After Lu Lingzhi finished speaking, he bowed his head and took a sip of tea. He looked at Mo Rongzhan coldly, and a touch of jealousy flowed in the depths of his eyes.
Mo Rongzhan suppressed his anger. Lu Lingzhi wanted to infuriate him. He had hurt Ye Zhen before, which was a regret he could never forget in his life. However, even if he had done something wrong before, it did not mean that Lu Lingzhi could kill Ye Zhen with righteous indignation.
"I did do wrong before. I gave you the opportunity to hurt Ye Zhen." Mo Rongzhan said faintly, "However, I will try my best to make up for it. My mistakes are not an excuse for you to hurt Ye Zhen."
"Yes, you have the opportunity to make up for it. Why can't I make up for it?" Lu Lingzhi smiled, "Your Majesty's luck is really good. Ye Zhen hated you so much before she died, but you were able to make her forgive you. You just relied on your status as the emperor to make her unable to oppose you …"
Mo Rongzhan sneered, "Do you think you can make yourself feel better by treating Yao Yao as Ye Zhen?"
Lu Lingzhi gently put the cup in his hand on the table and looked up at Mo Rongzhan faintly. "Yao Yao is Ye Zhen. Although I saw Ye Zhen die under the poisonous wine with my own eyes, it doesn't matter why she became Lu Yaoyao."
"It's a load of nonsense." Mo Rongzhan heard the certainty in Lu Lingzhi's tone, and he was even more determined to not let him leave alive this time.
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, the emperor knows very well in his heart." Lu Lingzhi said faintly, "However, if Ye Zhen knew that what you had done to her was even crueler, do you think she would still be with you without a grudge?"
Mo Rongzhan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you think you will have a chance to see Yao Yao again?"
"Even if it's not from my mouth, I still have a way to let her know what she should know." Lu Lingzhi said, "The person Ye Zhen shouldn't forgive the most is you. Everything I did was done with your acquiescence. When she died, you didn't even know what she looked like, but I accompanied her in King Qin's Mansion for two years. I know all her beauty better than you. What I regret most in my life is that I didn't take her away from King Qin's Mansion."
Yes, Lu Lingzhi regretted it all the time, especially after Lu Yaoyao came to the capital. He couldn't help but think of Ye Zhen. If he hadn't been so greedy and wanted more power, he could have taken Ye Zhen away, and there wouldn't have been so many things later.
Mo Rongzhan sneered, "Did you ask us to come here to hear these words from you?"
Lu Lingzhi looked up with a smile. "There is one thing the emperor may have forgotten. If Ye Zhen knew it, do you think she would still stay in the palace wholeheartedly as the empress?"
"I've never been threatened by a dead man." Mo Rongzhan said coldly, the soft sword in his hand stabbing at Lu Lingzhi like a dragon.
"You don't remember, I'll remind you." Lu Lingzhi hurriedly avoided Mo Rongzhan's sword, but his shoulder was still cut and blood immediately oozed out.
Mo Rongzhan didn't let Lu Lingzhi continue to speak, his silver sword stabbed sharply again.
A black sword appeared in Lu Lingzhi's hand, blocking Mo Rongzhan's offensive. He shouted, "Before you returned to the capital, although you controlled the whole capital, you didn't have the imperial jade seal. The imperial jade seal is in the hands of Mo Ronghui. You know that Mo Ronghui has always liked Ye Zhen. You asked Cheng Zimao to go to King Qin's Mansion to take Ye Zhen away and give her to Mo Ronghui in exchange for the imperial jade seal. Do you remember this?"
Mo Rongzhan's face changed when he heard this. He had long forgotten this matter. He did mention it at the beginning, but later Ye Zhen died and Mo Ronghui took the initiative to hand over the imperial jade seal. This matter was only mentioned. Now that Lu Lingzhi mentioned it, he remembered that there was such a thing.
"In your mind, Ye Zhen is just an item that can be exchanged at any time. When did you treat her as a princess? You don't love Shuang 'er, you just want to use her to get help from the Lu family. Mo Rongzhan, how can a person like you deserve Yao Yao to forgive you again? "Lu Lingzhi asked harshly.
"What have I done to Ye Zhen? I never dare not admit it." Mo Rongzhan looked at Lu Lingzhi coldly. "You being alive is the greatest harm to her."
Mo Rongzhan no longer talked with Lu Lingzhi. His sword became more and more ruthless, each move aimed to take Lu Lingzhi's life.
Lu Lingzhi's martial arts were originally not as good as Mo Rongzhan's, not to mention that his body had been damaged in recent years. He could barely resist Mo Rongzhan's moves. After a long time, he gradually became unable to resist.
Guan Jie, who had been hiding somewhere, suddenly appeared and blocked Mo Rongzhan's sword for Lu Lingzhi.
They had already left the pavilion. The heavy rain was pouring and the lights were dim. They could only rely on their ears to detect where the other was.
"Ye Zhen did die because of me, but the person she really hates is you." Lu Lingzhi whispered in the heavy rain. "Do you want to know what she did in the two years she was in Prince Qin's Mansion?"
Mo Rongzhan heard Lu Lingzhi's faint voice and immediately rushed in that direction. "What I want to know, I will naturally know."
"You don't dare to know." Lu Lingzhi sneered. "Unfortunately, everything about her has long been burned by the fire."
"Don't hurt my brother." Guan Jie shouted, blocking Mo Rongzhan's sword.
Mo Rongzhan's speed was faster than him. In the rain, there was the sound of a sharp sword piercing through bone.
The bloody silver sword was pulled out of Lu Lingzhi's shoulder, bringing along a trail of blood …
Lu Lingzhi covered his wound with one hand and looked at Mo Rongzhan, who was fighting with Guan Jie in the rain. He sneered and clenched the hilt of his sword. "You asked me to return to the capital to work in order to find evidence of the Ye family's crimes. Ye Yisong indeed deserves to die, but the Ye family's crimes are not enough to be executed. Many of the criminal evidence are simply fabricated. Do you dare to say that you didn't see it at the beginning?"
Mo Rongzhan sneered. "I am clear about what Ye Yisong has done. I have a clear conscience about his punishment."
"What about Ye Yiqing?" Lu Lingzhi asked again.
"Lu Lingzhi, do you think I will let you go by saying this?" Mo Rongzhan asked coldly.
"I have said so much. Does the emperor still understand what I mean?" Lu Lingzhi laughed. "You are the one who should die the most. You are the one who wronged Ye Zhen. You are the one who hurt her. Why should she forgive you? You should die."
Mo Rongzhan said in a deep voice, "I will wait for you to kill me."
Lu Lingzhi said, "When you are dead, I will tell Ye Zhen everything you have done in the past. At that time, she will give up on you."
"Wishful thinking!" Mo Rongzhan snorted. "How are you worthy of her?"
"Because even if it is someone else, I will still know who she is. But you, you have mistaken Shuang 'er for her," Lu Lingzhi said.
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(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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