Chapter 342: Walking into a Trap
The silver moonlight shone through the lattice of the diamond-shaped window onto Song Zhao's face.
Her flawless skin, as white as snow, glowed with a cold light, just like her cold expression at the moment.
The place was quiet now. Song Zhao took a silver carrying pole, picked up a handful of golden Buddha incense, and threw it into the incense burner to burn.
The smell wafted out faintly, exactly the same as the one he had smelled in the Empress Dowager's Palace before.
Song Zhao's breath gradually slowed down, and he quietly asked Yunshan,
"I have never asked you what happened after I fainted after eating the food the emperor gave me that day."
Yunshan explained in detail, "After the young lady fell asleep that day, the emperor came with Doctor Zhang not long after. He saw Doctor Zhang acupuncture the young lady's head with his own eyes. After the procedure was completed, he asked me to announce to the public that the young lady had accidentally slipped and hit the back of her head at night, which was why she had been unconscious.
The Emperor used this as an excuse to take the young lady out of the cold palace and immediately conferred you the title of Imperial Concubine. Two days ago, I met Tong Jie'er, and she said that since the young lady woke up with amnesia, the Emperor issued an imperial decree in the palace, forbidding anyone to mention the young lady's past unpleasant experiences in the palace, otherwise they would be severely punished. "
Song Zhao sneered after hearing this, "He really has deep feelings for me."
In fact, the whole thing, from the moment Cai Jie lost her memory in Ning Wanshuang's palace, Xiao Jingheng had already walked into a trap tailor-made for him by Song Zhao.
First, when Xiao Jingheng went to visit Ning Wanshuang, Cai Jie suddenly rushed out and bumped into them.
Then he used Ning Wanshuang to explain to Xiao Jingheng that Cai Jie fell and hit the back of his head and had no memory of what happened before.
This will first plant a shadow in Xiao Jingheng's heart.
With his thoughtful nature, he would surely think that if Song Zhao also lost his memory like Cai Jie, he would be able to erase all the unpleasantness between them and reconcile.
But falling on the back of the head can be a big deal or a small deal.
Xiao Jingheng was thinking of Song Zhao's fairy-like appearance and her gentle temperament in the past.
Xiao Jingheng would not want to do that if he failed to control the extent of the injury and instead caused Song Zhao to lose his memory, her life would be in danger.
When Ning Wanshuang's birthday comes on May 1st, Xiao Jingheng will definitely go to accompany her.
Song Zhao sent a message to Ning Wanshuang through Qin Tai, asking Ning Wanshuang to arrange for Cheng Huan to recite in the courtyard at a certain time in the morning.
When Xiao Jingheng heard about it, he would definitely summon Cheng Huan.
The father and son exchanged only a few words before it was Cai Jie's turn to appear on stage again. He took Cheng Huan away as usual.
At that time, Xiao Jingheng would definitely have doubts, and as long as he opened his mouth to ask, Ning Wanshuang would take the opportunity to tell him that it was Doctor Zhang who had cured Cai Jie's amnesia with acupuncture.
The rest of the matter would just have to wait for Xiao Jingheng to personally summon Imperial Physician Zhang.
Xiao Jingheng was the initiator throughout the whole process, so he naturally did not suspect anyone else.
As for the fact that Cheng Yu was buried alive, Yun Shan was the only one who knew about it, besides Xiao Jing Heng, Prince An and Concubine Hui.
Before the game was completed that day, Song Zhao told Yunshan that Xiao Jingheng would not take her life.
Yunshan believed in Song Zhao's plan, but he still had some doubts in his heart, so he asked about it now.
"By now, everyone in the palace knows that the young lady has amnesia, and there is no grudge between the young lady and the emperor anymore. But there is still one thing I don't understand. Why were you so sure that the emperor would not kill me to silence me?"
Song Zhao smiled calmly and said word by word: "Because he still wants to save face."
She took a moment to relax, and took off her cool and gorgeous armor one by one, "He wants the people in the harem to believe that it was my own accident when I fell, and not that he did anything to me.
So you have to stay alive. If you get into trouble when I get into trouble, then people will inevitably speculate that my amnesia was his idea. Let me ask you, how did he tell you to keep it secret from me? "
Yunshan said: "Just tell me not to mention my past life to the young lady, so as not to make her sad."
Song Zhao's smile became brighter and brighter, "Yes, he is not even a threat to you. That's because we both know it well. If you tell me the truth, you will die, and you will also ruin my future.
The emperor knows that you are my maidservant, and he always thinks of me. If you hide this from Chengyu, we can enjoy endless wealth and glory for the rest of our lives. In this case, as a loyal servant, as you have stayed with me in the cold palace for three years, how could you bear to watch me suffer for the rest of my life? Tell me the truth?"
Yunshan chewed over Song Zhao's words over and over again, and after a while, he said with a happy look on his face:
"Miss, you really understand the emperor's character."
"Hehe?" Song Zhao laughed coldly, and said in a slightly chilly tone:
"He is such an arrogant, suspicious and sensitive person. Why does he need others to speculate? Besides, even if my speculation is wrong and he really wants to kill you, I have my own way to protect you."
"What?" Yunshan asked curiously.
Song raised his eyebrows and looked at her. "That day, he and Doctor Zhang were giving me acupuncture in the room, and you were waiting outside. At that time, Doctor Zhang asked him if he wanted to kill you quietly.
If he had agreed at that time, then Doctor Zhang would have given you a drug that would make you appear dead, and on the pretext that you had died suddenly of a serious illness, he would have wrapped you up in a straw mat and sent you out of the palace and thrown you into a mass grave. Once you leave the palace, my brother's people would have come to pick you up."
Yunshan's heart suddenly warmed when he heard this, his eyes trembled, and he bowed deeply to Song Zhao.
"I am just a servant. How could I be so lucky as to have such consideration from the young lady..."
Song Zhao helped her up, held her hand, and said softly:
"In fact, I would rather the emperor let Doctor Zhang finish you off right then. That way, you can leave the palace and won't have to stay with me, trapped in this dangerous place."
Yun Shan Guan couldn't bear to hear these words.
Therefore, before Song Zhao finished speaking, her eyes were red, she bit her lip and shook her head.
"I am not going anywhere. I will always stay with you, young lady."
"Don't cry." Song Zhao smiled and wiped away the tears from her eyes. "Now that we have come out of the cold palace, we should let others suffer and shed tears. Do you understand?"
Yunshan raised her sleeve to wipe her wet eyes, then nodded firmly.
"I understand!"
As he was talking, a colorful butterfly flew in from the diamond-shaped window and landed on a pot of gardenias on the small table.
Song Zhao stared at the fluttering butterflies, and suddenly an idea occurred to him. He then told Yunshan:
"In the summer, the imperial garden is full of flowers, attracting butterflies seeking their fragrance. I think this little fellow is pretty. You and Xiao Fuzi can bring some people to help me catch more in the next two days."
His tone became more serious as he spoke, "Remember to bring more people with you. The bigger the noise, the better."
Yunshan was puzzled when he heard this.
My daughter obviously doesn't like butterflies. She thinks the powder falling from the butterflies makes people feel uncomfortable.
Why do we have to catch so many butterflies now?
But she didn't ask, she just agreed.
"I understand. The Emperor asked you to go to Concubine Chen's palace tomorrow, saying that you have almost recovered and it's time to get to know the concubines in the six palaces again. It's late now, why don't you go to bed early, young lady?"
Song Zhao agreed with a smile, but his eyes were fierce, and he said jokingly:
"Yes, it's time to meet those beautiful women. It's time to settle the right and wrong and the grudges over the years."
【three】
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