Zongzheng Shen simply did not believe Lu Qingyan's words: "This is impossible, you must be lying to me!"
"Oh, why would I lie to you?" Lu Qingyan put down her teacup, staring at him with a half-smile. "I am young and have a long life ahead of me, so naturally I want to find someone to grow old with. Your Majesty, you are already old, and I can't bring myself to do that."
Zongzheng Shen stared at Lu Qingyan, not to argue with her, but to press her about Bai Li: "If Li Fei is really Li'er, if she really went through all that, then why did Jun Jiuxian still marry Li'er?"
Lu Qingyan narrowed her eyes; Zongzheng Shen's question was indeed insightful.
In fact, Zongzheng Shen understood that if there were feelings from the beginning, then there would be pity after the misfortune. But if he knew from the beginning that she had suffered these misfortunes, then where would the deep feelings he showed come from?
Or was it all a scam from the very beginning? I was so easily outmaneuvered.
Sure enough, he heard Lu Qingyan say, "Of course I'm here to lie to you! If I didn't do this, who would ruin your reputation, who would help Ajiu rise through the ranks, and who would let you swallow that Gu worm when you were completely unprepared?"
The first sentence was like a sharp sword slicing his heart open, leaving it bleeding profusely.
From beginning to end, there was a shadow called Bai Li that pushed him closer and closer to the road to the underworld.
He looked at Bai Li, the infatuation in his eyes fading slightly. He seemed to be somewhat puzzled as to why he could like a woman like Bai Li.
Bai Li felt a little scared under his gaze. She moved a little closer to Zongzheng Shen, opened her big, misty eyes, and said timidly, "Shen, it wasn't me, it definitely wasn't me, I, I don't know anything."
Zongzheng Shen felt somewhat helpless. Yes, what did Li'er know? She had always been so naive, believing whatever others said.
Zongzheng Shen, however, did not see the glint in Bai Li's eyes.
"Imperial Noble Consort, you're already quite old, so don't act like a young girl and say you don't understand anything. You're over fifty, almost sixty now, so it's best to stop causing trouble." Lu Qingyan looked at Bai Li with disgust and turned her face away.
Although Bai Li was almost sixty, she looked only eighteen or nineteen. Even though I knew she had been given a lot of drugs and had long forgotten some of her past, I still found it cringe-worthy when she acted coquettishly.
"When A-Jiu first met the Imperial Noble Consort, the Imperial Noble Consort was delirious and insisted that A-Jiu was her husband. A-Jiu didn't want to be forced into marriage, so she temporarily gave her that title. There were no formal betrothal rites, so you weren't considered husband and wife. As for the curse she cast on you, A-Jiu raised her after all, so consider it repayment of a debt."
Lu Qingyan said very generously. It was Bai Li who started pursuing Jun Jiuxian in the first place, so it was somewhat natural for Jun Jiuxian to take advantage of her.
A skilled strategist will not refuse a pawn that is offered to them, especially if that pawn has an unexpected purpose.
Upon hearing Lu Qingyan's words, Zongzheng Shen actually said, "I knew Li'er was innocent. It was all your doing behind the scenes."
Lu Qingyan: "..."
I have a few curses running through my mind, but I don't know if I should say them. Is Zong Zhengshen definitely not mentally challenged?
Lu Qingyan waved her hand and called a few people in: "Alright, let's not make things difficult for the Emperor. Let him stay in jail for a few days to sober up. As for the Imperial Concubine, let her go in with him. The Emperor and the Imperial Concubine have such a good relationship, we can't be the bad guys and separate them."
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