Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

Jiang Qingwu didn't expect Yan Xiuchen to come here, and didn't expect him to admit it directly.

Without waiting for Jiang Qingwu to explain, Gu Yanbai rushed over and said, "What did you say? It was you... it was you who took people to the Gu and Lu families?"

"Yes, it's me." Yan Xiuchen answered straightforwardly, looked at Jiang Qingwu in the distance, and then looked at Gu Yanbai.

"You might as well ask me instead of her. No one knows more about the Gu and Lu families than me."

"I led the troops to surround the Gu family overnight. Those who resisted were killed, and the rest were detained."

"As for the Lu family, the order they received was to kill them all without mercy..."

When Gu Yanbai heard what Yan Xiuchen said, he instantly became furious and lost all his rationality.

He took a quick step forward and grabbed Yan Xiuchen's collar.

"You mean, you killed the entire Lu family, and you also captured the people from the Gu family?"

Yan Xiuchen did not resist. He put his hands behind his back and let Gu Yanbai pull him.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingwu hurried forward and grabbed Gu Yanbai, "He was forced, he had no choice but to go, he..."

"Gu Qing, there's nothing to explain. I did it, and I can't shirk it."

Yan Xiuchen said, looking at Gu Yanbai, "Actually, I have feelings for you, but I haven't done it to the point where I would risk my life for you. I did this only because I felt guilty and guilty."

"No, it's not like that." Jiang Qingwu blurted out and pulled Gu Yanbai away.

"That's not the case. He was just following orders and had no choice."

"The situation at that time really did not allow anyone to disobey the order..."

Gu Yanbai looked at Jiang Qingwu with helplessness in his eyes and tears flashing in his eyes, and he also regained some rationality.

"Okay, why? Tell me, why?"

"What did the Gu family, the Lu family, my mother, or me do wrong?"

“Why, Xifeng Palace became a purgatory overnight, and the whole family was massacred overnight, and hundreds of people in Xifeng Palace were burned to death the next day.”

Gu Yanbai asked repeatedly, approaching Jiang Qingwu step by step, "You were in Xifeng Palace, what happened that night?"

"I have the right to know all this. No matter what the truth is, I want to know it."

"Jiang Qingwu, Yan Xiuchen won't tell you, so you won't tell me either?"

Gu Yanbai kept approaching, forcing Jiang Qingwu to retreat, but he never spoke.

Yan Xiuchen, who was standing by, couldn't help but blurt out, "Your cousin... is he Lu Changqing?"

Gu Yanbai suddenly came to his senses, stopped, and turned to look at Yan Xiuchen.

"Yes, it's Lu Changqing... the commander of the Kyoto Guards, who often enters the palace."

Yan Xiuchen heard the voice and walked towards him, "That night, the reason why Gu Qing was able to enter the inner hall of Xifeng Palace was because your mother sent everyone in the inner hall away."

"Inside the inner hall, only your mother... and Lu Changqing are there."

"So I listened to what I shouldn't have listened to, hid behind the cabinet, and saw what I shouldn't have seen..."

When Gu Yanbai heard Yan Xiuchen's words, his pupils trembled and he froze in place.

"You...you, you are talking nonsense...it's impossible..."

"Yan Xiuchen, you are talking nonsense..."

Having said that, Gu Yanbai rushed towards Yan Xiuchen, but just as he got there, Jiang Qingwu behind him spoke.

"You have a sister. Do you remember her name?"

"Small characters... Jiaojiao."

Jiang Qingwu calmed himself down and walked towards Gu Yanbai, "That night... the emperor rushed into the inner hall and fought with Lu Changqing."

"It's just that I didn't fight, but was seriously injured."

As he spoke, Jiang Qingwu handed the prescription to Gu Yanbai, "This is the prescription that Yan Xiujin has been trying to steal."

"It is the prescription given to the emperor back then. The former is for stopping bleeding and relieving pain, while the latter is for nourishing and strengthening the yang."

"Lu Changqing... destroyed the emperor's lifeblood with one blow, and then took your mother away, but he didn't escape from the palace..."

"The emperor was furious, and that night, he threw Jiaojiao into the furnace... and burned her alive."

"The dead baby in Fang Wen's arms was Jiaojiao. It was Fang Wen who took the dying Jiaojiao out of the furnace and fled to Langting Palace, but she failed to bring her back to life."

"Moreover, Fang Wen and your mother had never expected that the next day, Langting Palace, like Xifeng Palace, would be burned down by the emperor."

"That's why I met Fang Wen, who was stupid and burned beyond recognition, near Langting Palace."

Maybe Gu Yanbai was just like her and never thought that the truth would be like this.

Just like when she found out the truth, she was on the verge of collapse and even regretted tracking it down all the way to this point.

Gu Yanbai looked at the prescription in his hand, his hands trembling as he sneered.

"Heh, now I know...why you lost your memory and why you're hiding from me."

"And you, Yan Xiuchen, why have you been hiding the truth and refusing to tell us in this life or in this one?"

It was hard to tell whether he was laughing or crying. He staggered uncontrollably and the prescription in his hand fell to the ground.

"So... it was because of guilt, because of the scandal...

"Because he lost his life, he asked you to slaughter the Lu and Gu families..."

"It was also because of this that he wanted to kill me. It was like this ten years ago, and it is still like this ten years later..."

"Now I understand why King Purge kept saying that I should have been dead long ago."

"But... I am his biological son, I am his..."

Gu Yanbai muttered, turned around and grabbed Yan Xiuchen, "He even killed his own son, didn't he?"

"Is it...tell me!"

Yan Xiuchen looked at Gu Yanbai steadily, and after a moment of silence, he blurted out, "Yes!"

When Gu Yanbai heard the answer, he seemed to be relieved, but also seemed to be a little sad.

Then he sneered and pushed Yan Xiuchen away.

"You can kill me, but you shouldn't have killed so many innocent people from the Gu and Lu families."

"You know the Western Suburbs Execution Ground. Have I been there since you left?"

As Gu Yanbai spoke, he was immersed in heavy thoughts.

"The blood flowed like a river, they put the heads into sacks, they loaded the bodies onto carts."

"Some of the heads and necks were not separated, so they cut them again..."

"Also, when I went to the Lu family, they were cleaning up, with corpses lying next to each other..."

"There are children, elderly people, and pregnant women."

"I just realized today...that it was all your doing..."

Gu Yanbai staggered out as he spoke, bursts of shrill, bitter laughter coming from his throat.

"Yan Xiuchen... why don't you just kill me too? They are right, I deserve to die..."

"I should have been dead a long time ago..."

Jiang Qingwu looked at Gu Yanbai who was leaving, and subconsciously wanted to chase after him.

She had more to say, but was stopped by Yan Xiuchen.

Jiang Qingwu suddenly realized something at this moment. When he turned to look at Yan Xiuchen, Yan Xiuchen immediately lowered his eyes guiltily.

"You gave me the antidote to my amnesia. You should know that after I regain my memory, no matter what secrets I have, I will no longer be able to hide them."

"Is this palace, this Dayan...hiding only the truth about the fire in Xifeng Palace?"

Jiang Qingwu asked, moving closer to Yan Xiuchen, "Shangyang Palace, I clearly remember the words that Lu Changqing cursed the late emperor before he died..."

"He said that the late emperor plotted treason and regicide... killed his brother and took his sister-in-law... and took my wife..."

Yan Xiuchen looked at Jiang Qingwu approaching and closed his eyes slightly.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingwu seemed to be more certain of his guess.

"Gu Yanbai... No, Brother Aze... Does he really deserve to die?"