"Your princess Ruan Yihe said so."

The corners of Chu Li's mouth twitched wildly.

"She told me about a dream, but I don't believe it. But I asked someone to check it out, and you do have feelings for that woman. As long as you are willing to leave the capital and live as an ordinary person far away from the capital, I will arrange for Ruan Xinchen to go with you."

Chu Li pursed her lips tightly, "Since you know that 놛 is your grandson 떚, why do you still help me?"

"Because she is not worthy of Xiao Che. She is a concubine's daughter, and this marriage was arranged by that crazy old lady of the Shen family. You are my eldest grandson, and you should marry the daughter of the Xiao family."

Chu Li understood immediately.

Even if Ruan Xinchen didn't go with her, she probably wouldn't let Ruan Xinchen live.

I didn't want to be an emperor in the first place, everything was just for the sake of keeping my heart.

Since I can leave with her, then it would be the best thing to accompany her to travel around the world for the rest of my life.

I finally understood the meaning of rebirth.

"Yes, I do."

…

Ruan Xinchen was taken away.

Prince Gong and Princess Gong were extremely anxious.

"What are you doing?"

"Where are you taking my daughter-in-law?"

"Xin Chen..."

After Ruan Xinchen was taken away, he was knocked unconscious.

When she woke up again, she found herself tied up and blindfolded.

She didn't know where she was, but she could feel the carriage moving.

So she was in the carriage?

She tried moving a few times and found that the rope was tied quite tightly.

There was a sudden earthquake next to her, and then she heard a faint breathing sound.

The man approached her and untied the black cloth from her eyes.

Ruan Xinchen looked at the figure in front of him in surprise.

"Chu Li?"

Chu Li looked a little strange and weak.

Moreover, he was wearing the clothes of an ordinary citizen, and his face was frighteningly pale.

Ruan Xinchen looked around. The carriage was sealed tightly and he couldn't see the scenery outside. He had no idea where they were.

"Why are you tying me up? Where are you taking me?"

Chu Li spoke slowly.

"You said you wanted to get away from the capital and go to Yizhou, right?"

Ruan Xinchen gritted his teeth and asked, "What does this have to do with you?"

"I will help you realize your dreams. I will help you realize the dreams that you never realized in your previous life. I will fulfill the promises that I never fulfilled in your previous life. Let's go together, okay?"

Ruan Xinchen said angrily: "You are crazy, I don't want to leave now."

"Don't want to?" Chu Li's face changed, "Because of Chu Xuanche?"

"Huh, you know this and you're asking?"

"Are you really into 깊놛?"

"Yes, I just like it."

"Why?" Chu Li said angrily: "I'm so good to you, there are just some misunderstandings between us. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, why do you still like me?"

Ruan Xinchen looked at her expression, sighed, and explained seriously: "Chu Li, don't you understand? From the previous generation to this generation, I just didn't like you."

"Then in the previous life..."

"In my last life, I just treated you as a brother. I just hope that if you are well, I will be well too, and you can give me more money and let me go."

Chu Li: “…”

"Luckily I didn't know you were going to make me your concubine, otherwise I would have hated you even more."

Chu Li looked at her in disbelief, and then asked in a trembling voice: "So... have you ever liked me?"

Ruan Xinchen shook her head.

"Never?"

"Well, never."

Chu Li looked at her extremely serious expression and wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.

…

On the other hand, the emperor's funeral continued, and Chu Li, who was ordered to be executed by the Queen Mother, was just a substitute she raised for her when she was a child.

A substitute who will die for you at a critical moment.

Looking at Chu Li's corpse, Old Lady Xiao trembled all over, as if she was going to pass out in the next second.

"You join forces with the third child to drug the whole family, take control of the Xiao family, and then secretly launch a coup. The emperor will be so angry that he will kill your own three grandchildren, and even...even Li'er. Queen Mother, my respected Queen Mother, what exactly do you want to do?"

Everything is a foregone conclusion, and the Queen Mother doesn't want to keep it secret.

She dismissed the crowd and told her old father what had happened.

After listening to this, Old Lady Xiao's white beard trembled continuously.

"Is this... is this true?"

The Queen Mother nodded, "If it wasn't true, I wouldn't have done this."

"This... the late emperor actually used such a cruel trick on us. I can understand that you are unwilling to accept this. But... even if the emperor is not your biological son, you raised him with your own hands. Don't you have any motherly love for him at all?"

Why not?

Little did she know that she had never had a good sleep since the emperor passed away.

"Okay, you can just do it to the emperor. After all, she is that woman's child. But...but Li'er is your niece's child. She has the blood of the Xiao family in her body. How could you have the heart to do it to her?"

The Queen Mother looked at the old man and said, "If you don't kill me, will you support my son to become the emperor?"

Old lady: “…”

"Of course, I didn't know before, but now that I know Prince Gong is my biological grandson, I will definitely support you."

"But your family has something in common with ours."

"These are all misunderstandings. Just clear them up."

"Can you talk it out?" The Queen Mother asked, "If the grudges in your heart cannot be removed, will you support 놛 or Li'er?"

The old woman opened her mouth, but could not utter a word.

If we say that sending this daughter to the palace was the right choice back then.

He has the means, the brains, and the ruthlessness.

If a son who was raised by himself and was filial to his parents were in 깊놛's place, he might not be able to act decisively and do such a dark thing as 깊.

She actually did it, decisively killing her three grandchildren and one son.

He even thought of defending his old father.

She guessed correctly that Chu Li had feelings for the Xiao family and was absolutely loyal to them.

As for Prince Gong... the ice is three feet thick and it didn't freeze overnight. He certainly won't take the risk.

Now that things have come to this, she has already cut off all her escape routes, and no matter how unwilling she is, she has to admit it.

"Okay, you are ruthless. You are more capable than me. You are worthy of being the Empress Dowager. So...what does Prince Gong say?"

The Queen Mother said, "I haven't told you yet."

Old Lady Xiao: “…”

"Such a big thing, why haven't you told me yet?"

"The next step is to help him take the throne. The situation of the brother succeeding the younger brother after the younger brother's death is different from the situation of the father's death after the younger brother's death. I need my father's help. I don't want any opposition in the court."

"What is your identity then?"

"As for Prince Gong's identity, there is no need to let the outside world know that he is my son."

hiss!

"If you do this, what will those who used to follow us think? Ah? Are we the first to betray? If you do this, those who used to deal with Prince Gong's family will suffer. Can they swallow this? Won't they hold this against us?"