The villain's pet apprentice sister is not to be trifled with

Nangong Yihui stroked the patterns on the companion stone with his hand. There were strands of veins in the fiery red stone, flashing as brightly as flames and flowing endlessly.

Nangong Yihui said, "Back then, when I took your Companion Stone, I saw you in so much pain, crying your heart out.

That scene always torments me in my dreams at midnight.

I know that people in the outside world say that I took your companion stone because I was afraid of what the national teacher said and was attached to the throne. I didn't want you to grow up too early when I was in my prime, so I cut off your wings when you were young.

But in fact it is not the case.

I thought that if I took away your companion stone, raised you outside the palace, and did not show my intention to make you the crown prince, I could ensure that you grew up safely.

I have ordered you to travel around with the imperial envoy and experience the sufferings of the people. When you ascend the throne, you will love your people.

Born in the royal family, I cannot give you the most ordinary care and love that other children give you in public.

But my love for my son is no less than any other father in this world.

Alas, things turned out to be the opposite of what we wanted. Yang'er, your father is ultimately guilty of you.

Even if I were the emperor, I could not control the hearts of the people.

I know you hate me, I don't ask for your forgiveness, but now that you can come to see me, it is a great comfort to me."

Nangong Chiyang's tense muscles gradually relaxed, his face remained calm, but his heart was turbulent.

He looked at his father, who in his memory was sitting on the throne, majestic and out of reach, worshipped by thousands of people, and never smiling, right in front of him.

At this time, his father had white hair on his temples, and he was smiling at him, with a hint of flattery and apology in his smile.

Nangong Chiyang thought, when he was young, he had endured so much pain countless times, but he never gave up hope of living. Perhaps, he waited for this moment.

He wanted someone to tell him that everything he had experienced, all the betrayal and contempt, was not his fault.

The father and son looked at each other for a long time, and neither of them spoke.

"Back then, it was the prime minister who harmed my senior brother?" Si Qingyu broke the silence again.

Nangong Yihui nodded, "Yes! Back then, the Prime Minister had been scheming and planning for a long time, so it was not easy to investigate.

I sent many people and also conducted secret investigations personally, but those involved died one after another.

Later, the queen corresponded with the prime minister, who wrote a letter as evidence and admitted in person that it was he who sent someone to kill the eldest prince.

It is true that the Queen resented my cruelty. She always felt that I was too cold and harsh towards Yang'er, so after Yang'er got into trouble, she wanted to kill me, but she did not succeed.

After the incident, she thought I would sentence her to death and depose her from the position of Queen, so she simply told me all her worries over the years.

Although she and I are heartless, we are loyal to each other. She is not as the outside world says, hating the eldest prince because she resents that fate has separated her and the prime minister.

She was so cruel as not to get close to her own son because she didn't want Yang'er to become a pawn of the imperial power and the aristocratic family, like her, without freedom all his life and becoming a puppet manipulated by the Dongfang family.

She said that she was willing to sacrifice her life-long longing for her child in exchange for Yang'er's freedom.

Nangong Chiyang took a deep breath and nodded, "Okay, I understand."

The miserable face of the man lying on the sickbed emerged in his mind. Perhaps he should take some time to visit his mother.

Nangong Yihui looked at Nangong Chiyang, his eyes gradually filled with tears, and he said in a somewhat unclear voice, "I did not kill her, nor did I depose her, I just told her that my pain was no less than hers.

I dismissed everyone, and in this huge palace, there were only me and the Queen. Only at this time could we hold our heads and cry bitterly for the death of our son.

Because of the Queen's assassination attempt on me, the Prime Minister has more sympathy and trust for the Queen. The Dongfang Family put pressure on me not to depose the Queen, and I took the opportunity to give the Dongfang Family this face.

The Queen formed an alliance with me and set up a scheme that lasted for five years.

The Queen and I want to avenge you, so the Prime Minister must die, even if the price is the lives of the Queen and me."

Few people knew about this matter. Even the emperor's trusted physician Guo did not know the full story.

The prime minister holds great power, so the emperor is taking a risky move in this battle and is not completely sure of his success.

If the truth were to be revealed, he thought, he would have to protect the queen as a last resort.

Si Qingyu sighed. She had realized that the eldest brother and his family of three couldn't even get a word together. No wonder there was such a deep misunderstanding.

If the eldest brother's whereabouts had not been unknown, the emperor and the empress would not have reconciled.

The emperor put aside the memorial he was reviewing, stood up and took a look at the shelf behind him.

Then, he pulled out a brocade box and twisted the porcelain inside. The bookshelves moved to the left and right, revealing a door inside.

Si Qingyu: “!!!”

There is actually a secret room.

Nangong Yihui did not go in, but said to Nangong Chiyang and Si Qingyu, "Remember the way I opened the secret passage just now. Here, it leads to the outside of the palace. Follow it down and you can find the group of people that the prime minister captured to give me the medicine to bleed.

I placed them in a separate courtyard."

Nangong Yihui finished the demonstration, turned off the mechanism, and took out a list from another solid-looking wooden board on the bookshelf, "Yang'er, you keep this for now. This is the list of the Prime Minister and his cronies. I have a backup.

Originally, I was worried that my body would not last for half a month. Now, with the help of your medicine, I have solved the urgent problem.

I am planning to punish the Prime Minister and all the others after your birthday, and kill them without mercy."

Si Qingyu waved his hands, "Oh, uncle, no, it's too late.

The eldest senior brother may be embarrassed to tell you, but you must know that your other good son, the Crown Prince, has rebelled!

He is colluding with the Prime Minister. In five days, they will arrest a hundred people and send them to the Prime Minister. I guess they want to kill people and frame you."

Nangong Yihui: "..."

Nangong Yihui discovered a problem, this girl's mouth is poisonous!

Whenever she spoke, it was not good news.

Nangong Yihui calmed himself down and said, "Five days...it seems that the plan needs to be advanced."

While Nangong Yihui was deep in thought, the palace servant outside called out, "Your Majesty, Concubine Yue missed you so much that she woke up from her nap and asked to see you."

Nangong Yihui: "!!!"

He didn't know why, but he subconsciously glanced at his son with a guilty conscience, and smiled awkwardly, "Yang'er, father is not what you think. This Yue Guifei is the prime minister's person."

Nangong Chiyang nodded, "I understand."

Si Qingyu also said a few words of comfort, "It's okay, just do as you like, just pretend we're not here.

It just so happens that I also have something that I want to verify with Concubine Yue."

Nangong Yihui: You mean you won't leave, but will watch? How the hell am I supposed to perform like this! ?