Chapter 270: The Unquenchable Flame
When Empress Jingzhuang woke up, it was already dark, but her head was still drowsy, and the bits and pieces of last night's meeting with King Ling had been shocking her, making her full of panic, confusion and helplessness in her sleep. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Did King Ling come this time just to see her or did he want to kidnap her by the way? The answer may only be known to King Ling.
But either way, this is a devastating impact for her, if she is left to him, if the prince does not come forward to protect her, maybe this matter has already caused a storm in the city.
But no matter what, in this matter, Queen Jingzhuang realized one thing - Wang Zhaoteng and her are in love, even if she has been bitterly denying it for the past 20 years, but that feeling is still like a fire hidden deep in her heart and can never be extinguished.
This is where her sorrow, sadness and worry come from. She knew that as long as she lived, she couldn't escape its torment.
This time, she begged the prince to spare the king's life, is this right or wrong? She thought about it now and realized that it was wrong.
That's her sentimentality.
If analyzed rationally, she should not have prevented the prince from killing Zhao Teng.
Then, even if the news of Zhao Teng's death quickly spread throughout the country, because Zhao Teng was transfigured at that time, the prince could explain to the emperor on the grounds that he did not know the identity of the other party, and at the same time he could help her cover up the fact that she went to meet Zhao Teng privately, which can kill two birds with one stone.
If Zhao Teng died, all the ties between her and Zhao Teng would come to an end, although she would definitely be sad and blame herself for this, but her situation would suddenly open up - she would no longer have to worry about their feelings threatening and hurting each other and each other's families, nor would she have to worry that she would be discredited one day.
However, she still couldn't resist her heart after all, and she still couldn't help but want to save his life.
Then, since she has made such a choice, she can only bear what will happen next.
However, it would be fine if everything was directed at her, but she knew that once this matter was exposed, it would not only affect her, but also the emperor and the crown prince, and maybe there would be many people who fell into the trap and started attacking her......
Empress Jingzhuang couldn't think about it.
Do you want to say that you regret it? She didn't regret it, and if she was given another chance to make a choice, she might have done it again.
Then, her guilt towards the emperor and the crown prince can't be eliminated no matter what.
Empress Jingzhuang's tears flowed.
Maybe I'm wrong in this life, right? She kept asking herself.
Liu Ying came in from outside, and when she saw Queen Jingzhuang crying so sadly, she hurriedly came forward to comfort her.
After a while, Empress Jingzhuang finally stopped crying and said to Liu Ying: "Didn't Zhang Zhaoyi say that she was going to visit the palace yesterday?" You go and tell her to come over in the afternoon. ”
"Yes." Liu Ying immediately retreated.
Queen Jingzhuang asked her to dress up.
Since she learned that the doorman committed suicide in order to protect her privacy, she has been very self-blaming and guilty, and she is worried that her private meeting with Zhao Teng last night will be dug up by some ill-intentioned people, so she is in a bad mood today.
She didn't want to see Zhang Zhaoyi, she knew that it would be no good for that person to come to see her, but she didn't want to go against Zhang Zhaoyi, after all, Zhang Zhaoyi was very favored now.
Zhang Zhaoyi also learned about the doorman's suicide in the morning, and also went to talk to the imperial concubine about it for a long time, and now, she and the imperial concubine have no way to find more evidence that can prove that Queen Jingzhuang went out to meet yesterday afternoon, so she was very anxious and unwilling, and now that she saw that Queen Jingzhuang asked her to pass, she thought about giving some color to Queen Jingzhuang.
With such thoughts, Zhang Zhaoyi came to Kunyi Palace.
Even though Queen Jingzhuang wore makeup, she still looked very haggard because she didn't sleep well last night.
Zhang Zhaoyi was very happy when she saw her haggard appearance, and she deliberately looked at herself in the mirror. The face in the mirror is white and red, and the delicate and smooth skin seems to be blown and broken, especially the complexion, which is as graceful and radiant as a flower.
"The queen's face is very haggard, didn't she sleep well last night? Does your head still hurt? Zhang Zhaoyi asked.
"I had a few pains last night, so I didn't sleep well, but it's okay now." Queen Jingzhuang said, and added with a smile: "Thank you sister for your concern." ”
Zhang Zhaoyi replied with a smile: "The queen is polite." Then she said, "I heard that one of the guards on the side of Xiaoximen hanged himself last night, and I wonder if the queen knows about it." ”
Empress Jingzhuang was a little difficult to suppress her emotions when she heard the news now, but she couldn't stop Zhang Zhaoyi from saying, so she had to pretend to be casual and say, "This palace also heard about it just now." ”
Zhang Zhaoyi glanced at Queen Jingzhuang, and said with a smile: "When I heard the news this morning, I hurriedly asked someone to inquire, I heard that the person has a warm and harmonious home, and he never had a conflict with anyone when he was a doorman at Xiaoximen before his death, and his body has always been healthy, and his personality is quite cheerful, isn't it strange that such a person committed suicide so quietly?" ”
Empress Jingzhuang listened expressionlessly, and thought for a while before saying: "Everyone has secrets that he doesn't want to tell, the dead are the greatest, let's not put their beaks in the mouth anymore." ”
Zhang Zhaoyi smiled again and said: "First the queen mother, you have a headache, then His Royal Highness the crown prince is not in good health, and then the doorman hanged himself, I also heard that there were crows screaming in the sky above the palace last night, don't you really plan to seriously investigate such a bizarre thing?" ”
Empress Jingzhuang glanced at her vigilantly and said, "This matter has its own special department to investigate, so I don't have to worry about Zhaoyi." ”
Zhang Zhaoyi snorted coldly: "Aren't those so-called special investigation departments also a group of lackeys? Can they really call the shots? Do they really dare to uncover the truth? ”
Queen Jingzhuang said solemnly: "Zhang Zhaoyi, what you said is too much. ”
Zhang Zhaoyi smiled again and said, "That's right, but do you dare to say that what I said is unreasonable?" ”
"If you are dissatisfied with his disposition, then just go and report it to the relevant departments, it is useless to say it here in this palace."
"I know, but this matter has something to do with the queen's mother, so I can't bear to talk about it in front of you for a while."
She deliberately stimulated Empress Jingzhuang to see how the latter reacted.
Empress Jingzhuang was taken aback, stared at her and asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”
Zhang Zhaoyi stood up and walked slowly to the window away from Empress Jingzhuang, and said, "Yesterday afternoon and evening, not only something happened in the palace, but also outside the palace, don't you know best, Queen Mother?" After that, Zhang Zhaoyi looked back at Queen Jingzhuang with a smile.
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