Chapter 561 The Emperor Learns the Truth (Second Update)
"Ning'an, are you alright? Why are you so pale? Did you bump into something?" the emperor asked, looking at Princess Ning'an in his arms, who seemed a little nervous.
Princess Ning'an whispered, "I'm fine. It was a close call. I'm so glad my brother caught me in time, otherwise I would have been injured."
The emperor glanced at the chair behind him and said with lingering fear, "Yes, you almost hit your head on that chair. The consequences would have been unimaginable."
Princess Ning'an gave a vague "hmm".
The emperor helped her sit down on the stool.
The confession had already reached the emperor's hands, so there was no possibility of it causing a second accident.
After the emperor sat back down in his chair, he glanced at Eunuch Wei.
Eunuch Wei has served the emperor for many years. If he can't even understand this look, then he has wasted all those years as chief steward.
He quickly summoned two eunuchs and moved the brazier further away to ensure that even if the emperor dropped it ten or eight times, the confession would not fall into the brazier.
The emperor eagerly unfolded the confession, which was ten pages long, nine pages longer than Bai Kun's confession. It detailed Hua Xiyao's background, her turbulent early years, and how she came to Xianleju.
Hua Xiyao was originally a young lady from an official family. Her grandfather was the prefect of Nancheng. He was imprisoned for embezzlement and beheaded. The rest of her family members were all sentenced to exile.
Hua Xiyao was only two years old and did not have a deep understanding of the changes in her family. Apart from not having enough to eat or wear every day, she also saw her family members being beaten from time to time.
It was only much later that she understood what had happened to her family. By then, she was seven years old, a clever and pretty little girl. She had caught the eye of a brothel madam, who bought her and planned to raise her for a few years to make her a cash cow for the brothel.
Unfortunately, Hua Xiyao's life in the brothel was not easy. She was often bullied by the older children, and one cold night she ran away.
How long can a seven-year-old girl walk?
In the middle of the night, she fainted in a dirty alley and woke up in a carriage that was heading to an unknown destination.
The carriage was exquisitely decorated, clean, spacious, and exuded a fragrance unlike that of ordinary women.
It was in this carriage that Hua Xiyao met the most important person in her life.
Her real name wasn't Hua Xiyao, and her surname had been forcibly erased when she was sold into a brothel. In the brothel, she was called Lan'er, a name she hated.
The gentle woman before her then gave her a completely new name.
The woman looked at the setting sun outside the window and said to her, "You shall be called Hua Xiyao."
The well-behaved little girl nodded blankly.
The emperor was moved to tears.
It's clearly a confession, so why is it written in such a moving way?
Is Hua Xiyao really the daughter of an official?
Yes.
Was she really sold into a brothel?
No.
Regarding Hua Xiyao's background, Mo Qianxue only said, "It seems that her grandfather once served as an official somewhere, but later committed a crime and his family was raided."
The rest was all made up by the old chief priest.
He wasn't afraid of the emperor ordering an investigation, since there were plenty of officials whose homes were confiscated—enough to fill a whole sack!
Hua Xiyao arrived at Xianleju two years earlier than Mo Qianxue, which is a well-known fact and there's no need to fabricate it. Of course, that's not the point.
The key point is the woman who adopted Hua Xiyao.
She trained Hua Xiyao to become a woman of both talent and beauty, and highly skilled in martial arts. She then sent her to Xianleju in the capital to become her second most trusted confidante.
Mo Qianxue was her most trusted confidante.
Mo Qianxue arrived at the woman's side later than Hua Xiyao, and Mo Qianxue had been secretly trained by the woman all along. However, the two had never met before entering Xianle Residence.
The confession, written in Hua Xiyao's voice, explained that the reason was that the women were worried that they would develop feelings for each other since they had grown up together, and they would not allow themselves to develop dependence or feelings for anyone other than their master.
This is actually the old chief priest's personal analysis.
This part is true.
When the emperor saw this, a strong sense of disgust rose in his heart.
Who is such a perverted and vicious person?
He read the confession with a solemn expression. The confession not only detailed Hua Xiyao's personal experiences, but also revealed the things that Xianleju had secretly planned in the capital over the years. For example, Xianleju had used the Empress Dowager's name to intimidate those who came to cause trouble.
The emperor was even angrier!
They actually used his mother?
Very well, the mastermind behind Xianleju is really bold!
The latter half of the confession focused on the case against Gu Jiao, which was similar to what Bai Kun had said. Mo Qianxue faked her death to escape and get close to Gu Jiao. Hua Xiyao repeatedly relayed the young master's orders to Mo Qianxue to take action against Gu Jiao.
The last time he went to see Mo Qianxue, Mo Qianxue knocked him unconscious and forced him to take drugs. When he woke up again, he was in the Ministry of Justice prison.
The confession also revealed that Hua Xiyao originally had no intention of betraying the young master, but the young master actually sent someone to poison her. It was truly a case of her loyalty being wasted!
Since the young master is the first to act, then don't blame her for acting the fifteenth!
"Young Master, you all know her. She is indeed a princess of the royal family, and she does indeed call His Majesty 'Brother.' Her name is—"
This concludes page nine.
The tenth page contains only one name.
When the emperor saw that name, he gasped sharply and looked at Ning An beside him in horror.
Bixia Palace.
Huangfu Xian was staring blankly out the window again.
Lian'er reluctantly carried the dried clothes into the house, placed them on the bed, and then went to Huangfu Xian's side.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Lian'er shivered!
Lian'er sighed, "Young master, why are you sitting here in the cold wind again? Let me push you over to warm yourself by the fire. I thought only the border region was cold, but I didn't expect the capital to be this cold too."
As she spoke, she pushed Huangfuxian's wheelchair to the brazier.
Huangfu Xian didn't object because he was frozen stiff and couldn't speak.
Lian'er went back and closed the window.
Huangfu Xian sat by the brazier to warm himself, while Lian'er folded the clothes one by one and put them back in the wardrobe.
She looked at the neatly arranged clothes in the wardrobe, then at her own rather haphazardly folded clothes, cleared her throat, and said, "Why fold them so neatly? Aren't we all going to wear them?"
The palace has strict rules, and those who can serve in Bixia Palace are the most outstanding palace maids. Lian'er did not receive such rigorous training in the princess's mansion on the frontier, so she was not quite up to the standards of the palace maids.
However, since she was Princess Ning'an's confidante, the palace maids dared not speak to her in person, and could only fold the clothes she had folded again after she left.
"Really." Lian'er's pride was hurt again. She put her pile of ugly clothes on top of a pile of clothes that looked unreal and went out sullenly.
Shortly after she left, Huangfuxian, whose body temperature had returned to normal and was no longer stiff, pushed his wheelchair to the window and propped it up with a support pole.
The window wasn't low, and since he had no legs and couldn't stand, this action was actually quite difficult for him.
He almost fell off his wheelchair when he reached for the pole.
Fortunately, there was no real danger.
He stood in the biting wind, gazing at the empty courtyard, his hands and feet freezing stiff once again.
It was getting dark.
He lowered his eyes and gave a self-deprecating smile.
"Hey handsome!"
Little Mushroom has appeared again, accompanied by his voice!
Huangfu Xian's eyelashes trembled rapidly, his already stiff body stiffened even more, but his expression remained unchanged.
Little Jingkong is quite small, and the windowsill is too high for him. Even with a stone as a stepping stone, it's still a bit difficult for him to climb up. But today, Little Jingkong was pleasantly surprised to find that the stone has grown taller!
He first climbed onto the rock, and then easily climbed over the windowsill!
"Hey handsome!"
After he slid down, he turned around and looked at Huangfu Xian with an adorable expression.
His cuffs and trousers were covered in snow, but his head and shoulders were free of it.
"You fell?" Huangfu Xian asked coldly.
"Hmm." Xiao Jingkong nodded honestly, "I only fell twice."
What do you mean by "only fell twice"? Two falls are not enough?
Little Jingkong hadn't fallen in a long time, but his instincts were still there. He quickly covered his head and didn't get hurt.
Huangfu Xian glanced at him indifferently, then expressionlessly stretched out his hand, one hand supporting the wheelchair, the other reaching for the support bar.
Despite having performed the same movements countless times on his own, he lost face in front of Xiao Jingkong and successfully fell off his wheelchair.
"Are you alright, little brother?" Xiao Jingkong squatted down to help him up.
"Get out of here!" Huangfu Xian said irritably.
“Hmm…” Xiao Jingkong looked at him, thought about it seriously, and said, “You don’t need to be embarrassed. I often fall down too.”
You're a child!
It's perfectly normal for you to fall! You won't fall anymore when you grow up!
But I'm disabled!
I'll be a wrestler my whole life! I'll be a useless piece of trash my whole life!
Huangfu Xian refused Xiao Jingkong's help and used his throbbing, veiny hands to drag his crippled body back to his wheelchair with great difficulty.
His leg started hurting again.
It's the place where the limb was amputated.
Every so often his bones would emerge from the broken surface, and each time this happened, he had to endure the pain of having his bones ground down.
Each grinding session is like a trip to the underworld.
He almost didn't make it to the hospital several times.
He didn't want to go through that excruciating pain again, or perhaps he was afraid he wouldn't be able to make it through this time.
But isn't that strange?
Didn't he want to die a long time ago?
What are we afraid of now?
"Little brother, what's wrong? Did you hurt yourself?" Xiao Jingkong asked, unable to hide his concern, looking at Huangfu Xian, who seemed a bit off.
"No," Huangfu Xian said calmly, grabbing a blanket to cover his aching crippled leg.
Xiao Jingkong wasn't someone who liked to focus on other people's flaws. In fact, no one had deliberately taught him that; he simply observed how Jiaojiao did things and then copied her.
His gaze quickly shifted to Huangfu Xian's face: "Hey? Little brother, why is your face swollen?"
It swelled up last time, but it wasn't this bad. It seems like I've been exposed to cold wind too much these past two days, and the swollen area has some frostbite.
Huangfu Xian looked at him leisurely: "Are you curious?"
"Mm." Xiao Jingkong nodded.
Huangfu Xian curled his lips slightly and said with a playful tone, "My mother hit me."
Little Jingkong's two little arms were flapping behind his back, his little body leaning forward, looking completely bewildered: "Why did your mother hit you?"
Huangfu Xian sneered, "Because I'm a cripple?"
Xiao Jingkong clenched his little fists and said seriously, "You still can't hit him! My bad brother-in-law is a cripple, and Jiaojiao didn't hit him either!"
Huangfu Xian: "..."
"Why is he a bad brother-in-law?" Huangfu Xian asked.
“He’s a bad brother-in-law!” Xiao Jingkong said, pouting.
"How bad?" Huangfu Xian's eyes held a genuine chill.
“It’s so bad!” Xiao Jingkong said.
Huangfu Xian knew all too well how bad an adult could be to a child.
"Do you want me to teach him a lesson?" he asked.
"No need for that!" Xiao Jingkong coughed lightly. "I...I...I can teach him a lesson myself!"
Little Mushroom's face was rosy, and her eyes were sparkling; she clearly didn't really hate that bad brother-in-law.
Huangfu Xian's mood worsened.
He couldn't explain why.
Little Jiu flapped its wings and flew to Huangfu Xian's pillow. Of all the things it had taken apart, it found that its favorite to take apart was actually Huangfu Xian's pillow.
"Xiao Jiu, stop destroying the house!" Xiao Jingkong said helplessly.
Xiao Jiu wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen, and kept digging, quickly pecking out the cotton from Huangfu Xian's pillow.
Xiao Jingkong sighed in a mature tone, "It's all because of Yan-gege's little Ba that they've been corrupted."
Huangfu Xian asked, "And who is Brother Yan?"
Xiao Jingkong said, "He's my older brother at home."
Huangfu Xian frowned slightly: "You have other brothers?"
Little Jingkong held up two little fingers: "Hmm, there are two! Brother Yan and Brother Xiaoshun!"
Huangfu Xian asked with a dark expression, "So, do you like them?"
Xiao Jingkong nodded without hesitation: "I like it!"
Huangfu Xian's face darkened even more.
"You have so many brothers, why are you coming to me?"
"Let me take you out to play!"
"snort!"
Huangfu Xian coldly turned his face away.
Little Jingkong stretched out his chubby little hand and grabbed his fingers. The soft touch reminded people of a kitten's paw pads.
"Hey handsome, let me take you to my house!"
No sooner had Xiao Jingkong finished speaking than a young eunuch's hurried footsteps and panicked screams came from outside the door: "Something terrible has happened! Princess Ning'an is in trouble!"
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