Qi An was so ruthless to the Empress because Nie Yuhuang's biological mother, the original Empress, died young, which was inextricably linked to Qi An.
Even Nie Yuhuang was unaware of this; it was Qi An who discovered it out of curiosity when he met the Empress Dowager using the Soul Searching Technique.
The Empress and the Empress were close friends. During the years when the Empress was ill, she often went to the palace to keep her company and help her relax.
In reality, his concern was feigned; his true intentions were malicious.
Her own fiancé died from a sexually transmitted disease after philandering, so she set her sights on her best friend's position.
Empress Yuan was born weak, and her body became even weaker due to a difficult childbirth when she gave birth to Nie Yuhuang. She had to take medicine all day long.
The Empress was well-versed in pharmacology, and she added ingredients to the sachets she wore and the items she gave to the Empress Yuan. These ingredients were not poisonous and were harmless to healthy people.
However, this caused the already weak Empress Yuan's body to deteriorate even faster, and she died of coughing up blood a few years later.
Because she frequently visited her best friend in the palace and had several "chance encounters" with the old emperor, and because she deliberately seduced him by imitating the original empress, she successfully ascended to the throne as soon as the original empress died.
During the years that the Empress Dowager controlled the harem, not a single prince survived, and most of the favored concubines were rendered infertile by her.
The old emperor's declining health in recent years was also due to her efforts.
This woman's goal was very clear: she loved no one but supreme status and power.
Her goal wasn't even to become empress, but to win the palace intrigue and become empress dowager.
But she wasn't destined to be an empress dowager. In her previous life, she was taken away by the old emperor, and now she's fallen into Qi An's hands.
Boss Qi is a man of principle. Since he promised to help Nie Yuhuang take revenge, he will not let any of her enemies go.
Even Nie Yuhuang herself didn't know that her mother's death was partly caused by her stepmother.
"Who dares? Nie Yuhuang, you can't treat my mother like this. She is the Empress of Dayu, my mother. You can't treat her like this."
Before Nie Ming could even process the news of his mother's death, he heard that his elder sister wanted to tear her to pieces and feed her to the dogs.
His face contorted, and he temporarily forgot his fear of Nie Yuhuang. He lunged at Qi An and roared.
Qi An kicked him away, sending him flying into a pile of broken porcelain shards, screaming in pain.
"No? You can't?"
"When did it become your place to tell me what to do? Who do you think you are?"
The palace maids and eunuchs stared in disbelief at the Crown Prince, who couldn't even get up, and exclaimed in their hearts, "The Princess is mighty!"
Their Crown Prince is well-behaved in public, but behind closed doors he's a moody, neurotic, and violent maniac.
If the Princess hadn't suddenly arrived today, these servants would have been seriously injured or killed.
Nie Ming is a bully who preys on the weak and fears the strong. He is timid and cowardly towards outsiders, but cruel and vicious towards his own people.
Many palace maids and eunuchs in the Eastern Palace were beaten to death by him in a fit of rage.
Although the Empress was a vicious woman, she was indeed cunning and ruthless, but she was also courageous and intelligent.
But perhaps his mother had taken all his cleverness and intelligence, because Nie Ming was not only stupid and vicious, but also lacked common sense.
Qi An waved to the kneeling eunuchs and palace maids: "Go down and find the imperial physician to examine your injuries. Just say it was my order."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The crowd kowtowed to her in gratitude, helping each other to their feet, their knees and calves covered in blood.
Only Qi An and Nie Ming remained in the hall.
It took Nie Ming a long time to get up. His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Qi An, revealing his hatred for her.
He was still young and his pretense was not good enough. He couldn't hold back after being provoked a couple of times, and he threw away all the patience his mother had taught him.
"Nie Yuhuang, how dare you! I am the Crown Prince, and you are just a princess. How dare you defy me? You have a lot of nerve."
Qi An looked on with curiosity and said with a playful tone, "Oh, it's rare to see such a good-for-nothing like you have such a tough side."
Feeling utterly enraged by the way he was being looked at like a dog, Nie Ming grabbed a solid wood tea tray and hurled it at Qi An.
Qi An flicked his sleeve, and the tea tray slammed solidly into Nie Ming's face. After a scream, tears, snot, and blood streamed down his face.
Nie Ming covered his face and roared, "Nie Yuhuang, how dare you hit me... I want to see Father Emperor! I want to ask Father Emperor, who is superior, the Crown Prince or the Princess?"
Qi An appeared in front of Nie Ming in a flash, knocked him down with a punch, and his embroidered shoe inlaid with pearls crushed his face.
"Is there even a need to ask such a stupid question? Naturally, I am the superior and you are the inferior."
Nie Ming was furious, and his true thoughts blurted out: "Nie Yuhuang, you bitch, when I ascend the throne, I will definitely kill you!"
Qi An kicked Nie Ming around like a ball, and Nie Ming rolled around in the broken porcelain shards, almost like he was rolling on a bed of nails.
“Your Highness has been living too comfortably. As your elder sister, I will make up for it and give you a complete childhood today.”
Nie Ming screamed in pain, initially uttering foul curses, but eventually all he could do was beg for mercy.
"Stop kicking me, my sister! I was wrong, I'll never do it again, please, stop kicking me! Ahhhhhh..."
An even louder scream rang out, and Nie Ming clutched his crotch, his whole body convulsing in pain, his eyes rolling back in his head.
Qi An just kicked his "three-piece suit".
Fu Gui said gloatingly, "It's good that it's useless anyway. He got married but his wife was taken by someone else, and even his son is someone else's. Keeping that useless thing is just taking up space."
Looking down at Nie Ming, who was like a dead dog, Qi An thought to himself, "Nie Yuhuang is still too soft-hearted and too upright."
This kind of useless piece of trash—lacking both ability and conscience, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, clinging to life and afraid of death—should be killed outright.
Even if we don't kill him, we should at least cut off his claws and teeth, cripple his mind, and make him a puppet for life. That would fulfill the old man's last wish.
In her past life, Nie Ming betrayed her and imprisoned her, but Nie Yuhuang didn't actually hate him that much.
What she hated was that Nie Ming, as the ruler of a country, actually handed over the people of Dayu to the enemy for slaughter just to save his own life, bowing and scraping without any dignity.
Thinking of this, Qi An raised his foot again and crushed Nie Ming's two kneecaps.
Nie Yuhuang spent seven years in a wheelchair, shielding Nie Ming from all the open and hidden attacks, and helping him shoulder the responsibilities that should have been his.
Qi An will repay all the suffering she endured to this ungrateful little beast who not only reaped the benefits but also turned around and bit her.
Before Nie Ming fainted from the pain, he vaguely heard his elder sister speak to him in a devilish voice:
"I forgot to tell you, from now on, the Imperial Sister will be in charge of Dayu."
"With me, Nie Yuhuang, here, you ungrateful wretch, you'll never get to sit on the dragon throne in this lifetime."
In their past lives, Nie Yuhuang sat in a wheelchair, while he sat on the dragon throne.
This time, it's time for a change.
Nie Ming lost consciousness in a state of confusion and fear.
A ray of red light silently entered his brow, and Qi An turned and left the main hall.
The guards outside the palace looked at her with even greater awe as she emerged.
The screams from inside were even more heart-wrenching than those of concubines who died in childbirth; they even doubted whether the Crown Prince was still alive.
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