Chapter 4 Killer 4
If the Emperor finds out that she was the one who did it, will he not hesitate to order her to be killed?
Investigate all you want, anyway, it wasn't her who did it.
So, who is it?
The Imperial Palace.
Ninghua Palace.
Consort Jing looked at Emperor Xia, who was storming in, but she didn't stand up to pay her respects. Instead, she smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, you've finally arrived?"
That's right, Consort Jing deliberately lured him here.
She didn't want to live anymore, but there was still one thing she hadn't done.
Emperor Xia: "Consort Jing, why did you send someone to kill Jiaoyue?"
Upon hearing this, Consort Jing stood up. "Why? Your Majesty, you ask me why?"
Why do you think so?
“She, Xia Jiaoyue, killed my unborn child and left me with a permanent, incurable illness. Every winter, my whole body aches with excruciating pain, and I have suffered from this pain for five years, a full five years.”
Emperor Xia also recalled the incident from five years ago. "Consort Jing, back then, Jiaoyue was still young. She didn't do it on purpose. She didn't understand anything. She was just instigated by Ling Yuexin. Don't you know that?"
"Besides, isn't the culprit Ling Yuexin already dead?"
"Hahaha........" Consort Jing laughed with a very sad expression.
"Not on purpose? Your Majesty, Xia Jiaoyue was already 12 years old back then, not a child anymore. She did it on purpose. She understands everything. She knew you wouldn't punish her, so she pushed me into the water."
"Ling Yuexin is indeed the culprit, but Xia Jiaoyue (the eldest princess) is not innocent either."
Back then, she was young and beautiful, and extremely favored by the emperor, soon becoming pregnant. When she was three months pregnant, the twelve-year-old princess, instigated by Consort Yue, believed that the emperor, having her child, would no longer love her as before. So, the princess pushed her into the water.
When she was rescued, her child was gone. She barely survived, and her body was left with incurable health problems. Moreover, she would never be able to have children again.
Back then, the Emperor felt very guilty towards her. However, despite his guilt, he still couldn't bear to punish the Princess because she was his and Empress Yuan's only daughter, and he had promised Empress Yuan that he would always dote on Jiaoyue.
Emperor Xia: "So, Consort Jing, do you have a death wish?"
Consort Jing: "Yes! I don't want to live anymore. From the moment I lost my child, I didn't want to live anymore."
"Don't you think about your family? Do you know that what you're doing will implicate your entire extended family?"
"Kill them all! Kill them all!"
"Family? What family do I have? They are not my family. My family is long gone."
Emperor Xia: !!!
I almost forgot! Consort Jing only considered her mother as family; she had no feelings for her father. And her mother had long since passed away.
Emperor Xia truly loved Consort Jing. However, he never expected her to turn out this way.
“A month ago, you said you wanted to leave the palace to visit Huguo Temple. You didn’t actually want to go to Huguo Temple; you just wanted to leave the palace to find someone to kill Jiaoyue, didn’t you?”
Consort Jing did not hide anything, "Yes! That's right, I've spent all my money."
"Hahahaha, Xia Jiaoyue is indeed dead. This money was well spent."
Emperor Xia clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he asked, "Then why did you kill Prince Ning?"
Consort Jing said, "He's so blind, yet he fell for a poisonous woman like the Eldest Princess. Of course he should die. What's the point of keeping him alive? Are you going to let him harm your other daughter?"
"To be honest, you are really biased. If I were the Third Princess, I would definitely hate you to the core."
"Sigh, apart from Xia Jiaoyue, all your princes and princesses probably wish you dead, right?"
Emperor Xia: !!!
"presumptuous!"
"Guards! Bring..."
The next second, Emperor Xia felt a dull pain in his chest. He clutched his chest and looked at Consort Jing, who was smiling gently. "Ah! Consort Jing, what have you done to me?"
Eunuch Li hurriedly helped the emperor up and sent someone to fetch the imperial physician.
Consort Jing: "Why are you making such a fuss? It's just poisoning."
She looked at the incense burning next to the vase on her left. "This incense is colorless and odorless, but it works quite well."
Then, she looked at Emperor Xia and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, don't you think so?"
The next second, Consort Jing was pinned down.
"Your Majesty, the person I hate the most is you. If you hadn't sent so many people to protect that vile woman Xia Jiaoyue, I would have killed her long ago. Why would I have waited five years? Five years!"
She laughed maniacally, "Hahaha... Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you'll die with me."
The next second, Consort Jing vomited a mouthful of black blood, and so did Emperor Xia, who vomited mouthful after mouthful of black blood. Finally, he closed his eyes and let his hands fall down.
Eunuch Li: !!!
"emperor!"
By the time the imperial physician arrived, Emperor Xia and Consort Jing were already lifeless and dead.
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