"Don't be afraid." He rested his chin against her forehead, a faint smile on his lips, "I will never hurt you at any time, we are like this..."
Li Zhao whispered something into Jiang Yi's ear, and what he said was what Jiang Yi was thinking.
Jiang Yi said, "I will listen to Brother Zhao."
Li Zhao moved the old emperor to the couch again. He took a last look at the old emperor with a complicated look.
This was his father. He had admired his father very much when he was young. He would never want to watch him die unless he had to.
But it is impossible for him to give up Jiang Yi. Some trade-offs must be made.
He rubbed his eyebrows and stayed with Jiang Yi until dawn before leaving.
When it was almost dawn, the eunuch in charge came to call the old emperor to get up. Although the old emperor had suffered a stroke and could no longer attend court, someone would still bring memorials to him every morning and read them to him.
This call informed them of the old emperor's death.
The imperial physician had originally said that the old emperor's time was approaching, so the palace servants serving on the side were not surprised. They just pretended to be sad and cried.
Jiang Yi seemed to be frightened. She had no expression on her face and just knelt there numbly.
When the queen rushed over, she glanced at Jiang Yi with a sneer.
Later, Li Zhao and Li Song also came over.
Li Zhao was the eldest son and the crown prince, so he should handle everything.
At this time, the queen took out the imperial edict prepared by the old emperor, requiring Jiang Yi to be buried with him.
Li Song looked at the imperial edict in surprise. What surprised Li Song even more was that Li Zhao agreed without saying anything.
The empress did not know about what happened between Li Zhao and Jiang Yi, but he did know, and it was something he had done intentionally.
He looked at the woman who used to be cold yet charming, but he couldn't see a single ray of light in her eyes.
It's like accepting your fate.
Jiang Yi accepted the imperial edict as if he had resigned himself to his fate.
She killed his mother, he should hate her, but he should be happy to see her buried with the old gear lever.
But for some reason, he felt a sense of reluctance from the bottom of his heart.
He said to the Empress Dowager, "Mother, the Emperor's favorite during his lifetime was Consort Jiang. How could he bear to let Consort Jiang be buried alive with him?"
The Queen looked at Li Song with disdain, "Is Prince Heng questioning me?"
Even though Concubine Shu was dead, Li Song still dared to act like a jerk in front of her.
Li Song hurriedly said, "Your Highness dare not."
Seeing that he was obedient, the empress do not hold on to this point. The old emperor only had two children, Li Zhao and Li Song, and he had just died. If she made things difficult for Li Song too early, it would only lead to gossip.
Just take it step by step.
"Prince Heng doesn't know this. It's precisely because the Emperor likes Concubine Jiang that he can't bear to let her go."
"Concubine Jiang, the Emperor doted on you so much in the past, showering you with love and affection. I imagine you're willing to be buried with him, right?"
The queen looked at Jiang Yi with interest.
After all, she is just a teenage girl. Jiang Yi looks calm now, but she must be scared to death in her heart.
But what can we do?
Did anyone speak to Jiang Yi? No.
A little orphan girl had dared to speak so arrogantly in front of her before, but now that she was away from the late emperor, she could only prostrate herself before her and serve as a slave.
The queen wanted to see an expression of fear and pleading on Jiang Yi's face, but Jiang Yi disappointed her in the end.
She simply looked at the Empress Dowager calmly and said, "As the Empress said, the Emperor treats me very well. Even if the Empress had not produced the imperial edict, I would have willingly been buried with the Emperor."
She was so calm that the queen found her boring.
It shouldn't be like this.
She should be scared, horrified, and begging for mercy.
No winner wants to see his defeated opponent look so indifferent.
Yet, his son, who was always so timid, praised her highly, "Concubine Jiang is truly righteous. No wonder the emperor doted on you when he was alive."
The queen snorted coldly, but she couldn't say anything in front of everyone. She secretly thought that when she found an opportunity, she would definitely play a good trick on Jiang Yi.
After that, everyone was very busy, busy with the old emperor's funeral and the new emperor's coronation ceremony.
Jiang Yi is the one with the most leisure. She is so idle that she is waiting to die.
The queen finally found time to investigate Jiang Yi. She called Jiang Yi to her palace and said to her, "You are so young, yet you are being buried alive with your dead body. Think about how heartless this man is. He truly dotes on you when he pampers you, but he is also so cruel when he wants you to die."
"The late emperor never imagined that you, so young, would be sent to be buried alive with him."
"I feel so pitiful when I see you, tsk tsk, don't you feel scared?"
"You are so young and should have a bright future ahead of you, but you are being locked up in a dark tomb."
"Jiang Yi, are you afraid? If you are, come and beg me, and I might let you go."
Only then did Jiang Yi's face show a hint of expression.
She pretended to be terrified. "Of course I am afraid. I don't want to be buried alive. I want to live well. Queen, can you really help me?"
The corners of her lips rose.
"Is this what the Queen wants to see me like? Now that you've seen me, can I leave?"
The next moment, Jiang Yi immediately retracted all expressions on her face and looked at the queen coldly.
The queen was stunned and even more furious, "Are you kidding me?"
"You are really tired of living. Come, bring her here and give her a slap in the face. I want her to know what it means to be a new emperor and new ministers."
Two palace maids stepped forward and tried to force Jiang Yi to kneel down, but Jiang Yi easily shook them off and came in front of the queen at an extremely fast speed.
She grasped the empress's neck tightly with her slender hands and whispered in her ear, "Queen Cui, do you think this is over? I will come back to find you later."
The queen felt she couldn't breathe. She struggled desperately, but Jiang Yi refused to let go.
The queen thought that she would be strangled to death by Jiang Yi.
It was not until Jiang Yi's ears moved slightly and she heard footsteps coming from outside that she let go of the queen.
"Don't worry, I won't let you die so easily."
"Queen Cui, we will meet again."
Ji Hou felt that these words revealed a very weird feeling, but she just didn't understand what they meant. She comforted herself that Jiang Yi was just speaking harshly.
Seeing Li Zhao, the queen felt a little guilty.
Her son has always been somewhat ruthless and impartial. She did not dare to let Li Zhao know that she had privately made things difficult for Jiang Yi, so she hurriedly asked Jiang Yi to leave.
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