Tong Su received the news immediately that "Xiao Qingwan burned the deposed emperor's pregnant concubine alive."
She exclaimed incredulously, "Has Princess Shun'an gone mad?"
The deposed emperor already disliked Xiao Qingwan, and given her tyrannical behavior, how could he possibly let her off easily?
When the deposed emperor was enfeoffed as the Prince of Shun'an, Xiao Qingwan, as a concubine, should never have been made the princess. However, considering that she came from the Xiao family, and for the sake of the Xiao family, an exception was made to elevate her to the position of princess.
After being imprisoned, the deposed emperor became increasingly decadent and addicted to wine and women, spending his days with beautiful women.
Xiao Qingwan was extremely jealous and couldn't stand the thought of anyone else around him. She argued with the deposed emperor almost every day, making the Shun'an Prince's Mansion a chaotic mess.
The man said, "Your Majesty, the fire at the Shun'an Prince's residence has spread to half of the mansion. The dancer was living with many beauties, and the Shun'an Princess took the opportunity to... beat several of the beauties that the Shun'an Prince had recently been fond of half to death and threw them in to be burned to death together."
Tong Su frowned and stood up, hurrying to find Xiao Lingchen. Sure enough, she saw him looking serious, having just dismissed the guards.
"The latest intelligence report says that when the two of them were fighting, the deposed emperor made a mistake and accidentally killed Xiao Qingwan."
"What?"
Tong Su was taken aback.
Xiao Lingchen said, "I have already sent someone to examine the wound, and there is no doubt about it. After the deposed emperor received the news, he rushed back to his residence and was furious when he saw the tragic scene inside. In his anger, he attacked Xiao Qingwan and accidentally stabbed her in the heart. By the time the imperial physician arrived, she was already beyond saving."
Tong Su felt conflicted: "They actually came to this."
The fate that Xiao Baishu experienced in his previous life—being killed by the deposed emperor—is now being repeated in Xiao Qingwan's life; it's practically a cycle of retribution.
Xiao Lingchen reached out and hugged her, resting his chin on her shoulder in a muffled tone, and said, "I sent men to wipe out the entire Shun'an Prince's Mansion. I know you don't like her, but everyone knows she's your half-sister. If she dies in vain, people will speak ill of you."
Tong Su said softly, "I know you did it for me."
Xiao Lingchen is now the emperor, but when the two of them are alone, he never refers to himself as "朕" (zhen, meaning "I" or "the emperor"), but simply calls himself "我" (wo, meaning "I" or "me").
When he gets interested again, he'll even refer to himself as "brother," showing no airs whatsoever in front of her.
Even after so many years of marriage, his clinginess towards her has not diminished at all; in fact, it has become even more intense, as if he wants to protect her like the apple of his eye.
Nowadays, not only in the imperial court, but also among the common people, the legend of "Emperor Yongzhao doting on his wife like his own life" is circulating.
Tong Su had not gotten pregnant, but Xiao Lingchen did not mind at all; in fact, he was quite pleased and had begun to select someone to adopt or raise long ago.
Since the Xiao family was small and there were no suitable heirs, he ordered people to search for intelligent orphans among the common people and raise them as his successors.
Tong Su said, "I haven't given you an heir, and the ministers are very dissatisfied. Don't you really care?"
Xiao Lingchen frowned: "Who's been gossiping in your ear again? Tell Xiao Shisan to find them, rip out their tongues, and lock them up in the Yeting Palace!"
Tong Su smiled and said, "No one's here. I was just asking myself."
“I would rather you not have this child,” he said sullenly as he hugged her. “I asked the imperial physicians, and they said childbirth is too dangerous and too painful. I can’t bear to see you suffer like this. Bai Shu, I’ve had enough of being emperor. I’ll repay this world with the promise of peace I made back then.”
He whispered in her ear, his handsome face flushed with desire, a fatal temptation.
"I've dedicated half my life to bringing peace to the world; the remaining half should be devoted to the one I love. When the child I adopted grows up and is capable of ruling the throne, let's leave together, shall we?"
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