“The day someone from the palace came to pick me up, she put on my clothes and became the Third Miss of the Xie family, while I followed her in the clothes of a maid.

We originally planned that after the ceremonial officer picked her up, I would pretend to be the one sending off the bride and return to the Xie family.

Who would have thought that the person who came to pick him up was not an official from the Ministry of Rites, but His Majesty!"

Concubine Yun looked helpless.

“Maybe it’s fate, His Majesty had actually seen me before, and that’s why he ordered me to enter the palace, and he came here specifically to pick me up.

As a result, I naturally could not go back. His Majesty was angry that I wanted to escape the marriage, and he had sex with me that night."

"Since the Emperor has already found you, why did he bring my mother into the palace?"

Yan Qi did not find the answer when he was at Xie's house. Since Emperor Hui had already found the person he wanted, why did he bring his mother into the palace, making her life extremely difficult?

Upon hearing this, Concubine Yun smiled bitterly.

"You are her son, how can you not understand his character? If he sees a beautiful woman, can he let her go?

He brought Wanqing and I back to the palace. At first, he only said that he brought Wanqing back to keep me company. After I moved into Yunxi Palace, he came to see me every day.

Every time he came, Wanqing would hide in her room and not show up.

Two years passed like this, and She'er was born. He was very good to us mother and son, and I gradually softened my heart and wanted to live a good life with him and raise She'er.

At that time, my father had passed away and my second brother became the head of the family. He sent me a message, asking me to find a way to send Wanqing back. As long as the Xie family is there, She'er will naturally have a future.

I agreed. "

Concubine Yun raised her head and looked straight at Yan Qi.

"Since Second Brother wants her, there is no reason for me not to ask her to go back. I also don't want to have one more person to share my favor. After all, I still have to plan for She'er's future.

In this way, she kept in touch with her second brother, waiting for the Xie family's Mid-Autumn Festival gift to arrive that year, and then her second brother would take her back to the Xie family.

I don’t know how my second brother convinced her. She was reluctant to go back at first, fearing that she would be a burden to my second brother. But later, she looked forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival every day, waiting for my second brother.”

Yan Qi listened quietly, frowning slightly.

"She didn't make it, did she?"

"Yes."

"That night, She'er fell ill and I was busy taking care of her, so I sent my trusted nanny to escort her out of the palace.

My second brother's people are waiting outside the palace gate. As soon as Wanqing leaves the palace gate, they can return to Ganzhou."

Concubine Yun looked sad and seemed to be in some pain.

"But who would have thought that Wanqing would run into His Majesty on the road by chance."

Concubine Yun looked up at Yan Qi, her eyes misty.

“Perhaps you don’t believe me, but I feel sorry for Wanqing. After that night, she seemed to have lost her soul and never smiled again.

The person she loves in her heart is my second brother, but His Majesty took his body away from her. As a result, she can no longer be with my second brother. I know she is heartbroken. "

"Did you know that your mother wanted to commit suicide?"

Concubine Yun slowly stood up from the ground, walked towards Yan Qi and asked.

"I think my second brother is really crazy. He knows that Wanqing lost her virginity to His Majesty, but he still refuses to give up and wants to rescue Wanqing.

He even guessed that Wanqing was going to commit suicide, so he sent a guard to protect her. In fact, he was just watching Wanqing to prevent her from dying. "

Concubine Yun fell into distant memories.

"Until you came along."

Concubine Yun looked at Yan Qi and said.

“Your Majesty was somewhat interested in Wanqing at first, and he did not give her any title, but he often came to my palace to favor her.

Wanqing resisted at first, but later she could only endure it silently. Soon after, Wanqing became pregnant.

Originally, His Majesty was very happy and wanted to give Wanqing a position, but by coincidence, His Majesty saw the letter written by his second brother to Wanqing at her place.

His Majesty was furious. He forced Wanqing to answer if she had someone else in her heart. Wanqing admitted it.

His Majesty was furious and scolded Wanqing for not being a faithful wife. He never visited Wanqing again.

"She deliberately let Your Majesty see those letters."

Yan Qi muttered to himself.

"Yes."

Concubine Yun looked at Yan Qi and nodded.

"Since His Majesty stopped visiting her, Wanqing has gradually started to smile. She said that you are her flesh and blood, and it has nothing to do with anyone else. It's just that she has the only person in the world who is connected to her by blood."

Yan Qi only felt a sharp pain deep in his left chest. He couldn't help but raise his hand and press it gently on his chest.

It turns out that before I was born, there was someone who was waiting for me and loved me so deeply. If she were still alive, would those days of being abandoned and forgotten in my childhood have never happened?

Yan Qi tried hard to calm down, and after a long while he finally asked Yun Fei with difficulty,

"And then, how did she die?"

"She was murdered when she gave birth to you. She was poisoned. No, it wasn't poison.

I don’t know what happened back then, but she died after giving birth to you.”

Seeing Yan Qi staring at her, Yun Fei felt a little guilty.

“My second brother asked me to look after her at the time, but because of her, His Majesty hasn’t come to my palace for several months, and I resent her in my heart.

I thought she had a guard by her side, so I didn't go to guard her."

Concubine Yun must be telling the truth.

But Yan Qi did not have much resentment towards Concubine Yun. After all, the man who caused all these tragedies was the one who should be held most responsible for it.

"After your mother passed away, you had no one to take care of you.

His Majesty doesn't like you. In his words, if your late wife is not clean, the child she gives birth to will inevitably go astray in the future, so he gave you this name that is different from the other princes."

From childhood to adulthood, Yan Qi has never received even a glance from Emperor Hui. Is there such a ridiculous reason?

Yan Qi wanted to laugh out loud.

The person whom I had wanted to get close to countless times and wanted to get his approval, he is not worthy of being a father at all!

Childhood memories suddenly flooded back. When Yan Qi was young, the palace maids always told him that his mother was recuperating in a villa outside the palace, and that Yan Qi would be able to see her when he grew up.

It was not until he was twelve years old that Yan Qi overheard Emperor Hui talking to his father-in-law.

It was then that Yan Qi learned that his mother had died when he was born, and when Emperor Hui, his father, mentioned Yan Qi, he had only two words to describe him: unlucky.

"I was able to grow up, probably because of your protection. Otherwise, a prince without a mother and no one to protect him would have died in the cold palace long ago."

Yan Qi looked at the woman in front of him whose face was already weathered but still somewhat bright and beautiful and asked.

"Before you left the palace at the age of twelve, I did protect you. That was out of guilt towards your mother. You don't have to show mercy to me for that."

Concubine Yun's face was full of arrogance.

"I can promise you that as long as His Majesty does not order the execution of Yan She, I can keep him alive in the city defense camp."

Yan Qi took a few steps forward, looked Yun Fei in the eye, his eyes were cold, and he uttered a few words coldly,

"As for you, Madam Yun Fei, please choose one for yourself!"

After saying that, Yan Qi opened the door and walked out.

Mu Xiao came in with a tray and put it down.

Inside were a dagger, white silk and poison.

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