"You, aren't you Yuan Xingzhou? Could it be that you're a substitute?" Zheng Quchi's thought process has always been unconventional.
Seeing that her reactions were always so unexpected, Yuwen Sheng couldn't hold back. He covered his face and laughed so hard he bent over. After he had finished laughing, he wiped the moisture from the corner of his eyes, leaving a faint red mark.
"Of course I am not Yuan Xingzhou. The real Yuan Xingzhou died in the assassin training camp when he was fourteen years old. After all, not everyone has the ability to live to the point of taking revenge."
Dead?
If Yuan Xingzhou is already dead, then what about the person who was sent to assassinate Yuwen Sheng...?
He tilted his head to the side, his eyes slightly curved and smiling, making him look like a kind and benevolent person, especially since he was also good-looking. But if you carefully probed the darkness in his eyes, you would find a powerful and fierce dark abyss inside, from which countless mysterious shadows were born.
"I don't understand. Since you are not Yuan Xingzhou, then all the reasons you gave for revenge before were false, right? You are not seeking revenge for the grievances and hatred of the late queen and yourself. You just want to change the surname of Ye Kingdom and usurp the throne, is that right?"
Zheng Quchi had always thought that what happened to Yuwen Sheng was a melodramatic soap opera. Isn't that how novels always go? Perhaps he had switched identities with the general's child. Over the years, he had been hiding his identity and secretly preparing for revenge, waiting for the right moment to kill his enemies and avenge his mother.
But if he wasn't Yuan Xingzhou from the beginning, but the real Yuwen Sheng, then his killing of the Prince and Empress of Ye wouldn't have been out of personal vendetta, but simply out of wolfish ambition, right?
But if he truly desired that position, why didn't he rush to succeed to the throne after winning the kingdom? Instead, he took up the butcher's knife and ruthlessly purged the court of traitors without distinguishing between friend and foe, seemingly intending to destroy the very foundation of the Ye Kingdom?
An ambitious person should not think and act in this way. That is why she never doubted that Yuwen Sheng was not Yuan Xingzhou, but believed that he had great grievances and hatred in his heart, which is why he acted so extremely and viciously.
Are you so curious about my affairs?
"Yes, since we've already talked things out, just say it all. It'll save me from guessing. I'm not very bright, I can't guess the right answer at all."
“It’s not that you’re not smart, it’s just that you’re using your intelligence and wit in more suitable ways. I’ve said before, I’ll tell you everything you want to know.”
Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Zheng Quchi pressed his advantage: "Do you have a grudge against the Prince of Ye?"
Yuwen Sheng's gaze lingered on the air for a long time before he said, "Let me tell you a story, a story from decades ago."
"..." Hearing this opening, she knew that the next moment would be a secret.
“When he was young, the Prince of Ye was not favored by the late king. He was not destined for the throne, but he was unwilling to accept it, so he plotted a struggle for the throne by killing his brother and father…” He smiled and stared into Zheng Quchi’s eyes: “Of course, he succeeded. Although people often say that good people are rewarded, when bad people do evil, good people are often caught off guard and will be defeated.”
"His success in seizing the throne this time was not only due to his own cunning and ruthlessness, but also to the fact that he had a close friend he had known since childhood. This friend had been honored for his service in helping the new king rise to power, rising from a captain to a general. This friend was very grateful to the King of Ye and was loyal and absolutely trusting of him. However, he was clearly unaware of the King of Ye's inherent flaws..."
Zheng Quchi's heart suddenly jumped, and he took a deep breath, just like everyone else who had heard the secret, and waited with bated breath.
"Do you want to hear more?" Yuwen Sheng asked her with a smile.
Zheng Quchi felt that the atmosphere he had just built up had instantly collapsed. Why ask questions now that we've come this far? Asking meant listening.
"explain."
"The King of Ye married a very virtuous queen. Even though the King of Ye was a womanizer, she was able to remain calm and gentle, managing all the affairs of the harem for him. This queen had a very good reputation in the country, and everyone praised her as the Queen Mother. The child she gave birth to became the Crown Prince from birth."
"This queen also had a close friend she had known since childhood. They often shared their innermost thoughts with each other. Even after they grew up and got married, one married the Prince of Ye and the other married the Great General, the queen would still often summon her friend to the palace to keep her company."
Zheng Quchi swallowed hard, sensing that a major turning point in the "story" was about to arrive.
"The Queen was a woman as elegant and quiet as an orchid, while her friend was a beauty as radiant as a peony. In terms of appearance, even in the harem full of beauties, she could be considered the most beautiful among them."
"But such a beautiful woman was not possessed by the highest ruler of Ye, but married to a general. This caused the King of Ye, who was meeting his friend, the Queen of Ye, for the first time, to feel a strange sense of regret and dark jealousy."
"Who would believe that a king would covet the wife of his minister and friend day and night? How absurd is that? But the King of Ye did not think so. He believed that the whole world belonged to him and that he could have whatever he wanted. He even complained and was dissatisfied that the general did not offer the beauty to him but instead kept her for himself."
"With such ugly and filthy thoughts, the King of Ye grew increasingly mad. Finally, one day, he used the crown prince as leverage, demanding that the Queen facilitate his marriage. Perhaps the Queen was unwilling at first, but people are always selfish. She had her own considerations and concerns. In the end, she and the King of Ye pushed their beloved handkerchief into hell together..."
"The Queen thought that the Prince of Ye's interest in her was just a passing fancy and that he would stop once he got what he wanted. But little did she know that the Prince of Ye would become addicted to it, and the Queen had no choice but to keep covering for him, summoning him to the palace time and time again to indulge his lust."
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