When Cheng Ze Rui took office as the Northwest Marshal, a group of his subordinates who had made false evidence were naturally sent away again. The ministers in the court who helped Zhao Binzhi to make false evidence were confiscated and some were exiled. This did clear up the atmosphere in the Dali Temple and the Tingwei.
After that, the most eye-catching thing in the capital was that the Northwest Marshal proposed marriage to the Ning Mansion, specifically asking for Ning Yin, the young master of the Ning Mansion. This matter caused a lot of uproar and became a topic of discussion in the capital.
In the past, Emperor Ming Cheng might have been in the mood to grant the marriage, but after reprimanding the Crown Prince for sending gifts to the Northwest Marshal's Office, he found himself somewhat isolated and helpless.
The cold palace is remote and quiet, and the grass here grows extremely lush. Even on a warm spring day, you can still feel the chill in the air when you step in here.
Xiao Tang pulled up his cloak and said to the attendant beside him, "Wait outside."
"Your Highness..." Cunzhi was a little worried.
"She can't hurt me now." Xiao Tang said softly and coldly.
There was a bit of a foul smell in the cold palace because the women here were either crazy or dead. No one cared about them. Even eating was a problem, let alone bathing.
Xiao Tang avoided a few crazy women and was a little surprised when he stepped into the house where the queen lived. The outside was almost a ruin, but here it was actually somewhat tidy.
Of course, only a few points.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the people in the room raised their heads and said, "Get out!"
When she saw who it was, her aura suddenly weakened. She looked at Xiao Tang with a trembling and wary look and asked, "Why is it you?"
She was wearing worn and gray clothes, and her hair was a little messy even though she tried hard to comb it. Without the luxurious life and exquisite maintenance, she was worn out by the days here after just a few days.
She was really old, with white hair and wrinkles on her face. She was no longer like when he first saw her. He wondered how there could be such a beautiful and gentle woman in the world. But that was just their first meeting. Later he realized that being beautiful did not mean that one was truly kind and gentle at heart.
"We will meet sooner or later, so why should you be afraid, Your Majesty?" Xiao Tang hated her so much, but at this point, he found it ridiculous. The woman he once feared so much that he couldn't sleep at night, now trembled with fear and looked weak and vulnerable.
"Yes, we'll meet sooner or later. If I had known this would happen, I would have strangled you to death long ago, and saved me from the disaster today." The queen sneered twice, "You're the one who ruined me this time, right?"
"If you don't do it, I can't pull you down." Xiao Tang walked in front of her, looked at her fierce appearance but weak inside and said, "But it doesn't make any difference, it's just a matter of time."
"You are not the emperor yet." The queen's body was trembling, even her breathing was shaking. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty will definitely rescue us mother and son... Then you will have a hard time."
"Are you still dreaming of this?" Xiao Tang laughed. "Since you know I'm the one who tripped you up, you should know that Prime Minister Ning has already surrendered to me. Zhao Binzhi was executed, Cheng Ze Rui was appointed Northwest Grand Marshal, and now he's about to marry Prime Minister Ning's youngest son. Northwest, Southwest, and the court, he won't be the emperor soon. I'll make him accompany you to the underworld. You better wait for him. Don't leave too hastily and leave him behind."
The queen's eyes widened in fear. She suddenly knelt in front of Xiao Tang, slamming her head on the ground and said, "Please, please let me go. I was wrong all these years. I was not good to you, but it was His Majesty's order. He didn't like you, so he let it go. It has nothing to do with me. Please, let me go. I don't want to die..."
"When my mother froze to death, I knelt down and begged you like this, but what did you do?" Xiao Tang squatted down and lifted her chin. "You took away all her shelter from the cold and watched her struggle with a smile. Back then, there was Concubine Chu, who paid off her debt. Now it's your turn. Death is not scary at all. I won't let you die for that long. This will only take a moment."
His voice was gentle, but the hand that was pinching the queen's neck made it impossible for her to break free even if she struggled desperately.
In such an extreme state of not breathing, people's eyes will bulge out and lose all beauty.
Xiao Tang came out wiping his hands with a somewhat indifferent expression: "Tell the guards of the cold palace to throw him into the mass grave. Let His Majesty know about this, but... don't let Lin Su know."
"Your Highness..." Cunzhi looked at him hesitantly, wanting to say something.
Xiao Tang looked at his hands and sighed, "I don't want him to see me like this."
His mind was clouded by hatred, his hands were stained with blood, and he seemed to be wearing the cleanest white clothes, but in fact he had long been stuck in this mud and couldn't get out. How could he stay clean in the mud?
But even so, he wanted to show only the less dark side of himself in front of that person.
"But Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess has already arrived." Cunzhi sighed and pointed to the tables and chairs that the guards had set up next to the cold palace.
When Xiao Tang looked over, Lin Su was sitting there, waving at him: "Come out."
At such a close distance, yet not at a direct line of sight, Xiao Tang's heart tightened. He was certain that this person had heard everything he had just said. "Why are you here?"
"You look different, how could I not notice it?" Lin Su stood up and walked in front of him and said.
"You shouldn't have come." Xiao Tang looked at him and said.
"I didn't want to come, but if you spend the rest of your life hiding this, you'll never be able to completely let it go. That's too tiring." Lin Su reached out and hugged him. "If you repay evil with kindness, then how do you repay kindness? Just take revenge and let it go in the future. Don't trap yourself in the past."
Xiao Tang's breath of air slowly relaxed. He grabbed Lin Su's clothes on his back as if he were grabbing a life-saving rope: "I am not a person with a pure heart."
"I know." Lin Su stroked his hair and said, "I knew from the beginning that revenge must be taken, and kindness must be repaid. I don't want to be like your father, who exploits other people's feelings. If you can live in paradise, who would be willing to be born in the mud?"
Xiao Tang buried his head in his arms, and the breath of relief in his heart completely subsided. He really knew everything and understood everything. He had kept it a secret from him because he was afraid that he would know. In the final analysis, he still didn't believe that he would accept such a filthy self.
"There won't be a next time." Xiao Tang promised.
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