I became a vicious stepmother and I went to the sea to feed my three children.

Xuanyuan Feng laughed a little crazily, and as he laughed, tears actually flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Bai Jingyuan was silent at this time, just looking at him steadily.

Once upon a time, they thought Xuanyuan Feng was also a cheerful and cheerful man, but some unexpected changes happened later, and his heart was blinded by hatred and could no longer be redeemed.

"Xuanyuan Feng, I hope you won't go astray in your next life."

Bai Jingyuan gave him a complicated look, then turned and left.

"You say, is it God's will?"

"At first, A Ce was truly devoted to his younger brother. He knew it would be extremely difficult for a bastard to make a name for himself in the Xuanyuan family, so he wanted to treat him better."

"If later..."

Bai Jingyuan didn't say the rest, but Gu Yichen knew it well.

Xuanyuan Ce and Xuanyuan Feng were really a great pair of brothers back then, but the Xuanyuan family has never been a peaceful family.

They were born there, so they naturally knew the cruelty of the Xuanyuan family's struggle.

Starting from the first generation of the Xuanyuan family, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children was clear, and the strong preyed on the weak. Only the winners could write history, stand at the highest point, and dominate their own destiny.

An indecisive person cannot become a decision maker.

Unfortunately, Xuanyuan Ce had a gentle temperament, which meant that he would not last long as the previous head of the Xuanyuan family.

The death of Xuanyuan Feng's aunt and the cruelty of the old patriarch of the Xuanyuan family were the reasons why Xuanyuan Feng turned evil.

His aunt, who had been dependent on him since childhood, died in front of him in order to save him.

However, the old patriarch of the Xuanyuan family turned a blind eye and even cruelly dumped his aunt's body in the wilderness, which aroused his anger.

Not to mention, it was later discovered that his aunt had actually switched him with Xuanyuan Ce!

He should have been the legitimate son of the Xuanyuan family, but from the moment everything was changed, his life had undergone earth-shaking changes.

How could he be willing to accept this?

Xuanyuan Ce enjoyed everything that should have belonged to him, and even pretended to be nice to him, all just for his reputation.

"Xuanyuan Feng is a wicked man with great ambitions. When Ah Ce first learned about this, he had already considered abandoning everything in the Xuanyuan family and returning it all to him.

But Xuanyuan Feng didn't believe it. He only believed in everything he had, so he went to such extremes to kill Ah Ce and eventually embarked on this path..."

Gu Yichen sighed. As the saying goes, one thought can make you a Buddha or a devil. Once a person takes a wrong step, there is no turning back.

Watching Xuanyuan Ce being taken away, Baijingyuan glanced at the tall and magnificent Xuanyuan Mansion.

In fact, the fate of the Xuanyuan family was doomed from the moment A Ce died, and it would never be as glorious as before. But for Xuanyuan Ce's sake, if they were still alive, they could still take care of the Xuanyuan family.

As for the future, it depends on the luck of the Xuanyuan family.

Royal Palace

Looking at the contents of the memorial, the emperor frowned tightly. He did not expect that Xiliang could be so powerful.

They actually planted so many spies in the territory of Dazhao.

"Good! Good! This is truly excellent! How dare they act so arrogantly right under my nose!"

"The Xuanyuan family was actually involved in the events surrounding the Weihu Army. They are truly good subjects!"

The emperor's face was ashen, and there was a crowd of people kneeling in the hall. The ministers in the court did not dare to say a word, as they were now suffering from the emperor's wrath.

"Pass on my order to thoroughly investigate this matter. Anyone involved will have their entire clan executed, or their entire family executed. The rest will be exiled to the frontier and will never be allowed to serve as an official in the capital again!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

A group of ministers knelt on the ground in panic, and the emperor's eyes swept over them one by one.

Finally, the question fell on one person, "Left Prime Minister, I'll leave this matter to you to investigate. If you can't figure it out, you can take off this official uniform."

In the crowd, a middle-aged man with a long beard hurried out after hearing this.

"The minister obeys the order."

He didn't dare to look up from beginning to end, and didn't see the emperor's gaze falling on him, which was filled with a hint of disappointment.

After leaving court, the emperor did not go to the imperial study to review memorials, but walked directly towards the Cining Palace.

As soon as I walked over, I heard the Queen Mother's happy laughter.

Ever since the news of Gu Yichen's death in battle spread, the Queen Mother had never laughed like this again.

It was only after the emperor's younger brother returned to the palace that he regained this smile.

The guard at the door was about to kneel down to salute when he saw the emperor, but was stopped by a gesture from him.

He walked straight in.

"I could hear the Queen Mother and Ah Chen's laughter from a long way off, but what's so funny?"

"Emperor, you are here."

When she saw the emperor, the empress dowager's smile did not diminish at all. Instead, she raised her hand and waved, indicating that he should look over.

The emperor looked in the direction she pointed and saw Gu Yichen again. He took out an interesting thing from somewhere and placed it in front of the empress dowager. The patterns on it kept changing.

"Ah Chen, what is this?"

He had never seen such a gadget before and couldn't help feeling curious.

"These are little dolls made of parchment. There's a mechanism on this big wooden frame. Once you touch the dolls, they'll move around on their own. You can change their movements according to the storybook..."

In fact, it is a movable, pictorial storybook.

Bai Qingyao had made these little gadgets for the three little ones when she was free, but she didn't expect that they would come in handy now.

"This is really interesting."

The emperor leaned forward to take a look, and after a while, he turned back to the empress dowager and returned to the main topic.

"Ah Chen, where have you been these past few years?"

Gu Yichen had been back for a while, but he had never asked him about his life in the past few years.

Hearing this, Gu Yichen showed a sincere smile on his face.

Although he had been searching for the truth in the past few years, he was indeed very happy in the following period.

When the emperor and the empress dowager saw him like this, they looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

They had never seen Ah Chen like this before.

Could it be that something else happened to Achen in the past few years?

However, they didn't plan to ask more questions. Instead, the Queen Mother remembered another thing.

“Achen, Amo has already told me about Su Jingqian, and I also heard from Amo that you said Amo still has bloodline, where is he now?”

This palace is indeed a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones.

She originally thought that after her son succeeded to the throne, she would look after the harem and try to avoid these things, but she did not expect that it is often the person next to her who is the most vicious.

Su Jingqian looked gentle and harmless, but I didn't expect him to be so vicious.

Hearing this familiar name, the emperor fell silent, but did not react too much. At this point, reminiscing about it was no longer useful.

Besides, she never liked me from the beginning to the end, so why bother myself with it.

But there was still some pain in his heart.

"That child's name is Ah Huai."