Chapter 1034 Brewing (1)
Empress Jingxian's life was truly legendary. From the pampered daughter of the prime minister to empress, she endured marital estrangement, frame-ups, and the separation of mother and child. Yet, in the end, she fought tooth for tooth, her clean and efficient disposition of the Daliang harem was deeply satisfying. She was the kind of person who rose to power in the face of adversity. If she had any regrets, it was first that Xie Chi's poison was incurable, and second that she never saw Xie Yuan again.
The brothers Xie Chi and Xie Yuan also resemble Empress Xiao more. Empress Xiao was a beloved beauty in Longye, and it is no exaggeration to say that she was stunning. Xie Chi and Xie Yuan not only inherited Empress Xiao's beauty, but also her methods. Because Xie Chi was in the royal family, he still had some shadows of Emperor Xiaowu. For example, when he was playing power games, he had to rely on the power of marriage to balance the forces of all parties. But Xie Yuan was different. He was far away in Ming Qi and was originally opposed to the Ming Qi royal family. He did not have the slightest shadow of Xie Yilong. He did live up to Empress Xiao's expectations of him. Although he was not a good person, he was definitely not a despicable person.
Shen Miao hadn't expected Xie Jingxing's life story to be so tortuous and bizarre. She couldn't help but admire Empress Jingxian's life. Empress Jingxian bore a striking resemblance to her own past life, yet in the end, she emerged as the victor of this empire. However, Shen Miao knew she couldn't match Empress Xiao's determination to sever her own limbs and endure the pain of separation from her own flesh and blood.
Seeing her complicated expression, Xie Jingxing smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't feel sorry for me. I've never met her, so naturally I have no attachment to her."
He is a young man who grew up alone in a storm. He was born with the burden of being hunted by his biological father and has never seen his biological mother. However, this has made him more open-minded than ordinary people. No matter how many things happen, he can just smile.
But I don’t care much about people’s feelings, probably because I don’t have much expectations of them from the beginning.
Shen Miao was silent for a while, then said, “I will accompany you till the end.”
Xie Jingxing's eyes moved slightly, and then he raised his lips and smiled: "Since you sympathize with me, why don't you compensate me?"
His wicked smile instantly wiped out the slightly sentimental atmosphere. Shen Miao glared at him, then suddenly remembered something and said, "But if that's the case, the Emperor's illness..." She didn't continue.
Since the Gao family has asserted that Xie Chi will not live past the age of 35, how many years does Emperor Yongle have left to live?
"My Royal Brother has already celebrated his thirty-sixth birthday this year." Xie Jingxing said, "It seems that sometimes assertions are not always accurate. However," he frowned, "My Royal Brother's health is getting worse."
“Do the Lu and Ye families know about this?” Shen Miao asked.
"I heard that after Emperor Xiaowu's death, my mother had everyone in the palace who knew about the situation silenced. Now, apart from the head of the Gao family, you, me, and the emperor's sister-in-law, no one else in the world who knows about my brother's illness is likely dead."
Shen Miao’s heart skipped a beat, thinking that Queen Jingxian’s methods were indeed very fierce, but they also solved many of her worries.
“Did the Empress know about his illness before she married the Emperor, or after she married him…” Shen Miao asked.
Xie Jingxing glanced at her with a half-smile: "What do you want to ask?"
Shen Miao wondered, if Empress Xian De had known that Emperor Yongle would not live past the age of thirty-five, would she still have married him? After all, being a widow at such a young age was no easy feat. But if she had only found out after marrying in, wouldn't she have been deceived her entire life?
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