The next day, Ye Zhen Zhen was carrying his edict to meet with the criminal.
Kang Cheng Lu is a big criminal, he was locked in a special steel cage, making it not possible to escape. He was tied to a steel post, on his gray clothes there were streaks of blood.
Although he was tortured earlier, he was still awake. When he saw Ye Zhen Zhen, he could still smile “greetings to the empress, please forgive me for not being able to kneel to pay my respects”
Ye Zhen Zhen asked “why did you want to kill the emperor?”
“This question, has been asked by many people, what your majesty thinks the reason is, then be it so”
“What Su Jie Yu gave you, I can give you 10 times, as long as you are willing to tell out the whole story”
“Your majesty, I think you should not waste your energy. The days I have left is very little, even if I have a back as big as the sky, I will not have the chance to enjoy them” To try to assassin the emperor, whether he fess up to the crime or not, he will still have to die.
“I do not know what reasons that you cannot say, but do you know this time, how many people will be involved into this case? And how many more people that will have to give up their lives?”
“Thanks for the reminder, I have remembered something” Kang Cheng Lu looked down, the days he spent in this steel cage has made him one round thinner, his skin is wrapped tightly on to his bones. Perhaps his body was in deep pain, when he speaks his voice was not stable “yesterday someone met me, promising to keep me alive, and ask me to frame Lieutenant Lu and Minister Ye. I know I committed grave mistake, but Lieutenant Lu has always treated me well, so no matter what i will not frame him even if it costs my life. Even so, it doesn’t mean that, that person would not try other ways to frame him, what I can do is up to here, I hope you will be strong niang niang. I have commited such a big mistake, and involved Lieutenant Lu, and will not be able to repay this life, I hope in my next life I will be able to pay back”
Ye Zhen Zhen was getting anxious and angry as she hears his words. This person really knew how to excuse himself, thinking that he can repay his mistakes in his next life. But he can still be considered someone that is good, since he did not blame others in order to save himself.
Then, who was the person that wanted to buy him up?
The answer was too obvious. That person that can bring an edict along to enter the jail and to be able to save guard his life, and whole heartedly only wanted to frame Lu Li and Ye Family… besides Ji Wu Jiu, who else could it be?
Ye Zhen Zhen returned to Kun Ning Palace in deep thoughts.
JI Wu Jiu really wants to start, she does not know what she should do. She realized, that actually if he really wanted to, she really can’t do anything to defend, and can only beg. Although now Kang Cheng Lu did not comply, but that person doesn’t seem to be trustable as well, if rounds and rounds of torture was placed upon him, who knows how long his bones will be hard.
Su Jie Yu, right there is still Su Jie Yu, must open her mouth!
Ye Zhen Zhen suddenly stood up “Lets go to Lu Hua Palace”
Lu Hua Palace was already in a mess.
When Ye Zhen Zhen rushed to Lu Hua Palace, she was nearly knocked over by a maid servant, Wang You Cai’s reaction was fast, and pushed the maid servant, making her fall to the floor.
The maid servant immediately kneeled and apologized to Ye Zhen Zhen
“What happened!”
“Replying to your majesty, Su Jie Yu was poisoned to death, I was on the way to Kun Ning Palace to report”
Ye Zhen Zhen rushed in, and saw Su Jie Yu’s body has already harden, and not sure what type of poison did she took, there was no signs of her being poison on the body, her face was still red, with a pretty appearance, almost like she was just in a deep sleep.
Even Su Jie Yu died, one more step, the whole Ye Family will be gone for.
Ye Zhen Zhen felt as though her soul has flied off, she said at the bed side of Su Jie Yu and stared at the body.
After a while, the imperial doctor arrived, and found out that the in Su Jie Yu’s tea there was poison. Ye Zhen Zhen also did not bother to ask on further.
After a while, Feng You De arrived, bringing along Ji Wu Jiu’s edict, and praised Su Jie Yu, and gave her back the title of concubine, and was to be buried according to the rank.
She was still someone that you favored upon, now that she is dead, you did not even bother to come and see her, not sure if your heart is cold or you are feeling guilty.
It seems that an emperor’s heart is indeed hard.
Ye Zhen Zhen was thinking and laughed coldly.
Note: Sigh, the trust between the both of the main characters are not yet built.. they still don’t believe one another, she thought he was trying his best to bring Ye Family down, he thought she loves Lu Li, when she was only thinking about the family as whole.. Sad chapter as well, a character has ended her part of the story… Next chapter… is full of angst.. so I am planning to get chapter 41 and 42 out together.. maybe today or maybe tomorrow.. gotta go get some work done first =D