Chapter 35 You should commit suicide and apologize.
"I don't know, I really don't know what the jade pendant is, I've never seen it before..."
Of course Zhong Chuchu had never seen it before, because that jade pendant belonged to Mu Qingchao.
A few years ago, Meng Xiuli gave her the jade pendant, which she kept under the box until tonight, when Mu Qingchao let Lu Li hang it on a branch of Yuxia Palace.
But how could Zhong Chuchu make it clear?
"The facts are in front of you, how dare you quibble?"
I heard Mrs. Meng say: "That jade pendant was something I went to the temple to beg for him when I took my pediatrician exam. He always kept it close to his body.
If you two hadn't already had an affair, how could it appear here and hang outside your palace door?
You vixen, since you want to enter the palace, why do you bother to seduce my son?
Now that his life has been wasted, how can your conscience be at ease?"
Mrs. Meng couldn't get angry and went to tear Zhong Chuchu apart.
Zhong Chuchu was already scared out of her wits and lost her soul. She couldn't say a word to argue and just avoided Mrs. Meng's tearing.
Only Ma was extremely brave, protecting Zhong Chuchu and shouting: "Don't touch my daughter, don't touch my daughter..."
There is no one around to help.
One is the Meng family, whose son has died, and the other is the Zhong family, which is in full swing. Which side are they pulling in? Which side are they helping?
It would be better to put their hands in their hands and watch from the sidelines.
It's just that Mu Qingchao suffered a lot and was too tired to hold back his laughter...
Looking at those people huddled together, I wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh out loud.
Alas, probably no one can understand this kind of pain.
"enough!"
When the scene was in chaos, Shen Muchi finally couldn't bear it anymore and lowered his voice and shouted.
The deep voice was filled with almost uncontrollable anger.
In an instant, the people who had just made a fuss stopped.
When Zhong Chuchu heard this voice, she raised her head in a daze. Her eyes that were not clear yet met Shen Muchi's, and she felt a cold feeling in her heart.
What kind of cold and heartless eyes are they? It's like looking into an abyss with no bottom, and just one look can make people feel boundless despair.
Zhong Chuchu once remembered that that day, Shen Muchi made a promise in her ear: "If one day I can rule the world, Chu Chu, I hope you can become the woman by my side."
He was so tender when he said these words, but now he is so cold and distant.
The tip of his sword was pointed directly at her: "Ms. Zhong, now that things have happened, what else do you have to say?"
"I……"
"No, no..."
Zhong Chuchu knelt in front of Shen Muchi, trembling all over: "I have never known a jade pendant, and I have never known a Meng Xiuli.
Your Majesty, my concubine’s love for you can be expressed in heaven and earth. Why don’t you trust me?
Why don’t you trust me?”
From the first time she saw him when she was thirteen years old, he was the only one in her eyes and heart.
For him, she worked hard to become the person he liked. For him, she forced her father to die to let her father choose one among many princes whose conditions were not very outstanding.
But he actually doubted her sincerity.
How could he? How could he...
"Then I asked you to stay in Yuxia Palace, so why did you leave the palace privately?
Since you are so infatuated with me, why don't you die to apologize now that your innocence has been ruined?"
Shen Muchi was always calm and self-possessed. No matter how much Zhong Chuchu expressed his heartfelt feelings, he was never moved at all.
He spoke clearly and asked her word for word, "Why haven't you committed suicide yet?"
With one word, the sporadic light in Zhong Chuchu's eyes instantly disappeared.
She leaned back and sat on the ground.
It turned out that he never cared about whether she was voluntary or not. From the beginning to the end, he only cared about whether she was clean and innocent. If she was not innocent and was tainted by others, so what if it was not voluntary? She was not living in this world. It's necessary.
His decisiveness and reluctance made people feel heartbroken, making her just-mentioned defense seem like a joke.
All her arguments were nothing more than insignificant things to his ears.
He threw the sword in front of Zhong Chuchu.
"For the sake of your service to me, if I don't kill you, you can do it on your own." It looked like a gift.
The smooth sword surface reflected Zhong Chuchu's embarrassed face.
Looking at the sword, she felt sad and ridiculous, and tried to pick up the sword with a trembling hand.
At this time, only Ma was protecting her.
Ma took her hand and said, "No, Chu Chu, you can't commit suicide..."
She looked at Shen Muchi and knew that it was useless to say anything, so she only said: "Your Majesty, the common woman knows that Chu Chu has made such a big mistake and deserves death.
But your majesty, I beg you, a commoner woman, please see that my Zhong family has been loyal to Nanming for generations, please remember that Chuchu is infatuated with you and has worked hard without any merit, please spare her life.
Even if I am ordained and become a monk, even if I am trapped in a cold palace, as long as I can save Chu Chu's life, the entire Zhong family will be grateful to His Majesty for your great kindness."
As she spoke, she kowtowed to Shen Muchi.
"Please, Your Majesty, please spare Chuchu's life."
"Please, Your Majesty, please spare Chuchu's life."
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She kept kowtowing and kept repeating this sentence.
Until now, she didn't say anything about finding out the truth. She even used the merits of the Zhong family to pressure Shen Muchi in front of so many people, just to keep Zhong Chuchu alive.
Even if she lives like an ant from now on, even if she has to live in the cold palace forever, she doesn't care.
She is a mother, and she cannot watch her daughter die in front of her.
"Master, please say something."
Ma's last hope was placed on Zhong Ming.
"Please, please say something..."
"Master! Chu Chu is your biological daughter. You have raised her by your side for fifteen years. Can you really watch her die now?"
"Master, do you have a good conscience?"
"Will you still be able to sleep peacefully when you dream about it at midnight?"
"master……"
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After all, Ma's tears moved Zhong Ming.
After all, she is his biological daughter and she is a blood relative. How can he watch her commit suicide in front of him?
In the end, he still stood up to plead for Zhong Chuchu: "Your Majesty, Chu Chu did such a thing, I know I have no face to mention these words to you, but Chu Chu is my daughter after all.
The old minister shamelessly begged Your Majesty, can you please spare your little girl’s life?
Just think of it... as a loyal minister who has worked hard for Nanming for half his life."
This last sentence is a real threat.
Speaking of which, what else could Shen Muchi do?
He looked at everyone present, and finally glanced at Zhong Chuchu. He couldn't tell whether there was more hatred or disgust in his eyes.
With one last flick of his sleeves, he turned around and walked towards the other end of the palace, disappearing into the vast wind and snow of the dark night.
He didn't say a word, but the answer was self-evident, it was to give Zhong Ming face.
The Zhong family is really amazing, they can actually make the emperor swallow this shame and humiliation.