Chapter 4 The unbearable past
Zhong Suluo's face was full of disbelief, and her black hair, like willow catkins, danced in the night wind.
"It turns out that when Prince Di Jin defended Ning, he was not being partial, but was just afraid of alerting the enemy."
"Listening to the testimony quietly is not irrefutable, it is just to buy time."
"Ah."
Zhong Suluo shook her head calmly, with an indescribable helplessness locked between her brows.
"If you don't make a sound, you'll be amazing. Emperor Jin Wang is wise and far-sighted, calm but not arrogant. He is worthy of the title of emperor."
Yan Yu has a clear smile, and is a refined and thoughtful person.
"You are too kind, sister-in-law."
"Miss Ning San set fire to Prince Chen's mansion at the instruction of this prince."
"I have secretly investigated and learned that the Emperor's sister-in-law and Prince Chen are planning a rebellion, so I have ordered Miss Ning San to burn Prince Chen to death. Anyone who tries to stop her will be killed as well."
"Considering that the Emperor's sister-in-law is my brother's first wife, I have not taken any action without authorization. How to deal with her will be decided by my brother."
"Therefore, Miss Ning San is not only innocent of arson, but has also made great contributions. She is fair and just and deserves to be rewarded."
Zhong Suluo lowered her eyes slightly, looking sad, as if she had suffered a lot of injustice.
"King Dijin is like the Son of Heaven. He has the power of life and death. He has no scruples and no need to show mercy."
"My son, I have a pity. He left in a hurry, suffering injustice."
"If the son leaves and the mother stays, what's the point?"
"Please punish him, King Dijin."
Ning Yunxi's almond-shaped eyes are clear and she can see clues in the subtle details.
It seems that Gu Nianting is still alive.
He was seriously injured and trapped in a fire, but he managed to escape.
It's really unexpected.
Obviously, Zhong Su Luo's acting skills could not be hidden from Yan Yu.
"The love between an emperor's sister-in-law and her child is so great that it shakes heaven and earth."
"Compared to the Emperor's sister-in-law's wishful thinking, it is far from reach."
"The Emperor's sister-in-law took advantage of the situation and hid the Prince of Chen, waiting to punish Miss Ning San before making the Prince of Chen show up. She deliberately made things worse and wrongly accused a good man."
"In this way, you can not only remove the thorn in your side, but also save the Ning family's reputation. The Ning family can continue to be used by you."
"As for Miss Ning San, it can be easily brushed off with a simple statement of rehabilitating her name and giving her a grand funeral."
Yan Yu told the story in detail, revealing all of Zhong Suluo's plans.
Ning Yunxi's heart ached slightly.
A big fire made the queen begin to fear her. She was afraid that she would hurt Gu Nianting again, so she decided to kill her.
Even if there was no previous life, with more than ten years of filial piety in the past, in this life, at least she had been able to enjoy his love for two years.
She was filial to the queen, just like her own mother.
On the contrary, to the Queen, she has always been an outsider.
Could it be that, in the Queen's eyes, she was being used by others, leaving her son behind but the mother behind, so she could only swallow her anger?
What did she do wrong that she deserved to be manipulated by others?
The past is like yesterday, fleeting, and only remains in my heart, but it only makes me sad when I see the scene.
"You can pay for the wedding banquet first."
"Don't worry, since I borrowed it from you, I will naturally return it."
After the wedding banquet, Ning Yunxi didn't see a single penny.
The queen was shameless and refused to pay the money, and even asked her to report to her father and inform the Ning Mansion that the silver had been returned in full.
If she didn't respect her elders and be filial to her parents, how could she allow such blackmail to happen?
"When I accepted the marriage proposal, Madam Ning said that the betrothal gift would only be one thousand taels of silver."
"In the past few months, I have confirmed it repeatedly and there is no doubt about it."
"Why did she suddenly change her mind when we were picking her up and ask for 1,000 taels of gold?"
"I have never seen such an unreasonable in-law!"
"How about you use the money you saved from practicing medicine to pay for the betrothal gifts? Otherwise, the wedding will be cancelled, and not only will the Ning family be left with nothing to look after, but the royal family will also lose face."
Just like that, Ning Yunxi used the money she had saved up after working day and night to marry herself...
At that time, Gu Nianting was not yet the Prince of Chen.
Although Zhong Su Luo was the first wife, she had a low status and was not favored.
They all believed that the reason they were able to turn the tide despite being in a disadvantageous position was because they had won over the Ning clan.
In fact, it was because she studied pathology all night long that she cured her father's long-standing illness.
They were obsessed with power, and even if Ning Yunxi told them the real reason why the queen was crowned king, they were unwilling to believe that a weak woman raised in seclusion could achieve such a thing.
Even if their father spoke with all his might, they would only believe that she benefited from the Ning Mansion.
Thinking about the present and lamenting the past, I feel grief overwhelmed.
Yan Yukuanrou asked, pulling her back to reality from her reminiscence.
"What do you think of this, Miss Ning San?"
"what?"
Ning Yunxi's confused gaze showed a hint of doubt.
Yan Yu realized her distraction belatedly and smiled helplessly.
"The Zhong family's status is demoted to Shuyi; Gu Nianting is deposed from the throne and stripped of his title."
Shuyi was the original position of the Zhong family.
Although she was the mistress of a palace, she was looked down upon.
Ning Yunxi originally thought that since they were both stranded in this world, they could hug each other and keep each other warm.
Unexpected...
"In addition, the act of treason is unforgivable and shall be punished with death..."
"Give me back the money."
Before Yan Yu finished speaking, Ning Yunxi suddenly said this.
Everyone present was stunned.
Zhong Su Luo was even more dumbfounded.
How could she say such shameless words in such an occasion?
She naturally avoided the debt she had already shirked, "You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you. Ning Yunxi, you don't have to go to such lengths to spread rumors and slander me!"
Ning Yunxi's eyes darkened, like the cold north wind in winter, or like the afterglow of the setting sun. Between the coldness and indifference, there was a hint of bleakness that could not be concealed.
"Give me back the silver, and I'll kill you later."
There were dark clouds outside the window, and Zhong Suluo slammed the table suddenly, accompanied by the roar of thunder.
"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
"Let alone the fact that I am the mother of a country, I am also your elder in terms of seniority."
"How can you be so disrespectful to your elders?"
"Since you married into Prince Chen's mansion, you have been unable to carry anything, and you are totally not what a daughter-in-law should be. Have I ever said anything bad about you?"
"You are good at confusing right and wrong, always talking about money. You are so vain, why does Ting'er favor you?"
She struggled desperately, intending to provoke Ning Yunxi, and she could see it clearly.
Ning Yunxi understood the meaning of her words without even saying it.
It's just that she has no money saved.
This is understandable, after all, she had just been conferred the title of queen at that time.
Things went against her wishes, but Ning Yunxi took it as a nonchalant matter, without any anger at all.
"Excuse me, Master Xie, if the Zhong family intends to rebel, will the Zhong family members be implicated?"
Xie Mao immediately responded: "The laws of Yuesheng are compassionate. If the Zhong family members did not participate in the rebellion, they will not be implicated."
Zhong Suluo naturally understood Ning Yunxi's intention, and then said defensively: "My Zhong family is full of loyal and brave people, and has never participated in any rebellion!"
Ning Yunxi continued to attack.
"If the Zhong family wants to achieve great things, they need the support of their mother's family. Naturally, they will have to exchange letters."
"Although Zhong's mother's family did not commit treason, they knew about it but did not report it. How should they be punished?"