"You know my identity. To make a long story short, I need you to help me kidnap Logan. It would be best if she died."
The man held the teacup in his hand, and his slender hand kept circling the rim of the cup.
"This..." The old emperor looked a little hesitant.
After all, he knew that his daughter was pregnant and firmly in the position of Imperial Noble Consort. If she died, the consequences would be something he could not afford.
After all, Shen Xiaohan has a bad reputation. Once he finds out, Northern Qi will be razed to the ground within two days.
"Ah, Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will do my utmost to protect you. If this is successful, I will dispatch 100,000 troops to allow you to return to Northern Qi, and you will be able to secure your position."
The man took a sip of tea, smiled gently, and extended an olive branch.
The old emperor was still a little hesitant. He asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder why you insist on killing the Imperial Concubine and her unborn child?"
"She doesn't necessarily have to die. As long as the baby in her belly dies, she won't have the chance to get pregnant. Or, if you can't bear to part with your daughter, you can choose a compromise."
After all, as long as he is the one who inherits the throne in the end, the process is not that important.
If Tang Wan didn't die, Shen Xiaohan wouldn't be angry, and the consequences wouldn't be so serious.
The old emperor no longer hesitated, but said bluntly: "Your Highness, please tell me. As long as it is within my reach, I will do my best."
"It's a simple matter. All you need to do is have your daughter enter the palace, bring a maid with her, and then give the medicine to the Imperial Concubine."
Then, Shen Xiaohan's woman will be trapped in an irretrievable situation. Ah, I am looking forward to the emperor's uncle's expression. It must be very painful.
The old emperor couldn't believe that such a simple task would have such a generous reward. "Your Highness, is this true?"
"Why would I lie to you? Besides, even if you don't want to, there are plenty of people who are willing. I just felt sorry for you because you lost your wife and now have such an unfilial daughter, so I wanted to help you. At the same time, I am also helping myself."
After all, as long as Tang Wan loses her innocence and the royal bloodline is mixed, she will not be able to refute it even if she has a thousand mouths.
"Okay, Your Majesty, in a few days, when my daughter's facial injuries have healed, I will ask her to help you with this matter. I only ask that you must keep your word afterwards."
"Of course. I have never been a man who goes back on his word."
But if you are dead by then, it will have nothing to do with me. The Regent sneered in his heart, but still looked gentle on the surface.
The old emperor went to find Tang Qingqing that night, and Tang Qingqing was holding a piece of clothes and crying loudly.
"Mother, Mother, it is I who am sorry for you, wu ...
Her face was already terribly swollen, and now it was even more frightening when she cried, like a yaksha, or an evil ghost crawling out of hell to take her life.
She was somewhat similar to Concubine Zhang, and when the old emperor saw her like this again, he was still shocked. In a trance, he thought that Concubine Zhang had come to take his life.
"Qingqing, it's late at night and the cold dew is heavy. Why don't you go with your father and rest?"
Tang Qingqing's face was filled with resentment, and her words were full of complaints: "Father, this man killed my mother, why did you do this?"
Why, why did you bring her to the murderer of her mother?!
Hadn't she endured enough suffering and humiliation? Her mother had beaten her, but she was the one who gave birth to her and raised her.
He was just teaching her a lesson, not really going to kill her: "Why can't you spare my mother's life?"
When the old emperor heard her words, he was immediately furious.
He felt that he had treated his daughter unfairly, but he didn't expect that his daughter was such an ungrateful person, who only thought about a man from another family and didn't care about her father's life or death at all.
If he hadn't agreed then, he would have died by the sword. How could she be crying here now?!
However, after all, I still need help from others, so I still have to do some superficial work.
The old emperor's face was filled with sorrow, and he squeezed out two crocodile tears. "Qingqing, you're upset, but so am I. She and I have been together for twenty years, and we've had such a close relationship. I'm not a heartless person, and I feel bad too."
It was the first time that Tang Qingqing saw her father cry, and she was a little at a loss for a moment.
The old emperor continued to cry, "Your mother's death has nothing to do with the regent. If your sister had been willing to lend the troops, this wouldn't have happened at all."
Yes.
Tang Qingqing seemed to wake up, no longer caring about her sadness, and immediately sorted out her thoughts.
If Tang Wan had not refused to lend them soldiers, how could they have walked back to the inn in the wilderness alone?
If she had borrowed soldiers, her mother would not have died at all. Perhaps, she could continue to be a princess, and her mother could become the queen she had always dreamed of.
But because of her, all of this is gone, everything is gone.
She no longer has a mother, as her mother has left her for the rest of her life.
Thinking of this, she felt a huge sadness in her heart, and her stomach ached, as if someone was holding a bone scraper and scraping her fragile spleen and stomach.
She felt like crying in pain, but her father didn't notice anything unusual about her and just kept talking to himself. She remembered that when she couldn't eat in the past, someone would always bring her a bowl of lotus seed soup.
But now, the person who served her lotus seed soup will never come again.
She watched the old emperor perform quietly for a long time, feeling a little uncomfortable.
It was not until today that she finally became convinced that her father did not love her and her mother as much as he seemed.
After another stick of incense, she stood up, her face more calm than ever before: "Father, what do you want me to do?"
She finally thought it through. Even if the old emperor wanted to use her hand, she would accept it as long as it could bring her revenge.
The old emperor almost couldn't hold back his expression and almost laughed out loud, but he was a seasoned veteran after all, so he quickly calmed down: "Qingqing, father tells you, you just need to bring someone with you, and then... "
The old emperor whispered all these plans into her ear. Tang Qingqing's face showed no expression, she just nodded and said, "I understand, father. I will definitely avenge mother."
"She is worthy of being my good daughter." The old emperor sighed softly, not knowing whether it was admiration or relief.
Or perhaps it was the excitement of the lamb jumping into the cage on its own initiative.
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