The entire hall was dead silent, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and a terrifying atmosphere.
Xie Zisu's heavy breathing sounded particularly harsh in this quiet space. He slowly raised his head and turned his cold gaze to Xu Qingqing.
Xu Qingqing was frightened by this scene. She huddled aside and looked at Xie Zisu in horror.
Her eyes were full of despair and helplessness, as if she had foreseen her tragic end.
At the same time, the guards in the hall tightly protected the emperor in the center, fearing any accidents.
Song Jiao stood aside, continuing to eat melon calmly, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
Xie Zisu approached Xu Qingqing step by step, his eyes revealing a strong murderous intent.
He said coldly: "Didn't you say that you wrote all of this? That it's foolproof? Didn't you say that? As long as I cooperate with you, you get the money and I get the fame? And this is the result?" His voice was filled with anger and disappointment.
Xu Qingqing kept backing away. Suddenly, she raised her finger and pointed at Song Jiao, screaming, "All this is because of your mother! If it weren't for her, you would have everything!" However, her accusation did not attract Xie Zisu's attention.
Xie Zisu seemed not to have heard what Xu Qingqing said. He rushed forward and killed Xu Qingqing with a few slashes.
Xu Qingqing's screams stopped abruptly, and her body fell weakly to the ground, with blood staining the entire hall red.
Finally, Xie Zisu turned his gaze to Song Jiao.
He was holding a dagger, and the people around him didn't dare to move, for fear that they would be killed by this man if they were not careful.
Song Jiao looked at the emperor's inaction and understood in her heart that he wanted to destroy the general's mansion.
If the emperor had just spoken out to stop him, Xie Zisu would have had no way of killing Xu Qingqing.
The entire hall fell into deathly silence again, as if even the air had frozen.
Xie Zisu's anger reached its peak at this moment. His eyes were red as if they could spit out fire.
He gripped the dagger tightly in his hand, and the moment he raised his hand, everything around him stopped.
Time seemed to have stopped.
Song Jiao still looked at him calmly, her voice calm and firm: "Will you regret your choice?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Zisu raised his head and laughed.
His laughter was filled with madness and despair. "Regret? I've never regretted anything! I should have killed you the moment I knew you were reborn! Others hope their sons will become useful people, but you, alone, actually plot against your own son!"
He took a step forward, wanting to rush over and take Song Jiao's life.
However, just as he took a step, he suddenly lost his balance and fell directly into the abyss.
Song Jiao just watched the other person's falling figure quietly, with no expression on her face.
Only after Xie Zisu's figure completely disappeared into the darkness did she slowly speak, "I'm not reborn."
As time continued to flow, the blood and terror in the hall seemed to be gradually taken away, leaving only two cold corpses. Xie Zisu's figure had completely disappeared, without even a trace left.
The silence of the hall was broken by the cautious movement of the guards as they began to clean up the scene and prepare for what was to come.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne, his eyes were deep and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
His goal has been achieved and the military power has returned to his hands.
He issued an imperial decree to the Xie family, pardoning other members of the Xie family on the grounds that their merits and demerits offset each other.
The prosperity and wealth of the General's Mansion came to an end almost in an instant, and the power and status it once had become a thing of the past.
Song Jiao had already divorced Xie Youan, and the people from the Shangshu Mansion took her back.
Her two children chose to stay in the general's mansion, and they refused to let her take care of anything.
Since it was their own choice, she would of course support and bless them!
A month later, a rumor spread from nowhere, saying that Xu Qingqing was a spy for the enemy country and that Xie Youan was punished for betraying his country by believing in the slander. This news quickly spread throughout the capital, and the various versions of the story became the butt of everyone's jokes.
Some people laughed at Xie Youan's stupidity, while others lamented the emperor's mercy in not exterminating his entire clan.
Song Jiao looked at the completed tasks and left the task world directly.
Song Tangxue also returned to the real world. Instead of being submissive as before, she began to imitate Song Jiao's previous words and deeds, becoming sarcastic.
Whenever she visited Madam Xie, she would always use some harsh words to make the old lady so angry that she would lie in bed for six or seven days.
She seemed to be venting her inner dissatisfaction and anger in this way.
However, Xie Zixuan and Xie Yuan did not have a good impression of the original owner.
Although the original owner had given them a life of luxury and opportunities to read and write for more than ten years, they were not grateful.
They thought the original owner was not a good person and was not as good as Xu Qingqing.
Song Tangxue didn't force herself, as she had already done everything she should do.
In that case, let them be responsible for their own lives.
After losing his family background, Xie Zixuan became depressed.
He idled away his time all day, stopped studying hard, and ultimately achieved nothing.
His life seemed to have lost direction and meaning and fell into endless confusion.
Xie Yuan, on the other hand, went back to her old path.
She will never forget what Xu Qingqing told her: "If you like someone, you have to fight for them yourself." However, she did not really understand the meaning of this sentence.
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