Now that the matter was out, he had no more reservations.
"How are you going to deal with Zheng Qi?"
"We can't take his life." Shang Ruoyi sneered, "You can believe his words, but you can't believe them all. He has been an official in the court for decades and is very slippery. There must be some things he hasn't said. He has a close relationship with Shangnian. Now he is pushing everything onto Shangnian. Who knows, he might have a hand in this. Besides, we need evidence to expose Shangnian, and he is the best evidence."
"How do you make him surrender?" He Jingheng looked at her with a smile in his eyes. Little did he know that every time at this moment, her whole body seemed to be glowing, so beautiful that he couldn't take his eyes away.
"According to what he said, he has a grandson who he seems to value very much. Although I don't like to use children as bargaining chips, at this point, with so many people's deaths involved, I can't care too much." She took out a pill: "This medicine does not harm the body itself, but if it is driven by another drug, it can take a life in an instant. If I use this as a threat, he will have to cooperate." But she did not give him the pill. She looked at the pill in her palm, feeling very conflicted.
He Jingheng smiled and said, "What are you hesitating about? His grandson is two years older than you, and he bullies men and women in the capital, doing all kinds of evil. If you poison him to death, you will be getting rid of harm to the people."
Shang Ruoyi was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and handed the pill to him without hesitation: "If it's not enough, I have more here."
Looking at the smile on her face, He Jingheng couldn't help but laugh out loud. He rubbed her head, his eyes full of doting smile.
He held her in his arms and whispered, "Ruoyi, when everything is settled, how about we get married again?"
"Why?"
"I married you with that kind of feeling back then. I wronged you." He ran his hands through her inky hair: "Let's start over."
Shang Ruoyi put her arms around his waist and nodded gently.
A few days later, the secret guard sent by He Jingheng brought back the note that Zheng Qi mentioned. The content on it was shocking.
"He even calculated the time to reach Qijing Pass clearly." Xu Zimo looked at the last word on the note and murmured, "Don't leave any one behind."
"Oh."
"What a cruel heart." Xu Zimo said in a cold voice: "Ah Heng, what do you want to do?"
"Collaboration with the enemy and treason caused tens of thousands of soldiers to shed blood on the battlefield, framed loyal officials, took bribes and perverted the law, and formed a collusion between the inside and the outside." He Jingheng raised a bloodthirsty smile at the corner of his lips: "All of them, as long as they have something to do with this matter, I will not let any of them go, and I will use their blood to sacrifice the souls of all the soldiers in heaven."
Xu Zimo felt heavy in his heart, and suddenly thought of Shang Ruoyi. He looked down and said, "What about your wife?"
When he mentioned her, the expression on He Jingheng's face finally eased a little, and his voice became much softer: "She is her, and the Shang family is the Shang family, what does it matter?"
Just then, Shang Ruoyi walked in with a plate of snacks.
"Try it." Shang Ruoyi pinched a snack for He Jingheng, and then heard Xu Zimo laugh and said, "Prince's Consort, Ah Heng never eats these things. He didn't even touch the cakes in your shop before."
Shang Ruoyi looked at He Jingheng: "Don't you like to eat?" She suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She always thought that He Jingheng loved to eat. She cooked for him every day in the past few days, and he would eat it all.
He Jingheng swallowed the cake into his mouth with her hand, looked at her slightly red ears, chuckled and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, I like the cakes you make the most."
Xu Zimo felt like he was going blind.
Do you have nothing better to do than to be abused here?
The corners of his lips twitched slightly, and he took a big bite of the cake. The next moment, his eyes opened involuntarily.
"What, what is this?" He had never eaten such a sweet and delicious pastry.
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "This is called blessing."
"What?" What?
"Just tell me if it tastes good or not."
Before Xu Zimo could answer, He Jingheng said, "It's delicious. Everything my wife cooks is delicious."
Xu Zimo rolled his eyes and wished he could turn around and leave.
Never mind. With such delicious pastries to choose from, he would just have to endure it.
At this time, Yunqi walked in and whispered, "Prince, the news that Zheng 꺶그 was kidnapped by the snow bandits has been reported back to the capital. The ones sent this time are Xu Yuan and Xu 꺶그."
Xu Zimo hiccuped in shock: "They sent my uncle here?" He turned to look at He Jingheng: "Ah Heng, that's my uncle. My uncle has never offended your Dingguo Palace. He even risked offending the emperor and tried his best to defend your Dingguo Palace when everyone else kept silent. You can't throw him into the snow bandits' den!"
He Jingheng glanced at him, and seeing that he was about to speak, he took out a pastry, threw it casually, and threw it straight into his mouth.
"Shut up!"
Xu Zimo swallowed the cake and looked at him with dismay.
"I won't throw him in. You don't have to look at me like that. It's disgusting." He Jingheng finished speaking, and then he heard Xu Zimo say, "Can you give me another piece of your cake?"
The next moment, he was slapped out of the study by He Jingheng.
The secret guards in the yard looked at their noses, and their noses at their hearts, trying their best to hold back their laughter.
Listen less and watch less. You should not laugh at your master's affairs, unless you can't help it.
Yun Tian couldn't help but said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, why did you have to provoke our prince?"
"It's so annoying, so annoying." He brushed off the dust on his body and pouted, "It's just a piece of cake. What's wrong with giving it to me? Are you crazy because of poverty?"
Shang Ruoyi looked at He Jingheng and said with a smile: "What are you doing? The pastries are gone, I will make more."
When He Jingheng saw the smile on her lips, his originally restless heart gradually calmed down.
"Xu Yuan is Xu Zimo's uncle?"
He Jingheng nodded. Now he knew why the emperor agreed to let Xu Zimo come.
He knew clearly that Zheng Qi had a grudge against the Dingguo Palace, but he still sent him here, just to let him vent his anger and then test Xu Zimo. If he dealt with Zheng Qi and let Xu Zimo go, it would mean that he had some friendship with the Xu family, and then he would send Xu Yuan here. He was a little less angry at this time, but for the sake of the Xu family's face, he had to see Xu Yuan. Since he had brought the imperial edict, if he refused to see him, he would be disobeying the imperial order.
What a good plan! What a good plan!
He Jingheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a cold voice: "It seems that we have to redress the crime of treason before Xu Yuan arrives here."
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