Chapter 251 Shao Zhi's Secret
“I, I…”
Xiao Yu stopped torturing Shao Zhi, and she took a breath, with many thoughts flashing through her mind.
No, she couldn't tell them what they wanted to know most. Once she told them, her existence would be meaningless to them and they would kill her.
But she couldn't just say nothing, or Xiao Yu would torture her.
Why, why is this man not hers, but standing against her! How refreshing it would be if he punished Xu Chuchu for her...
"She is making medicine." Shao Zhi said suddenly.
"What?" Xiao Yu frowned.
"She, Chen Zhaozhi's mother, is making elixirs for the emperor." Shao Zhi repeated.
Xu Chuchu also walked out and glanced at the red fox outside the door. Generally, the temperature of fox fire far exceeded that of ordinary flames, making it suitable for alchemy. If there was three kinds of true fire, it would be even more effective.
But... why does it feel like something is wrong?
Shouldn't imprisoning the fox demon restrict her cultivation, just like Xiao Yu once restricted her?
If she were released directly, even the Grand Master would not be able to guarantee that she would not be able to escape.
"Where did you hear this news?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Yes... I accidentally overheard it in the palace one time." Shao Zhi lowered her head.
"Tell me more details, don't be vague!" Xiao Yu interrogated Shao Zhi as if he were questioning a suspect. "Where, when, and who did you hear it from?"
After saying that, he mobilized the spiritual insects in Shao Zhi's body, causing her to twitch in pain for a while.
"I said, I said, don't!" Shao Zhi begged for mercy, "Yes, it was more than a year ago. I went to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother and accidentally overheard the Emperor and the Queen Mother talking. The Emperor gave the Queen Mother some pills, saying that they could prolong life. They were made by Concubine Hu. Concubine Hu is Chen Zhaozhi's mother."
The Queen Mother is like a brick, and can be moved wherever she is needed.
"What else?" Xiao Yu continued to ask, "Did the Queen Mother eat? What else did they say? Where is Concubine Hu refining the elixir?"
"Hmm..." Shao Zhi pretended to recall, "The Queen Mother accepted it. I don't know if she ate it or not. She didn't say anything else, nor did she say where she was refining the elixir."
"You're lying!" Xiao Yu suddenly stood up. "Just now you were planning to use the information about Concubine Hu's whereabouts to exchange for Chu Chu's whereabouts, but now you don't know?"
Shao Zhi hurriedly said, "I, I only know that she is refining pills. There are only a few places in the capital that can make pills. I think I can find her by searching them one by one."
However, this statement obviously failed to convince Xiao Yu.
Seeing him narrow his eyes, Shao Zhi suddenly felt a chill in her heart, and suddenly a piercing pain came over her abdomen, as if something inside was trying to break through her flesh and blood belly.
Only then did she realize that the punishment just now was just an appetizer, and the real pain was now coming!
"Tell me everything, or I'll count down to one and it'll come out with your intestines in its mouth." Xiao Yu said coldly, "Five, four..."
Shao Mingjie couldn't help himself and fell to the ground with his chair, begging, "Brother Xiao, she knows she's wrong. She really knows she's wrong! You can do whatever you want, just spare her life, Brother Xiao! We grew up together, this is our bond!"
But everyone knows who was the first to destroy the relationship that they grew up in.
“…Two, one.”
"At the bottom of the lake, at the bottom of the lake! She's at the bottom of the lake!" Shao Zhi screamed. "And, and the throne will be passed on to Xiao Yu... That's it, that's it! Really!"
The pain slowly stopped and she fell to the ground, covered in sweat.
"At the bottom of which lake, what does it mean to pass the throne to Xiao Yu?" Xiao Yu asked.
"I don't know, I really don't know..." Shao Zhi sobbed, "The Queen Mother asked where she practiced. She had never seen Concubine Hu, and the Emperor said she practiced at the bottom of the lake. Later, when it came to the crown prince, the Emperor said that neither the Crown Prince nor the Second Prince met the requirements, only Xiao Yu did. The Queen Mother disagreed, but the Emperor insisted."
Xu Chuchu, who was standing by, suddenly understood that Shao Zhi had overheard in the palace that the emperor was going to pass the throne to Xiao Yu, so she tried every means to get closer to him and marry him so that she could rise to the top.
But why did the emperor pass the throne to Xiao Yu? Two years ago, his illness showed no signs of improvement.
Why did she not even allow him to use the royal surname because she disliked his illness, but later she was willing to give him the throne?
Xia Wanqing also said: "No wonder the emperor repeatedly issued decrees to get me and Xiao Yu married. He wanted to support his status."
On the other side, Shao Mingjie finally broke free from the restraints, rushed to his sister, pulled away her hands that were covering her abdomen, and found that it was covered with blood.
"Bugs, bugs...snakes..." Shao Zhi's eyes were distracted and she kept muttering.
Shao Mingjie picked up Shao Zhi and looked at Xiao Yu pleadingly. Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, he turned around and ran towards the door.
He had known long ago that Shao Zhi's feelings for Xiao Yu were not genuine, but she wanted to rely on him to get ahead, but he never stopped her.
What's the point of growing up together and having no feelings for each other? All this is the retribution for them being siblings.
People really shouldn't be greedy and jealous.
"Hey, you're just going to let her get away like that?" Xia Wanqing said dissatisfiedly, "This woman is still so wicked. If she gets the chance, she'll plot to harm you again!"
Xiao Yu shook her head: "She has no chance."
He had just used his Yin-Yang eyes to look at Shao Zhi's soul, and it was already showing signs of disintegration. Even if she didn't die after returning, she would go insane.
For such people, it makes no difference whether to kill them or not.
"Let's sort out the existing clues." Xu Chuchu didn't take Shao Zhi seriously at all. She only focused on handling the business and wanted to exchange Master and the others as soon as possible. "The water provided by Chen Zhaozhi matches the lake bottom that Shao Zhi mentioned. This matter may be related to Xiao Yu."
"Yeah." Xiao Yu responded without saying much. He didn't expect to be suddenly implicated.
But if you think about it carefully, the emperor has indeed favored him in the past two years. Sometimes he advised him to change his surname, and sometimes he asked him to marry into the Ministry of War. There are really signs that he will pass the throne to him.
Could it be that the emperor had long anticipated that his illness would be cured? Even if that were the case, the crown prince, who had been immersed in the court for many years, would be more suitable.
He has not attended court for three days in the past two years, and when he did go, he would just report for work and leave. If he is not so sad, if he really wants to be the emperor, half of the court will probably not obey him.
"If it's a lake, it's most likely Silver Moon Lake," Xia Wanqing analyzed. "It's right next to the palace and under its jurisdiction. No outsiders will get in, making it easier for them to control it."
"What are you waiting for? Let's go. We'll know whether it's a donkey or a horse by just looking at it." Xu Chuchu said.
Xiao Yu also stood up.
"I'll go with you!" Xia Wanqing grabbed the sword hanging on the wall and was about to rush forward.
"You can't go." Xiao Yu said concisely.
"Why?" Xia Wanqing asked, "Do you want to spend some time together?"
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