After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Chapter 499 Don't blame him, I stole his love for you

In the death row, Zhao Yao leaned against the wall in a daze, allowing the rats to climb up and down her body until Zhao Ying stood outside the cell door.

The light was dim and she couldn't see her face clearly, but she knew it was her.

Did she come to proclaim to her the joy of the victor?

Zhao Yao couldn't help but want to laugh. It turned out that when people are at the end of despair, they will laugh.

The gaze that fell on her was cold and gloomy, and Zhao Yao felt balanced. Not only did she hate her, but she actually hated her too, right?

"Hahaha... Zhao Ying, you are very proud, right? You have schemed against me again. Hahaha, you are watching me scolding you for being a bastard, but I am the one who is being scolded. You must be so happy, right?!"

Zhao Yao shed tears, unwilling and angry, "Why? Why?"

"Why should I be executed instead of you?!"

"Zhao Ying, I hate you so much!!"

In the darkness, Zhao Ying spoke, her voice sounding decades older, "Why do you hate me? How have I ever let you down?"

"You all hate me, but how have I ever done anything wrong to you?"

"Zhao Yao, I regard you as my own sister. I treat you well. What qualifications do you have to hate me?"

"Why shouldn't I hate you? We are both princesses, but you are more noble and favored than me? I have always stood in your shadow, and in the end even the man I love the most is devoted to you..." Zhao Yao cried in grievance.

"For you, he disregarded our relationship of so many years and tried to kill me time and time again. How am I inferior to you? I am willing to give him my heart..."

Zhao Ying's pupils trembled. Yes, if Shangguan Shu loved her so much, why would he do something to hurt her? What did Shangguan Zhu want her to hear by asking her to come over?

Zhao Ying vaguely felt that something was wrong.

She trembled and said, "You loved him, but you killed him."

The death row suddenly became quiet.

Zhao Ying knew that Zhao Yao was listening to her. She was so sad that she couldn't even cry. She calmly told the truth, "Do you think Zhao Xi wants to use you to expose my life experience? No, his ultimate goal is to force Shangguan Shu to break into the palace to save me, and then convict him."

"Shangguan Shu really came and was killed by three thousand imperial guards at Shenwu Gate."

"Zhao Yao, if it weren't for you, he wouldn't have died."

"Impossible, you lied to me!" Zhao Yao's breathing became faster.

Zhao Ying's nose felt sore again. She asked, "A death row inmate like you is worth my deceiving?"

"Now his body is lying in the Duke's Mansion, haha..."

Zhao Yao was silent for a moment and completely collapsed.

She screamed loudly, heartbroken and perhaps a little regretful.

Zhao Ying watched silently, as if he had become a bystander, and even sighed in his heart that Zhao Yao really had deep feelings for Shangguan Shu.

But no matter how deep the love is, the person can't come back.

A sudden feeling of malice arose in her heart. She deliberately provoked Zhao Yao and wanted to see her go crazy. She couldn't bear this pain alone.

"It's all your fault. You turned Shangguan Shu, a famous minister and general, into a traitor. Did you know that my father didn't allow anyone to hold a funeral for him? He just wrapped him in a straw mat and buried him casually. He died in such a cowardly way, bringing shame to the Duke's Mansion. I'm afraid he can't even be buried in the Shangguan family's ancestral tomb."

"How pitiful..."

Zhao Yao could no longer bear it. She yelled, "How dare you say such sarcastic things? He has been so sincere to you. How can you be worthy of him?"

Zhao Ying said coldly, "What does it have to do with me? You were the one who hurt him. It had nothing to do with me from the beginning to the end. He and you deceived me and hid the truth from me. His death has nothing to do with me!"

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound of straw in the darkness, getting closer and closer to Zhao Ying. After a while, Zhao Yao was seen holding the cell door, crying and begging, "Sister Ying, I was wrong. It has nothing to do with him. Please don't be so cruel to him. Wuwu... He loves you the most. I beg you, don't let him wrap himself in a straw mat... I beg you!"

Zhao Yao burst into tears, as if the sky had fallen.

To her, Shangguan Shu was her lifelong obsession. His life was ruined by her, and it was really unbearable for him to end up like this.

Zhao Ying said sarcastically, "You really love him."

"What a pity! You love him, but I don't. I wish he would die as miserably as possible. You two adulterers should go to hell together..."

"No..." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something, "Don't blame him, it's me!"

"I stole his love for you!"

"He has liked you since he was very young, and it was me who transferred his affection for you to me time and time again when he was attracted to you. Four times, four times in total!" Zhao Yao cried and held her head.

"Don't blame him. He loved you all his life. Now that he's dead, can't you leave him some dignity?"

"If you want to hate someone, just hate me... Don't let him die without being able to rest in peace..."

She really regretted it... She just wanted to get him, and never wanted to kill him...

Zhao Yao beat his chest and stamped his feet.

Zhao Ying’s eyes went dark, his whole body lost strength, he could not help but stagger backwards, and finally fell to the ground.

The pain in my body is not even half as bad as the pain in my heart.

She seemed to be in a trance, and stammered, "Tell me everything you know. If you tell me, I will buy him a good coffin."

So, Zhao Yao remembered it from the day of her seventh birthday, when she first met Shangguan Shu, when Shangguan Shu hugged the old Duke's legs and cried sadly... to the last time she used the system assistance.

One by one, one by one...

After hearing this, Zhao Ying felt like she was already dead.

Life is better than death.

She was helped away by the jailer, and after she left, Zhao Yao hit her head against the wall and died.

All the resentment she had felt in the past now turned into nothingness. She hid in the darkness, her face covered in blood.

She kept murmuring, "Runlang, I'll go to accompany you right now... I love you the most, don't blame me..."

As daybreak approached, Zhao Ying stepped into the Duke's Mansion. In front of the main hall lay the body of Shangguan Shu.

Bai Lin, Qi You, Cheng Jing and Zhai Jingxuan, in mourning clothes, surrounded Shangguan Shu and cried.

The children cried bitterly, but the adults were as dead as she was.

Especially the old Duke, who lost his son in his old age, sat there like a lost soul.

The body hasn’t been buried yet. Are you waiting for her?

"Mom, Daddy is dead..." Some child looked at her and called her crying. Zhao Ying's mind was in a mess. She felt that someone was missing, but the next second, her thoughts flew away again.

She wondered if she was going crazy.

She finally made up her mind and walked forward. Looking at the man with his eyes closed and a dead look on his face, she suddenly smiled, very gently, "Runlang, I'm here."

Just like before, she was always happy to see him, but sometimes she felt that she could not show too much joy, as it would lose face and the royal dignity, so she deliberately acted colder and more dignified, but he was very bad, he would hug her tightly, kiss her, tease her, and knead her, making her lose herself under the bed.

Only today did she realize that his joy and love had been accumulating since he was a child, and until he met her, he could no longer control himself.

He wanted to marry her when he was young. He even prepared a birthday gift for her. He even cried because she didn't wear one. He also fished out kites for her and gave her cakes...

Zhao Ying's smile grew wider, happier and sweeter.

The surroundings became increasingly quiet. Seeing her crazy look, the children didn't dare to cry anymore and just looked at her timidly.

It was the old Duke who staggered to his feet and said in a sad voice, "The princess is here, let's all go, let the princess see Runzhi off for the last time."

Old Huang wiped his tears, looked at the old Duke who was trying to remain calm but couldn't stop crying when he spoke, and helped him up.

Before leaving, Zhai Jingxuan asked Shangguan Chengjing, "Where are Yue'er and Wan'er?"

Shangguan Bailin sniffed, "Yes, aren't they in the Duke's Mansion?"

Shangguan Zhu and Shangguan Dan looked at each other and lowered their heads heavily after hearing this.

They didn’t dare to say it, they really didn’t dare to say it.