"If there's nothing else, Your Highness, please go ahead and attend to your business." Song Tangxue saw Li Zhaoxian off with unusual indifference. Li Zhaoxian had come in refreshed but left in a huff.
"His Majesty has already heard about this matter; it has reached the Imperial Court." Li Zhaoxian's words still gave Song Tangxue some information.
Song Tangxue paused, her hand holding the chopsticks still, looking through the chopsticks at the dishes that Yin Zan had tasted one by one.
"The future crown princess murdered her adoptive parents—a shocking case!" The light and shadow fell on his profile, making him look sinister and terrifying.
"If I don't testify, do you think you'll still have your head?" Li Zhaoxian looked at her coldly: "If you're so capable, you should first figure out a way to get yourself out of here."
"The messenger said His Majesty is furious!" Li Zhaoxian left with these ambiguous words, not believing that Song Tangxue was truly unmoved.
Song Tangxue chewed on her chopsticks, pondering the whole story. This matter was originally just a family affair of the Song family, but now it has become related to the imperial family.
It seems unlikely that this situation will end well; someone must have pulled something behind the scenes to make it this way.
"If you ask me, sister, you should confess your crime as soon as possible, so you can suffer less." Song Tangli walked in triumphantly: "I'm only thinking of you, sister."
"You're thinking of my money, aren't you?" Song Tangxue looked at her indifferently. "If I confess, wouldn't this money benefit your Song family?"
"Your mother carried you for ten months and gave birth to you." Song Tangli walked in with a smile. The jailer didn't even need to say anything and opened the locked door to welcome Song Tangli in: "I say, sister, it's better for you to confess your sins sooner rather than later, and it's better for everyone else as well."
"Song Tangli, stop being so cynical." Song Tangxue ate her food slowly and deliberately. "Your intentions are written all over your face."
"Sister, have you misunderstood me? The people who died were my own parents, and I'm sad too." Song Tangli wiped her eyes. "Not everyone is as heartless as you."
"I wonder if you've said this to Mr. and Mrs. Song?" Song Tangxue watched her performance with amusement: "If Mr. and Mrs. Song knew, it wouldn't be a waste of your sincere heart."
Song Tangli's expression changed: "Did you do it?"
"Those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish." Song Tangxue put down her chopsticks, looking at Song Tangli with anger as she saw her emotions stirred up by a few words.
"Back then, you were probably only thinking about the trouble they would cause me, without considering the trouble they would bring to yourself later, right?" Song Tangxue thought of something amusing and looked at her with a smile.
"Everything has two sides. If you benefit from something, how can you expect to get it without giving something in return?"
Song Tangli sneered, "Song Tangxue, even now, you still don't understand your place?"
“If you behave yourself, you might have a peaceful end.” Song Tangli got up and walked out. “But if you remain stubborn and refuse to see the light, the outcome will not be what you want to see.”
Seeing Song Tangxue's clenched fist, Song Tangxue knew that her guess was pretty much right. This Song Tangli really had a cruel heart.
Perhaps sensing that Song's mother was displeased, and fearing that he would lose this support, he actually hardened his heart and killed his own parents.
There's a saying that even tigers don't eat their cubs, but little did people know that this cub actually killed a tiger.
"Ah Li?" As soon as Li Zhaoxian went out, Song Tangli, who was waiting outside, said that she wanted to go in and see Song Tangxue, after all, she was her older sister.
He went and never came out, so Li Zhaoxian, fearing something had happened, went in to check on him.
Song Tangli's eyes flickered: "Sister, this matter has been keeping our parents up at night. If we can resolve it sooner, it will be a relief for them."
"So that the spirits of Mr. and Mrs. Wang Zhuzi may rest in peace."
"Ah Li." Li Zhaoxian approached and put his arm around Song Tangli, whose shoulders were trembling from crying, and gently comforted her: "It's rare for you to think so much about your sister. Your sister never thought of appreciating your kindness."
"I just want my sister to have an easier time, and for the family to have an easier time too." Song Tangli leaned down and buried her face in Li Zhaoxian's chest.
"Your sister brought this on herself. I think you don't need to worry about her anymore. Let her fend for herself."
Song Tangxue remained silent throughout, eating her meal in silence. The two walked away hand in hand in an ambiguous manner, and the jailer's ingratiating smile vanished.
He turned to look at Song Tangxue and spat, "Miss Song, you shouldn't be so high and mighty. The rumors are going around like crazy. If you have any conscience at all, you should confess and accept your punishment sooner rather than later!"
Song Tangxue: "Are you their envoy left behind? Even if I say it a thousand or ten thousand times, I am innocent. You, a mere prison guard, are pointing fingers here. Why don't you let your Commander Li give you the official position?"
"Looks like you're better at solving cases than him?"
The jailer kicked the cell door sheepishly: "Eat up, eat yourself to death."
The jailer also left. Since he was a death row inmate, it didn't matter if he said something wrong. He had seen many high-ranking officials and nobles in the Dali Temple prison.
Everyone who enters the Dali Temple acts tough, but in the end, they all have to beg their fathers and grandmothers. Those who truly escape justice never even enter here. They're treated to the best food and drink.
Let's see how long this tough nut can hold out.
"Squeak."
The sunlight outside was blocked by the closed door, plunging the room into darkness. Midday in summer is when the sun shines brightest.
The prison was so cold that Song Tangxue felt no warmth at all.
Song Tangxue's spine went limp, and she sat blankly in the chair. The light coming through the tall, small, square window was not even enough to illuminate the ground beneath her toes.
Song Tangxue walked wearily to the small, tattered bed and slumped onto it.
She's not a god, how could she be omnipotent? This matter has gone beyond expectations, and the most important thing right now is not to lose her composure.
She folded the damp, moldy cup and laid it out in the small patch of sunlight, which made her feel much better.
At least these people haven't tortured me yet, though I don't know whose orders they gave me, but they've given me a chance to catch my breath.
It's alright, it's just temporary hardship.
I could endure that kind of life for ten years in my past life, let alone now. Compared to my past life, it's already so much better.
Unexpectedly, the jailer returned, followed by several other thinner jailers, who came in carrying a bucket of unknown stuff.
The head jailer opened her door and, seeing that the food on the table had barely been touched, immediately smiled and said, "It seems this food doesn't suit Miss Song's taste. I'll take it away then."
Without waiting for Song Tangxue's reply, he put all the food into a food box and placed it outside the cell.
The jailers stood in front of the bucket, covering their noses and looking disgusted; they could easily guess that it contained nothing of value.
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