Chapter 249: Death by Poison
Empress Sun quickly adjusted her expression.
"Baozhu, what Queen Mother did was wrong in the past. From now on, Queen Mother will not force you to marry into the Sun family, nor will she force you to marry anyone else."
After hearing this, Xiao Baozhu opened her mouth wide and was unable to react for a moment.
The Queen Mother actually bowed her head and apologized to her? This was truly the first time in history.
Before she could react, Empress Sun continued, "If you really like Jiang Nansheng, your mother will find a way to make it happen."
Xiao Baozhu finally came back to her senses and quickly shook her head like a rattle.
"No, no, no, mother, she and I are not in that kind of relationship. I can't possibly marry her, and she can't possibly marry me."
Empress Sun's face showed confusion and some doubt.
"You really don't like him?"
Xiao Baozhu continued to shake her head vigorously, and even pointed to the heavens and swore, "We are just good friends who can talk about anything. I don't have any extramarital affairs with her. If I really wanted to marry her, I would have asked my father for help long ago."
Xiao Baozhu was really scared.
The Queen Mother has already made a mistake in pairing up a couple once, so please don’t do it again.
Empress Sun carefully looked at Xiao Baozhu's expression and confirmed that she did not look fake, so she gave up the idea.
"Well, your marriage is up to you, and your mother will not interfere."
Xiao Baozhu felt uncomfortable looking at Empress Sun like this.
A disrespectful thought came to her mind: Could it be that the Queen Mother took the wrong medicine? She is so easy to talk to.
The mother and daughter were really unfamiliar with each other, and Empress Sun was feeling a little exhausted, so they didn't stay any longer.
Xiao Baozhu watched Empress Sun leave. Nanny Qin couldn't help but show joy on her face, "Princess, did you see that the Empress cares about you too?"
Xiao Baozhu felt complicated.
She did feel the change in her mother's attitude. This was what she had been looking forward to. But now that it had come true, she was not as happy as she had imagined. Instead, she felt a slight sense of relief.
She was happy that her mother cared about her, but she was no longer as worried as before.
Now she has let it go.
The next day, Empress Sun left the palace quietly and went to the Sun family.
It was a rare occasion today for the three branches of the Sun family to gather together. Sun Muzhi was given an important position and would leave at the latest tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Old Madam Sun seized the opportunity to show her kindness to him and win him over. Her words and actions all urged him not to forget his roots.
The people in the first and second wives were extremely jealous.
Sun Chenghai felt even worse.
His son had been placed with high hopes, but he achieved nothing and even caused great disaster.
The adopted son of the third house turned out to be the most promising descendant of the Sun family, and he had to readjust his attitude towards him.
At this moment, the doorman came hurriedly to report that Empress Sun had arrived. The whole family was surprised and happy.
They all thought this was a turning point, but little did they know that this was a bigger disaster for the Sun family.
Empress Sun did not go to the main courtyard to pay her respects to Old Madam Sun, but went straight to Lingyun Pavilion.
She brought a cup of poisoned wine and gave it to Sun Jingxuan.
He must pay the price for his mistakes.
Sun Jingxuan turned pale with fright.
"Aunt, Aunt, do you have any misunderstanding about me?"
Empress Sun looked at him with cold eyes, as if she was looking at a dead person.
"You know what you've done. Would you rather be more respectful and drink it yourself, or should I send someone to fill it for you?"
Sun Jingxuan shook his head repeatedly, extremely panicked.
"Aunt, don't you love me the most? Why do you treat me like this?"
"Yes, I did love you the most in the past, but how did you repay me? You repeatedly plotted against Baozhu and wanted to kill her. I want to see if you really have a dark heart."
"No, no, no, no, it's all a misunderstanding..."
Empress Sun didn't want to hear anything more from him and ordered him to be forced to drink.
At this time, everyone from the Sun family arrived.
Madam Zhou rushed forward to stop them, and Sun Jingxuan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and frantically asked his mother for help.
Upon learning that Empress Sun was actually going to order Sun Jingxuan to be executed, Zhou was in disbelief. She ignored the hierarchy and loudly demanded, "Empress, what did Jingxuan do wrong that you would treat him like this?"
Empress Sun's eyes were sharp. "He colluded with outsiders and repeatedly plotted to murder the princess. Shouldn't I sentence him to death?"
Zhou simply didn't believe it. "Jingxuan is recovering at home, so when would he have the chance to collude with outsiders? This is slander!"
Empress Sun threw the evidence in her face. "This was personally investigated by the Emperor's Dragon Scale Guards. How could it be false? He committed a serious crime that confiscates all property and exterminates the entire clan! Did you see what happened to the Jiang family? If the Emperor hadn't given me, the Empress, a little face, the Sun family would have suffered the same fate as the Jiang family long ago. You wouldn't even have the chance to yell at me!"
The room suddenly fell into deathly silence, with shock and despair on everyone's face.
And Sun Jingxuan couldn't utter a word of rebuttal.
Sun Muzhi was surrounded by a layer of chilling coldness, and his aura was frighteningly heavy.
"Fill me with water!"
Zhou tried to stop them again, but was stopped by the people brought by Empress Sun. Old Lady Sun cried and begged Empress Sun to show mercy, but Zhou remained unmoved and poured the poisoned wine into Sun Jingxuan's throat.
Within a quarter of an hour, Sun Jingxuan died with blood gushing out of all his orifices. He could not close his eyes until his death.
Zhou was heartbroken, Old Lady Sun also burst into tears, and Empress Sun's face was cold.
"Everyone must pay the price for their actions. If he is unwilling, then everyone in the Sun family will have to bear the consequences for him. Are you willing?"
Second Madam Bai immediately shook her head, "Of course I don't want to! This is Sun Jingxuan's fault, so the first wife should be held responsible. What does this have to do with us, the second wife?"
Zhou attacked Bai fiercely, but Bai was not afraid at all.
What she said was the truth.
Bai asked, "Then, Sun Jingxuan has been sentenced to death. The rest of us should be fine, right?"
She doesn't care about Sun Jingxuan's life or death, she only cares about whether the second house will be implicated!
Empress Sun said coldly, "If this were just his first offense, perhaps it would be okay. But this is his second offense. Can his life appease the Emperor's wrath?"
These words made everyone's faces even paler.
Bai was still hoping for the best. "Well, didn't the Emperor still use Mu Zhi? I think the Emperor is not dealing with people personally, and won't implicate the rest of us."
These words reminded everyone that Sun Muzhi was indeed highly valued by the emperor, and this also ignited hope in everyone's hearts.
Empress Sun glanced at Sun Muzhi and said, "He is different from you. He saved Baozhu twice."
Bai immediately said, "We are all family. His achievements are naturally our achievements."
This was so shameless that Empress Sun almost laughed out loud.
"You and Sun Jingxuan are also family. Naturally, you will be held responsible for the troubles he caused."
Bai felt a chill in her heart and was speechless.
Empress Sun looked at her so-called family, and her attention finally fell on Sun Chenghai.
"Brother, the fate of the Sun family depends on your decision."
At this time, Sun Chenghai no longer cared about the pain of losing his son. On the contrary, he felt deep resentment towards his son Sun Jingxuan.
He is really a good son to me. He left a mess for me when he died.
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