With that said, he walked out of the room first. Bright sunlight filled the entire Cloud Grace Palace.
Xue Yao waved her hand. "They're all here? Since he was here, let him come in and talk.”
Yes, Mother." Hiroshi swept his gaze over the man kneeling on the ground. He trembled for a moment and then continued to tremble. He could not say a word. Under Xue Yao's sharp gaze, he finally spoke. "Emperor, this servant has a younger brother. Since he was young, he was poor and sold into a brothel. He was good at dancing and was later chosen by Princess Yun Niao and brought back to the palace. Then…then he was given to Princess Yunxi…"
At this point, the man did not dare to continue. He was so scared that he kept trembling at the side. After calming down for a while, he continued," Actually, he was forced to go to the Yunxi Palace by Princess Yun Liao…He knew that poisoning the princess would result in the execution of his entire family, but Princess Yun Liao used the lives of our entire family to force him…So he secretly told this servant about it, and there was a blood letter as proof…"
"A blood letter?" Xue Yao narrowed her eyes and raised her voice." Bring it up!”
Thus, Hao Yuan took a piece of silk from the man and respectfully handed it to Xue Yao.
Xue Yao's expression changed as expected, but she tried her best to hold it in and squeezed out a few words from between her teeth,"Continue!"
The man was already sobbing, and his voice was mixed with fear."He originally thought that he could save the entire clan by letting this servant deliver the blood letter to the Emperor. He didn't expect, didn't expect that Princess Yun Liao would be one step ahead and kill our entire clan in the night. Emperor, this servant is telling the truth, please investigate!”
"Alright, I know. You can leave first!" Xue Yao gave an order and someone came in from outside to take the man. After the few of them walked away, Xue Yao added, as if she was talking to herself,"This person knows too much.”
"Your son understands."”
Xue Lin who was standing at the side was scared out of her wits. It was not that she had not heard of the bloody struggles in the palace. She had seen a lot of them on television before, but now that the bloody scene was in front of her, she still could not accept it. She thought of her fake identity and felt even more terrified. If Xue Yao knew that she was pretending, wouldn't she die without a burial place?
At this moment, Xue Yao's voice exploded above her head like thunder, causing her to tremble uncontrollably. "Xuexi, you've done well this time, and you've avenged your mother. I'll do as you say and demote Yun Niao to a commoner and throw her into the imperial prison, but I beg you to spare her life. "I've already lost a daughter and lost a daughter. I don't want to…" She seemed to be sobbing.
How could Xue Lin dare to say no? He could only nod his head numbly. In the end, he couldn't even remember how he left. Her heart was already filled with fear. She only knew that when she stood outside the Snow Tide Palace and saw Yin Yicui, she could no longer hold on and fainted in his arms.
"Princess, princess!" There seemed to be a lot of people calling her, but she couldn't hear them clearly. She wanted to squeeze out a smile, but she couldn't because the darkness had completely swallowed her.
The moment she fell into his arms, Yin Yicui was shocked again. Why did he have a very familiar feeling that she was Xue 'er? He shook his head and immediately threw this thought out of his mind. How could she be her? The difference between them was too great, although…their bodies and breaths were very similar.
This happened in an instant, because the next moment, the person in his arms had already been pulled into Zi Qing's arms anxiously. Then, he saw Zi Qing carrying her and running into the room.
That's right, she was the Emperor's granddaughter Princess Xue Xi, how could she be his Xue 'er? He looked at the pink palace wall and the lush bonsai on the wall, which was permeated with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.
When Xue Lin woke up, it was already late at night. The autumn was chilly. She shivered and approached the heat source. She hugged Ziqing tightly with both hands and wrapped her legs around him. This big action woke up Ziqing, who was already in a light sleep. He slapped her face and called her.
"What are you doing?" Xue Lin stared at him impatiently.
"You're awake?" Zi Qing smiled as he turned her face towards him. He covered her face with a kiss, then said in an extremely gentle and bashful manner," Xue, the doctor said that you're pregnant. I'm going to be a father…"
What was that? She got up in a roll, her eyes blinking non-stop. She could not hear a word he said after that. Yes, it had indeed been a long time since her period had come, but she had been troubled recently and had never thought about it in that direction. Moreover, it was strange. She was clearly very, very careful. How could it be…
It was over, it was over. If her identity was exposed, she would be sentenced to death and her entire family would be exterminated! She wasn't afraid of being alone, but if she really had a child, wouldn't it be extremely dangerous? Heavens, would Ziqing's family be implicated because of this? If that was the case, wouldn't she be killing a lot of people again?
No, it definitely couldn't be like this!
She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. In the end, she simply put on her coat and walked out of the bedroom. It was late at night and the wind was heavy. She looked up at the sky and saw that the stars were still shining brightly. It was as if thousands of years had passed. Her relatives in the modern world must be bathing in the same starry sky at this moment, right? It was just that she would never be able to see them again. They were not separated by the ends of the earth or mountains and rivers, but by the vortex of time and space. She walked silently all the way and unknowingly walked to the courtyard of Rain Admiration Pavilion. Inside was her lover, the first man in her life, but he couldn't recognize her! How cruel and unfair was fate!
Her tears fell silently, and her heart ached.
The wind blew her dress in the night. She felt very cold, so she hugged her arms and looked at the attic of the Rain Admiration Pavilion.
At this moment, the door opened and a man walked out. He had just dreamt of her again, so he came out for a walk. The moment he opened the door, he saw her back.
"Xue 'er!" He called out softly and ran forward to hug her tightly. It was her, it was really her. It was exactly the same as in his memories! " You know, I've been looking for you for a long time…" he muttered.
Xue Lin was shocked and had mixed feelings. He wanted to say something, but he could not say a word for a long time. Just tell him like this, and it would end like this, but…she married another man and was pregnant with a child…
He wouldn't accept it…
"You…Princess Xue Xi, why is it you?”Yin Yicui turned her shoulder and saw her face. She let go of her like a dream and knelt down to apologize." I'm sorry, I didn't know it was Your Highness. I offended you just now. Please forgive me, Princess!"”
Xue Lin's heart sank again.
It turned out that he still couldn't recognize her.
She lay in bed for several days without going out. She vaguely heard the palace people outside say that Yun Niao had fallen, and her accomplices were also dismissed from their posts, investigated, and exiled. Most of the palace people in the princess's manor were dismissed, and many became slaves. Xue Lin was only happy for a while. She should have set off firecrackers to celebrate, but she suddenly remembered the idiom " The fox grieves when the rabbit dies." She smiled bitterly. Sigh, how could she use this idiom? She had been pretending to be a chess piece in the first place. Since her mission as a chess piece had been completed, shouldn't she disappear next? The problem was, how did he disappear?
Just as he was thinking, Hiroshi arrived. She quickly braced herself and went to welcome him.
After the host and guest settled down, Hiroshi said,""You want to run?“
Xue Lin was shocked. How did he know? "You're Princess Xue Xi, the Emperor's granddaughter. Where do you think you can run to?" With your face, you will be recognized no matter where you go.”
"If I don't run now, I'll die without a complete corpse. Sooner or later, my impostor will be exposed!”She roared.
"No one will expose you!"
"You want me to deal with Yun Niao, but now that Yun Niao is dead, my mission is complete. What else do you want? Or do you want to burn the bridge after crossing the river and hand me over to the emperor so that she can kill me?”
"If you disappear now, people will suspect Yun Miao. Princess Anping suddenly appeared out of thin air when Yun Niao was in her prime, and once she fell, this Princess Anping also disappeared. So, you can't leave. Are you still thinking of telling Yin Yicui your true identity and running away with him? You think too simply! Not to mention that Yin Yicui doesn't believe you, you're pregnant now. Can you run away like this? Besides, Ziqing has been looking forward to this child for a long time. If you leave like this, will you let him down?”
"This…I will make him remarry."
Hiroshi laughed coldly." You've already dragged him into the water. There's still a child between the two of you. The lives of hundreds of people in the Prime Minister's Estate, as well as the lives of thousands of guards and palace servants in Night Tide Snow Palace, are already tied to you. Can this secret be made public?”
Xue Lin fell to the ground, terrified. "Then…what do you want me to do?”
"Always keep this secret and be Princess Xue Xi. Yin Yicui has to move out, or else he will find out your identity sooner or later. I have already made arrangements. His family has been vindicated, and he will return to his military position. As for Sun Lian, you've already sent him away, so it's best not to let him get involved again. Think about it."
Ever since Haoyuan and Yin Yicui left, her temper had become very irritable and she would lose her temper easily. Ziqing was not angry, but took care of her even more attentively. Every time she saw his smiling face, she could no longer complain, and her hand that wanted to smash things could no longer be thrown out.
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