Chapter 700
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Xiahou Qing said slowly, "Empress Zhou chose to end all of this with her own hands?"
"Yes. She is the most arrogant woman I have ever seen. She is overly intelligent and overly arrogant. Later, I even thought that she might not have chosen to enter the palace for Father Emperor, nor for the position of Empress, but for the sake of protecting the Crown Prince, the rare glory of her Zhou family. She imparted all of her skills and wisdom to her Crown Prince Gege. She made him into a second person who was far better than her. She only forgot to teach him what it means to be petty, and what it means to repay kindness with enmity, so that he fell for it so easily. " Xiao Minglan chuckled, seeming both happy and sad. "In this situation, the arrogant Empress Zhou had a premonition that even if she really killed Father Emperor, it would be difficult to reverse the situation. The Zhou family was finished. Rather than being destroyed by others, it was better to end it with her own hands. Thus, she set fire to the Phoenix Algae Palace, pierced through Brother Crown Prince's heart, and turned herself into a curse that would last for generations to come, demanding the lives of all those who had wronged them. "
Even Xiahou Qing hadn't guessed that the truth would be so unbearable. Feng Zao's fire that had been burning for twenty-five years seemed to have reached here as well. It was about to burn the entire imperial city to ashes.
Xiahou Qing thought for a moment, and found a loophole in the logic. "If Empress Zhou had already predicted the outcome and was prepared to die, then the Imperial Jade Seal that the Prince stole from the previous Emperor only served to add fuel to the fire. Why would she hate you so much?"
Xiao Minglan's lips trembled violently, as if he had been forced to face the last malignant sore on his body. It was so dirty and smelly that even breathing was painful. "Because, because … that bowl of medicine that harmed Brother Crown Prince was … personally made by my sister … It was not that Brother Crown Prince did not have his guard up, but he never thought that we, whom he had repeatedly extended a helping hand to, would have the most vicious thoughts in the world. Relying on that bowl of soup, we easily overthrew the Zhou family, easily seized the country for His Majesty, and earned endless wealth and glory for ourselves. In the next ten years, I almost succeeded in forgetting those things. I was like a happy fool staying in Imperial Sister's Princess Mansion, teasing the chickens and dogs, trusting the horses to be reined in, and being the most carefree person in the capital with a clear conscience until that day, the day of my sixteenth birthday! "
Xiao Minglan was so ashamed that she knelt on the ground once again. She wished that she could turn herself into fine powder, stuff herself into a crack in the ground and float into the sky. "That Heavenly Emperor Brother-in-law wasn't around … Why was he coincidentally not around that day? That year, a bowl of soup harmed Brother Crown Prince. That day, a cup of wine ruined us siblings in the same way. Retribution, this is retribution … "
When he finished speaking, there was no other sound in the empty hall. Other than Xiao Minglan's wailing, she had broken down to the extreme. Tears were never a life-saving straw, but when people reached a dead end, it seemed that other than crying, there was no other medicine that could save themselves.
Xiahou Qing listened to the entire story and his heart was filled with mixed feelings. At that time, Xiao Minglan was only six years old. The Eldest Princess probably didn't reveal the matter of the soup to him beforehand. But what was the meaning of this? After all, he was trapped in a cage and couldn't escape.
He stood quietly by Xiao Minglan's side, accompanying him as he cried to his heart's content. Until Xiao Minglan's throat was completely hoarse from crying and he couldn't make any more sound, he finally stopped. He slowly raised his head like a zombie and grabbed Xiahou Qing's clothes.
He asked, but he couldn't make any specific sound. Only the sound of his throat bleeding was left. He struggled and roared, as if if he didn't get an answer today, he would haunt Xiahou Qing even if he turned into a malicious spirit in the future. "I know. Today, I have told you everything. I didn't hide a single word. I just want to know one thing. Who was the one who harmed Herui! "
Xiahou Qing knew that Xiao Minglan would ask this question and he had to answer. Some truths couldn't be avoided even if he hid at the ends of the earth. So he said, "Prince Consort."
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