Chapter 446: Say

This voice made Emperor Wen of Qi's heart tremble suddenly, and he quickly turned to look at the palace door.

Xuan Shaoqing walked in from outside the hall with a serious face. It was already daybreak, and the rising sun cast a layer of light gold behind him, making Xuan Shaoqing's already extremely handsome face look like a god when bathed in the sunlight.

"You..." Emperor Wen of Qi stared at Xuan Shaoqing, speechless for a moment.

Emperor Wen of Qi actually always wanted to forget the existence of his son, and even regretted not drowning him. After all, Xuan Shaoqing's existence reminded him all the time of what he did when he was young, and he was even more afraid that this matter would be dug up and become a handle for him to be attacked.

However, with the Empress Dowager and Prince Su watching him, he could not do anything after all. Fortunately, Xuan Shaoqing had always been obsessed with business and had no interest in court affairs, which made him feel a little relieved. As long as Xuan Shaoqing remained the prince of Prince Su who did not care about state affairs, then he would not kill him.

However, the appearance of the prophecy made him a little panicked. While plotting against the Yuan family, although he did not dare to do anything to the Xuan family openly, he used the excuse of guarding the border to appoint Xuan Shaoqing as the General of Frontier Protection and sent him to a distant frontier.

There are wars on the border from time to time, and swords are ruthless. Who knows what will happen?

However, the subsequent development of events was completely beyond his expectations. Now when they meet again, he is a prisoner, and Xuan Shaoqing is about to become the new emperor?

Xuan Shaoqing slowly walked up to Emperor Wen of Qi and said in a very cold voice, "Are you surprised to see me?"

"Uncle, it's you!" Xuanyuan Che looked at Xuan Shaoqing in surprise: "Are you trying to usurp the throne?"

Xuanyuan Che also found it hard to accept. This uncle has always been lazy. He never thought that one day it would be this uncle who would drive him out.

"The term 'seeking power and usurping the throne' is too serious." Xuan Shaoqing said to Xuanyuan Che.

"Hmph." Xuanyuan Che snorted heavily, looking at Prince Su who followed him into the Qinzheng Palace and asked, "Grandfather, I really didn't expect you to treat me like this. I always thought that the Xuan family would be my strongest backing, but I didn't expect that it was you who stabbed me in the back."

Xuanyuan Che's eyes were filled with deep hatred. If Yuan Ziyu and others' forcing him to abdicate had made him furious, then the Xuan family's betrayal had filled him with even greater hatred.

Looking at the hatred in Xuanyuan Che's eyes, Xuan Tuo sighed silently in his heart. He knew that once this step was taken, the two brothers would probably never be able to reconcile. Xuan Tuo looked at the dragon throne in front of the Qinzheng Hall and shook his head almost imperceptibly. After all, power is more important than family affection in the royal family.

Xuanyuan Che continued to speak bitterly, "You bunch of traitors, do you think you can get away with it just by taking that position? You are not legitimate, and you will be driven out sooner or later."

"Unjustifiable?" Xuan Shaoqing smiled and looked at Emperor Wen of Qi: "Xuanyuan Ye, do you think so too? Xuanyuan Che doesn't understand. You know my identity very well. Am I really unjustifiable?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Empress Xuan and Xuanyuan Che looked at Xuan Shaoqing in surprise and suspicion. Who in the royal family couldn't make a witty remark?

They couldn't understand the hidden meaning behind Xuan Shaoqing's words.

"Little brother, what do you mean by that?" Thinking of the possibility in her mind, Empress Xuan was a little bit unconvinced. She turned to look at Xuan Ting: "Father, what is going on?"

Xuan Ting sighed and said nothing. Yuan Ziyu and others stood aside and watched quietly. They knew that Xuan Shaoqing would definitely tell everything today.

Looking at Queen Xuan, Yuan Ziyu felt a little pity in his heart. Although this woman was the mother of the country, she was, after all, a pitiful woman.

Emperor Wen of Qi saw Xuan Shaoqing staring at him, and he became more and more angry. He said angrily, "I only regret why I didn't insist on killing you back then."

"Ye'er!" As soon as Emperor Wen of Qi said this, the Queen Mother could not help but scold: "What are you talking about? He is your own son."

Xuanyuan Che was stunned. He looked at Xuan Shaoqing in disbelief, then at the Queen Mother. After a long pause, he said, "Grandmother, what on earth is going on?"

The Queen Mother knew that she could no longer conceal this matter, so she sighed and said, "Che'er, Shaoqing is not your uncle, he is..."

Before the Queen Mother finished speaking, Xuanyuan Che couldn't help but interrupt her: "You mean, he is also the son of the Emperor, my brother? How can this be? Why is it like this?"

Xuanyuan Che looked at Xuan Ting and Empress Xuan with a hurt look on his face. "Grandfather, Queen Mother, you...you actually raised someone else's son and then let him compete with me for the throne? Why would you do this? Why?"

The last questioning was almost hysterical.

Empress Xuan had no idea what was going on and looked at Xuan Ting with a bewildered expression. She looked at Xuan Ting and said, "Father, this... this..."

Xuan Ting sighed again, stepped forward and gently patted Empress Xuan's shoulder: "Shao Qing is none other than the child you lost that year."

After saying this, Xuan Ting turned to Xuanyuan Che and said, "Shaoqing is your brother, your biological brother from the same mother."

Xuanyuan Che was so shocked that he was speechless.

Empress Xuan tightly grasped Xuan Ting's hand and said, "Father, what did you say? You said...you said Shaoqing is Luo'er? Is it really Luo'er?"

Xuan Ting nodded: "Yes, he is Luo'er, the child you thought died young."

Xuan Ting told everything that happened that year in detail without hiding anything.

"Luo'er." After learning about what happened that year, Empress Xuan looked at Emperor Wen of Qi with eyes almost bursting with anger. She glared at Emperor Wen of Qi fiercely, then turned to look at Xuan Shaoqing. She never thought that her younger brother was actually the child who died that year. She had been thinking about Luo'er all these years. Many times in her dreams at midnight, she would hear Luo'er's crying. She always thought that it was her negligence that led to Luo'er's death, but now she was told that her younger brother was her eldest son whom she had been thinking about all the time - Xuanyuan Luo.

Xuan Shaoqing looked at Queen Xuan, his childhood sister who suddenly became his mother one day. His feelings towards Queen Xuan were very complicated. He knew that Queen Xuan was the most innocent in that incident that year, but he couldn't change his words suddenly. He couldn't even call Queen Xuan that name.

"Luo'er." Empress Xuan walked up to Xuan Shaoqing, touched his face with trembling hands, tears falling from her eyes: "Luo'er..."

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