When he was born, the Zheng family was still in the capital. Despite the opposition of his ministers, the emperor wanted to marry a daughter of the Zheng family as his empress. At that time, the Zheng family was very prestigious, and all the children in the academy flattered him.
But later, his grandfather was sentenced to death, and the Zheng family was exiled. Life got worse year by year, and he had long been tired of those bitter days.
But fleeing is only worse than being exiled.
"Little sister, you should go. Your brother wants to take a gamble. If he wins, he can kill the crown prince and avenge the Zheng family. If he loses, he will only lose his life."
Zheng Qiao'er became anxious, "But elder brother, Xie Qian is unwilling to cooperate with the Empress at all. How can the Empress possibly win him over?"
They were also powerless to kill the crown prince.
But then Zheng Laoda said, "The Empress will surely have a way. She was able to make two emperors make her empress, so she will never be content with this. If all else fails, I will find a way to kill the Crown Prince."
Zheng Qiao'er was afraid of death, and all she wanted to do was escape the capital. So she tried her best to persuade her brother, but suddenly she vomited blood.
Immediately, a piercing pain shot through her heart. "Brother, I...I'm in so much...so much pain..."
Older Zheng was also startled by the sudden turn of events and quickly helped Zheng Qiao'er up, asking, "Little sister, what's wrong?"
Another mouthful of blood gushed out. Zheng Qiao'er lowered her eyes and looked at the black blood in her palm. She knew that she must have been poisoned.
But after she came to her brother's place, she didn't eat anything. That was in the palace, but if she had been poisoned by food, she wouldn't have been able to wait this long for the symptoms to appear.
Suddenly, her gaze fell on the bracelet on her wrist. As if remembering something, she hurriedly reached for Zheng Laoda's collar, trying to tear off his jade pendant.
But it was too late. Boss Zheng also started vomiting blood, and he panicked, "How could I..."
"It is...the Empress..."
After saying her last words, Zheng Qiao'er breathed her last.
Not long after, Old Zheng closed his eyes, unwilling to accept his fate.
Shi Wuxia watched the whole thing from the side, burned the poisoned silver notes to prevent them from harming others, and then went to the Prince of Yan's mansion to tell Xie Qian about the deaths of the Zheng siblings.
"Human hearts are unpredictable. The people all praise the Empress for her kindness, but who would have thought she could be so vicious? In fact, you are lucky that you were not raised by her. Your brother-in-law, the Crown Prince, is much worse off than you."
Xie Qian never expected that his birth mother would be so vicious.
To prevent her collusion with the Zheng family from being exposed, she even killed her own family members.
"But I had previously heard that she treated Prince Ning very well."
Shi Wuxia sat down in the armchair beside his bed. "You don't understand. There are women in this world who are best at pretending to please men."
The emperor's decision to have you exchange with Prince Ning was made in accordance with the late emperor's will, and he had no choice but to do so.
If she cooperates with the emperor and treats the child she received as her own, wouldn't the emperor think she is very sensible, virtuous, and loving?
Faced with such a wife, wouldn't the emperor cherish her even more, perhaps even feel guilty for separating her from her biological son?
Xie Qian nodded, "I've learned a lot."
Shi Wuxia was hungry from running around. Seeing two cups of tea on the table, she picked up one of them, took a sip, and said, "Most men fall for this kind of thing and can't see through Bai Lian's intentions."
Xie Qian looked at her and suddenly blushed.
She hadn't had time to come see him just now. He brewed tea, but before she could even drink it, she ran out again.
He lay in bed for several days, but his bones ached, so he got up and sat down at the table to drink tea. Afterward, he went to the study to look for books.
When he returned, he found that Shi Wuxia was sitting in the seat he had just been sitting in, so he had to sit opposite him. After hearing about the fate of the Zheng siblings, he felt a pang of sadness and forgot about changing the teacups.
Unexpectedly, she drank it.
Xie Qian dared not speak out, fearing that Shi Wuxia would beat him again, so he could only lower his eyes.
She had no time to notice his reaction, and narrowed her eyes, "Why are you blushing? Have you been fooled by a woman before?"
"No."
Xie Qian replied quickly, "I can't stand the smell of other women and have never had any contact with women."
Shi Wuxia leaned closer to him, gazing into his eyes, "Really?"
"Really...really."
Xie Qian stammered when she looked at him like that.
Shi Wuxia found it amusing and asked, "Then why are you blushing? If you don't tell me, I'll beat you up."
As she spoke, she made a move to get up. Xie Qian had been in contact with her for some time and felt that she was a bit reckless and did not have a clear distinction between men and women. She said that she really would hit someone if she said she would.
But he didn't want to get spanked now; he wanted to save face in front of her.
He could only say, "The teacup you're drinking from is the one I just used."
Shi Wuxiao listened, put down his cup, and gave a faint "oh".
She had trained in the Xuanjia Army for several years, often going on missions with the young male soldiers, where there were fewer strict rules regarding gender segregation.
However, sharing a cup of tea with a man is, well, a first for me.
She took another slow sip, her eyes looking at Xie Qian with a half-smile, and sure enough, she saw his face turn even redder.
Shi Wuxia turned the teacup in his hand and laughed like a playboy, "Not bad."
Xie Qian felt he was being teased when Shi Wuxia grabbed his chin.
She had no time to look him over, and asked with a smile, "When you wanted to marry me, did you know that I was three years older than you?"
His usually sharp mind suddenly went blank because of the woman's touch, and he subconsciously said, "A woman three years older than a man is a treasure."
After he finished speaking, his face was practically burning red.
Shi Wuxia clicked her tongue inwardly; her innocent younger brother was rather adorable.
However, he didn't tease her any further, because she heard hurried footsteps approaching. It was Xie Qian's guards. "Master, someone from the palace has come. They say they want to take you into the palace."
"lift?"
Shi Wuxia narrowed her eyes and looked at Xie Qian.
They both noticed something was wrong in each other's eyes. Shi Wuxia said, "Go back and lie down. I'll go check on you."
When they arrived at the front yard, they found something was wrong; it wasn't Chen Banjun who had come today…
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