Chapter 63 Chapter 63 [VIP]
Ling Suye struggled to open his eyes a little, but he could see nothing.
This made him feel inexplicably uneasy, and everything seemed to have returned to the past, when his eyes had just been taken away and the Ling family was destroyed.
The huge feeling of powerlessness made Ling Suye's body tense like a dead fish that had been frozen for a hundred or eighty years. He dared not relax for a moment.
If there wasn't only the sound of Sheng Li's shallow breathing around him, he would probably be a thousand times more nervous than this.
It was the first time that Sheng Li saw Ling Suye in such a miserable state. He felt as if his heart was being held by a big hand, squeezing and contracting little by little until he could hardly breathe.
Sheng Li didn't know Ling Suye's past, but when he helped him bathe and change his clothes, the old wounds on his body told of this man's tragic past.
But when they first met, Ling Suye was already the confident, unshakable "Mr." He had always believed that nothing in the world could move him anymore.
——Even though his husband is blind.
A real blind man.
Sheng Li never expected that being blinded again would have such a huge impact on his husband.
He could only comfort her, "The princess already knows everything. Before she left, she said she wanted to settle all old and new grudges. Sir, it won't be long before you can regain your...eyes."
Ling Suye closed his eyes. Sheng Li couldn't tell if he'd heard. He could only assume he had and continued rambling, "I heard from the nanny beside the eldest princess that not long after she gave birth to you, she received a secret order from His Majesty, forcing her to return to the capital quietly. At the same time, His Majesty also sent her to Xiangxi—"
The nanny didn't say much about the Xiangxi incident, but when she thought about the once extremely favored 'Noble Concubine Sheng' and the current lack of successors among the royal family, even Sheng Li probably guessed that it was a curse.
It is said that the Xiangxi lineage is good at using poisonous insects. In fact, poisonous insects are just the beginning. Xiangxi is also the birthplace of the witch clan, but there are few great witches, so it is not so widely spread.
At that time, there was no one around His Majesty whom he could trust, and the only person who could be entrusted with this important task turned out to be his own elder sister who had married far away. His Majesty was helpless and could only secretly recall his sister, who had just given birth, to the capital to discuss how to lift the curse among the royal family members.
——In addition to His Majesty's trust in the eldest princess, there is another reason why the eldest princess must be chosen. That is, she traveled to Xiangxi when she was young and is more familiar with the local customs and practices there. Together with half of His Majesty's secret guards, it will be even more helpful to secretly investigate this matter.
Furthermore, if the curse is not removed, not only the royal descendants, but even the eldest princess's own children will be haunted by the evil curse and eventually turn into a monster with a human head and a snake body - neither human nor ghost.
To persuade the princess to personally investigate the matter, the emperor even gave her the only ancestral dragon energy within the imperial seal and said to her, "I know you're worried about Aye, but his father was chosen by you. While you're away, he absolutely wouldn't dare have an affair with another woman and give birth to a brother to bother Aye. Furthermore, hold on to this dragon energy. You're about to venture deep into Xiangxi alone. Whether they use the dragon energy to protect you or inject it into Aye to protect him is entirely up to you."
The emperor continued, "You are my biological sister. I have entrusted you with my last remaining life-saving dragon energy, hoping that this kingdom will not be destroyed in my hands!"
The emperor was so moved that he actually shed tears.
Seeing her own brother, who grew up with her, so sad, the eldest princess sighed and finally agreed.
"Originally, even if you hadn't told me, I was planning to get married after the curse was removed. After all, with a bloodline like ours, it would be ridiculous to give birth to a bunch of monsters," the princess said. "But I've been in Xiangxi for two years, still unsuccessful in searching for the curse. Plus, I met Ling Lang, and I was attracted by the bloodline power of his demon hunter. I thought about forming a bond with him and having a child with him, maybe that would help suppress the bloodline curse."
The eldest princess originally didn't plan to tell anyone about this matter, but since she had a heart-to-heart talk with her younger brother, she simply stopped hiding it.
When the emperor heard this, his eyes were full of disbelief.
The eldest princess sighed: "But the curse still exists on Aye."
The emperor's eyes gradually dimmed, but the princess' next words shocked him completely: "But Aye has a special talent. When he was born, he possessed the most advanced talent in the bloodline passed down by the Ling family's demon-catching master - the Eye of Delusion."
The Eyes that Can See Through Illusions means being able to see through illusions.
The princess explained to the emperor, "The reason I returned to the capital this time was to discuss with you. Why don't we raise Ah Ye well? That way, when his delusion-breaking eyes mature, he can then pursue the source of the curse himself. This will be much easier than us searching aimlessly in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of western Hunan."
The emperor originally didn't know much about spiritual practice, but in recent years, because of the curse, he had been in endless panic, so he understood a little bit. When he heard what the eldest princess said, he felt like he had taken a reassurance pill, and he suddenly relaxed.
The emperor said: "Give the dragon energy to Aye, and make sure to protect him until he grows up well. But——"
He lifted up his trouser legs and showed the scales on his legs to the eldest princess, "Sister, I'm afraid I can't hold on any longer."
The eldest princess's face turned pale immediately: "What's going on?"
She never thought that how could her younger brother, who was younger than her and had the blessing of national destiny, succumb to the curse before her.
She still hasn't seen any sign of the curse coming true, and originally thought that her brother would definitely be later than her, so they just need to wait until A Ye grows up to break the curse.
The emperor sat on the ground with his head bowed, not showing the slightest sign of dignity. He said, "Half a month ago, a group of beautiful women entered the palace. I picked one at random, and only later discovered that she had Miao blood. Perhaps this incident was the reason."
The eldest princess was almost mad: "Where is the woman showing off?"
The emperor said, "She died the next morning. If it weren't for the poisonous insects crawling out of her body after she died, I wouldn't have known she was from Miaojiang."
The princess knew what had happened without even thinking: "And then you became like this?"
The emperor nodded: "Yes."
The princess was almost laughing with anger. She said, "Since the concubine is dead, then we should investigate who recommended her to the palace and all the arrangements for her to sleep with the emperor. Don't you know how to investigate such a large network of relationships?"
The emperor muttered, "I know, but I dare not openly investigate. The situation in the capital is turbulent right now, and one of my relatives has suddenly transformed from a human into a monster with a human head and a snake body. I have to send people to suppress this matter, and I have to keep an eye on them. I can't let them get out and cause harm..."
As he spoke, he became very sad: "Sister, I don't want to be the emperor anymore."
The eldest princess squatted down, looking her brother in the eye, her face calm. "Stop talking nonsense! If you can't be the emperor, who else is qualified to be? Right now, the enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. You have done a great job in stabilizing the situation."
The princess continued, "Don't worry. After I go back and settle Ah Ye, I will immediately set off for Xiangxi. You will be fine."
Originally, the eldest princess wanted to leave the dragon energy to her younger brother, after all, he was the real emperor. But the emperor said that if he could not wait for the day when his sister came back, he would turn into a snake. With the blessing of dragon energy, the snake would become a monster with a human head and a dragon body. He would make a fool of himself in front of all the people in the capital.
The eldest princess sighed and could only take the dragon energy back to her infant child.
Before leaving, he asked the emperor one last question: "Did the secret guards find out anything?"
The emperor knew she was still concerned about the concubines and said, "Apart from the clan members, the only people who knew about the witchcraft curse were those from Xiangxi. They insisted they were here to avenge Concubine Sheng, then immediately committed suicide without getting any useful information."
The eldest princess said, "It is possible that some clan members are deliberately framing you."
The emperor was stunned. He wanted to say something else, but his eldest sister's skirt had already swept across the hall. He continued to mutter, "After all, they are still fighting for the throne and will do anything for it."
As he spoke, the emperor shed two lines of tears.
Next, the eldest princess returned to Mobei. When faced with her husband's questions, she did not hide anything and told him everything.
"What worries me most now is the degree of alienation of His Majesty. Ling Lang, believe me, he is the most benevolent emperor in the world." The eldest princess sighed.
"In that case, I have an idea."
The eldest princess' eyes lit up: "You say."
"The Eye of Delusion Breaking only exists in ancient books. Even my grandfather's generation had never seen it with their own eyes. But now, our Aye was born with the ability to suppress the curse. I was thinking... why not take some of Aye's blood and see if I can suppress this curse for Your Majesty."
The eldest princess was a mother after all, and she objected immediately after hearing this: "No, Aye is still so young..."
The honest man scratched his head: "I just said that. After all, he is your brother."
The princess looked at the man, her heart aching. What he said was not 'that is the emperor after all', but 'that is your brother'. Although it was only a difference of one word, it was already possible to see how simple and kind this man's heart was.
The princess looked at Ling Lang's shining eyes, and finally hardened her heart. She took a bottle of Ling Suye's fingertip blood, but she did not tell the emperor. She just mixed it with herbal powder and made it into pills. She asked the emperor to take one pill every day for 49 consecutive days, which should be able to temporarily suppress the alienation.
I hope I can hold on until she comes back from Xiangxi.
——Then, I waited for nine years.
Before the news of the eldest princess lifting the witchcraft came, the first news that the Ling family was wiped out came.
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