"You have made a grave mistake today, and the Sixth Prince has killed someone. You will never see each other again in this lifetime."
"I advise you to be on your way."
"As for the Sixth Prince, he is still a prince, His Majesty's biological son. Even if he killed someone, he is a fool, and His Majesty would not be so cruel as to execute him."
"At least you can save your life, right?"
"As for you, whether it's the white silk or the poisoned wine, you should quickly choose one and go on your journey."
"Please don't make things difficult for us servants. If you let us do it ourselves, you won't be able to leave in a dignified manner."
The eunuch's cold voice sounded like a death curse to Concubine De.
She was trembling with fear uncontrollably.
"No... I am the daughter of the Zhuang family, and my father is a fourth-rank minister—"
"I can't die, I won't die—"
There was annoyance in the eunuch's eyes.
Just as she was about to wave her hand to signal the eunuchs behind her to come forward and kill her cruelly, several stones suddenly attacked them from behind.
The fathers-in-law fell to the ground.
Li Qingluo stepped forward and kicked them. After she found that they were all unconscious, Duan Rongshi came out from behind her.
He pulled the mask off his face.
When Concubine De saw him, she shrank back in fear.
"Xiao-Xiao-Wu...what are you doing here?"
"Did you...did you do this!?"
"Duan Rongshi, is it you——"
Duan Rongshi stared at her coldly: "It's me."
"De Fei, weren't you the one who harmed me first?"
As he spoke, he threw the osmanthus cake wrapped in a handkerchief in front of her.
De Fei's face turned pale: "You really know... No wonder he hasn't become a fool in these years."
"But you clearly know what's going on. Why don't you report it to His Majesty?"
"Why--?"
Duan Rongshi: "If I had reported you earlier, would I have waited until today? Would you have watched your son slowly turn into a fool?"
Concubine De was going crazy: "Why!?"
"Why on earth would you do that?"
"He is your brother—"
Before Duan Rongshi could reply, Li Qingluo stepped forward and grabbed her by the collar: "You want to harm others, but can't you allow them to retaliate against you?"
"If you hadn't harmed him, this retribution wouldn't have fallen on your own son!"
"It's just karma. What is Empress Defei hating?"
There were tears of despair in Concubine De's eyes.
But then he laughed: "Yes, this is all retribution for me!"
"But I don't understand. Xiaoliu is usually well-behaved. Why did he suddenly go crazy and kill people today?"
"Duan Rongshi, is this also your fault?"
Duan Rongshi: "It's me."
"Over the years, this king has also been slowly poisoning Duan Rongye's diet."
"Every time you send me osmanthus cake, he will eat a poisonous meal."
"It's a poison that can't be detected by a silver needle, and even the victim won't show symptoms for three to five years. Empress Defei, is it very similar to the one you gave me?"
"But the poison in Xiaoliu has another fatal flaw."
"When he smells the scent of osmanthus, it will stimulate the bloodiness in his heart."
"If you hadn't been making osmanthus cakes for me and sending them to Guifu Palace every day recently, I don't think he would have gone crazy so quickly."
The smell of osmanthus...
The smell of osmanthus! ?
Concubine De took out the hairpin from her bosom.
This hairpin was something she grabbed and took away with her when she was dragged away today.
At this moment, the strong sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance from the hairpin filled the air.
It’s this hairpin!
It was also the osmanthus cakes made every day in Jinying Palace recently that harmed Ye'er!
Concubine De started crying.
"So it really was me..."
Duan Rongshi: "It's you. If you weren't so anxious to kill me, Duan Rongye wouldn't have gone crazy so quickly."
"And this king, perhaps I won't give you this hairpin so soon."
"De Fei, does it taste good?"
Concubine De: "It's not good."
"When I felt Ye'er becoming duller and more foolish day by day... becoming like a child, my heart ached more than a thousand insects gnawing at me."
"But I dare not tell your Majesty."
"I also don't allow anyone to privately talk about my Ye'er becoming a fool."
"I'm afraid that Zong Zheng Qingyue has turned into a fierce ghost, and this is her revenge!"
"I should have thought of you earlier..."
"I should have thought it was you, a little bastard, who did all this!"
Defei screamed miserably and suddenly stood up and wanted to stab Duan Rongshi.
Li Qingluo kicked her over.
She bent down and slapped Concubine De.
"Tell me, were you the one who killed the Imperial Concubine back then?"
Concubine De laughed: "Duan Rongshi, you want to avenge your mother, right?"
"You've been patiently lying dormant these past few years, accumulating power and exercising restraint, but deep down you're almost like me, going crazy every day, right?"
"Do you want to know how your mother died?"
"I won't tell you!"
"I want you to suffer day and night without answers or the arrest of the murderer—"
She stared at Duan Rong with resentment, and every word she said pierced his heart.
Duan Rongshi just said coldly: "Okay."
"Duan Rongye will be on the road with you soon."
"Your banker will also disappear from this world along with you."
"They will all be buried with you!"
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