Cao Wenxi was now imprisoned in a private prison in her own palace. After her accident, although no one in the palace knew what she had done, they knew that she would have no chance to turn over.
Cao Wenxi was not eye-catching in the imperial household. If Yun Shang hadn't supported her after she became the Empress, others would have forgotten that there was such a person left in the imperial household.
The sound of swords and blades faintly came from outside the private prison and gradually approached. Cao Wenxi frowned, but her body did not move. She leaned against the wall, holding a dry straw in her hand. She was fiddling with the straw in her hand from time to time, and soon made a thick braid with the straw. She pretended to be bored. After making up a long part, she threw the braid in her hand and pulled a new straw.
The sound was getting closer and closer. After a long time, footsteps came down the steps. Without raising her head, Cao Wenxi stared at the straw in her hand intently.
"You look quite relaxed." The man stood outside the prison for a long time before he opened his mouth.
Cao Wenxi smiled, but still didn't raise her head. "Your Former Majesty has a good taste. The Emperor and the Empress are not ordinary people. It took you six years to find out the secret, and they found it out in less than a year. But you have something in common. Except imprisoning me, you have no other way to deal with me.
Raising her eyes to look at the small window above her, Cao Wenxi smiled and said, "I have been counting the days since I came in. Today, it's the ninth day since I came here. I heard that you were still in Yang Liu Town when I was just locked up. You came back very soon. But only one day left, will you let me go? Or continue to lock me here?"
After saying that, Cao Wenxi suddenly laughed and said, "The world is so interesting. Thirty years ago, you racked your brains and destroyed all the members of the Cao clan, but you shouldn't have let me go. Thank you for coming to see me, your former majesty. I think this place is good, with food and accommodation, and a good sleep at night. I don't want to go out. Why don't you beg me? Kneel down and beg me? The Empress said that she didn't care whether or not the two secrets would spread. They didn't want to deal with the scandals that you killed your father and brother and colluded with your sister-in-law. Ha ha! The imperial seal in my hand is the solid evidence. They don't care, but can you just ignore them all? I wonder what her former majesty will think if she knows it."
As Cao Wenxi spoke, her smile became more and more arrogant.
Blue veins stood out on Xia Huanyu's forehead. He fixed his eyes on Cao Wenxi and said with a cold smile, "You have threatened me with these two things for more than more than 10 years. Do you think I will still have no denfense as 10 years ago? "
Wendy's laughter suddenly stopped, and a sneer appeared at the corners of her mouth. "Defense? It's irrefutable evidence. What's the use of your excuses? "
Xia Huanyu walked back and forth outside the prison for two circles. His voice was a little light, but very calm. "If your corpse is carried out from here, others will think that you are Cao Wenxi or Cao Shanxiu?"
"There is no Cao Wenxi in the world. Even if the remaining members of the Cao clan spread out the two rumors tomorrow, so what? In fact, I had never been captured by Cangjue Qingsu before. During that period of time, I went to a lot of places to visit some old officials who had resigned after I ascended the throne. I also obtained a lot of useful things. I went to the places you had been after leaving the Jin city and found out something that even you might have neglected... Do you know why I took Xia Houjing to Yang Liu Town? I'm afraid you will never know that your husband, my brother, has left a letter in Yang Liu Town. " The expression on Xia Huanyu's face was still indifferent, and his eyes were filled with determination.
"From the day Xia Houjing rebelled, I knew that although I had tried every means to stabilize you for so many years, you wouldn't let go of this opportunity this time. I passed the throne to Qingyan and left the Jin City in a hurry because I got an extremely useful clue, a clue that can prove that the imperial seal in your hand is also a fake one." Xia Huanyu curled up his mouth.
Cao Wenxi sneered, "His Former Majesty is good at confusing right and wrong and bewitching people. I've learned it for so many years. How can I be easily fooled?"
However, Xia Huanyu didn't refute her. He looked at the straw in her hand. After a long time, he said, "at that time, you and my brother were in deep love. Did he ever tell you how to distinguish the true imperial seal? The imperial seal was made of top-grade jade, and the one who carved it was Tian Guang who is very famous. The imperial seal he carved looked like an ordinary jade at first glance, but it had a special mystery. As long as the imperial seal was shining in the sun, you could vaguely see a flying dragon."
Seeing that Cao Wenxi was unmoved, Xia Huanyu continued, "Many officials in the court knew this method, but most of them left later. Linder my deliberate concealment, very few people know it now. But it's not impossible for me to invite those old officials." Cao Wenxi's hand paused for a moment, but then she moved quickly and said, "So what? The imperial seal in my hand is true. Even if you have some methods to identify whether it is real or not, why should I be afraid?
Hearing this, Xia Huanyu smiled with burning eyes. "Why should you be afraid of? I've found the real imperial seal and identified it. Do you think the one in your hand is real or not? "
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