The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

Li Zhaoning pointed at Ruan Qingyao and said, "Everyone knows that I am your daughter, the only princess in the palace, the favored Princess Ning'an.

Haha, no one knows my biological mother, and she tried to kill me many times because I wasn't a boy.

As far as I can remember, all kinds of vicious tactics in the palace have been used by Empress Dowager Ruan on her own daughter.

She was worried about the emperor's investigation, so she didn't dare to kill me directly, nor did she dare let anyone see my wounds. She was..."

"Stop talking! Sister, stop talking." Li Zhaoying still remembered the miserable look of Li Zhaoning when he was young.

Li Zhaoning thought that he would never cry again because of the harm his biological mother had inflicted on him, but because of Li Zhaoying's words "don't say anymore", he collapsed on his brother.

Li Zhaojie also remembered that they were still young at that time. His mother was killed by Chen Xinrong, and he was raised by his mother Qi.

Chen Xinrong was banished to the cold palace, and Li Zhaocai was kept in Ruan Qingyao's Kunning Palace.

He and Li Zhaocai would fight whenever they met because of their respective mothers.

Once, he was so angry that he chased Li Zhaocai into the Kunning Palace.

It was also on that day that he heard the shrill cry of a child. The voice was Li Zhaoning.

That year, the three brothers were five years old, and Li Zhaoning was seven years old.

Because of Ruan Qingyao, he also doesn't like Li Zhaoning.

But the sound was so miserable that when he followed the sound, he saw Li Zhaoning with a pale face and half-dead.

His biological mother, Concubine Xue, had that same expression when she died.

Li Zhaocai was so scared that he ran back to Jingyang Palace for help.

That day, Ruan Qingyao hugged Li Zhaoning and cried miserably, saying that she didn't know her daughter was being bullied.

The two maids who abused Li Zhaoning were beaten to death, and Li Zhaoning was placed in Jingyang Palace by Emperor Huiren.

Li Zhaoning's physical injuries took more than two months to heal, but the wounds in her heart may take a lifetime to heal.

"People outside say that I spent more time in Jingyang Palace than in Kunning Palace. That's wrong. After I was seven years old, I lived in Jingyang Palace all the time and never returned to Kunning Palace.

Before I was seven years old, I could hardly get out of bed in Kunning Palace. Empress Dowager Ruan thought that if I were a boy, I would be the legitimate son and would naturally inherit my father's throne, so that she and the Ruan family could continue to be powerful.

She also hated me because I was too big when I was born, which injured my lower body and made it impossible for her to have children.

Haha, how funny!

Queen Mother Ruan, you said I was unfilial. If I were to cover up for you now, then I would be unfilial to Concubine Qi!

You ordered your servants to abuse your own daughter, and when I was almost dead, all you thought about was shirking responsibility.

It was Mother Qi who accompanied me and took care of me. For two whole years, Mother Qi held me in her arms as I slept. Only then did I gradually stop having nightmares and forget the pain I once had.

Those years were the happiest time of her life. In Jingyang Palace, she had Concubine Qi and two younger brothers.

It was not until she left the palace and set up her own household that people from the Ruan family began to swarm around her like flies.

"Queen Mother Ruan and the Ruan family told me that no matter how much I hated my Ruan blood, I couldn't change my origins. If I wasn't close to my mother's family, everyone would think that Mother Concubine Qi was deliberately trying to sow discord between me and the Ruan family.

I knew that as long as I stayed in the capital, Empress Dowager Nguyen and the Nguyen family would sooner or later use me to cause trouble. That's why, after my arranged marriage, I requested to go to Yuezhou Prefecture. It wasn't until my father became seriously ill that I returned to the capital.

My father gave me all three imperial edicts and called Li Zhaocai over.

At that time, Li Zhaocai swore to heaven that if he went against his father's wishes and occupied the throne, he would be tortured to death.

That night, my father passed away. I had planned to announce his will the next day, but Empress Dowager Ruan suddenly returned to the palace. However, my elderly grandmother was still in the Huguo Temple.

Li Zhaocai, Ruan Xinyu, Chen Xinrong, and the Ruan family, whom I should call my grandparents, forced me to take out the imperial edict.

I know that once I give it to him, Li Zhaocai will definitely go back on his word, and my father's last wish and Xin'er's throne will be in vain.

That night, not only did my father die, but almost all the secret guards in Concubine Qi's palace were killed in order to protect me.

I watched helplessly as they burned Zhaoying's edict to establish the crown prince and Xin'er as emperor. Concubine Qi, whom I regarded as my mother, was fed poison and suffered terribly..."

Li Zhaoning mentioned that Concubine Qi was drugged and cried for a long time. Li Zhaoying and others also kept crying.

Han Qingyun and Lu Yanyan were also trembling with fear when they heard this. The poison that Concubine Qi was fed was called "Bone-Eroding Powder". As the name suggests, the poison would corrode a person's bones bit by bit and it would take two months for the person to die.

How desperate must that stunning woman have felt in the last days of her life?

"After that, I was imprisoned. Only then did I realize that Zhaoying and Ren'er were not dead at all. When I was released, my father had already been buried, and Zhaoying and Zhaojie had returned to their respective fiefdoms.

Empress Dowager Ruan, my biological mother, once tried to silence me. Ruan Bai said many people saw me enter the capital. People outside were already suspicious of Li Zhaocai's succession. If I didn't leave, even the court officials would become suspicious.

I left, but my son and grandson were left in the capital. Before I left, they used the same tactics on Tuantuan that they had used on me.

Tuantuan is only two years old. I will never forget the suffering I endured in my childhood, but I have to watch those torturous methods being inflicted on my little grandson.

They said that as long as I could keep the secret, my son and grandson would be safe, otherwise Tuantuan would have to live in abuse for the rest of his life.

In five years, I encountered more than a dozen assassination attempts in Yuezhou Prefecture, but I didn't dare to say it out.

I feel sorry for my father and my brother..."

Li Zhaoning and others on the stage were crying inconsolably, while the people below were cursing.

Some people also questioned how it was possible for there to be such a mother?

Ruan Qingyao looked hurt, as if she couldn't believe that her daughter would slander her.

Chen Xinrong shouted angrily, "What nonsense! The victors are kings and the losers are bandits. Now that Li Zhaoying has gained power, he wants to throw dirty water on us. Don't even think about it! Even if you win the world, without the late emperor's will, you will be recorded in history books as a traitor."

"Really?" a weak voice sounded.

"Eunuch Sheng?" Liu Zhiheng, Yang Ziliang, and Li Ruijing strode towards the newcomer.

Li Zhaoning was also surprised and happy: "Eunuch Sheng, you? You are not dead?"

Eunuch Sheng was the eunuch in charge of ceremonies for Emperor Huiren. He knew the most about the imperial edicts written by Emperor Huiren.

Eunuch Sheng looked old and frail, as if he had suffered many years of torture. He was helped onto the stage by Feng Jia, the eunuch attending Emperor Zhaowen.

As soon as Li Zhaocai saw Feng Jia, he started cursing, "You little slave! I trusted you so much, and you dared to betray me?"

Feng Jia didn't even look at Li Zhaocai, and let Li Zhaocai insult him madly.

Li Jixin used another copper coin to knock out one of Li Zhaocai's teeth.

"If you yell again, I'll cut off your ears."

Li Zhaocai's roar stopped abruptly. He knew that Li Jixin could do what he said.

Eunuch Sheng wanted to kneel down to the Empress Dowager, but was stopped by Li Jiren.

"Eunuch Sheng, you are not feeling well, so please stop kneeling."

Eunuch Sheng's eyes were red and he nodded.

"Princess An Ning is right, the late emperor did write three edicts.

When writing the edict to establish Prince An as emperor, the late emperor wanted to include that the second son would succeed to the throne three years later.

But firstly, he knew that Prince An was mediocre and weak-willed. If he let his ministers know that he could only be emperor for three years, he would probably not be able to control the court officials.

Secondly, Prince Lin had told the late emperor that the movements of several enemy nations were extremely strange. No matter which enemy nation attacked Dayu first, the others, even if thousands of miles away, could simultaneously attack and contain Dayu's forces. The prince suspected that someone in the capital had passed on the news to them.

At that time, although the second prince was young, he was obviously as talented in both civil and military affairs as his father and brother. If the enemy country knew that the second prince would soon succeed to the throne, they would probably rise up in arms very quickly. It would be better to let the mediocre Prince An stabilize the government for the time being.

That was why the late emperor issued a third edict on his own, waiting for the eldest princess to announce it to the world three years later.

In addition to these three imperial edicts, the late emperor actually left behind a secret edict..."