Cao Hou's entire body twitched as if she had been struck by lightning. She widened her reddened, wrinkled eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "What nonsense are you talking about! This empress and Empress Zhou are irreconcilable. When, when did I ever have anything to do with her! "
Seeing Cao Hou still trying to quibble, Ning Shu's heart was in turmoil. She really didn't know how to look at this woman who was still the noblest in the Great Yue Dynasty, but was also the most miserable woman.
Did she hate her? She hated her. Was she pitiful? Extremely pitiful.
"Empress, is there really nothing?" Amidst Cao Hou's exasperation, her voice was exceptionally calm, "If there isn't anything, then why are your eyes always in a daze? Now that things have reached this point, your stubborn resistance is already meaningless, isn't it? "
A single sentence, so dull yet so sharp, like a hammer, smashed the last false barrier in front of Cao Hou to pieces. From then on, she had nowhere to hide.
"Twenty-five years ago, you assisted His Majesty in personally planning that year's palace coup, roping in Eldest Princess Xiao Mingxue to poison the previous Crown Prince, causing him to become a madman, a cripple, and completely torn apart from the throne. Empress Zhou painfully lost her weight and completely lost her power. Seeing that death was at hand, in order to protect her only flesh and blood, she had no choice but to personally force herself into a dead end, reaching an agreement with the person she originally hated the most.
A Gu that could control the world and make people tremble in fear, in exchange for the life of a sickly person who could die at any time, this kind of transaction was enough to move anyone, including you, Empress, who was destined to be the mother of the world at that time, but still couldn't satisfy your ambitions. Thus, with one hand, the other hand, the person, and the predicted high fever. That little girl who was born in the same year, month, and day as Xiao Mingjia, who had an auspicious aura, who was carefully selected to resist the evil aura of Xiao Mingjia's fate, was quietly sent out of the palace. Her memories were erased, and she returned to being the youngest daughter of an ordinary official family. Then, not long after, there was a big fire. Blood splattered all over the Phoenix Algae, frightening the world. In the end, Empress Zhou died in Phoenix Terrace, and the legend of a generation became an unspeakable secret. "
Not to mention Zhao Bin, even Xiao Yunyi, who had pretended to be indifferent, could not hide his shock after hearing such a terrifying story.
Heaven's Choice Emperor's face was incomparably heavy, he clenched his tiger palm, his gaze was dark as he said: "You are saying, your mother and Princess Xin are actually Xiao Ming Jia that Empress Zhou purposely sent out of the palace?"
Ning Shu smiled and shook her head. "I once had such suspicions. After all, mother left the palace at such an opportune time. Furthermore, before mother entered the palace when she was young, she was lively and healthy. There was no reason for her to become a different person after leaving the palace. Throughout the year, she constantly had minor illnesses, but major illnesses were nothing new. She lived like a delicate beauty. She was too similar to the rumored Princess Mingjia.
However, no, I was certain that she was not. For more than ten years, I have been raised by her. In this world, no one knows better than me what kind of weak and soft-hearted person my mother is. How could she be the person who hid in the dark and set up this trap when she was crushed to death with a sorrowful expression? She did not have this ability.
Thus, I continued to be confused, until — "
She slowly turned her head and looked at Su Xue, who had her head lowered and did not even dare to raise her head. The veins on the back of her hands were unconsciously popping out.
"That day in the mountain temple, when I met Su Xue for the second time, I found that after removing the hideous scars on her face, she was actually faintly similar to my mother. After that, all the answers in my heart jumped out of the water. It turned out that Empress Zhou casually threw out a bait and actually played with everyone here, and even the entire imperial harem, and the entire imperial court. Twenty-five years! "
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