Chapter 16 Secrets Part 1...
The dinner was quite peaceful.
After dinner, Yan Yize did not stay long. She asked him a few questions and then left. Although she did not say much when she left, judging from her relaxed expression, she had undoubtedly had a pleasant evening.
Shang Xu watched her leave, staring blankly in the direction she went. She came suddenly and left suddenly. He thought their relationship had improved, but she still left. His eyes drooped. Would there be a next time?
Yan Yize arrived at the study under the moonlight, preparing to push the door open. However, she suddenly stopped halfway through the push, and through the half-open crack, she could just see a black figure. All her good mood vanished at that moment. She paused, waited for two seconds, and then went in expressionlessly.
When the shadowy figure saw her, his eyes gleamed with a bright smile. His sharp gaze swept over her from head to toe, a hint of longing hidden deep within them, as if he were searching for someone's figure through her. After he had had his fill of longing, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze and carefully chose his words to ask, "You left the city last night?"
"Hmm." Yan Yize nodded expressionlessly, a cold glint in her eyes. In less than a day, visiting cards arrived one after another, and even beggars appeared at the door. She looked at them with sarcasm. Before this, she had never received a visiting card, and the door was extremely deserted. Not to mention beggars, there wasn't even a dog in sight.
Are you injured?
The shadowy figure spoke urgently, taking a step forward with worry in his eyes. He reached out his hand, wanting to touch her but afraid of angering her. "So urgent, what happened?"
After a two-second pause, Yan Yize succinctly stated, "Shangxu is outside the city."
Shang Xu? Who? The shadowy figure thought for a while before remembering that her current ruler seemed to be named Shang Xu. She immediately frowned in displeasure. "You left the city for him?"
"Um."
The shadowy figure remained silent for a moment, looking at her as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated because of their precarious relationship. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly, "It's really not worth it for someone insignificant."
Yan Yize frowned and stated directly, "He is not an insignificant person; he is my rightful ruler."
The shadowy figure frowned, displeasure evident on her face. Her sharp eyes were fixed on her, trying to discern any hint of jest in her expression. But she was destined to be disappointed; in her similar face, she saw only seriousness.
The shadowy figure looked away, not wanting to discuss the topic any further. Divorce was merely a matter of imperial decree, and now was not the right time. There would be plenty of men in the future. As her daughter, she could choose any good man in the world. If it weren't for the circumstances, how could someone who was not favored have the chance?
She will understand her good intentions in the future.
This action, while exposing her to the public eye prematurely, wasn't entirely without its advantages. With that in mind, she tentatively asked, "Now that you've been exposed, when do you plan to enter the court?"
Yan Yize felt a surge of annoyance, but she knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. She had brought it up many times before, but Yan Yize had always refused. This time, however, she did not refuse as usual, but said, "Let me think about it."
The shadowy figure nodded in satisfaction, then changed the subject, "You should also go to the sacrificial ceremony next month."
Yan Yize had no objection to this. Since she had decided to go to court, she should naturally show her face so that those with ulterior motives wouldn't forget what she looked like. She nodded and said, "I understand."
With the conversation dead, the room fell silent. The dark figure watched her in silence, a pang of guilt rising in his eyes, as if he were thinking of an old friend.
"you……"
"You should go back." She had barely uttered a word when Yan Yize interrupted her mercilessly. He turned his back, walked to the window, leaving her with only a cold, indifferent back view.
The shadowy figure sighed, a bitter smile playing on his lips. He swallowed the words of concern he was about to say, gave her a deep look, and for a moment his body hunched over. Reluctantly, he turned and left.
The person had already left, but Yan Yize did not turn around. Her hands behind her back clenched into fists, and hatred surged in her eyes. The person who came was her birth mother, Yan Zhaoxi, who was also the current ruler of the world. But she hated her, hated her for abandoning her father, and hated her even more for causing her father's death.
At the beginning of his reign, Yan Zhaoxi made an incognito visit to consolidate his power. He met his father, Liu Tingxue, in Liuzhou. The two met on a rainy day and their relationship began with an umbrella.
If time could be reversed, Yan Yize only wished that his father had never accepted that umbrella, so that the two would never have met, never fallen in love, and his father would never have died in this bloodthirsty palace.
After Yan Zhaoxi fell in love with his father, he immediately went to the Liu family to reveal his identity and asked to marry his father. The Liu family was just an ordinary merchant family, and naturally dared not refuse the ruler of the world. They immediately held a wedding for the two of them.
In Liuzhou, the two were deeply in love and very happy. But no matter how happy they were, Yan Zhaoxi eventually had to return to the palace, so she brought her father back with her. Perhaps her father's tragedy was destined from the moment he stepped into the capital.
Her father grew up in an ordinary family and naturally couldn't adapt to the rules of the palace. He was often punished by the royal consort for this. Yan Zhaoxi loved her father and had protected him as she had promised. However, there were too many people in her harem, and there were always dark corners that she couldn't reach.
As the saying goes, "The taller the tree, the more the wind blows," and her doting became a deadly knife, ultimately piercing her father. When she was four years old, at a grand banquet, in front of everyone, her father was discovered to be having an affair. Everyone present knew that her father was innocent and had been framed, but they didn't care; they only cared about the outcome they wanted.
Under pressure from court officials, she abandoned her father and chose to banish him to the cold palace. Less than a month later, her father died in that neglected cold palace.
To protect her, she sent her out of the palace, away from that place of trouble, and only dared to visit her in the dead of night. Yan Yize understood her predicament, but she still hated her. It was a fact that her father died because of her, and it was a fact that she knew the truth but still chose to abandon her father. Therefore, she hated her and never called her "Mother Empress" in all these years.
She would not let go of those who framed her father. For years, she had been secretly investigating all the families involved, determined to eradicate them from the world.
She originally planned to gather enough evidence to uproot those families before reappearing, but due to last night's unexpected turn of events, she can only enter the game ahead of schedule. However, this has alerted them, and it won't be so easy to find evidence against them in the future.
But she has plenty of patience and time.
A cold glint flashed in Yan Yize's eyes. None of those who had harmed her father would escape. She would use their bright red blood to comfort her father's spirit in heaven.
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