Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

When she said these words, the old woman... Ning Qingcheng's only remaining eye revealed extreme hatred.

Her name was Qingcheng, and she lived up to the name as she was a top-notch beauty back then.

But a fire destroyed everything she had.

"The fire that burned me to death was set by the virtuous king himself. He quickly left after setting the fire, then pretended to hear me screaming in the flames and rushed in to save me, demonstrating the deep love between husband and wife to everyone."

"How ridiculous! I thought a man like him truly loved me. If it weren't for my maidservant who exchanged clothes with me to save my life, I would have died in the fire just as he planned."

"But what did I do wrong? What did my maid do wrong?"

Immersed in a strong sense of resentment, her whole body was trembling slightly with anger.

Song Zhi was afraid that she would be unable to extricate herself from such an emotion, so he poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her, saying at the right moment: "Madam, calm down."

The crisp and pleasant voice brought Ning Qingcheng back to her senses, and she was shocked to realize that she had almost clenched her palms.

"Sorry, I lost my temper."

Ning Qingcheng took a sip of tea and her voice returned to calm. "What's the problem between you and the virtuous king? What do you want to know?"

Song Zhi did not answer the first question, "I want to know the details of his affair."

Ning Qingcheng didn't care that she didn't answer the first question, "Will you believe what a crazy woman like me says?"

"If you don't believe me, I wouldn't be sitting here right now." Song Zhi said in a firm tone.

"You deliberately acted crazy and spread the news that you were the virtuous prince's consort. You acted crazy in case the virtuous prince's men discovered you first. Then you could just play mad and stupid to get away with it. After all, who would care about what a madman says? Not to mention that the virtuous prince's consort's 'corpse' was in the sea of ​​fire."

"By claiming to be the Consort of the Virtuous Prince, you're hoping someone will follow the clues and find you. If someone who's at odds with the Virtuous Prince wants to know something about him, even if it's just nonsense like this, they won't let it go. So all you have to do is wait here."

Ning Qingcheng's spirits lifted as she looked at Song Zhi with admiration. "Yes, that's exactly what I planned. It's a pity that I've waited for so many years. I almost couldn't bear it any longer."

When she escaped from the sea of ​​fire, she collapsed beside a caravan, dying. It was the kind-hearted leader who took pity on her and rescued her.

Then, by chance, she followed the caravan out of the capital and came to the south city.

This place is a great distance away from the capital and the fiefdom of the virtuous king, so there will definitely not be any spies or minions of the virtuous king here, so she can stay here without any worries.

But it is difficult for a woman to survive in the world, and it is even more difficult for a woman with a ruined appearance.

The caravan was not a charity. After she recovered from her injuries, they saw that she was of no value and quickly kicked her out.

Ning Qingcheng had no complaints at all, but was still extremely grateful.

It was a great favor for them to save her life and bring her to this place. Keeping her was a favor, and not keeping her was their duty.

The only people she hated were the virtuous king and his men.

Song Zhi didn't understand. "Why don't you go back to the capital and make plans secretly? It's better than waiting here passively."

Ning Qingcheng shook her head bitterly. "Do you think I haven't tried hard? I don't have a household registration or a travel permit. How could I possibly return to the capital on my own? I've thought about sneaking into a caravan like I did before, but who would dare take me in in my condition? Even if I were to hide there, I'd be discovered."

A tear fell from her only remaining cloudy eye. "If it weren't for the desire for revenge, I wouldn't be alive today."

"This world is too difficult, living is too difficult."

That tear seemed to express the sadness, misery and displacement of this life. She wiped away the tears with her rough hands and returned to the main topic.

"Don't you want to know about the Xian Wang's affair? The person he had an affair with is the current queen in the cold palace!"

"I also heard that the queen was already pregnant at that time."

Hearing this, Song Zhi's heart trembled.

I've been pregnant!

Ning Qingcheng said that the queen was pregnant, but everyone knew that the queen had never been pregnant. Later, she even resolutely took the contraceptive medicine in order to raise Mu Qinghan.

If she had been pregnant...

Song Zhi felt his voice tremble a little, "When exactly?"

Ning Qingcheng said without hesitation, "It was around the time when the late Queen announced her pregnancy. I remember it very clearly because I went to see the virtuous prince to discuss with him what gift to give to the late Queen when I entered the palace. Who knew I would see that scene instead?"

It was as if a flash of lightning flashed through Song Zhi's mind, connecting many uncertain things together at this moment.

Almost instantly, Song Zhi confirmed his previous guess.

Her heart was beating fast, and she asked seriously, "Madam, are you willing to go back to the capital with me?"

"Dang... Yeah!"

Ning Qingcheng was about to reply when an arrow suddenly flew through the window and pierced her throat.

Blood splattered all over Song Zhi's face. She saw Ning Qingcheng falling to the ground, strangling her throat in pain.

"lady!"

The accident happened so suddenly that she screamed and wanted to go over to pull Ning Qingcheng, but saw more arrows shooting in through the window.

Ning Qingcheng's body was quickly shot into a sieve, but strangely, those arrows seemed to have eyes, and none of them fell on Song Zhi.

"No!" Song Zhi's face turned pale.

"Where are the secret guards! Secret guards!"

Song Zhi still wanted to save Ning Qingcheng, but the other party was so cruel that he pulled out the arrow from his throat, and blood gushed out of the conspicuous blood hole.

She forced a smile and said, "In the past two years... I haven't done nothing. I went to... find a midwife named... Huanpei. She... she delivered babies..."

A large amount of blood gushed out of her mouth. Ning Qingcheng wanted to say something, but she could no longer hold on and her body fell to the ground with a bang.

Her only remaining eye was wide open, she looked into the distance with a smile, raised her lips and called out foolishly, "Mom~"

She was once a pampered child cherished by her parents, but ended up being tortured like this.

She had said everything she wanted to say and had no regrets.

She is going to find her mother.

She wanted to nestle in her mother's arms and tell her how hard her life had been.

Ning Qingcheng stopped breathing with a smile on her face.

Song Zhi's tears fell uncontrollably. She never expected that Ning Qingcheng would lose her life just after she met her.

She stood up angrily and rushed out. As soon as she opened the door, Qingdai came hurriedly and pulled her back into the house.

"Don't go out. There are a lot of killers outside. I asked the girls to hide. I came here to check on you because I was worried."

When she saw Ning Qingcheng's tragic death, her expression paused for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, "Did you get what you wanted to know?"

Song Zhi nodded.

Qingdai breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

After saying that, seeing that Song Zhi was in a bad mood, he comforted her: "Even if you didn't come, she wouldn't have lived long in her condition. Instead, it was you who came, and finally fulfilled her obsession."