Chapter 462 The Great Villain
Zhao Shuning: "I have been cultivating a kind of insect called the True Words Gu recently. This insect can make people speak the truth. This insect happens to be in my body, so I can use it now."
Zhao Zhaoyi was horrified and screamed out loud, "How dare you, ungrateful thing, do such a thing to me?"
Zhao Shuning turned a deaf ear to her words and just waited quietly for Emperor Defeng's instructions.
Emperor Defeng said coldly, "Approved."
Zhao Shuning stood up and walked towards Zhao Zhaoyi.
Zhao Zhaoyi retreated again and again and was finally held down by two palace servants. She screamed and cursed, but it was all in vain. Zhao Shuning looked like an evil ghost and attacked her without mercy.
Lu Zhiran looked at this scene without much emotion in her heart.
This is Zhao Shuning's nature.
Extremely calm and extremely selfish.
Just now, Zhao Zhaoyi sold her out without hesitation, so she could also treat him in the same way he had treated her.
Perhaps, this is the nature of the Zhao family.
Zhao Zhaoyi was poisoned and soon rolled on the ground in agony, her face full of ferocity, without any demeanor of a palace concubine.
Zhao Shuning squatted down and looked at her in a gloomy tone, "Aunt, tell me the truth, and you won't feel any pain. If you continue to be stubborn and say nothing, those poisonous insects will gnaw at your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys bit by bit, and make you feel the excruciating pain."
Zhao Zhaoyi wanted to scold her for being cruel, heartless, and worse than pigs and dogs, but it was so painful that she didn't even have the energy to scold her.
"Aunt, are you still unwilling to speak? In another cup of tea, the toxicity will intensify, and the pain you will endure will be ten times greater than it is now..."
Zhao Zhaoyi let out a heart-wrenching scream of pain, her nails digging into her flesh, splitting it and causing blood to ooze out.
The pain right now has exceeded the limit. How can a person endure ten times the pain?
Zhao Shuning's words finally broke down the last line of defense in her heart.
"Your Majesty, I say..."
Zhao Zhaoyi rolled over and cried bitterly as she confessed.
She had indeed done this.
After giving birth to her son, Zhao Zhaoyi's greed and ambition gradually grew.
She knew that she was of humble status and could not win the fight openly, so she could only resort to tricks in secret.
She had no foundation in the palace, but the Zhao family provided her with generous money, which made it easier to get things done. In addition, she also had a capable confidant who gave her advice, so she was able to lay out these secret plans.
That capable confidant was Xiao Yanlin's wet nurse, who was carefully selected by the Zhao family. She passed away a few years ago.
After hearing these words, Xiao Baozhu's eyes turned red and the hatred in her heart surged and was difficult to suppress.
Prince Rui clenched his fists so tightly that they made a creaking sound.
This vicious woman has caused great harm to the emperor's sister-in-law!
Zhao Zhaoyi groaned in pain, "Your Majesty, this time I have truly confessed the truth. I have not lied in any way. Please, have mercy on me and cure this poison! I am in so much pain that I cannot bear it any longer."
At this time, Zhao Shuning said, "I am guilty. I just deceived the emperor. I don't have the truth-telling Gu in my hand. I just gave Zhao Zhaoyi a poison to trick her into telling the truth."
When these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Zhao Zhaoyi's face was distorted with anger and she wanted to curse, but then a sharp pain came over her and she rolled on the ground in pain, wailing.
Xiao Yanlin's eyes were blazing with hatred as he stared at Zhao Shuning.
Listening to his mother's painful cries, his heart tightened.
"Father, even if Mother did something wrong, she shouldn't have to endure this torture. Please issue an order to cure Mother of this poison."
Emperor Defeng had a gloomy expression and did not speak.
Zhao Shuning said, "This poison, I don't have an antidote."
Xiao Yanlin clenched his fists in his sleeves and clenched his teeth.
Zhao Shuning, how dare she!
Saving her was the worst decision I had ever made!
Zhao Zhaoyi also heard what Zhao Shuning said. She was in despair and rolled over, cursing loudly. Her curses were mixed with her shrill screams, which made everyone feel nervous and their scalps numb.
Emperor Defeng couldn't stand noise the most right now, and he suppressed the disgust in his eyes.
"Drag him away."
She committed many evil deeds and deserved to die, but Emperor Defeng had no sympathy for her.
Zhao Zhaoyi was dragged out, struggling and crying.
"Your Majesty, I deserve death, but Lin'er is innocent. He is unaware of these things. He is also your blood. Please, spare his life!"
She got no response and was dragged away.
Peace returned to the hall.
Everyone's eyes fell on Xiao Yanlin.
He is the biggest beneficiary of this conspiracy.
If you say he is completely innocent, even a fool wouldn't believe it, let alone Emperor Defeng.
After this incident, even the deepest relationship between father and son was broken.
What's more, there has been no father and son in the royal family since ancient times.
The relationship between this father and son was already pitifully thin.
Emperor Defeng ignored Xiao Yanlin and turned his gaze to Zhao Shuning. "You are playing tricks on me. Are you trying to trick me too?"
Zhao Shuning immediately lowered his head and said he didn't dare.
"I just want to share the emperor's worries."
Xiao Baozhu looked at her with disgust, "Zhao Shuning, do you think you can atone for your sins by doing this? It was you who poisoned our father in the first place. You deserve to die just like them!"
Zhao Shuning knelt steadily on the ground, his tone calm and steady.
"I know my sins are grave, so I dare not ask for mercy, Your Majesty. I am narrow-minded and petty, and Zhao Zhaoyi has mercilessly abandoned me. I must vent this anger before I can feel at peace."
She knew her death was near and no longer wanted to struggle, but before she died, she wanted to take revenge and drag a few more people down with her.
Looking at Zhao Zhaoyi's painful expression and Xiao Yanlin's hatred and helplessness towards her, she actually felt extremely happy in her heart.
She is indeed a complete villain.
She admitted this selfish and narrow-minded thought openly without hiding it at all, and there was a hint of madness in her expression.
Xiao Wanzhen stood up and said, "Father, please leave her to me!"
Emperor Defeng frowned and spoke in an unhappy tone.
"What are you meddling in?"
Xiao Wanzhen looked aggrieved. "Father, I was also tricked by Zhao Shuning before! My fake pregnancy was all orchestrated by Zhao Shuning. I had no idea about it beforehand, and yet she turned against me in the end. To this day, I still can't get over this."
Emperor Defeng only remembered this matter at this time and frowned.
"Zhao Shuning, is this true?"
It is said that when a dying man is about to speak good words, Zhao Shuning no longer denied or made excuses at this time.
"This was indeed my fault. To gain the Fourth Princess's trust, I took the risk of using a fake pregnancy drug. Unexpectedly, the matter was exposed. To protect myself, I blamed the Fourth Princess for this. I deserve to die."
After hearing her admission, Xiao Wanzhen finally had a chance to vent the grievances that had been accumulating in her heart for so long.
"Father, did you hear that? She wronged me! I never did anything like that!"
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