Quick Travel: Passing Through the Bloody World

In the dimly lit bedroom, the old emperor raised his hands weakly and squeezed out a few words from his dry lips: "Come here... I... want to see Master Xue..."

The only response he got was an eerie silence; the only sound he could hear in the huge bedroom was his own breathing.

The flickering candlelight was blown by the wind and became dim and bright, as if it would be completely extinguished in the next moment.

The old emperor stared weakly at the bright yellow bed curtain above his head, making gurgling sounds in his mouth.

After a long time, his eyes suddenly regained some clarity, and his voice became clearer: "Summon me...Summon Xue Shenyi!"

"Your Highness, I am here."

A tall figure walked out of the darkness. He was almost completely hidden in the darkness, and his crimson palace dress looked like a flickering candle.

The old emperor looked at him sideways, his eyes wide open: "Bring me some writing! I...I want to write...write a will...pass the throne to the prince..."

Xue Shenyi chuckled softly from his nose, his voice as gentle as a lover's whisper: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that today is the seventh day after the death of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The old emperor's pupils contracted violently. He weakly grasped the quilt beneath him and let out an angry growl.

“It’s you! You did it!”

Xue Shenyi sighed, "Your Majesty is wrongly accusing me. The Crown Prince's affairs have nothing to do with me."

"Hasn't it been good enough for me to treat you all these years? Why, why do you want to harm me!" The old emperor stared at Xue Shenyi.

"oh?"

Xue Shenyi walked out from the darkness, his face shining brightly in the candlelight.

Xue Shenyi propped his hands on the bed, approached the old emperor, and looked down at him: "Your Majesty, take a closer look at me, look at who I am."

He no longer used honorifics, his voice was as cold as an ice blade, and every word he spoke was filled with anger.

The old emperor's words of scolding were stuck in his throat. He stared at Xue Shenyi with his eyes changing emotions, from confusion and shock to extreme horror.

"You...what is your relationship with Concubine Xiang?"

"Me? I am Jiang Ying, Your Majesty, have you forgotten me?"

In the old emperor's eyes, Xue Shenyi's face gradually merged with the childish face of more than ten years ago.

At that time, Concubine Xiang was in great favor, Imperial Tutor Jiang was the emperor's teacher, and Imperial Tutor Jiang's eldest son Jiang Ji'an held military power, so the Jiang family had an extraordinary status in the court.

In order to win over the Jiang family, the old emperor brought Tutor Jiang's youngest son Jiang Ying to the palace to accompany Concubine Xiang.

Jiang Ying was a lively and cheerful child. She fully inherited the facial features of Tutor Jiang's wife and was exceptionally beautiful at a young age. At that time, the old emperor was very fond of this child.

It was not until Concubine Xiang was found to have an affair with a guard that the old emperor completely hated the Jiang family. He even never thought of conducting an in-depth investigation into the incident in which court officials jointly accused the Jiang family of treason.

None of the 34 members of the Jiang family, including women, children, the elderly, servants and maids, were spared.

Blood flowed all over the street in front of the Jiang family's house, and it took three days and three nights to completely wipe out the blood.

"There are obviously many suspicious points in what happened back then, but Your Majesty, you have never thought of investigating it thoroughly and clearing the name of the Jiang family! Clearing the name of Concubine Xiang!"

Xue Shenyi punched the crossbar at the head of the bed, and the loud noise made the old emperor tremble all over.

Blood dripped from Xue Shenyi's fingers and fell onto the bright yellow bed.

The pain stimulated Xue Shenyi's brain, making his whole body roar with surging anger.

The old emperor's eyes were filled with fear, and he kept saying, "What happened back then was that the court officials jointly wrote a letter of impeachment. What can I do?"

The Jiang family was too powerful at the time. Once Concubine Xiang fell, all the court officials went crazy and tried to find faults with the Jiang family.

It was not only the emperor who wanted to destroy the Chiang family, but also the court officials who wrote letters to impeach him.

Moreover, the incident involving Concubine Xiang had caused too much trouble. If we did not take thundering actions to shock the world, how would the imperial family maintain its reputation?

"So you gave up the Jiang family for your dignity as an emperor?"

Xue Shenyi seemed to have heard something extremely ridiculous and burst into laughter.

He covered his face, and his laughter echoed crazily in the bedroom.

The old emperor was too weak to move and could only watch Xue Shenyi, who seemed to be crazy, and he didn't even dare to breathe hard in fear.

"You cut off one-third of the Jiang family army's food and fodder, causing the Jiang family army to be trapped in Ningzhou City. In the cold winter, they could only dig up grass to fill their stomachs. Twenty thousand soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but were cut off from military supplies by the emperor they supported, and starved to death in the city!"

Xue Shenyi's eyes were bloodshot, and his voice sounded viciously: "Noble Concubine Xiang, she fell in love with you at first sight when she was young, and the Love Tribulation was created for you. Back then, you were out of favor and were bullied and framed by the other princes and received thirty lashes. It was she who knelt all night in the cold winter to ask for the imperial physician for you! From then on, every time it rained, she would feel unbearable pain."

"But you doubted her sincerity because of a few words from those concubines, skinned her, pulled out her tendons and sent her to a mass grave, and compared your child to a bastard and fed it to wolfhounds."

At this point, Xue Shenyi's face had become ferocious, but his voice was clear and calm.

"Your Majesty! You are in this situation now because you have done too many evil things. This is the result you deserve!"

As if this stimulation was not enough, Xue Shenyi wiped the old emperor's face with his bloody palm and snorted and laughed: "Your Majesty, there is something I should tell you."

"..."

The old emperor stared at Xue Shenyi's movements intently, as if he was afraid that he would break his neck the next moment.

His fear of death made Xue Shenyi's eyes more sarcastic and sad. Sister, what is it about this person that you like?

"Your little queen seems to like me very much."

"You!" The old emperor's eyes bulged out.

Xue Shenyi: "I have already drafted the will for you, Your Majesty."

The old emperor's face quickly swelled up like a ball, alternating between red and purple. He used all his strength to grab Xue Shenyi's collar.

His eyes turned blue and black alternately, and the brilliance in the old emperor's eyes gradually faded. Then, the hand that was grasping Xue Shenyi's collar dropped weakly.

Xue Shenyi looked at his bulging eyes and slowly raised his hand to cover his eyes.

After a long time, a sound that sounded like crying and laughing came out of Xue Shenyi's mouth.

His whole body went limp and he collapsed in front of the bed.

Someone slowly hugged him from behind. Xue Shenyi's body stiffened and he turned his head to meet Pei Yu's smiling eyes.

“Want a hug?”

Xue Shenyi's eyes were filled with tears. He did not ask how Pei Yu got into the emperor's bedroom. He put his arms around Pei Yu's waist and buried his head in Pei Yu's neck.

Pei Yu touched the back of his head soothingly.

"Xue Shenyi, it's over."

The sun rises, the wind is gentle and the sky is bright, it is a brand new day.

In August of the 37th year of the Qing'an reign, Emperor Qianming died and the sixth prince Xuanyuan Mingyuan succeeded to the throne and changed the reign title to Jiali.

Queen Pei Binghe was honored as Empress Dowager Jiamin.