The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 109

A remote street corner in the evening.

A middle-aged woman in ordinary black palace clothes, but with a cold and arrogant posture, was talking to Wei Jia about something.

This middle-aged woman is the most trusted maid beside the Queen of Chu, Huobi.

She has followed Queen Wei for more than thirty years, and Queen Wei regards her as the closest person. If she appears here at this time, there must be something unusual to do.

"what?"

Wei Jia raised his head in surprise, with fear in his eyes.

"Don't be afraid, if this matter is done, I will naturally give you a large sum of money, enough for you to spend." Although Tortoise looked down upon Wei Jia, she still persuaded him patiently.

"Do you really want to kill her? I can take her away, go to Wei State, and never come back." Wei Jia begged.

The king of Chu wanted to return to the court in a short time after he conquered Yue. Empress Wei was still worried after thinking about it, so she sent a message to Wei Jia to poison Xiang Shi to death.

Although Wei Jia had a bad temper and often beat and scolded Xiangshi, Xiangshi gave birth to a child after all.

There is also a trace of the most basic humanity.

Unless you are a hard-hearted person, you can't do anything wrong.

"Why, you lowly butcher dare to disobey the Queen's will?" Tortoiseshell's voice cooled down, following the Queen all year round, he naturally had a domineering demeanor on his body.

Wei Jia was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and shook his head again and again: "I dare not."

"Hmph, do as I say, and don't even think about running away, or you and your child will die, understand?" Tortoise looked at the lowly Wei Jia at his feet, and sneered contemptuously.

"Here."

Wei Jia gritted his teeth and responded, he knew that he was not qualified to refuse.

What kind of character is the queen that a lowly butcher like him can shake?

Although Wei Jia has a violent personality, loves to gamble and drink, and has almost all kinds of shortcomings, but he is not a cold-blooded animal.

Xiang Shi had already given birth to him a child, Wei Ran, but the tortoise shell let him poison the child's mother to death with his own hands, filled with despair and helplessness.

On the way back, Wei Jia's eyes were blank, and he didn't know how he got back.

He held a small packet of medicine in his hand, which was a colorless and odorless poison given to him by Tortoiseshell.

For the sake of the child, Wei Jia must do the same.

How dare the common people at the bottom fight against the queen?A gentle twist is as easy as killing an ant by twisting it lightly.

"came back."

Xiang was still a little weak, but she still took on the housework at home. She had just made dinner and put it on the table.

"Ah."

Wei Jia looked a little unnatural, and sat down expressionlessly, looking at the food on the table without any appetite.

Mi Yue has been helping Xiangshi to look after her younger brother during the day, and now she is holding Wei Ran on the bed and has fallen asleep.

"Sister-in-law Li brought some eggs during the day, I ate one for Yue'er, and left some for you, I'll get them while they're still in the pot." Xiang Shi turned and walked out of the room with a tired expression on her face.

The kitchen is in the yard, and a simple thatched shed was built.

Wei Jia looked at the rice soup on the table, and at Mi Yue and Wei Ran who were sleeping soundly.

A heart-wrenching choice.

After a short and fierce struggle, Wei Jia still succumbed to the authority.

Compared with the life of his child and that of Xiang Shi alone, he quickly made a choice.

Wei Jia tremblingly took out a small bag of poison from his arms and poured it into a rice soup bowl opposite.

Perhaps it was because she was too nervous, touching the bowl and chopsticks, the movement woke up Mi Yue who was sleeping soundly.

Mi Yue rubbed her sleepy eyes, and seeing Wei Jia's movements, Wei Jia hurriedly grabbed the remaining treasure of poison in her hands.

It might be because she was too sleepy, but Mi Yue didn't think about anything else, so she lay down and fell asleep again.

Wei Jia's expression relaxed, and he let out a breath.

Soon Xiangshi came in with two boiled eggs, put them on the old table, and said with a smile: "It's still warm, eat it while it's hot."

After putting down the eggs, he also sat down and picked up the rice soup in front of him and started eating.

The bowl he picked up was the poisoned bowl.

Wei Jia lowered his head all the time, not daring to look at Shi, feeling extremely tormented inside.

But he also knew that he could not offend the powerful queen who was far away in the palace. Xiang must die.

Xiang Shi took a sip of the rice soup, seeing Wei Jia's expression was a bit strange, he said strangely, "Why don't you eat it?"

Wei Jia raised his head and saw that Xiang had already drank the rice soup, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"Do you hate me?" Wei Jia asked suddenly.

"What's the matter with you?" Xiang Shi was puzzled, feeling that Wei Jia was very strange today, and usually he had to fuss when he came back, why was he so quiet today?

"I beat you every day, hurt you all over, and called you a broken shoe. You should hate me."

Wei Jia said this because he wanted Xiang Shi to say that he hated him, so that he could feel more at ease.

He himself didn't know why he thought so.

Mrs. Xiang was silent, shook her head, and said slowly after a while: "I was used to intrigues in the palace, and I used all means to achieve my goals. Many souls and bones were thrown into dry wells. Now that I come out, I feel a little relieved. It is better to be beaten than to live in fear in the palace."

"Besides, with Ran'er, I also want to live a quiet life. Although I hate you sometimes, I also accept my fate."

After saying this, Wei Jia stood stunned on the spot.

What are you doing, what Xiang Shi said, isn't it also what you yearn for.

why why?
"you……."

Wei Jia choked up, not knowing what to say.

It's too late to say anything.

"puff."

Xiang felt a burst of pain in his stomach, and spurted out a mouthful of black blood into the bowl.

He looked at the remaining rice soup in the bowl, then raised his head to look at Wei Jia.

Wei Jia's shameful expression made Xiang Shi understand instantly.

"She still won't let me go."

Xiang Shi smirked sadly, it was already like this, why did the mighty empress want to kill all of them.

Wei Jia lowered his head, not daring to look into Xiang Shi's eyes.

"I don't hate you, you must take good care of my Yue'er and Ran'er, otherwise I'm a ghost and I won't let... pass...you...."

Xiang Shi raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at Wei Jia, and suddenly fell down, lying on the wooden table.

There was no breath left.

Wei Jia just sat there blankly, not moving, lowering his head and crying softly.

Perhaps crocodile tears.

Hearing the movement, Mi Yue really woke up this time. She saw Xiang Shi lying on the table with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, and she seemed to be looking at Mi Yue with her eyes open.

Before the temporary, Xiang Shi looked at her children, which was what she was most reluctant to part with in this world.

"Mother, mother."

Mi Yue jumped up from the bed in panic, met Wei Ran who was sleeping, and cried loudly after feeling the pain.

Seeing that Xiangshi was dying, Mi Yue lay on Xiangshi's body and cried, "Mother, what's wrong with you, wake up."

Sighs and weeping mingled in the room.

A layer of frost condensed on the ground outside the courtyard, and only half of the moon was exposed in the sky. A few crows flew up from the trees outside the courtyard, screaming in an unpleasant voice.

a few days later.

Mrs. Xiang had already been buried hastily, and reported that she had died of a sudden illness. Unless someone raised it high, no one would pursue this kind of thing.

Wei Jia received a sum of money, and at the beginning he was still immersed in grief, but within two days his true colors were revealed.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change, and a dog can't change eating shit.

Wei Jia was drunk in the tavern, took the cloth coins he was given to the casino to gamble, and lost all his money in the end, so he had no choice but to wander back.

"Damn girl, hurry up and pour me a cup of hot tea." Wei Jia started chirping after entering the house.

Not only do you not ask about the family affairs, Wei Jia leaves it to Mi Yue to take care of her.

Miyue is only half a child, but let her take care of the child.

"Oh."

Mi Yue responded, her eyes full of hatred towards Wei Jia.

She was sensible enough to know that her mother was poisoned to death and the murderer was Wei Jia.

Wei Jia didn't care about it at the time, thinking that Miyue, a little girl, knew something, and thought that Miyue would take care of Wei Ran for a few years, and when Miyue grew up, she would sell it to a kiln for a sum of money.

After all, Mi Yue has no blood relationship with Wei Jia, but is only her father in name.

Mi Yue's biological father is the king of Chu.

Anyway, she is still a princess, and she has fallen to such a point.

(End of this chapter)