I insist

Chapter 235: Father in the Ice Coffin

After talking for an unknown amount of time, Song Miqiu finally let out a sigh of relief. She glared at the two of them secretly before turning to Zhu Zhi and asking in a gentle tone, "Zhu Zhi, could you take us there?"

Zhu Zhi opened his eyes slightly and watched as Song Miqiu's expression and emotions switched back and forth in an instant. He thought about how the person in front of him looked like a well-behaved girl, but just now she had scolded two people by herself.

The stark contrast left Zhu Zhi momentarily stunned. It wasn't until Song Miqiu called out several times that he finally exclaimed "Ah!", blinked rapidly, and explained to Song Miqiu, "Of course it's possible. I'll take you there."

Yu Huailin and Qing Zhi stood behind Song Miqiu, glancing at each other out of the corner of their eyes, and glared at each other.

Just as Song Miqiu turned to check on their situation, Yu Huailin and Qing Zhi's expressions instantly changed.

They followed Zhu Zhi into a room, where Song Miqiu saw Zhu Zhi fiddling with something on the wall before the door next to him was opened.

Song Miqiu exclaimed in surprise and cautiously followed Zhu Zhi inside.

Seeing this, Yu Huailin quickly went to Song Miqiu's side, firmly grasped her hand, and led her inside.

Soon, they arrived at a very large secret chamber, where flames burned on the stone torches on the surrounding stone statues, illuminating everything in the chamber.

Zhu Zhi pointed to the ice coffin in front of him and said in a deep voice, "That is the ice coffin that preserves the adult's remains!"

Upon hearing this, Song Miqiu strode over. When she saw her father's body, some memories instantly surfaced in her mind, and she felt a sharp pain in her heart.

She bent down and placed her hand on the ice coffin, feeling the coldness in her palm. Song Miqiu cried out "Father!" with great heartache.

In an instant, all the grievances she had suffered during this time surged into her heart, and her eyes slowly filled with tears. She had a thousand words she wanted to say to the person in the ice coffin.

Other people's children have their fathers to back them up, and Song Miqiu wanted that too.

She sniffed, and her eyes gradually reddened.

At this moment, Qingzhi walked to Song Miqiu's side with a face full of grief. He lowered his head and said through gritted teeth, "The lord died of poisoning!"

His words instantly ignited the fury in Song Miqiu's heart. Her hand, which was resting on the ice coffin, clenched tightly, her eyes filled with boundless hatred. "I swear, I will ruin the Emperor and the Empress Dowager's reputation and tear them to pieces!"

If the Emperor and Empress Dowager hadn't dealt with her father, perhaps she would have found her beloved, married him, and lived a happy life, just like other girls!

Song Miqiu thought about these things every day, but in the end, he would never be able to experience them in this lifetime.

She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. Song Miqiu subconsciously looked up and saw Yu Huailin standing beside her.

Now Yu Huailin finally understood why Song Miqiu wanted to enter the palace and why she insisted on being by the Empress Dowager's side.

All the doubts that had been lingering in my mind were finally resolved at this moment.

Song Miqiu sniffed, perhaps because she was in a bad mood, her tone was muffled, "Now you finally know why I entered the palace, right?"

Yu Huailin responded calmly, knowing that Song Miqiu was referring to the questions he had asked her earlier.

Song Miqiu asked Yu Huailin to help her up. She had been squatting for a while, and her legs felt so numb that she couldn't stand up.

Supported by Yu Huailin, she turned to look at the side. Song Miqiu stared intently at Qing Zhi and Zhu Zhi, and demanded, "I want my father to be cremated!"

"Absolutely not!" Zhu Zhi was the first to refuse. He had gone to great lengths to bring his master's body back and find an ice coffin in a short time, all so that he could find him and have something to say to him when things went wrong.

Zhu Zhi still remembers that when he was still alive, he would come to his side and comfort him when he saw that he was often very distressed, and he continued to comfort him until the day before he died.

He simply couldn't accept that someone who had once been like an older brother was now being cremated.

Qingzhi also refused Song Miqiu's suggestion, feeling that the adult's body should not be cremated.

But Song Miqiu maintained his original attitude towards their gathering. Seeing their insistence, Song Miqiu directly retorted, "What use is keeping a dead body? You might as well let my father rest in peace!"

Her words startled Zhu Zhi and Qing Zhi, but then Song Miqiu continued, "If we don't cremate him now, are we just going to keep torturing my father's remains?"

In Song Miqiu's eyes, she was determined to cremate her father's remains today, no matter what.

Besides, she was her father's daughter, and Song Miqiu had the right to dispose of her father's body. Qing Zhi and Zhu Zhi should step aside.

However, Song Miqiu did not say this aloud. After all, she knew that Qingzhi and Zhuzhi were loyal to their father and she could not hurt their feelings for the sake of momentary pleasure.

After much back and forth between the two sides, Qingzhi and Zhuzhi finally reluctantly agreed to cremate Song Miqiu's body.

the other side.

Zhang Jiesheng repeatedly failed in every place, which made him so angry that he smashed everything he could in his study.

He suddenly thought of Minister Zhou, and remembered that Yu Huailin had discovered through this man that Minister Zhou had transferred a large sum of embezzled money to the Empress Dowager.

This made him shift his gaze from the Empress Dowager to Minister Zhou, saying, "If you follow Minister Zhou's lead, you're sure to find something useful."

The confidant quickly sent back the results of his investigation. He looked at Zhang Jiesheng with great excitement, his voice trembling with emotion, and he began to gesture with his hands and feet.

"My lord, I have discovered something truly astounding!"

The confidant told Zhang Jiesheng all the clues he had found out. It turned out that a large sum of money that Minister Zhou gave to the Empress Dowager was used to cultivate talents.

At the same time, they discovered that the Empress Dowager's maternal family, the Han family, had been secretly plotting against her for many years.

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Jiesheng excitedly slammed his hand on the table, his face beaming with excitement. "If I can get this matter to the Emperor's attention, I'll have accomplished a great feat!"

Zhang Jiesheng knew that the Emperor would not tolerate anyone secretly cultivating their own power, not even his mother!

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiesheng looked at the person in front of him, tilted his head back and laughed. He patted the other person's shoulder heavily, his eyes full of smiles, "You've done a great service, this is my reward for you!"

He directly tossed a jade finger to his trusted confidant.