Spring Drunk Chang'an

Although Emperor Yingwu never visited Qu, he did his best to make her life more comfortable in the Ministry of Punishment.

However, no matter how comfortable it was, the Ministry of Punishment was ultimately a prison, a place where eunuchs and maids in the palace were interrogated and imprisoned when they were punished...

Generally speaking, even the lowest-ranking concubines, the daughters of small officials, etc., would not come to such places.

When Qu was a royal concubine, Yugui had never set foot on such a lowly place, but now she was actually imprisoned in a cage.

Queen Song narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Qu squatting in the weeds in the dim light of the torch.

After taking off her gorgeous clothes, rouge and powder, Qu's beauty was gone by 70%. Her face looked haggard and older, and her body was thinner. Most importantly, her always calm and domineering spirit had disappeared.

She looked like an old, dying woman.

"Qu..." Queen Song said in a low voice.

But in the empty prison, it was extremely loud.

When Qu heard the noise, she slowly raised her head. Her expression showed neither fear nor pleading for mercy. Instead, she seemed to be mocking someone. She said, "Why, are you trying to kick me when I'm down? You're the daughter of the Duke of Cheng'en, the future Empress Dowager, and you're doing something like this?"

"Isn't that just as despicable as us?"

The failure of the rebellion shattered all her beliefs. Now, she has given up and is not afraid of life or death.

Just do whatever feels natural to you.

She showed no sign of weakness and looked at Queen Song with a sneer.

Queen Song was not angry either. What was there for her to be angry about a prisoner who was about to die?

She walked up to her and looked down at her, as if she were looking at a dog. "Ah Qu, let me ask you, was it you who gave me the bowl of soup that caused my premature birth?"

She wanted an answer to the inner demon that had tormented her for so many years.

Qu Shi was slightly startled, then looked up at her, his expression weighing something, as if he was trying to decide whether or not to tell the truth...

She hesitated for a long time, and finally smiled, "Yes, it was given by me. I bribed Qianxue to put safflower in your pregnancy-maintaining medicine."

Queen Song's face twitched instantly, and she clenched her fists tightly under her sleeves.

Seeing this, Qu Shi smiled smugly. She covered her mouth and said, "At that time, I didn't actually want to abort your child. The imperial physician said that you were pregnant with a useless girl. The prince has already been appointed. There's no point in aborting your child..."

"What I want is your life."

Her expression suddenly turned fierce and angry, with a twisted look between her eyebrows. She gritted her teeth and said, "By that time, my son will be three years old, healthy and able to stand on his own feet. He won't die young again."

"His Majesty also loves me the most. He has told me countless times that I am the only wife in his heart..."

"You were only married out of necessity. He doesn't love you at all. He wishes I were the queen. He even promised me that my child would become the crown prince."

"Since he treated me like this, of course I have ambitions. I naturally want to be the queen, and naturally you can't live..."

"So, you harmed me." Queen Song said in a deep voice.

Qu's smile grew even more frantic. "Yes, I did harm you, but so what? You were lucky; only one of your children died, but so what?"

"I killed your princess, and you're so sad. I think you're half dead. Your prince has become like a wooden man because of this. You're searching everywhere, trying your best, and you're about to find me, but I'm not afraid at all."

"Because he knew it a long time ago." She opened her arms, her whole body full of pride. "He found out what I did before you did, but he didn't blame me at all. He didn't feel sorry for you at all, and he didn't want you to scare that damn kid."

"All he thought about was protecting me. He killed Qianxue, stopped you, and protected me under his wings, allowing me to be the noble concubine who reigned supreme for so many years, commanding the whole palace."

"Now, if I lose, I lose. If I die, I die. I've already had enough of pride."

"Queen, Queen, just hold on to the title of Queen and go to hell alone, hahahahahahahaha..."

Qu laughed loudly, seeming proud and crazy.

Queen Song looked at her quietly, seemingly calm, but her body was actually trembling. When she thought of the past, the purple corpse of the little baby girl seemed to appear before her eyes again. She could not bear it, but did not want to show weakness in front of the murderer.

"Yes, you killed my daughter. The emperor protected you, but he only protected you. Your entire family was buried with my child."

She said calmly.

Song Bin impeached Qu because of the fact that Qu's father embezzled public funds, but the root cause was the death of the little princess.

It is for the country and the people, and also for revenge.

"You admitted it, you finally admitted it. Song family, your entire family killed my people, not for the country, but to settle a personal vendetta!"

Qu no longer smiled. Her face was distorted. She suddenly stood up and roared loudly.

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't? Even if I admit it now, what can you do to me?"

Queen Song sneered.

Qu's face turned pale and her smile faded.

Empress Song looked down at her with disdain, "Qu, you've been so arrogant for so many years. You thought you had won, you thought you were happy, you had no regrets, but in the end, what have you lost?"

"Your entire family was executed, and the few remnants who escaped were found by my Chuoer a few days ago and beheaded."

"Your son, whom you were so proud of, is now bowing down to my son like a lapdog, being extremely humble."

"You don't know, do you? Because of your rebellion, the court's civil and military officials have been pouring in memorials, asking the Prince of Yan to die. You should understand your son, he doesn't have the courage to die calmly."

"We gave him, and the Emperor, a choice: only one of you or the Prince of Yan can survive."

"Guess what you think your husband, who only loves you, and your only son will choose?"

Queen Song killed people and destroyed their hearts.

Qu no longer had the arrogance she had just now. Her face was so ugly that it could not be described, and her whole body began to tremble slightly.

Her heavy breathing echoed in the dungeon.

Queen Song still smiled and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Let me tell you, your son is pestering your husband, begging for his life, and he doesn't consider you at all."

"Now I wish you would die."

"You guessed it, your son prays to heaven every night before he goes to sleep, hoping you'll die soon so he can save his own life."

"And your husband, who you think loves you the most and treats you as his only husband, has he ever come to see you once?"