As soon as he finished speaking, another slap landed on Bei Ming Che's face.
This slap seemed to have exhausted all his strength. His face was red and swollen, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth.
Her hand dropped, and she fell to the ground, crying loudly and full of pain, "You threw my daughter there, and I didn't even see a corpse. Why, why..."
Chang'an looked at Mrs. Lin's shivering body and wanted to go forward to help her up, but just took a step.
Bei Mingxuan stopped her with a look and sent a message to her, "Don't interfere."
[I just wanted to help Madam Lin up, the ground was too cold.]
[It doesn't matter. Only by venting all the pain can their inner suffering be resolved.]
【……good】
"I'm sorry..." Bei Mingche glanced at Lin Shangde and lowered his head, "I didn't expect that she would hit the wall. If possible, I wouldn't touch her at all.
I once begged my father to issue an edict allowing Yanran to marry into the Crown Prince's Mansion.
But my father refused... He said that Prime Minister Lin's daughter must either be the principal wife or not marry at all.
My father said that in order to further consolidate my position as Crown Prince, the only person who can become Crown Princess is the daughter of a great general. As for Prime Minister Lin, he is my teacher, so there is no need to win you over in this way.
"It's because the emperor didn't agree." Lin Shangde bit his tongue and said, "So you resorted to force?"
"I drank too much that day," Bei Ming Che said, "I knew Lin Yanran looked down on me, but I wanted to gamble. Even if I had to force her, I wanted her to stay by my side... But I was wrong.
When she died in front of me, I was terrified. I still remember the hatred and determination in her eyes. Even in my dreams, I would be awakened by that look."
"How ridiculous," Madam Lin said. "You are a womanizer. How many women have you raped and taken away? In your family, and in the people of Shu City, if you set your sights on any daughter, you will not be rich and powerful, but hell and hell."
"No!" Bei Ming Che roared, "No! That's their honor. They should be thankful to have some similarities with Yanran. Otherwise, this prince wouldn't even bother to look at them."
Mrs. Lin: “…”
Lin Shangde: “!!!”
Bei Mingxuan and Chang'an looked at each other, surprise in their eyes.
"Don't believe it?" Bei Ming Che looked into everyone's eyes and sneered, "You really think I'm the prince, so lustful that I'll just have sex with any female I see. It's a joke."
Everyone's attention was focused on what he just said, and they were shocked. Naturally, they ignored the fact that he had become accustomed to saying "this prince" was three words.
"Since childhood, this prince and Yanran have been close." Bei Mingche's eyes were filled with joy and excitement. "After class, she would teach me everything I didn't know. At that time, I made up my mind to work hard to make Yanran happy.
She said that as long as I worked hard, she would always be with me. But... I just couldn't learn it no matter how hard I tried.
The joy and excitement in his eyes slowly dimmed. "Later, I began to be afraid of seeing Yanran but also wanted to see Yanran. Later, I saw a woman in a brothel who looked very similar to Yanran, so I let that woman stay with me.
But she died, on my bed. When I threw that woman's body out, Yanran saw it... At that time, she knew my feelings and avoided me everywhere... After that, whenever I met a woman who looked like Yanran, I would take her to my house, even if it was just an eye, nose, mouth, or even eyebrows and hair. As long as there was a similarity, it would be fine."
"But they are not her after all." Chang'an said, with a strong disgust in his eyes.
If it were me, I would also feel disgusted when seeing so many people with similar looks as me being taken into the house by someone I don’t like.
"Yes." Bei Ming Che looked at Chang'an. "You know what? When I first saw you, I thought your eyes were as beautiful as Yanran's. But later, I discovered that your eyes are completely different from Yanran's. Yanran's eyes are always gentle, while yours are cold, the kind that chills people to the core and makes them afraid to approach."
Chang'an frowned, "Because of your own preference... you have ruined many women.
You blame all your sins on Yanran. Have you ever thought about her self-blame and grief?
Yanran, like her father, is a person who cares deeply about the country and the people. What you are doing will cause her more pain than if you had taken her away from her!"
“…” Bei Ming Che was stunned, frowned, tears rolled down his cheeks, and he let out a low, suppressed sob.
You can tell that the pain comes from the bottom of my heart.
She sobbed with all her might, unable to control herself any longer, and her sobs grew louder and louder.
Lin Shangde, who was standing by, supported his wife and cried bitterly.
Chang'an, who had been silent for a long time, sighed and raised his head, not wanting a tear to fall from his moist eyes.
After all, there must be something hateful about pitiful people.
Chang'an sent a message to Bei Mingxuan, "Bei Mingxuan, have you always known about the Crown Prince's feelings for Lin Yanran? That's why you brought Bei Mingche to Lin Shangde."
Bei Mingxuan glanced at Chang'an beside him and held her hand tightly.
[Yes. But I didn't know it all along. I only discovered it later. I started to pay attention to it after Bai Tangzhen told me about her sister. After investigating, I found that all the women around Bei Mingche had similarities with Lin Yanran. Later, I got confirmation from Fu Xueer, who heard it from Kurihara Naizi.]
[I see.] Chang'an sighed, [Tell me, is this a blessing or a curse for those women? If that's the case, how could Bei Ming Che be willing to throw Lin Yanran's body into a mass grave?]
Lin Yanran's body is not in the mass grave. I arranged for Fu Cheng to mention it in front of Lin Shangde. Given the Crown Prince's feelings for Lin Yanran, she must have been buried there. However, the location is probably unknown to him alone.
Chang'an looked at Lin Shangde and his wife. The person who tied the bell must untie it. If they knew that their daughter was buried properly by the prince, would they feel better?
Chang'an thought to herself and looked at Bei Mingxuan again. She knew that Bei Mingxuan was a person who valued talents and was eager to recruit talented people.
So he deliberately asked, "After all, we grew up together, and Yanran has done her best for you. How could you have the heart to leave her in a mass grave, to be devoured by wolfhounds? It hurts! How could you be so heartbroken..."
"Mass grave?" Bei Ming Che was stunned, as if he didn't understand, and immediately explained, "No...no...how could I bear to..."
"You still have the nerve to say that you're willing to give it up?" Mrs. Lin weakly lay beside Bei Mingche, strangled his neck tightly, and shook him back and forth.
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