"You killed Li Zicheng?" For a moment, Song Qingshu couldn't react.
"Everyone will die. In fact, he should have died on Mount Jiugong. I just sent him on his way." Hu Yizhi's expression was indifferent; he didn't think he had done anything too big.
Seeing the madness flashing in Hu Yizhi's eyes, Song Qingshu's mind was in a mess; for a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
Hu Yizhi raised his head and glanced at him: "Your weapon is too weak today; if we really fight, you won't be my match. However, seeing that you have a deep relationship with the Hu family, I'll let you go. If you meet little Hu Fei in the future, tell him to come here to find me; I'll teach him the complete Hu family's saber technique. "
Song Qingshu didn't think that Hu Yizhi really had the ability to hurt him, but he also didn't want to have a pointless fight for the sake of arguing. Hearing what Hu Yizhi said, he smiled and said: "Thank you very much for your mercy, Senior. I will definitely bring your message to Hu Fei in the future."
Over the next few days, after the Princess's grand burial, Song Qingshu sent someone to the Three-Holy Nunnery to pick up Ah Ke. After bidding farewell to Wu Sangui, he took Wei Xiaobao's coffin back to the capital.
On the way, Song Qingshu tried to strike up a conversation with Ah Ke several times. Originally, he wanted to cultivate their intimacy. Unfortunately, Ah Ke was filled with the sorrow of leaving her hometown, as well as the apprehension of the trip to the Imperial Palace. Secondly, she had not recovered from witnessing her lover's rudeness toward the Princess, so she was indifferent to Song Qingshu's attempts to strike up a conversation. After several times of asking for trouble, Song Qingshu's temper flared up and he was too lazy to pay attention to her. Along the way, the group of envoys quickly returned to the capital.
In the Forbidden City, Kangxi drove his entourage and guards far away and quietly looked at Wei Xiaobao in the coffin alone. Because of the secret method of the Imperial Palace, Wei Xiaobao's body was not damaged much even after such a long time had passed. Looking at that extremely familiar face, Kangxi's eyes sparkled.
However, he was an emperor after all, so he didn't let his tears fall. He turned around and glared at Song Qingshu. "Tell me, what is going on?!"
Thereupon Song Qingshu told Kangxi about what happened at Shanhai Pass that day, nine truths and one falsehood. During the whole process, Kangxi did not express any opinion. When Song Qingshu finished, Kangxi laughed coldly and said, "It's one thing for you to deceive Wu Sangui, father and son, but in front of Zhen you are still not telling the truth. Fu Kangan is the heir of Prince Bao, what kind of beauty has he not seen? Jianning is not an outstanding beauty, how could she let Fu Kangan take such a big risk! "
"This …" Song Qingshu looked at Wei Xiaobao in the coffin with a troubled expression. He seemed to be struggling.
Kangxi had long been familiar with Wei Xiaobao's audacious character. Seeing Song Qingshu's expression, he suddenly had a trace of understanding in his heart. "Could it be related to Wei Xiaobao and Jianning?" he asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty is wise." Song Qingshu said hesitantly, "Since some things have already happened, why not let it pass like this? At least we can preserve … reputation."
"Scoundrel!" Kangxi was so angry that his face turned red to his ears, "Zhen only want to know the truth."
Song Qingshu saw that the time was almost right. Hesitantly he said, "Wei daren and the Princess have always had a good relationship with each other.
On the way to Shanhai Pass, the two of them did something wrong. Later on, Wei daren found out that the imperial family's daughter must be tested for her chastity by the other party. Without any other choice, he had no choice but to come up with this plan, he was ready to push the blame onto Fu Kangan. "Raising his head to look at Kangxi's expression, Song Qingshu hastily added," Wei daren also wanted to completely destroy the relationship between Prince Bao and Wu Sangui, to contribute to Your Majesty's great cause in the future, hence he came up with this plan to kill two birds with one stone. "
"What a good plan to kill two birds with one stone!" Kangxi said with a cold laugh.
Song Qingshu continued, "Who would have thought that a mishap would occur that day, Princess Jianning, she … was really defiled by Fu Kangan. The Princess's temperament was also unyielding, she thought that Wei daren had betrayed her, so she used a flintlock to shoot Wei daren to death, and then she herself also took poison to commit suicide."
Song Qingshu did not directly tell Kangxi this story as soon as he returned, he knew very well that if the listener grew suspicious of you, even if what you said was the truth, it would still arouse the other party's suspicion. Song Qingshu deliberately waited for Kangxi to ask again and again before he pretended to be unable to conceal the truth. With nine truths and one lie, he reconstructed the situation that day, and in the process, he did not stop putting in good words for Wei Xiaobao. Thus, as expected, Kangxi did not suspect him at all.
"His grandpa, Wei Xiaobao that scoundrel, his lust really reaches the heavens, he even dared to steal the Princess!" Kangxi was both angry and regretful, "What kind of woman did he want, zhen would not give her to him, yet he insisted on taking the risk out of desperation, causing him to lose his life."
Song Qingshu tactfully stood on the side without saying anything, listening to Kangxi vent his anger.
Kangxi paced back and forth in the room, he picked up a teacup and smashed it on the floor. His mouth hatefully said, "Mao Dongzhu that lowly woman, not only did she harm Muhou, she also gave birth to a vile spawn and harmed zhen's left and right hands. Damn it …"
Seeing Kangxi had changed from his usual imperial etiquette to cursing like a commoner in a marketplace, Song Qingshu could not help sighing that Kangxi really regarded Wei Xiaobao as a friend from the bottom of his heart.
After venting his anger, Kangxi finally calmed down. Staring into Song Qingshu's eyes, he said, "Zhen does not want a third person to know about today's matter."
Song Qingshu bowed and saluted, "Minister understands!" He suddenly had the urge to hit Ah Ke, hastily he said, "Your Majesty, this time the Princess and Wei Jueye met with mishap at Shanhai Pass, Wu Sangui was terrified and uneasy, thereupon he ordered Wu Yingxiong to marry the Princess and then bury the Princess in Wu Clan's ancestral grave. Considering that the imperial court should not fall out with Wu Sangui at this time, I took the initiative to agree."
"Good agreement!" Kangxi snorted; he thought, 'Jianning is the vile spawn of Mao Dongzhu and a wild man, he is not a member of the imperial family. If he is transported back to the Capital, whether he is buried in the Imperial Mausoleum or not is not good either.'
Song Qingshu handed over Wu Sangui's memorial to the throne and said, "Wu Sangui also requests to have his title of nobility stripped, and his salary forfeited for ten years."
Kangxi casually flipped through it several times; with a cold laugh he said, "That old turtle knows very well that as long as he still has the mighty troops in his hand, Zhen will not agree to this request. He deliberately played this trick, his intention is indeed worthy of punishment. "
Song Qingshu knew that if Wei Xiaobao was still alive, by this time he would definitely have given Kangxi's order.
Following Kangxi's intention, he scolded Wu Sangui, and at the same time flattered Kangxi with a few words, which would make Kangxi happy. Unfortunately, Song QingShu was a modern man, his spine was not so easy to bend. Perhaps sometimes he would be forced by the situation to yield temporarily, but he could never flatter like Wei Xiaobao. Therefore, he had no choice but to continue,
"Wu Sangui also said that he should personally go to the Capital to apologize, but the war in the north is urgent, he had no choice but to send his daughter Ah Ke to the Palace to be a servant, to atone for her father's crime."
Sure enough, Kangxi knitted his brows; he thought, 'In the hearts of the Han people all over the world, it can be said that Wu Sangui has a disreputable reputation; if I take his daughter, I am afraid I will lose the support of a large portion of scholars …'
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