"I ask you, why did you issue an edict to kill your mother in your past life?"
Only the cousins Gu Qingyan and Gu Qingling remained in the room. Gu Qingyan's eyes were bloodshot, and the sword in his hand was still dripping blood.
“You know perfectly well where her reputation as a wicked empress comes from, and you also know how much she has done for you.” Gu Qingyan gripped the hilt of his sword tightly with his right hand. “Gu Qingling, you have no heart.”
"I know I was wrong!"
Gu Qingling suddenly started shouting loudly.
"Gu Qingyan, do you think I don't regret it?"
After killing his mother in his previous life, he suffered from insomnia every day. He could only find a moment of relaxation when he went to Zhaoning Palace. He personally ordered the death of the person who was the best to him.
"But what can I do? What can I do?" Gu Qingling was somewhat distraught. "Mother... she will not forgive me. The moment I banged my head against the wall in the prison, Third Brother, I really wanted to give my life back to Mother."
Gu Qingling's face was pale due to blood loss.
"But I didn't die."
"Even the King of Hell wouldn't accept someone as wicked as me."
"Your way of repenting is to declare yourself emperor?" Gu Qingyan revealed a mocking smile. "And then spread rumors about my origins to force the Empress Dowager to submit?"
"It wasn't me!"
Gu Qingling unconsciously took a step back. "It really wasn't me..."
Gu Qingling stared at Gu Qingyan for a moment, then threw her head back and burst into laughter.
The next second, Gu Qingyan's knife stabbed at Gu Qingling's right arm again.
A red knife goes in, a red knife comes out.
"Gu Qingling, do you know? If it weren't for wanting the Empress Dowager to decide how to deal with you so she could avenge you, you would be dead by now."
With the knife tip pointed at Gu Qingling's heart, Gu Qingling's legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground with a thud.
With both hands crippled, Gu Qingling became a complete cripple.
Outside, Gu Lin sat quietly on the steps, showing no reaction to any movement inside.
In his previous life, Ayan also died at Gu Qingling's hands, so now Ayan is the one most qualified to question Gu Qingling.
"Third brother..."
Gu Qingling spoke with some difficulty, "I was taken directly from the capital to Lingzhou, and they told me... they were willing to support me as emperor."
"I want to be the emperor."
Gu Qingling looked sorrowful. He had been the crown prince for more than ten years, how could he not want to be the emperor? He wanted to sit on that dragon throne more than anyone else.
"But I discovered that I was just a puppet!"
Faced with Gu Qingling like this, the ruthlessness in Gu Qingyan's eyes became even more obvious. The next second, the sword was thrust towards Gu Qingling's left leg.
"I don't bother with these things," Gu Qingyan sneered. "You've fallen to this state because of your own stupidity. What I want to settle with you is our grudge."
Gu Qingling let out a heavy sigh.
Yes, he brought all of this upon himself.
"I want to see my mother."
Feeling her blood draining away, Gu Qingling reached out to grab Gu Qingyan, but couldn't move. "Let me see my mother, let me die by her hand, I beg you..."
This time, he's really about to die.
"I know she's very good to me, but I'm just not satisfied and take everything for granted."
Gu Qingling's voice was trembling, but her mind was even clearer.
Gu Qingyan did not respond to Gu Qingling. Instead, with a cruel smile, he thrust the sword into Gu Qingling's right leg again, completely crippling Gu Qingling's limbs.
"What right do you have to see the Empress Dowager!"
Gu Qingling was forced to curl up due to the pain, and there was a lot of blood on the ground. Gu Qingling once again felt the loss of life.
"Let me see her one more time..."
As Gu Qingling moved, her sleeve was flipped open, revealing a crookedly embroidered marigold in Gu Qingyan's view.
Behind the scenes, it was said that the Jiang family was small in number and consisted of military generals, so from a young age, the women in the family would personally sew marigolds into the inside of the children's sleeves, hoping for their safety and well-being.
Therefore, all his clothes had marigolds sewn on the cuffs by his mother.
The stitches on Gu Qingling's sleeves were clearly not sewn by the Empress Dowager.
"Please, let me see her."
As the blood flowed more and more, Gu Qingling's voice grew softer and softer.
"There's no one in this world who's been better to me than her..."
No one will ever again cautiously inquire about his preferences and try their best to please him just to earn a smile from him.
Now he can only clumsily embroider a marigold on his dragon robe, following the pattern of the marigold on the sleeve he had discarded years ago.
If only time could turn back.
"Third brother, I... envy you so much..."
I envy that you are truly the Queen Mother's child, her own flesh and blood, born after ten months of her pregnancy.
I also envy that you have never let down your mother. Even though you didn't know her true identity in your previous life, you were willing to pay the price of your life for her.
He really envied Gu Qingyan.
After saying those words, Gu Qingling fell into a coma.
A few breaths later, the sword in Gu Qingyan's hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Gu Lin walked in at that moment, glanced at Gu Qingling, and then looked back at Gu Qingyan.
"Father, he cannot die now."
Gu Lin nodded and walked straight to Gu Qingyan. "Qingyan, put your hand out."
Gu Lin took a handkerchief and gently wiped the blood off Gu Qingyan's hands.
“Father, Gu Qingling just said that he was brought directly to Lingzhou and that these people had no connection with him before.” Gu Qingyan hugged Gu Lin’s waist. “I lost my composure just now. I should have continued to ask about this matter.”
Gu Lin reached out and rubbed Gu Qingyan's head. "Just now I thought you were going to stab him through the heart."
In his view, Ayan had already shown great restraint.
"Anyway, with Mei Chu around, he won't die."
Gu Lin grabbed Gu Qingyan and walked outside, saying, "Let's go out and celebrate now."
"Celebrating victory?"
Because of his confrontation with Gu Qingling just now, Gu Qingyan's thoughts are now a beat slower than usual.
"You've taken Licheng so easily, shouldn't you celebrate? If you don't celebrate, shouldn't your soldiers at least get a share of the spoils?"
After fighting all the way, the main force had not yet rested, and the soldiers were almost exhausted.
"It was my negligence."
Gu Qingyan chuckled at his own amusement. Seeing Gu Qingyan's relaxed expression, Gu Linwei breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
"I want to give the soldiers an extra meal!" The joy of victory gradually appeared on Gu Qingyan's face. Behind him, Mei Chu quietly entered the room and reached out to feel Gu Qingling's pulse.
The pulse of impending death.
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