Xiyue Palace.
Concubine Jiang looked at the old emperor and said, "Your Majesty, how long are you going to keep the little slave girl born by that slave girl?
This matter was all done in private. What if she found a way and ran out and told everyone about it?
Keeping her around is always a hidden danger, so it's better to deal with her as soon as possible and put an end to this matter as soon as possible."
The old emperor stood up from the jade table and said, "It's not that I don't want to deal with it, but I want to wait until this storm has passed.
A few days ago, our spies in Dongling came back to report that the entire Xue family was executed, and the evil creature born to Xue Lin was also tortured to death by slicing.
Among them, there is a crime that has not been made public but is known to many people, which is colluding with foreign countries to attempt to rob the country.
What does this mean? It means that Dong Ling may have guessed something about what we were planning."
Concubine Jiang was very surprised: "Even that lowly maid Xue Lin and that old man Xue Li didn't know about this. How did they know?"
"I don't know! Otherwise, why would the Xue family be accused of colluding with foreign nations? I kept Xue Lin until now just to see what the consequences would be.
It's been nearly a month since the incident, and Dongling State hasn't taken any action. There's no point in keeping it, so let's just deal with it."
Concubine Jiang supported the old emperor and said, "Let's go see her and let her die with understanding."
A certain courtyard.
Xue Lin was sitting by the window in a daze.
I have been rescued and have been living in this villa for more than half a month, but I haven't even seen my father, the emperor, and my mother.
Now, he has lost his home, son and sweetheart, and was escorted all the way to the border, not to mention the hardships he endured.
When I needed comfort, no one came to visit me.
It’s okay for my father, but my mother has never come once. Do they dislike me?
Xue Lin looked away bitterly.
Although this villa is luxuriously decorated, it is no different from a prison cage.
I am served by the same few people every day. They are like puppets, not talking or laughing. They just focus on their work and only give simple answers with a few words when asked.
If she continued to waste time like this, Xue Lin felt that she would go crazy.
Thinking of this, he stood up irritably and walked around the room a few times.
"Someone come!"
After waiting for a while and seeing no one came to answer, Xue Lin raised her voice angrily.
"Come on, where did they all go?"
At this time, a palace maid came in. Without any greeting or greeting, she just raised her lips and said, "What's the matter?"
Xue Lin's temper, which had been simmering for days, finally gave way. "What's with your attitude? I'm not acting like a maid anymore. Where have you learned any manners?"
"Hey, are you teaching me a lesson?"
Xue Lin was furious: "You, you...I'm going to tell my father and mother to chop off all your heads."
The maid taunted him sarcastically, "Father, Emperor, and Mother? Oh my, Princess, please don't chop off my head. I'm so scared.
Bah, that's hilarious!
You can't even see your own identity clearly. If you were really a princess, would the Emperor and the Empress have left you here for so long?"
Xue Lin's blood boiled and she raised her hand to slap the palace maid in the face.
"You are just a lowly servant, are you trying to rebel? I am the daughter of my father, the emperor, and my mother, the concubine. Who do you think you are? How dare you treat me like this?"
Unexpectedly, his hand was grabbed by a palace maid.
The palace maid's grip was so strong that Xue Lin felt her wrist was about to be crushed.
"open!"
"What if I don't let go?"
"What are you doing?"
A low and majestic voice came from outside.
Xue Lin looked up and saw her father and mother whom she had thought about countless times in her mind.
He quickly broke free from the maid's hand and saluted: "Your son greets the Emperor, Father, and the Empress!"
Then she complained tearfully, "Father, Mother, this lowly servant bullied me."
The old emperor waved to the palace maid.
The maid retreated silently.
Xue Lin didn't bother to think too much, and affectionately took the hands of the old emperor and Concubine Jiang: "Father and Mother, you have finally come to see your son."
The old emperor and Concubine Jiang both shook off Xue Lin's hand at the same time.
Xue Lin stared at her empty hands in shock: "Father and Mother, you..."
Concubine Jiang spoke up: "We are here to see you off for the last time.
Now that things have come to this, we can no longer hide the truth from you. You are not our biological daughter, but the child of a palace maid and a servant.
I thought you could achieve great things, but I didn't expect you to be such a useless person.
Since things have failed, there is no need for you to live."
Concubine Jiang took out a medicine bottle from her bosom.
"Drink it, and I will let you die with dignity. If you don't cooperate, then we will have to send our people to help you."
Xue Lin stared at the two of them and shook her head fiercely. "I went through so much trouble to return to Xiyue. How could this happen? Why is it like this?"
The old emperor glanced at Xue Lin who was out of control.
"Because, at that time, I was still young and full of ambition. I wanted to expand the territory of Xiyue and incorporate Dongling into Xiyue without any military action.
And your birth just gave us such an opportunity.
In order to settle this matter, I lost five million taels of silver and a considerable amount of precious medicinal herbs last month."
"In that case, why did you go and redeem me?"
The old emperor snorted in dissatisfaction: "Isn't it just to make Emperor Dongling believe that you are our real princess?"
"In other words, from the very beginning, this was a trap set by you. Me, Xue Li, Emperor Dongling, all of us, were tricked by you."
"You could say that! I had it all planned out perfectly, but you idiots messed it up at the last minute."
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