Chapter 134: Past Events in the Deep Palace
Emperor of Southern Yan: "I... agree."
How can I not agree? These two people have arranged everything in the northern border area very well.
All he had to do was lie quietly on the imperial bed.
After getting the emperor's permission, Qin Mingzhu and Yan Fengxiao looked at each other, and then they nodded quietly.
Qin Mingzhu looked at the slightly tired face of the Southern Yan Emperor and suddenly asked, "Does the Emperor know Bai Qinghe?"
The moment this name came out of Qin Mingzhu's mouth, a strange look flashed across the eyes of the Emperor of Southern Yan. His expression was stiff, and after a while he slowly nodded.
"Um."
Yan Fengxiao raised his eyes at this moment, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
He had never asked the emperor anything about his mother directly.
If it weren't for this time when someone took advantage of this to assassinate the Emperor of Southern Yan, he would never have mentioned it.
Qin Mingzhu said, "I just went to see the Queen Mother. She mentioned that Bai Qinghe was once her maid, and that the Bai family had committed a serious crime and had their entire family executed. I wonder if the Emperor has investigated the details of this matter."
She thought it would be best to speak frankly in front of the emperor.
After a year of observation, she knew that the Emperor of Southern Yan was a good emperor and not the kind of person whose moods were capricious.
The Emperor of Southern Yan was obviously stunned. It was obvious that he had no idea about the relationship between Bai Qinghe and the Bai family.
"Bai family?"
He thought for a long time, his fingers trembled slightly, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, his eyes widened, as if he understood a lot of things in this instant.
"She... is from the Bai family!"
This matter is also a secret to him!
The Southern Yan Emperor's expression had changed, and even his breathing had become more rapid. Doctor Fang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty!"
Qin Mingzhu frowned. She didn't expect that her words would cause such a big reaction from the emperor.
The Emperor of Southern Yan suddenly chuckled. He covered his face with his hands, and his expression became a little distorted.
"I see, I see..."
Yan Fengxiao took a step forward and blocked Qin Mingzhu behind him.
Although I don’t know what the Emperor of Southern Yan is suddenly going crazy for, it’s still better to be on guard.
The Emperor of Southern Yan slowed down and managed to calm himself down. When he turned to look at Yan Fengxiao, there was something different in his eyes.
Those dark eyes, which even somewhat resembled Yan Fengxiao's, were filled with emotions at this moment.
Qin Mingzhu didn't know what the information she had learned from the Queen Mother meant.
The Southern Yan Emperor said with red eyes: "It's my fault... I wrongly blamed her..."
Yan Fengxiao frowned and looked at Emperor Nanyan with a calm expression.
Although he is Bai Qinghe's son, his mother has never told him about her past.
Therefore, Yan Fengxiao was sensible and seldom asked further questions.
The Emperor of Southern Yan suddenly raised his trembling hand and grabbed Yan Fengxiao's wrist.
When Yan Fengxiao first emerged, the Emperor of Southern Yan had already found out about Yan Fengxiao's background. At that time, he only thought that Yan Fengxiao was the son of Bai Qinghe and someone else!
That's why he was kept in the Imperial City and his military power was stripped away...
But after spending a long time together, the Emperor of Southern Yan also realized that this boy looked a bit like himself. In addition, his love for Yan Fengxiao grew stronger and stronger, so his attitude towards Yan Fengxiao gradually changed.
"I fell in love with your mother the first time I saw her. I even deliberately chatted with her every day when I paid my respects to the Queen Mother, just to see her a few more times..."
"At that time, I was young and full of energy, and I relied on my status as a prince. She was just a palace maid and didn't dare to refuse me, so I began to actively show my affection and went to her privately. At first, I even annoyed her."
"This entanglement lasted for two whole years..."
"Now I think back to that time. I was a prince, and I took the initiative to treat a palace maid so well. She inevitably became jealous, and it also brought her into countless dangers. I stepped forward to help her time and time again, thinking that I was being very graceful, like a hero saving a beautiful woman. Little did I know that the person who caused her trouble was actually me..."
The more the Emperor of Southern Yan thought about it, the more he wanted to slap himself a few times.
This story sounds nice, but in fact it is just a story about a young prince who was attracted by the beauty of a palace maid serving the empress dowager.
"Fortunately, your mother is a very gentle and kind person. She doesn't care about the bad things I have done. She even brought me medicine and took care of me when I was punished by the late emperor..."
Yan Fengxiao just stood beside the bed, listening quietly to what Emperor Nan Yan said.
However, his eyes were indifferent, and he obviously had little interest in this matter.
Qin Mingzhu listened very carefully.
She was quite courageous and took the opportunity to ask, "What happened later? Why did Bai Qinghe leave the palace?"
"later……"
The Emperor of Southern Yan paused.
Thinking of that scene, his eyes narrowed for a moment.
"I had already ascended the throne at that time, and I had originally intended to take her as my concubine, but I caught her secretly meeting with a guard by my side in the middle of the night. She even told me in front of me...that she was pregnant with the guard's child, and begged me to let her leave the palace. She never loved me from the beginning, and she had only been pretending to be nice to me all these years, simply because I was a prince and she was just a little palace maid, unable to refuse me. She thought that in her eyes, I was just a pervert who kept pestering her..."
Qin Mingzhu was stunned when she heard this.
I just felt a chill running down my spine. I wondered what Yan Fengxiao's mother had experienced at that time that made her say such words in front of the newly enthroned emperor.
I'm afraid I've reached the extreme of despair...
The Southern Yan Emperor said, "At that time, I was so angry that I lost my mind. First, I ordered the guard to be beaten to death with clubs. Later, I imprisoned her in the cold palace, hoping to force her to abort the fetus. And then..."
He was old and didn't feel comfortable continuing.
Then what?
As an emperor, he begged her, saying that as long as the fetus was gone, he could pretend that nothing had happened and they could start over.
Bai Qinghe refused without hesitation, and even threatened to commit suicide. Eventually, the cold palace was robbed, leaving him with only a corpse.
He thought she was dead.
Later it was discovered that Bai Qinghe was secretly taken out of the palace by Yan Shuo, and the body was forged by a death row prisoner in the Sky Prison.
But when he found out, Bai Qinghe was dead, and Yan Shuo was also dead...
The young Yan Fengxiao also ran away from the Marquis's Mansion and disappeared...
The Emperor of Southern Yan at that time was really feeling aggrieved and uncomfortable. He couldn't even find anyone to settle the score with. He was so angry that he didn't know where to vent his anger.
The point is, he had often gone to Bai Qinghe's tombstone to pour out his heart over the years, but he ended up telling it all to a stranger on death row...
He was heartbroken, wronged, and uncomfortable, but he had nowhere to express himself...
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