Chapter 272 Let Me Interject
The woman was startled, then shook her head helplessly: "I'm afraid you will be disappointed. You are indeed your father's biological child."
As expected, Guo Lu's eyes showed a hint of disappointment: "Oh, if only I wasn't my father's biological daughter. I don't want to be the daughter of such a cruel man. I would be charged with patricide and maybe even get my comeuppance."
At this time, Bu Ruo spoke up: "Um... let me interrupt, can I tell you something but don't be too shocked."
Seeing the man and soul turn to look at her, Bu Ruo hugged Bu Bu and cleared her throat: "I see your Beining emperor in you. Although it's not as clear as seeing it directly, but... you are really not his daughter, so you don't have to bear the crime of patricide, and don't worry about any retribution."
The man and the soul looked at Bu Ruo in shock, especially the soul, whose mouth remained open for a long time.
"Princess...Princess, I...I didn't have an affair with anyone. Lulu is really the emperor's daughter. I...I am really innocent."
Bu Ruo sighed, "It's not that you had an affair. I know you didn't, but Guo Lu...she is indeed not the Emperor of Beining's child. Your Emperor knows this, so he doesn't care whether she lives or dies."
"Your emperor married you out of fear of your mother's clan's military power. He was also afraid that if you had a son in the future, you would plot to take the throne and kill him to support your son. He was also afraid that your mother's clan would be unhappy if he kept you from getting pregnant for a long time, or if you got pregnant and had a miscarriage. So... every time you had sex, you would be drugged by the old eunuch who was skilled in witchcraft, causing you to hallucinate. In reality, you were sleeping with... someone else."
"If you give birth to a daughter, everything will be fine. If it's a boy, it'll be fine if your mother's family doesn't rebel. Otherwise, they'll accuse you of adultery and execute you and Guo Lu. Even if your mother's family is angry, it will be useless."
"As for why he didn't pin the blame on you after you gave birth to Guo Lu...it's probably because he hasn't yet taken advantage of your mother's family."
The woman didn't say anything for a long time, just stared at Bu Ruo, and finally nodded calmly.
"It's actually like this... It's actually like this... When I gave birth to Lulu, I almost died in labor. After that, I couldn't get pregnant anymore. Although the emperor seemed to be very kind to me over the years, and gave me the title of Imperial Concubine after I gave birth to Lulu and rewarded me constantly, he used the excuse that I was not feeling well and needed to rest well and stopped staying in my palace. He just stayed for a while and left."
"My difficult labor must have been his fault. He must be very sorry that I was lucky enough not to die."
Bu Ruo shook her head: "You didn't die that year not because you were lucky, but because... that man secretly saved you and gave you the only life-extending pill he had."
"who is he?"
The woman's pupils trembled and she looked at Bu Ruo persistently.
"He's the leader of the secret guards surrounding your Emperor Beining. Only someone like him can reassure him. After all, if this matter gets out, your mother's family will definitely seek justice for you, and then his support as the Emperor and the people will be greatly reduced."
"But what he didn't expect was... that the leader of his secret guards actually fell in love with you. He has been secretly protecting you and Guo Lu for so many years. Otherwise, how could an unloved princess survive until now?"
"If I'm not mistaken, he was the one who contacted your General Di and gave him the news. He was also the one who arranged for Guo Lu to be escorted all the way to the border after she left the palace. Otherwise, how could a runaway princess with no martial arts skills have found her so easily at such a distant border? He... wanted to avenge his wife and daughter."
The woman didn't say anything, but just lowered her head and thought silently.
Yes, how could she be so careless? She had clearly detected a strange aura in her own palace several times, but she thought it was someone from another palace spying on her and didn't take it seriously. After all, this kind of thing happened in almost every palace.
There was also the time when she was pregnant and didn't know it, she secretly climbed up a tree to see the distance, but accidentally fell down. A man in black clothes and a mask caught her and disappeared, leaving only a sentence... Be careful.
At that time, she thought he was a palace guard and left so quickly to avoid suspicion. Now that she thinks about it... what he was wearing was not the clothes of a palace guard at all.
Guo Lu looked at her mother in a daze and wanted to reach out to comfort her, but then she remembered that she couldn't touch her and had to retract her hand.
"Mother, have you remembered something? I'm really not the Emperor's daughter, am I?"
Seeing Guo Lu change her words so quickly, the woman couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Mother did remember some details. What the princess said should be correct. You may not really be the emperor's child."
Guo Lu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great, I can finally kill him without any psychological burden. Otherwise, I would really be afraid of retribution."
"Mother, don't be sad..."
Before Guo Lu could finish, the woman shook her head and said, "Don't be sad, mother. You married into the palace to protect the safety of your family. The emperor and I have had no feelings for each other for so many years. Everything was just a show."
"It's just that the leader of the secret guards..."
Bu Ruo thought for a moment and said, "His name seems to be... Ke Yan."
The woman looked at Buruo and her whole body trembled. "Princess, are you saying...his name is Ke Yan? Isn't he very handsome? There's a teardrop mole on the left corner of his eye."
Bu Ruo shrugged, "I don't know. I couldn't see clearly with the mask on. I just saw your emperor calling him that. But he does seem to have some connection with you."
The woman slumped to the ground. "It's him...it's actually him...how did he end up in the palace and become the leader of the Emperor's secret guards? He's the youngest and most promising son of the Grand Tutor's family. He could have a better future. He could have become a general."
"When I was little, I would follow my mother to the Tongtian Temple outside the city to burn incense on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Occasionally, I would run into him and the Taifu's wife. At first, we never spoke. He followed his mother, and I followed my mother."
"Later, after the two families got to know each other, they would meet up on the first and fifteenth of every month. Gradually, we got to know each other, and the two families even arranged a marriage for us as a joke..."
Bu Ruo hummed, a hint of regret in her voice: "He entered the palace indeed for you, to protect you and...your husband. Alas, it's fate."
"But don't worry. He went down to look for you yesterday. I think you should be able to see him when you go back soon. You can tell him your true feelings then."
The woman's face was already pale, and now it was almost transparent: "He... is dead?"
"Well, he's dead. He failed in his attempt to assassinate the emperor and was killed. However, your Beining emperor's life was shortened by at least several years because of his assassination."
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