After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

This palace banquet lasted until the night...

Lights were lit in the hall, and thousands of candles made the inner hall as bright as day, making the determination in the girl's eyes particularly clear.

At this moment, Emperor Yonghui couldn't tell whether it was reality or a dream...

It seemed to be a night like this, with thousands of lights flickering.

It was also this pair of eyes, looking at him with such despair and resentment, the fire in the eyes seemed to burn him...

The moment he felt a splitting headache, he could no longer distinguish between the present and the past, nor could he tell who was in front of him.

Is it her, or...her?

"Wanyue..."

He looked panicked, his lips moved, calling out the name silently.

"Your Majesty, please calm down..."

Except for Lin Xun, all the ministers knelt on the ground, and even the King of Yue knelt down in fear.

What's going on!

Xiao Xuetang seemed to be a cowardly person in the past. How could he dare to do something like forcing the emperor to come before him today?

If Ye Jin was forced to death, the imperial family would be stabbed in the back; if Xiao Xuetang was really killed today, the emperor and Lin Shaoshu would be cursed to death by the world...

In this case, Xiao Xuetang threatened to sacrifice her life, so it seemed that there was really no need to continue this engagement.

But after breaking off the engagement, has Xiao Xuetang ever thought about the consequences? Can she bear the consequences?

"Don't mess around with His Majesty..."

Just when everyone was trembling with fear and didn't know how to end it, a low and cold voice spoke.

Regent Lin Xun stood up and took Xiao Xuetang's sword from her hand. He said, "Your Majesty is not someone who cannot tell right from wrong. Why would you risk your life for such a small matter as breaking off the engagement? You are too ignorant."

His tone was that of an elder looking at and scolding a mischievous younger generation.

Lin Xun's tone sounded gentle and not abrupt to others.

Xiao Xuetang didn't know why, but she felt a chill on her back. Lin Xun was wearing a mask so her expression couldn't be seen, but her eyes were cold.

With a "crack", the soft sword that had been sharpened and stained with Xiao Xuetang's blood broke into two pieces in Lin Xun's hand.

Mu Yan wailed in her heart, her sword was very expensive!

Xiao Xuetang inexplicably wanted to touch her neck. She felt that what Lin Xun broke was not her sword, but her neck...

My neck is burning with pain.

Tsk, I used too much force and didn’t know how to strike back… It’s all because Mu Yan’s sword is too sharp.

With Lin Xun speaking personally, Emperor Yonghui's originally angry expression eased a little. In addition, too many past events today shocked Emperor Yonghui, which reminded him of the time he spent in Prince Lin's Mansion.

This child was the one who looked most like her. He couldn't bear it, and now Lin Xun was begging for mercy...

Let’s just forget about this matter.

After all, there are some things in this world that cannot be forced.

At this time, Lin Shaoshu saw that Emperor Yonghui looked unhappy, and immediately said, "Father, what happened today was due to my confusion. I am willing to accept the punishment of flogging."

As soon as Lin Shaoshu finished speaking, a wave of commotion instantly arose among the crowd...

In order to restrain the words and deeds of his descendants, Emperor Taizu established the punishment of flogging. If a prince made a mistake, he would be sent to the clan house for flogging and would basically lose half his life.

Even though Lin Shaoshu was at fault for what happened today, he wouldn't risk half his life to keep the engagement.

Now Mu Xiao, who had been watching the show from the side, couldn't understand Lin Shaoshu. He said that he cared about Xiao Xuetang, but he was having an affair with another woman behind Xiao Xuetang's back.

But even if she said she didn't like it, she was willing to endure such harsh punishment in order to keep the engagement.

Even Lin Xun's gaze towards Lin Shaoshu had a hint of complexity.

Under the various gazes of the crowd, Lin Shaoshu looked at Lin Xun deeply, and a smile spread across his pale cheeks, making his handsome face look a little more sinister.

Even if he dies, he will never let go!

Lin Shaoshu's eyes revealed a paranoid madness, which made Xiao Xuetang look unhappy.

He clearly treated her like a worn-out shoe in his previous life, so why is he pretending to be affectionate to her in this life? For whom is he showing this?

Lin Shaoshu is a madman!

At this moment, the silent Xiao Yu spoke up: "Your Majesty, since this marriage was granted by the late emperor, can the late emperor cancel it?"

Hearing what Xiao Yu said, Lin Shaoshu glanced at him and thought that Xiao Yu was talking nonsense.

The late emperor had passed away many years ago. Even if it was Lin Xun, he couldn't dig the late emperor out of the imperial mausoleum and issue an imperial decree to cancel the engagement...

But at this time, Xiao Yu didn't even look at Lin Shaoshu, but said to Xiao Xuetang: "Xuetang, do you still remember the Pisces jade pendant you are wearing?"

Xiao Xuetang took out a jade pendant from the small purse she carried with her. Xiao Yu also took off the jade pendant she was wearing around her waist.

Seeing the two siblings holding half of the jade pendant, the Queen Mother showed a nostalgic look on her face and said, "I remember that this jade pendant... was given to the Xie family by the late emperor. It happened to be Tang'er's first birthday, so he gave the Pisces jade pendant he carried with him to Tang'er."

At that time, Xiao Xuetang was not favored by the old lady in the Marquis' Mansion, and she was also born prematurely, so she stayed in the Xie family and was taken care of by the third master of the Xie family.

Even his first birthday was celebrated at the Marquis' Mansion with only relatives from the clan invited, but at the Xie family, it was celebrated with great fanfare.

The Xie family was so prosperous in those days. The late emperor often went to the Xie family to discuss academic matters with the old tutor Xie.

Thinking of this, a gloomy light flashed in Queen Wang's eyes.

Xiao Yu was five years older than Xiao Xuetang. He could already remember things from Xiao Xuetang's birthday. He clearly told everyone: "When the late emperor saw that Tang'er was so cute, he wished that she would get what she wanted in her life. He then gave the Pisces jade pendant that he always carried with him to us, brother and sister..."

Looking at the familiar Pisces jade pendant, Xiao Yu and Xie's mother and daughter both looked dazed.

Xiao Yu remembered that when his sister was born, he held the adorable baby in his arms and vowed to be the best brother in the world.

Before she was ten years old, Xiao Xuetang was so lively and cute. She was the apple of the eye of the Hou and Xie families. They wanted to give her the best things in the world.

but……

What did he do then? What did they do?!

There were incense sticks burning in the inner hall, mixed with precious spices. In this tight and cramped inner hall, the incense gave Xiao Yu a headache, and many images intertwined in his mind...

At one moment, it was Xiao Xuetang following behind him, calling his brother; at another moment, it was Xiao Xuetang, standing in a pool of blood with a bloody sword in her hand, with a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood behind her. The blood stained the corner of her scarlet phoenix robe, which was cut off by the sword in her hand.

A corner of the phoenix robe fell in front of him...it was covered with the blood of their own flesh and blood!

Xiao Yu let out a long breath, suppressed his thoughts, and said, "Your Majesty, when the late emperor granted this engagement, he must have hoped to create a good story. But now times have changed, people's hearts are fickle, and my sister and the third prince are not destined to be together. Your Majesty, please cancel this engagement for the sake of the late emperor."

When Xiao Yu said this, he looked at Xiao Xuetang with a complicated expression...

Perhaps, it was a good thing for her not to marry into the royal family, as it could prevent those tragedies from happening again.

"Please allow me to cancel the engagement."

Xie also knelt on the ground at this time, pleading for Xiao Xuetang...