In the previous life, she was fed to dogs by her elder sister, and she was reborn to seek revenge

The emperor's scorching gaze made the kneeling Nan Mingyu feel extremely uneasy. She could only lower her head as much as possible, for fear of attracting the emperor's attention again.

It was not until the Queen herself asked Nan Mingyu to go see Lin Qingye first that Nan Mingyu hurriedly got up and fled from the harem with Lin Qingye.

Since then, the Queen never summoned Nan Mingyu to the palace to check on her pulse again, and for some unknown reason, the Queen was suddenly ordered by the Emperor to be under house arrest for a month.

But soon the emperor summoned Lin Shan into the palace overnight. Lin Shan had never been summoned by the emperor alone before, and it was a secret summons late at night. Therefore, Lin Shan, who knew nothing about this matter at the time, entered the Yangxin Palace trembling.

As the door of the Yangxin Palace was closed by the eunuchs, Lin Shan walked in cautiously with a hunched back. At this time, there was no one in the Yangxin Palace except the emperor and Lin Shan, so the huge Yangxin Palace seemed particularly empty.

The emperor, who usually sat on the dragon throne during court, was now wearing plain clothes and sitting at a low table, drinking wine from a glass.

Although he was dressed in plain clothes, the emperor's kingly aura was hard to conceal. Just sitting there he looked majestic without even showing any anger.

Lin Shan walked forward and immediately knelt down to pay his respects to the emperor, then he lay on the ground in such fear that he didn't dare to breathe.

The emperor, without even raising his head, waved his sleeves and asked Lin Shan to come over and sit down with him to drink. Lin Shan hurriedly refused in fear, but the emperor told Lin Shan expressionlessly that if he refused to drink, he would kill his entire family.

Lin Shan nervously sat down opposite the emperor, and tremblingly took the wine glass handed to him by the emperor, but he kept holding it in his hand, and was afraid to drink it.

The emperor at that time did not pay attention to Lin Shan's little actions, but held the wine glass and talked to Lin Shan.

"When I was a prince, I met a woman. She was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. She was standing in a pavilion in the lake in a white dress that day. She was as beautiful as a fairy on earth. She smiled at me from afar, but I could see endless sadness in her smile."

Lin Shan didn't know why the emperor secretly summoned him late at night and said some nonsense to him. He was very nervous.

The emperor did not seem to want to talk to Lin Shan, but rather to confide in him. His eyes were obsessed with describing how beautiful the woman was, as if he wanted to use all the beautiful words in the world to describe her.

Finally, he suddenly changed the subject and stared into Lin Shan's eyes and said, "I thought I would never meet someone who moved me so much again in this life, but today I met someone who looks exactly like that woman. Do you know who she is?"

Lin Shan felt uneasy under the Emperor's gaze. He swallowed nervously and stammered, "I...I...I don't know..."

The emperor continued to stare into Lin Shan's eyes without hiding anything, and continued to speak word by word, "Nan, Ming, Yu."

After hearing this, Lin Shan almost lost his grip on the wine glass, which he had been holding tightly, and dropped it to the ground. He quickly drank the wine in his hand to cover up his previous misconduct.

The emperor said nothing more when he saw this. Instead, he waved his hand expressionlessly and said to Lin Shan, "Lord Lin, it looks like you are drunk. If that's the case, go back and rest."

Before the emperor finished speaking and before Lin Shan could respond, several eunuchs came in from outside and carried Lin Shan, who was still looking confused, out as soon as they entered the room.

When the eunuchs in the palace were seeing Lin Shan off, they specifically reminded Li Shan that what happened today must not be known to outsiders, otherwise it would bring a devastating disaster to his Pingnan Marquis Mansion.

After Lin Shan returned home, he took several days off and did not dare to go to court or meet Nan Mingyu. However, this matter was accidentally leaked by someone with ulterior motives.

The name Gulan was mentioned again, and the empress dowager was furious and pulled out the tongues of several people as a warning to others, including a second-rank lady.

Now no one in the court dared to mention the name Gulan anymore. This incident also had a significant impact on the concubines from the Western Regions in the harem at that time. The empress dowager made them copy the Women's Sutra every day, torturing them for a long time until the matter was completely settled.

Afterwards, the empress dowager specially sent the disciplinary nanny from the palace to give Nan Mingyu a warning. At that time, Shen was extremely curious about the disciplinary nanny's visit to Pingnan Marquis' Mansion. Lin Shan also deliberately distanced himself from Nan Mingyu and her daughter, fearing that Shen would dig up the matter to target Nan Mingyu.

This incident also prompted a change in the relationship between Nan Mingyu and Lin Shan. Nan Mingyu was not aware of Gulan's past, and Lin Shan did not tell Nan Mingyu that the emperor had secretly summoned him late at night that day.

Lin Shan has been living in fear and trepidation over the years. He dared not stand out in the court, for fear that he would be noticed by the emperor and that the emperor would take any action towards Nan Mingyu.

Fortunately, after so many years, the matter has gradually subsided, and the emperor has never mentioned Nan Mingyu again since that night.

But the emperor's mind is unpredictable, and Lin Shan is always worried that the emperor's mind will change. The incoherent words the emperor said to him that night have been engraved in Lin Shan's mind, like a mountain pressing on him.

He couldn't breathe at all times, and under this high-pressure environment, Lin Shan's mind became increasingly distorted. He loved Nan Mingyu deeply, but he also hated her. He didn't know how to deal with these things, so these things kept weighing on his mind.

Until today, Nan Mingyu's serious illness made him realize that he might really lose Nan Mingyu, which made all the pent-up things in his heart burst out at once.

Lin Shan couldn't help but wonder if Nan Mingyu's illness was caused by someone in the palace. Was it the emperor? The queen? Or the queen mother?

After Lin Shan told this, he didn't feel relaxed at all. Instead, he became even more worried.

Lin Qing was struck by lightning after hearing this. She had always thought that she knew many things very well after her rebirth, but she forgot that those things she knew very well were only things that happened in her previous life, and those things that she did not know in her previous life, she still did not know in this life.

At this moment, Lin Qingye looked at the father in front of her who was both strange and familiar to her, and a strange feeling gradually rose in her heart. Was she really too arbitrary in many things?

She had never tried to understand the relationship between her father and mother. She blindly believed that what she saw was everything. She once thought that her father had never loved her mother. She had never asked her mother how she felt about her father. She had not even discussed with her mother about taking her away from the Marquis' Mansion. She decided everything on her own.

Lin Qing couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, did he really do the right thing?