Chapter 436: Concubine Yue’s death, how many real murderers are hidden!
Chapter 436: Concubine Yue’s death, how many real murderers are hidden!
Sha Yi tied Zong Zheng Wuheng neatly to the tree with a rope.
Then the group walked away.
"Go ahead."
"But you'd better not play any more tricks."
"If I find out... Zongzheng Wuheng, what other part of your body would you like to be missing? I'm happy to give it a try."
Zong Zheng Wuheng: "You cruel and ruthless woman!"
Li Qingluo played with the knife in his hand.
"You don't want your tongue anymore?"
She lightly uttered such cruel threats that Zong Zheng Wuheng had no choice but to shut up with a gloomy face.
Even though he had cursed her to death in his heart, he didn't dare to utter another dirty word.
After all, it was this woman who smashed her own feet to pieces!
He could have died in pain, but she ordered people to rescue him.
Her goal is to make him suffer in life and die without a happy death!
The thing Zong Zheng Wuheng regretted most in his life was provoking the vicious woman Li Qingluo!
She didn't even blink as the big raindrops falling from the trees above her head hit her eyelashes.
Just like that day when his blood hit her eyes.
Under immense humiliation, Zong Zheng Wuheng was forced to speak, "Noble Consort Yue of Daliang is a legitimate princess of the Great Chu, and therefore my aunt."
"You should be clear about this, right?"
Li Qingluo: "I know."
"I heard that the Emperor of Great Chu has loved this fellow sister of his since childhood."
"Back then, their mother was murdered by a traitor and tragically died in the cold palace. They lived together for two years, nearly starving to death before the late emperor of your Great Chu remembered they had such a pair of children."
"But so what?"
"He was so cruel as to marry his own sister off to Daliang."
"No matter how closely related one is, one will become a victim of the political interests of these kings."
Zong Zheng Wuheng sneered, "It's true that my aunt is favored by our father."
"But it was my aunt's own decision to marry you, Daliang."
"How can I blame my father?"
Li Qingluo: "Why did Duan Rongshi let you return to Da Chu? Is it related to Concubine Yue's death?"
Zong Zheng Wuheng's raised brows slowly lowered again, "Since you've guessed it, why bother chasing after me to get to the bottom of it?"
"Wouldn't it be better if you just let me go back to Da Chu?"
"Are you still afraid that a cripple like me might take revenge on you someday?"
Li Qingluo: "Stop talking nonsense!"
"If you want to die quickly, keep talking!"
Li Qing didn't fall for his trick and didn't want to continue playing around with him.
She grabbed Zongzheng Wuheng's collar and looked at his handsome, thin, and pale face without a trace of pity.
Zong Zheng Wuheng suffered a crushing defeat at her hands and had endured a great deal of pain. Now he really just wanted to be free as soon as possible.
I was afraid that this vicious woman would come up with some more ways to torture me, so I could only say, "It was Duan Rongshi who wanted me to go back to Da Chu to help him investigate the murder of his mother. Who in Da Chu was responsible?"
Li Qingluo was slightly startled. "You mean... someone from your Great Chu was also involved in the murder of Concubine Yue?"
Zong Zheng Wuheng: “…Yes!”
How many real culprits are behind Concubine Yue’s death?
The entire Daliang front court and harem.
Now Da Chu is involved again.
What heinous crime did she commit back then that so many people could not tolerate her?
And let her die so miserably!
Li Qingluo felt very uncomfortable just thinking about it, not to mention how Duan Rongshi would feel.
"What clues do you have? Also, why would Duan Rongshi believe you?"
"What will you do if you return to Da Chu and no longer fulfill your promise to help him investigate the murderer?"
Zong Zheng Wuheng: "He gave me a letter."
"Besides my aunt's name written on the letterhead, there was also a line of poetry: When will we meet again? I feel embarrassed at this moment and this night."
"I've seen it. It's my father's handwriting."
At this moment, a flash of lightning streaked across the night sky.
The shock in Li Qingluo's eyes was clearly visible.
Although she has only been studying for a year, it is not difficult for her to understand the word "lovesickness" mentioned in every word of this poem!
Why did the Emperor of Chu use such a poem when he missed his sister?
If this gets out, wouldn't it be like throwing a basin of dirty water on Concubine Yue, and she wouldn't be able to explain herself?
Such misleading intimacy is extremely difficult to tolerate in the world even between siblings.
and many more!
Misunderstanding...misunderstanding!
Seventeen years ago, Emperor Yan, who was so deeply in love with Concubine Yue that he only wanted to favor her among all the concubines in the palace, suddenly changed his attitude overnight.
I heard that since Concubine Yue married into Daliang and Duan Rongshi took over the entire harem, no princes or princesses were born.
The sixth prince Duan Rongye was the first prince born to Concubine De two years after Concubine Yue's death.
During the years when Concubine Yue was favored, it was rumored that Emperor Yan never favored any other concubine!
Li Qingluo believed that Emperor Yan must have had real feelings for Concubine Yue during those years.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for an emperor to achieve this.
But he suddenly turned ruthless and even allowed the entire palace to kill Concubine Yue...
He even became dissolute and immoral later on, and his attitude towards Duan Rongshi changed from a loving father to apathetic one. He even used Duan Rongshi as a mere tool...
Emperor Yan had absolutely no fatherly feelings for his son.
So he treats Concubine Yue the same way?
The sudden change from love to hate must be due to something major happening!
"Empress Gao has an expert who can imitate other people's handwriting."
"I heard that even real people would have trouble distinguishing between the real and the fake."
"This letter was forged by Gao!"
Zong Zheng Wuheng stared at her quietly, thinking: Although she is a cruel and vicious woman, she is also a smart and intelligent person.
You really have a good brain to think of this so quickly.
"I heard that this letter was found by Duan Rongshi in the palace of a virtuous concubine."
"After Duan Rongshi showed me the handwriting, he wanted me to go back to Da Chu and investigate the matter for him."
"After all, I am a disabled prince. Even if I return to Da Chu alive, no one will be afraid of me or even take me to heart."
Li Qingluo nodded, understanding Duan Rongshi's intention.
"He asked you to find out where these handwritings came from?"
If you want to imitate someone else's handwriting, you must first have the original.
How did these original traces come about? This is indeed worth exploring.
Zong Zheng Wuheng said, "He said he clearly remembered that when he was young, every time a letter from Great Chu arrived, his mother would read it and then burn it."
"Furthermore, ever since my aunt returned to Da Chu to visit her relatives and took Qinyu away, for some unknown reason, we have ceased correspondence with Da Chu."
"So, this letter that was found must be a fake."
"But if someone wanted to imitate my father's handwriting to write this letter, someone else must have sent the Emperor of Chu's handwriting to Daliang."
"But who is this person?"
It can only be someone close to the Emperor of Chu!
In Da Chu, there really is someone who wants to kill Concubine Yue!
Who could this person be?
Duan Rongshi and Li Qingluo, who had no idea about Da Chu, could not guess.
Therefore, he had to send Zong Zheng Wuheng back to Da Chu.
There is no one more suitable than Zong Zheng Wuheng.
Li Qingluo found it hard to imagine what Concubine Yue was in when she was misunderstood by Emperor Yan and was having an affair with her own brother.
Countless dirty water and insults will force the once noble and elegant princess into who knows what kind of hell she will be in.
Could it be that Emperor Yan had doubted Duan Rongshi's background?
She couldn't ask that question again.
In the darkness, he stared at Zong Zheng Wuheng again: "Did he give you poison?"
Zong Zheng Wuheng chuckled softly, "You are indeed his princess-to-be."
"You guessed even that?"
Li Qingluo: "The Su Palace originally wanted Grandpa Luo to intervene, but later sent Doctor Du to pretend to have white hair and a mask on his face... He wanted to let you know that a miracle doctor has diagnosed you and that you are indeed terminally ill..."
"But perhaps this trick is played on me."
"He wanted to release you to investigate the accomplices who killed his mother, but he couldn't break the promise he made to me."
"That's why Prince Su's Mansion staged a scene where you were rescued!"
As Li Qingluo spoke, he laughed coldly, with a hint of sadness in his laughter.
"Duan Rongshi, you really put a lot of effort into it."
"First, the Zheng siblings, then Zong Zheng Wuheng."
"You know I'm giving in again and again."
"But if you don't tell me, how would you know I would..."
She didn't say anything else, but looked at Zong Zheng Wuheng again: "What kind of poison did you take?"
Having said that, Zong Zheng Wuheng has nothing to hide.
He replied calmly, "It's the Ten Flavor Heartbreak Powder."
"It is said that the antidote must be taken once a month. If it is taken less than once, the poisoned person will die from the excruciating pain."
"If I don't get the antidote after half a year, he will immediately stop sending me the antidote."
"Do you think he is really a good person?"
Li Qingluo: "How dare you mock him?"
"You gave me medicine in the beginning, and then you wanted everyone in Jinling City to take poison. Why didn't you think about the day you would end up in?"
She stood up and looked at him as if he were dead: "Serves you right!"
After saying that, he picked up a wooden stick beside him and hit Zong Zheng Wuheng unconscious with it.
Before Li Qingluo climbed onto the carriage and fell asleep, he instructed the assassins: "Once we get to Yangzhou, find a reliable escort agency to send him back to Da Chu."
Then he ordered the killers to capture Pei Qinghong, who had had enough of the show.
Finally, he told others not to bury him, and then he fell asleep.
Facing Pei Qinghong's question, Li Qingluo replied coldly: "What does it have to do with you?"
She had indeed betrayed herself.
If he fails to do so, he must kill Zong Zheng Wuheng to avenge himself, Butterfly, Nanny Deng, and even the innocent people in Wanjia Village who were implicated.
She relented.
Not to Zong Zheng Wuheng.
But it was towards Duan Rongshi.
She also wanted him to find out who was the real murderer of his mother.
I also want to reveal the truth about Concubine Yue’s death.
Then let Zongzheng Wuheng live a little longer...
But she didn't know how to face Duan Rongshi.
She didn't know whether she would continue to give up her principles and interests for him in the future.
Li Qingluo was scared.
Moreover, she is about to go to Miaojiang.
That's why they asked the killers to hide her first.
She wanted to think about these things after she woke up.
But I didn't expect that I would sleep for five days.
After driving Pei Qinghong away, Li Qingluo asked a few more questions about the situation in Jinling.
Before I could hear two words, my heart suddenly tightened.
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