Xianjin's tears welled up in her eyes, but her expression remained calm. Her narrow and introverted eyes stared quietly at her physical father.
And the biological father of "Xu Yinfei", King Xiao Xu Fengyin, is like an actor standing on a three-meter stage.
Clown.
The candlelight cast a long and dim light on his pale and weak face.
Give him plenty of space and attention.
Urging him, urging him to finish telling the story of sixteen years ago.
King Xiao was being stared at by the candlelight and gazes, and he unconsciously lowered his eyelids to avoid the light and scrutiny.
He didn't want to say any more.
He didn't dare to say any more.
Prince Xiao looked at Princess Bai'an for help.
Princess Bai'an let out a sigh and then said, "Since you want to say it, you should finish it. In one's life, there is always one thing that must be completed."
Prince Xiao was so thin that his cheekbones were prominent. He pursed his lips tightly and raised his eyes. Then he spoke in a hoarse voice and a trembling tone that was suppressed to the extreme:
"That night, the rebels attacked the top of the mountain, and Lieutenant General Lu led his troops to fight back. When the fighting subsided, the imperial concubine died. After the imperial concubine passed away, I held the coffin and refused to bury it. I kept it in the tent for three days... Later, Empress Lu came to kneel and apologize. I went out with a horse whip, but the tent caught fire!"
The firelight from the tent seemed to still be flickering before King Xiao's eyes.
There was undisguised fear in his eyes.
"The fire was very big, and there was no water on the mountain. The water in the wooden barrel was like a mayfly on a piece of wood, completely useless. After a while, the tent was burned down. Concubine... Concubine..."
Prince Xiao raised his shoulders and covered his face with his hands, crying bitterly: "That vicious woman Lu! She pretended to confess her crime, but actually had someone secretly set the fire... She didn't even let Shui Su die! She would rather not be the queen, but Shui Su would die! She would also burn Su'er to death and not let Su'er be reincarnated!"
Amidst the dull crying, Xianjin laughed.
The laughter was short and loud.
It was like a slap on King Xiao's face.
"When a person dies, even if their body is burned clean, they won't feel any pain."
Xianjin's eyes were already dry of tears. "Your tears are unnecessary. As the king of a country, you failed to protect your foundation. You were forced to leave the city by rebels and refugees. You were threatened and manipulated by your subordinates. You were blackmailed and plotted against by people with ulterior motives. As the head of a family, you were even more cowardly. You personally handed the life-threatening drug to your lover, and let your young daughter flee..."
"Your tears should be shed for yourself."
"As for Concubine Gao, she would probably rather die cleanly in the fire than be slowed down by your cowardly and dirty tears."
Xianjin spoke calmly, stood up, bowed slightly to Princess Bai'an, and was about to say goodbye when he was interrupted by the sharp voice of Prince Xiao.
"No! No! No! Feifei! I just thought it was a drug that could kill abortion!"
Prince Xiao burst into tears and said, "I never expected that you would be kidnapped and taken away - it was Shui Su's sister who secretly kidnapped you!"
Prince Xiao's thin, bony face twitched with excitement. He forced himself to calm down and tried to steady his tone. "The Gao family was originally just doctors who opened a pharmacy in a remote county in Northern Zhili. Because of a plague thirty years ago, the Gao family risked their lives to open a clinic to treat patients. After the plague subsided, only two sisters were left in the Gao family, who were raised in seclusion. The others were all infected with the plague during the treatment and died one after another. The two sisters' maternal grandfather was surnamed He, and they were afraid of being infected with the plague and did not dare to take them back to their maternal family... After my mother heard about this, she summoned the Gao sisters to Beijing to be raised by the court. Shuisu was thirteen years old at the time, and her sister Huiyang was only six years old. My mother found a small official who had accumulated virtue and done good deeds to adopt them. After the three-year mourning period was over, Shuisu entered the palace and became my Huipin..."
Prince Xiao clenched his hands tightly: "After that, Huiyang often went to the palace to accompany Shuisu. Although Huiyang was spoiled and lazy, she was pure and innocent. Shuisu always protected and relied on this sister... When the rebels broke into the forbidden palace, Huiyang happened to be in the palace to accompany the pregnant elder sister, so she retreated with us to Luanping..."
Huiyang, that’s He Ainiang, right?
Mugwort, also known as Huiyangcao.
The word "He" happens to be the surname of the Gao sisters' mother.
Prince Xiao's calmness only lasted for a short moment. He closed his eyes in pain: "... On the second day after the tent was burned, I found that you, who were four years old, were missing... Huiyang was also missing with you... I immediately sent people to look for you, but the rebels had already become powerful and the situation was turbulent. The people I sent out went through many difficulties and dangers to get out of Luanping, but there was no news of you at all!"
"Later, my elder sister led her cavalry back to the capital, and the wind in the court changed. I immediately sent people to look for you, but there were so many people and refugees scattered everywhere. It had been nearly two months, so I had no way to find anyone. I had no choice but to ask my elder sister for help..."
A smile finally appeared on King Xiao's face.
It was a bitter smile like Coptis chinensis.
"I have never dared to tell my elder sister the real cause of Shui Su's death and the news that you were abducted... I was afraid that she would blame me... would be desperate for me... and would never care about me again..." Prince Xiao's expression was almost crazy: "I finally told my elder sister these secrets. My elder sister was furious and put me under house arrest in the Forbidden Palace. On the one hand, she reassigned people to look for you like looking for a needle in a haystack, and on the other hand, she completely gave up on me and turned to support Xu Fengxian..."
Princess Bai'an looked at her younger brother with pity and reluctance, but more of it was disappointment.
Prince Xiao's voice gradually became lower until he stopped talking.
Princess Bai'an sighed and continued, "A young girl with a younger child had few options in a situation that had not yet been settled. At that time, I was looking for the Gao family's hometown. There were ten teams, eight heading north, one heading south, and one heading across the middle. The focus of my search was the ruined temple, the alleys, the city's medical clinics and pharmacies, the Keats Hall, and the refugee camps..."
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