Chapter 136: The Death of Song Yue 02

Chapter 136

The delicacies personally cooked by Song Zhao naturally could not be left to waste.

So whether Song Yue wanted to eat them or not, she had to eat them!

Xiao Fuzi practically force-fed Song Yue the entire plate of braised meat slices.

In the process, Song Yue vomited twice, but even the vomit was grabbed by Xiao Fuzi and stuffed back into her mouth, forcing her to swallow it.

Finally, after the "delicacies" had been cleanly consumed, Xiao Fuzi casually pushed Song Yue, knocking her over onto the ground like a pile of mud.

Song Yue lay prone on the ground, drenched in sweat, crying as she shouted at Song Zhao:

"Why are you treating me this way? No matter what, I'm still your elder sister! We both have the Song family blood flowing in our veins. You..."

"Now you remember that you're my elder sister?" Song Zhao cut her off with a cold laugh. "Aren't you always telling people that the unluckiest thing in your life is having a bastard younger sister like me?"

Of course Song Yue could not swallow this humiliation.

But more than salvaging her pride, she wanted to survive.

And Song Zhao was her only lifeline.

With great difficulty, she crawled to Song Zhao's feet, grasping her pants leg, and softened her tone:

"Let's say I really did wrong you in the past. You can hate me all you want, but think of me as your elder sister and save me first. Once I get through this calamity, you can make me your ox or your horse to repay you however you want!"

"Save you? Hahaha~" Song Zhao laughed as if she had heard the funniest joke. She casually kicked Song Yue's hands away and mocked, "It was me who told the Emperor about your sordid affair with Ge Zhongqi. How can you still be so naive as to think I would save you?"

Upon hearing this, Song Yue was struck dumb. She stared wide-eyed in shock:

"It was you? It was actually you!"

She suddenly erupted in madness, mustering all her strength to throw herself at Song Zhao.

Song Zhao sat unmoved like a mountain, merely seeing her as a joke.

Before Song Yue could even get close, she was fiercely kicked in the abdomen by Xiao Fuzi and sent flying over ten feet away.

Clutching her abdomen in agony, she painfully rolled about on the ground:

"Why! Why did you kill my child! Why did you ruin my entire life!"

"Then why did you ruin my entire life!?" Song Zhao suddenly erupted in fury, enunciating each word sharply: NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

"You made me take your place and enter the palace, trapping me in this gilded cage for life, while you got to cavort freely with your lover? I'm telling you, I won't allow it!"

"Wretched woman... you jinx! Mother was right, you were born to extract vengeance on the Song family!"

"How could I possibly have come to take vengeance? I clearly came to repay kindness."

But Song Zhao was fainthearted by nature and would surely be terrified to kill someone.

- Boom -

Another earth-shaking roar of thunder sounded.

Xiao Jingheng lost all interest in reviewing memorials and promptly ordered:

"Ready the palanquin. I will go see Concubine Song at Yao Hua Palace."

That night when he saw Song Zhao, she seemed just as usual on the surface, only slightly more weary.

The thunderstorm persisted into the night. Xiao Jingheng said he would stay to accompany Song Zhao,

And Song Zhao did not refuse him, only saying she was truly exhausted today and had no mood for intimacy. Xiao Jingheng acquiesced and the two retired early.

Later in the deep of night, following a sudden clap of thunder,

Song Zhao, who had already fallen asleep, was startled awake with a jolt.

She bolted upright in bed, hands covering her ears tightly as she cried out in panic:

"No! Elder sister, don't!"

Xiao Jingheng was also woken up. Realizing she was having a nightmare, he got up and took her into his embrace, gently stroking her back as he softly comforted:

"Don't be afraid, Zhao'er. It was just a dream. I'm here."

Song Zhao clung tightly to Xiao Jingheng, trembling as she said: "There was blood, so much blood... Elder sister asked me why I killed her! Your Majesty, I'm so frightened..."

It was evident she had truly been terrified,

otherwise she who was usually most proper would not address herself as 'I' in front of Xiao Jingheng.

But he did not chastise her, instead holding her even tighter:

"The Empress Dowager made you do that to protect you, and to prevent gossip circulating in the harem about you. But I know having you personally execute your elder sister placed a difficult burden on you."

He lowered his head, softly kissing her forehead:

"Don't be scared. I will stay by your side. With me here, be at peace."

Later, Xiao Jingheng held Song Zhao tightly the entire night.

And this timid beauty snuggled softly against him like a rabbit,

eyes closed as she quietly listened to the sound of rain pattering outside the window.

She had never felt the sound of raindrops drumming the window ledge

could be so soothing as in that moment.