Chapter 759 Meet Him
Perhaps it was because people were not allowed to talk during the day. Si Linglong had just drunk a whole bowl of calming soup. Before she had the chance to ask A Yue how he dealt with the person, she saw a young eunuch outside quickly walk up to Fu Tai and whispered something.
Soon, Fu Tai came in. When he came in, he glanced at Shu Hong vaguely, then asked Helian Yue for instructions.
"Your Majesty, we just received a report from the prison that... the criminal Dai Jiangkuang refused to die and insisted that he would not die until he had seen Miss Shuhong."
Si Linglong then realized that the so-called punishment for A Yue was actually direct death.
Logically speaking, Dai Jiangkuan was only an accomplice who did not kill anyone, and he held an official rank, so his crime did not deserve the death penalty.
But Helian Yue issued such an order obviously to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Not only to shock those who dared to attack Si Linglong, but also because he could not kill Lian Fei, the "mastermind", so he could only transfer the remaining anger to Dai Jiangkuang, the accomplice.
Although Si Linglong was a little surprised, she would not intercede for such a person. In fact, when she heard that he still wanted to see Shu Hong, her first reaction was to frown.
"Why does he want to see Shu Hong? No."
Dai Jiangkuang was able to turn against her because he was resentful of her and A Yue for stopping him from marrying Shu Hong. Who knows what crazy things such a person will do when he is dying?
Shu Hong luckily escaped the disaster yesterday, so how could Si Linglong let her rush in?
Fu Tai felt a little embarrassed after listening to Si Linglong's words. After all, such dying wishes could be accommodated as long as they were not too excessive. So he subconsciously looked at his own emperor.
Helian Yue didn't care about Dai Jiangkuo's dying request. Seeing Si Linglong didn't allow it, he was about to wave his hand to refuse. Unexpectedly, Shu Hong stepped forward and said, "I am willing to go to see him. Please allow me, Your Majesty."
Shuhong agreed proactively, which even Qinglu, who was standing beside her, did not expect.
However, Shu Hong always had her own ideas. Since she had agreed, Si Linglong and the others did not try to persuade her too much.
Helian Yue waved his hand to signal Futai to go down and make arrangements.
Fu Tai nodded in agreement, and personally led the people out of the bedroom. Looking at Shu Hong's calm face, he said,
"Miss Shuhong is a smart person. Don't do anything stupid when you meet someone."
Shuhong smiled and nodded in agreement.
In fact, what stupid thing could she do?
The reason she agreed to meet him was just to put an end to the matter. Besides, his dying wish was for her, so she would not intentionally make him die with regrets.
Shu Hong was soon taken to prison.
The prison of the Ministry of Justice is even darker than the Ministry of Punishment in the palace. People living in the palace are most afraid of such darkness. Shu Hong has not had much contact with it, but she can guess what the scene will be like for people who are in it.
Because Helian Yue decided to sentence him to death from the beginning, Dai Jiangkuang was not subjected to other punishments when he was thrown into prison. However, after all, he fell from the emperor's guards into the cage. The Dai Jiangkuang in front of him no longer had the vigor and vitality of the past, and he looked visibly haggard.
However, even though he was like this, his eyes still clearly lit up for a moment when he saw Shu Hong.
"I knew you would come to see me."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and subconsciously wanted to reach out to her.
Shu Hong took a step back and looked at him quietly through the cell door. "I came to see you just to thank you for not choosing to kill me when you conspired with Concubine Lian. That's all."
As the emperor said, if we don't want her to wake up and cause trouble, killing her is the easiest way.
Because he spared her life, she was willing to come and see him, but it was only to see him for the last time.
When he decided to attack the Empress, Shu Hong would never forgive him, let alone plead for him.
Even though she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, when Shu Hong learned that the queen was locked in a coffin and buried alive underground, she wanted to whip the queen with her own hands just by imagining the scene.
Dai Jiangkuan's heart turned cold when he heard her indifferent tone.
He looked at her closely for a long while before finally asking the question he had always wanted to ask.
"At first, I could have asked the Emperor to marry you... If I had not approached you in that way, but asked the Emperor directly, would you have agreed?"
After the emperor gave up on this matter, it almost became his obsession.
He didn't understand why he was unworthy of her and was dismissed so bluntly.
After that, he always wanted to ask her in person.
Shu Hong was silent for a moment, but without thinking too much, she simply shook her head and said, "No, I never liked you."
Because she didn't like him, she would not agree even if the emperor offered her marriage.
But in this case, it was only because she had a good master that she had the confidence to refuse.
If Dai Jiangkuo had taken a fancy to any other maid in the palace, he would definitely not have treated her like this.
But now that things have come to this, it is useless to say any more, and Shu Hong will not say any more.
However, her straightforward answer sounded like a cold rejection to Dai Jiangkuan, and he suddenly laughed.
"You've never liked someone... You're really heartless. Then who do you like? The man who gave you the bamboo flute?"
When he suddenly mentioned the bamboo flute, Shu Hong's eyes changed, but she still pursed her lips and said coldly, "Why do you have to involve others now?"
Upon hearing this, Dai Jiangkuang took a step forward, grabbed the prison door, and stared at her with a mad look in his eyes. "I have come all the way from an unknown guard to where I am today. I believe that ordinary men cannot match me. You are just a palace maid, but you always ignore me. How am I inferior to others?"
As he spoke, his eyes were filled with sinister intent. He suddenly lowered his voice and said in a somewhat vicious tone,
"You know, I could have taken advantage of this opportunity to marry you yesterday... The rice has been cooked, and even if you are unwilling, you have no choice but to marry me..."
These words made Shu Hong's face turn pale, and when she looked at Dai Jiangkuan, her expression was obviously filled with anger.
Dai Jiangkuang admired her expression which changed instantly and said to himself,
"But I didn't do that. Just like that day, I could have asked the emperor to marry you directly, but I approached you in advance because I was concerned about your feelings. Although I thought I was sincere to you, what about you? You hurt me again and again... You were so cruel to me..."
Because he was sure that Concubine Lang would die, according to his original plan, he would reappear in front of her after she lost her master.
If I take her body in advance, I will never get her heart and I will expose myself in advance.
So he held back, he wanted her to submit to him willingly, but he didn't expect that his consideration for her would put himself in his current situation.
"If I didn't pity you and didn't want you to suffer, how could the emperor easily find out about me?"
"You don't like me, would anyone else treat you the same way I do?! Would that man?!"
As Dai Jiangkuan spoke the latter part, his tone was full of sharpness and madness. Shu Hong felt that this man was really crazy, and she felt inexplicably nauseous in her heart because of his words.
She wanted to walk, but her feet were fixed in place, and she stood there stiffly, not knowing how to move.
Just as she was trembling and wanted to turn around and leave, a figure walked out of the prison quickly.
In the moment when Dai Jiangkuang and Shu Hong were unable to react, the man walked up to Shu Hong, took her hand, and led her out without saying a word.