Jiang Yi looked up in a daze, and when he saw Chen Congzhao, he immediately buried himself in Chen Congzhao's arms like a tired bird returning to the forest.
Shen Congzhao caught her firmly.
He stroked her back gently and whispered in her ear: "It's all over, everything is over, and I will always be by your side from now on."
Jiang Yi cried bitterly in Shen Congzhao's arms, "You said I was very bad, but I think I am very bad myself."
"I watched him die in front of me. I knew that if I had said one more word, he would not have died."
"But I didn't say it. I wanted to see him regretful, but when he died in front of me out of regret, I couldn't accept it."
"That's not the case." Shen Congzhao's voice was gentle but firm. "You were just trying to protect yourself. This was all his own choice."
"The reason you feel bad is because you are too kind."
"For example, if Princess Su heard that you died in Baihua Tower, she wouldn't feel sad at all. She might even feel happy."
"When they first did those things, they didn't take your life or death seriously. It was only by chance that you survived and stood in front of them that we had the current outcome. Otherwise..."
"Xiaoyi, everyone in this world is selfish, especially those in the royal family. For us, kindness is not important. What matters is whether we can survive and win."
"You are kind enough. You are so kind that even makes me feel ashamed."
"Don't cry anymore. Don't cry for other men anymore. It will make me sad."
Jiang Yi's crying gradually subsided and turned into soft sobs. Only then did she come back to her senses.
"When did the emperor come?" She just remembered to ask this.
"I've been accompanying you since you left the capital." The emperor's voice now sounded a little tired. "I have a skilled disguiser by my side. I'm worried about you, so I've asked him to take my place. I've pretended to be ill and not been to court. This way I can get by for a while."
"But I can't guarantee that the Queen Mother will find out. But it doesn't matter."
Jiang Yi remembered that he had said before that he would come to get the sachet with him in person. After she made the sachet, someone wanted him to give it to him, but she refused. She didn't want him to wait for her here.
It turned out that he had decided to come with her at that time, and she couldn't help but feel very attached to him.
This man had a background similar to Shen Congyan's, but there was a huge difference between them.
"Then why haven't you shown up yet?" she asked again.
The emperor said, "This is a matter between you and Third Brother. Although I am determined to get you, I must give Third Brother some face."
Speaking of Shen Congyan, Jiang Yi fell into silence again.
"In fact, Third Brother's lifelong pursuit is nothing more than to avenge his mother. His enemy is my adoptive mother, the current Queen Mother."
"Third Brother passed this token to me through your hand. Firstly, he wanted me to protect you, and secondly, he wanted me to avenge him. He knew we had the same enemy."
"And no matter which one it is, I will make him get what he wants."
"Queen Dowager, I will kill you, and I will protect you too. He has finally gotten what he wanted. The pursuit of imperial power is a thorny road. Without you, he will die. He is willing to die for you."
Jiang Yi was not blaming herself, she was just feeling a little complicated.
She said: "I know, then we now..."
"After I have dealt with Prince Su's funeral, we will set off to return to the capital."
Prince Su's funeral was extremely grand.
This is equivalent to announcing to the world that the emperor has come from the capital to Jiangxi.
The emperor had already prepared an explanation for the outside world. He said that before that, Prince Su had written to him, saying that he was poisoned and would not have much time left. The emperor, grateful for the brotherhood, traveled thousands of miles to Jiangxi, risking his life, to see Prince Su for the last time. Prince Su knew that he did not have much time left, and with regret in his heart, he handed Jiangxi over to the emperor.
When the Queen Mother heard about this, she was furious.
Zhao Yu attacked the city for a long time without success, and Prince Su did not even open the city gate. Unexpectedly, the emperor coaxed Prince Su into surrendering without any words or soldiers.
If this gets out, how can the Zhao family retain its dignity?
It was also the first time that the Queen Mother realized that the boy she raised was not a mediocre and sickly one. On the contrary, he had a wolfish ambition that he had never revealed to anyone. This man was so cunning.
Fortunately, it was true that he was poisoned in his childhood and could not be humane, so she was not completely defeated.
At the same time, the Queen Mother received another piece of news.
Before his death, Prince Su entrusted Jiang Yi to the emperor. This Jiang Yi was the one Zhao Yu wanted to marry as a concubine before, and she was also the wife of the prince consort.
The Queen Mother was furious that Xu Youqi dared to deceive Princess Fengyang, but at the same time she felt that she had come up with a great idea.
First, promise Jiang Yi to the emperor as a concubine, and then announce the relationship between Jiang Yi, the prince consort, and Prince Su to the world. In this way, everyone will know that the emperor is incompetent and can only marry a woman that the prince consort and Prince Su don't want.
They also forgot the ability of the current emperor.
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