Chapter 69
Sai Taxue joked, "If I didn't do that, do you think his body could handle it?"
Hua said coldly, "Our bodyguards undergo special training and can go ten days and ten nights without sleep!"
Sai Taxue raised an eyebrow and said, "Fine! I guess I was just being presumptuous."
"I'll wake him up right now."
Hua stopped him, saying, "Never mind."
Sai Taxue looked at the sword at her neck and said, "You are the one who attacked me and is still alive."
Hua put away her sword and said, "What? Do I have to thank you?" Then she walked outside.
Sai Taxue smiled silently, followed behind Hua, and asked, "Your bodyguards are amazing; you can read people's thoughts just by looking at their expressions."
"I can go ten days and ten nights without sleeping."
Hua replied calmly, "These are all the results of training."
He asked curiously, "Then you don't have any other skills yet?"
“Yes,” she replied.
He asked excitedly, "What?"
"Murder!" She stopped and stared at him coldly.
Sai Taxue's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Hua Youyou said, "You've been talking a lot today."
Sai Taxue's smile didn't reach her eyes. "Because I wanted to understand you, I asked you a lot of questions."
Hua looked at his expression and said, "I told you, if you don't want to laugh, then don't force yourself to laugh."
His expression froze for a moment, then he wiped the smile from his face and changed the subject, asking, "How do you plan to get into the palace?"
Without hesitation, Hua replied, "I'll use my lightness skill to fly in, but..." She looked at Sai Taxue and hesitated, "With you by my side, it'll be a bit difficult for me."
Sai Taxue said, "I have a secret passage that leads directly to the Emperor's bedroom."
Hua's eyes lit up, then she asked suspiciously, "Why are you telling me this?"
Sai Taxue explained, "Because we are friends, and you have helped me a lot."
"Thank you," Hua said gratefully.
Sai Taxue entered the secret passage with the flowers in his hands, his heart filled with excitement, for he had finally waited for this day.
I want to see Ouyang Wen killed by Li Jinghe with my own eyes!
Li Jinghe and Tang Shulan entered the palace, with Meng Kang and Meng Wang following behind them.
Inside the palace, Su Yuexing saw Li Jinghe and his group approaching, and she quickly hid to the side.
Li Jinghe entered the room, and the familiar smell of Chinese medicine filled his nostrils.
An old man, thin and frail, lay on the bed. "Your Majesty! Li Jinghe has arrived with his wife," Meng Kang said respectfully as he stepped forward.
Ouyang Wen barely opened his eyes and saw Li Jinghe's face. He smiled and said, "You've come."
Li Jinghe walked forward expressionlessly, knelt on the ground, and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Tang Shulan, who was standing next to her, also knelt down.
Ouyang Wen said, "Get up! Get up quickly!"
Seeing Li Jinghe go in, Su Yuexing outside felt nervous and had no choice but to force her way in.
Meng Kang stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, your health..."
Ouyang Wen knew what he wanted to say and said, "This is my will. After I am gone, you should announce it to the world."
Meng Kang was secretly delighted, but kept a straight face and said, "It's the Emperor!"
"You may leave now. I have something to say to He'er," Ouyang Wen instructed.
Tang Shulan felt that the Emperor's attitude towards Li Jinghe was strange.
The prime minister and several others came out of the room, and he instructed, "There is no need to send anyone to monitor His Majesty here anymore."
"Yes!" The eunuch at the door left.
Su Yuexing found this scene very strange. Why did the Prime Minister dismiss the people?
She quietly entered the room and saw Li Jinghe kneeling on the ground.
Ouyang Wen said, "He'er! You look just like your mother."
Li Jinghe looked at his so-called biological father and said, "What is the purpose of your scheme to lure me all the way from Pingchun County to the capital?"
Ouyang Wen smiled and said, "What? Don't you like the capital?"
Li Jinghe remained silent, and Ouyang Wen continued, "Your mother's footprints can be found all over the capital."
After he finished speaking, he observed Li Jinghe's reaction and said, "It seems you already knew your identity."
Who is it?
"Is it your uncle or your father?"
"Or perhaps it's the missing Sai Taxue!"
Li Jinghe calmly replied, "Does that matter?"
Ouyang Wen was stunned, then smiled and said, "That's really not important."
Why weren't you happy to see your father?
Li Jinghe calmly said, "Your Majesty, I have many questions I would like to ask you."
Ouyang Wen thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead and ask. I don't have much time left."
"Why did you lead me to the capital?" he asked.
“I want to see you, and I also intend to pass the throne to you as compensation for what I owed you and your mother,” Ouyang Wen explained.
“When you ascend the throne, your uncle will assist you. With his years of influence in the court, he will remove all obstacles for you.”
"You don't need to worry too much, your position will be extremely secure!"
Therefore, he went through all sorts of hardships in order to inherit his throne.
Li Jinghe frowned and said, "Since you wanted to see me, why didn't you summon me when I arrived in the capital?"
“You will only meet me after I marry Tang Shulan.”
Ouyang Wen's face turned cold as he said, "I don't approve of the wife that man arranged for you!"
"As for Miss Tang, I watched her grow up. In addition, her family background and connections will be enough to reduce obstacles when you ascend the throne."
Su Yuexing was displeased when she heard the Emperor speaking ill of her.
She said, "How could I, a mere commoner, have offended you, the supreme ruler!"
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Li Jinghe turned around abruptly, his face lighting up with delight. "How did you end up here?"
Su Yuexing did not answer him, but instead continued to question Ouyang Wen: "Your Majesty! Answer my question!"
Ouyang Wen asked in shock, "Who are you?"
How did you get in?
Su Yuexing pointed at Li Jinghe and said, "His ex-wife."
"As for how I got in?" she looked around and said, "The people at your door were removed by Meng Kang."
"So I just swaggered in like that."
Ouyang Wen then realized that there was something wrong with Meng Kang.
"He'er! Hurry up and go!" Ouyang Wen urged.
Li Jinghe said calmly, "I still have many questions I haven't asked clearly."
"So I need to have a serious talk with you."
Inside the secret passage, Sai Taxue's eyes turned cold, and she stabbed the flower with a silver needle in her hand.
Hua felt a pain in her neck and turned around to see Sai Taxue's indifferent expression.
“You…” She was shocked and incredulous.
Sai Taxue lowered her eyes, concealing her guilt, and said, "I don't want to kill you, I'll just let you sleep for a few hours." After saying that, she helped Hua to lean against a nearby rock.
Ouyang Wen asked in bewilderment, "Is the problem more important than your life?!"
"Yes!" Li Jinghe affirmed.
Ouyang Wen was deflated and said, "I really can't do anything with you like this."
"Speak! What other questions do you have?"
"Why did your mother leave you to marry Li Zhi?" he asked.
Ouyang Wen's thoughts drifted back to those days, "Back then, your mother and I were in love."
"At that time, I knew she was the person I wanted to marry most in my life."
"I think she thought so too, otherwise you wouldn't exist."
"But later, everything changed. My father asked me to do something secret."
“He promised me that if I succeeded in this, he would pass the throne to me.”
"The allure of the throne is simply too great, and the matter itself is also attractive to me."
“I did this behind your mother’s back, and when I returned to the capital, she immediately asked to separate from me.”
"She said she wanted a lifelong, monogamous relationship, but as a prince, how could I possibly grant her such a request!"
"Not long after, she married Li Zhi and became pregnant."
"I thought we would just miss each other like this."
"Later, Mengkang told me that your mother was pregnant, and I was overjoyed."
“I asked to see her, but she refused to see me and took the child to Pingchun County.”
"It's obvious that he never wants to see me again in his life."
"I can only secretly send people to protect her."
"I thought Li Zhi would treat her well, but I never expected him to poison your mother!"
Li Jinghe was startled. Ouyang Wen continued, "This caused your mother's death, and you were born prematurely, so your health has always been poor."
"Fortunately, he was wary of the Duke's mansion and did not target you again."
"Upon receiving the news, the Duke's Mansion immediately sent people to bring you back."
“In the years after you returned to the capital, I would sometimes sneak over to see you.” His eyes were filled with tears.
“Outsiders all know that being an emperor is incredibly glamorous, but they don’t know that I even have to sneak around to see my own son,” he said sadly.
Li Jinghe showed no pity for him, but coldly said, "The task the late emperor asked you to do was to seduce the witch doctor clan?"
Ouyang Wen was startled. "How did you know about this?" After asking that question, he added, "Sai Taxue is with you!"
Li Jinghe narrowed his eyes and said, "So you really killed his mother and even drank her blood to sustain your life!"
Ouyang Wen said dejectedly, "It seems he told you everything!"
"I really regret not strangling him!"
"No wonder my mother dislikes you. It's disgusting that someone as filthy as you sits on the throne!"
Ouyang Wen said angrily, "He'er! I will not allow you to say such things!"
Sai Taxue rushed over, afraid of missing the show. He was stunned to see Ouyang Wen lying safely in bed.
Li Jinghe frowned as he looked at the stranger who had appeared and demanded, "Who are you?"
Su Yuexing, who was standing next to her, smiled and said, "Dr. Mei! You've arrived!"
"What about Hua and Yue?"
Li Jinghe said quietly, "Doctor Mei?"
Su Yuexing explained, "His name is Mei Xue. He's a friend of Hua's and he's here to help us." As she spoke, she walked towards Sai Taxue.
Li Jinghe pulled her back and said, "Friends of flowers? Guards don't have friends."
"The secret guards trained by the Duke of Meng's mansion are only wary of their own kind; as for others, they will only stand on the opposite side!"
"Either you kill the other person, or you are killed by them."
"They would never be friends with anyone!"
Su Yuexing frowned and said, "That's terrifying."
Ouyang Wen's eyes turned slightly cold as he said, "Mei Xue! That name sounds familiar."
"I think your name shouldn't be Mei Xue, but Sai Taxue!"
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