Song Yan's heart rate gradually slowed down until the end of the prince's birthday.
The handkerchief Xie Shizhu gave him seemed more precious than thirty thousand taels of gold.
Suddenly, the emperor's voice reached everyone's ears.
The Emperor stroked his beard and said, "I see that the number of concubines in the Xianwang Palace is decreasing. After all, the Xianwang is my son, so I can't be so shabby. How about this? Today, I will betroth Mu Xue, the daughter of the Left Prime Minister, to my Sixth Prince..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Yan's fingers holding the handkerchief tightened slightly, and a layer of gloom covered his handsome face.
Xie Shizhu turned to look at Song Yan, and was slightly startled when he noticed that his expression was different from before.
Song Yan put the handkerchief back into his sleeve, stood up from his seat, walked to the middle of the aisle, saluted the emperor and said, "Father, I have always been in poor health. Perhaps it would be unfair to Miss Mu to marry me."
The emperor was silent for a few seconds. Seeing Song Yan's ambiguous refusal, he felt a little surprised. After all, what he said before was what he did.
Song Yan didn't say a single word of "no".
The emperor has granted me a marriage, so who would dare to refuse?
At this moment, the Left Prime Minister quickly knelt down and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is a blessing for my daughter to marry the virtuous king..."
Since the Left Prime Minister had already said this, Song Yan couldn't refuse and could only say, "Your Majesty, I thank you."
When Song Yan returned to his seat, he saw Xie Shizhu still eating without a care in the world, and he felt a little annoyed.
*
An hour later.
The prince's birthday banquet, which had been relatively harmonious, suddenly became a commotion. The emperor, who was sitting in the middle, took a sip of wine, spit out blood from his mouth, and fell to the ground in front of everyone.
There were exclamations from the crowd, and the queen and several concubines hurried down to support the emperor.
The emperor seemed a little confused. He said something to the eunuch beside him in a daze, then slowly closed his eyes.
When the emperor fell, some people were happy and some were sad.
Except for the Crown Prince who tried hard to suppress a smile, the other princes and kings had no smiles on their faces.
It all happened so fast.
The noise around him had nothing to do with Song Yan. He just stared at the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes deep at an angle that no one else could see.
The emperor was escorted back to the palace by the guards, and the people who remained there looked at each other in confusion.
After a while, the eunuch beside the emperor ran out from not far away, knelt on the ground, and said that the emperor wanted to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and asked him to go to the emperor.
Song Wenyan was not surprised at all. He nodded and took a step forward. The eunuch quickly followed his back.
This incident let all the ministers know that the emperor's time was running out and that he would pass on the throne.
It seems that Song Wenyan will soon ascend to the throne of emperor, and these people have calmed down and prepared to please the new king.
The Crown Princess sat on one side, her hands shaking with excitement.
The Crown Princess enjoyed the gazes of the concubines around her, with a determined smile on her lips.
The crowd had dispersed by then, and Xie Shizhu ate a few more bites of duck meat before leaving, and hid some pastries in his sleeves.
Seeing her like this, Song Yan felt a little sad.
It seems that it is time to change the food in the palace.
The two men stood up and left here, going to the carriage.
As soon as Xie Shizhu got into the carriage and sat down, she heard footsteps approaching her, and then she heard conversations outside.
It was the voice of Qi Zi'an, the Left Censor-in-Chief, and there seemed to be a few officials following him.
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to apprehend the assassin who murdered King Yi."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Shizhu, who was sitting in the carriage, opened his eyes wide and thought, is Qi Zian here to capture Song Yan?
His identity was exposed so quickly?
"Capture the murderer of King Yi?" Song Yan lowered his eyes and stared at Qi Zian, his eyes filled with inquiry. His voice was exceptionally soft, "Then why did you come to me?"
Xie Shizhu couldn't help but give Song Yan a thumbs up. Even in a critical situation, he could still remain so calm.
Qi Zian fixed his gaze on the carriage, bowed, and said, "Wise King, someone said that on the day King Yi died in the theater, they saw the princess and King Yi sitting together..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Shizhu, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly stopped smiling as he watched the show.
System: [Host, you're eating the melon and then eating it yourself?]
Xie Shizhu was silent for a few seconds: "That's right."
Song Yan's handsome face flashed with surprise. He followed Qi Zian's gaze towards the carriage and asked softly, "Is there some misunderstanding here?"
Qi Zian said helplessly, "Reporting to the wise king, there are witnesses who have seen the princess, and this is absolutely true."
Hearing this, Song Yan frowned slightly.
Qi Zian then walked over, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and said to the surprised woman sitting in the carriage, "Excuse me, Princess."
As soon as he finished speaking, several officers and Qi Zian escorted Xie Shizhu out of the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Xie Shizhu turned around and looked at Song Yan. His face was very pale.
Gradually, Song Yan disappeared from her sight.
*
Soon, Xie Shizhu was thrown into jail.
It all happened so fast that she was caught off guard.
Xie Shizhu had no time to make any preparations.
The cell was very damp and pitch black, and occasionally one could hear the painful cries of other prisoners.
Every breath Xie Shizhu took had an unpleasant smell.
She huddled in the corner of the cell, looking down at the rats scurrying in and out of the cell hole, her expression expressionless.
The system couldn't help but swallow its saliva: [Host, aren't you afraid of these rats? ]
Xie Shizhu smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? They're so cute."
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