Chapter 745: Death of Princess Li

When the King heard those three words, his pupils trembled, but soon he recovered and sneered, "I will not believe the same words a second time."

At that time, he also thought she was really dead.

If Si Jinyu had not reappeared before him, he would not have investigated, let alone known that his good princess, the woman he had been thinking about, had faked her death and escaped.

Not only did she marry a lowly merchant, she also gave birth to someone else's child!

Still two!

Therefore, even when the people he sent out said that Si Zhongqing's wife had died fourteen years ago, King Li still did not believe it.

He felt that the Si family must be trying to cover up their tracks.

Si Jinyu did not argue, with bloodshot eyes, she just stared coldly at the person in front of her.

The king was furious at the sight of him, and suddenly grabbed his neck again, not knowing whether he was rebuking the young man in front of him or trying to convince himself.

"She is not dead! Tell me, where is your mother, my powerful princess, hiding? She had the guts to fake her own death and leave, and even gave birth to a bastard like you. Is she afraid to come to see me?! Tell me!"

Si Jinyu was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, but he still stared coldly at the King Li in front of him. The blood at the corner of his mouth overflowed again because of his movements, slid down his jaw, and finally slid into the palm of the man's hand.

Prince Li looked at Si Jinyu's eyes which were exactly the same as hers, and felt the warm blood on his hands. This scene seemed to remind him of the past.

He was choking her neck, and she looked at him in despair, the blood she spat out soaking his palms.

King Li seemed to see the scene of that year in a trance. His palms trembled and he suddenly let go of the person.

Si Jinyu coughed violently twice, but before she could recover, she stared at the man in front of her. Her voice was as cold as a knife, scraping the other's ears.

"She's dead." Si Jinyu's voice trembled with hatred, "You killed her."

These five words shocked King Li into a trance, and also made Helian Tuo outside the iron gate turn pale.

He didn't believe what he heard.

His mother didn't die?

No, he is dead now.

But she didn't die that year. Not only did she not die, she married someone else and gave birth to other children...

How is it possible...

"You're talking nonsense!"

The King of Li slapped Si Jinyu hard on the face like a wild beast, but covered his injured part with one hand, his face turned blue, and he gritted his teeth and said,

"If I had known that she was still alive, do you think that you and that bastard in the palace would have been born?! Would your Si family have been able to live in peace all these years?!"

How could he kill her when he didn't even know she was alive?

In fact, he had never been to Huainan for so many years...

Suddenly, he was stunned and thought of something.

The Si family he investigated was located in the Huai River area. He passed by that side when he was ordered to leave the capital to control the flood.

Si Jinyu looked at him frowning and recalling, with redness at the corners of his eyes, but she didn't mind recalling for him.

"What did you do to her back then? If she hadn't been tortured beyond endurance, how could she have faked her own death and escaped? Even after escaping from Prince Li's mansion, she still had nightmares every night. Just when she finally settled down and thought she would never see you again in this life, you showed up!"

At that time, Prince Li was just passing by the Huai River, but he was spotted by his mother.

Just because she was afraid of being seen by him, just because she was afraid of returning to that hell in Prince Li's Mansion.

His mother was so frightened that she lost her way and fell into the water. However, she stopped and did not struggle because she was afraid that King Li, who was passing by, would notice her falling into the water.

When people were found and picked up, they were already breathing out more than breathing in.

The father searched everywhere, spent a lot of money to buy various precious herbs, and finally saved the person. But after being saved, she went crazy.

When she thought she was reborn and enjoying a happy life, she saw the nightmare again and was scared crazy by him.

Just a glance.

No, not even a meeting.

How ironic.

Linglong was still young and ignorant at the time, but he saw with his own eyes how his originally gentle and kind mother was frightened and driven crazy.

He watched her go mad with fear.

I watched her become emaciated in less than a month and eventually pass away.

At that time he thought that as a son, he must redress for his mother the injustice she had suffered.

But for a mere merchant to face the powerful king of the dynasty is like an ant trying to shake a tree. Even if he becomes an official in the court, no matter how high his rank is, he cannot do anything to the king.

In this case, I should give up studying and go into business. Even if it costs me all my family's money, I will make the other person kneel down and repent for my mother.

Si Jinyu told the truth about her mother's death. She no longer paid attention to King Li's disgusting reaction, but just looked dimly at the iron door behind him.

There was no one outside the iron gate.

…

Helian Tuo stumbled out of the secret room, and after closing the antique shelf, he fell to the ground.

All that was echoing in his mind at this moment was the conversation between Prince Li and Si Jinyu.

His mother, his mother died like this?

So ridiculous, yet pathetic?

Si Jinyu did not explicitly say what kind of torture his mother had suffered in those days, but he guessed it.

Thinking of the various "torture instruments" placed in the first secret room, they were probably the "torture" that my mother had suffered at the hands of my father.

Even though he didn't remember much about his mother, he had heard that she was a famous lady in the capital who was gentle and polite...

Helian Tuo covered his eyes with his hands tremblingly, with a painful and restrained expression.

After a long while, the other hand hanging by the side slowly clenched.

The protruding joints were so tight that they seemed like they would break the skin in the next second.

After an unknown amount of time, Helian Tuo finally stood up again. When he walked out of the room, his face had restrained all emotions, except for his eyes, which usually showed a smile and were filled with a hint of coldness.

Until a young eunuch came hurriedly and said respectfully,

"Sir, the Emperor summons you to the palace immediately."

Helian Tuo's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he opened his mouth, only to find that his voice had become hoarse.

"……good."