Chapter 60: The only son, a knot in my heart...
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When Meng Mingshu received the order to enter the palace, she felt a little nervous for a moment.
After all, she has to face the emperor, the one who can decide her life.
No matter how glorious she was in her previous life, that was only her previous life.
The reality now is that Xiao Yan has not yet become emperor, and she is not the queen.
But Meng Mingshu soon calmed down.
As long as the emperor still cares about his son Xiao Yan, he will not really do anything to her.
"Shu'er..."
When Mrs. Lin heard the news, she became nervous.
"Remember what grandma said. Life is long. Winning or losing in the short term is not important."
"As long as His Highness likes you and you have a child, your life will not be bad at all. Saving your life is the most important thing."
Their Lin family has never had a noble lady who can become a concubine in several generations.
Now that we finally have Meng Mingshu, let alone not being able to become the Crown Princess, being the lowest-ranking Fengyi would be fine too.
As long as she is a concubine, the son she gives birth to will be a noble prince and will have the possibility of inheriting the throne in the future.
The biological mother of the current emperor was just a palace maid.
Meng Mingshu shook the old lady's hand:
"Grandma, please go back and tell my mother and sisters that they don't have to worry about me."
"good."
Wu quickly echoed:
"Don't worry, your majesty. I personally monitor Mingyu and the others' daily lives and serve them with care. Everything is for the best."
"I will definitely take good care of them and you won't have to worry."
Meng Mingshu nodded.
On the way back to the capital from Chongzhou Prefecture, several aunts including Wu did not dare to approach her.
After all, Xiao Yan was inseparable from her.
Unable to please her, they tried everything they could to please their mother and elder sister.
I wish I could worship him.
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"Eunuch, may I ask..."
Before Meng Mingshu could say anything, the eunuch's face turned cold.
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask!"
From the moment the eunuch from His Majesty's office came to summon her, Meng Mingshu sensed something was amiss.
She gave the eunuch some silver, but his face remained stern. He neither accepted her gifts nor said a word.
His attitude towards her at this moment made Meng Mingshu feel even more uneasy.
This uneasiness reached its peak when they arrived at Xuan Zheng Hall.
The area outside the Xuanzheng Hall was covered with bloodstains that had not yet been washed away.
Although the palace servants were already cleaning, the air was still filled with a strong smell of blood.
Meng Mingshu used her peripheral vision to observe the expressions of the palace servants entering and leaving the palace.
Although they tried their best to suppress it, their faces were still full of horror and fear.
"My Lady, save me!"
"Liu Zhongquan?"
A look of surprise flashed across Meng Mingshu's eyes, and her breathing stagnated.
"Why are you here?"
"But what happened?"
No wonder she didn't see Liu Zhongquan when she left the Eastern Palace. He was clearly there at the beginning.
"I don't know either."
Liu Zhongquan was dragged by the guards while speaking with tears in his eyes.
"They wanted to take me away and torture me, but I really didn't know anything."
"I have no idea why Your Majesty is so angry, let alone why Your Majesty wants to execute His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Liu Zhongquan's voice was trembling:
"I have only been with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a short time. Even if His Royal Highness has something wrong, it has nothing to do with me."
Liu Zhongquan cried bitterly, his heart filled with regret.
I thought that following the only prince would lead to a prosperous future, but who could have known that it would turn out like this.
Liu Zhongquan's ungraceful crying made Meng Mingshu panic.
My body felt weak and countless guesses flashed through my mind.
Meng Mingshu was afraid that Xiao Yan had angered the emperor because of her.
She was afraid that Xiao Yan had forgotten that there was no father-son relationship in the royal family.
Even though Xiao Yan was the emperor's only son, the emperor was the supreme ruler of the world and would not tolerate anyone disobeying him.
"Hurry...take me in!"
Meng Mingshu lifted her skirt and walked quickly into the hall.
She didn't want to be the Crown Princess anymore, and she didn't care about being a concubine or not.
She just wants Xiao Yan to be fine.
The idea that she had never wanted to be a concubine before coming here completely disappeared at this moment.
As soon as Meng Mingshu arrived in the Xuan Zheng Hall, she saw an unconscious man covered in blood.
Judging from the figure from a distance, it was very similar to Xiao Yan.
Meng Mingshu felt dizzy and the world was spinning around her. She couldn't stand up and fell to the ground.
"Xiao Yan!"
"Xiao Yan!"
Meng Mingshu wanted to rush over, but the palace maids around her stopped her.
"Kneel down before His Majesty!"
After Meng Mingshu was forced to kneel on the ground,
The emperor spoke.
Meng Mingshu's mind was in a mess, but she still tried her best to hear clearly.
The emperor said that Xiao Yan was not of royal blood!
He is not his biological son at all!
He is an impostor prince!
Only today did I discover that their bloodlines cannot mix.
Xiao Yan committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, which was a heinous crime.
Meng Mingshu felt as if she was frozen in time.
Isn’t Xiao Yan the crown prince?
But how could that be possible? In his previous life, Xiao Yan had become emperor.
Did this happen in the previous life?
If so, does it mean that Xiao Yan is innocent?
Is all this now a misunderstanding?
Moreover, Meng Mingshu believed in Xiao Yan, who would never do such a thing.
Xiao Yan didn't care about fame, wealth or power at all.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Yan is your biological son!"
Meng Mingshu knelt on the ground, her voice hoarse and trembling:
"I know Xiao Yan. He is a very upright person. He would never do such a thing."
"Your Majesty, please, please investigate further..."
"Someone must want to harm Xiao Yan!"
"Xiao Yan is innocent, Your Majesty, please..."
Looking at the woman who was kowtowing continuously with tears streaming down her face, the emperor was somewhat surprised.
This is somewhat different from what the emperor had imagined Meng Mingshu to be.
Before meeting Meng Mingshu, the emperor thought she would be a seductive and charming woman.
But after meeting, Meng Mingshu's whole temperament was cool and dignified, and there was no trace of seductiveness on her.
The emperor thought about it and realized that only if he hid the secret well enough could Xiao Yan be so confused.
As for the moment, Meng Mingshu has not yet denied her relationship with Xiao Yan.
Perhaps she simply didn't believe that Xiao Yan was not of royal blood.
"The matter has long been investigated and the evidence is conclusive. There is no room for maneuver."
"Xiao Yan impersonated the prince, his crime is unforgivable."
"Now I give you two choices. One is to die with him, and the other is to spare your life."
The emperor paused for a moment.
The emperor was somewhat disappointed and suspicious.
Because he didn't see any relief on Meng Mingshu's face.
Instead, there is only heartbreak and despair.
The woman in front of me seemed to have lost her soul in an instant.
The emperor continued to test:
"But you must fully confess all his crimes, including his audacity and deception of the emperor."
"This way I can show mercy and spare your life."
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Xiao Yan was outside and seemed to hear Meng Mingshu crying.
"Your Majesty, how do you want to test it? What's the situation inside now?"
"Why is she crying?"
"Your Highness? Why are you here? Aren't you inside?"
"Your Highness? Are you alright?"
Liu Zhongquan looked at the unharmed Xiao Yan with a blank look.
Xiao Yan rushed to Liu Zhongquan and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Your Majesty said that if he wants to execute you, he should also execute me. I really don't know anything."
Xiao Yan realized that Liu Zhongquan had also become a part of the emperor's test.
And he was using his life and death to test Meng Mingshu.
Xiao Yan had told Meng Mingshu a long time ago.
If he had an accident, Meng Mingshu would not have to worry about him. She should first save her own life and Tuan'er's life.
If the emperor were to test him in this way, he would definitely lose the bet.
It seems that his father has made up his mind not to let Meng Mingshu become his Crown Princess.
Unfortunately, no matter what, he would not ask Meng Mingshu to be his concubine.
If Meng Mingshu cannot take the position of Crown Princess, he will not be the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, please think twice. If you rush out, the test planned by His Majesty will be wasted.
Your Majesty will never agree to let Miss Meng be your Crown Princess again."
Seeing that Xiao Yan was about to rush into the Xuan Zheng Hall, the eunuchs and guards arranged by the emperor in advance hurried forward to stop him.
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In the majestic and empty hall, there was only the sound of a woman crying heartbrokenly.
The emperor still felt that the crying was hypocritical:
"What do you choose?"
The emperor had put a lot of thought into today's incident for the position of Xiao Yan's legal wife.
Those palace servants, the arranged bloodstains, Liu Zhongquan, and the fake "Xiao Yan."
Everything is for the woman in front of me.
"I choose to die with him."
Meng Mingshu's voice was firm:
"He is my husband. If he dies, I will not live alone."
"Your Highness, please kill me if you want."
Meng Mingshu straightened her back and wiped the tears from her face:
"But Your Majesty, my husband is definitely not the kind of person who would commit fraud, and he would never do anything like pretending to be of royal blood."
The emperor sneered:
"The evidence is right before your eyes, yet you refuse to believe it. I have nothing to say."
"Come here, take action!"
"Xiao Yan, lying on the ground, was stabbed hard by the imperial guards, and blood was flowing.
"don't want!"
"Xiao Yan!"
A fishy and sweet taste surged in Meng Mingshu's throat.
Xiao Yan died in front of her again.
Meng Mingshu couldn't shed tears or make a sound, as if her heart had been ripped out.
Unspeakable pain spread from every part of my body.
If after rebirth, one still cannot escape the fate of the death of the loved one.
Then what's the point of her rebirth?
She would rather not live again, would rather die, at least die with Xiao Yan.
Meng Mingshu's eyes were filled with determination:
"Your Majesty, you have wronged Xiao Yan and killed your own bloodline. I await the day when you will regret it."
As she spoke, Meng Mingshu rushed towards the pillar of the hall.
All this happened too quickly and was completely beyond the emperor's expectations.
He never thought that Meng Mingshu would choose the second option, let alone that she would be killed in the hall.
The emperor suddenly stood up from the dragon throne, his voice trembling.
"quick!"
"Quick...quickly stop her!"
"She must not be allowed to die!"
Meng Mingshu is dead.
Xiao Yan would definitely not survive.
Then everything will be over.
The son he finally found, his only son, the very thing that gnawed at his heart...
When the emperor thought of Xiao Yan, his heart skipped a beat. Perhaps the people under him didn't have time to bring Xiao Yan here?
The emperor looked up outside the palace and his heart sank.
The more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.
"Yan'er..."
The emperor just wanted to control his son and marry him to the best wife.
But he never intended to kill Meng Mingshu!
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