Chapter 164 After tonight, our hatred will be wiped out

In Shoukang Palace, Emperor Jingyuan was helping the old empress dowager take medicine.

"It won't be long before the Queen Mother recovers."

The old queen took off her gorgeous clothes, her face showed an old look. After drinking the medicine, she said:

"I never thought it was Jingning who was causing trouble. She even refused to let an old woman like me go."

"Jingning... must have been instigated by someone. I also think the Crown Prince's words make sense."

The old empress dowager watched the emperor place the soft pillow behind his back. She said, "Now that the mastermind behind this has been discovered, how will the emperor deal with Jingning?"

Emperor Jingyuan said, "It has not been fully investigated yet. They are hiding in the dark. One move could affect the entire system. The Crown Prince and I need to discuss this again."

"As for Jingning, I have imprisoned her in the narrow alleys, and she will never be able to leave."

"The Emperor wants to personally watch over him?" The Empress Dowager sighed when she saw Emperor Jingyuan nod.

"But everyone has their own mistakes. How can the emperor prevent them?"

"What does your Majesty mean?" Emperor Jingyuan frowned and asked, "Do you want to kill Jingning?"

The empress dowager looked at Emperor Jingyuan in front of her. The previous emperor was in poor health and had few children. She was firmly seated in the harem and her mother's family was strong.

So he had a smooth journey and never had a chance to have his position shaken.

Naturally, he didn't learn the thundering methods.

"Emperor, there is no benefit in keeping Jingning alive." The Queen Mother pointed at the medicine.

"I've been with her the longest, and she's always ruthless. It wouldn't be surprising if someone instigated her to kill her father one day. Also, if it weren't for the Crown Prince's cunning, you and him would have fallen out. The turmoil in the kingdom would have drawn out those jackals, tigers, and leopards. How could you and I have the nerve to go down to the underworld and face our ancestors?"

Emperor Jingyuan seemed stunned, and the Queen Mother continued, "Besides, if Heng'er ascends the throne in the future, does he have to do it himself and get the bad reputation of killing his brothers, which he will never be able to wash away for the rest of his life?"

The old queen mother had a very sharp eye. She had no idea what role her grandson played in this whole thing.

But he knew that Gu Qingheng was definitely not a merciful lord. From the moment he killed Gu Xun, he had already begun to show his imperial demeanor.

But the old empress dowager was happy to see this. She thought that this was how an emperor should be. Otherwise, how could he protect this vast country and millions of people?

"Mother, I... let me think about it carefully."

Emperor Jingyuan still couldn't make up his mind. Seeing this, the Queen Mother just sighed and said, "My son, you were kind once back then, and that was enough."

Including her too.

Even though Jingning died, she still had two grandchildren, Zhaohua and the prince.

Keeping Jingning is probably keeping disaster, and no one can predict what the future will be like.

Mother and son looked at each other in silence. At this moment, a palace attendant hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the princess escaped from the prison and fell from the palace. She was intercepted by the imperial guards."

"Where did she escape to?" Emperor Jingyuan stood up instantly.

"I don't know yet, Your Majesty, please go and preside over it."

The Queen Mother seemed much calmer: "Just her?"

"There is another person, he must be an accomplice."

The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Jingyuan and said, "Your Majesty, look, it hasn't even been a day and trouble has already occurred again."

The balance in Emperor Jingyuan's mind gradually tilted. He knew very well that what the Queen Mother said was correct and was the best choice.

Since Jingning is unwilling to cherish the chance to survive, why should he be in a dilemma?

"Forget it, go and ask the prince to come and give him full authority."

Emperor Jingyuan sat down and waved his hand to signal the palace maid to leave.

Outside the palace wall, when Gu Qingheng finally arrived, Gu Yan was lying on the ground, her life or death unknown.

"Royal sister, life is good, why are you running away?"

The ends of his hair were wet, and there was a laziness in his eyes.

After Gu Yan fell, her internal organs were in pain, and her clothes were soaked with blood on both shoulders.

"Gu Qingheng, you...don't be so complacent."

Gu Qingheng was surprised when he heard this. "Why should I be proud? It's you, my imperial sister, who caused such a disaster that it made my father so heartbroken that he doesn't want to see you again. Why bother?"

Hearing this, Gu Yan's eyes were full of ferocity: "Why are you pretending? All this..."

Changshu found a stone and stuffed it roughly into her mouth. The sound of it rubbing against her teeth made her teeth ache.

Gu Yan's mouth was torn and blood was flowing out.

"Take her back to the prison and I will interrogate her personally."

In the prison, Gu Qingheng sat on the armchair, and Changshu used pliers to pick out the stone.

The tongs had been burned to ensure that they would cause her pain without impairing her ability to speak.

Changshu threw the man to the ground and said, "Behave yourself, or do you, Princess, want to learn about the Eastern Palace's criminal law?"

"Gu Qingheng...hiss, I am your sister after all, how could you be so cruel?"

Gu Yan supported herself on the ground with both hands, able to bend and stretch.

Even though both parties already knew who the other was, Gu Yan was still able to find opportunities to show weakness and fight for a way out for herself.

Gu Qingheng looked at her: "My royal sister has never considered me a brother, has she?"

"My sister knows better than anyone how my mother died."

Gu Qingheng walked up to her, stepped on the back of her hand, and crushed it repeatedly.

"It was your idea to cut her into pieces."

"Ah!" Gu Yan's face was distorted and she was frightened. How could Gu Qingheng know about this?

Those who knew about this matter all died in the rebellion.

"And Zhaohua, her beauty faded, it was all thanks to you."

Gu Qingheng's delicate eyebrows and eyes were shrouded in gloom, but it was a pity that he discovered it too late in his previous life.

I only found out after Gu Yan died.

As fate would have it, Gu Yan is now in his hands again.

Gu Yan screamed in pain until her hands were bloody and her fingers were twisted and broken.

If Gu Yan still had some hope before, it all disappeared at this moment. Gu Qingheng would not let her live.

She laughed and said with a sinister smile: "It's me, so what? Your mother is dead, and Gu Yu has suffered a lot of heartache over the years. No matter how I look at it, I win."

She felt a little regretful: "If I had known earlier, I would have been braver. But you escaped."

She sat up and laughed, her laughter getting louder and louder.

"Gu Qingheng, I won, I won!"

Gu Qingheng looked down at her and said, "Gu Yan, my mother treats you like her own daughter."

"That's her stupidity!"

Gu Yan blurted out, no longer hiding her feelings: "As stupid as my mother! Why was I born a girl, and that idiot Gu Xun a boy?"

"How are you better than me? If I were a man, I wouldn't necessarily be worse than you!"

Gu Yan has hated power since she was a child. She hated that power did not fall into her hands, and she hated that she lost it from birth while the princes had it from birth.

Gu Qingheng listened quietly, then said:

"The Emperor has designated Nanjiang as your fiefdom. Your power was put to good use during the recent flood."

Nanjiang is a good place as it is close to water and mountains.

The only bad thing is that it may cause flooding.

Gu Yan is the master who has the final say.

"What does it have to do with me?" Gu Yan had no idea and didn't care.

She said, "Oh, I know what you mean. It's flooded, and it's their fate if someone drowns."

Gu Qingheng's eyes fell on the necklace around her neck. The fluorite was produced in Nanjiang.

At this time, Changhe came in and opened the cloth bag, revealing a row of thin blades.

Gu Qingheng picked one up at random: "Gu Yan, after tonight, our grudge will be wiped out."