Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

At midnight, everything was quiet.

In the bedroom of Fengxiang Palace, a breeze blew slowly through the half-open window, stirring the candlelight and creating mottled light and shadows.

Jiang Qingwu changed into pajamas, made of blue satin and a tulle outer shirt.

She took off all the pearls and jades on her head, and was now dressed in a complicated outfit, with only her long hair like a waterfall.

Yan Xiuchen gave Jiuhan a few instructions outside the hall. When he came in, Jiang Qingwu was sitting at the table pouring wine.

Jade face, peach blossoms, clear candlelight.

Yan Xiuchen's heart tightened slightly, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he walked straight to the table.

"Did you take the medicine? Did you start drinking?"

"I've drunk... and we've been apart for a long time... of course we have to drink."

As Jiang Qingwu spoke, he handed the wine glass to Yan Xiuchen.

"Long time no see...reunion?" Yan Xiuchen was still in a trance. When he raised his eyes, he saw Jiang Qingwu holding a wine glass and moving towards him.

The person was soft and his eyes were gentle, but his voice was somewhat questioning.

"Yan Xiuchen, when did you find out my secret? You kept it from me for so long, isn't it time to settle the score?"

Yan Xiuchen suddenly came back to his senses, and a guilty look appeared on his face.

He opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment, then raised the corner of his lips and picked up the wine glass.

"I was definitely wrong about this matter. I'll drink a glass of wine as punishment."

Having said that, Yan Xiuchen drank the wine in one gulp.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingwu picked up the wine pot and poured wine, "Well, you've been punished. Now you can answer me, when did you discover my secret?"

"Before... I just suspected it, until later, when Yan Lin was named the crown prince, I discovered that you knew about some things that happened in your previous life."

Yan Xiuchen looked up at Jiang Qingwu thoughtfully, "Do you still remember when we were plotting against Yan Lin, I pretended to be killed in the Regent's Mansion?"

Jiang Qingwu was stunned and suddenly remembered something.

In order to plot against Yan Lin and make him relax his vigilance and rebel, Yan Xiuchen pretended to be killed.

That time, when she saw Yan Xiuchen's tragic death, she remembered that in her previous life, Yan Xiuchen died for love in Shunqing Marquis' Mansion.

She lost her composure, but to others, it might not be a big deal.

But for Yan Xiuchen, her loss of composure was enough to prove her rebirth.

"What are you thinking about?" Yan Xiuchen came closer and whispered. Jiang Qingwu came back to his senses and looked at Yan Xiuchen with a scarlet look in his eyes.

"Are you stupid? Last time, you could have been the emperor."

"Yan Lin is dead, Shen Wanrong is dead, Emperor Xuanhe, Prince Suqing, everyone is dead, you are the most legitimate emperor..."

"But you died too." Yan Xiuchen blurted out, interrupting Jiang Qingwu and silently holding her hand.

"You say I'm stupid, but I think you're stupid too."

"If you hadn't killed yourself, maybe I could have saved you."

Thinking back to that tragic situation where no one won.

Until this moment, Jiang Qingwu still felt desolate and painful in his heart.

Seeing the gloomy and scarlet eyes with faint pearly light in Jiang Qingwu's eyes, Yan Xiuchen silently sat closer to him.

"Well, from another perspective, living and dying together is not necessarily a comedy."

"And you see, it's a good thing I died, otherwise, we wouldn't be reunited here."

Jiang Qingwu's thoughts were pulled back and he forced a smile on his face.

"In the first few days after I came back, I didn't dare to sleep every night. I could only get a shallow sleep."

"I'm scared, this is all a dream, it's fake."

As he spoke, Jiang Qingwu suddenly remembered something, "I was reborn, which changed my eldest brother's death, changed the ending of my second brother and Yuya, and also changed the fate of the Jiang family and my own."

"What about you? It's Gu Yanbai, right?"

"I remember you said you killed him once."

"besides……"

Jiang Qingwu's face suddenly became serious as he spoke, and he lowered his voice and said, "I heard everything that Gu Yanbai and Yan Xiujin said when they were fighting in Shangyang Palace."

Yan Xiuchen raised his eyes slightly, looked at Jiang Qingwu, and recalled what happened in Shangyang Palace just now.

He was in the room and actually heard what they said. If Jiang Qingwu hadn't rushed out, he still wouldn't have intervened.

Seeing Yan Xiuchen pouring the wine silently, Jiang Qingwu began to ask.

"Yan Xiuchen... is he really the son of Xifeng Palace, Concubine Xijia?"

Yan Xiuchen held the wine glass, looked at Jiang Qingwu hesitantly, and nodded gently, "Yes."

Jiang Qingwu's eyes lit up and his mind became clear.

"Empress Mengjia and Imperial Concubine Xijia, one is his aunt and the other is his biological mother..."

"And the Gu family, one of the founding fathers, is his grandfather's family."

It was just a guess before, but now I finally know the answer.

Jiang Qingwu's heart was surging like the sea, and he looked at Yan Xiuchen thoughtfully.

"So, he really is your biological brother, indeed your biological brother?"

Yan Xiuchen opened his mouth, looked up at Jiang Qingwu, and was speechless for a moment.

Jiang Qingwu looked at Yan Xiuchen in a trance. Before he could speak, he stood up and murmured, "So, he is really the prince..."

"No wonder the eldest prince Yan Bei knelt before him, and he accepted it so confidently."

"No wonder he knows everything about the palace and hates the Queen Mother so much."

"It turns out that he carries a deep blood feud, and has suffered in Fuye..."

Jiang Qingwu fell into crazy suspicions and thoughts, and soon he reached the core and focus of the whole thing, shaking his head in anxiety.

"That's not right... If he is a prince, then why... why exactly?"

"The Gu family is a family of founding fathers, several generations of veteran officials, and a family of loyal heroes."

"Even if they have committed a heinous crime, their entire clan will not be exterminated."

"Moreover...Empress Mengjia and Imperial Concubine Xijia both died tragically and their deaths were unclear..."

"Even...even Gu Yanbai has become someone who deserves to die in your mouth?"

"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Why? He is a prince, the son of a noble concubine..."

"That Jiangnan guy...why did he do this?"

Yan Xiuchen's eyes darkened, and he looked at Jiang Qingwu in shock, "You... guessed it?"

Yeah, guessed it.

The only person who could be above King Suqing and make Huanyue dare not speak even if she died was probably the late emperor.

Jiang Qingwu suddenly reacted when he heard the voice, sighed softly, and slowly sat down at the table.

"You always say I'm smart, and after all this has happened, how could I not have guessed it?"

"What's more, it's not just me. I'm afraid... everyone has guessed it."

"It's precisely because I guessed it that I don't understand why he did this."

"If you want power, why give up your position?"

"Why would you kill even your own son?"

Yan Xiuchen smiled bitterly, sighed secretly, and drank two glasses of wine.

"All the doubts in your heart are actually the truth that Gu Yanbai has been looking for."

"That's why, even after all the suffering he's endured, there are still people who want to kill him."

"And the truth...is sometimes not as complicated as you think."

"It's nothing but human nature... and greed, and when you are in a position of total power, these things will only prevail."