The Evil Emperor's Beloved

"What about my father? What does he think?" Jing Wenhao asked worriedly.

"Your father must believe your mother. Others may not know what's going on, but as people who live together day and night, how could we not know?"

"If your mother had thought of this, she would have been a guest of honor in the royal family long ago. Even the old couple of the Wen family only found out about it later!"

That was true. Jing Wenhao felt relieved instantly. He was afraid that his father would not believe his mother.

"It is a blessing for our Jing family that your mother married into our Jing family." The old man said this from the bottom of his heart.

"The news that my mother could make pills got out at that time. It must have been spread by someone in the mansion on purpose!" Jing Yueli couldn't help but think of the two people in the second house.

After hearing Jing Yueli's question, Old Master Jing remained silent for a long time.

...

What was there for Jing Yueli not to understand? It seemed that what happened back then was not simple. With Second Uncle's cowardly character, he wouldn't dare to do this even if he had the courage.

What's more, there is an alchemist in the mansion, and she is his sister-in-law. He can't wait to be secretly happy. She is constantly making elixirs.

"Then my father should know where my mother is now, right?" Jing Yueli thought.

"If my guess is correct, your mother should have been taken back to the hidden family by the Nangong family!"

"Alas...Even though Yingjie chased after us, he probably won't be able to get in there."

"It's not so easy to enter the secluded family. Not only is it very xenophobic, but you may not even be able to find the door to enter the world! Alas..." Old Master Jing sighed again.

Hidden family!

Jing Yueli repeated these words in her heart: It seems that Li Feng and the others need to expand the scope of information collection.

"Please put away the jade pendant!" Old Master Jing gestured to the box.

Jing Yueli picked up the ink-colored jade pendant from the box. The jade pendant was only half the size of a palm, with a dense and smooth texture. There was a minimalist pattern carved on the front, with the word "Nangong" in the middle of the pattern. Turning over the back, there was the word "Lan" engraved on it.

Obviously, this is her mother's identity jade pendant.

Jing Yueli handed the jade pendant to Jing Wenhao, and glanced at something under the box that looked like a token. And there was a book under the token?

"What is this?" Jing Yueli asked, looking at the token in the box.

"Grandpa is not very clear about this either. This was left by your mother."

Mr. Jing seemed to be lost in memories.

"Back then, your mother seemed to have anticipated the accident. One night, she came to me alone and handed me this box..." Old Master Jing remembered what happened that day very clearly.

"Father-in-law, this box contains my identity jade pendant and token, and this sword manual is left to Wenhao and Yueli." A small box suddenly appeared on the table in the study.

"When Wenhao and Yueli grow up, give it to them for me." Then he handed over a long wooden box, "And this whip, leave it to Yueli."

Seeing his daughter-in-law constantly taking things out, he hurriedly said, "What are you doing? When they grow up, you can hand them over to them yourself."

Old Master Jing was actually panicking inside. His daughter-in-law's instructions seemed like a farewell to life and death, so he came alone to avoid Yingjie.

How could he be so sure that his daughter-in-law came here to avoid his son? Otherwise, she could have given these things directly to Yingjie. It would be the most convenient and direct way for a father to hand things over to his own children.

"I...leave everything to my father-in-law." Having said that, without waiting for Grandpa Jing to refuse, she knelt down in front of him.

This scared the old man so much that he quickly stood up and walked around the table to help her.

Nangong Lan avoided Grandpa Jing's support and said, "Father-in-law, let your daughter-in-law kowtow to you."

Old Master Jing couldn't persuade her. If kowtowing could make her feel at ease, then let her kowtowing. So Nangong Lan kowtown three times in front of Old Master Jing.

After standing up, Nangong Lan revealed his true identity to Mr. Jing.

Only then did Mr. Jing realize that she was from the reclusive Nangong family, and that she had come to the secular world to escape her marriage, and that later Madam Wen adopted her as her adopted daughter, and told him everything.

Old Master Jing was also shocked. He immediately reacted, "You are... coming over there?"

The series of actions taken by Nangong Lan were like arrangements for his final affairs, and this was all that Grandpa Jing could think of at the time.

Nangong Lan said nothing.

Seeing his daughter-in-law like this made him think more.

Old Master Jing put away the box and the whip, then said, "Okay, I'll take the things. I'll give them to the children when they grow up."

"As for the rest, go ahead and do whatever you want to do! Don't worry about the two children. They are my grandchildren. I will protect them even if it costs me my life."

When Nangong Lan heard what her father-in-law said, she burst into tears and choked up.

"Thank you, thank you, father-in-law." After saying that, he left Mr. Jing's study without looking back.

Looking at his daughter-in-law's resolute back, Grandpa Jing felt that things were about to change in the Jing family.

Sure enough, half a month later, Nangong Lan was attacked in the suburbs.

Then Jing Yingjie also abandoned his two children and left the Jing family to chase after his wife.

...

After listening to Grandpa Jing’s story, the brother and sister fell silent.

It is conceivable how difficult it was for Nangong Lan to make the decision to leave.

The two children are still so young, and they are about to be separated from their biological mother. What's the difference between this and cutting off her flesh?

Nangong Lan also knew at that time that only her leaving would be the best protection for them.

Let’s not talk about what the Nangong family will do after they find out about the two children. Just talking about the fact that she ran away from her marriage, she will be punished by the family when she returns.

Even if the Nangong family let the two children go, what about the person she escaped from marriage with? The family that Nangong Lan could marry into must be from a hidden family. How could they tolerate the humiliation brought to them by Nangong Lan's escape from marriage?

Could it be that a family of secluded people could not even compete with an ordinary person in the secular world? At that time, all the anger would be directed at the two children born to Nangong Lan and an outsider.

Jing Yueli and Jing Wenhao are both grown up, so they naturally understand the reason behind this.

"According to what your mother said at the time, this book of swordsmanship should have been left by the ancestor of the Nangong family. Your mother hopes that you can try to practice it after you grow up." Grandpa Jing pointed to the book of swordsmanship in the box.

"Not all the bloodline of the Nangong family can practice this sword technique. It depends on fate! So far, no one in the Nangong family has been able to practice this sword technique."

Jing Wenhao reached out and took out the special sword technique from under the box.

If Grandpa Jing hadn't said that this was a book of sword techniques, they wouldn't have realized it.

There is not a single word on the entire cover of the sword manual.