When Tang Jiuge's carriage slowly drove to the city gate, Emperor Chengming heard the news.
Although Tang Jiuge stayed in Dayan's capital during this period, he seemed very low-key.
Now that he left like this, Emperor Cheng Ming felt a little incredible.
Emperor Chengming asked Li Renying: "Are you sure Tang Jiuge wants to leave the capital?"
Li Renying nodded: "They have packed up all their things, and Tang Miaoxin also went to see him off. They should be leaving."
"Calculating the distance, we should be almost at the city gate now. Your Majesty, do you want to stop him?"
Emperor Cheng Ming's eyes changed several times. He was seriously injured last time, and he had no time to spare during this period. His recovery from the wound was not as good as that of Tang Jiuge.
Although he can now get out of bed and walk a few steps, he has to gasp for breath after taking less than three steps.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "I seriously injured him last time, but he didn't fight back. This is not in line with his way of doing things."
Li Renying said softly: "He seems to have been looking for someone during this time."
Emperor Cheng Ming smiled: "He is looking for Su Ling'er. Su Ling'er is dead and her body has been burned to ashes. Where can he look for her?"
When Concubine Yu heard this, she was stunned for a moment.
This is the first time she has heard news about Su Ling'er in so many years.
Although she had heard about Su Ling'er's death many years ago.
It's just that she always thought that a woman like Su Ling'er could die in a fight in the back house.
At this time, she still felt incredible when she heard the news of Su Ling'er's death from Emperor Cheng Ming.
Emperor Chengming said with some disdain: "Tang Jiuge has a deep affection for Su Ling'er. I am a little curious whether he will go crazy if he knows the truth about Su Ling'er's death."
The corpse buried in the Tang family's ancestral grave was taken away by him.
He smiled when he said this: "Whether he really leaves or pretends to leave, as his close friend, I can't let him come empty-handed."
"Li Renying, please open the cabinet on the right side of the imperial study with the pearl embedded in it, and take the small box inside to give it to Tang Jiuge."
He couldn't kill Tang Jiuge now, but he didn't delay in making Tang Jiuge's life worse than death.
Li Renying responded and was about to retreat when Emperor Cheng Ming said again: "Wait a minute, please send this bone flute over too."
After he finished speaking, he took a pendant from his neck and lightly pressed the clasp next to it. The pendant opened, revealing a little finger bone inside.
Concubine Yu was shocked when she saw this scene:
She had seen Emperor Ming carry that pendant with him all these years, but she didn't know that there was a little finger bone inside it!
This pervert!
Li Renying took it with both hands and then stepped back.
Emperor Chengming coughed twice and looked at Concubine Yu: "I know you have always wanted to see Tang Jiuge, but I will not let you do so."
Yu Bin narrowed her eyes slightly, bent her waist slightly, and put her hands lightly on her abdomen.
This was originally an extremely respectful gesture, but her hands folded on her abdomen were held too tightly, and the veins on them bulged, revealing her thoughts.
When Emperor Cheng Ming saw her like this, he sneered: "That night, I let you leave the palace to give you the last chance to see him."
"You are too stupid to grasp it, but you can't blame me."
Yu Bin asked softly: "Why?"
Emperor Chengming knew what she was asking and glanced at her with the tail of his eyes: "How can there be so many reasons?"
"You are my woman, but you are thinking about other men. It is a great gift that I still keep you alive."
Yu Bi was gentle and kind-hearted, and she had never hated anyone in her life.
But at this moment, when she heard Emperor Cheng Ming's words, she hated him to the core!
Emperor Chengming asked her: "Don't you have anything to say?"
Yu Bin took a deep breath and said: "You are cruel and ruthless, and you have done all kinds of bad things. You will definitely not die a good death in the future!"
Emperor Chengming suddenly turned his head to look at her, his eyes filled with anger: "How dare you curse me!"
"Believe it or not, I will kill you now!"
Yu Bin looked at him and said, "Please kill me now!"
Emperor Chengming: "..."
Seeing the undisguised hatred in her eyes, he felt his chest was suffocating and stuffy.
He sneered and said: "You want to die? It's not that easy! If you dare to die, I will kill your children and bury them with you!"
Yu Bin's eyes were red: "You..."
Emperor Chengming said unhurriedly: "Although I have always known that Lao Qi is the best among all the princes, he is also the one most suitable to inherit the throne."
"But I have so many sons. If he dies, I can still find another son who is more suitable than him to inherit the throne."
"So if you want to die, just go ahead and die, I won't stop you."
Yu Bin's hands clenched into fists, and her whole body was shaking with anger.
Emperor Cheng Ming once said something similar to this several times. Whenever the concubine had the thought of death, she gave up the thought as soon as she thought of Emperor Cheng Ming's words.
She couldn't stand still, her body went limp and she fell to the ground.
Emperor Chengming subconsciously wanted to help her, raised his hand slightly, and then withdrew again.
He said with a cold face: "Come, help me go down and have a rest."
Immediately, two eunuchs came over and helped Yu Bin down. Her face was pale and lifeless.
Emperor Cheng Ming felt very unhappy when he saw Concubine Yu like this. He felt itchy in his throat and coughed several times.
Tang Jiuge's carriage was stopped as soon as it walked out of the city gate.
He was not too surprised by this and waited in the carriage for a while calmly before Li Renying came over with the box in his hand.
Li Renying said with a smile: "The Emperor heard that Mr. Tang was leaving the capital, so he specially asked our family to send this gift to Mr. Tang, and asked Mr. Tang to accept it."
Tang Miaoxin didn't think Emperor Cheng Ming could accept any good gifts, as they would most likely be disgusting things.
She stretched out her hand and pulled Tang Jiuge's sleeve and said, "Dad!"
Tang Jiuge understood what she meant and smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, it's just a gift from an old friend."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Yu Han, who understood and took the box from Li Renying's hand.
The box is very delicate, and the pattern on it is the Yin Lotus pattern carved by the Emperor of Dayan in the imperial mausoleum.
Tang Jiuge's eyes deepened, and when he opened the box, there was a pile of gray powder inside, and his eyes changed.
Li Renying took out the bone whistle again and said: "The Emperor asked our family to bring a message to Mr. Tang."
"My old friend died young, but he did not turn into loess or burnt into powder, so I can express my longing for him."
"When the old friend turned into ashes, the Emperor felt pity for her and couldn't bear to see her disappear, so he took out one of the small bones and made it into a bone whistle, which he carries with him every day."
"Now that Mr. Tang is here, this bone whistle is more suitable to be placed next to Mr. Tang."
What he said was so clear, not to mention that Tang Jiuge and Tang Miaoxin were rare smart people in the world, even a fool could understand what that bone whistle was.
