Zhou Xuance smiled, his eyebrows and expression resembling the late emperor, but he looked even more like Consort Xiao.
Two people, seemingly deceased, suddenly reappear...
Entering the field of vision, impacting the mind,
Fake,
It was all fake!
His disfigured face has healed.
When you are healthy,
When will it be better?
Was it all a lie?
Thinking of this, Emperor Xiaoxuan's breathing became more rapid. He tried to get up from the bed, but his legs were too weak to move. He could only support himself with the strength of his upper body and stumbled towards Zhou Xuance.
But he suddenly stood up!
Emperor Xiaoxuan arrived empty-handed.
He actually rolled off the bed.
The medicine and teacup placed to one side were knocked over, making a loud noise.
——
outside the palace
The families of the officials have gradually left the palace, but the senior officials have not yet left.
After Chen's outburst, everyone had doubts. As important ministers and close advisors, many of them had some understanding of Emperor Xiaoxuan's temperament.
The art of rulership is something no one dares to question.
Now that this has been brought to the forefront, it's truly embarrassing.
The gazes directed at the Shen family were naturally filled with more sympathy and pity.
The Duke of Zhenguo and the young master spent most of their time far away in the northern border, rarely interacting with the powerful and influential people in the capital. Although they were somewhat aloof and eccentric, they were both straightforward and outspoken.
If even loyal ministers and capable generals are suspected, others will naturally feel even more uncomfortable.
Everyone was thinking about how to secure their own future.
His Majesty's health is currently failing, and the Crown Prince should have succeeded to the throne. However, the Regent's health is improving, and he is at the height of his power...
Where this destiny of Da Gan will lead remains to be seen.
"I've already had someone send Qi'an back to his residence to rest, and I've also informed Qingqing, telling her to get some rest and not wait for us." Xu Yunyi had already settled her youngest son in. "What happened tonight was truly strange."
"Strange?" Shen Jingchuan raised an eyebrow and looked at his sister. "This matter is not that simple."
"Brother, why are you looking at me like that?"
Shen Zhiyi pursed her lips. "I really didn't know."
“I haven’t seen my former mother-in-law since you sent her to the authorities. I have a lot of things to deal with myself, so I don’t have time to pay attention to her.”
Shen Chongde looked up at the moon.
The fifteenth moon was like a jade plate, but heavy clouds drifted by, obscuring half of it. The moonlight slanted, casting a hazy and desolate atmosphere over the vast imperial city.
"this……"
"The world is about to change."
Xu Yunyi kept her voice down, "Was what Chen said just now true or false?"
She knew what was going on, but found it hard to believe, so she asked again.
Shen Zhiyi remained silent, her fingers, hidden in her sleeve, suddenly tightened.
I thought of Lin Yaoyao...
He once rescued her from the Marquis's mansion.
Shen Zhiyi once asked her:
"He has someone backing him?"
"Is that person's identity something that cannot be revealed?"
Lin Yaoyao nodded. Her fingers were all broken and she had been poisoned and rendered mute, so all she could do was look up at the sky and keep screaming.
sky?
If there is anyone in this world who can be described as heaven.
That can only be the current emperor.
So after confirming this, Shen Zhiyi felt a chill run down her spine.
If a ruler wishes his subject to die,
Can I truly survive?
Shen Zhiyi then severed ties with Zhou Xuance, who was still using the alias Xiao Zhongxuan.
It's too difficult for a human to shake the heavens.
Perhaps all she can do is try her best to protect her family.
But she never expected that one day, the Emperor's actions would be exposed in public in this way.
She couldn't believe that the Chen family would appear so suddenly.
Shen Zhiyi looked at the tightly closed palace gate not far away, Zhou Xuance...
What role did you play in tonight's events?
At that moment, the sound of something falling suddenly came from inside the hall, startling the assembled officials. Some tried to step forward to find out what was happening, but were stopped by the guards.
"His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to approach!"
Everyone could only stand at a distance and watch anxiously.
——
At this time inside the hall
"Zhou Xuance! How dare you deceive me!" Emperor Xiaoxuan's expression was pained, and his mouth was filled with the salty taste of blood.
"If I weren't lying to you, would you have allowed me to live this long?"
"Brother, you didn't lose out..."
"When you ascended the throne, there were already many rumors. You gained a good reputation by treating your younger brother well, using me, and treating me as your own son."
"You keep me here because I'm useful!"
"I can help you gain a great reputation and fight for you."
"You need me, but you don't want me to grow stronger. You're afraid I'll slip out of your control. You need a regent you can manipulate at will, so my health can only fluctuate, right, brother?"
Zhou Xuance stood there, looking down at him with disdain.
Those eyes looked just like the late emperor's.
gentle,
Yet it harbors a hidden sharpness.
"You...you know everything!" Emperor Xiaoxuan was now having difficulty breathing. The torment of his illness had made him much thinner than before, and his eyes were even more piercing.
But no matter how majestic the eagle is...
I'm getting old after all.
It has claws, but they are no longer sharp!
A mere glance posed no threat whatsoever to Zhou Xuance.
He approached, squatted down, and glanced at him. "Brother, I was in Yihua Palace when you and the Empress Dowager forced my mother to commit suicide."
Yihua Palace was once the residence of Consort Xiao.
Emperor Xiaoxuan suddenly burst out laughing, "No wonder... you were there that day, you just watched your own mother being forced to her death, and you didn't even come out? How old were you then?"
"Zhou Xuance, if we're talking about ruthlessness, you're the one!"
“What good would it do me to come out? In the history books, it would just be one more line: ‘When the late emperor passed away, Consort Xiao could not bear it and committed suicide with her young son.’”
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