The Southern Emperor suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. "Yes, that night, we looked at the moon and talked all night long. Those few days were the happiest days of my life... but later, I forgot about them."
“It’s not that you’ve forgotten, but that Yun Yishang was afraid. She began to realize that most men in this world are fickle, so she placed a restriction on you, a thought-ban decree of my Yun clan, erasing her from your memory. However, she is also indecisive…” The black-robed man’s eyes were moist. “She wanted you to remember, so she directly made you fall into a deep sleep. And just then, your father, in order to cover up the truth, made you an empress.”
The Southern Emperor lowered his gaze and closed his eyes.
"but……"
The man in black robes changed the subject again, sighing, "A month later, Yun Yishang discovered she was pregnant. Pregnancy causes a woman of the Yun clan to lose a great deal of spiritual power. She lost the ability to return to the Yun clan, the ability to contact me, and the ability to escape. As a result, she was captured by the Emperor."
Xie Lingqin trembled.
"So, the Emperor very successfully and despicably forced Zongzheng Shao to marry General Xie."
"A couple in love, separated because of this." Nan Fenghuang listened with shock and sigh.
The man in black robes laughed, "This is just the beginning. When the Emperor learned that Yun Yishang was pregnant, he was furious. He tried every means to abort the child in Yun Yishang's womb, but he failed. Because, even though the Yun clan is under control, they are not people you can kill at will. So, he imprisoned Yun Yishang in the Hualuo Palace, and others only said that she was so favored. At that time, Zongzheng Shao was also pregnant, of course, the child was definitely not General Xie's."
The man in black robes looked at Xie Lingqin, "As the child grows inside her, Yun Yishang's spiritual energy is completely absorbed by the child. She can't escape. She knows that only by giving birth to you sooner can she escape, can she ensure that Zongzheng Shao is not controlled by the Emperor, and that Prince Yong is not controlled by anyone. So..."
The man in black robes looked up, closed his eyes, and said, "She performed a cesarean section to remove the child."
Xie Lingqin's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously looked at the Southern Emperor.
"And this method was actually taught to her by you, wasn't it?"
The Black Robe Pass.
The Southern Emperor was now in unbearable pain, saying, "We were just talking about life, I had no idea..."
"Of course, she succeeded. As soon as the child was born, she regained her spiritual power and left the palace with ease. However, she encountered you again and regained her memories of you."
As the man in black robes was speaking, he suddenly swung his palm at the Southern Emperor.
The Southern Emperor neither dodged nor avoided the blow.
"You arrogantly wanted to take her and the child away, but the cold poison flared up again. She had no choice but to use her newly recovered spiritual power to save you, and the cold poison that had plagued you for more than twenty years was completely cured. At that time, the Emperor came in hot pursuit with his men. She knew that you two together couldn't escape. Do you know that she wanted to give the child to you, but..." The man in black shook his head, pained and remorseful, "She was afraid that other women would treat the child badly, and she was also afraid that things would change and your heart would eventually change. So, she sealed your memories again and asked Yuwen Yong, who arrived at that time, to send you away."
"I was in a daze for those few years, until later, I fell into a coma..."
The Southern Emperor suddenly clutched his head. "I lost my memory, and when I woke up, I lost my memory again. I don't remember her, not at all. She was so pale, yet always worried about me and afraid of me... Until that night, at the betrothal banquet, when I saw you appear, I was jolted by something, that familiar lightness suddenly made me understand everything in an instant, only then..."
"Father, it's alright, it's alright."
Nan Fenghuang stepped forward to comfort her.
Xie Lingqin, however, raised her head slightly, looking at the black robe, "But the Emperor will definitely not let Yun Yishang's child go, so that night, Zongzheng Shao must have also..."
"Yes, she kept it a secret from everyone, had a cesarean section beforehand, and then, with Yuwen Yong's help, secretly switched Yun Yishang's child. She knew that if Yun Yishang knew, she would definitely not agree. If they were to live, they would live together; if they were to die, only her child would die."
The man in black robes looked at Xie Lingqin and said, "By then, when Yun Yishang discovered the child, he had already drowned on the Emperor's orders."
A single drowning incident reveals so much cruelty and viciousness.
"So, the General's wife and Prince Yong's child died back then?"
Nan Fenghuang asked.
"Yes, from now on, you, Xie Lingqin, will be the child of the General's wife and the General."
"Then why did my mother die? How could Yun Yishang die, and die like this, die such a..."
"Because the Emperor saw Yun Yishang holding the body of a drowned child and healing her wounds, with a light mist swirling around, and the child even showed signs of revival... Of course, in the end, she still died because, at that time, Yun Yishang's body was too weak."
The man in black robes sneered, looking at Xie Lingqin, "So, as her daughter, you now know why she died, and why she died so tragically." "Because..."
Xie Lingqin didn't finish her sentence. Suddenly, she used all her strength to turn around and slam her fist against the cold wall.
The palm had just touched the cold wall.
"boom--"
Suddenly, the cold wall cracked open, revealing a door.
A light and ethereal aura also swept over us at that moment.
Everyone held their breath.
Southern Emperor, Xu Yiran, Southern Phoenix, Black Robe...
It was as if they were afraid of making even the slightest mistake.
The stone wall, filled with a chilling aura, slowly opened little by little, revealing a pile of ashes—remnants of fire that had burned over decades. And within that fire lay a perfectly intact set of clothes, lying quietly.
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