Chapter 308 They had someone dig up his grave.
"Sister, you've already been betrothed to someone else, so why are you having affairs with other men?"
"I heard that you almost ran away from that man back then, and your mother even thought about helping you."
“But because of you, my grandfather and father had already figured out my usefulness, so they forbade me from going out, claiming it was because I was weak, so that I could recuperate, and so that I could be safe.”
“I once begged my mother for help, but she not only didn’t help me, she also scolded me. Why did she help you but not me? Is it because I’ve suffered so much and I’m still her daughter?”
She would often mutter to herself, "I wish I were a boy."
"And you, I've also tried to beg you to take me out, but you just wouldn't. You always agreed so readily, saying next time, next time, but you always broke your promise."
"If I hadn't met my master, I would probably have been sent from a small cage to a big cage by you so-called relatives in this life."
"And we will dedicate our entire lives to your glory."
"It was my master who showed me the world and taught me martial arts. Oh, I forgot to tell you, that Young Master Xuan was indeed me. At first, I deliberately approached that idiot Princess Ping'an just for fun."
"Then Jiang Wan Ning, such an annoying person, appeared. I knew they didn't get along, so I deliberately had her deal with you. But an idiot is an idiot. Not only did she fail to deal with you, she also killed herself with her own stupidity."
"Jiang Wan Ning, you really are a nuisance." Song Zhu Ran said this without any anger, but rather as if she were being coquettish.
“My master is the best person to me in this world, so I will definitely find what he wants and I will definitely remove any obstacles that may hinder him.”
“I will definitely kill anyone my master hates.” Song Zhuran’s eyes suddenly sharpened as she stared intently at Jiang Wanning.
"Sister, Ranran has already told you everything you wanted to know." Song Zhuran looked innocent and pitiful. "Oh, right, it's that scholar."
"Later, I was so angry that I had someone dig up his grave, pick out his skull, grind it into powder, mix it into pearl powder, and even gave it to my older sister."
"As for the rest, I fed them to the dogs."
Song Zhuran asked Empress Song Zhuyi with a grin, "How was it, elder sister? Wasn't I good to you? Have you finished using that pearl powder?"
"If you don't use them all, be sure to use them sparingly, because once they're gone, there won't be any left."
Seeing that Empress Song Zhuyi would have fallen to the ground if Jiang Wan Ning hadn't been supporting her, Song Zhuran smiled even more brightly, "Oh right, there's one more thing, I almost forgot."
"Since I've already said it, I might as well tell you everything."
"Does my elder sister know how Mother died in the end?"
"You..." Empress Song Zhuyi pointed at Song Zhuran, "Could it be you?"
“Yes, that’s right, it was me,” Song Zhuran said. “I smothered her to death with a blanket when no one was looking.”
"I switched those medicines too, didn't you all notice?"
"Actually, you could easily find it with a simple search, but you're just stupid, so stupid that you think you know everything, which is why I used the simplest and most direct method."
"This is much simpler than killing you, my elder sister."
Song Zhuyi was trembling all over. "My mother only had a cold, and I was wondering why so much medicine wasn't working."
"It seems you bribed the physician and changed the medicine. You were also the one who stayed by Mother's side during that time. You were sure that no one would suspect you."
“With you here, the physician will certainly not resort to any underhanded methods, because you used to love being close to your mother the most.”
Every word Song Zhuyi uttered caused her heart to ache.
She had even suspected her grandfather and father, but never suspected Song Zhuran.
"Who told her to be so biased towards my older sister back then?" Song Zhuran said innocently. "If she hadn't eaten those things when she was pregnant with me, I wouldn't have been born weak."
"Sister, have you ever experienced what it feels like to be wrapped in a thick cloak during the hottest days of summer?"
After finishing speaking, Song Zhuran twisted off Peony's entire head, threw it on the ground, and patted the dirt off her hands. "Alright, I've told you everything you wanted to know."
"If there's nothing else, sister, you should go back and rest during your pregnancy."
“My mother never took those things back then. They were all medications for preventing miscarriage that I replaced. My mother just couldn’t disobey my grandfather and father,” Song Zhuyi said. “My mother said back then that if you were a boy, it would be because she didn’t want you to sacrifice for the family like her and me.”
"She wants you to live freely."
"The reason she doesn't want you to leave the manor is because she's afraid your grandfather and father will find out and punish you."
“When you were twelve, your father wanted you to enter the palace, or to arrange a marriage for you that would benefit the Song family. It was your mother who knelt for three days and three nights in the rain to beg for your hand.”
“It was I who sent letter after letter to the Song family to put pressure on my grandfather and father.”
What Song Zhuyi didn't mention was that her letters back then almost made Xiao Yu suspicious of her, and when she returned home for a visit to her family, she was slapped hard by her grandfather.
He was scolded by his father for being too independent.
His Majesty is concerned with the Song family behind her, not with her. If she continues to disobey, he can simply replace her with someone else.
Song Zhuyi silently endured all of this, all so that Song Zhuran would not feel guilty, and so that the naive girl would not have a different opinion of her grandfather and father.
The Empress of a nation was slapped in the face; her life as Empress was even more precarious than that of a concubine in an ordinary household.
"But none of this is what I wanted." Song Zhuran ignored her completely. "Sister, you are the Empress, can't you resist?"
"At least let me out, okay?"
“I’ve said I like freedom, but you still haven’t let me out. You did let me out a few times later, but the people you sent were following me around watching me.”
"You have no idea how I walked down that street, like a monkey being watched."
Empress Song Zhuyi closed her eyes in disappointment, "I never imagined that you would see my care as control."
"Is there anything else?" Song Zhuran began to shoo people away.
"I want to know who this so-called master you speak of is? You never left the manor before you were fourteen, so how could you have met a master?"
"How do you know I've never left the manor, sister?" Song Zhuran asked with a smile. "I left the manor when I was seven years old."
"As for who my master is, you will find out later, elder sister."
"Did he let you into the palace? What was his purpose?"
"You'll find out about this later, sister." Of course, Song Zhuran wouldn't say it. "But don't worry, sister, I won't touch the Song family for now."
"Let them live for a while longer."
"And you, sister, you'd better be more determined, or you should take good care of yourself during your pregnancy and give birth to a son. At least I'm his aunt, so we're still related by blood."
"If it's a daughter, I'll have to make her switch babies too."
"Just like how you, my elder sisters, once treated me."
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