The foolish girl returns, and the regent becomes a wife-loving madman

Lu Zhong and the Queen looked at the civil and military officials in the court, and seeing that they lowered their eyes and remained silent, they gradually felt relieved.

With only the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Revenue, they can still handle it.

I am only afraid that the ministers will oppose it. That kind of situation is not what they want to see.

Xie Zihan ordered the Imperial Guards to detain the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Revenue, and there was no more opposition in the court.

But he didn't know that Xie Lingxiao and Shen Jingxuan were already standing in the imperial study.

Looking at the emperor sitting in front of the imperial desk with a pale face, Shen Jingxuan and Xie Lingxiao didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Why are you here? Didn't Xie Zihan send someone to guard the palace gate?"

Xie Lingxiao pursed his lips and stood there in silence.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shen Jingxuan had to explain: "The palace gate has been blocked. As for how to enter the palace, we will talk about it later."

The emperor whispered, "Did you rush to the palace to confirm that Xie Zihan had inherited the throne?"

Shen Jingxuan wanted to nod in response, but the emperor's voice sounded again.

"It's fake. The imperial edict is fake. They didn't find the imperial seal."

After he finished speaking, he looked up at Xie Lingxiao and said, "Brother, do you think my brother is useless? The prince whom I have loved for many years is plotting against me to take the throne. The queen whom I have loved for many years has given birth to a child with him, but I have no idea."

Xie Lingxiao glanced at the emperor and said lightly: "It is indeed useless."

Shen Jingxuan suddenly looked at Xie Lingxiao, and seeing that he looked calm, she stepped forward and held his hand.

"Your Majesty, Ah Xiao just said that casually, please don't take it to heart."

The emperor waved his hand at her and sighed, "My brother is right. They have failed me and betrayed my love for them. Now, for the throne, they have poisoned me, totally disregarding our friendship for many years."

"I should also do something useful, so that they won't harm others after they succeed."

With Xie Zihan's temperament, he is really not suitable to sit on the throne.

Xie Lingxiao and Shen Jingxuan stood there quietly, not knowing how to persuade the emperor.

The emperor could not untie the knot in his heart after being betrayed by his beloved child and his beloved queen just by a few words of persuasion from them.

Such pain will stay with him for a long time, even for many years, until the wound scabs over, and the pain may slowly fade away.

Seeing that Xie Lingxiao and Shen Jingxuan were just looking at him, the emperor took a deep breath, stood up and walked in front of Xie Lingxiao.

As their eyes met, Xie Lingxiao's brows gradually furrowed, and he looked at the emperor in confusion.

The emperor hesitated for a moment, then knelt in front of Xie Lingxiao with a plop. He silently stepped aside and turned sideways.

Shen Jingxuan stared at everything in front of her with wide eyes, unable to figure out why the emperor did this.

The emperor seemed to not care, as if he was recalling the past, and his voice gradually became distant.

He recounted what he had done as a prince many years ago. Shen Jingxuan listened and felt angry.

She knew that Xie Lingxiao had a miserable childhood, but she didn't expect that all of this was designed by the emperor.

When Xie Lingxiao was a child, not to mention whether he had three meals a day, even the palace maids and eunuchs didn't take him seriously. They would bully him or humiliate him if they wanted to.

But all this is thanks to the emperor.

He is much older than Xie Lingxiao, is good at speaking, and gets along well with people in the palace.

Without the protection of his mother, Xie Lingxiao became taciturn and never said a word even when he was bullied and humiliated. Even if the late emperor had asked him a few questions at that time, he would not have gotten everything he wanted to know.

Every time he saw the late emperor, he was bullied more often, and later he saw the late emperor less and less often.

I don’t know whether the late emperor knew about this and deliberately refused to see Xie Lingxiao, or whether the late emperor was too busy with government affairs to have time to visit.

The emperor looked at Xie Lingxiao and said, "Brother, there is one thing I have never told you."

He looked at Xie Lingxiao, who had a calm expression, and found it difficult to speak.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Although your mother's death has nothing to do with me directly, I could have prevented it from happening, but I didn't do it."

"And the person who killed your mother was... my mother."

Although the late emperor had few children, the one he loved the most was Xie Lingxiao.

My mother knew how much the late emperor doted on the late queen, and that Xie Lingxiao would undoubtedly be the chosen one for the throne, so she had some inappropriate thoughts.

He didn't stop.

Not only did the emperor not stop it, he also participated in it and did a lot for his mother, which made this happen.

Later, just as his mother had thought, even after the late queen died, the late emperor still doted on Xie Lingxiao.

The emperor saw everything, which led to what Xie Lingxiao suffered.

Now he only has three months to live, it's too late to regret.

He didn't know how to repay the debt he owed, so he could only tell the truth and make Xie Lingxiao hate him. Maybe that would make him feel better if he punished himself.

Xie Lingxiao listened to everything calmly, as if what the emperor said had nothing to do with him.

Only the slight pain in Shen Jingxuan's hand could reveal Xie Lingxiao's emotional ups and downs.

She squeezed Xie Lingxiao's hand back vigorously, giving him silent comfort.

Xie Lingxiao raised his head and looked at Shen Jingxuan, his lips tightly pursed, his dark eyes already red.

Looking at his appearance, Shen Jingxuan couldn't help but tear up. She let go of Xie Lingxiao's hand and hugged him.

After a moment, Xie Lingxiao looked at the emperor: "I already know the truth, I just want to see when you will tell me about it."

"Whether it was you and your mother who conspired to murder the queen mother, or you sent people to assassinate her many times, I remember every detail."

When the emperor heard Xie Lingxiao's words, he suddenly looked up at him.

As expected, nothing can be hidden from him.

"Royal brother, I don't have much time left to live. I don't ask for your forgiveness, I just ask you not to refuse. I will slowly make it up to you."

He also wanted to ask Xie Lingxiao why he had already known those things but did not seek revenge on him.

Why did she help him when he was under house arrest in the palace even though she knew all those things?

Why did she let Shen Jingxuan into the palace to check his pulse even though she knew he was poisoned?

In the end, the emperor found it difficult to ask.

He was afraid that the answer he asked would make him more miserable and make his remaining years even more difficult.

Let him be more selfish.

At least without knowing the truth, he still had an excuse to make himself feel a little more at ease.

Xie Lingxiao dragged Shen Jingxuan out and said in a hoarse voice: "Forget about compensation. If possible, it's okay to never see each other again."

The emperor's eyes turned red instantly, and he followed Xie Lingxiao in a few steps.

"Royal brother, where are you going? Can you please forgive me just once?"

Xie Lingxiao suddenly stopped and said, "Forgive? How do you want me to forgive you?"

His words left the emperor at a loss for words.

If he had made a mistake once, he would still have the nerve to continue seeking forgiveness, but he had been wrong for so many years, and even if he sought forgiveness, he didn't know which one he should ask Xie Lingxiao to forgive.