Chapter 391: Become a Chess Pawn
On the other side, Shang Yang had been taken out of the torture chamber by Jiang Deshun.
The Anbu people didn't use any extreme torture on her. Even if she was injured, it was only in the dark where it couldn't be seen.
But the clothes she was wearing were too old and were covered in blood stains, and there was an unpleasant smell coming from them from time to time.
Next to the darkroom is the water dungeon, and the environment is extremely humid.
Shangyang hadn't seen the sun for a long time. Now standing under the sun, he still had the mind to stretch lazily and breathe in the fresh air greedily.
Hearing the urging of the guards behind her, she finally said to Jiang Deshun:
"Eunuch Jiang, please allow me to go back to the palace and change my clothes. This may be the last time I see the emperor."
When Xiao Jingheng was in the palace, Jiang Deshun served him.
He was the first person in the palace to know Shang Yang.
Seventeen years ago, after Xiao Jingheng accidentally injured Shang Yang in the paddock and rescued her and brought her back home, Jiang Deshun helped her arrange many of her daily affairs.
Now Jiang Deshun also knew that Shangyang would not live long, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"Your Highness...why are you doing this? If you had told the Emperor about Zhu Yin earlier, the Emperor would have allowed you to live because of the friendship he has had with you for so many years."
Shang Yang Qingqian shook his head, and didn't know what he thought of while closing his eyes. He pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled gently.
This was her last request as her master, and Jiang Deshun agreed out of pity.
After bringing Shang Yang back to the palace, he saw Shang Yang picked out a plain brocade shirt.
The shirt was plain and had no embroidery, except for a blood-red coral embroidered on the inside of the turned-in cuffs.
Jiang Deshun recognized it at a glance. "This is the dress that the emperor ordered me to buy for you when he rescued you and brought you back to the palace. Have you... kept it all this time?"
Shang Yang smiled bitterly silently, and with his hands tucked into his sleeves, he secretly stroked the red coral that she later embroidered on his sleeves, and said lightly:
"Let's go."
When Shang Yang stepped into the main hall of Chaoyang Palace, Xiao Jingheng was sitting in the first seat, looking at her with cold eyes.
She looked at him calmly, raised a bright smile, and greeted him.
"Your humble servant Shang greets His Majesty."
These words came out of her mouth lightly, but they sounded like thunder to Xiao Jingheng's ears.
He suppressed his anger, raised his hand to dismiss the people around him, leaving Shang Yang alone.
The palace servants closed the heavy palace door tightly. With a muffled sound, the chirping of insects and birds and the sound of wind blowing through the leaves outside the courtyard instantly stopped.
The palace was extremely quiet.
It was as quiet as the countless lonely and cold nights Shangyang had spent in this deep palace.
It seemed as if even the air she breathed in was cold enough to freeze into frost, stinging her lungs.
Xiao Jingheng asked her coldly,
"When I was young, I was hunting in the enclosure and shot an arrow through your right arm. I couldn't bear to take you back to the palace for treatment. From that time on, you have begun to plot against me. Isn't that right?"
Hearing this, Shang Yang continued to smile and nodded calmly.
"I have to thank the emperor for saving me. Otherwise, I would have died in the enclosure outside Beijing seventeen years ago."
Seeing her so fearless, Xiao Jingheng's heart began to twitch uncontrollably.
Of course, he is ruthless to Shangyang now.
But he couldn't deny that when he and Shang Yang first met, the girl was just over thirteen years old, more beautiful than a flower.
There was a shimmering light in those cat-like docile eyes, as if they could speak.
Although her appearance is slightly inferior to Zhao Hua, she is still cute, innocent and naive.
Xiao Jingheng had to admit that his first love in this life began with Shangyang.
He thought he had spent a wonderful time with Shang Yang.
But as time goes by, as the years pass by, new and outstanding people emerge.
His love for Shang Yang gradually faded away without him noticing.
Recalling the past, Xiao Jingheng's face suddenly turned as cold as a glacier, and there was a hint of burning anger between his frowning brows.
"You have been lurking beside me for so long, all this time, just to seize my throne?"
"What else?" Shang Yang shrugged slightly and reached out his hand, as if he had heard some great joke, his laughter was as loud as a silver bell.
"Your Majesty, do you think there is anything you are greedy for? Is it your cold-blooded nature or your suspicion? Tsk tsk..."
She spoke in a very joking tone, shaking her head as she spoke: "Why, Your Majesty, did you only realize it today? Haha, if it weren't for Prince Qi's cowardice, who couldn't stand the torture and confessed the matter, your throne would have been in the Emperor's pocket. Do you think you are smart? Humph, you are just lucky."
Her sarcastic words made Xiao Jingheng furious.
He stared at Shang Yang, a hint of cruelty flashing in his eyes.
"I don't have time to listen to your sarcasm. What have you done? What is Zhu Yin planning? Confess everything. Maybe I will let you have an intact body."
"What did you do?" Shang Yang bit his red lips with his snow-white teeth, holding his chin and pretending to think:
"You really stumped me when you asked me that. What have I done? Hiss..."
She strolled leisurely in the hall, completely ignoring the rules that she had grown tired of following over the years.
After a while, she suddenly stopped, snapped her fingers at Xiao Jingheng, and said:
"Oh, I remember now. When Concubine Shu was pregnant, I had a few small talk with Empress Jiarui. I mentioned to her that my father favored sons over daughters and had always been unwilling to give birth to a daughter.
My mother was four months pregnant at the time. When she found out that I was a girl, she bribed the doctor to lie to my father that I was a boy, so she gave birth to me safely. Empress Jiarui was smart. When she heard this, she immediately thought of a good way to deal with Concubine Shu. She asked the imperial physician to tell Concubine Shu that the baby in her belly would not survive, forcing Concubine Shu to abort herself.
The more she spoke, the more proud she became. She even rubbed her hands together with excitement.
"And Concubine Xiao, it was me who asked Concubine Xiao to eat more fish, shrimp, crab and other fishy things during her pregnancy, which aggravated the symptoms of the shingles of the royal heir in her belly, so that she gave birth to a snake fetus safely for you~ You are a fool in the harem, except Song Zhao, who else can give birth to a royal heir safely under my nose? Hehe~"
"Bitch!" Xiao Jingheng picked up the inkstone beside him and smashed it towards Shang Yang. The veins on his forehead bulged, and he pointed at Shang Yang and shouted angrily: "The child is innocent, but in order to achieve your goal, you actually did not hesitate to..."
"Hahahahaha~" Shang Yang interrupted Xiao Jingheng's words with an almost crazy laugh, "The child is innocent? It's really ironic to hear this sentence coming from your mouth. Have you forgotten how Cheng Yu was buried alive by you that day? I might as well tell you the truth, Tan Yuezhi is also my man, he advised you to bury your son, and you really buried him, you really listened to me~Hahahaha~"
Xiao Jingheng was exposed to the scar on his face, and he immediately became furious.
"How outrageous!"
Shang Yang just looked at him with disdain, raised his eyebrows slightly and said:
"Xiao Jingheng, you have always thought that I was a chess piece you planted in the harem. Now do you know how to distinguish? Between you and me, who is the chess piece and who is the chess master?"
After that, he went to the dragon throne and shouted:
"Your scheming is even worse than that of a woman like me. Can you keep your seat as the ruler of the world?"
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