"Kill her!" the emperor roared.

Consort Yi was not expected to hear him say that, and her heart was filled with resentment. She pressed the dagger against the emperor's throat slightly, and blood began to flow from the emperor's neck.

"Get out of my way, or I'll kill him," Consort Yi said, applying more pressure to the emperor's neck, drawing even more blood.

"You old hag, I married you when I was only sixteen, and I've served you wholeheartedly all these years. I never expected you to listen to that little slut's slander and treat me like this. So what if I'm a half-demon? So what if my Yong'an isn't your daughter? I'm a princess of Jiyuan Kingdom. Marrying you as a concubine is already a disgrace. Which princess of Jiyuan Kingdom doesn't have countless husbands? Why can you have three palaces and six courtyards, while I have to be faithful to one man until the end?"

Consort Yi said with a ferocious expression, "If you don't let me go, then we'll die together."

Her fierceness terrified the eunuchs and guards, who retreated and dared not approach the emperor and Consort Yi.

"Fairy Sprout," Qi Jiu whispered.

"Does Father want me to help save the Emperor?" Ye Xianya turned to look at Qi Jiu: "He is destined for this calamity, so it's better if we just watch and see."

This kind of idiot who killed his wife and children is dead, so be it. Ye Xianya couldn't be bothered to meddle in his business.

She has achieved her goal of entering the palace today; now we can just watch them fight it out.

Being a bystander is not bad either.

"I don't want you to save him, I want to ask if Lao Ba is the old man's biological son?" Qi Jiu said in a low voice.

He had never understood why the old man had killed his elder brother and forced his mother to her death, but after hearing Xianya's words, he suddenly realized the truth.

It turns out that the old man thought his older brother wasn't his biological son.

That's absolutely absurd!

My older brother looks so much like him, is he blind?

Although all of this was orchestrated by Consort Yi, how could someone as upright and kind as the Empress Dowager possibly betray the old man?

Ultimately, it was the old man's own excessive suspicion that led him to distrust even his own wife.

Ultimately, the deaths of his elder brother and mother were his fault.

If he were to die at the hands of Consort Yi today, he would not only not be sad, but would even be happy.

After learning everything, Qi Jiu found himself hating the emperor even more than before.

He should die and confess his sins to his mother and elder brother in the afterlife.

"Yes." Ye Xianya looked at Qi Jiu and nodded gently: "The Eighth Prince is the Emperor's biological son."

"Well..." Qi Jiu looked at Ye Xianya, seemingly finding it difficult to speak.

"To be honest, just looking at your faces, you and Qi Xuan don't seem like father and daughter. Let me calculate again." After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she calculated with her fingers and gently shook her head: "No."

Qi Jiu was slightly taken aback, and after a moment he suddenly laughed: "That's good, that's good. She's so hateful, she doesn't resemble me at all, but... she does resemble Lao Ba a bit. I've always been a little confused about why Lao Ba would allow Qi Xuan to be adopted by him, since we've never had a good relationship."

“He also doted on Qi Xuan as if she were his own daughter. Qi Xuan was raised by the Empress Dowager. Consort Yi and the Empress Dowager were like oil and water, yet he was able to take Qi Xuan to his side and protect her. This is too abnormal. I had my suspicions before.”

Qi Jiu smiled and said, "I've actually wanted to ask you this for a long time, but I've never dared to face reality. It's a good thing to know all this today."

At least he wouldn't be saddened by how Qi Xuan treated him.

She's not his biological daughter, so she definitely won't respect him.

"She's the eighth prince's daughter, born to Pei Qinglan and the eighth prince, right?" Qi Jiu asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Ye Xianya nodded.

"Good, very good." Qi Jiu nodded: "It seems that all my sincerity over the years has been wasted. But it doesn't matter. Fortunately, I have nothing to do with them anymore. Your mother is my wife, and I will treat her well."

It's impossible not to feel hatred in one's heart.

For the past ten years or so, he had devoted himself to Pei Qinglan, offering her and her daughter the best of everything, but in the end... it was all for naught.

"The Eighth Prince and Pei Qinglan actually knew each other long ago and were attracted to each other. When the imperial concubines were being chosen, Consort Yi wanted to select a noblewoman from a prominent family for her son. At that time, the Pei family was only considered a second-rate family in the capital, so of course they didn't meet her standards. But the Empress, when she was choosing concubines for you, only considered whether you liked them. Father chose Pei Qinglan, and the Empress agreed. Later..."

Ye Xianya didn't continue speaking, and Qi Jiu also learned about what happened later.

Pei Qinglan had an affair with the Eighth Prince behind his back.

"I understand, Xianya. Thank you for telling Father the truth," Qi Jiu said with a sigh.

"Actually... when Qi Xuan went to the Ye family and acted wildly, she was very disrespectful to Father. I thought about having my fortune told, but then I decided against it, since it is Father's privacy." She has already given up the habit of having her fortune told whenever she meets someone.

Because she cannot use mystical arts without limit right now, she should use them sparingly.

Qi Jiu was about to say something when he suddenly heard a loud bang outside.

"Your Majesty, Prince Kang led a group of men to storm the palace. We don't know what they used, but they managed to blow open the palace gates!" The guard captain rushed over and reported loudly.

After hearing his words, Consort Yi laughed loudly: "I knew my son would come to save me. Qi Yuhui, you are already nearly seventy years old, with half of your body buried in the yellow earth. I advise you to give up the throne."

She had only wanted to escape before, but now she's changed her mind.

Her son wielded considerable power, not only commanding over 20,000 troops in the capital, but also secretly planting some powerful demons within his residence over the years. Some of them were ordinary servants, others were gatekeepers, and still others were maids and nannies.

Two or three decades ago, Qi Yuhui, that old bastard, listened to my advice and forbade the ten major Taoist sects from interfering in the affairs of the capital. Even if there were demons in the capital, they would not be identified immediately.

In addition, the powerful demons she planted all carried treasures that concealed their demonic energy, so they were not discovered.

Today is the perfect opportunity to kill this old bastard and let my son ascend the throne.

"You intend to murder the emperor and usurp the throne?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.

"So what if it is? You old fool, you should have died long ago." Consort Yi felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

She was a princess, yet she could only be someone's concubine. How humiliating was that?

Although their Jiyuan Kingdom was smaller than the Great Yan Dynasty, its strength was not weak. If it weren't for the Demon Realm Mountain Range within its territory, which was teeming with powerful demons and constantly embroiled in war, it would probably be inferior even to the Great Yan Dynasty.

The people of Jiyuan Kingdom are strong, brave, and skilled in battle. If they were to fight the Great Yan Dynasty, they would definitely win.