After the beginning of spring, the soil in the field began to thaw, and the dormant plants gradually recovered. In order to survive the winter, before the weather is cold, the least cold-resistant flowers in the orchid garden will be moved inside the house, and after the weather is warm, they will be moved back to the orchid garden one by one. At this time of year, Zong Ziheng always has to work in the flower garden For a while.
Under Zong Ziheng's command, the servants of Qinghui Pavilion moved all kinds of orchids to the Orchid Garden pot by pot.
When a maid passed by Zong Ziheng holding a flower pot, he suddenly stopped him: "Wait, put this pot down first."
The maid put down the flowerpot and went to move the others.
Zong Ziheng frowned and looked at the twig that had just sprouted.
In order for the plants to hibernate, the branches must be pruned before winter. For example, the pot of Cymbidium in front of me, compared with its prosperity and beauty when it bloomed, the bare appearance at this time is really different from that of two flowers. It has just awakened and sprouted. The roots of the small buds that should have been green were slightly red.
He has been growing orchids for more than ten years, and he is familiar with common varieties like Cymbidium. This potted flower has never been cultivated with variegated colors. How could it be possible to grow red buds
Unless there is a problem with the soil, it is stained.
Zong Ziheng felt suspicious, he poked the soil in the flowerpot with his finger, it was the black soil he used to use, and there was no abnormality. He hesitated for a moment, wanting to dig up the soil with a shovel to have a look.
"Heng'er." Shen Shiyao came in at some point, she looked at her son with deep eyes.
Zong Ziheng was stunned for a moment, there seemed to be an undercurrent surging under his mother's calm eyes, his heart trembled, and he looked down at the potted flower, with a chill running down his spine.
"Aren't you going to move flowers, go quickly, don't delay dinner." Shen Shiyao walked over step by step.
Zong Ziheng looked at Hua, and then stared at his mother.
Shen Shiyao raised her chin slightly, and said in a gentle yet strong tone: "Go quickly." She called a servant, "Move this pot out too."
The servant was about to come over to carry the flowers, but Zong Ziheng said in a deep voice, "Go out."
The servant was startled, and looked at Shen Shiyao helplessly. In his impression, His Majesty is as gentle as jade, even if he is a servant, he will not be shouted at for no reason.
"You all go out." Zong Ziheng's gloomy gaze swept over all the palace servants.
Everyone filed out and closed the door.
"What are you doing?"
Zong Ziheng suddenly raised his hand and pushed the red clay flowerpot to the ground. With a "snap", it fell apart, and the flowers and soil were scattered all over the ground. In the black soil, there was clearly some red soil, which was worse than blood. Dazzling and sinful.
Zong Ziheng had the illusion that the sky was falling and the earth was falling. He staggered and took a step back, looking at his mother in horror.
Shen Shiyao stretched out her hands to make seals, and formed a sound-proof barrier: "Heng'er, listen to your mother."
"You killed the second younger brother?" The words blurted out, but the voice trembled uncontrollably.
Shen Shiyao lowered her head, pondered for a moment, and said softly: "I am all..."
"Stop saying you're for me!" Zong Ziheng roared, his white glazed face was flushed red at this moment, his eyes were round and round, and his description became ferocious.
"But I'm for you." Shen Shiyao covered her heart, "I'm your mother, if I'm not for you, who is for you?"
"You're crazy, you're crazy." Zong Ziheng avoided her like a scourge, his face distorted by fear and pain, "You killed Miss Hua, and poisoned your second brother? You...how could you be so vicious!"
"It's Li Xiangtong who forced me!" Shen Shiyao roared sharply, "She forced me again and again, do you sympathize with her son? Has she ever given us any sympathy? In the past twenty years, our mother and son What kind of life do you live in the palace? Do you want to be trampled under your feet for the rest of your life?"
"You're going to kill someone for this?!"
"I didn't want to kill him at first, but it was Li Xiangtong who didn't give us a way to survive." Shen Shiyao's expression was a little crazy, "I originally thought that you married Hua Yuxin, and you can have a world without your name, so I can feel at ease. , but she refuses to let us do what we want, how vicious she is, she can't see anything good about you? Now that Hua Yu's heart is dead, and your last road has been ruined by Li Xiangtong, what else can I do!"
"You...you are crazy, you are crazy!" Zong Ziheng felt that he was crazy too, he didn't know how to face all this, how to face his father was a man-eating pill demon cultivator, and his mother poisoned him brother.
Crazy, all crazy.
Maybe he is not in the human world, maybe everything is a nightmare, who can take him away from here
Shen Shiyao said with tears in her eyes: "Yes, I'm crazy, I'm insane, as long as I can make you the emperor, I'm willing to risk my life."
"Human, emperor?" Zong Ziheng glared at her fiercely, "What else do you want to do?"
"Heng'er." Shen Shiyao grabbed Zong Ziheng's sleeve and begged, "Zong Zimo is dead, Zong Zixiao is still young, now is your chance, if you..."
Zong Ziheng shook off her hand, his eyes were bloodshot: "I don't want to be a human emperor, let alone kill each other. Do you think there is no karma in this world? The evil you have done will only make us perish!"
"As long as you become the emperor, no one in the world will be able to harm our mother and child!"
"Shut up!" Zong Ziheng clenched his fists, feeling the blood flowing backwards all over his body, he wished he could destroy everything in front of him, maybe only by making the surroundings more chaotic, he could find a trace of sobriety, "You're crazy, you're crazy!" Committing such a crime, how do you want me to behave?"
"Why can't you think about your mother? If I hadn't been forced to a corner, how could I do this? My own safety doesn't matter. I just want you to be well."
"Really, you were forced?" Zong Ziheng's eyes were almost bleeding, and he pointed at the terracotta on the ground tremblingly, "This thing needs a very large amount to be used as medicine. You can't get out of the palace, it's nothing Trustworthy helpers, are they extracted from rouge? If you buy a lot of rouge at one time, you will definitely be discovered, but buying it all year round will not arouse any suspicion. How many years have you saved and how many years have you planned? Have these red fats that are poisonous enough?!"
Shen Shiyao stared blankly at Zongzi Heng.
Zong Ziheng's face was already full of tears.
Shen Shiyao took out a silk handkerchief and gently wiped away her tears. She still looked soft and weak, but what she said was chilling, "Thirteen years, I have saved for thirteen years." She gently said Said, "Do you still remember when you were nine years old, you fell into a serious illness, and you were so feverish that you became unconscious. Zong Minghe checked Zong Zimo's homework every day, and went to see the newborn Zong Zixiao every day, but he didn't even take a look at him." After seeing you, I have completely given up my heart since that day."
Zong Ziheng was silent.
Shen Shiyao hugged herself with her arms around her, her slender body was like a young tree swaying in the wind: "At the beginning, he obviously said he liked me and wanted to marry me, but in order to please the daughter of Wuliang Sect, he blamed me for leading Mr. Because of this incident, Li Xiangtong has been controlling her for the rest of her life. When I was young, I was proud and arrogant, and I didn't want to be a concubine at all. I am extremely talented, and I hope to make achievements in the immortal way, so that my Shen family line can be passed down. But Zong Minghe ruined my life with a few rhetoric. My life is over, and I will never let them ruin my son again."
Zong Ziheng said in a hoarse voice, "You just want to use me to take revenge."
"So what?" Shen Shiyao stared at Zongzi Heng with sharp eyes, "Shouldn't I take revenge? Shouldn't you take revenge? Don't you hate? Don't you hate!"
"I hate, but I won't kill innocent people indiscriminately." Zong Ziheng said with a sob, "I don't want to be like you and be controlled by hatred for a lifetime."
"No one is innocent." Shen Shiyao sneered, "Li Xiangtong's son is absolutely innocent. She deserves to die, Zong Minghe deserves to die, and their sons deserve to die as well. From that day thirteen years ago, I made up my mind to Let them pay the price one by one!"
Zong Ziheng took a deep breath, his heart and lungs still hurt like they were about to explode, he didn't know what to do, the person in front of him was his biological mother, that poor woman who was gentle and loving in his memory, and depended on him for life, how could she become like this Second look
"Heng'er, mother will tell you a secret." Shen Shiyao smiled treacherously, "There is another reason why Li Xiangtong hates our mother and son so much, and I have never told you."
"...what a secret."
"When you were young, Zong Minghe once recruited an expert hermit into the palace. He had a magic weapon called the Luoshui Jade Armor. According to rumors, it was the magic weapon of King Wen of Zhou. It was taken from the back armor of the Luoshui turtle and could be used for divination. Everything." Shen Shiyao's eyes flickered with fanaticism, "That person predicted that Zong Minghe would have nine sons, but you are the only one who has the fate of emperor."
"Do you also believe the words of this charlatan?"
Shen Shiyao smiled: "Zong Minghe and Li Xiangtong also regarded him as a charlatan and drove him out, but I believed him. On the way out of the palace, he recognized me as your concubine mother at a glance. Tell me about it secretly. But before that, we were strangers. Heng'er, from the day you were born, mother believed that you had the destiny of an emperor, and that you were destined to be a human emperor."
"Don't make the same mistake again and again." Zong Ziheng said painfully, "What else do you want to do? You killed the second brother, do you still want to kill Xiaojiu?"
"I won't kill him. He is your cherished younger brother, different from Zong Zimo."
"What exactly do you want to do?" Zong Ziheng approached Shen Shiyao, "Mother, don't force me, no matter what you want to do, I will stop you, don't force me."
"You want to stop me, how are you going to stop me?" Shen Shiyao looked up at her son, "Are you going to kill me?"
"I… "
Shen Shiyao caressed Zongzi Heng's cheek: "I am your mother, we are the closest people in this world, everything I do is for your own good, if you don't appreciate me, is it possible that you still want to turn against me? How do you want to stop me, are you going to report me, or kill me?"
Zong Ziheng took a step back, too stiff to speak.
Shen Shiyao smiled with satisfaction: "My son will be the emperor."