frightfiction Chapter 220 The Sad Truth
Chapter 220 The Sad Truth
Xu Qingzhao was so frightened by the sneer of Emperor Jinyang that he broke out in a cold sweat. This Emperor Jinyang was moody. After being with him for such a long time, he could chat and laugh with ministers in the last second, and drag people out and behead them in the next second.
"Your mother's surname isn't Jiang. It's Xu."
Xu Qingzhao's eyes widened instantly, and his pupils dilated slightly in shock, as if he wanted to take in the incredible thing in front of him.
"Do not……"
Emperor Jinyang sneered and continued:
"Your biological father is me. Your mother is Xu..."
Halfway through his speech, Emperor Jinyang sighed and ultimately did not say the rest of the name.
Xu Qingzhao was still in shock. She was twenty-one years old this year. According to her age... She seemed to have the answer in her heart. She slowly looked towards Emperor Jinyang and uttered a few words with difficulty. Her voice was low and trembling:
"Your Majesty... do you have any concrete evidence?"
"My words are evidence."
Yes, how could the emperor use such a thing to make fun of her? But how could anyone believe this?
"Back then, I was just an extremely mediocre prince. Among the late emperor's many intelligent sons, I was just a foil. I fell in love with that woman. If the late emperor hadn't stopped me, she would have been my principal wife. Now, she is the mother of the country."
"Unfortunately, I have let everyone down in my life, but that person is the only one I feel guilty about. Unfortunately, she disappeared before I ascended the throne. I sent many people to look for her, but there was no trace of her."
"It wasn't until seven years ago that I learned she had given birth to a daughter for me. That daughter was used by some people as a bargaining chip to harm me. I am the emperor, and nothing escapes my eyes."
"I have been looking for your mother for twenty years, and I have been looking for you for seven years."
All the strength in Xu Qingzhao's body was drained, and his body leaned back unconsciously. He instinctively raised his hands, palms facing outward, fingers slightly open, as if he wanted to grab something to stabilize his shaky emotions.
"This... this is absolutely impossible. It's impossible. My parents would never harm me..."
"They love you, but they love power and calculation even more. To be second only to one man, above ten thousand, what a glory that is!"
It's impossible, absolutely impossible. Even if I'm not their biological child, their love for me over the years is not fake. It's impossible for Emperor Jinyang to sow discord between them with just a few words.
Seeing that she had no response, Emperor Jinyang did not provoke her any further. He picked up the memorial and began to handle government affairs.
"You go meet a person, and after you meet him, you will make your own conclusion."
"Zhong Yunhai!"
When the eunuch Zhong outside heard the shouting, he lifted the curtain and came in, bowing and paying his respects.
"Take her to see Ming Zhaoyi."
"Yes……"
Eunuch Zhong walked up to Xu Qingzhao and said to her with a smile:
"Miss Xu, please follow me..."
As if she had heard some instructions, she stood up numbly and followed Eunuch Zhong out of the main hall, forgetting to say goodbye to Emperor Jinyang.
Walking along the palace road, Xu Qingzhao gradually regained consciousness. The tall palaces on either side of her brow made the sky look like a crack, and she was trapped in this crack, having difficulty breathing.
"Miss Xu, we are here. I will take you in."
Moonlight Palace
This is the palace where Ming Zhaoyi lived. The whole palace is dominated by moon white, and the roof is inlaid with moonstones. At night, the moonlight and the gems on the roof complement each other, creating a beautiful scene.
At just one glance, you can tell that the concubine living here is extremely favored.
"Your Majesty, rest in peace. Miss Xu misses her family, and the Emperor has specially sent this servant to speak with you."
Eunuch Zhong bowed, but strangely, there was no one sitting in the main seat. Instead, a pleasant female voice came from behind the curtain.
"I understand, you can go down."
The voice was unfamiliar. Xu Qingzhao searched through his memory but could not find the owner of this voice.
After Eunuch Zhong left and closed the door, Xu Qingzhao was now outside the curtain in the room, feeling a little at a loss.
She was so afraid that the person behind the curtain was her, but also afraid that the person behind the curtain was not her.
"Miss Xu, come in. I have brewed the finest Yunyin Cuilan."
Xu Qingzhao was stunned for a moment and quickly replied:
"Yes, thank you, ma'am."
When she opened the curtain and walked in, she saw a woman who seemed too beautiful to be real sitting on the couch, looking at her with a smile.
"Big...big sister?"
No...no...
This woman looked about the same age as her, but her eldest sister was more than ten years older than her and should be in her thirties now.
How come you are so young?
The woman before her was dressed in a gorgeous pale pink brocade palace dress, her hair covered in pearls and jade. Every glance and smile of her looked like her elder sister in her youth...
The answer is ready to come out.
She is not Jiang Mingyue's daughter.
But she is the daughter of Xu Mingzhe and Jiang Mingyue’s eldest daughter.
She is the granddaughter of both of them.
The Xu family has three daughters: the eldest daughter is Xu Xingwan, the second daughter is Xu Jinchu, and the third daughter is Xu Qinglan.
When she was born, her eldest sister was already sixteen years old, and even her second sister was twelve years younger than her eldest sister.
At that time, his mother had no milk, so he invited the village chief's wife, Da Sun, to come into the mansion to be a wet nurse.
When she was very young, she had never seen her elder sister. She only knew that she had gone to a very far place and would not come back for a long time. She thought that her elder sister was out for fun.
It was not until I was eight or nine years old that I spent some time with my eldest sister.
At that time, her elder sister would cry after looking at her for a while. She still remembered that it was autumn, and her elder sister was wearing white clothes and watching her play under the moon. There were only the two of them in the whole yard.
Until she was leaving, her eldest sister turned around and hugged her, and she never saw her eldest sister again.
My mother said that my eldest sister got married and would never come back.
"Miss Xu? The tea is cold..."
Xu Qingzhao came to his senses and looked carefully at Ming Zhaoyi in front of him.
She is 70% similar to her elder sister, but there is more desire for fame and fortune between her eyebrows.
Seeing the other person looking at her, Ming Zhaoyi smiled, pushed the teacup forward and said:
"Miss Xu also thinks I look like an old friend of yours?"
Xu Qingzhao nodded silently.
"I was originally a tea picker from Fuzhou. I was fortunate enough to be chosen by the emperor and entered the palace as a concubine. I can feel that every time the emperor looks at me, he is looking through me to see another person."
"Do you still remember that bowl of lotus seed soup?"
"Remember……"
She had sent it to the Qinzheng Palace on her first day in the palace. She had even wondered why the soup had no lotus seeds and was so bitter.
"I didn't send that bowl of soup. The Emperor told me to deliver it at that time. I noticed something was wrong with the taste then, so I made it very bitter. I don't have any children, so I pity them."
When she said this, a hint of bitterness appeared on her face, as if she was talking about something sad.
Xu Qingzhao had already understood Emperor Jinyang's intention at this time.
Apart from sadness, the only thing left in her heart was irony.
He thought that if he saw these things, he would let go of the past grudges and stop caring about them.
He thought that by finding a substitute for Big Sister to show his deep affection, she would naively believe that he really loved Big Sister. He even forbade this substitute from having children, as a way of being loyal to Big Sister.
It's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.
Her parents loved him more than power and calculation. But Emperor Jinyang was more hypocritical. He loved power more.