Chapter 132: Fatal Letter
Judging from Xiao Jingheng's tone, he was really annoyed with Song Shicheng this time.
But Song Zhao felt that the whole incident today was strange and weird:
What kind of person is Xiao Jingheng? He is more suspicious and cunning than anyone else. How could such a person criticize Song Shicheng in front of her?
After all, he is her father. Isn't he afraid that she will tip off the enemy and alert them?
As his thoughts turned, Song Zhao quickly came to his senses.
Perhaps... Xiao Jingheng summoned her to serve in front of the emperor today, just to deliberately perform such a drama in front of her and see how she would react.
Song Zhao knew early on that she was as clean as a snowflake in winter in front of Xiao Jingheng. She was so pure and real.
In this world, anything that is excessive will always arouse suspicion, not to mention that she is facing the most suspicious person in the world?
So Xiao Jingheng's temptation of her would come sooner or later.
Song Zhao showed no guilt or fear at all. Instead, he felt that his test came at the right time.
In this way, she could take this opportunity to play a good role with him.
——Perform a good play that can wipe out the Song family!
Song Zhao stood beside Xiao Jingheng with her head bowed in silence, and her worry could be seen in her frown.
Xiao Jingheng waited for a long time, but Song Zhao did not ask him how he planned to deal with Song Shicheng.
She looked like she was worried about something, and her eyes were so dazed that it seemed as if she was out of her mind.
So he said, "Let's wait until your father returns to the capital. I will ask him in detail before making any plans. It is also possible that this matter was taught to him by Zhi Su Shi. If so, I can also give your father a break for your sake.
As for the Ge family... they neglected their duty in guarding the military rations, causing the granary to be burned down, which is already a serious crime! If he told your father this brainless method, and tried to remedy the mistake but caused a disaster, then there is no need to keep such a black sheep. "
Xiao Jingheng's words were just an introduction.
He was clearly telling Song Zhao,
If Song Shicheng said that all this was the Ge family's idea, then he would let Song Shicheng off.
If Song Zhao wanted to save Song Shicheng, he would definitely find a way to pass this news to Song Shicheng.
After Song Shicheng returns to Beijing, he will put all the blame on Lord Shi Ge, the governor of grain.
After hearing what he said, Song Zhao really took the bait.
She turned pale with horror and fiddled with her clothes with her hands in an unnatural manner.
Xiao Jingheng noticed her embarrassment and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Song Zhao said timidly: "Your Majesty, what you said is a matter of state. As a concubine, I cannot interfere in government affairs. After hearing what your Majesty said, I am really terrified..."
"Then you can go back to the palace and rest. I will come to see you later after I finish dealing with this matter."
"I'll take my leave."
Song Zhao retreated in a hurry without even observing proper etiquette.
The more she did this, the more Jamel Xiao would become suspicious of her.
So as soon as she left, Xiao Jingheng ordered Jiang Deshun:
"Send someone to keep an eye on Concubine Song and see if she will do anything stupid."
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After Song Zhao returned to the palace, he went into the small kitchen, contrary to his usual behavior, and started to get busy.
About half an hour later, she handed Xiao Fuzi a tray of pastries.
Xiao Fuzi took the cakes and went to the water room.
He handed the cakes and some silver to the servant in the water room, whispered a few words in his ear, and then left in a hurry.
He had only been gone for a while when Jiang Deshun and his men came to the washroom.
"Someone, take him down!"
The servant was pinned to the ground, so frightened that his soul almost flew away, his face turned pale and he begged for mercy:
"Eunuch Jiang, please spare my life! I, I don't know how I have offended you!"
Jiang Deshun glanced at him with his eyebrows lowered, and said in a pretentious tone: "Tell me the truth, what did the people from Yaohua Palace say to you just now?"
"Xiao Fuzi said...he said that Concubine Song's eldest sister's birthday is coming soon. Concubine Song made some cakes and asked me to help him deliver them when I go out of the palace to collect water."
Jiang Deshun picked up a tray of cakes on the small table and asked, "That's it?"
"My Lord, I dare not hide anything!"
"Today, just pretend you know nothing. If Concubine Song asks, just say the cakes have been sent out. If you dare to say a word, watch your tongue!"
After taking the pastries away, Jiang Deshun did not dare to delay and hurried back to Chaoyang Palace to present them to Xiao Jingheng.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Song went into the small kitchen and got busy after returning to the palace. She made this tray of cakes and said that her eldest sister's birthday was coming soon, so she asked the servants of the Water Department to deliver these cakes to her."
Xiao Jingheng opened the tray and crushed the cakes one by one.
In the third pastry, a rolled-up note was found...
He held the note in his hand, his face darkened for a moment, but he was reluctant to open it.
At this time, Song Zhao used this method to deliver a letter to the Song Mansion.
There is a 90% chance that her eldest sister got to know the news and informed Song Shicheng who was far away in Henan.
Xiao Jingheng hoped that he was just being suspicious.
But the evidence was right in front of him, forcing him to re-examine the woman who had once been the most genuine and pure woman in his eyes, without any scheming or calculation.
After a while, he finally unfolded the note and frowned as he read Song Zhaojuan's beautiful handwriting.
But to his surprise, the content of the note did not mention Song Shicheng at all, and was all written to her elder sister Song Yue:
[Eldest sister, quickly find a way to abort the fetus in your belly. You must not let anyone know that you and Ge Zhongqi are secretly in collusion and that you are pregnant with his child, otherwise your life will be in danger! ]
Xiao Jingheng let out a long sigh, feeling a little relieved for no reason.
He was glad that this note was not from Song Zhao to inform the outside world.
This also means that Song Zhao had no intention of interfering in state affairs, nor did he betray him.
Although Xiao Jingheng dispelled his doubts about Song Zhao,
But the content of the note made his anger towards the Song family increase instead of decreasing.
Song Yue is pregnant? And the baby is Zhi Sushi's eldest son, Ge Zhongqi's?
No wonder...
No wonder Song Shicheng stood up to protect the Ge family even though he knew that the burning of military rations was a matter of military importance!
At the beginning, Song Shicheng exempted his legitimate daughter Song Yue from entering the palace as a concubine on the grounds that Song Yue was infertile and would not be beneficial to the country's destiny, and replaced her with his concubine's daughter Song Zhao.
But if it is true as Song Zhao said in the note,
Even though Song Yue was clearly able to bear children, she deliberately used this matter as an excuse not to enter the palace, and even had an affair with someone else without a matchmaker?
This is clearly a crime of deceiving the emperor!
The laws of the Qi Dynasty were strict. Officials of the fourth rank and above in the court had to send their daughters of marriageable age to the palace for selection.
The emperor decided whether to keep the name card and take her into the harem, or give her to other princes and nobles.
If one is not selected, he can leave the palace and marry on his own.
The Song family's current actions clearly show that they do not take the laws of the Qi Dynasty seriously.
He even treated Xiao Jingheng, the king of a country, as a monkey and fooled him!
After learning the truth, Xiao Jingheng crushed the note in his hand and said angrily:
"Come here! Go to the Protectorate Duke's Mansion and the Ge family immediately, and bring the Protectorate Duke's legitimate daughter Song Yue and the Chief of Grain Administration's eldest son Ge Zhongqi into the palace!"
(Ps: It’s best to read these recent chapters word by word, haha, because the heroine is going to play a big game, and then successfully advance to the next level and get the title. I’m afraid you’ll miss a detail, woo woo woo, I’m really worried sick!)
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