“Mmm…Mmm…”

Princess Jingnan struggled desperately, but was held on the left and right by two secret guards and could not move.

There was also a secret guard who held her head with one hand and pulled her eyebrows with the other hand, forcing her to watch the entire process of the old emperor being tied to a wooden frame and whipped.

“Snap—Snap—Snap—”

“Hmm…Hmm…”

The secret guards were all trained and knew how to torture people to the point of collapse while still keeping them hanging.

Every time the barbed whip hit the old emperor's body, it would leave a trail of blood and flesh.

This was the first time that the old emperor, who had been pampered since childhood, felt such severe pain. His entire body was shaking under control.

His eyes widened as he stared at Li Qimin, whose eyes were filled with satisfaction.

He never expected that this boy who had always been obedient and likable actually harbored such deep hatred towards him.

Of course, in addition to shock, there was also deep heartache, the pain that my father's love was trampled on and misunderstood.

There was little affection in the imperial family. He treated his other sons more like monarchs and subjects, but he showed his true love to Li Qimin.

However, he never imagined that one day he would be treated like this by his most beloved son!!!

“Snap—Snap—Snap—”

The whip kept hitting the old emperor's body, and sometimes it also hit his heart.

He was in so much pain that he had no strength to struggle or cry out, and just hung his head numbly. He fainted and woke up from the pain, and fainted again after waking up from the pain...

“Snap—Snap—Snap—”

The whip continued to whip the old emperor until the secret guard clearly felt that the man on the wooden frame was no longer alive, so he put his hand under his nose to feel it out.

"My Lord, I am out of breath."

These secret guards had been selected through a series of brutal tests, so they didn't have any emotion in their words.

"Clean up this place! While this face is still fresh, quickly have someone peel it off and make it into a human skin mask! This time I'll ask you to find someone with a similar body shape to this old man. Have you found one?"

"My Lord, we have found him. We have arranged for him to secretly learn the old emperor's every move these days, and now he has learned 80% of it."

"You're wrong! Give the human skin mask to him directly after it's made. Tell him that he will be the emperor in the future. As long as he is obedient and does what we say, his family will be fine."

"yes."

The tent was instantly restored to its clean and tidy appearance, as if the bloody and brutal scene had never happened.

Li Qimin finally vented all the resentment and hatred that he had suppressed in his heart for many years, and now he was in a good mood.

With a sneer, he walked up to the fainted Princess Jingnan, picked up a basin of cold water and poured it on her head.

"Ahhh! You lunatic! You lunatic! Ahhhh! Why did I give birth to such a beast like you!"

Princess Jingnan seemed to be extremely stimulated. As soon as the cloth gag was removed, she began to roar heartbreakingly.

He kept struggling with his half-bound legs, trying to kick the man in front of him to the ground.

“Pah—”

Li Qimin was also provoked to anger, and slapped her in the face with a palm, his eyes sinister and twisted.

"Mother, my dear mother. You must really believe that I am young and ignorant. Do you understand what your old emperor is doing?"

"You only have your lover in your eyes and heart, and you have never been willing to look at my father for a second? I will kill him today, so that you will never have the chance to look at him again."

"From now on, you will only have my father in your eyes and heart! Hahaha! Only us!"

Li Qimin seemed to be on drugs, laughing non-stop and shaking his body.

Princess Jingnan only felt that the man in front of her was moody and cunning, as if she had just gotten to know her son. She trembled and kept moving her butt backwards.

"You...you lunatic! You...you actually killed him!!!"

"Hahaha! Yes! I killed him! Mom, look at me! Hahaha! From now on, you can only look at me!"

Li Qimin grabbed Princess Jingnan's collar and shook her wildly, morbidly wanting to regain the maternal love he lacked in his childhood.

Princess Jingnan's head was splitting in pain from the shaking he caused, and she struggled desperately and screamed.

"You...you beast! How dare you treat him like this! Do you...do you know who he is? He...he is your father!"

"Li Qimin! He is your father!!"

"You...what did you say?!"

Li Qimin's mind went blank for a moment, and he stood there in a daze.

He had resented the old emperor since he was a child because he felt that he had taken away his mother's love.

Who would have thought that reality was exactly the same as he thought...

"Hahaha! You lunatic! You idiot! This is karma! Hahaha!"

Princess Jingnan was not very upset. She looked at Li Qimin sitting there in a daze and couldn't help laughing.

She didn't know whether he was laughing at this ridiculous imperial family or at herself.

However, in a blink of an eye, that pretty face gradually began to distort.

"Ahhh! It's you! You killed him! Ahhhh! I want to avenge him!"

Princess Jingnan's eyes were bloodshot. She bent down suddenly and slammed her forehead against Li Qimin's.

"Bang!"

There was a deafening sound.

Li Qimin was still in shock and couldn't dodge at all. He felt a pain in his head and lost consciousness.

Princess Jingnan's attack was filled with hatred, and blood oozed from the foreheads of both of them, and they both fainted.

Lieutenant General Zhang, who was hiding behind the screen, was almost frightened to death.

Who would have thought that he would stumble upon such an explosive royal secret today? !

It was nothing for the guards to know this. But he was just a small leader in the army, and if he encountered such a big explosion, he would basically be destroyed.

The guards outside heard the noise and rushed in to rescue the mother and child.

He immediately moved back quietly, hoping that he could sneak out through the window without being noticed.

As soon as he turned around, he was bumped into by a hidden guard.

The other party immediately chopped off his head with a knife.

"Humph! You know so many secrets and you still want to get away with it? You wish!"

"Bang--"

The head fell off, and another life was completely gone.

Originally, Li Qimin asked carefully and said that he would definitely find some clues that Su Qingning was behind him.

Now, the only clues have been cut off by ourselves.

The situation in the north once again changed dramatically because of a small move by Su Qingning, but she herself had not received the news at this time.

After the Xiao family and their group escaped from the Emperor's stronghold for the last time, Su Qingning directly took out two large carriages from the space for everyone to ride.

The family disguised themselves as ordinary wealthy businessmen and set out on the road to Yong'an City.

Now several princes have declared themselves kings in the north of Daqian, and the northern territory has been divided into several parts. On the surface, the southern area still belongs to the court.

The Xiao family went all the way south without encountering any large-scale wars, and they arrived near Yong'an City three days later.

Specifically, the 200,000 border troops in the southern border were all under the command of Xiao Huaishuo's father, Xiao Boliang. The 50,000 border troops stationed outside Yong'an City were no exception.

When they got outside the city, Su Qingning and his companions wanted to see what the 50,000 border troops were like, so they asked their grandmother to go into the city first and find an inn to stay in, and they would go over later.

Chang Geng drove the carriage they were sitting in and stopped in a dense jungle a hundred feet away from the military camp.

Xiao Huaishuo led Su Qingning out of the carriage, and with a few jumps and jumps, they flew to the branch of an old tree outside the military camp.

As soon as they stopped, they both felt something was strange.

There are 50,000 border troops stationed in the military camp outside Yong'an City all year round. Even if there are about 20,000 people patrolling and standing guard on the other side of the city wall, there should still be about 20,000 people inside.

But why is this camp so quiet now? !

“Snap—Snap—Snap—”

Su Qingning brought Xiao Huaishuo to a secluded place outside the training ground. As soon as they landed, they heard the sound of a stick being hit.

Then came the angry cry of a soldier:

"I am convinced! We have been following the Xiao family rules since we entered the military camp, and the marshal has always taught us to love the people like our own children."

"You, General Li's personal guards, actually cut off the ears of my Daqian people and claimed military merit! General Li knew the truth, but not only did he not expose it, he actually gave you credit by beating the enemy's heads. How can this be justified?!"

The remaining ten thousand or so people all stood in the parade ground in an orderly manner, and no one dared to make a move.

There were several hundred people standing behind the man who beat him with the stick. They must be the personal guards of Li Zhiyuan he mentioned.

At this moment, all of them had a look of gloating. One of them, who looked like a centurion, was even more contemptuous and said angrily:

"Humph! That old dog Xiao Boliang died a long time ago, and you are still talking about him here!"

"Beat him hard! Beat this idiot to death!"

"Let everyone see what will happen to a traitor who is always thinking about the dead while serving under General Li!!!"