After arriving in the capital, Aunt An thought about committing suicide more than once.
But for the sake of her two younger brothers, she had to live a humiliating and humble life, enduring Zhao Yuyao's torture day after day and facing Xie Boyuan's disgusting face every day.
Until she was seventeen, she met a man.
The man's temperament is as elegant as an orchid and a jade tree. Even the mask cannot hide his handsome face. He made a promise to her for a lifetime.
He said, "Xiaotao, wait for me. I will come to save you and take you and your brother away."
She thought it was salvation.
But after waiting year after year, Xie Ling had grown into a girl of seven or eight years old, and the man seemed to have disappeared.
In her life, only the brief period of her teenage years was when she lived for herself. The years that followed were bleak and miserable, and her days were cold and indifferent.
A lifetime of being deceived and betrayed.
A gust of wind blew outside the door, and the curtain flew up. Aunt An raised her hand and gently pulled it down.
"Xiao Tao, what's wrong with you, Xiao Tao?"
Xie Boyuan's anxious call brought Aunt An back to her senses. She narrowed her eyes and raised her hand to slap him.
"Stop pretending. I feel sick just by looking at you."
Xie Boyuan was not angry even after being beaten, and said in a gentle voice, "Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine. I will give you and the child an explanation."
Aunt An closed her eyes and leaned against the bed, but the tragic scene of her parents before their death kept flashing before her eyes, as well as the scene of her squatting in a pig cage while entering Beijing and being pointed at by everyone.
She stared, two lines of tears streaming down her cheeks.
Unreasonably sad.
Xie Boyuan raised his hand, choked for a while, and then dropped it weakly.
At this moment, outside the courtyard, a servant's urgent report was heard.
"My Lord, the prince has arrived and is waiting for you in the main hall!"
A cold light flashed in Xie Boyuan's eyes and he stood up.
main hall.
The prince flicked his teacup and raised his eyebrows when he saw the prime minister coming over. "The prime minister really opened my eyes."
Xie Boyuan glared at Xie Yunyan and bowed, "Greetings to the Crown Prince, I wonder if the Crown Prince......"
The prince raised his hand, interrupting the prime minister's polite words, and said coldly: "Don't talk about other things. I still have political affairs to deal with later. The prime minister should know why I am here. Let the people in the West Courtyard go."
Xie Boyuan didn't move at all, his dark eyes were calm, "I have something important to discuss with the Crown Prince, Crown Princess, please step aside for now."
Xie Yunyan clenched the handkerchief in her hand, looked at the prince, and frowned, "Prince..."
The prince narrowed his eyes and said, "You go down first."
The Crown Princess bit her lip and went downstairs with her maids and servants.
The room was silent.
Xie Boyuan took out a stack of letters and said, "These are the evidence of corruption and crimes committed by the old Taifu Zhao Changshou and his faction over the years."
The prince's eyes lit up.
Xie Boyuan continued, "There have been frequent wars in Beijiang, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the treasury was stolen recently... How much benefit can the investigation of Zhao Changshou bring to the prince?"
The prince took the letter and said with a smile, "It is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs. I will not get involved in the Prime Minister's family affairs."
Xie Boyuan cupped his hands, "Thank you, Your Highness."
His eyelashes drooped, blocking the cold edge.
As soon as the prince came out of the main hall, Xie Yunyan ran up to him and asked, "Your Highness, how is my mother?"
The prince frowned, "She's not my mother, what does it have to do with me?"
After saying that, he turned away.
The old tutor's faction was about to lose its effectiveness, and the prince was already looking for a new candidate for the crown princess, so he naturally had less patience for Xie Yunyan.
Xie Yunyan's face was filled with fear.
The prince clearly said in the morning that he would help me, why did he suddenly change his mind?
Why!
Inside the house, Xie Boyuan was playing with the jade ring in his hand, his eyes full of coldness.
He can exploit and abandon anyone for the sake of profit.
This is true even for the daughter that he raised and educated.
Reporting Zhao Changshou was not entirely for Aunt An, but to show loyalty to the prince.
The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and the country will sooner or later fall into the hands of the prince.
It was a good deal to sacrifice Zhao Changshou, who was of little use to him, in order to gain the trust of the prince.
As for Zhao Yuyao…….
Oh.
A murderous intent flashed in Xie Boyuan's eyes.
In order to advance his career, he married Zhao Yuyao with the help of Zhao Changshou.
She has lived a peaceful life for so many years, and now it’s time to give it back.
All of this belongs to Xiaotao.
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The prince returned to the East Palace contentedly.
Zhao Changshou and his group have been corrupt in Beijing for so many years, they must have saved a lot of money!
Just happened to solve his urgent problem!
Looking at the cracks on the white jade table, the prince thought of the Gu family's escape and frowned.
Opening the lower drawer, he took out the second treasure bag that Chen Daoyu left behind before leaving Beijing.
"Your Highness, if the group of Gu family generals escaped, don't worry. We have people among the Gu family generals. This time we sent people to investigate, and that person must have contacted the spies, and they will be wiped out in the near future. The reason why we didn't tell the prince in advance was that we were afraid that the prince would contact that person too eagerly and ruin the plan..."
After reading the contents of the brocade bag, the prince's mouth curled up, he gritted his teeth, and his eyes were full of the light of victory!
Oh, so what if I run away!
Chen Daoyu had anticipated this and arranged spies, but the Gu family generals still couldn't escape from his control!
The corner of his mouth had just risen and hadn't lowered yet when his men hurried in to deliver the message.
"Report! Your Highness, there's a letter from Jeju!"
The prince's eyes widened and he said hastily, "Send it quickly!"
The servant presented a wax-sealed cowhide letter.
After reading it, the prince’s mouth corners lifted up to the sky!
I wish I could roar to the sky!
Good things come in pairs!
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