Judging from General Yao's personality, Yao Kang must have been brought directly to the palace by him to apologize. Now he must be eager to go home and can't wait to see Yao Xuan.
After Prince Yueqing was beheaded, Yao Xuan left the palace and returned to the Yao Mansion.
When she heard that her brother was coming back today, she waited anxiously in the house.
Worried that her appearance would scare the people in the mansion, Yao Xuan never left her room after returning home. Mrs. Yao took her thoughts into consideration and was not confident in letting others serve her, so she took care of Yao Xuan herself.
"Mom, sister."
Madam Yao was standing at the door and saw Yao Kang in black armor walking quickly towards them from afar.
Probably because he felt the walking was too slow, he even started to jog.
"Mother," Yao Kang ran to Madam Yao, stopped, and knelt on the ground, "I am unfilial and have caused you to worry."
On the way back, his father told him everything the emperor had done for the Yao family. The more he listened, the more he felt ashamed of being a subject.
He was too presumptuous and felt that it was unfair to the Yao family and the soldiers of the Northern Frontier for the emperor to let them go to the Northern Frontier. But if he really succeeded in taking this position.
We still have to send people to guard the northern border. How can this be fair to these people?
Fortunately, the soldiers' words made him stop, otherwise he would have really let his father's teachings down.
"Kang'er, get up quickly," Madam Yao wiped her tears and raised her hand to help him up. "Has the emperor's punishment been handed down?"
Yao Kang stood up and nodded.
"Mother didn't believe it when she saw the secret letter," Madam Yao sighed. "Just accept the emperor's punishment and don't harbor resentment."
"Over the years in the capital, the Emperor has never treated our Yao family unfairly. This time, I am grateful to the Emperor. Otherwise, I don't know if I can still see you."
"And Xuan'er was also rescued by the Emperor's men."
If the emperor had not asked her to pretend to be unconscious and sent people to protect her, she would have been killed by Prince Yueqing because she lost her composure when she woke up.
"Mother, I was bewitched and almost brought trouble to the Yao family. I deserve to die."
Yao Kang raised his hand and slapped himself hard. Seeing that he wanted to slap her again, Mrs. Yao raised her hand and held his hand while crying.
"What are you doing? How will the Emperor punish you?"
"The Emperor said that I would be fined one year's salary."
Yao Kang whispered, and Mrs. Yao's face was full of disbelief.
"No more?"
The emperor's punishment was so light that he didn't even give a beating with a stick?
"No." Yao Kang glanced into the room. "Where's Xuan'er?"
The two men entered the house, and General Yao, who was late, arrived right after them.
"Xuan'er, brother is back."
Yao Xuan turned her head and looked at the tall Yao Kang, tears instantly filling her eyes and then bursting out.
She wanted to call him "brother" like she did before she got married, but she couldn't utter a complete sound, so she lowered her eyes in frustration.
Although Yao Kang had learned about his sister's experience from the letter, the horrifying face he saw made him clench his hanging hands into fists.
His sister was tortured like this by that bastard Yueqing Wang, and he still wanted to take advantage of the tiger.
He moved step by step to the bedside, looked at Yao Xuan who was crying silently with her head down, raised his hand and gently touched her hair that was like dry grass.
"Don't cry, sister. It's your brother who failed to protect you. He deserves to die."
Yao Kang sat down on the bed with a choked voice, and his hands that were stroking Yao Xuan's hair couldn't help but tremble.
My sister used to be beautiful with black hair, but now she looks like a ghost, not a human. How much courage did she must have to hold on until today?
He couldn't imagine how desperate and helpless his sister must have felt when she was tortured like this, and he couldn't imagine how his sister would have been tortured by Prince Yueqing if the emperor had not discovered her.
Yao Xuan could feel Yao Kang's self-blame and guilt. She raised her head, raised her hand to wipe Yao Kang's tears, and slowly withdrew her hand to pick up the paper and pen beside her.
After writing on the paper, Yao Xuan held up the paper.
"I'm fine, don't cry, brother. I'm really fine."
The wound on my face has now scabbed over and is no longer as painful as it was at the beginning.
She remembered that she screamed in pain when Prince Yueqing used a knife to cut her face for the first time. Later she found that the harder she cried when she was tortured, the more excited Prince Yueqing became.
From then on, no matter how painful it was when she was tortured, she forced herself not to make a sound, even if it meant biting her lips until they bled.
She thought that this would make Prince Yueqing lose interest, but he not only did not stop, but intensified his torture methods.
They cut off her nose and made her look at it. Even after she was tortured to the point where she looked like a ghost, they put a bronze mirror in front of her and made her live in agony by looking at her own horrible face every day.
"Brother, listen to Xuan'er and don't cry."
Yao Kang wiped away his tears and smiled.
Seeing that everyone was present, Yao Xuan pointed to the chairs and motioned for Mrs. Yao and General Yao to sit down.
After the two sat down, Madam Yao asked with a smile, "Xuan'er, do you have something to say?"
Yao Xuan nodded and wrote down what she wanted to say on the paper.
The princess was right, she should tell her parents.
Several people waited patiently for her to finish writing, and after seeing the words on the paper, they had a bad feeling in their hearts.
"I'm so tired. I want to take a rest."
"Then Xuan'er take a rest first. We will come back to see Xuan'er later."
Yao's mother had already guessed something in her mind, but she didn't want to accept it, so she tried to change the subject.
Yao Xuan quickly shook her head and wrote two lines on the paper quickly.
"Dad, Mom, Brother, I am dying soon. I want to be free as soon as possible."
"Can you just treat me as if I died three years ago?"
Now that Prince Yueqing is dead and her brother has returned, she no longer has any regrets. Rather than waiting to die unconscious later, it is better to leave now while being sober. At least this way she will not forget her family.
Although I have been able to sleep well these days thanks to the princess's tranquilizers, every moment I wake up, every detail of the torture I suffered will come to my mind.
The three of them had red eyes and pursed their lips in silence.
Mrs. Yao, who had been taking care of her daughter these days, naturally knew how much she was suffering.
But in order not to make her worry, Xuan'er pretended to be getting better in front of her.
In fact, she understood that it might not be a good thing for her daughter to wake up. The more awake she was, the more the process of her torture would appear in her mind.
Perhaps that's why she was unconscious before and tried to escape the pain.
"Xuan'er, you..." Facing her pleading eyes, Yao Kang finally closed his mouth.
His sister has been afraid of pain since she was a child, and what she has been able to endure until now must be her limit. He hopes that his sister is alive, but what can he do for his sister if she lives a life worse than death?
"I know I'm selfish."
Yao Xuan wrote these words with trembling hands and held it up, forcing a smile.
Her family would be sad if she died, but she was really in pain. The memories of torture lingered in her mind. Every time she thought of it, it was like a blunt knife cutting her flesh, making her feel unbearable pain.
"No," Mrs. Yao stepped forward and hugged Yao Xuan, "Xuan'er is not selfish."
They selfishly wanted their daughter to live without asking her wishes.
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