sbdcsierra Chapter 368 The Real Murderer Behind It All
Chapter 368 The Real Murderer Behind It All
"Really, as long as you pass on a message to me."
"Okay, I promise you."
To die under the peonies is to be a ghost.
In the end, Jiang made a deal with the jailer using her own body.
Afterwards, the jailer pulled up his trousers, revealing a satisfied expression.
He looked at Jiang Yu, whose clothes were disheveled, and lewdly said, "As expected, the women that the master has slept with are different. I have never tasted such goodness in my life. I will send you a message after I finish my shift tomorrow."
After saying that, he turned and left without looking at Jiang Yu again.
Jiang Yu straightened her clothes and felt nauseous as she watched the jailer's retreating figure.
She was once the high-ranking daughter of the prime minister, an outstanding teacher at the first academy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a woman of exceptional talent and vast learning, and a favored daughter of heaven in the eyes of the world.
She never imagined that one day she would have to sell her body for profit.
So lowly, so utterly despicable!
Hatred surged within him, instantly coursing through his entire body.
One day, when she escapes this cage, she will use all her strength to kill everyone who has trampled on her!
Cining Palace.
Emperor Changlong sat opposite the Empress Dowager once again.
"Is the Empress Dowager still worshipping Buddha these days?" Emperor Changlong asked.
"I do not concern myself with worldly affairs; I only eat vegetarian food, chant Buddhist prayers, and pray for peace and prosperity for the Great Zhou Dynasty." The Empress Dowager had a kind and benevolent expression.
"I heard that a few days ago, Lady Jiang gave the Empress Dowager a string of Buddhist prayer beads?" Emperor Changlong's eyes held an inscrutable meaning.
The Empress Dowager's expression turned slightly cold. "Such a vicious person, for her to send Buddhist prayer beads is an insult to Buddha. I threw those prayer beads away long ago!"
"You can throw away Buddhist prayer beads, Empress Dowager, can you pretend that what you did never happened?" Emperor Changlong's tone became more serious, and his gaze turned cold.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" the Empress Dowager asked in a deep voice.
"Empress Dowager, without the support of her maternal family, and with Prince Li despising her, how could Lady Jiang possibly have the ability to manipulate such a large situation? You must have contributed a great deal to this, Empress Dowager, right?" Emperor Changlong's icy voice was like a sharp blade, piercing the Empress Dowager's heart.
"emperor……"
"Empress Dowager!" Emperor Changlong said coldly, "I have come to see you because I have solid evidence. Do not try to deny it!"
The Empress Dowager argued illogically, saying, "The Emperor's word is law. Whatever you say goes. This isn't the first time I've been accused of a fabricated crime."
"Empress Dowager, you eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist prayers every day, asking Buddha to bless all living beings, but your hands are stained with blood. You pray to Buddha to his face, but kill people behind his back. You seek fame and fortune, you are hypocritical and vicious!" Emperor Changlong was so angry that he naturally had nothing nice to say.
"Very well, Your Majesty, I am your own mother. How dare you insult me like this? This is outrageous! Aren't you afraid that the world will condemn you and call you unfilial?" the Empress Dowager demanded.
"When the Empress Dowager hired someone to kill someone, did she not consider that the child in the Crown Princess's womb was your great-grandson?" Emperor Changlong asked angrily.
“I have more than one grandson; I will have many great-grandsons in the future.” Then her tone was cold and contemptuous.
"Does the Empress Dowager admit it?" Emperor Changlong stared coldly at the Empress Dowager. "You should really be grateful that you are my biological mother!"
"Does the emperor intend to murder his mother?" the Empress Dowager mocked coldly.
"Empress Dowager, I have never understood why you treat me so coldly, even though I am your only biological son and I have become the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and you are honored as Empress Dowager?" Emperor Changlong asked.
The Empress Dowager's gaze fell on Emperor Changlong's face; Emperor Changlong did not resemble her at all.
Not only are their facial features different, but their personalities are not similar at all.
On the contrary, Emperor Changlong resembled the late emperor in both temperament and facial features.
"Your Majesty, you may leave. I am tired." The Empress Dowager dismissed him, not wanting to answer Emperor Changlong's question.
Sometimes, the answer doesn't need to be spoken aloud; attitude speaks for itself.
Emperor Changlong knew that the Empress Dowager disliked him. In the deep palace, a mother's status depended on her son, and a child was the woman's support. He did not know why the Empress Dowager had no sincerity towards him, even though he was her only support.
He racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out.
"Guards, from this moment forward, the Empress Dowager shall reside permanently in the Cining Palace. Without an imperial edict, she shall not step out of the palace gates, and no one shall be permitted to visit her!"
Emperor Changlong stood up, coldly uttered a few words, and turned to leave.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. His Majesty is just angry and said those things in anger. He will retract his order once he calms down," Wujing comforted her.
"I don't care," the Empress Dowager said coldly, a glint of cold light flashing in her eyes. "It's just a pity that Song Siyao and her child are safe and sound."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. It takes ten months of pregnancy to give birth. The Crown Princess's child is still a long way from being born."
They still have plenty of opportunities.
"Wujing, I am getting old and my strength is failing me," the Empress Dowager said.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is not old at all. This servant will always stay by Your Majesty's side," Wujing declared her loyalty.
"Wujing, go and do something for me."
"Yes, Queen Mother."
The next day.
early morning.
News spread from the palace that the Empress Dowager fell ill late last night, suffering convulsions and falling into a coma.
The imperial physicians were at a loss.
As dawn broke, Emperor Changlong sent someone to invite Song Siyao to the palace to treat the Empress Dowager.
"Yaoyao, what is the Empress Dowager's condition now?" Emperor Changlong asked.
Song Siyao withdrew his hand from the Empress Dowager's wrist. "Father, the Empress Dowager was shocked and became so angry that she lost her mind."
She looked up and asked Wujing, "Aunt Wujing, did Her Majesty the Empress Dowager have any nightmares last night?"
Turnip avoided eye contact.
"Answer the Crown Princess's question truthfully," Emperor Changlong commanded.
"Your Highness, the Empress Dowager did indeed have a nightmare last night," Wujing said.
The Empress Dowager was asleep in the middle of the night when she suddenly let out a scream, then began to grab wildly in the air with her hands, then started to talk nonsense, and finally could not speak and her body began to convulse.
“That’s right, Father. I can cure the Empress Dowager’s illness, but I can’t guarantee a full recovery,” Song Siyao said.
Judging from Wujing's expression, Emperor Changlong could probably guess that the Empress Dowager was not having a good dream.
"Just do your best," Emperor Changlong said coldly.
What he really wanted to say was that he should let Song Siyao treat him however she wanted, as long as he didn't die.
However, he was the monarch, the Empress Dowager's biological son, and he could not say these words in front of the imperial physicians, palace servants, and Song Siyao.
"Father, I need to administer acupuncture to the Empress Dowager. Please excuse us," Song Siyao said.
"Let's go out and not disturb the Crown Princess." Emperor Changlong stood up, and the others followed him out.
Only Song Siyao and the Empress Dowager remained in the palace.
As soon as Song Siyao applied the acupuncture needles, the Empress Dowager immediately stopped convulsing, her eyes slowly opened, and her cloudy gaze gradually became clear.
Her face was pale, she was weak and listless, and she looked extremely frail.
"Song Siyao, what are you doing here?" the Empress Dowager asked angrily.
"What do you think, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager?" Song Siyao's lips curled into a smile, her eyes filled with a murderous intent that could destroy the heavens and the earth.
Her voice seemed to pierce through the ice and strike the Empress Dowager's eardrums, shattering her mind.
"Your Majesty, how was your nightmare last night?"