Chapter 187 Who is to blame?
Two emperors reigning?!
Xiao Jin kept it a secret very strictly, and Ling Chan didn't know about it until she was out of confinement.
During this month, Xiao Jin did not rush to hold the coronation ceremony, but held Xiao Ze's funeral first.
Zuo Dongrou was only released from Ningshou Palace during Xiao Ze's funeral. As soon as the funeral was over, Xiao Jin confined her to Ningshou Palace again.
The new recruit who killed Xiao Ze was beheaded, and all the 30,000 soldiers recruited by Zuo Lun were incorporated into the nearby military camp.
Xiao Jin did not hide anything about what Zuo Lun and Jie Zhen did in the palace and announced it to the world directly.
The Zuo and Jie families were both confiscated, their property taken into the state treasury, and the criminals exiled thousands of miles away...
Madam Zuo and Zuo Mingyu were also found and exiled to other places.
During this period, Zuo Dongrou repeatedly made a fuss and wanted Xiao Jin to meet her, but Xiao Jin refused on the grounds of being busy with state affairs.
It wasn't until a month later that Ling Chan was out of confinement.
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded affirmatively, "Chan'er, your contribution to Daqi is greater than mine. If I let you stay in the harem as the queen, I always feel that it would be too unfair to you."
Ling Chan stared in disbelief, "But..."
But this is an era where men are in charge of imperial power.
"Do the officials have any objections to you doing this?"
Xiao Jin shrugged, "They've already agreed."
There is nothing he can do even if he disagrees. Since his brother Prince Cheng is unwilling to succeed to the throne, he is the only one left.
Moreover, what Brother Cheng Wang said...does make sense.
"In the future, the throne will be given to our children. What opinions can they have?"
Ling Chan turned her head to look at the child beside her.
After a month, the child has grown up obviously, his little face is as white as jade, and he looks even more cute and lively.
Ling Chan gave the child a nickname, An An.
As a mother, she just hopes that her children can be safe and sound.
As for the rest, I didn’t have much expectations.
But it's different now.
When Xiao Jin succeeds to the throne, the child will be the crown prince.
As the crown prince...this child is destined to suffer some hardships.
"Zuo Dongrou has been clamoring to see me." Xiao Jin stroked the child's hand, "I didn't go before. Now that you're out of confinement, why don't you go and see her together?"
Ling Chan nodded, "Okay."
She found a nice day, took a bath and changed her clothes.
He was not in a hurry to see Zuo Dongrou, but first went to thank Xi Lingyue and Concubine Hui for their care during this period and entrusted the child to them.
She then went into the palace.
Xiao Jin succeeded to the throne, and the dual emperorship was a foregone conclusion.
When she entered the palace, the officials and palace maids she met were very respectful, and those who were discerning knelt down to pay their respects to the empress.
Ling Chan accepted it calmly.
She came to the imperial study, where Xiao Jin was reviewing memorials.
Seeing her coming, he hurriedly stood up to greet her, "Chan'er, you're here."
He held Ling Chan's hand and protected it in his palm. "It's cold, why don't you put on more clothes?"
Ling Chan squeezed his hand, "Do you think my hands are cold?"
Where can you feel cold when wearing temperature-regulating clothing?
Xiao Jin laughed. He was so busy that he forgot he was wearing temperature-regulating clothes.
"Let's go."
The two walked side by side towards Ningshou Palace.
It snowed a few days ago and the road was slippery, so Xiao Jin held Ling Chan's hand.
"Zuo Dongrou is a little out of control. Don't get too close to her for a while." He warned.
When we arrived at Ningshou Palace, it was silent and still.
Ling Chan looked up in surprise. She had not checked the surveillance footage during her confinement period, so she had no idea about Zuo Dongrou's current situation.
But Xiao Jin just said that she was a little abnormal, so why is it so quiet in there?
As soon as the two entered, Nanny Zhou, who was beside Zuo Dongrou, came out first.
"Prince Rui...Princess Rui..." Xiao Jin hasn't held his coronation ceremony yet, so it's correct to address her like this.
"You wait outside." Ling Chan instructed.
The two entered the palace and smelled an unpleasant smell...a bit smelly.
After walking a few steps forward, I saw Zuo Dongrou hiding on the bed.
Zuo Dongrou didn't look like the empress dowager at all at this moment. Her hair was disheveled, there was food on her face, and her lips were chapped.
The eye sockets are sunken and the eyes are dull...
In just one month, there have been such big changes.
Seeing Xiao Jin and Ling Chan, Zuo Dongrou looked at them with confusion.
She seemed to be trying to figure something out, looking them both up and down.
After a long time...she seemed to recognize it.
"Xiao Jin!"
"Ling Chan!"
In an instant, her eyes lit up, full of hatred.
"You're finally here?"
"Are you willing to come?"
"You killed my prince, I want you to pay with your lives." She walked towards Xiao Jin and Ling Chan, tears streaming down her face, her sobs getting louder and louder.
When she reached Ling Chan, she suddenly rushed forward.
He reached into his sleeve, grabbed a pair of scissors, and stabbed Ling Chan's neck.
Ling Chan turned around and dodged, and the next second Xiao Jin pushed her away.
"I'm going to kill you." Zuo Dongrou's eyes were bloodshot as she struggled to stand up.
"Zuo Dongrou!" Ling Chan called out to her, "Who should be blamed for the Emperor's affairs? Don't you understand?!"
Zuo Dongrou was stunned. Who should she blame?
She blames Xiao Jin and Ling Chan...
"It's your fault! It's your fault!!!" Zuo Dongrou screamed heartbreakingly.
"You...you!!!" Although she shouted like this, her eyes became more and more confused.
She looked around, as if she suddenly didn't know where she was, feeling helpless and lonely.
"Who is to blame..."
Ling Chan looked at her, feeling somewhat reluctant.
She is also a mother now and can understand Zuo Dongrou's current mood.
"Zuo Dongrou, those new recruits were deceived by Zuo Lun. They are innocent, yet you want to kill them."
"You wanted to surround and kill 30,000 new recruits to protect the Zuo family's reputation..."
"So, you should know that Xiao Ze... was killed by you!"
Such words are cruel, but Zuo Dongrou should know all this herself instead of deceiving herself and then blaming others.
Zuo Dongrou shook her head repeatedly, unwilling to accept this statement.
But Ling Chan laid the bloody truth right in front of her, and she had to face what happened that day.
She remembered...
She recalled the day when the angry recruits somehow broke through the imperial guards' blockade.
These recruits covered and helped each other, and actually brought one of them to her.
The new recruit had a knife in his hand. He held the long knife like a kitchen knife... and swung the knife towards her.
She was frightened and stepped back, but her left foot tripped over her right and she fell.
Seeing that the knife was about to chop towards her, Zuo Dongrou closed her eyes and turned her head to avoid it.
But there was no pain, instead there was the cry of the imperial guards.
"emperor!"
Zuo Dongrou opened her eyes and saw Xiao Ze lying in a pool of blood, blood gushing from his neck...
So it was her, she was the one who harmed Ze'er...
Ze'er was hacked to death by the new recruits because he was protecting her. She was the one who harmed Ze'er.
"Ze'er..." Zuo Dongrou collapsed on the ground, crying heartbreakingly...
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