Your mother is not a magnanimous stepmother, so naturally she will not personally raise her illegitimate daughter. Over time, you will naturally resent and hate me.
When the time came, I developed feelings for that fake daughter. Even if the truth came out, my previous relationship with you could never be close again. That was that Aunt Li's vicious scheme.
The two were furious when they heard this, and wished they could go and settle accounts with that Aunt Li right now.
Apple was still a little confused after hearing this, not understanding why her mother didn't expose her on the spot.
"Mother, this is too vicious! Why didn't you say anything back then?" Apple was puzzled. Her mother had investigated thoroughly, so why didn't she confront the king on the spot and demand a thorough investigation?
Apple was always pampered by the emperor, and she could go directly to him for advice no matter what happened. Of course, she was very sensible and would not do so easily, but in her heart, she felt that if she had evidence, she could speak directly to her grandfather.
Mo Yan didn't answer, but instead looked at Nan Zhiyan, "Zhiyan, why don't you tell your sister why?"
Nan Zhiyan was also pondering this question. He still had some memories of that time, and sometimes he could recall a tiny bit of his judgment.
"At that time, Father did not trust Mother. If something had not happened, and there was no one to catch them red-handed, it would be easy for the other party to escape. Besides, that Concubine Li had also given birth to my second sister. Even if Father found out, he would not do anything at that time, otherwise it would be telling everyone that he did not like my second sister."
My father has always been a man who weighs the pros and cons; he'll give a stick and then offer a sweet treat.
More importantly, nothing had happened yet; her mother had already safely given birth to Apple.
However, he also found it strange that his mother really had no way to deal with it. Impossible! His mother had never suffered a loss with his father.
Mo Yan was waiting, of course; he was so lonely without the female lead.
Now we've finally seen it: what she said and what the emperor found out himself are two different things, aren't they?
Finally, Nan Zhiyan thought of a possibility, and he looked at his mother with a heavy heart.
“Mother, you’re doing this for me and my sister, right? You’re afraid that if things get out of hand, other people will think we’re the ones to blame. My sister was just born and something happened to her. Even if it has nothing to do with her, there will still be people with ulterior motives who will gossip.”
Apple was also saddened by this answer. Her mother truly loved her.
"Don't think like that, how silly of you!"
Mother just thinks it's unnecessary. She's just a concubine who's not presentable. Mother can easily deal with you two. You two should take good care of your own affairs.
Don't focus on this tiny backyard.
"Apple, the backyard isn't your world. You need to look out to the wider sky. Your dreams make your mother proud. When you build a big ship, your mother will definitely go with you to see the world, okay?"
Upon hearing this, the two nodded solemnly. They talked with their mother for a very long time that night and were reluctant to leave.
The emperor, accompanied by Nan Chen, personally interrogated Nuoyan and the second young lady.
Of course, the two of them weren't in the same room either.
The second girl was locked in a dark place. There was no one around and no sound. It was so quiet that she could hear her own heartbeat. Even before the interrogation had begun, she was already terrified.
She had long heard of her grandfather's methods; was she doomed now?
Actually, at the beginning, her dream wasn't complete; she could only see the time when the princess doted on her. Gradually, she completed the entire dream and saw more things.
She saw that Aunt Li from back then had succeeded in giving her to the princess. The princess doted on her, loved her, and gave her everything. But then one day, Nuoyan came and brought back apples.
From that moment on, she lost everything.
After she woke up, she quickly checked Aunt Li's plans from back then, and found that all the plans were in place, but none of them had succeeded.
She encountered the promise again, and instead of admitting her previous failure, she decided to use it to take a gamble...
If she succeeds, everything she has will be hers, won't it?
She just didn't expect that the princess would be so heartless as to refuse to help her. It seems that everything in the dream was just an illusion, and none of it was real.
She's terrified. Terrified that she'll die like this, afraid that she'll disappear without a trace. She's so scared...
Suddenly, someone came in, and she heard the sound.
"Who?" the second young lady asked fearfully. "Who?"
An elderly voice rang out; the voice was sinister and frightening to hear.
"Second Miss, tell me, why did you conspire with that woman to frame the Prince?"
The second girl trembled in fright. "No, I didn't conspire with anyone. I just want to know the truth..."
"Second Miss, you should say that you just want to become the daughter of the Princess Consort, to become the legitimate daughter, and for that reason, even knowing that the other party has problems, you don't care at all."
You don't care about the reputation of the royal family, you don't care about your father, do you?"
The second young lady dared not admit it, "No, no, no..."
"Second Miss, it seems you don't want to cooperate. No problem, this old servant will wake you up."
Then came screams of agony, "Ahhhhhhh!"
Not long after, the old woman went out...
The old woman approached the emperor. "Your Majesty," she said, "the second young lady has confessed. She had a dream in which she was switched at birth by Concubine Li with the princess's daughter, living a life of wealth and luxury until later, when the promise returned with the true legitimate daughter, and..."
The old woman glanced at Nan Chen beside her, then continued, "That promise and the prince were in love. For the sake of the promise, the prince deposed the princess, used flattery to kill the young prince, and even married the little princess off to an old man..."
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