Chapter 189 Even the temperature is gone
Jiang Yao waited for a while, and Zhao Huang and Zhao Ce came to the side hall one after another.
After Zhao Huang sat down, he said, "You sit down too."
Jiang Yao had no intention of kneeling. She had been kneeling for so long that her knees were sore, so she sat down immediately when asked to.
Zhao Huang snorted, no longer surprised by her rudeness.
"Did you see what happened today?"
Jiang Yao frowned: "Is the emperor asking this of your servant?"
"Then who do you think I'm asking?"
"Your Majesty, my eyes and ears are still sharp, and I can hear and see."
Zhao Huang: “.”
Zhao Ce frowned: "Jiang Yao, this palace and my father are thinking about you, don't be ungrateful."
"Could you please ask the Emperor and the Crown Prince what they think of you? I'd also like to know for sure whether it's good or bad."
"You." Zhao Ce was choked by her words.
Jiang Yao today seemed like a different person. He spoke without any mercy and was no longer the timid Jiang Yao before.
Zhao Huang pondered for a long while before speaking: "You were left behind by Master Su, and now you bear the name of a witch. I remember that you cured my knee, so I reprimanded the court officials today and told them not to talk about the witch anymore. And you..."
After a pause, he continued, "I will grant you a marriage and make you the Crown Prince's concubine. That way, no one will dare to call you a witch anymore."
This sentence was like a thunderbolt. Jiang Yao stared at Zhao Huang with wide eyes. After a long while, he asked, "Your Majesty, are you sane?"
"Jiang Yao, you are ridiculous. Believe it or not, I will chop off your head."
Jiang Yao knew that Zhao Huang was not joking and couldn't figure out what his purpose was in doing this, but she would definitely not accept it.
She shrugged to show her indifference: "Then you can chop it off. I don't want to be the Crown Prince's concubine."
Zhao Ce's face turned pale for a moment, and a trace of hurt flashed in his eyes. She would rather die than marry him?
"Are you seeking the Crown Princess?" Zhao Huang said displeasedly, "Jiang Yao, you must understand that your status is no longer what it was before. Jiang Ao is no longer the Grand Tutor, and you are no longer his daughter. Furthermore, you were abandoned by Master Su and are now being rumored to be a witch."
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by not a Grand Tutor? Why is this subject's grandfather not a Grand Tutor?"
"Didn't Jiang Ao tell you? He resigned a month ago."
Jiang Yao was stunned, and began to feel uneasy. He stood up and was about to go out.
Many guards stopped at the door.
She ran over and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please let me go back to see my grandfather first, and then you can do whatever you want with me."
Zhao Huang just looked at her without saying a word.
"Prince, please."
Zhao Ce no longer looked at her, and said in a resolute tone: "If you agree to the marriage, you can leave."
Jiang Yao was stunned. Thinking about everything that had happened before, she slowly reacted.
If Zhao Huang wanted to punish her as a witch, he would not let her listen to those ministers. The reason why he asked her to listen so much was to give her a warning, and then when he mentioned the matter of marrying Zhao Ce, she could not refuse.
But Jiang Yao couldn’t understand why Zhao Ce had to marry her.
"Why?" she asked. "Why marry me?"
Zhao Ce looked at her, his eyes softening: "Jiang Yao, I told you a long time ago that I like you."
"If the prince likes me, I will marry him?"
"Jiang Yao, do you think my prince is not worthy of you?"
"No, it's because I'm not worthy of the prince. The prince is the sun in the sky, and I'm just a speck of dust among the countless."
"She's just a concubine. You deserve her."
Jiang Yao wanted to laugh, so she should be grateful?
"Your Majesty." She looked serious, "If I refuse the marriage, you will kill me, right?"
"Disobeying the imperial order is a crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan."
Jiang Yao completely understood that this was a threat using the lives of the Jiang family.
She doesn't care about others, but she can't ignore Jiang Ao.
"Since the Emperor is threatening me with my grandfather's life, shouldn't he at least let me see him?"
"I'm not threatening you." Zhao Huang waved his hand: "Xiao Yuan, go back with Miss Jiang Er."
Jiang Yao stood up. She wanted to see Jiang Ao right now and she didn’t care about anything else.
Eunuch Yuan followed her, holding a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand.
It turned out that everything was ready, just waiting for her to be caught.
"Jiang Yao." Zhao Ce called out, then said, "I'm waiting for your reply."
Zhao Huang watched Jiang Yao's back disappear and suddenly sighed, "You did this for her, but she doesn't appreciate it."
"I want to protect her."
Zhao Huang looked at the memorials on the table, all of which discussed how to deal with Jiang Yao. He sighed and said, "I hope she can understand your heart. Now, apart from this marriage, no one can save her."
Jiang Yao hurried back and saw the white silk hanging at the door before he even entered.
Why was the white silk, which was only hung at funerals in ancient times, hung in the Taifu Mansion?
"Second Miss Jiang, this..." Eunuch Yuan didn't dare to ask directly.
Jiang Yao's face turned pale and he ran straight in.
"Grandpa, Grandpa."
"Witch, you dare to come back."
It was Jiang Weiyan who stopped her: "Look, you've angered your grandfather to death. You witch, you're really bringing disaster to the country and the people."
"No, no, impossible, no way!"
Jiang Yao didn't believe it, and pushed Jiang Weiyan away with all his strength and ran towards the lobby.
No, no, how could Grandpa die? She was fine when she left, and Jiang Ao even prepared a meal for her and said he would wait for her to come back to eat. How could this be possible?
Looking at Jiang Ao lying quietly in the coffin, Jiang Yao's eyes were bloodshot and not a single tear fell.
I reached out to grab Jiang Ao's hand, but it felt ice cold.
No pulse, no heartbeat, not even temperature.
The person who was talking to her in the morning was now lying here lifeless.
"Grandpa, I'm back." Her voice was very calm, just like a normal conversation: "Is the meal that Grandpa prepared for me ready?"
"Grandpa, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten for a day. Can we eat first?"
"Would you please get up and eat first?"
"You witch, get down from my father's coffin." Jiang Weiyan stepped forward and pulled her down.
"We in the Jiang family don't welcome you. Come, kick her out."
"Don't touch me."
Jiang Yao shouted.
The servants didn't dare to come forward.
She walked up to Jiang Weiyan step by step, her eyes bloodshot: "Get out of the way."
"Witch, if I don't let you, are you going to kill me?"
"Okay, I'll kill you."
Jiang Yao looked at him dimly: "How do you want to die?"
"Witch, you are indeed a witch. You even dare to kill the elders."
Jiang Weiyan finally didn't dare to confront her head-on. He just couldn't look directly into her bloodshot eyes and stepped back unconsciously.
"Alright, you witch, how dare you threaten an elder? I will report this to the Emperor and have him punish you."
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