âChaoyu! My Chaoyu!â The Empress Dowager raised her sleeves to cover her face and cried loudly, âWhen Xianjia wanted to exile you, I thought that even though we were separated by the sky, I could rest in peace knowing that you were doing well! Who knows that itâs only been a few days since the departure of Xianjia? The soil on his grave has not yet dried up, and you and your wife have just gone!â
âIf you have done something wrong yourselves, I have nothing to saybut!â
âBut you guys obviously didnât do anything!â
âTo be forced to die alive!!!â
âHow can a grieving mother do right by you?!â
âIf I had known that our mother and son are so inviting people to hate us, I should have taken the first step down, it is better than in this world, to see you walk in the front heh â¦â
The Empress Dowager cried her eyes out, but the Duanhua Emperor, who was kneeling under the Dan Di, was sweating profusely.
Originally, he thought that after finding out the real culprits who forced the death of the Grand Princess of Dai Guo and her wife, the Empress Dowager should have directed her anger towards Song Lu and the others, but after the Empress Dowager learned of the incident, she still aimed her spearhead at him for a very good reason: who asked Emperor Duanhua to wrongly accuse the Grand Princess of Dai Guo and politely force the Empress Dowager and the Grand Princess of Jin to promise that the Dai Guo family would be abolished as commoners? to abolish the Dai Guo family as commoners?
âIf not this holy decree goes down, with that Song Luâs and Cuiâs family sent people, put the words of the sky, Iâm sorry for the generation of the country is not a fool, how will because of a piece of jade pendant will believe?â Empress Dowager said, âMoreover, Song Luâs family and Cuiâs family have never heard of any rumors before that they are related to the death of the Dai Guo couple, so how come they suddenly appeared now, with all the witnesses and material evidence?!â
It was obvious that the Dowager Empress did not trust Emperor Duanhua at all, or refused to trust Emperor Duanhua in his entirety she was even more skeptical that even though it was the Song Lu Clan, the Cui Clan, who had stepped in to force the deaths of the Grand Princess and her wife of the Dai Guo Dynasty, the culprits, the real masterminds behind the scenes, were still Emperor Duanhua!
She is so skeptical of the basis, is, âthe emperor since childhood has the name of intelligent, and is my son xianjia hand in hand to teach out, how can be confused to the Cui family and Song Luâs a widow to the point of blindness? This kind of words you take to put off those who do not know the populace is also just, but also to coax me?
Duanhua Emperor simply wanted to vomit blood when he heard this, âSunâs son is foolish, unable to stand up to the words of his Imperial Grandmother!â
âIf you were stupid, would my son, Xianjia, still be trying to protect you from ascending the throne in the first place?!â The Empress Dowager sneered, âCould it be that you are saying that Xianjia has no eyesight?!â
This is of course very difficult to answer, if Empress Wei is there, with Empress Weiâs sophistication, it may not be impossible to round up the scene.
But now Wei Empress involved in Cui Jianren, Cui dowagerâs death two things, although not abolished, but also by the Duanhua Emperor ordered to return to the Weiyang Palace to recuperate for a few days, is tantamount to a disguised confinement, and at this moment naturally can not appear in the Qingxi Hall, to the Duanhua Emperor to help.
Emperor Duanhua himself was speechless and could only lift up his robe and kneel down to kowtow, indicating that he was asking for forgiveness.
However, the Dowager Empress Dowager simply does not eat this set, see the emperor does not say anything, wipe tears and began to cry their own daughter!
Originally Duanhua Emperor took this imperial grandmother quite no way, this is the Empress Dowager and justified grandparents and grandchildren a cry a kneeling, a full stalemate for more than half a day, and finally the Empress Dowager cried tired, and only gradually stopped sobbing, and took the ginseng tea handed over by the jade fruit sip, to restore energy.
Jade fruit take advantage of the Empress Dowager to drink ginseng tea light, quietly stopped the water basin up to wait for the Empress Dowager to clean the face of the combing of the small palace maids, to the bottom of the DuanHuaDi to make a wink.
Emperor Duanhua understood and rose with some lassitude, rolled up his sleeves, and came up to receive the water basin and face towel to personally serve the Dowager Empress.
However, the Dowager Empress glanced at it and opened his hand with a cold smile, âI canât afford it!â
â⦠âAfter a few moments of deathlike silence in the Qingxi Hall, Emperor Duanhua expressionlessly threw the water basin and face towel under the Dan Di!
He is not an irritable person, but in the end, as the son of heaven, even if the Empress Dowager is his full grandmother, such repeated insults, he is also fed up!
âOver the past few months, Imperial Grandmother has cried and cried, tossing me around by every means possible, nothing more than thinking that I killed the Dai Guo couple!â Emperor Duanhua couldnât bear it and straightened up, saying in a chilling voice, âBut I have to ask Imperial Grandmother here: the reason why the Dai Guo couple couldnât have a good death, isnât it because of Imperial Grandmotherâs ineptitude in teaching her daughter, letting them have honorable status and identity but not being able to have the corresponding respect and humility, which led to the tragedies that have been occurring in the royal family over the years!!!â
Thinking of his mother, the Duanhua Emperorâs anger is even more blazing, âCompared to the Daikoku couple, my motherâs grievances and who to talk to? If you still want to continue to make trouble, you may as well call the ministers to abolish me, and then let me pay for the life of the Daikoku couple, okay?â
The emperorâs sudden seizure left Yuguo and the other palace staff dumbfounded and terrified!
But what has the Dowager Empress not seen before?
See the situation cold smile, not only did not give in, instead of Teng stood up, pointing at the Duanhua Emperor angrily shouted, âMourning family taught women to be incompetent? Donât forget your father Xianjia, is also the mourning family taught out! Whatâs more, the mourning familyâs Chao Yu again how to flaunt, to the elders in front of the rules and regulations, never said that the public with the elders to argue! You as the emperor, for the example of the people, murdering aunts and uncles in the front, today to the mourning family disrespect in the back, you are also worthy of saying âteach the daughter is not goodâ four words? When I see Xianjia in the afterlife, I will ask my son, Xianjia, where he taught his son.â
âIt seems that imperial grandmotherâs mind is already made up, and she must take my life before she is satisfied?!â Emperor Duanhua was so infuriated that his eyes were wide open and he shouted, âIf thatâs the case, please ask Imperial Grandmother to give me the hemlock wine, and Iâll do as you wish, okay?!â
He said this so much that the surrounding palace people were scared silly, including Yu Guo, have fallen on their knees, deterred by the atmosphere in the temple at the moment, the crowd of palace people did not dare to speak, only prostrate trembling.
âI am not the one who wants to take your life!â The Empress Dowager shouted back without thinking, âFirst you accuse me of not teaching my daughter well, then you say that I intend to take your life this is basically saying that I am in the way, and that I want to die in order to be happy!â
Said here, the Empress Dowager directly take out the silver knife under the body of a small table, backhanded toward the neck on the wipe away, grief and indignation, âI fulfill you!!!â
âYour Highness!â Jade Fruit was originally kneeling on the ground, and was so frightened that she was almost scared out of her wits! She screamed and jumped up to stop her, however, she was originally kneeling a few steps away, so where was the time to do so?
So sex Duanhua emperor although also by the dowager empress dowager said dead on death shocked, in the end he stood, from the dowager empress dowager and not far away, hurriedly snatched up a step to grab the dowager empress dowagerâs arm, only to avoid the blood splattered three feet of the scene forgive me, because the dowager empress dowager hand down did not leave strength, the blade also in the neck cut a threeinchlong shallow scar!
The blood instantly slid down his lapel, and it was shocking to look at!
âQuickly go and summon the Imperial Doctor!â Yu Guo shivered as she stepped forward to support the Dowager Empress, looked at the wound with tears in her eyes, and stomped her foot to urge the palace staff, âWhat are you all waiting for? Quickly call the court judge over!â
She also cried and asked the Empress Dowager, âYour Highness, why are you so confused? You and His Majesty are grandparents and grandchildren, so if you canât talk properly, why do you have to make it like this? What should we do now?â
As soon as she said âbut what to doâ, the Duanhua Emperor, whose mind was still a bit muddled, suddenly had a jolt and felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!
No matter what the quarrel between the two grandchildren started, now he is safe and sound, but the dowager empress dowager cut her neck by cutting her own throat, and this matter has been rumored, how will the dynasty and the countryside look at it, and it is still necessary to say?
He instinctively wanted to call out to the palace staff who went to call the doctor, but before he said anything, he quickly stopped: the scene just now, so many people in the palace have seen, unless the Empress Dowager is also willing to help him to shut up, or else it will not be possible to hide. If you add a âQueen Dowager was prevented from cutting her own throat, His Majesty did not even allow the Queen Dowager to call the doctorâ, his head âunfilialityâ charge must be another top!
Emperor Duanhua didnât know if Jade Fruit did it on purpose, but he knew that he was in big trouble!!!!
While the Emperor was at a loss for words, Song Yixiao, clad in a hooded cloak, was being led by the jailer along the dimly lit passageway towards the cells deep within the Imperial Prison.
âMadam, you can only stay here for half an incense stick of time, if itâs too long, I canât explain!â The jailer stood still outside a cell, opening the lock while whispering, âThe person inside is shackled, so I donât think she can rise up and hurt someone but itâs best if you donât get too close to her, maâam!â
âThank you!â Song Yixiao nodded slightly, most of her features were hidden under the hood and her expression could not be clearly seen, but the bells following behind her would knowingly throw a gold ingot to the jailer.
The jailer thanked him after catching it and wisely withdrew.
After he left, Song Yixiao settled her nerves before signaling Bell to push open the door to the cell.
The door is naturally Song Luâs.
She was not as wretched as expected, although her temples were slightly disheveled and she was wearing shackles, her clothes were still neat and tidy, and she obviously hadnât suffered much it was also true that Emperor Duanhua had ordered that she should be handed over to the Empress Dowager for disposal, so naturally he wouldnât overstep his bounds and move her.
âSeeing what happened to us mother and son, are you still satisfied?â She heard the sound and looked up to see that it was Song Yixiao, and couldnât help but reveal a sarcastic smile, âOr do you still find it hard to get over your indignation, so you had to come and humiliate me in person?â
Song Yixiao looked at her quietly for a moment, but didnât answer, only saying, âBells, go out and stand guard!â
Bells sniffed, blessed, and tamely did as she was told.
Song Yi smiled behind her and casually covered the door.
This cell was specially designed to hold felons, and the walls and door had been extraordinarily reinforced, and although a small window had been cut into the door to facilitate the delivery of food, the soundproofing effect was not bad when it was concealed.
Even so, Song YiXiao still wasnât quite at ease, but walked over to Song Luâs front, slightly bending down, almost face to face with this stepmother, before she softly said, âWho exactly did you get caught by, and what kind of handle was it? So much so, that you want to use such a way to protect Yibao and Yiyao?â
The expression on Song Luâs face instantly froze!