She loses if she divorces, the reborn mistress only divorces her husband

The emperor was furious, and everyone else in the room remained silent.

Song Qingyan was so frightened that she was shaking, and she felt extremely regretful.

If she knew these things, even if she was given ten times the courage, she would not dare to accept the temptation thrown by Empress Dowager Xiao.

She resented Empress Dowager Xiao's concealment, and despair rose from the bottom of her heart. She felt that she was doomed.

A trace of guilt flashed across Empress Dowager Xiao's eyes, but she still refused to give in.

"Emperor, you turned against me for a maid. I carried you for ten months and helped you ascend to the throne. Is this how you repay me?"

"Mother, mother, we don't have to be so hypocritical." Chu Yin laughed, but there was a hint of sadness in his laughter.

"You don't even consider me as your son. I am just a chess piece for you to win favor and rise to power. You want to use me to defeat the other concubines, become the queen mother, and control the harem."

"I have always known your wish, so the first thing I did when I became emperor was to invite you to spend your old age in another palace."

His smile turned cruel. "I want you to watch your wish being shattered, so that you can also experience how I felt when I watched Yunniang die in my arms."

He simply tore off his face, and Empress Dowager Xiao was furious, "Chu Yin! You really did it on purpose. You said something like "I should go to another palace to recuperate", and you dared to do this to me..."

Chu Yin retracted his gaze lightly, "Yu'er, pass the order. The Queen Mother is in poor health, so she will be sent back to the other palace today. From now on, she is not allowed to leave the other palace without my permission."

"Yes." Chu Tingyu lowered his head and responded.

"Chu Yin, how dare you!" Empress Dowager Xiao roared, "You want to put me under house arrest!"

Chu Yin seemed to be tired of talking to her and didn't respond at all. He glanced at Song Qingyan who was lying on the ground and said, "Song Qingyan drugged my wine, she should be beheaded."

Song Qingyan raised her head suddenly, almost shaking her neck, and denied repeatedly, "Your Majesty, it's not me, it's not me, it's the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother drugged me..."

"Do you know how I saw through you?" He suddenly changed the subject.

Song Qingyan stammered and didn't dare to answer.

There was a faint smile on Chu Yin's lips, but sadness and worry appeared in his eyes.

"When Yunniang died, I hadn't ascended the throne yet. How could she call me 'Emperor'?"

"Before she died, she called me 'Prince' and told me not to be sad and not to avenge her..."

Chu Yin muttered to himself and finally closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to being the ruthless and ruthless emperor he used to be, looking at Song Qingyan as if she were facing a dead object.

"Who do you think you are to impersonate her?"

"Your Majesty, it wasn't me who did this, it was the Queen Mother..." Song Qingyan cried, "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty..."

Chu Yin walked straight out and stopped when he passed by Empress Dowager Xiao, but his eyes were looking outside.

"Mother, I came here today with the determination to reconcile with you. Please return to Renshou Palace."

Empress Dowager Xiao slowly turned her head and looked at his stern profile. When she heard these words, a look of confusion appeared on her face, which still showed her anger.

"You said you wanted to give me a gift. I wanted to tell you when you brought the gift..." Chu Yin's expression turned completely cold and he said sarcastically.

"This is truly a gift... one that I will never forget."

Before leaving, Chu Yin said one last sentence -

"We will never meet again until the underworld."

These words made Empress Xiao's body shake. She looked at his departing back, opened her mouth several times, and finally shouted, "Emperor..."

But Chu Yin did not stop and left without any reluctance.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked dispirited, and in an instant she seemed to have aged ten years.

It turned out that she was wrong, and she made the same mistake over and over again.

But the damage has been done, and no matter how much she regrets it, it cannot be undone.

-

Although they tried to cover it up, the news that Chu Tingyu and Li Jingwan led people from the Dali Temple to Empress Dowager Xiao's residence to capture the murderer still spread in the capital.

Moreover, Empress Dowager Xiao left the capital on the same day, making the matter even more confusing.

Within two days, officials from Concubine Zhong's mother's family who were serving in Beijing either submitted their resignations or claimed to be ill and unable to attend court.

The gate of the Song Mansion was closed tightly to welcome visitors.

For a time, there were many different opinions, and most people believed that Chu Yin began to suppress Concubine Zhong's mother's family, perhaps Chu Tingyu's faction.

But in fact, Chu Tingyu was not affected at all and was still favored by the emperor, which overturned everyone's speculation.

Three days later, Li Jingwan appeared in the dungeon for female prisoners with heavy sentences in the Dali Temple.

She followed two prison guards to the cell where Song Qingyan was imprisoned.

On the day she was arrested, Song Qingyan was personally interrogated by the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

Perhaps because she knew she would not survive, she was not tortured. She quickly confessed to hiring someone to kill Lin and assassinate Li Jingwan.

But Song Qingyan refused to sign the testimony and confession unless one of her conditions was met first.

She asked to see Li Jingwan.

The Dali Temple had no choice but to report the matter.

Li Jingwan agreed.

Because she was a little curious why Song Qingyan's life trajectory in this life was completely different from that in the previous life, and she wanted to know what had happened.

Before coming, Chu Tingyu ordered the Dali Temple to inspect the dungeon and search Song Qingyan repeatedly to ensure that she would not pose a danger to Li Jingwan.

Li Jingwan stopped at the end of the aisle and looked inside.

Song Qingyan was sitting on the ground with her limbs chained to the wall. When she heard the voice, she turned her head and looked at her through the bars of the prison door.

Hatred quickly appeared in his eyes.

"Open the door." Li Jingwan said.

The jailers obeyed the order, and one of them unlocked and opened the door, "Princess, please come in."

They left tactfully, but did not go far away, ensuring that they could be present in time if anything unusual happened.

Li Jingwan entered the cell and spoke first, "Song Qingyan, you've been asking to see me. Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"

Seeing her, Song Qingyan did not change her posture and continued sitting on the ground.

She raised her head, but she didn't panic or beg for mercy as she did when she was caught three days ago.

"Don't worry, I'm not asking for mercy from you."

Chu Yin said herself that she drugged herself, and she knew no one could save her.

The Zhong and Song families were too busy trying to avoid her and must have been eager to cut ties with her. No one came to see her after she was arrested.

What's more, Zhao Yunying's true identity has been revealed, and she is no longer even a member of the Zhong family.

"Then what do you want to say?" Li Jingwan asked.

But Song Qingyan just stared at her, smiled slowly, and then laughed loudly.

The exaggerated laughter carried obvious reluctance, which was amplified in the quiet dungeon, containing a hint of eerie terror.

Two jailers rushed over upon hearing the noise, their hands on the hilts of their knives, their eyes alert.

Li Jingwan shook her head gently and waved her hand, indicating that the jailer should ignore it, and the jailer withdrew.

In response to Song Qingyan's madness, Li Jingwan just stared at her and did not say anything to stop her.

In the end, Song Qingyan stopped herself, her voice filled with tears, "You played such a good hand... so badly."

This sentence was incomprehensible, and Li Jingwan couldn't help asking, "What do you mean?"