Chapter 424: If I wrote a book called "The Secret History of the Regent," it would definitely be a bestseller.
Who is Di Jingling? Now that he knows what she's thinking, he naturally can't be left out.
He nuzzled his head against the crook of her neck.
"I just want to find a father for Di Youming, that's all. It's wrong of you to be angry."
[Damn, I almost got fooled by your big liar!]
She grumbled, "Don't give me that, I'm still angry. Even so, did you really need to have a guard disguise himself as a woman, or did you take him away yourself?"
"Yes, Prince Yu was also in the restaurant at the time. His spies were keeping a close eye on things, and he didn't want anyone else to interfere with the Wanmo Cave matter."
However, no one else can interfere.
"To make Prince Yu think you have a woman outside?" Xiao Tang's lips twitched inwardly.
What a bizarre thought process!
He didn't say anything more.
I've explained it, so she definitely won't be angry anymore.
He lowered his eyes and gently rubbed her head. "Tangtang, I swear, if I ever change my mind in this life, may I die a horrible death."
"Otherwise, you can rip my heart out yourself, and I won't be sad."
Xiao Tang: "...That won't be necessary."
"I can't do something so bloody. It's better if we castrate you."
She finished muttering without noticing the man's face full of black lines.
He pulled away from her and held her tightly in his arms.
This time the hug was a bit tight, making it hard for Xiao Tang to breathe.
"Di Jingling, loosen your grip, are you trying to strangle me?"
She turned her head angrily to the side, glaring at him with flames in her eyes.
The man reluctantly released her.
Realizing that his wife was finally not angry, he happily nuzzled against Xiao Tang's ear, rubbing it a couple more times.
Xiao Tang vaguely felt as if a big cat was whispering sweet nothings in her ear.
If this were written into a book called "The Secret History of the Regent," it would definitely be a bestseller.
...
After the Lantern Festival, prisoners were executed every day in the Great Sheng Kingdom.
This is the result of settling scores after the fact.
Every day, two or three prisoners are beheaded at the guillotine.
For five or six days in a row, Di Jingling was busy dealing with these prisoners.
One of the days, Di Youming also came to see her, "Aunt, is Jin Lei also going to be executed?"
His eyes dimmed as he recalled the interrogation he had endured in the dark prison.
Xiao Tang patted his little head, "Don't worry, how could something like this trouble you?"
As he said this, Di Youming's dim eyes gradually lit up.
He looked at Xiao Tang expectantly: "Auntie is right!"
He nodded. "Why would Jin Lei lie to me and say that my father was killed by the Regent?"
“He didn’t lie to you. There was indeed a man who was impersonating your father who was killed, so Jin Lei mistakenly thought he was dead.”
As she explained, Di Youming's mouth gaped open in shock.
Xiao Tang patted his head. "Besides, he was already dead. He only used mystical arts to revive himself, but his wife and children were not saved."
Even though Di Youming usually seemed very intelligent, he still had a little doubt at this crucial moment.
He probably didn't understand some of it either.
A pair of eyes stared at her blankly.
Xiao Tang didn't know how to explain anything to him.
Although Di Jingling didn't tell her the details of what happened, only the general outline, she guessed that was probably the case.
Someone must have impersonated this "prince" and become the unfortunate scapegoat.
And Jin Lei...
"In that case, does that mean Jin Lei doesn't have to be executed?"
They are children after all; it's hard not to feel sorry for them.
Xiao Tang sighed helplessly, "This is not something I can decide..."
Whether Jin Lei will be executed or not is up to Di Jingling.
The situation at the time...
The main reason Jin Lei was to be executed was because he wanted Xiao Rourou to take her body.
It has absolutely nothing to do with what happened back then.
Xiao Tang believed it.
Jin Lei is doomed.
Emperor Youming was unaware of all this. He felt deeply sorry for him and turned to leave.
Xiao Tang shook her head.
Soon after, news came the next day that Jin Lei had been executed.
To prevent Jin Lei from repeating his resurrection attempt, Xiao Tang specially sent a talisman to the executioner.
This effectively cut off his escape route.
Before the executioner could make a move, she had already been pulled away by Di Jingling.
"My husband."
"What?" Di Jingling asked her in return.
"I'm a little confused. Jin Lei is so loyal to his prince, why would you... pull a feint?"
Di Jingling chuckled, "How do you know he's loyal?"
"Does this mean... Jin Lei isn't loyal?"
She was shoved into a carriage.
Immediately afterwards, Di Jingling stuffed a bunch of letters into her hands.
"Look at him, isn't he loyal?"
Upon opening it, I realized that Jin Lei's death was truly not unjust at all.
Each letter contained information that Jin Lei was relaying to the Dongyuan Kingdom.
If you keep scrolling back, you can find the message he sent to Emperor Dongyuan saying, "Your Highness has divorced the Princess of Dasheng and is preparing to return. You can now carry out the killing."
Xiao Tang stared wide-eyed as she read the letters, her eyes nearly turning into cross-eyed bulges.
"Good heavens, he really is a double agent, acting like a scoundrel from both inside and outside."
"There's more to come."
Scrolling further, there's still a lot of content about poisoning Di Youming.
“I stopped all the letters, otherwise this child Youming would have been raised to be a poison king sooner or later.”
Human containers used for culturing poisons.
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