"Your Majesty, is something the matter?"
Xie Lingqin was weak.
"Xie Lingqin, you are not General Xie's daughter?"
Nangong Xingyun spoke in a calm voice, no longer the young and light voice of Nangong Feng, but with the experience of a middle-aged man, yet more deep and mellow.
Xie Lingqin paused slightly, then nodded. "The Southern Emperor is right, and..." Xie Lingqin gave a bitter smile, "Besides, I am not my mother's daughter."
Xie Lingqin said, raising her head slightly as she looked at the box in the giant clam's hand, "But I will definitely put these remains into the imperial mausoleum so that she can be with the person she loved. Even if they cannot be together in life, they can be buried together in death, which is a rare thing."
"Do you know who your biological father and mother are?"
Nangong Xingyun asked again, his voice sounding somewhat urgent.
Xie Lingqin shook her head. "I don't know."
As she said this, Xie Lingqin looked at the Southern Emperor, as if a sudden, unspoken thought had crossed her mind, yet she also found it incredible.
“Lingqin, you are my daughter.” Nangong Xingyun suddenly said. As he spoke, he took off his hood, revealing a handsome and dignified face despite being middle-aged. His eyes, his gaze—in just an instant, Xie Lingqin felt that this was the father she should have.
At this moment, the Southern Emperor's eyes reddened, filled with emotion, surprise, and guilt... a jumble of conflicting feelings that made it hard to look away.
The two locked eyes, the air thick with tension, while to the side...
"you……"
Even the giant clam was stunned, its eyes widening in disbelief. "Your Majesty, you're saying my young lady is... is it you..."
Meanwhile, Nan Fenghuang stood there dumbfounded.
Daughter...
"Father..." This news was too crazy. Nan Fenghuang's mind was in turmoil, as if thunder had struck her.
The Southern Emperor didn't even glance at her. Instead, he suddenly stepped forward, pushing aside Nan Fenghuang, and looked at Xie Lingqin with a mixture of heartache, sorrow, and joy. "That's right, you are my daughter, my daughter with her?"
"she?"
"She is a beautiful and kind woman."
"Father, do you and Mother have more than just my second brother and me as your children?"
Nan Fenghuang didn't care at all about being ruthlessly pushed aside by her father, the emperor; instead, her face was filled with horror.
“It’s not your mother,” the Southern Emperor said.
Nan Fenghuang was even more horrified and aggrieved, "Father, you betrayed Mother."
"I... alright, stop fooling around." The Southern Emperor's mind was no longer on Nan Fenghuang, but on Xie Lingqin as if she were a precious treasure, his voice much gentler, "You should rest for a while."
Xie Lingqin was also stunned, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.
After pondering for so long, suddenly learning the truth left me feeling both empty and full—a feeling beyond words.
"Then my mother..."
Xie Lingqin bit her lip. "Is her name Yun Yishang?"
When the Southern Emperor heard this name, he trembled slightly, then nodded, his eyes filled with a complex emotion that defied description.
Nan Fenghuang's pupils widened. "Ah, Father, you've been having a child with another woman behind Mother's back, and it's Xie Lingqin, and it's already this big..."
As Nan Fenghuang spoke, she counted on her fingers, then looked somewhat dejected and melancholy, "Besides, she was born before me."
"Now is not the time for further discussion; we must leave Beijing immediately."
Nan Fenghuang was speechless at the Emperor's words. Despite the solemn atmosphere and her reasonable argument, she felt choked up. "Father, I am also your daughter."
"So, we all have to get out of here alive."
Nan Fenghuang's heart is finally at peace.
Yes, Father is fair.
But Xie Lingqin is her older sister?
No wonder she can sleep in her bed; it makes sense now.
Meeting Nan Fenghuang's scrutinizing gaze, Xie Lingqin sighed, looked away, and thought, "Never mind, I'm too tired."
Tridacna shell.
Xie Lingqin called out.
Tridacna immediately snapped back to reality. "Miss, what's wrong?"
"……fine."
Xie Lingqin closed her eyes. At this moment, she didn't know what to say. She knew about her background, but suddenly it felt like there was no one to share it with.
In this vast world, surrounded by so many people, she still felt lonely.
The loneliness of being torn apart by others.
"But there are soldiers everywhere outside, Imperial Guards, Thunder Guards, and who knows, Zhuidamu might be waiting for us in some corner."
At this moment, Nan Fenghuang spoke again.
"There will definitely be a way out." The Southern Emperor sighed softly. Seeing Xie Lingqin's dejected and melancholy expression, he gently asked the doctor who had been standing to the side with his head bowed, "Is her injury serious?"
"Your Majesty, it's not heavy. I think the heaviest thing is in my heart."
"In my heart..."
The Southern Emperor tightened his grip, said nothing more, glanced at Xie Lingqin, and then asked softly to those behind him, "You should also go and find a way out. Be careful, your lives are at stake."
"yes."
Just as the doctor was about to leave, Tridacna stood to the side, her expression slightly dazed.
"What's wrong?"
Nan Fenghuang gave her a push.
“It’s nothing, it’s just…” Tridacna gave a bitter smile, “In the past, when Miss asked us to do things, she would always say that our lives were more important.”
Nan Fenghuang paused, and Nan Huang almost covered his face and wept.
Indeed, it was his daughter.
"Your Majesty, an old man has barged in."
Just then, someone came to report from outside the door.
"An old man?"
The Southern Emperor looked wary. "No one should have been able to find this place."
"He said his name was Mr. Dong, that he was a friend of Miss Xie, and that he had a way to leave Beijing."
The person who came said.
The Southern Emperor frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then gave the order, "Please invite him in."
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