I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

At this point, she suddenly realized that she had said something wrong and quickly raised her hands to cover her mouth in horror.

But now it was too late for her to retort.

The emperor looked gloomy and suddenly spoke:

"Someone, drain the water from the lotus pond and check if there are any bodies of the servants from Fengyi Palace."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian no longer had the arrogance she had when she first arrived. She had already become like a deflated balloon, sitting on the ground dejected and powerless. She wanted to beg for mercy, but she didn't have the strength to do so.

The emperor took all his ministers to the lotus pond in the back garden.

Concubine Xian was also escorted by several guards and went there together.

By the lotus pond, Leng Yiyan watched all this with a solemn expression, waiting quietly for the corpses to be salvaged so that he could avenge his mother.

About an hour later, the water at the bottom of the lotus pond was drained, and more than a dozen bodies were salvaged from the river.

Seeing this scene, everyone sighed. Concubine Xian was so scared that she immediately collapsed to the ground, begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

The emperor raised his hand and pointed at her with a pale face, questioning her with gritted teeth,

"I can tolerate your jealousy and willfulness, but you actually dared to kill the queen. Not only are you extremely daring, you are also... a criminal of Pingyang State. Someone, give Concubine Xian three feet of white silk... All the maids and guards who participated in this incident will be executed."

Hearing this, Leng Yiyan's mouth corners slightly raised, and he felt relieved.

The virtuous concubine just lay on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare me for the sake of Heng'er and Min'er. Please spare me!"

"Humph! For Heng'er's sake? I haven't punished him for his mistakes yet, and you still dare to use him as a shield?"

"emperor……"

At this moment, Leng Rumin suddenly rushed over. Without saying anything, she lay directly on Concubine Xian, crying and begging for mercy.

"Father, please don't kill my mother. Please don't kill her for Min'er's sake."

Leng Rumin is the youngest daughter of Concubine Xian, who is just seventeen years old this year. Unlike Leng Rujing, she has been well-behaved and sensible since childhood. She rarely has conflicts with others and does not often walk around the palace. Usually, she just embroiders and plays the piano in her boudoir, so people in the palace seem to have forgotten her existence.

When she came out to plead for mercy, the emperor's expression changed slightly.

Leng Yiyan was afraid that the emperor would change his mind, so he snorted coldly.

"Leng Rumin, your mother killed my mother herself, but you begged my father not to kill her for your sake. What about my mother? Does she deserve to die?"

Leng Rumin looked up at Leng Yiyan with tears streaming down her face.

"Fourth brother, please, spare my mother. If she dies, I will be motherless and there will be no meaning for me to live."

"Whether you live or die is your business. Now that I have confirmed that she is the murderer who killed my mother, I will avenge her."

As he spoke, he clasped his fists and looked at the emperor.

"I beg you, Father, not to consider anyone's feelings and handle this matter impartially."

Seeing that Leng Yiyan had no intention of giving in, the emperor could only wave his hands helplessly.

"Someone, send Princess Rumin back..."

"No, no!"

Leng Rumin hugged Concubine Xian like crazy, crying and shouting.

Concubine Xian also hugged her tightly, crying and shaking her head.

"Min'er, I'm sorry. For so many years, I haven't taken good care of you. Now that I'm not by your side, you have to take good care of yourself."

"Mother, I don't want you to die..."

Leng Rumin was pulled away by two guards. She kept crying and screaming until she was dragged away.

Concubine Xian knew that she would definitely die today.

She looked up at the emperor and pleaded painfully:

"Your Majesty, I want to see Heng'er. Please let me see Heng'er for the last time."

"Humph! Heng'er is in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. I haven't had time to try him for colluding with Leng Chen to set fire to Prince Yan's mansion."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian felt as if her innocence had collapsed.

Although she knew that the arson attempt at Prince Yan's Mansion had failed, she did not expect that Heng'er would be arrested, and Leng Chen would also be arrested.

Then it's all over, all over.

"Hahaha……"

The virtuous concubine went crazy. Before she could receive the three-foot white silk from the emperor, she jumped directly into the lotus pond...

Watching Concubine Xian die before his eyes, Leng Yiyan silently prayed to his mother three times in his heart.

"Mother, I have avenged you."

"Your spirit is in heaven, you can finally rest in peace."

"And Leng Chen and Leng Yiheng, I will not let them go."

……

Prince Yan's Mansion

Leng Yiyan ordered that his good brother Ling Xiao's funeral be held with great fanfare.

His brother died for him, and he wanted to let him go in a blaze of glory.

Ling Xiao never married and had no children during his lifetime, so Leng Yiyan asked his three children to wear mourning clothes for him, and asked his own son Leng Jinjie to carry the spirit flag to lead the way for him.

The ministers of the court and the people of the city stood on both sides of the road to see him off.

Leng Yiyan's eyes were red and his tears kept falling.

It was not until he saw Ling Xiao's coffin being buried and all the guards had left that he could not help but kneel before his grave, leaning over his grave and crying loudly.

"Ling Xiao, my good brother, rest in peace! You died for me, and I, Leng Yiyan, swear here that I will avenge you and make the person who killed you be buried with you."

Seeing this scene, Ling Yun, Su Yi and Jiang Hai, who were standing behind him, also knelt in front of Ling Xiao's grave, sobbing.

These men who had fought on the battlefield and killed countless enemies could not help but burst into tears at this moment.

Although they are brothers with different surnames, the relationship between them is closer than that between real brothers.

Ling Yun waved his fist and said hatefully:

"Ling Xiao, you go ahead and pave the way over there. Later, the brothers will come to find you and we can still be good brothers."

Su Yi also nodded.

"Ling Xiao, you need to walk slowly on the road to the underworld. Wait for your brothers to avenge you."

Jiang Hai also said bitterly:

"Yes, just because the emperor doesn't punish them doesn't mean they can get away with it."

What the brothers said was exactly what Leng Yiyan was thinking.

He stood up from the ground and looked at the brothers in front of him with fiery eyes.

"Jiang Hai is right. The fact that the emperor did not punish Leng Yiheng and Leng Chen does not mean that they are innocent. They killed Ling Xiao and more than a dozen people in Prince Yan's Mansion, and burned Prince Yan's Mansion to ruins. They must pay the price for what they have done."

As he said this, he clenched his fists tightly.

From the moment that fire started, from the moment his good brother Ling Xiao was burned to charcoal and died in front of him, he had already decided that in the future, he would no longer care about morality and ethics, and that anyone who had hurt him and his family would pay the price, no matter what means they used.

Therefore, he secretly made up his mind at this moment: Leng Chen and Leng Yiheng, you must pay for the lives of the dozen people in Prince Yan's Mansion.