jdhmnovel Chapter 699 Do you think your sister really loves you?
Chapter 699 Do you think your sister really loves you?
The emperor's questioning words were like a sharp blade, piercing Yixiu's heart.
She would rather not be awake and remain in madness forever.
Yixiu subconsciously touched her little finger, but the golden armor she once wore there had long since disappeared.
She smiled bitterly and gently brushed away the dust on the small box.
"Your Majesty, how long has it been since you last visited me? Is it three, five, or six years?"
"You promised my sister that you would take good care of me."
"The front yard of Jingren Palace is now burned, and the back yard is overgrown with weeds. How is this different from the cold palace?"
"If I had known you were such a vicious woman, you should be waiting to die in the cold palace now."
The emperor snorted coldly, turned around and sat on the couch, not even willing to look at Yixiu again.
"How dare you mention your sister? You murdered her, and before she died, she begged me to look after you. How can you be worthy of her kindness?"
"Goodness? I'm afraid only you, Your Majesty, would believe that there are good women in the backyard and harem of Prince Yong's mansion, right?"
Yixiu walked forward a few steps and sat down on the other side of the couch.
"It's dark outside, and the palace gates must be locked. Your Majesty, why are you rushing here at this time? Just tell me what you want to say."
She secretly glanced at the man she loved with the corner of her eye. After not seeing him for a few years, her hair had turned gray, and his face also showed the traces of time. He was no longer as charming and dashing as when they first met.
"Your Majesty, I will tell you everything I know."
The emperor looked at Yixiu, who looked like an old woman, with suspicion, and felt wary of her frank attitude.
"What tricks are you going to play now?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager passed away young, and you suppressed the Ulanara and Uya clans. People in my palace have died or dispersed, so what are you worried about?"
Yixiu glanced at the palace servants guarding the door and gave stern orders.
"The Emperor has arrived, and they didn't even serve him a pot of tea. How can this be considered proper?"
"Yixiu, don't talk about other things."
The emperor slammed the crumpled blood-copied letter on the small table and stared at her with his cold eyes.
"Do you remember Jiang Fuhai? This is the blood letter he left on the wall of Jingren Palace!"
"It revealed that you murdered your offspring, murdered your concubines, and even murdered your eldest sister..."
Every time the emperor uttered four words, Yixiu's face turned paler.
It was not until the emperor said, "Six years ago, you gave me a drug that would make me infertile" that she quickly refuted him.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Fuhai is slandering me. I swear on my life that I absolutely did not give you a drug that would make you infertile."
Yixiu knew very well that compared to killing her offspring, giving her the drug that would make her childless would definitely make the emperor want to kill her, and he might even vent his anger on the tablet she offered to Honghui.
The emperor kept staring at Yixiu while speaking, taking in her expression.
No matter how she argued, at least she was involved in the murder of offspring and the assassination of concubines.
The emperor felt a surge of anger when he thought about how he had to worry day and night about the instability of his country for so many years because he had few children.
He reached out and grabbed Yixiu's neck, roaring.
"Evil woman! Even now, you still refuse to admit it!"
"You've already added Tripterygium wilfordii to the old duck soup. Adding a sterilizing drug again won't be easy for you!"
The furious emperor increased the strength of his hands, and Yixiu's face gradually turned purple and her breathing became more and more difficult.
Her hands weakly grasped the emperor's wrist, but there was no look of pleading for mercy in her eyes, instead there was a hint of a relieved smile.
"Your Majesty... you... are finally willing... to kill me... with your own hands... I... can finally... go... to... see... Honghui... and..."
Yixiu struggled to squeeze out a few words from her throat, her voice hoarse and weak.
The emperor knew what name Yixiu hadn't said. His hands trembled slightly, and anger and pain were intertwined in his eyes.
It would be too easy for this vicious woman to be strangled to death like this.
The emperor suddenly let go of his hand, and Yixiu immediately collapsed on the couch, coughing violently.
"Do you think I dare not kill you?"
The emperor looked at her coldly, his voice filled with suppressed anger.
"I just don't want you to die so quickly!"
What Yixiu cares about most is, first, the position of queen, and second, the position of crown prince.
The emperor kicked her again and felt a little relieved.
He glanced at the person squirming on the ground with disgust, and looked away instantly, as if he saw something dirty.
The emperor's attitude once again hurt Yixiu to the core.
She lay on the ground, gasping for breath, but a cold smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Yixiu struggled to get up from the ground. She looked directly at the emperor, her voice weak but firm.
"Your Majesty, I have never intended to hurt you. Everything I did was just to survive... just for Honghui..."
"For Honghui? To survive?"
The emperor sneered.
"You murdered the heir to the throne, murdered the concubines, and even drugged me. Is this what you call 'surviving'?"
Yixiu slowly sat up, her whole body shrouded in an impenetrable sadness.
"Don't be a woman in your life, as all your joys and sorrows are determined by others!"
"Your Majesty, do you know that as a concubine's daughter of a noble family, especially one who is not favored, if you don't fight for it, you will be at the mercy of others. From the beginning to the end, I have only wanted to find a way out for myself."
"A way to survive?" The emperor laughed in anger. "Is your way to survive to climb up by stepping on the corpses of others? Is it to make my children die young one by one, and my concubines die tragically one by one?"
Yixiu lowered his head, was silent for a moment, and then spoke softly.
"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why I have come to this point?"
"If you hadn't been tempted by my beauty and repented of your promise, turning a blind eye to me and the seriously ill Honghui, how could I have harbored resentment and embarked on this path of no return?"
There was endless sorrow and despair in her voice.
"I remember when I first entered your house, you personally handed the household supplies to me on our wedding night, asking me to look after your household. When you learned I was pregnant, you solemnly promised that if I gave birth to a boy, you would petition the late emperor to confer me the title of Consort..."
"Hahaha...poor concubine suffered so much at the hands of my stepmother that I believed your lies the moment I entered Prince Yong's mansion."
Yixiu burst into tears, "In the end, I lost my position as Consort and Honghui."
"Your Majesty, I remember the torrential rain that night. Honghui was burning hot, and the child insisted on wiping my tears and comforting me, saying he was fine... Do you know how desperate I was when Jianqiu came back to report that the court doctors were in the main courtyard trying to preserve the pregnancy?"
"I braved the rain and carried Honghui to the main courtyard. Unfortunately, the rain was too heavy and I couldn't see the road clearly. I fell on the way and Honghui died in my arms..."
"When I woke up, I couldn't find Honghui anywhere."
Yixiu pointed at the emperor angrily, "You watched your son die without saving him, why didn't you even leave his body for me?"
"why?"
"My family forced me, the Queen Mother forced me, and even you forced me. I have already given up my position as Consort to that shameless bitch who coveted my brother-in-law. I wanted to live a quiet life with Honghui, but why won't you let me go?"
"I used to be kind, but you guys forced me into this."
There was a glint of gloating in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, do you think your sister really loves you?"