In the afternoon spring light, the courtyard is deep and cannot hide many secrets.
Qing Guan'er knelt on her knees and walked all the way to Xu Zhihuai, her eyes filled with tears and her pupils trembling.
"I'll tell you the truth, since I secretly left the Wu Mansion that day, I've been living in hiding, and a lot of things happened after that. I finally got into the theater troupe and got a bite of food. I thought I was complete in my life. It’s over. Unexpectedly, I heard that Master Xu was going to perform in the palace that day. I knew this was my only chance. Madam, I must come to see you..."
Xu Zhihuai had only met her once, and he had no feeling for her heartfelt words. There was a bit of chill in his eyes: "What exactly do you want?"
Qingguan'er burst into tears: "Please help me take revenge..."
revenge? These two words are really harsh.
Xu Zhihuaiming narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the pitiful face in front of him, thinking of everything that happened that day.
Before I knew it...it had been more than a year.
With more than fifty taels of silver that he had accumulated for a long time, he bribed her to exchange identities with him. His words were sincere, but his face was full of sadness at the end of his life.
Su Yu...
Xu Zhihuai suddenly thought of her name and said in a low voice: "What revenge do you want?"
Su Yu spoke with tears in her eyes.
A cup of tea has gone cold.
Zhu Weizhen looked at the pastel-yellow plum bird tea bowl in his hand, and from the corner of his eye he caught sight of the empty carved pear wood chair next to him. She had been gone for a while, why didn't she come back yet.
On the stage, the handsome and graceful Zhang Sheng was singing about searching for her thousands of times in his dreams. Every sentence was filled with longing for Empress Li.
In the secluded room, Su Yu burst into tears, complaining about her difficult past of being plotted and exploited by a heartless person. She shed tears and cried blood every word.
What a ruthless story.
Childhood sweethearts, secretly in love, but their family fell into decline, and the innocent girl was sold into a brothel. The infatuated young man promised to raise money to redeem her. Unfortunately, the young man eventually became a heartless man and defrauded her of all her wealth on the way to elope.
Xu Zhihuai listened silently, with no emotion in his heart, but Jinhua shed a lot of tears along with him.
"Your Majesty, you are the most capable and noble person I, Su Yu, have ever known in my life. Such a big thing happened in the Wu Mansion, yet your Majesty was able to make a name for herself, and now she has become the Crown Prince's favorite concubine... …”
Xu Zhihuai looked impatient and waved his hand gently.
"I don't want to mention anything about the past."
Su Yu shook her head repeatedly: "My queen, please help me, I will do anything! From now on, I will be your most loyal dog."
Xu Zhihuai frowned, feeling disgusted: "I don't need a loyal dog."
"Empress, I don't ask for glory and wealth, I don't ask for rapid success, I just want..."
Xu Zhihuai had no patience anymore and was about to send her away when he heard her say word for word: "I just want that bastard to live worse than death! I want him to die again and again, over and over again, and be tortured forever!"
Such ruthless and straightforward boldness immediately struck Xu Zhihuai's heart.
As it happened, there was also a person in her heart that she wished she could kill thousands of times.
Wei Li...
Xu Zhihuai asked her to raise her head and stared into her eyes: "Do you really have the courage? Since you are so wronged, you should have fought with him long ago! As long as you can get close to him, you will have a chance. Why do you bother to fight him? If you waste all your efforts, there is no place in the palace for you to act wild!"
"Mother, it's not difficult for me to kill him. What's difficult is to make his life worse than death... I really don't have the ability."
Xu Zhihuai saw the burning anger in her eyes, which could not be faked.
She retracted her gaze and lightly dusted her dress: "Logically, I should silence you first, then order people to carry you out of the palace, find a remote place and bury you, out of sight."
Su Yu was shocked and surprised when she heard this, biting her lower lip: "I also know that I am just wishful thinking... I can do whatever you want with me, I will never complain." After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and let tears fall freely.
"Is it worth it to spend so much money on a heartless man? It seems that you are a fierce woman. Now, don't cry here, you will dirty my land."
Xu Zhihuai shook his sleeves and gave Jinhua a faint wink.
"Today is an auspicious day for Concubine Yue to celebrate her birthday, and I don't want to spoil the fun. All the things that have happened before are due to the different fates between you and me, so I can't complain or envy you."
Jinhua's eyes were red, she turned around and took out a purse and handed it over silently.
Amelia Su was a little confused and shook her head: "Mother, I'm not doing it for the money."
Xu Zhihuai curled his lips: "It's a reward for you. Today you can be considered a good show of sincerity. But I don't like this kind of bitter show of seeking death and survival. If you want to kill someone, you can kill it yourself. You can plan for Gao Sheng on your own, and you are not allowed to mention a single word about me in front of others or behind your back in the future, and keep your mouth shut."
Su Yu sobbed and nodded: "Thank you for not killing me today."
After she left, Jinhua came to Xu Zhihuai and squatted down, blinking her big red eyes, as if she had something to say, but unfortunately she couldn't say it out.
Xu Zhihuai lowered his eyes to look at her and said calmly: "You silly girl, you cry when others cry. Why are your tears so worthless?"
Jinhua was a little ashamed and lowered her head.
"That Su Yu is not simple. Not to mention how she sneaked into the palace, she can meet us just right. Can she do it on her own?"
Xu Zhihuai stretched out a finger and tapped Jinhua's forehead, making her put away her expression of realization.
"You've been following me for so long, and you've seen everything you should see. Why don't you have any thoughts at all?"
Who sent Amelia Su?
You don't need to guess to know it's Wei Li.
No one knows her details better than him.
Halfway through the play, Xu Zhihuai came back and took his seat.
Concubine Yue looked obsessed as she listened to the play, her eyes and eyebrows were flushed with emotion, and the handkerchief on the table was even more moist, she had clearly cried.
Zhu Weizhen looked calm and glanced at her, meaningfully: "You missed a good show."
Xu Zhihuai smiled sweetly: "I was very rude, and my stomach just felt a little uncomfortable, so I took a short rest and accidentally fell asleep again."
Zhu Weizhen also laughed: "There is no need to apologize, today is a good day to celebrate."
Xu Zhihuai picked up the tea bowl on the table and found that it was still warm. He couldn't help but smile: "Your Highness really loves me."
"How can a beauty with delicate body and expensive body eat cold tea? For today, you have been busy all the time, and the prince is already very distressed. How dare I not love you?"
Xu Zhihuai smiled when he heard this and listened to the play quietly with them, but Su Yu's words always echoed in his ears: I want him to die again and again, over and over again, and be tortured forever!
Suddenly, she really wanted to see Wei Li, really wanted to see the face that she had longed for and hated so much, and looked forward to one day seeing the despair on his face that made life worse than death.
