Chapter 313: Nirvana 4
The light in the temple seemed to become extremely dim.
The lights were still on, but Song Zhao could no longer see the road ahead.
The lingering wisps of lavender smoke from the Boshan stove lingered in front of her eyes, as if a thin veil was separating her and Xiao Jingheng.
As thin as a cicada's wing, yet it has a distance of a thousand miles.
The temperature of the hot water bottle in his hand gradually cooled down, just like Song Zhao's heart at the moment.
Xiao Jingheng was her first man, and the only man who had been with her day and night for the past two years.
Although Song Zhao was sober and well aware of the emperor's ruthlessness, he also understood what he wanted.
But she is a woman after all.
After all, there was a moment when I fell in love with Xiao Jingheng and gave him some sincerity.
Now you are making mistakes at every step, but you still say that you were confused at that time. It is really ridiculous.
Song Zhao slowly raised his eyes and looked directly at Xiao Jingheng, holding his breath and saying:
"Your Majesty, what do you think I am plotting against you? Your kingdom? Your throne? I don't even know the whereabouts of my own child. If I really had such a good plot, how could I let myself fall into such a state of destitution?"
Xiao Jingheng's eyes were not evasive, but they were full of alienation.
He loves his world so much that no matter who tries to get involved, even if there is doubt, he will quickly cool his heart, give up his small love, and protect the overall situation.
At this moment, Xiao Jingheng looked at Song Zhao for a long time, as if he was deeply hurt. His black eyelashes trembled, as if he was trying hard to endure something.
After a long while, I heard him utter a sentence in a cold voice,
"Now the evidence is irrefutable. There is nothing more to say between you and me."
Yeah, there's nothing much to say.
The evidence in this case is solid, and even Song Zhao's motive for doing this was arranged reasonably by the person behind the scenes.
Song Zhao knew very well that the crime of regicide was imposed on her, and now she was powerless to refute it.
Just like she had calculated others countless times before,
All roads were blocked, leaving only one dead end, waiting for the prey to dive in.
Once in the palace, everyone is fighting and arguing.
If you are not as skilled as others, you must submit and accept punishment. This is a truth that Song Zhao has always understood.
But now when she thought of Cheng Yu, Song Zhao felt as if a handful of ice and snow was pouring down on her face, so cold that even her heart was frozen into a block...
Xiao Jingheng's attitude was already very clear.
The concubines have always regarded Song Zhao as a thorn in their eyes. Now that they have this opportunity, they will definitely turn against him.
Concubine Yun glanced at Song Zhao, her long eyebrows slightly raised.
"This bitch's actions are unheard of! Your Majesty, Concubine Yi is very ambitious. Keeping her will only bring disaster in the future!"
She knelt first, her voice as solemn as a bell,
"I ask the emperor to order the execution of Concubine Yi to rectify the situation in the palace!"
Yun Fei's words seemed to light a fire.
Concubine Yao quickly knelt down, not caring about the relationship she had with Song Zhao.
"Your Majesty, please kill this evil woman and restore order to the court!"
Then, Ru Changzai, He Changzai, Li Changzai, Kang Da Ying...
They knelt one after another, as if they had some deep hatred with Song Zhao, and expressed their feelings word by word, hoping that Xiao Jingheng would skin Song Zhao alive in front of them right away.
Later, even Concubine Ying knelt down as well, but she just lowered her head and said nothing.
At this time of "everyone united", except for Huipin who was frightened and cried,
Even Wanshuang and Rongyue, who were standing alone, seemed particularly out of place.
Song Zhao and Rong Yue looked at each other and saw that her eyes were red with anxiety and she could hardly hold back.
Song Zhao was afraid that she had made the wrong decision, so he went to Xiao Jingheng to plead for her.
After all, if her path could only go this far, it would be bad to involve Rong Yue, otherwise her newborn daughter would be even more hopeless.
Song Zhao lowered his brows and signaled Rong Yue with his eyes not to act rashly.
But when it came to a matter of life and death, how could Rong Yue care about so many things?
She hurriedly took two steps forward and knelt right in front of Xiao Jingheng.
"Your Majesty! I thought that Concubine Yi..."
"I want to see who dares!"
Fortunately, the Queen Mother's angry shout suddenly came from outside the door, which stopped Rong Yue's confusion.
——“The Queen Mother has arrived!”
The palace servant's announcement had barely finished when the empress dowager strode into the inner hall.
She has not recovered from her illness and her complexion still does not look good.
But it didn't affect her domineering attitude at all.
The concubine turned to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, and Xiao Jingheng also bowed and said calmly:
"My son pays respects to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother glanced at Song Zhao, then raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Jingheng, and said firmly:
"Song is the prince's biological mother. If the emperor kills her, how will the prince deal with himself in the future?"
She paused for a moment, then added with a hint of meaning,
"Or does the Emperor think that there is no chance that the Crown Prince will be able to return to the capital safely?"
Xiao Jingheng was slightly startled, and said with an unhappy look on his face:
"The Song family is plotting to take the throne and assassinate me. I can't just pretend that this never happened."
At this time, Ning Wanshuang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up:
"Your Majesty, I don't think it's the right time to kill Song yet. Your Majesty, please think carefully. This matter involves so many relationships inside and outside. How could Song be able to do it alone? If not, I'm afraid there are people behind her who are instructing her. If Your Majesty kills her now, this matter will be completely cut off here."
Concubine Yun said, "Why not take her to the Ministry of Punishment and torture her severely? She will eventually reveal something under severe torture."
"Yun Fei is thinking too shallowly." Ying Fei interrupted Yun Fei's words and shook her head, saying, "What can we get out of her by taking her to the Ministry of Punishment? Song Shi committed a capital crime punishable by the extermination of all nine clans. She will die anyway. Even if she is sent to the Ministry of Punishment, she will not confess."
Rong Yue, who was already kneeling in front of Xiao Jingheng, followed Ning Wanshuang and Ying Fei's words and quickly changed the subject:
"Your Majesty, what the Imperial Concubine said is exactly what I was worried about. And what the Imperial Concubine Ying said is also reasonable. If there is really someone behind Concubine Yi, then the Ministry of Punishment will not be able to find out anything.
I think that no matter how hard-mouthed or heartless a woman is, she cannot bear to see her own flesh and blood suffer. Now that Concubine Yi has just given birth to the third princess, why don’t you use the third princess as a guide, and perhaps force her to reveal the person behind the scenes?”
Song Zhao secretly knew that Wanshuang and Rongyue were trying to find a way for her to survive.
She understood and acted extremely sad and terrified, "No! You can't touch my daughter!"
She grabbed Xiao Jingheng's sleeve and begged bitterly: "Your Majesty! That's your biological daughter! She was just born, how could you bear to let her go..."
Before he could finish his words, the pair of hands that had been held in Xiao Jingheng's palms countless times were now ruthlessly brushed away.
Ning Wanshuang rolled her eyes at Song Zhao and sneered, "It seems that Song is very worried about her own child. Your Majesty, why don't you send the third princess to me to raise her? As for Song..."
She looked Song Zhao up and down, and said solemnly, "Send her to the cold palace immediately, let her figure it out herself, and see if she wants to explain the matter clearly. If she still refuses to speak, then the third princess will be considered my concubine's daughter in the future. There are many marriages in Qi Dynasty, and when foreign countries ask for marriage in the future, the emperor won't have to worry about which princess to send off in style."
[Fourth update]
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