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

The driver, Mr. She: “???”

Song Zhi remained calm and collected, "Really? It's better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go. Hurry and arrest him."

The corners of Mr. She's mouth twitched, he was really impressed.

In the end, the guards actually arrested Mr. She and put him in the Sky Prison together, and locked him and Song Zhi in adjacent cells.

What a coincidence, it’s still “neighbors”.

Sitting in the straw pile, Song Zhi kept begging for forgiveness in a low voice by the door.

"I'm sorry, Mr. She. This year, I'll brew osmanthus wine just for you. I won't brew it for them, only for you."

A cold snort came from next door.

Song Zhi continued pitifully, "I had no other choice but to bring you here. If you weren't in my heart, I would definitely feel very uncertain. You are like a magic needle in my heart that stabilizes the sea."

A cold snort continued to come from next door.

Song Zhi said weakly, "I really didn't mean to slander you. Please forgive me. Besides, with your ability, you can come and go freely in this cell."

Just as cool as she was when the Imperial Guards arrested Mr. She, she is just as humble now.

This time, the man next door didn't even hum and simply ignored her.

Just as he was about to say something else, Mr. She said directly, "Someone is coming."

Song Zhi shut up immediately.

In the dim light, footsteps gradually sounded, and soon, the emperor in a bright yellow robe stood in front of Song Zhi.

Behind him stood countless royal guards and a trembling figure.

Seeing this figure, Song Zhi was a little surprised, "Master Zheng, didn't you leave the city?!"

I left the city with Qiu'er and the others.

Master Zheng didn't dare look Song Zhi in the eye. He lowered his head and said, "But I left my book in Gou'er Alley and forgot to take it with me. It's a book that's almost lost, and I usually don't want to take it out and read it more. I asked them to come back and get it for me, but they didn't want to. So I had to sneak back to get it myself, but I was arrested just as I reached the entrance of the alley and was about to enter."

Master Zheng felt increasingly guilty as he spoke. "I... I've never experienced anything like this. Once they scared me, I... I told them everything."

After the gates of the capital were blocked, only entry was allowed but not exit. Master Zheng was in a hurry to get the book and did not see the situation in the city clearly, so he got into trouble.

The emperor sneered, "What else do you have to say now?"

He waved his hand and had Master Zheng taken away.

After a long silence, Song Zhi said, "What does the emperor want me to say?"

There was sarcasm in her eyes, as if she could see through all the darkness in his heart.

After shedding his pretense, Song Zhi was no longer bothered to be polite.

The reason why she was willing to stay here was just to pave the way for herself.

The emperor was surprised at her sudden change of attitude, and then showed an expression of "as expected".

"I will never let Nan Qi be with a woman like you who has evil intentions. Even if you get married, Nan Qi is still of royal blood. Whether your marriage certificate is valid or not is up to me."

Song Zhi smiled contemptuously, "Your Majesty, do you have nothing else to threaten besides this?"

She sat on the floor, as calm as if it were her own flower hall.

"The relationship between him and me as husband and wife isn't bound by a marriage certificate. Perhaps you could ask him if he's willing to listen to you?"

The emperor's face turned pale and blue. "You are so sharp-tongued. Don't think I dare not kill you."

"Then kill him! What are you waiting for?"

Emperor: “You!”

"You will pay the price for your arrogance. I still have use for you. I really don't want to kill you right away, but since you want to die so badly, I don't mind teaching you a lesson."

He summoned the jailer and was about to begin the torture when Eunuch Li suddenly came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince requests an audience."

The emperor had to put aside the idea of ​​personally watching the torture. He looked at Song Zhi and ordered the jailer beside him, "I will make him wish he could neither live nor die."

The jailer knelt down quickly and said, "Yes."

The emperor left in a hurry, and the jailers stood up only when he was out of sight.

Two of the jailers opened the cell door and prepared to tie Song Zhi to the rack nearby, while the others went to prepare various torture instruments.

"Let her go!"

Amidst the shoving and pushing, a voice came from the entrance.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xiao Qingzi standing there upright.

Although he tried his best to appear calm, Song Zhi could see that he was still nervous and sweating profusely.

Xiao Qingzi swallowed and said in a louder voice, "The emperor has ordered that you must not be rude to the lady for the time being."

The guards recognized that this young eunuch was the one who often stood guard outside the imperial study, and they were a little suspicious for a moment.

"But the Emperor just made it clear..."

"Just now, didn't you hear the Third Prince coming? The Third Prince loves his wife dearly, and the Emperor naturally doesn't want to create any rift between him and the Third Prince over this matter. I wouldn't be so bold as to falsely convey the Imperial Edict."

After hearing this, the jailers were immediately shaken.

No one dared to falsely convey the imperial edict, let alone when the emperor was still there.

After thinking for a few moments, they immediately concluded that Xiao Qingzi was not lying, so they locked Song Zhi back in the cell.

Xiao Qingzi coughed dryly, "The Emperor has a few words for me to convey to her, so please step aside for a moment."

The jailers looked at each other in bewilderment, "This..."

Xiao Qingzi's face immediately turned stern. "Can you bear the consequences of delaying the Emperor's mission?"

"Yes, yes, we will avoid it now."

Several people left hurriedly. Anyway, Song Zhi was locked in here and couldn't get out without a key. The worst that could happen was that they could just guard outside.

As the jailer walked away, Xiao Qingzi slumped her shoulders as if exhausted and gasped for breath.

"It's over, it's over. If you fake the imperial decree, I will definitely die without a burial place. Miss, please remember to take my mother away from the capital and tell her that I am unfilial and cannot provide for her in her old age."

Xiao Qingzi was sweating all over. She took out a piece of wire and started tinkering with the iron lock on the door.

After a while, he opened the cell door easily.

He put the wire back into his arms and pushed Song Zhi out without saying anything. "Miss, please leave quickly. I will cover your retreat."

Song Zhi: “…”

She didn't plan to leave, so there was no need to break up.

Song Zhi silently returned to the prison door and took the initiative to lock the iron door again.

This series of actions left Xiao Qingzi dumbfounded.

"Miss, what are you..."

"I came in on purpose."

"Then I just..."

"If you hadn't shown up, those jailers would have already met their end."

Xiao Qingzi picked her nose awkwardly, "Um... then I'll go call them back."

"and many more."

Song Zhi called him, "What's going on with Mu Nanqi?"

Xiao Qingzi thought back to the chaotic scene outside and avoided the obvious, saying, "The Third Prince is fine. He's still as cold and expressionless as ever. But Prime Minister Song is frantic and worried. He's joining forces with Lord Li, the Minister of Justice, to plead for your injustice."

Injustice?

In fact, it is not unfair, it is just that the world does not tolerate it.

Song Zhi pursed his lips and whispered a few words to Xiao Qingzi.

After that, he said, "Tell them to stop making trouble and just go back quietly."