After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 960 Inside Story
Haijiao was very happy about the death of Concubine Sun.

Having lived two lives, he always felt that the Sun family had an unshirkable responsibility for the suffering he had experienced in his previous life, and therefore he was very happy to see the Sun family die a miserable death.

Haitang felt sad when she heard this. It was too tragic that the once glorious concubine had left the world in such an embarrassing way.

But she couldn't quite figure it out: "Will Lady Sun just let herself starve to death? There's no one around, she could have ended her life on her own, at least she wouldn't have died in such pain."

Hai Jiao sneered: "God knows what she is thinking. To be honest, it was the order issued by the Grand Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Xu to lock her up in the cold palace and let her die. The cabinet had no objection, and the new emperor would naturally not object. But in fact, they did not kill her completely. I asked others about this matter. It is said that there is a well in the cold palace, a stove on a warm kang in the main hall, and a stove and plenty of firewood in the tea room. There are snacks and fruits in Concubine Sun's room, and there are quite a lot of noodles, tea and cakes in the palace servants' rooms.

"It's winter now, so food can still be stored and won't spoil easily. Even if Concubine Sun had no one to serve her and no one outside the cold palace brought her water, she could have survived for ten days with the water from the well, the firewood by the stove, and the leftover food in the cold palace. Who would have thought that she didn't know how to fetch water, light a fire, or touch those old fruits and snacks, and she starved herself to death?"

He heard that she had not even left the house, but had called out to people loudly at the door. When no one responded to her, she lost her temper and threw things all over the floor, including food and tea sets. After the fire in the house went out, she only knew how to wrap herself in the fur coat she usually wore and huddled in the quilt, but she did not rummage through the boxes and cupboards to find more winter clothes to keep out the cold. Without the people around her to serve her, she seemed to be unable to do anything. People said she starved to death, but in fact, she might have died of hunger and cold. Anyway, she died miserably. The people who collected her body privately said that she was as haggard and thin as a skeleton...

Hai Jiao sighed, "In fact, the Empress Dowager and the others were merciful. They allowed her ten days or so, not because they really wanted to starve her to death, but because they wanted to force her to the point where she couldn't bear it anymore and end her life on her own. In this way, no one in the palace would disobey the will of the late emperor, and they could get rid of her. Afterwards, they could just announce that she committed suicide out of fear of crime, or that she became ill from missing the late emperor and died with him. This would save everyone trouble and worry. Who knew that Concubine Sun was so incompetent that she let herself die so tragically? The palace couldn't make it public, so they had to quietly bury her and send her to the imperial mausoleum along with the late emperor's coffin."

If the assassin had not revealed the matter to Lord Sun, there would probably be very few people outside the palace who knew the cause of Concubine Sun's death.

However, after tonight's spread, it is estimated that the rumors will soon be all over the capital. In any case, the way Concubine Sun died was indeed a bit tragic, and many people would rather she was directly sentenced to death.

Haitang sighed after hearing this: "Why doesn't she commit suicide on her own initiative? There's no one stopping her."

Hai Jiao sneered: "I'm afraid she still thinks that her father has other arrangements in the palace and will rescue her sooner or later, right?" In fact, when Sun Ge Lao arranged for his daughter to anger the late emperor to death, he should have known that Concubine Sun was unlikely to survive. Even if the new emperor who succeeded to the throne did not care about her, the Empress Dowager and others who hated her would not allow her to continue to live in the world. Everyone tacitly agreed to this, but they just wanted to find a more legitimate reason to kill her, so they dragged it on for so long without taking any substantive action.

Imprisoning her in the cold palace and cutting off her food and water was actually an attempt by the palace people to force her to commit suicide. Who could have thought that she would rather starve herself to death than obey everyone's wishes?
If she wanted to commit suicide, she could hang herself with white silk or skirt ribbons, swallow gold, stab herself with scissors, or even set herself on fire. In fact, there were plenty of tools in the cold palace. However, she chose nothing and preferred to choose the most painful way to die...

If the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xu, and the new emperor were hoping for Concubine Sun's death and therefore ignored her plight, then Lord Sun had so many people in the palace, but no one lent a hand to his daughter. It can only be said that Lord Sun must have given up on his daughter long ago. It seemed a bit hypocritical for him to be sad and upset about his daughter's death.

Hai Jiao sneered at this: "The group of old guards who wanted to assassinate the emperor in the mausoleum could not be called Sun Ge Lao's confidants. They were just fooled by Sun Ge Lao to become tools to hurt the new emperor and fight for power. How could they care about the death of Concubine Sun? In order to ensure that the assassination plan can go smoothly, they will definitely not expose themselves before the late emperor's funeral. They were ordered to evacuate the cold palace and not to get close. There is no reason for them to disobey the order. Even the traitor that Sun Ge Lao bought in front of the emperor did not bother to ask about Concubine Sun's situation. Concubine Sun had such a result, it really can't be blamed entirely on the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xu and the new emperor. Sun Ge Lao is the real culprit who forced Concubine Sun to death!"

Haitang blinked her eyes: "Brother, you have found out a lot of inside information? Did Lord Sun really plant a spy in front of the emperor?"

Hai Jiao sighed, "Yes, no one would have thought... that among the eunuchs that the late emperor trusted very much during his lifetime, there was actually a spy from the Sun family! It is said that when Concubine Sun was still a noble concubine, she arranged for this person to be in front of the emperor, and no one else knew about it. Because the late emperor trusted him very much, the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Xu did not suspect anything and directly left this person to the new emperor. When they were in the imperial mausoleum, it was this person who colluded with the assassins in the imperial guards and put the outsider into the new emperor's room, and also sent away the other guards in advance..."

This traitor surprised everyone. Afterwards, all the people left by the late emperor, whether loyal or not, were left in the imperial mausoleum, and no one was brought back to the capital - there was no way, no one knew if there were any hidden spies inside. What if there were still remnants of the Sun family who had not been exposed, and one day they would stab the new emperor when he was not on guard, what would be done?
If Hai Jiao had not had a small gathering with his colleagues tonight and had become closer to each other, he would not have been able to get this information from others. In fact, the Jinyiwei was very well-informed. He had underestimated his colleagues in the past and trusted his relationship with the new emperor, the seventh prince, and Jin Jiashu too much. He thought that he had enough knowledge of the inside story based on his connections...

Haitang listened to her brother's sigh and smiled, "It's not too late to know now. If you build good relationships with your colleagues, it will be easier to find out more information in the future."

Haijiao nodded and smiled, "There is another good news. When the assassin confronted Sun Yongping tonight, he said so many things that the flag bearer guards heard. Sun Yongping can no longer be cleared of the crime of participating in treason. It's fine tonight, but tomorrow there will be an order from the palace to take Sun Yongping away."

Lord Sun learned the news of his daughter's tragic death tonight, and he will send his eldest son away tomorrow. I wonder how he will feel when that happens?