"So, what's the situation with your third brother right now?"
Another day passed, and Xiao Ling couldn't help asking about Chu Yi again in the imperial study.
"There's nothing else going on. I've told him about it, and he hasn't made any other moves." Chu Yi pondered, "But this kid must be feeling very anxious."
"I heard that he has been in the Beijing camp for the past two days and there is no news. Are you sure there is no accident?"
Chu Yi nodded. "He's in the Beijing Camp, so stay in the Beijing Camp. As long as he doesn't do anything reckless in private, it's fine."
Seeing this, Xiao Ling sighed softly.
Then he handed over the imperial edict on the table.
"This is the imperial edict I sent to the Beijing Camp this morning. It contained the decree to promote and reward your third brother and his group of generals, but Chu Yan returned it intact."
The rewards in the imperial edict will naturally not be too much, but its purpose is to tell these soldiers that the emperor will not kill them because of their actions. As long as you work hard in the future, there will be no other problems.
Obviously, Chu Yan not only did not accept this decree, but he didn't even look at it.
Chu Yi took the imperial edict and read it, then fell silent for a while.
"So, this is what I'm worried about. Your third brother obviously doesn't want to accept my kindness." Xiao Ling said.
She suddenly thought of the young general who would enthusiastically call her sister-in-law every time he came to Chu Yi's mansion when she was still Chen Tang. Thinking of the brief time when they clearly got along very well, she felt a little depressed.
Even with all my good intentions, is it still impossible to completely cover up what my father did?
"Chu Yi, I am worried. What if your third brother wants to lead his men in a rebellion? Or if he succeeds, he will force you to wear the yellow robe?"
"At least the people from the Fifth Army Camp hadn't stormed the Imperial City last time. The ones causing trouble at Changning Gate were Xu Zizhuo's personal guards. The usurpation of the throne is just one step away from being confirmed. But if you, my third brother, are truly unwilling to give up, then the usurpation is a done deal."
Xiao Ling knew that Chu Yan, as a military commander, also had a bad temper, so he obviously took this situation much more seriously.
At the end, she looked at Chu Yi very seriously:
"Actually... I don't really care about the throne anymore. At worst... I'll give it to you. I'm just worried that you'll misjudge the situation, because this incident has caused a rift in the relationship between you two brothers..."
The little empress's words were so sincere that Chu Yi was stunned for a long time.
Then, he couldn't help but feel incredible,
"Your Majesty, if I am not mistaken, during the Autumn Hunt half a year ago, Your Majesty must have been still thinking of a fight to the death with me, right?"
Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment, then a trace of embarrassment crossed her face. "That's still what I was thinking back then... I haven't even married you yet, and I have no idea what evil things the emperor is up to. Naturally, I want to kill you, a traitor."
"So now that Your Majesty has become my woman, you are willing to give up your ancestral kingdom to me?"
Chu Yi obviously didn't believe it.
The little empress's love-brained behavior right now is very wrong.
As for the incident the day before yesterday, when the young empress was imprisoned and had no choice but to confess and then promise to give up the throne, it is understandable.
But it’s different now. After showing submission, the empress can obviously develop privately, so there is no need to have such an idea.
However, thinking about what the little empress had told him about the witch and other related things, Chu Yi still believed it most of the time.
But...it's still weird.
He couldn't help but wonder what was so outstanding about him that made the empress, who was supposed to be so high and mighty, surrender to him?
Xiao Ling thought for a moment, "I guess so. After thinking about it, I realized that in the end, our children will inherit the throne, unless... you Chu thief no longer want me."
At the end of her words, she looked at the Chu thief in front of her with a very vigilant look.
Chu Yi: “…”
It seems to make sense.
At least for now, the two of them cannot live without each other.
However, there is actually another problem here, which is whose surname the child will take. Chu Yi doesn't know whether Xiao Ling has not considered it or just doesn't care at all, but he seems not to care at all.
Of course, we can talk about what happens next later. Now the two of them still have to worry about Chu Yan’s problems.
After a brief hesitation, Chu Yi looked at the little empress in front of him.
"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why my third brother wanted to raise an army and establish his own regime, and fought so hard to usurp the throne?"
"Hmm? Why usurp the throne?" Xiao Ling blinked her adorable eyes. "Isn't it because you two brothers are naturally power-hungry?"
Chu Yi: “?”
The little empress in front of me, what she said seems a bit awkward...
Seeing Chu Zei's dark expression, Xiao Ling realized that his joke had obviously made him angry, and then he hurriedly spoke:
"Haha, I was just kidding you."
"I think you mentioned this to me before. You and my third brother usurped the throne because our grandfather and father wronged your Chu family. Your father's actions were especially foolish. That's why you harbored resentment towards the royal family and wanted to overthrow my throne."
Chu Yi then nodded.
"Your Majesty is only half right."
"Half? Is there any other reason?" Xiao Ling wondered. Could it be that there was some secret that he didn't know about?
broken!
Could it be that this Chu thief is really like this by nature?
Xiao Ling suddenly became nervous when he realized this idea.
"Actually, the idea of usurping the throne was just my idea back then."
Chu Yi then began to explain, his thoughts inevitably going back to the two darkest years of the Chu family.
"My three brothers were imprisoned for nearly two years and suffered terribly. My second brother died of illness due to lack of medical treatment. When he was finally released, Chu Yan was only thirteen years old. How could he have the courage to rebel and usurp the throne?"
"At that time, my uncle hadn't been convicted yet and was still holding the high position of Prime Minister. He was so scared that his first thought was to run away. He asked me to take him to his hometown in Annan to live in seclusion."
"I was naturally very angry at the time, scolding him for being a coward and not knowing how to take back what was rightfully his. I scolded him for two hours that day before he finally agreed to stay with me in Taining..."
After a long while, when Chu Yi finished explaining these things briefly and Xiao Ling knew about the change in Chu Yan's mentality, he realized that this was the way Chu Yi seized power.
She listened in a daze. Such a true and funny story actually sounded a bit funny.
But she couldn't laugh either. After all, the sufferings suffered by the Chu bandits at that time were closely related to her father.
"Chu Yi..."
"sorry……"
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