seemed to know what she was thinking, so she said, "My young master, the prince will not dine with you today."
"Meow meow meow~~" Where did he go?
Xiaoyun naturally had no way of knowing that.
Cha Jiu thought about what happened during the day, and suddenly an idea flashed in his head.
She jumped off the table and ran away amid Xiaoyun's scream, and found the bare pear trees according to the route she remembered.
Zong Yue was indeed there.
There was no one around, so I guess the servants had retreated of their own accord.
Zong Yue stood under the tree, his tall and silent figure almost blending into the dusk.
The dark purple afterglow soaked his robe and blurred his face.
Cha Jiu couldn't quite make out his emotions.
But when he saw Cha Jiu coming, he still bent down gently and picked her up.
"Why did you come here? Didn't you have a good meal?"
"Meow~" Cha Jiu licked his face affectionately and rubbed him with her fluffy head.
Seems to be comforting.
Zong Yue knew what she meant, his brows relaxed, a faint smile spread out in his eyes: "Are you comforting me, dear?"
"Meow~"
"I'm not sad." Zong Yue raised his head and looked at the pear tree gradually disappearing into the darkness. "I had already guessed that my brother had deceived me."
Kindness is false, but conspiracy is true.
Reuse is false, utilization is true.
Zong Yue has always understood that he is a chess piece in the hands of the late emperor, no different from the current empress dowager.
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