The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Lady Xie's eyes brightened for a moment, but then quickly dimmed. It was impossible. She could not escape this death.

Twenty-two years ago, from the moment she helped the queen to commit evil, there was no turning back. If she turned back, she would have to pay with her life.

Unfortunately, she didn't understand at that time and thought that it was a stepping stone for her to rise to the top. As a result, after many twists and turns, she gave birth to a Princess Anding and was still a minor noble in the harem.

To put it bluntly, he is always a dog under the Queen.

If she didn't die, the queen would suffer. If the matter was exposed, the emperor would definitely believe that it was all her doing, and then the Xie family would have to be buried with her.

She had no chance of survival.

There was no way Xie Lin would give her a chance to live. He might even explode with hatred for her and kill her daughter after she and the Xie family were executed.

Concubine Xie smiled bitterly, her smile was extremely pale: "You can't save me, but if you really want to know that secret, I can show you a way."

She had to pay the price today for what happened twenty-two years ago, but she was unwilling to accept that the culprit behind the scenes, a cruel and ruthless person, was enjoying countless glory.

Xie Lin looked at Concubine Xie's face, not missing a single emotion on her face or in her eyes.

Lady Xie said, "When a man is about to die, his words are good. If you don't trust me, why did you come here to find me before I die?"

Xie Lin finally spoke: "Please let me know, Mr. Xie."

"You want to ask whether you are a descendant of the Xie family. You doubt your identity, right?" Concubine Xie stared into his eyes and said.

Xie Lin looked back at her, silent.

Concubine Xie didn't seem to want to get his answer, as she already had the answer in her heart.

She sneered, "This is a secret. I cannot tell you directly. If you want to know the real answer to the secret, you should marry Princess Pingyang and become her consort. The answer will be revealed on the day you consummate your marriage."

Xie Lin's whole body trembled, and there were raging waves in his eyes. His heart was boiling like magma, burning him so hard that his whole body was in unbearable pain. Even his mind went blank for a moment.

"Princess Pingyang loves you and wants to be her consort. It should be easy for you, isn't it, Lord Xie?" Lady Xie chuckled with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

She smiled and said softly, "Oh, you have a lover, so you don't want to be Princess Pingyang's consort. But Lord Xie, don't you want to know why your mother started to poison you when you were still in your infancy?"

Xie Lin suddenly raised his eyes and looked at her, with hostility gradually forming in his eyes. Concubine Xie also knew that he had been poisoned by his mother since he was a child, but this was the first time Concubine Xie told him.

And his mother has never admitted to poisoning him until now.

Lady Xie’s smile was both intense and cold: “You can see how unwelcome your birth is. You are like a rat in the gutter, dirty and smelly. Once you appear, everyone will shout and beat you. Are you worthy of being the Princess of Cheng’an County?

"Although she grew up in the countryside, she is a bright girl, a daughter of a proper marquis, a beloved sister of a first-rank general, and a candidate that both the queen and the crown prince want to marry as their crown princess. But what about you, Lord Xie?

"Do you want to marry her with all the filth on your body, the endless pursuit, and the shameful identity? Are you worthy of it?"

Every word that Concubine Xie said was like a knife, cutting into Xie Lin's heart.

The coldness spread quickly, enveloping Xie Lin's entire body. His hands, hidden behind his back, were clenched into fists, with veins faintly bulging. His eyes were as if filled with ice, without a trace of warmth in them.

From the day he learned that he had been poisoned, from the day he began to doubt his identity, from the day he was repeatedly assassinated, the words that Concubine Xie had said had been circling in his mind.

But he has always kept it deep in his heart.

But now that Concubine Xie had said it so bluntly, it was like a bolt from the blue to him.

For a moment, he thought of Chu Heyi's bright face, the tenderness with which she spoke to him, and the radiance after she did things... Her grace and elegance were never diminished by the fact that she grew up in the countryside, but at this moment, he saw that bright, graceful girl moving away from him.

Mist rose between them, and he reached out to touch her face, even to hold her hand, but the mist grew thicker and he could no longer see her.

Xie Lin thought back to that day in Chuan'an City when he and Chu Heyi were drinking tea in a restaurant. After Dongfang Shuo and Runxue left that day, there was a rustling of wind outside the window and snowflakes falling, but he felt very peaceful.

At that time, when he looked at Chu Heyi's face, he thought that if he was still alive at the same time next year, he would go to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to propose marriage.

I wonder if she is willing.

But now, Mr. Xie's words were like a huge hammer, instantly shattering his thoughts.

There was a fishy-sweet taste in his throat and he almost vomited blood, but he forced it down.

"Shut up!" Xie Lin growled, using up almost all his strength.

"Hahaha!" Noble Xie laughed loudly: "That's all I have to say. Who told you to come here on your own? In fact, being the head of the Xie family is not bad. What's more, you are now the Minister of Justice. How powerful you are, Lord Xie!"

Xie Lin closed his eyes gently, his face pale.

He came here not because he was not satisfied with the identity of the head of the Xie family, but because he was alive and healthy, which blocked the way for others and made them not want him to live.

At this moment, he wanted to retreat, but there was no way out.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Lin opened his eyes, no longer looked at Concubine Xie, and walked out of the dilapidated cold palace.

Several eunuchs waiting outside went in quickly. After a while, faint sounds of struggle were heard from inside, but when the wind blew, there was nothing left and everything returned to normal.

Xie Lin was filled with sorrow and walked out of the palace in a daze. He did not notice at all that on the other side of the dilapidated wall of the cold palace, someone accidentally stepped on a dead branch, making a squeaking sound. Another person who came over quickly covered his mouth and took him away quickly.

Before Xie Lin left the harem, Princess Pingyang rushed over. She had a pink cloth wrapped around her fair neck, covering the scars.

But this did not diminish her pride at all: "Although you held me hostage this morning and I was very angry, but you were excusable and did not really hurt me. As long as you apologize to me, I will forgive you."

Xie Lin didn't even look at her. The word "get out" was on the tip of his tongue, but he remembered what Concubine Xie said and suppressed the word.

At this moment, in the mansion of Marquis Zhenbei, Chu Heyi and Zheng Yizhao were feasting together.

She hadn't eaten properly in the past few days and was starving.

She was eating happily when she suddenly felt sad for no apparent reason. She felt the spring breeze was very cold. She watched the food in front of her slowly cool down and become unpalatable.

She couldn't eat anymore.