Chapter 398 Coral in the Palm 1
Shang Yang did not stand up.
He just moved his body very stiffly towards the inside of the warm seat, made some room, and said to Zhaohua indifferently:
"Sit down. Life and death are just a matter of a moment, so there is no need to rush."
Zhao Hua said nothing, but walked slowly towards the warm seat.
Xiao Fuzi hurriedly blocked her way, shook her head and whispered, "Your Highness, please don't..."
"No problem."
Zhao Hua gently patted Xiao Fuzi's shoulder and motioned him to step aside and guard.
As soon as she sat down next to Shang Yang, a faint smell of blood immediately hit her nostrils.
The taste was mixed with a hint of sourness, which was unbearable.
However, Zhaohua did not raise his silk to cover his nose, but his eyes fell on Shangyang, wandering around him inch by inch.
Shang Yang had been trapped in the water dungeon for so long that his skin had become wrinkled.
Even though he had changed into new clothes, the wounds from the beatings by the executioners still left bloody marks on the new clothes.
She looked depressed and sad, like a withered flower.
Thinking back to five years ago, when Zhaohua first met Shangyang,
Willow-shaped eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, small nose and small mouth, pink peach cheeks, silk and satin and tourmaline jewels on her body are priceless.
It makes her look naturally noble and pure.
But looking at the person in front of me now, it is extremely difficult to associate her with the Mingmei in my memory.
Zhaohua felt deeply moved and remained silent for a long time.
Shang Yang, however, saw the compassion in her eyes and said with a joking smile:
"The way you look at me now is exactly the same as the way I looked at you when I was sent to the cold palace. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. This is not only the law of survival for men, but also for women. So you don't have to pity me. Tell me, how does Xiao Jingheng plan to sentence me to death?"
The word "death" came out of her mouth lightly.
It seems like a liberation.
Zhao Hua asked calmly, "You have been fighting in the palace for so long, and what you have gained is death?"
Shang Yang glanced at her with contempt, then turned away and said with a sad smile:
"If I had a choice, why would I be willing to fight and rob, and get my hands stained with blood?"
She stiffened her neck and raised her head, staring blankly at the last glimmer of sunset outside the window, and sighed:
"My mother is the head of the Zhuyin Baicao Hall. She is kind-hearted and generous, and the people of Zhuyin respect her as a living Bodhisattva. I have been without a father since I was young. It was my mother who raised me and taught me the principles of life.
My mother has so many good words that my ears are calloused from listening to her. She often said, "Yang'er, as a human being, you must always remember to be kind and not commit murder. If you accumulate a lot of good fortune, even if others don't know, God will always see it and will always reward you well."
When I was young, I followed my mother in worshipping Buddha and eating vegetarian food, and I was very pious. I was also a little girl who would cry when I saw a rabbit being shot... "
Shang Yang said this while laughing at himself.
Watching the sunset from afar, the dark night gradually swallowed up the last fiery colors in the sky.
Just like her, the background color was originally bright, but it was swallowed up and infected inch by inch, turning into an indistinct black.
"But what about now?"
She looked down at her hands that had been soaked in ice water and clamped, and turned white and swollen, and smiled sadly.
"I don't even know when I became numb to killing people. But I don't think I did anything wrong. Where there are people, there will be struggle.
The women in this palace all have their own plans. For their own honor and for the glory of their mother's family, who doesn't fight and compete? My thoughts are the same as theirs, and no one is much cleaner than the other."
As she spoke, she suddenly straightened her expression, turned back and glared at Zhao Hua, and asked, "Aren't you?"
Zhaohua did not answer this.
She stroked her temples gently and looked at Shang Yang with a faint smile.
As it was getting dark, she could hardly see Shang Yang's expression clearly even though they were sitting opposite each other.
He picked up the tinder on the table, lit it, and then lit a candle that was about to burn out.
The flickering candlelight highlighted Zhaohua's extraordinary elegance.
Shang Yang stared at her intently.
As a woman herself, when Shang Yang saw Zhao Hua for the first time, she already knew that this incredibly beautiful woman would become her strongest enemy in the future.
A slightly ferocious smile appeared on Shang Yang's skinny and sunken face.
"Song Zhao, you hate me, don't you? If it weren't for me, your son wouldn't have died, and your future would have been much easier than it is now."
Zhao Hua still didn't answer. Instead, he took a silver carrying pole and leisurely fiddled with the candle wick that was emitting sparks.
But Xiao Fuzi said solemnly from the side,
"The Second Prince is blessed by the royal family, how could he be harmed by your evil scheme? The Emperor saw through your ambitions long ago, and the Second Prince was not buried in the Imperial Mausoleum, but was handed over by the Emperor to his trusted followers in Hengzhou to raise. Now that your actions with Prince Qi have been exposed, you can no longer pose a threat to the Second Prince. The Emperor has already brought the Second Prince back to the palace a few days ago, so everything is safe and sound."
"All right?"
Shang Yang's eyes widened, his breathing suddenly became rapid, and even his chest rose and fell violently.
"What did you say? You said it was Xiao Jingheng who saved him? Hahahaha~"
Her sudden laughter was as mournful as an owl's at night, no longer as crisp as a silver bell, and it made people feel terrified.
"Is it possible? He would rather kill a hundred people by mistake than let one go. If he had known my identity earlier, would I still be alive today? Song Zhao, do you believe such nonsense?"
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