I fulfilled the female supporting role's wish and I succeeded

As night falls, lights flicker in the Forbidden City.

Xia Qi walked quickly through the corridor, holding a yellowed letter tightly in his hand.

The moonlight fell like water, stretching his shadow very long.

In the imperial study, the emperor was reviewing memorials.

In the candlelight, his profile looked particularly tired.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

Xia Qi knelt on the ground, his voice trembling slightly.

The emperor raised his eyes, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.

"It's so late, what's bothering you?"

Xia Qi presented the letter with both hands.

"Your Majesty, this is a secret letter found in the Ulanara mansion."

The emperor took the letter and scanned the yellowed paper.

As he read deeper, his expression gradually darkened.

"when did it happen?"

Xia Qie rested his forehead on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this is a secret letter from fifteen years ago."

"The correspondence between the Ulanara family and Empress Chunyuan at that time."

The emperor tightened his fingers slightly, creating wrinkles on the letter.

The letter records that for the sake of family interests, the Ulanara family deliberately arranged for Queen Chunyuan to be close to Prince Yong at the time.

That so-called chance encounter, that love at first sight that seemed destined.

It's all just an elaborate scam.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, the emperor slammed the teacup heavily on the table, causing tea to splash everywhere and fragments to fly.

Xia Qi was so frightened that he shuddered and quickly knelt on the ground, pressing his head against the cold ground, not daring to lift it up.

"Emperor calm down!"

His voice trembled, for fear of angering the emperor.

The emperor suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the imperial study, his chest heaving violently like a volcano about to erupt.

"What a Ulanara clan! What a calculation!"

He gritted his teeth, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, full of anger and pain.

Xia Qi was trembling all over and didn't dare to breathe.

The emperor walked to the window, and the moonlight shone through the window lattice onto his body, casting a slender shadow on the ground.

The figure, illuminated by the moonlight, looked particularly lonely and desolate.

"Back then, I cherished her so much and tried so hard to marry her..."

The emperor's voice was low and trembling, as if he was recalling a past event that was too painful to recall.

"It turns out that all this was just a calculation!"

His voice was filled with bitterness and self-mockery.

Xia Qi secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor's back, feeling uneasy.

"emperor……"

He asked tentatively, "Should we call the imperial physician?"

The emperor waved his hand, his tone tired, "No need, you can go down."

He paused, then added, "Bring some wine."

Xia Qi hesitated for a moment, but finally retreated silently.

The emperor was the only one left in the imperial study.

He sat alone at the table with several jars of wine in front of him.

He picked up the wine jug, filled his own glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

The wine slid down his throat into his stomach, but it could not extinguish the bitterness in his heart.

The events of fifteen years ago came flooding back to my mind like a tide.

At that time, he believed in that relationship so much and cherished that woman so much.

He worked hard and overcame all difficulties, and finally married her.

He thought it was a fate destined by God, the beginning of a lifelong relationship as a couple.

But I didn't expect that all this was just an elaborate scam.

He was deceived by the family he trusted most and the woman he loved most.

The feeling of betrayal corroded his heart like poison.

He drank one glass of wine after another, trying to numb himself and forget everything.

But the more I want to forget, the clearer the memories become.

Outside the imperial study, Su Peisheng stood quietly, listening to the noise coming from inside.

From time to time, there was the crisp sound of wine glasses falling to the ground, and the emperor's suppressed cough.

He was worried, but didn't dare to disturb her easily.

He knew that what the emperor needed at the moment was solitude and to vent.

He sighed, turned around and walked away quickly.

"Go to Yongshou Palace and ask the Imperial Concubine Shu to come over."

He instructed the young eunuch, "Say that the emperor is not feeling well and needs the care of the empress."

In Yongshou Palace, An Lingrong was sitting in front of the piano, plucking the strings with her slender fingers.

The piano music is melodious, flowing slowly like running water, and it sounds particularly beautiful in the quiet night.

Qiuyue hurried into the palace, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Xia is here."

An Lingrong stopped what she was doing and looked up at Qiuyue. "It's so late, what's going on?"

Eunuch Xia stepped forward quickly and bowed, "Your Majesty, the Emperor..."

He said anxiously, "The Emperor has learned about what happened to Empress Chunyuan and is now drinking alone in the Imperial Study. I am worried about the Emperor's health, so I have come to ask Your Majesty to persuade the Emperor."

An Lingrong's eyes flashed, and she understood.

She stood up, straightened her dress, and said, "Prepare the sedan chair."

Under the moonlight, An Lingrong's sedan chair passed through the silent palace road and slowly drove towards the imperial study.

The imperial study was filled with the smell of alcohol.

The emperor sat alone at the table, with empty wine jugs in front of him.

His face was flushed and his eyes were blurry. It was obvious that he had drunk quite a bit of alcohol.

"emperor."

An Lingrong called softly.

The emperor looked up and saw An Lingrong, a complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

"What are you here for?"

His voice was a little hoarse and a little drunken.

An Lingrong walked up to him and gently took the wine glass from his hand.

"I am here to talk to the Emperor."

The emperor gave a wry smile, "What is there to say?"

His eyes were hollow, his tone filled with despair, "The relationship I'm most proud of in my life, turned out to be nothing more than an elaborate scam."

An Lingrong knelt beside him and straightened his messy clothes.

"Your Majesty, why do you cling to the past? The past is like smoke, why let it bother you in the present?"

Her voice was gentle, like a spring breeze, soothing the emperor's irritability.

The emperor watched her movements, a hint of warmth in his eyes.

"You can think about it."

An Lingrong raised her eyes, and under the moonlight, her eyes were as bright as stars.

"I simply feel that in life, gains and losses are unpredictable. Rather than dwelling on the past, it is better to cherish the present."

The emperor looked at her quietly for a long time before speaking, "You are right."

He reached out and gently stroked her hair, "Fortunately, I still have you."

An Lingrong leaned on his shoulder and sighed softly, "Your Majesty will always have a concubine."

The moonlight was like water, sprinkling on the two of them.

At this moment, even time seems to become gentle.

A violent storm swept through the Forbidden City, and the branches outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation were swaying wildly, making a shrill whistling sound.

Inside the hall, the flickering candlelight illuminated Concubine Nian's anxious steps.

"Your Majesty! I have something important to report!" Concubine Nian's voice echoed in the empty hall, with a slight tremor, but extremely firm.

The emperor put down the memorial in his hand, his brow furrowed, "What's the matter?"

Nianpin took a deep breath, walked quickly to the emperor, knelt on both knees, and raised the letter paper in her hand high.

"Your Majesty, I have finally found evidence proving that the Empress, indeed Ulanara Yixiu, murdered the former Consort, resulting in two deaths!"