After being reborn in the Mass Grave, she overturned her predecessor's power

Xiao Linglong was sick, and she drank bowl after bowl of medicine, but there was no improvement.

There were memorials after memorials from the court asking the emperor to select candidates, but Xiao Linfeng remained unmoved.

So she became a jealous and evil queen who seduced the emperor and failed to understand the overall situation.

Mrs. Xiao came to see her once and brought her a folk recipe for easy pregnancy, and she suddenly felt discouraged.

Today is her birthday, and Xiao Linfeng had already given her a valuable gift, but she didn't even look at it.

When Xiao Linfeng came to see her after court, she was basking in the sun in the yard, lying on a chair like a rapidly withering flower.

He said, "Happy birthday."

She raised her eyes to look at her, her eyes full of sadness, "Third brother, I regret it."

"I shouldn't have entered the palace. I overestimated myself. I can't be a good queen."

After all, she was the younger sister who grew up with him since childhood, so Xiao Linfeng would still feel a little pity for her.

He said gently, "I will take care of everything outside. You just need to rest and recuperate."

She looked up at the sky and shielded her eyes from the glaring sunlight with her hands. "But when I think about having to stay in this palace for the rest of my life, carrying a false charge, I feel that life is boring."

Xiao Linfeng was unable to answer her question, so he could only cruelly and truthfully say, "Linglong, from the day we stepped into this place, we were doomed to be unable to escape."

"Third brother, I always felt that you were not a person who was keen on power."

Although she was still young at that time, she vaguely remembered that the happiest years for him were when he was studying in Gu Garden.

He is full of energy and vigor. He will skip school and go out drinking with friends. He can laugh sincerely.

Ever since the incident with the Gu family and the fall apart of the people in Gu Garden, he seemed like a different person.

Xiao Linfeng looked down at his blood-stained hands and chuckled, "When I was young, I always thought that I could control everything if I had power."

In fact, in the pursuit of power, he gradually fell into the abyss and could no longer turn back.

Xiao Linglong said in a somewhat ethereal voice, "The person you really loved back then was Gu Mingyue, right? Aunt Xin was just a cover for you."

Under the pretext of feeling unwell and uneasy, she went out to burn incense and met the maidservant who had served Aunt Xin in the past and whom Madam Xiao had found.

After careful questioning, some interesting questions were revealed.

For example, Aunt Xin, who seemed to be favored, was actually secretly punished to kneel on the cold ground all night long.

For example, one time when he was drunk, he was calling Gu Mingyue’s name in his dream.

For example, Aunt Xin accidentally touched something sent by Gu Mingyue, and was tortured half to death by him...

These clues were enough for her to get a glimpse of the truth of what happened back then.

No one ever thought that he loved Gu Mingyue deeply, because the downfall of the Gu family had a lot to do with him.

"Is it too much love or too much hate, or is it hate caused by love?"

Xiao Linfeng bent down and stroked her forehead with his fingers in a seemingly gentle manner. The coldness in his eyes almost froze her. "Linglong, sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing."

He obviously didn't want to talk about the past, nor did he want to mention the secret buried deep in his heart.

She looked at him and sighed softly, "But Third Brother, are you really capable of touching a woman?"

"Back then it wasn't that you didn't love, it was that you couldn't love..."

Xiao Linfeng grabbed her neck and said coldly, "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you call me Third Brother."

It turned out to be true. She was right.

Being loved in a twisted way by such a man may be Gu Mingyue's greatest misfortune.

She was not afraid of him or death at all, but closed her eyes calmly, "To die in the hands of the third brother, maybe it's a good fate."

Otherwise, she couldn't imagine how difficult life would be in the deep palace for a queen who was set as a target and couldn't give birth to a prince.

Xiao Linfeng released his hand, "You have indeed been smart since you were young."

Unfortunately, sometimes the smarter and more clear-headed you are, the more painful it is. She now feels that life is hopeless. It turns out that she still can't calmly be a tool.

“Cough, cough, cough…” She coughed heartbreakingly for a while, and said with no hope in life, “Kill me, or cripple me.”

Xiao Linfeng hugged her by the waist, and the two of them were very close to each other in an instant. He said in a gentle and creepy voice, "Am I not good to you?"

"I can't afford such a favor." She said sarcastically, "Find a reason to depose me. I will spend the rest of my life in seclusion. You can follow my wishes and select someone else to enter the palace. This way, everyone will be happy."

She sincerely felt that being deposed now might be the best outcome for her.

Xiao Linfeng put his forehead against hers and said, "Linglong, I like to force myself the most. Now that I have entered the game, I must fight to the end.

With your intelligence and ability, you will become a good queen if you are willing."

This is why he agreed to marry her even though he knew the Xiao family's intentions. If he had to marry a queen, she would be the best choice.

Xiao Linglong said somewhat collapsedly, "But this is not what I want. This road is too tiring and I don't want to accompany you to the end."

"Third brother, I beg you...please let me go..."

The more she understood the truth, the less she wanted to accompany him, because the end was almost foreseeable.

Xiao Linfeng hugged him and whispered softly, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the Xiao family and your mother."

This was a naked threat, and it was also the fate of her as a daughter of the Xiao family.

Xiao Linfeng picked her up, carried her back to the bed and covered her with a blanket himself, "Get well soon, this harem still needs you to take charge of the situation."

“Cough cough cough, hahahaha…”

Xiao Linglong was so angry that she laughed, and said sarcastically, "I suddenly thought of a saying - the highest is the sun and the moon, the closest is the most distant is husband and wife."

“It’s quite sad that we have come to this point.”

She hadn't thought about having a rapport with him, but she thought he would give her basic respect.

Xiao Linfeng's expression did not fluctuate at all, and he said in a cold and gentle voice, "No matter what, I will protect you to the end."

"I hate you!"

"Then hate it. Hate is also a kind of power."

She turned her head and closed her eyes and stopped looking at him. Xiao Linfeng looked at her deeply and left quickly.

After the people walked away, Vanilla said carefully, "My Lady, it's time to take your medicine."

She leaned weakly against the bed and smiled bitterly, "I have a heart disease."

"Your Majesty, he is too ruthless..."

"He was so cruel to his beloved Gu Mingyue, so who am I..."

She was just hoping for a lucky break, hoping that he would be willing to let her go because she had called him brother for so many years.

Facts proved that she had thought too much. She lowered her eyes and said maliciously, "I hope Xiao Linglong will show up soon. Evildoers need to be punished by evildoers..."

But this thought only flashed through her mind. She knew in her heart that if Xiao Linglong showed up, the situation would become even more chaotic.

It's true that I hate him, but there's no way around having to go on with him.

Maybe this is fate...