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

Suppressing the anger in his heart, he looked at Song Zhi fiercely, "I want to see how long you can keep your stubborn mouth."

Song Zhi did not answer. She obediently followed the wise king to the heavenly prison.

At present, the virtuous prince has not yet torn his face with the emperor, so he will not deal with her without the emperor's permission for the time being.

However, although he could not deal with her directly, it did not mean that he could not bribe the prison guards to do something to her.

So as soon as the virtuous king left to ask to see the emperor, two jailers came to Song Zhi with whips dipped in salt water.

The jailers are also men, so they are naturally dissatisfied with what has happened in the capital during this period.

They walked up to Song Zhi with a smirk on their faces and said, "Miss Song, why don't you confess as soon as possible so that you don't suffer as much as you can? We two brothers don't know how to be gentle with women."

"Yes, this has been going on for thousands of years. Miss Song actually has the wild idea of ​​wanting women to have a say. This is no more ridiculous than a sow climbing a tree."

The two men rolled up their sleeves, their tone full of mockery.

Song Zhi looked at the two men, broke free from the ropes that bound his hands, and suddenly looked behind them, shouting, "Why is the virtuous king back?"

The two jailers did not suspect anything and turned around to look back at the same time, but there was no one behind them and there was no sign of the wise king.

The two men realized that they had been deceived and turned around suddenly to take action, but as soon as they raised their hands, they felt a sharp pain in their necks.

Their eyes widened in horror, and when they looked down, they found a silver hairpin firmly inserted into each other's neck.

Song Zhi smiled slightly and loosened his hand holding the hairpin.

With a 'bang', the two jailers fell to the ground at the same time.

Blood flowed down his neck, quickly soaking a large area of ​​clothes and straw.

She watched them struggle for a few seconds before dying indifferently. She kicked them and said, "A sow climbing a tree is not as ridiculous as you."

After saying that, he took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and sat cross-legged on the ground quietly waiting.

Soon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Where is my daughter? Where is my daughter? Don't be afraid, little girl. Daddy is here to save you."

The voice arrived before the person, and Song Yang's worried voice was the first to reach his ears.

When he hurriedly arrived at Song Zhi's prison door, he looked at the two corpses on the ground and his daughter sitting upright and unharmed beside them, and fell into deep thought.

Li Yan also hurried in, "How is it? Is the child injured? That wise king has bad intentions. I..."

The voice stopped abruptly and he fell into deep thought.

Song Zhi said helplessly: "Dad, Uncle Li, don't just stand there, deal with them quickly."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The two of them then came to their senses and helped Song Zhi clean up the mess.

Song Zhi got through it safely, but the other women who were arrested were not so lucky.

They were weak and had been instructed by the wise king to torture them severely, so they were soon beaten to a pulp.

The shrill screams were endless, but the jailers showed no mercy.

Song Zhi didn't know that these people were so cruel. Before she had time to pay attention to these women, she was summoned by the emperor.

Song Yang and Li Yan also wanted to go with them, but were stopped outside.

Song Zhi was brought to the door of the imperial study by the palace servants. Before he entered, he heard the emperor's angry roar coming from inside.

Then there was the sound of a teacup smashing, and then Mu Nanqi walked out with a graceful figure.

Song Zhi was a little surprised and said with his lips: "Why are you here?"

As they passed each other, she heard Mu Nanqi say in a very small voice: "I'm here to help you anger him in advance and divert your anger. Come in quickly."

Song Zhi couldn't help laughing. It was a surprise that he could come up with such an idea.

Slowly stepping into the imperial study, the floor was a mess and it could be seen that the emperor was still clearly angry.

He said to Song Zhi angrily, "I heard from the virtuous king that you protected the murderer and secretly set up a girls' school for them to study."

Song Zhi bowed and said calmly, "Your Majesty, please understand. My father has taught me since I was young to distinguish right from wrong and to be loyal and steadfast. How could he have protected a murderer and set up a girls' school without permission? I took those girls in because I felt sorry for them. The shop I opened only sells ordinary rouge and powder. Your Majesty, please send someone to investigate."

Song Zhi's frankness made the emperor look a little better. "I won't listen to one side of the story. Since you and the virtuous king don't agree, why don't you confront each other face to face?"

As he said this, he irritably asked the palace servants to summon the virtuous prince to the imperial study.

A moment later, the wise king walked in with a confident stride.

Seeing Song Zhi standing there unharmed, he was startled at first, but then he quickly concealed his emotion and bowed before respectfully saying, "Don't worry, my emperor. How could I arrest someone without any substantial evidence? I have already asked the witness to wait outside. Your emperor is free to summon him for questioning."

The emperor waved his hand, and the eunuchs beside him immediately and tactfully carried in several men lying on stretchers outside the door.

They were all bandaged and looked seriously injured.

When they saw the emperor, they struggled to bow, but the emperor impatiently stopped them, "Tell me, what can you prove?"

Those men were beaten so badly that they couldn't move, but they were very eloquent.

Upon hearing this, they burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, you must make a decision for us common people. We are honest and upright people and have never had the intention to harm others. However, we were killed because of a woman in our family who wanted to rebel against Tiangang and ride on our heads. This was instigated by Miss Song."

They looked at Song Zhi excitedly, "It was she who instigated my family to rebel against me, and it was she who sent people to beat me up."

The emperor has always respected men and is very opposed to women having improper thoughts. Upon hearing this, he immediately looked at Song Zhi with scrutiny, his eyes full of inquiry.

Song Zhi remained calm and said, "Your words of shedding tears are very heartfelt, but... where is the evidence?"

"You can't say that I was the one who did it because I asked someone to do it. I'm also saying that you guys got hurt by beating yourselves and are crying thief."

"you!"

Those people were so anxious that they wanted to stand up, "We are not stupid, how could we possibly fight ourselves?"

Song Zhi raised his eyebrows. "Then you must be thinking that the Emperor is stupid. Otherwise, how dare you run up to him and make trouble without any evidence? The Emperor is always worried about the country and the people and is busy with all sorts of things. How can you bother him with such trivial matters? What do you think, Your Highness?"

Song Zhi threw this life-threatening question to the virtuous king, and the virtuous king's face suddenly changed.

"Don't try to argue. Those women are now in custody. Even if you deny it, it doesn't matter. We just need to pull them out and ask them whether you ordered anything, and then everything will be clear."

In the eyes of the wise king, women are all worthless, not to mention that he had specifically instructed them before he left.

Although Song Zhi was safe and sound, those ordinary women would certainly not be able to withstand the punishment in prison and would cooperate with him obediently.

Thinking of this, he once again asked the emperor to allow those women to come and confront him.

The emperor frowned in displeasure, but in the end he agreed without saying anything.

So before long, all the women were called in.

The imperial study, which was originally empty, was suddenly filled with people and seemed very crowded.