It wasn't her.
Looking at the things placed in front of him, Xie Sinian turned to look at Xie Sili standing beside him, his eyes filled with a hint of doubt.
"From now on, this will be your new identity." Xie Sili said, handing him a set of court robes. "From this day forward, you are the Right Prime Minister!"
Xie Sinian suddenly looked up at her, his eyes filled with disbelief. He moved his throat as if to speak, but then he heard her voice again.
“My elder brother is of course far superior to that scum Xie Zhun. We disdain the position of Left Prime Minister, so we will give you the position of Right Prime Minister.” Xie Sili said, a smile appearing in his eyes, and then took out the jade pendant in his hand and handed it to Xie Sinian.
He recognized it at a glance as the Emperor's private token, because there was a large "Emperor" character on the back of the token. He had seen the same token with Xie Ling before.
“Sister, even if you wanted me to become the Right Chancellor, it’s impossible. After all, there’s already one.” Xie Sinian said, then turned his gaze to Xie Sili. “I think…”
“I am the Right Chancellor.” Xie Sili met Xie Sinian’s gaze and spoke calmly. “I am the one who has provided His Majesty with sound strategies for governing the country over the years, and I am also the one who has secured the Empress’s position.”
She didn't give Xie Sinian a chance to speak, "But the good policies for governing the country did not come from my hand. They were the good policies that the former crown prince came up with after reading the chronicles of the country."
Noticing the doubt in Xie Sinian's eyes, Xie Sili turned to look at the scenery outside the window. It was already mid-April, and the forsythia outside the window was in full bloom.
"Brother wants to know how I met the late Crown Prince, right?"
Xie Sili and Xie Sinian recounted how they met Jun Qichen, and finally revealed that the reason she gave him the position of Right Prime Minister was because her ambitions lay elsewhere. She also handed over all the good policies for governing the country that Jun Qichen had come up with to Xie Sinian.
"You have people in the court?" Xie Sinian's gaze fell on her. "So the person you want to support to ascend the throne is His Highness the Prince of Yan?"
Xie Sili nodded. "Yes, I want to support Jun Qiyu to ascend the throne, because he will definitely be a good emperor in the future, and at least he will not harm his own son."
At this point, Xie Sili paused slightly, "However, the higher you climb, the colder it gets. Who can know whether the future Jun Qiyu will follow the same path as His Majesty?"
Xie Sili made Xie Sinian put on his court robes and handed him everything. "I want you to support Jun Qiyu after he ascends the throne, and at least create the world you want."
Xie Sili stepped forward and took Xie Sinian's hand, continuing, "Big brother, I don't want anyone to know about this. It's just the two of us, okay?"
Seeing Xie Sinian nod, Xie Sili reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
Just as she was about to turn and leave, she heard Xie Sinian's voice, "According to your logic, you should only be able to support Prince Yan's ascension to the throne after His Majesty abdicates, but now..."
Xie Sili smiled at Xie Sinian without saying a word, then waved his hand at him, "There are some talking points in what I gave you. Take a good look at them so you don't give yourself away later."
As she spoke, she walked towards the backyard, where Yun Jian was carefully picking the plants in the vegetable garden.
Perhaps hearing her footsteps, he turned to look. "Ah Li, I'll cook you something delicious tonight."
"You're too kind." Xie Sili's eyes crinkled with a smile. "Yun Jian, what are your plans after I leave Chang'an?"
"Ah Li, do you want to get rid of me?" Yun Jian looked at him. "I don't remember saying I wanted to leave here."
“Let’s go back to Yuzhou City.” Xie Sili looked up at Yun Jian. “That’s where my roots are, my home.” She looked in the direction of Yuzhou City. “I never intended to go there. I’m going back to Chang’an City to avenge my mother and, incidentally, the late Crown Prince.”
"The late Crown Prince's revenge has not yet been avenged!" Yun Jian blurted out without hesitation, "You..."
“I don’t need to take action to avenge the late Crown Prince. Someone will arrange everything for me.” Xie Sili then turned to look at Yun Jian beside him.
"Once everything is over, you should all return to Yuzhou City and leave this place to your eldest brother and second uncle."
“Now that the Second Master is the Grand Secretary and the Fourth Young Master is the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, the two of them probably won’t leave Chang’an.” Yun Jian shook his head helplessly as he spoke. “But it’s good to go back to Yuzhou City. Ali is right, that’s where our home is.”
Xie Sili nodded to Yun Jian, "That's right."
When Xie Sili returned to her courtyard, she passed by the courtyard where Xie Ling and Qin Shi lived. Although the two had passed away, this courtyard remained for them. She even felt that as long as she stood at the gate of this courtyard, she could still feel their presence.
"girl."
Hearing Si Ze's voice, Xie Sili turned around and saw Si Ze standing in front of her.
His voice came again, "Xie Zhun is in prison, saying he wants to see you."
Just as Xie Sili was about to ignore him, he heard Si Ze's voice ring out again, "It is said that tomorrow is the day Xie Zhun will be beheaded. I heard from the Fourth Young Master that he just wants to see you."
"Understood."
Three incense sticks later, Xie Sili saw Xie Zhun, who had become thin and uneasy, in the prison cell. He was no longer the man he once was.
"I was wrong." Xie Sili heard Xie Zhun's voice as soon as she walked in. "You're right, it's all my fault that things have come to this, but I've paid the price, haven't I?"
Xie Sili glanced at Xie Zhun and sneered, "Your remorse is no longer important to me."
She paused for a moment before continuing, "I don't need fatherly love anymore." She looked down at Xie Zhun lying on the ground, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want me to speak up for you, but you should just die."
Xie Sili didn't give Xie Zhun a chance to speak, "From my mother to me, how many things have you done? Don't you know? Why do you have to put on such a hypocritical act to gain sympathy? Xie Zhun, are you still thinking about how to make a comeback even when you're dying?"
Perhaps he had struck a chord with Xie Zhun, for Xie Zhun rushed over and bared his teeth at him, "Xie Sili, I'm your father!"
Xie Sili smiled instead of getting angry, seemingly unconcerned about Xie Zhun's affairs, and focused his gaze solely on him.
“That's not the case anymore.” Xie Sili met Xie Zhun's eyes and spoke almost without thinking, “So what does your life or death have to do with me?”
“I don’t regret it! Even in this situation, I don’t regret it. It was your grandfather who forced me to marry Lu Shi. I didn’t like her at all!” Xie Zhun said, as if he had given up struggling. “Ali, I never thought of hurting your mother, nor did I ever think of hurting you.”
"But the damage has already been done, hasn't it?" Xie Sili turned to look at Xie Zhun behind her. "If you really didn't like your mother, then why did you marry her in the first place? And why did you give birth to us?"
Xie Sili didn't give Xie Zhun a chance to speak, "If you say that your eldest brother is your and your mother's biological child, then you should know very well how my second brother and I came to be."
Xie Sili composed herself and turned her gaze to Xie Zhun. "You are not my father, but she will always be my mother, so I will not kill you, but make you get what you deserve."
“You are all my children, all my children.” Xie Zhun looked at Xie Sili and spoke almost without thinking, “I just acted impulsively. When I argued with Huang Shi twice…”
Xie Sili smiled, her eyes welling up with tears, but the single tear in the corner of her eye never fell.
"Xie Zhun, no matter what, from now on we have nothing to do with each other." Xie Sili didn't look at Xie Zhun's expression behind her anymore, but turned and left.
Not long after leaving the Dali Temple, he learned from Si Ze that Xie Zhun had died by hitting his head against a wall.
Xie Zhun has never shown them any favoritism, so how could he possibly want to receive favoritism from them?
She went to tell Xie Ling and Qin Shi the news, and Xie Yi was the one who went to collect his body.
However, Xie Yi did not hold a funeral for him, but simply chose a place to bury him directly, which was already considered to be the greatest kindness and righteousness he could show.
When Xie Sili returned to her room, she leaned against the windowsill. Hearing familiar footsteps, she looked up and saw Jun Qiyu sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, looking at each other like this.
"The Right Chancellor is your elder brother."
Hearing Jun Qiyu's voice, Xie Sili whispered, "How would I know who the Right Chancellor is?"
Not receiving a reply from Jun Qiyu, Xie Sili rested her chin on her hand and looked at him, "Is it important to you whether I am the Right Vice-President or not?"
Jun Qiyu looked at her and shook his head. "Of course not, I'm just a little curious."
Xie Sili smiled and said, "There's nothing strange about it. Just let nature take its course."
Jun Qiyu walked over and leaned against her windowsill. "His Majesty's time is probably only a few days. I never imagined it would end like this..."
"So it was the Empress who killed the Emperor, right?" Xie Sili said, pouring her a cup of tea. "I told you before that you can't underestimate the power of a mother, especially since she was the mother of the nation."
Xie Sili told the Empress about Jun Qichen's death so that one day the Empress could avenge him.
She did promise back then that she wouldn't harm the Emperor and Empress, but as a mother, how could she not feel heartbroken after hearing about her child's tragic death? How could she forget the hatred she had harbored for so many years? He was the man who shared her bed.
He was her husband, the father of her children, and a murderer.
“My mother asked me before if I was interested in ascending the throne and becoming emperor, and I told her my thoughts directly.” Jun Qiyu said, picking up his cup and taking a small sip. “So you had already made plans all along.”
"Jun Qiyu, if you really become emperor, you must cherish your people and protect the common people." Xie Sili said, patting Jun Qiyu on the shoulder. "After all, that is my goal."
Jun Qiyu then turned his gaze to Xie Sili, a smile playing on his lips. “Don’t worry, I will govern the world well and bring peace and prosperity to the land. I will become an emperor even more diligent than my father.”
Xie Sili recalled the plot of the book and felt that Jun Qiyu would definitely become a good emperor based on his personality.
However, after becoming emperor, one is likely to become one of two extreme types of people.
She asked almost instinctively, "If you were to let the Crown Prince oversee the country in the future, and you discovered that his abilities surpassed yours, would you want to kill him?"
Jun Qiyu laughed. "I am that kind of person in your eyes. If it were really me, I would immediately pass the throne to him and become emperor, instead of killing him."
a long time.
Jun Qiyu's voice rang out again, "I will never become like my father."
At this moment, Xie Sili felt that Jun Qiyuhe actually fit the image of a great emperor throughout the ages described in the book.
But what does it matter to her whether she kills her son or not?
Once she leaves Chang'an, she will most likely never return.
After all, she never liked this place.
"Our Emperor had a similar personality to you when he was young, the only difference being his background." Xie Sili said, and then started talking about the Emperor. "But perhaps he never imagined that one day he would be jealous of his own son, who was better able to govern the country than he was."
“That’s why he wanted to kill the former crown prince.” Jun Qiyu replied without much thought, “He always thought he could create a different world, but in reality he couldn’t do anything.”
“He was wary and afraid.” Xie Sili shook his head helplessly as he spoke. “But he is, after all, His Majesty, and he cannot let others see his ambition, so he could only send someone to kill his own son.”
Before Jun Qiyu could speak again, Mu Feng's voice rang out, "Your Highness, His Majesty has passed away!"
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