Chapter 123 Stop
"Stop right there." As soon as the emperor finished speaking, four men in black suddenly appeared in the room and blocked the two men's way.
Wen Li had to stop.
My heart trembled.
She turned around and looked at him, "What do you want to do?" She hid Xia Yutong behind her, fully on guard.
Xia Yutong was also shocked. She didn't expect that the emperor would start a fight without even saying a word.
Although she was hiding behind Wen Li, her defenses were no less than Wen Li's.
Seeing his son so excited and defensive, Emperor Ouyang sighed and said, "Don't be nervous, I have no ill intentions." After that, he walked towards them.
When he arrived at the two of them, he waved his hand to let the secret guard go away.
"I know you're disappointed in me because I haven't cared about you all these years, but..." It's time to tell him the reason.
"Come with me." He has grown up and there are some things he should know.
Wen Li was still wary of him, even more so than before.
It turns out he is not what he knew he was.
The appearance of the secret guards made him realize that the person sitting on the throne was not that simple. Then how did he come up with the cowardice he had shown over the years?
He had many questions in his mind.
Holding Xia Yutong's hand tightly, after seeing the person walk away, Wen Li whispered in Xia Yutong's ear: "I have something to do soon, you go first."
Their conversation was so secretive that it could be concealed from the people in front.
Although he is in poor health, his skills have not weakened.
Whispers can be heard.
Xia Yutong shook her head, "I'll go with you."
Wen Li strongly disagreed with her answer, "No, what if something happens?" He was worried.
"It's okay. With my skills, no one in the palace can defeat me." It's not that she is arrogant, but she is using cheats.
Although it is impossible to cultivate immortality, it is still easy to break the shackles of this era.
I'm just lazy and never do it.
"Don't underestimate me." Xia Yutong said proudly.
Seeing her like this, what else could he say? He could only try his best to prevent her from getting hurt.
Emperor Ouyang was so angry that these two people did not take him seriously.
"Don't think too much. No one here will attack you." He stopped and couldn't listen anymore.
He turned around and looked at the two of them, "You are my biological son. I am not yet at the point of eating my own son."
This son is so infuriating.
Soon they entered the secret passage of the Qianqing Palace.
No one knew about this road except the reigning emperor.
He only found out about this after he ascended the throne, and now he told Wen Li, his meaning was clear in his words.
The secret passage is filled with luminous pearls, embedded in the walls like street lamps.
The road ahead was bright.
It was not until they arrived at the place where the emperor usually worked that the night pearl disappeared.
Xia Yutong was so shocked. The royal family was indeed rich, using such precious night pearls as lighting.
When they arrived at the imperial study, the emperor once again led them into a secret passage, but this time the secret passage was not so luxurious.
The secret passage leads downwards.
When we arrived at the place, the first thing we saw was a mourning hall.
This is the secret passage built by Emperor Ouyang himself.
There are secret passages throughout the underground of the imperial city, but the entrances to these secret passages are all controlled by the emperor of the time, and even the queen has no way of knowing them.
The person enshrined in the mourning hall was none other than the late queen, Feng Lan.
When he saw the person enshrined above, Wen Li lost his composure and directly pulled Xia Yutong forward.
There was anger in his eyes, "What's going on." He knew his mother's name, but there was clearly a tablet for the late queen in Kunning Palace, so what was going on here?
Wen Li asked angrily.
Emperor Ouyang looked at his son who was about to lose control and took a deep breath.
"Here is your mother's spirit tablet. Come, light some incense." Emperor Ouyang seemed not to see his son's angry look, and he stepped forward and picked up the incense.
Place it on the candle flame and light it.
Hand it to him.
"I think your mother would also like you to burn some incense for her here." Emperor Ouyang looked straight at Ouyang Li.
"Give."
He handed the incense in his hand to Ouyang Li.
Wen Li was extremely tense. Xia Yutong sensed his emotions and gently patted the hand that was tightly clasped around hers.
She nodded at him and asked him to burn incense first.
Nothing is more important than death.
Wen Li let go of the hand they had been holding, but he did not take the incense handed to him by the emperor. Instead, he stepped forward and relit the three incense sticks.
He knelt down respectfully and bowed three times.
Seeing him like this, the emperor didn't say much, but just curled his lips and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
After Wen Li finished his worship, Emperor Ouyang walked over to a chair and sat down.
"Now that you're married, there are some things I should tell you." He couldn't bear it anymore after holding it in for so many years.
Back then, because of the entire dynasty, he gave up the person he loved.
She used her life to save the Great Yan Dynasty.
Do you regret it?
He regrets.
Even if he were to choose again now, he would still do the same.
The ancestral heritage cannot be destroyed in his hands.
He has lived in regret these years, but compared with the two, he still cannot put her first.
Feng Lan back then was just like Xia Yutong now, wanting to be with one person for the rest of their lives.
But he let down that person who loved him so deeply.
Now it comes to his son, he doesn't want his son to end up like him.
Fortunately, he had been planning for the past twenty years and finally took the initiative.
Those forces that threatened him in the past can now be dismantled one by one, allowing Li'er to take over a clean Ouyang Dynasty.
After listening to the whole story, Xia Yutong felt very awkward. She always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
The story of the emperor and the queen is indeed a pity, but why does the queen have two memorial tablets?
Also, why did no one see the queen's body after her death?
Of course, it's just a rumor that no one has ever seen her body, and there's no way to know if it's true or not.
Maybe it's none of her business, she's just overthinking it.
Wen Li was different. After listening to the whole story, his eyes were red.
"So, it was the power of those aristocratic families and the so-called Ouyang family's foundation that killed my mother." He was not stupid. His mother was a victim of power.
"You are right." The emperor nodded and agreed, "It's them, but it's also me." After saying that, the emperor shed tears of regret.
Even so, Wen Li still couldn't forgive the person in front of him.
"Why didn't you fight for it back then? Why did you use my mother's life to exchange for your throne?" He hated it.
Emperor Ouyang sighed and opened his mouth, but could not say anything.
He can only taste the bitterness himself.
"Li'er, over the years, it's not that your father doesn't want to be close to you, but that he doesn't dare." He is a coward.
"If I had been nicer to you, you might not have grown up when you were a child." All he could do was to save his life as much as possible.
After losing his lover, his son was his life. Unfortunately, he was too weak at that time and could not truly protect his son.
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