Chapter 391 The Princess from the Cold Palace Who Was Sent to the Throne (2)

He Liming, the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, is even more attractive than the most beautiful concubine in the harem, but beneath this attractive appearance, there is a chilling and dangerous aura lurking.

He Liming stood there with a smile on his face. There was a sinister look in his eyes, but his face showed respect.

"What are your commands, Your Majesty?" His voice was as cold as ice, but the ending tone was inexplicably lingering, like the hissing sound of a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

The moment he lowered his eyes, He Liming caught a glimpse of the bulging blue veins on the emperor's neck, which was a unique sign of a dying person.

He Liming's lips curled up slightly, and his wanton smile could not be concealed.

——This old guy is finally dying.

Ning Mingxu stretched out his trembling hand, which was as thin as a dead branch, trying to grab the familiar figure in front of him.

In his already cloudy vision, He Liming was still the young man who did everything for him in the rain, the caring man who handled the tedious government affairs for him, and the loyal minister who blocked the poisoned wine for him at the palace banquet.

The emperor knew nothing. He did not realize that his death was caused by the person he trusted the most.

Ning Mingxu even felt that everyone in the current Ning Dynasty had ulterior motives and wolfish ambitions, and only the person in front of him would not betray him.

He Liming accompanied him all the way, but he didn't know...

After he dies, into whose hands will the Ning Dynasty fall?

Is it Chi Yunjian? Or is it Wen Xingzhi?

Ning Mingxu had no idea, so he was worried.

"Protect... Ning..." A faint sob came from the emperor's throat.

He Liming admired with great interest the ending of this old man's absurd life. Seeing that he began to worry about the rise and fall of the dynasty before his death, He Liming found this ridiculous and hypocritical appearance very interesting.

Then he finally responded with great compassion.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." He Liming whispered in the emperor's ear, his warm breath colder than the winter. "I will protect your kingdom for you..."

As the emperor's gaze grew increasingly terrified by the oppression he felt, He Liming changed the subject.

"But the Ning Dynasty is not without descendants."

The haggard and withered emperor apparently did not notice the glimmer in He Liming's eyes.

He was just shocked.

......when?

When did he have children?

Didn't any of his descendants survive?

The candlelight flickered in the corners of He Liming's eyes, casting intricate shadows like a spider web.

He stroked the ferocious beast head at the mouth of the Embroidered Spring Knife, and the gilded patterns felt so cold on his fingertips that it penetrated his bones.

He Liming raised the corners of his mouth, his smile was meaningful.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that there is a little princess in the cold palace?"

The emperor frowned tightly, seeming to be very confused by this question.

Looking at the emperor's bewildered expression, He Liming sneered contemptuously in his heart.

Yes, how could this stupid thing possibly remember?

Ning Mingxu will remember nothing.

He would not even remember that cold snowy night twenty years ago when his entire family was unjustly accused of treason and the executioner's sword mercilessly slit his father's throat.

The emperor will not remember the sins he has committed at all.

But for He Liming, all this happened exactly as he wanted.

He Liming raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and reminded with a smile that compared to those concubines with names in the harem, the emperor favored a dancer of low status after getting drunk one time.

It was hard to say whether the dancer was smart or stupid. After she learned that she was pregnant with a dragon, she did not cry and ask the emperor for a legitimate marriage like other women did.

Instead, she hid in the cold palace.

She hid in the cold palace with her pregnant belly, and survived the ten months of pregnancy on rotten vegetable leaves and sour water.

He protected himself and also protected the little princess.

But the truth cannot be hidden, and everything was eventually discovered.

Fortunately, she is just a princess, not a prince.

The favored concubine at the time did not pay much attention to it, and the dancer protected the princess with her life.

Her death saved the princess' life.

Among them, He Liming actually did some of the work.

It turned out that in order to implement his revenge plan, He Liming got the news and naturally went to find the little princess.

At that time, he originally planned to kill all the people of the Ning Dynasty.

but......

Maybe the little girl's eyes were too pure.

It is like a clear spring without any impurities.

When she rushed into his arms like a wounded deer, his heart trembled violently.

The moonlight reflected in her clear eyes, with unfallen tears still condensed on her eyelashes, and in a trance, she overlapped with her childhood self curled up in a pool of blood.

It reminded him that he was also a child who was powerless and unable to protect his family.

Or maybe...it's just for future plans.

Chi Yunjian and Wen Xingzhi are not ordinary people. If he wants to seize the throne, he must have a trump card.

A legitimate trump card that can break this situation.

so......

He Liming finally not only chose to let the little girl go, but also secretly protected and educated her.

He gave her a relatively stable living environment. Although it was not luxurious, it at least allowed her to grow up without worries.

In this way, the little princess spent many years under his protection.

He Liming himself did not expect that he had raised the little princess for so many years.

But He Liming knew very well that everything he did was not without purpose.

He will not do anything without reward. This little princess will become his best puppet in the future and be used by him.

......Isn’t it used now?

He Liming looked down at the disgusting emperor who, under the influence of his chronic poison, looked as old as a centenarian, even though he was less than fifty years old. His features were completely different.

The emperor actually still believed in him so much - how foolish.

He Liming felt disgusted when he thought back to how he had disguised himself as a eunuch to enter the palace and serve the emperor for so many years.

He Liming was once the young master of the Yongning Marquisate, a glorious family and loyal to the emperor.

But just because this disgusting emperor fell in love with his mother, he disregarded his integrity and forcibly took his mother into the palace, completely disregarding the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.

The Yongning Marquisate naturally could not tolerate such humiliation and rose up in resistance.

However, the emperor confiscated the property of the Yongning Marquis and exterminated the entire family.

A century of glory turned into a pile of dry bones, and all the past was buried in a fire.