Long Shengxiu knew that Su Ruojin was waiting for an answer from her, the whole truth of the matter.
Since she has chosen to make Yamato a vassal state of Da Chu, she must let Su Ruojin and the others know the whole truth, the truth about the Yamato royal family that has been hidden for nearly twenty years.
Long Shengxiu slowly glanced at the people in the Changyu Palace, and finally his gaze settled on Tachibana Chiyo. "Chiyo, you've worked hard all these years."
Chiyo's eyes instantly welled up with tears, and her voice choked with emotion, "Your Majesty..."
Long Shengxiu smiled bitterly and slowly told her everything.
"The Takamori family ruled Yamato for hundreds of years, and the throne was passed down from generation to generation. After my father succeeded to the throne, he married my mother."
My father and mother grew up together and had a very good relationship. He withstood all the pressure and only married my mother in his life, never taking any concubines.
My mother gave birth to one son and two daughters for my father, but none of them survived.
It wasn't until my mother gave birth to me that she was unable to have any more children due to the injury.
I became my father's only child. If I were not his son, he would have to marry someone else and have an heir.
My father only had eyes for my mother and was unwilling to marry anyone else, so he concealed my gender and raised me as a boy from a young age.
Although I was dressed as a boy from a young age, my parents treated me very well, and those were the happiest times of my life.
Everything changed when I was four years old.
My father and Tokuyoshi Yasuhito were childhood friends. After my father succeeded to the throne, he always regarded Tokuyoshi Yasuhito as a confidant and made him the shogun to jointly manage Yamato.
I have always treated Deyi Kangren as my own uncle. My father even told me that if he were to pass away one day, Uncle Deyi would definitely help me.
On my fourth birthday, my father and mother held a birthday banquet for me, and all the daimyo and noble families of Yamato came to the Imperial Palace to attend my birthday banquet.
While the adults were drinking, I played hide-and-seek with the children from the noble families. I hid in my father's imperial library.
I had just hidden myself when I saw my father and Uncle Deyi come in.
My father usually doesn't allow anyone into the Imperial Archives, so I sneaked in without daring to let him find out.
After they came in, I saw Uncle Deyi pour my father a glass of water and put something in it. At that time, I didn't understand and thought it was something delicious. I even thought that Uncle Deyi would let me try it later.
But soon my father and Uncle Deyi started arguing. The argument got louder and louder, and finally Uncle Deyi slammed the door and left. My father followed him out, and only then did I dare to sneak out of the Imperial Library.
I had never seen Uncle Deyi like that before. The fierce look in his eyes when he looked at my father terrified me.
For a while afterward, I dreamt every night of Uncle Deyi staring at me menacingly, which would terrify me so much that I would wake up crying.
Later, my mother stayed with me every night until I slowly recovered.
From that day on, my father would often faint, and my mother would be so worried that she would wipe away her tears. The pharmacist said that my father's health was weakened because he was overworked.
As his father's health deteriorated day by day, Uncle Deyi began to manage state affairs on his father's behalf.
Who would have thought that six months later, the father would suddenly pass away, and the mother would fall ill from grief, but she too would pass away within six months.
I became the new emperor of Yamato.
Because I was young, my Uncle Deyi handled all the affairs of the court for me.
I always remember what my father told me: that Uncle Deyi would definitely help me, and that he trusted me completely.
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