Although Lu Qingyan did not expect Zong Zhengshen to answer this question.
Zongzheng Shen was somewhat dazed: Unrelated people, exactly the same people, was this poisonous woman talking about Li'er? What exactly did she know, or was she trying to fabricate something to deal with Li'er?
Lu Qingyan sneered, "Alright, stop looking at me like that. What is Bai Li anyway? Is she worth all this trouble? I'm only telling you the truth out of pity for you!"
Zongzheng Shen exploded like a lit firecracker: "Get out! I don't need your pity. I am the emperor, the emperor! What are you? You're nothing but a filthy thing I want to throw away. What right do you have to pity me?"
Lu Qingyan ignored his roar and began to recount an old story.
"The Consort Li back then truly deserved the title of 'beauty that could topple kingdoms.' Putting aside her personality, her face alone was enough to make many people swoon." Lu Qingyan looked at Zongzheng Shen, who seemed to be reminiscing about the past, her eyes slightly narrowed and the corners of her mouth half-curled up.
"It's a pity that the late emperor abandoned her after favoring her for a while. Zongzheng Shen, do you know why?" A hint of dark blue flashed in Lu Qingyan's eyes.
"Why?" Zongzheng Shen asked Lu Qingyan, his eyes glazed over.
“Because, she’s a monster.” Lu Qingyan smiled wickedly. “If she weren’t a monster, how could her appearance have remained unchanged for so many years? You know what? She was already an old maid in her twenties when you met her.”
Age, like most things, is only truly appreciated when compared to others. While someone in their early twenties is considered to be in their prime, compared to Zongzheng Shen, who was only eleven or twelve at the time, she could only be called an elder. Although Consort Li was indeed Zongzheng Shen's elder, she looked only fifteen or sixteen, and Zongzheng Shen initially only treated her as an older sister.
"The late emperor wasn't a fool, but he wasn't exactly shrewd either. I never expected that even on his deathbed he would be so wary of what impact she might have on you or your family's empire, and he issued an edict ordering her to be buried alive with him. Unfortunately, the person he sent to carry out the order was unreliable. He coveted her beauty, drugged her, and then kept her as a mistress in a golden house."
Zongzheng Shen's hands began to tighten, and he asked in a trembling voice, "She, she's not dead, she, she's still alive..."
“Yes, she’s not dead.” Lu Qingyan’s smile grew even wider. “You didn’t do anything on the surface after you ascended the throne, but you killed that person. Now no one knows about Consort Li’s existence.”
"She waited in that room for a long time, but no one came, so she took the opportunity to escape. What do you think she might encounter on her own?" Lu Qingyan asked another question.
Zongzheng Shen turned to look at Bai Li beside him, his expression unreadable. He said in a hoarse voice, "No matter what happened to her, it's all my fault for failing to protect her. It has nothing to do with her!"
He spoke louder and louder, as if trying to cover something up.
Lu Qingyan knew that Zongzheng Shen was afraid and terrified; after all, he was human, how could he not have these feelings? Unfortunately, Lu Qingyan wouldn't choose to remain silent because of his fear and avoidance; instead, she became even more excited to shatter his false mask.
"Hahaha, she was violated by a lot of beggars on the street!" Lu Qingyan felt extremely happy as she indulged the original owner's feelings, looking at Zongzheng Shen's incredulous expression.
After the entire Lu family was executed in his previous life, Zongzheng Shen also had the original owner treated the same way, unaware that his precious white oriole had also suffered the same fate.
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