"Then, accompany me to meet someone." Xiao Tang looked up at him and said.
"Xiao Jin?" Lin Su asked.
"Yes." Xiao Tang's eyes darkened slightly, "He must die."
"I will dispatch the southwest army to Beijing and give me a handwritten note." Lin Su shook his hand and said.
The empress was the woman whom Ming Chengdi had loved for half his life. He could depose this woman, banish her to the cold palace or even execute her, but he could not have anyone else do it for him, especially Xiao Tang. This was equivalent to exceeding his authority before he ascended the throne, which would make Ming Chengdi wary.
Similarly, just like Xiao Tang's hatred, no matter how hard or tiring it is, he has to avenge it with his own hands. He has to send away those who have harmed him with his own hands, and only then can he truly let go of the hatred from his heart. No one else can do this for him.
Such a provocation to Emperor Ming Cheng would inevitably arouse his fear. There were 50,000 defenders in the capital, some of whom were under the control of Xiao Tang, so Emperor Ming Cheng still had a lot of people to dispatch.
"Okay." Xiao Tang held his hand tightly and said.
The Sky Prison is darker and colder than the Cold Palace, but it is much cleaner because people don't stay here for long because they come in upright and are carried out horizontally.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, no one can see His Highness the Fifth Prince without the Emperor's decree." The jailer said tremblingly.
In the past, few people in the palace took the prince seriously, because there was nothing to fear about a mortal man who was out of favor. However, things have changed, and now the prince is not someone that others can easily offend.
"Since the jade disc has been withdrawn, what's the point of calling His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince?" Xiao Tang said to the man, "You're just a guard. I won't make things difficult for you. Move aside. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full responsibility."
The jailer glanced at him and stepped aside.
In ordinary cells, you might still hear cries of injustice, but here it is too deserted. Those who stay here do not need to be interrogated or tortured, they can only wait to die.
People who were once respected and valued, now look no different from other people in prison uniforms.
The footsteps stopped in front of Xiao Jin's cell. He was originally sitting on the ground, looking up boredly. When he saw Xiao Tang, his expression turned nervous: "Why are you here?"
"I came to see you and take you to meet your mother." Xiao Tang gestured, and the jailer beside him opened the prison door. Xiao Tang glanced at Lin Su.
Lin Su took a step back and said, "I'll wait for you at the door."
Being honest with each other is one thing, but some emotions can only be fully expressed when you are alone.
"Well, it won't take too long." Xiao Tang responded.
Lin Su turned and left. Xiao Tang entered the cell. Xiao Jin stood up against the wall, staring at him cautiously. "What do you mean? What did you do to my mother?"
"She's dead." Xiao Tang chuckled. "I personally sent her off. Before she died, she knelt before me and begged for mercy. She even thought His Majesty would save you and your son, but she didn't realize he couldn't save himself."
"You killed her?! You actually killed her!" Xiao Jin's pupils widened, and he rushed directly towards Xiao Tang, "I will kill you!!!"
The jailer standing not far away wanted to run over to stop them, but he saw that the Crown Prince, who was always weak, directly reached out to catch Xiao Jin's fist and then raised his knee to hit him in the stomach. The next moment, the mad man was kicked out by him and lay on the ground, tossing and turning for a few times but couldn't get up.
The jailer stopped and slowly stood back. To be able to make such a nonchalant statement, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's forbearance was unmatched by ordinary people.
"Are you good at martial arts?" Xiao Jin struggled to get up from the ground.
Xiao Tang looked at him and said, "If you don't know anything, you would have died long ago."
"If you hate me, just kill me. Why kill my mother?!" Xiao Jin finally sat up and leaned aside, his eyes full of hatred.
"Because she killed my mother." Xiao Tang walked over to him and squatted down. He lifted his chin with one hand, looked into his eyes and said, "Your hatred is very similar to mine back then, but you are the one who has no right to hate me."
There are many heirs in the palace. Although he is the eldest son, he is only a few months younger than Xiao Jin.
This man had been carefully cared for since childhood and had a strong body. He didn't know it when he was young, but when he could remember, he knew that his mother was always trembling with fear and seeing enemies everywhere.
He used to be able to run and play like an ordinary child every day, but when he was six years old, he was pushed into the icy lake by this man. He choked on the water for an unknown amount of time and was lucky to be able to open his eyes again.
After that, his once healthy body completely collapsed. He could not touch cold things and would be bedridden at the slightest change of seasons. Later, when his mother died, he was sent to the Queen's Palace, where he could only endure his life every day.
He dared not even think about experiencing such a day again, and his father's actions towards his younger brother could be summed up in one word: childish ignorance.
"It's just that the winners are kings and the losers are bandits." Xiao Jin looked at him and said, "What did I do wrong? I just missed a step. If I had known that, I should have drowned you."
"You did it on purpose." Xiao Tang's expression turned cold.
"My queen mother doesn't like you. She always nags me about it, so naturally I have to fulfill her wish. So what if I pushed you into the ice lake? My father still just gave it a perfunctory answer in the end. He didn't want you as his son at all. It was your queen mother who stole my queen mother's name. I should be the eldest son." Xiao Jin glared at him with a ferocious face.
"You still don't repent even when death is imminent." Xiao Tang released his chin. "Since that's the case, I can only let you taste the pain I suffered that day."
He waved his hand, and a guard came in with a large basin of ice cubes and said, "Your Highness, it's ready."
"What do you want to do? You can't do this to me!" Xiao Jin looked at the ice in panic. Of course he was afraid of death, who wouldn't be afraid of death? But losing his head would only leave a scar the size of a bowl, which was completely different from being tortured to death.
"I can let you go," Xiao Tang said, picking up an ice cube and holding it to his mouth. "As long as you can eat all of this ice within the time it takes to stick up an incense stick, I will let you go. Not only will I let you go, I will also let you out of the prison. Otherwise, I will throw you into the ice storage and freeze you to death. It's your choice."
He pushed the ice cube directly to Xiao Jin's mouth. Xiao Jin's breathing was trembling, but he swallowed the ice cube, and then wolfed down the ice cubes in the basin next to him.
The servant beside him lit a stick of incense. Xiao Tang wiped his hands and looked at the man struggling to survive, feeling a little ironic. Even though they were half-brothers, they still fought to the death for power and status.
Throughout history, countless people have died for that position. Just for that position, he lost his mother's life, and made him live in pain all his life.
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