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461 Don't Die

There was silence. Now they were just waiting for news.

Meanwhile, in the palace.

Zhou Heng also saw the empress. After a cold bow, Wei Ling calmly asked him to get up.

Ever since they fell out, she couldn't be bothered to give him any face. She said coldly and sarcastically, "I don't know what day it is today. The sun has risen from the west. Both of you brothers have come to visit me, your mother."

Zhou Heng looked straight at Wei Ling. He knelt down and choked. "Mother, don't hurt Xiaoling. I beg you. Tell me, where is she? Mother-"

Wei Ling's expression was cold. "Aren't you protecting your precious darling? How would I know where she is?"

"Don't come to me for everything. If I were that capable, would you still be standing here questioning me?"

Wei Ling was very unhappy and mocked herself at the same time.

What did this have to do with her? How could she know how Su Xiaoling was?

She couldn't wait for her to die. Even if she knew, she couldn't say it out loud. She couldn't be happier that it would resolve the thorn in her heart.

"Mother."

Zhou Heng looked at Wei Ling with determination in his eyes. He slid the dagger from his sleeve into his hand and raised his hand to aim the dagger at his heart to threaten Wei Ling.

"You, what are you doing?"

Wei Ling was shocked. Even her questioning voice was trembling. Zhou Heng wanted to threaten her with death? She was stunned for a moment. Her heart seemed to have skipped a beat, and there was a moment of panic.

Looking at the dagger on Zhou Heng's neck, Wei Ling tensed up. She didn't know why this was happening. She was nervous and looked at Zhou Heng in disbelief. "Are you threatening me?"

Wei Ling had no other choice.

Zhou Heng looked at Wei Ling. There was pain in his voice as he said, "Yes, I'm threatening you."

"Didn't you not believe me? Didn't you want me to die? Then I'll do as you wish. I'll die. Can you send Su Xiaoling home? The Su family has done me a great favor. After so many years, Mother doesn't know what kind of family I grew up in. Mother didn't ask. Today, I want to tell you."

"Su Sanlang, a very ordinary farmer with two sons and two girls. The year I went, Su Hua and Su Chong were still fools. Their intelligence stopped developing at three or four years old. At that time, they were already more than ten years old. At that time, Su Xiaolu was not a divine doctor. She was just a three-year-old girl. Su Xiaoling was nine years old. She was everyone's elder sister. She had the purest and kindest heart in the world. She used everything she had to protect her brothers and sister, but she forgot that she was only a child. With me around, she took care of me as a younger brother."

"In those few months, I couldn't walk yet. Su Chong and Su Hua took care of my daily needs. They didn't know anything, but they took good care of me. In the countryside, I ate fur grass that grew in the farmland, wild grass in the forest, and wild fruits. Su Sanlang didn't have much means, but he was gentle and magnanimous. What Su Chong and Su Hua had, I also had. Mother, even if I had money, true love couldn't be bought with money. Did you know that?"

"And now, if Su Xiaoling has to die because of me, then I've really committed a huge sin. What's the use of the throne for me? In this world, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor. I can abandon the royal family and my identity, but I can't abandon Su Xiaoling. Mother is suspicious, just like my maternal grandfather. I don't blame Mother, but what Mother wants is only my life. It was Mother who gave me life in the first place. Now that Mother wants to take it, just take it."