Three days after Helian Qing died, King Wei Xiao Linfeng was also under house arrest for three days.

Just when rumors were spreading outside, everyone was speculating whether he would be finished.

Xiao Linfeng took the initiative to ask to see the emperor.

Due to his previous power, his words were passed on. Helian Xuan sneered, "Let him come to see me."

While grinding ink for him, Zhongqiu said calmly, "Your Majesty, do you want the King of Wei to pay for the Ninth Princess' life?"

He smeared her face with ink and chuckled with an ambiguous tone, "That depends on whether he is willing to sacrifice his own life."

An hour later, Zhongqiu with her hair loose and Xiao Linfeng, who was taken into the palace, passed each other outside the Golden Palace.

"If Gu Mingyue knew that the girl she had carefully raised had climbed into the dragon bed, I wonder how she would feel."

Zhongqiu turned back sharply, his eyes cold, "You are not worthy of mentioning her name!"

"Don't you want to know the cause of Helian Qing's death, Princess? Now is the last chance."

After he said that, he walked straight into the Golden Palace.

Zhongqiu hesitated for a moment, and even though he knew that Xiao Linfeng might be used for something, he still went to tell the princess about it.

In the Golden Palace, Helian Xuan looked at the man kneeling in the hall with deep disgust in his eyes.

"What crime should Xiao Aiqing be charged with for murdering the royal princess?"

Xiao Linfeng raised his head slowly, without a trace of fear on his face, and looked at him with eyes as calm as water.

"First of all, I don't want to die. Secondly, if I die, the secret that the royal family has been trying so hard to cover up will soon spread to all countries and become the funniest joke in the world!"

"Xiao Linfeng, you are so outrageous!"

Helian Xuan couldn't control his anger after all and threw the teacup on the table at him.

Xiao Linfeng did not dodge or evade, letting the teacup smash his forehead and blood flow down half of his face. He seemed to feel no pain, smiling gently, "Anger is harmful to your health, Your Majesty, please stop."

Helian Xuan hated his indifferent look the most, and felt like he had punched cotton.

"Do you threaten me?"

"Yes." He said fearlessly, "If Your Majesty doesn't care, you can just try to kill me."

He was certain that Helian Xuan did not dare to kill him, and he was also certain that Helian Xuan did not want to reveal the royal secrets.

Helian Xuan suppressed the anger in his heart, sneered, and threw the imperial edict that had been written long ago at him without mercy.

"From now on, all your rights and official positions will be revoked, and you will be demoted to a commoner."

"I can give you everything, and I can take everything back. This Xiling is my Xiling!"

This is a warning as well as a warning, and the arrogance of the superiors is displayed to the fullest.

Xiao Linfeng picked up the imperial edict that fell on the ground, "So the charge is murder of the princess?"

"According to the law, you should be beheaded in public. I am showing you mercy by sparing your life."

"Haha." Xiao Linfeng laughed sarcastically, "Murdering the princess? Didn't you personally push her to death?"

"I am very curious about what kind of mood your Majesty was in when he granted the Ninth Princess to me in marriage?"

When he was granted the marriage, even though he considered himself not a good person, he still felt that the marriage was ridiculous.

How dare Helian Xuan!

The moment the imperial edict was issued, Helian Qing was doomed to die with no way to escape.

They all knew the truth, so they also made their own plans around this marriage.

Helian Xuan avoided answering his question and said, "It's a pity that Jiang Xue Ning ran away, otherwise this marriage would be more exciting."

Of course, he was still satisfied with this result. From his point of view, he didn't want Jiang Xue Ning to fall into the hands of the man in front of him.

Xiao Linfeng's eyes flashed with regret, and he retorted sarcastically, "It is a blessing for the Ninth Princess to have a royal brother like you. But I think His Majesty will not sleep well at night. After all, he has killed his wife, so killing a sister is nothing."

The two of them frantically jumped back and forth across each other's bottom line, almost tearing apart the mask of harmony between the monarch and his subjects.

Helian Xuan was overstimulated, but calmed down and looked at him with interest, "Back then, Mr. Gu actually wanted to marry her to you, but you refused."

Even on the road to the downfall of the Gu family, he was definitely not innocent. In the past, Helian Xuan thought that he hated the Gu family and Gu Mingyue, but now that he thinks about it carefully, it should be more than just hatred.

He and Gu Mingyue were true childhood sweethearts. He didn't believe that he really hated her and had never been moved for a moment.

"Xiao Linfeng, do you love too much or hate too much? Or do you want to destroy what you can't get?"

Xiao Linfeng naturally would not answer him, but asked in return, "Then Your Majesty killed her with your own hands. Was it because you loved her too much or hated her too much?"

Helian Xuan covered his face with his hands and chuckled, his laughter was somewhat desolate, "The more I love, the more I hate."

I love her bright clothes, her horse, and her scorching sun; I love her as bright and dazzling as a rose.

He hated her for radiance being too great and intimidating the imperial power, and hated her for having too many things in her heart and being unable to stay contented in the harem.

Whether they loved her, hated her, or had some other feelings towards her, they all made the same choice, breaking her wings and destroying her.

Regret?

I don’t know… maybe I don’t regret it.

After all, one loves beauty more than the country, and the other lives in darkness forever, so he tries to dye the moon black.

This topic seems to be a taboo. When you talk about it, you not only hurt the other person, but also touch upon the secrets in your own heart.

After the two of them exchanged sharp words, they lost interest in continuing the conversation.

Helian Xuan said, "Go away."

Xiao Linfeng took the imperial edict and left without any reluctance. He never cared about the King of Wei.

Walking along the road lined with red walls and bluestone, the eldest princess was waiting for him at the corner, her eyes fixed on his bright yellow imperial edict.

He said frankly, "The emperor accused me of murdering the princess, so he demoted me to a commoner."

The princess calmly asked, "Did you commit murder?"

Xiao Linfeng thought about it for a while and said, "This is an interesting question."

"I did have a lot of plans for her, so I did something to her. What's interesting is that His Majesty also wanted her dead, so he did something to her as well."

"So she died in a wedding. I don't know which side of ours was responsible for her death. Or, Princess, you can also understand that we subconsciously conspired to kill her."

The princess narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "Very good, you are still so unscrupulous even now."

Xiao Linfeng said calmly, "Everything stems from the emperor's marriage. If you want to avenge her, please kill the emperor first."

He walked past her and said maliciously, "Otherwise I would think that the eldest princess is nothing but this, just as hypocritical!"

The eldest princess was not angered by him. She just looked up at the sky and felt powerless.

Power struggles have always been dirty, and she really couldn't kill the emperor who started it.

She sighed softly, "I am old after all..."

Her maid supported her sadly, "You have done enough for Xiling."

She shook her head and said, "Forget it. It's time for me to retire as an old man."

Carrying wounds all over his body from the battlefield, and filled with endless sadness.


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