The Sickly Scion’s Petite Wife Is Sweet And Cool

   Chapter 453 Revenge (two more)

  Song Jingchen was called into the palace on the second day, perhaps because of the lessons learned from Shangguanpu, not only did a body search be arranged at the gate of the palace, but there was even an additional checkpoint at the gate of the imperial study.

   After a body search, he was released after making sure that there was no murder weapon on him.

   When he walked into the imperial study, he saw that the emperor was taking medicine pills with water, Song Jingchen's eyes moved slightly, and he bowed his head and cupped his hands: "I have seen Your Majesty."

   After a long time, I heard the emperor on the dragon chair speak: "This time I can get out of trouble, Aiqing takes the lead, tell me, what reward do you want."

   "Your Majesty Hongfu Qitian has the protection of a true dragon, and this minister dare not take credit..."

  The emperor's face showed a look of satisfaction, and he opened his mouth to praise.

   Hearing Song Jingchen continue: "But I do have something to ask for."

  The emperor's face darkened, thinking of something, he said solemnly: "Tell me."

"Previously, the minister captured a woman who came out of Mingxiang Residence, and learned from the woman's mouth that all women who entered Mingxiang Residence were fed a poison called Heart Eater, but in King Jing's Mansion, it was not Find the antidote. I implore Your Majesty Rongchen to see King Jing so that we can get the antidote for those innocent women."

  The emperor frowned: "Why didn't you mention it before."

   "I'm worried that I'll startle snakes, so..."

  The emperor paused, thinking of the two eyeliners he just pulled out, and asked with a light cough, "How is the poisoned woman now?"

   "Dead." Immediately afterwards, Song Jingchen explained the poison of the heart-devouring poison.

   As soon as he heard that he did not have a seizure, the pulse was no different from ordinary people, the emperor's expression changed immediately, and he stood up abruptly: "Then..."

   paused in the middle of his words, he sat back again, and said suspiciously: "The maid in your house who detoxifies me can't detoxify this poison?"

"This is exactly what the minister wants to tell His Majesty. According to the servant girl in the court's house, this poison requires a poisonous weed called Heart-Eating Grass, and Heart-Eating Grass has only been recorded in the previous dynasty, and it has long since disappeared in this dynasty. As for this antidote, the rhizome of Heart Devouring Grass is needed as a medicinal guide.

   So, it's not that it can't be solved, it's that the medicine can't be found at all. "

The    emperor was startled: "You mean there are remnants of the previous dynasty? And colluded with that rebel?"

  Song Jingchen: "I don't know."

   He knows the emperor too well. Others are always thinking of danger in times of peace, but it is the opposite for him. Once he loses the sense of crisis and feels safe, he will try his best to kill the donkey.

   Just like to the Song family back then...

   That's why he deliberately referred to Tianji Valley as the former dynasty.

  The emperor's face changed several times, from shock to panic to suspicion.

   At this time, there was an internal attendant outside the hall saying that Lord Cai, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, had an urgent matter.

The Emperor    glanced at Song Jingchen and said solemnly, "Let him in."

   After a cup of tea, Mr. Cai walked into the imperial study, knelt down and bowed: "My minister, I see your majesty."

   "Cai Aiqing is going to the palace today, what's the important thing?" the emperor asked.

  Master Cai glanced at Song Jingchen.

  The emperor waved his hand: "Uncle Zhongyi is not an outsider. If you have something to do, just say it directly."

Master Cai lowered his eyes: "Yes, it's the women who are locked in the Jingzhao Mansion prison. Today, for some unknown reason, several people suddenly fell to the ground and cried, and even tried to commit suicide by hitting the wall. …”

  The emperor frowned, isn't this the same situation as Song Jingchen said about the attack of the heart-eating poison?

   "Can the doctor see it?" he asked.

"I invited all the famous doctors in Beijing, and they all said that Xu... Xu was poisoned..." Mr. Cai's voice became smaller and smaller, and after speaking, he kowtowed a few times on the ground: "Ke Chen These days, people will keep the prison tightly closed, and it is absolutely impossible for people to have the possibility of drug use, please your majesty to investigate."

   Not to mention that those women are important witnesses, even now the common people are paying attention to this case. If they died in the prison inexplicably, the emperor would not be able to explain to the people. Wouldn’t it be counted on his head?

   Xu is? Just not sure.

  The emperor's eyes sank, and he summoned a chamberlain to ask the imperial doctor of the Imperial Hospital to go with Mr. Cai.

   Mr. Cai kowtowed again and again in thanks.

   There were a lot of women who had a series of seizures. He almost called everyone in the Taiyuan Hospital away.

   The one who came back with him was the imperial physician Zheng, and he replied: "If you go back to your majesty, those women are indeed poisoned, but..."

   "Just what?" the emperor asked.

   "It's just that the poison in them is really strange, but it's a bit like a poison I've heard of before." Then he recounted what happened in the prison.

   It turned out that he had people take the pulse of the women who did not have the disease. The pulse was the same as the normal person a moment ago, but the next moment it suddenly occurred, and when he went to check the pulse again, it was obviously poisonous.

  Emperor: "What poison?"

   "I have only heard of one or two, and I don't know their names, but..." The imperial physician was wiping his sweat: "But the poison that I know of has only appeared in the previous dynasty, so I can't confirm whether it is the same kind."

   Song Jingchen raised his eyebrows, the imperial doctor was not colluding with him.

   However, Tianji Valley was so active in the past, it is not surprising that the Heart-Eating Poison would spread.

  The emperor asked again and again if there was a way to detoxify. The imperial doctor said that the poison was too strange. It was the first time he saw it and he needed to study it for a while.

   But those women may not be able to last until then...

   Now the emperor can't believe what Song Jingchen said.

   He waved his hand to let people back off.

  Song Jingchen glanced at Mr. Cai and reminded him, "Those women are innocent people. Don't let them kill themselves. If it's really impossible, knock them out first."

   Mr. Cai was stunned for a moment, looked at the emperor cautiously, got a nod from the latter, and then thanked him and retreated with the imperial physician.

  The emperor's face was as black as ink. During the time he was imprisoned, the evil son fed him so many things. What if he was also poisoned?

   The more I think about the emperor, the more frightened it becomes, and I even feel inexplicably that something is wrong with me.

He took a deep breath, and said sternly: "Song Aiqing, you go, let that idiot hand over the antidote, and never let innocent people die. Also, be sure to find out where he came from this poison, whether it is true or not. There really are remnants of the past."

  Song Jingchen sneered in his heart: "The minister follows the order."

   After Song Jingchen left, the emperor remembered the purpose of calling him into the palace, but thinking of the possible remnants of the previous dynasty, he was glad that he was polite first, instead of giving him a rise and fall.

   After coming out of the palace, Song Jingchen directly took the token given by the emperor and went to the prison of Zongrenfu.

  I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the cell where Shangguanpu was imprisoned was where the old prince was previously.

   It's just that the old prince went crazy at Lingyin Temple and was taken away by Shangguanpu, and was ignored by everyone.

The    emperor didn't know if he forgot, anyway, he hasn't asked about it since he returned to the palace.

  In the dimly lit dungeon, Shangguanpu was unkempt, leaning against the corner with blood stained body, obviously being tortured.

  Song Jingchen motioned to the prison guard to open the prison door, the guard hesitated for a while, and finally released the key from his waist...

   The prison door opened and closed, but Shangguanpu didn't even lift his eyelids.

   His crime did not need to be tried at all. The reason why the emperor did not give him death directly was because he did not have enough to vent.

  Song Jingchen walked up to him, looked at him condescendingly for a long time, and said calmly: "Isn't it reconciled?"

   After five years of meticulous planning, he failed without causing much splash. Anyone would be unwilling to change it.

Shangguan Pu's deadly eyes narrowed, and suddenly he sneered, he raised his head and looked at Song Jingchen mockingly: "What qualifications do you have to see me as a thief and father? Or are you naive enough to think that you are really being kidnapped? Is that one trusted?"

   "You shouldn't have forgotten what happened to the Song family two years ago, just wait, the next one is you, hahaha..."

  Song Jingchen flicked the non-existent ash on his robe and shook his head: "You don't even know where you lost, you are so pitiful."

  Shangguanpu's laughter stopped abruptly, and his eyes stared at Song Jingchen with resentment.

   "You don't think it's because of me, do you?" Song Jingchen said.

  Shangguanpu was stunned for a while, apparently his heart was being spoken.

  Song Jingchen chuckled: "Then you look down on me too much."

   "What do you mean?" Shangguanpu asked.

   "It literally means, your end is doomed long ago, even without me, you can't succeed."

  Shangguanpu looked at him for a long time, then sneered again: "I don't know when Song Shizi had the ability to show people's pictures."

   "I don't understand the look, but there are people in this world who do." Song Jingchen said seriously.

   "What the **** do you mean?"

  Song Jingchen didn't give a **** anymore: "I wonder if His Royal Highness King Jing has heard of Tianji Valley?"

  Although Song Jingchen said that before, but Shangguanpu actually knew that he was not the kind of person who would fall into trouble, so he really thought about it.

   "The Valley of Mysteries where the previous dynasty was at its peak?" he asked.

  Song Jingchen raised his eyebrows, knowing that, otherwise he would have to waste his words explaining.

   He looked around and didn't see a chair, so he could only sit on the ground opposite Shangguanpu.

   "That's right, it is said that Tianji Valley only assists people with emperors and generals, so do you know that the heart-eating poison you use to control those women comes from Tianji Valley?"

   "Oh, and also, the poison you fed the emperor also came from Tianji Valley."

  Shangguanpu's eyes narrowed, and he had a guess in his heart, but he still couldn't believe it and asked again: "What do you mean?"

  Song Jingchen inexplicably thought that if Shen Yijia was here, he would definitely scold: "It means that you are a big fool."

   He held back the corners of his lips that he wanted to raise, clenched his fists against his lips and coughed lightly, "It means that you...you are just a **** in someone else's hands from beginning to end."

As he was deceiving himself, Song Jingchen continued: "In fact, since the person who provided you with poison appeared by your side, you have no chance of success. Of course, you may think that you are the one chosen by Tianji Valley, but if it is true In this way, why didn't the other party tell you his identity? If you have a background in Tianji Valley, you will only use him more, right? He didn't say it, but because he was just using you and didn't trust you at all."

   Knowing Tianji Valley, he naturally knows how many emperors he assisted in the previous dynasty, plus the rumor, and their ability to fortune and avoid evil...

  Anyone with ambition, if they know that there is such a person around, they will definitely treat him as a guest of honor.

   "How do you know he didn't tell me his identity..." Shangguanpu said angrily.

   Song Jingchen looked at him like a fool.

   If he really knew, he wouldn't have reacted that way when he asked about Tianjigu just now.

  Shangguanpu:  …

   He clenched his fist and slammed it **** the ground, causing the chain on his hand to rattle.

   He turned his head away: "Are you trying to tell me that the real Dragon Emperor selected by Tianji Valley is the fifth?"

  Song Jingchen shook his head: "It's not him."

   "Could it be you?"

  Song Jingchen was a little helpless: "I said at the beginning, even without me, you will not succeed."

   He suspected that Shangguanpu had been hit so hard that he lost his mind.

   "Who is that?"

   "I don't know yet, but I think it's coming soon."

  Shangguanpu: "..."

   "So you're here to let me know that I'm a total idiot to be played with and applauded?"

   "I just want you to know that your real enemy is not me."

   "Huh." Shangguanpu sneered: "Then what? I'm a dying person, what's the use of knowing this? Can I still seek revenge from them?"

  Song Jingchen thought for a while: "The people selected by Tianji Valley used you to fight with me, hiding behind their backs to take advantage of the fisherman. If you are gone, the next person they have to deal with is naturally me."

   "So when you die, I should be able to avenge you by the way."

  Shangguanpu choked, inexplicably heard the meaning of "rest in peace".

   "You take yourself too seriously." He sneered.

  Song Jingchen raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.

   "Tell me, the real purpose of your coming to me." Shangguanpu finally picked up his brain.

   "First, the antidote to heart-eating poison. Second, I want to know the whole process of how you framed Ah Han."

   Even if all the evidence points to Shangguanpu, Song Jingchen doesn't think he will do this alone.

   After all, Shangguanpu has always shown ambition on his face, and has always been the object of Donggong's guard. It is even more impossible for him to put so many things in Donggong without knowing it.

  Song Jingchen prefers to have a secret hand helping him do this.

   Maybe it was an existence that even Shangguanpu himself didn't know about, just like he didn't know that he had been used for so many years.

   In Song Jingchen's opinion, Shangguanpu deserves to be damned, but he also doesn't want to let go of the person who hides behind and controls everything.

  Shangguanpu's pupils shrank: "You..."

   He wanted to ask Song Jingchen how he found out, but when he thought of the old prince who was greedy for life and feared death, he understood it again.

   He laughed at himself, and leaned his head against the wall lazily: "The pharmacist only gave me compression medicine. But...you really impress me."

   Knowing that what happened back then had something to do with him, but he could still talk to him here calmly.

   In the past, no matter how famous Song Jingchen was, he was always disdainful, but now he is convinced.

  If he can use it...

  Unfortunately, since two people were born, they were destined to not be in the same camp.

  Song Jingchen didn't speak, just waited for him to speak.

   "I can tell you, but yours does two things for me."

   "Tell me about it." Whether it can be done or not is uncertain.

  Shangguanpu cast a glance at him: "The first thing, the fourth brother did not know about everything I did, whether I was sent to a poor place to be an idle prince, or demoted to a commoner, help me save his life."

   "Second thing, Kang Er is still young, he is also innocent..."

   "Which of those women are not innocent." Song Jingchen scoffed.

   "The struggle for the throne requires sacrifice." Shangguanpu didn't think he did anything wrong.

   Most of the people he arrested were children from poor families. They couldn't even get enough to eat at home, so they might as well use it for him.

  Song Jingchen didn't continue to reason with him about "since others can sacrifice, why can't your children bear the consequences for your actions".

  Because Shangguanpu is a typical high-ranking person thinking, maybe in his opinion, those women should feel honored that they can contribute to his grand plan and hegemony, and arguing is meaningless.

  …

  Hey, I'm done, I'm done, I'll try to compensate everyone tomorrow and send a third update

   Thank you son Ruyu, lonely as snow for reward

   (end of this chapter)