"You didn't stop him," Zhong Zhiling looked at the panicked face coldly, leaning down. Facing the bloodshot eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Not only did you not stop him, but you also took the initiative to give Siyao to him! Didn't you mix that bowl of love potion yourself? Didn't you personally deliver it to Siyao?"
"How...how do you know? These things are...all top secret. You, you can't know! No, impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Xu Chengjin was like seeing a ghost, and he was busy letting go of Zhong Zhiling's skirt, holding his head with both hands. He kept muttering to himself, "No...impossible, no one knows. No, no one will know..."
"I trust my cousin. So before I left, I begged him again and again to take care of Siyao, just wait..." At this point, Zhong Zhiling took a deep breath. Then he continued. "Just wait for me to return triumphantly from Mobei. I will marry Siyao, cousin. What did you tell me at that time? You patted your chest and told me that I could leave Beijing without worry. You said that as long as you were with me, you would not distract me, and then..." Zhong Zhiling raised his head and looked at the dark beams. He clenched his fists tightly, and after a long while he continued, "Then as soon as I arrived in Mobei, I got the news that Siyao was getting married, and there was also your handwritten letter. You said... that Siyao was willing, that the previous emperor's death was sudden, and the new emperor ascended the throne hastily. The ancestral system of the Great Zhou Dynasty that all empresses were from the Xu family, so although Siyao had no choice, she still had to wear the wedding dress. As her brother, you were helpless. At that time, although I was heartbroken, I could also understand the difficulties of Siyao and you. After all, people like us have to face countless sacrifices and being sacrificed since we were born. As long as Siyao was willing, I would have nothing to say, but the next year, Siyao died."
At this point, Zhong Zhiling suddenly stopped. He slowly squatted down and looked at Xu Chengjin, who was still shaking with his head in his hands. He reached out and grabbed Xu Chengjin's messy hair and pulled it back hard, forcing Xu Chengjin to raise his head and look him in the face: "Cousin, tell me how Siyao died? Was it really like what you said in the letter, that she died of postpartum exhaustion?"
"Yes! Siyao died like that. I... I didn't lie to you! I didn't lie to you!" Xu Chengjin stared with bloodshot eyes and roared, "When Mingwei was born, I, I was waiting in the mansion. The good news that the queen had given birth to a prince just came, and I was just rejoicing. But just a cup of tea later, bad news came from the palace! It was said that Siyao died of postpartum exhaustion, and I rushed into the palace. My husband, my wife, also went into Jingren Palace to take a look at it, and said that... there was blood all over the floor..."
As he spoke, Xu Chengjin's eyes became wet. He took a few quick puffs of liquid and then tightly grasped Zhong Zhiling's arm: "Seventh Brother! I didn't kill Siyao! She... her time has come, it's time for her to go. No one wants to harm her. It's just that she is unlucky. She..."
Xu Chengjin couldn't say any more. Zhong Zhiling's hand was pinching his chin tightly, with more force than a pair of pliers. He felt a piercing pain in his chin, and then with a "click", his entire jaw was dislocated.
"You said she deserved to die?" Zhong Zhiling narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Chengjin, whose chin was about to droop. With fear in his eyes, Zhong Zhiling pinched the loose chin again, and kept pinching it hard until Xu Chengjin's mouth was full of blood, until Xu Chengjin's facial features were distorted in pain, and the sounds coming out of his mouth were not like human voices. He did not let go, and kept pinching, "Xu Chengjin, is it time for you to die now?"
Xu Chengjin clenched Zhong Zhiling's wrists tightly with both hands, trying to pull them apart. However, he was exhausted from days of torture and was unable to pull Zhong Zhiling apart. He stepped on the ground with both legs and was then stepped on by Meng Tan. The force was so great that Xu Chengjin heard the sound of bones breaking and screamed even more miserably.
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