The emperor was already planning a hundred ways for Xie Huaixing to die.
He absolutely could not allow Xie Huaixing to live.
In the capital city.
"Father, I know you're worried about my sister, but she's really gone. I'm so sad."
Xu Lingmian had a thick voice of crying. In the past, her relationship with Xu Lingyi seemed to be very good on the surface.
Father Xu was heartbroken. "Your sister clearly fell off a cliff, so why do people say she eloped?"
The battle on the border was drawing to a close, and it was his subordinates' turn to handle it afterwards.
Xu's father rushed back to the capital and learned the bad news.
He thought about how he had wanted to take his daughter to the border more than a year ago, even though the conditions there were difficult and there was war raging.
He knew his own mother, and she was not a kind and loving elder.
But Xu Lingyi wanted to stay in the capital, saying that the border was too windy and sandy.
Xie Huaixing was about to return to Beijing, and she looked forward to marrying him in the best condition.
He could only leave her with a guard.
After returning to Beijing, he found out that his daughter was no longer alive. Not only that, her reputation was also terrible.
Father Xu was so angry that his hands were shaking.
"My sister had previously led the guards and whipped Grandmother, which made Grandmother unhappy. That's why after my sister's accidental death, Grandmother said she had run away with someone..."
Xu Lingmian originally still had a lucky mentality, thinking that Xu's father might not be able to find out.
But Father Xu cared about Xu Lingyi much more than she imagined.
He used the same tactics he used in the military at home.
The servants were tortured and forced to tell how Xu Lingyi died.
"My daughter and mother both tried to stop my grandmother, but she had made up her mind, and I didn't dare to disobey my elders, so there was nothing we could do."
Father Xu, however, showed a mocking smile on his face. "The servants said that Yi'er also whipped you before she died. What's going on?"
"Why did my father say that? Is he doubting me?" Xu Lingmian's eyes turned red instantly and her voice was extremely choked.
"I did have a conflict with my sister. Father, we are sisters after all. How could I possibly harm her? Her death was truly an accident. No matter how vicious I am, I would never take my own sister's life."
Xu Lingyi's death was indeed an accident. She had thought about taking action against her, but she also planned to do so after she became the queen in the future.
So she was not afraid of Xu's father's investigation at all, and she really did not kill Xu Lingyi.
It was indeed my grandmother's idea to spread the rumor that Xu Lingyi eloped with someone.
That's why she dares to be so fearless.
If I had to say something, it was about her and Xie Huaixing, and the conflict she had with Xu Lingyi.
But she is also her father's daughter.
The father has lost a daughter now. No matter how partial he is, he can't really ignore her.
"Didn't father find out the truth himself? My sister's death was an accident. I know you're heartbroken, but no matter how heartbroken you are, you can't treat me like this. You've always favored my sister and neglected me since I was little. Now you're going to frame me and kill me for my sister?"
Father Xu was silent. He had spent little time in Beijing and had been away from home defending his country all year round.
He really didn't care enough about the princess's two children.
But even if it was Xu Lingyi, how much did he take care of her?
"That's not what I meant." He frowned and didn't speak for a long time.
"Father, now that grandmother has been sent to the farm, my sister's death is over. No one wants an accident to happen."
"Father, you should cheer up as soon as possible and think about the future. Now that His Majesty is missing, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Prince Xie has the highest support in the capital and I'm afraid he will ascend the throne soon. Why don't you support Prince Xie? You already hold military power. If you don't... when the new emperor ascends the throne..."
"Did your mother ask you to say these words?" Father Xu's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and his cold look was chilling.
"You can go back and tell your mother that this is absolutely impossible. He broke off the engagement with your sister in public, humiliating her and ruining her reputation. For all these things, even if I die, I will never support him ascending the throne."
Xu Lingmian clenched his fists, feeling angry. All he could think of was Xu Lingyi.
Have you ever thought about her?
But in the end she tried hard to suppress it.
"These are my daughter's true feelings. Father, have you ever thought about this? Sister loves Master Xie so much. Even after her engagement was broken off, she still remains devoted to him. If Sister knew in her grave that Master Xie had succeeded to the throne, she would surely be happy."
Father Xu thought it was ridiculous. He interrupted her coldly: "You don't have to say anything more."
Xu Lingmian could no longer pretend.
"Father, why are you so stubborn? Have you ever thought about your daughter? Have you ever looked at her since you came back? You only have my sister in your heart."
Xu Lingmian's eyes were misty and she clenched her palms.
"You know, even if you didn't support Brother Xie, he could still ascend the throne. Now that most of the court officials support him, your support is no longer important."
"Why are you calling him Prince Xie?" Father Xu's face turned cold.
"My daughter calls him Brother Xie. Brother Xie likes me, and I like him too."
"He was your sister's fiancé."
Father Xu's face was full of disappointment.
"So what? Father, you are too selfish. You have never thought about your daughter. What's wrong with your daughter liking someone? Brother Xie has a female doctor who supports him. If you don't support Brother Xie, how will your daughter cope when he ascends to the throne? Can you really bear to see your daughter become a concubine and have that lowly female doctor dominate her?"
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