The male lead went insane after the female supporting character gave birth to the main villain'

When the news reached Kunjing, it caused an uproar among officials and common people alike.

No one could believe that the war king who followed His Majesty in his campaigns and fought his way out of the warlords' struggle for supremacy would die while suppressing a small band of bandits!

Upon receiving this news, the Empress in the palace immediately fainted.

A day later, after the Empress woke up, she immediately moved out of the rear hall of Taiji Hall and into Weiyang Palace in the inner palace, where she secluded herself and never went out.

For seven or eight days in a row, no matter how much His Majesty pleaded, the Empress refused to open the palace gates and let His Majesty in.

Three days later, His Majesty, angered by the Empress, stopped going to Weiyang Palace to coax her out.

Qin Yang used his palace informants to sneak into the palace and met Su Yan, who looked extremely haggard, at Weiyang Palace.

"Changle, how come you've lost so much weight?" Qin Yang felt heartbroken looking at Su Yan, whose cheeks were already slightly sunken.

Su Yan recalled that Qin Yan knew she had met with Qin Yang again, and that Qin Yang had even grabbed her hand. That night, she was punished to the point of fainting.

Afterwards, because she asked Qin Yan and Su Zhan to cooperate with her in staging a play to confuse Qin Yang, she was punished by Qin Yan to the point of unconsciousness every night until last night.

Anyone would be exhausted every night, eat only breakfast every day, and only eat half a bowl of porridge for lunch before going to sleep, only eating a normal dinner. It would be strange if they didn't lose weight, right?

Thinking of those shameful acts and the shameful words she was forced to say, Su Yan almost couldn't hold back the pain on her face.

Taking a deep breath, Su Yan tried her best to control her expression, staring blankly at Qin Yang, tears suddenly falling down her face, "Your Highness, my brother... is dead."

Seeing her in so much pain, Qin Yang felt a little guilty and didn't dare to meet her eyes. "Changle, you still have me. I will always be with you!"

“But you are just a prince, while I am Qin Yan’s empress. We can only meet secretly. How can you stay with me all the time?” Su Yan looked at him sadly and then lowered her head and wept, but her eyes had already turned indifferent.

Qin Yang took two steps forward somewhat hastily, "Changle, I've come this time to tell you the true cause of your brother's death."

"The real cause of death? Didn't my brother fall into the bandits' trap and perish in the fire?"

"Your brother did indeed fall into the bandits' trap and perish in the fire, but the bandits and the trap were actually arranged by Qin Yan!"

Your elder brother fought alongside him to conquer the world, making great contributions. More importantly, your elder brother has the ability to rebel!

This is something that a tyrannical and incompetent ruler like Qin Yan could not tolerate!

That's why he sent his private soldiers disguised as bandits, then sent your brother to suppress them, and had the scouts who were gathering intelligence give your brother false information, which led to your brother's death in the fire, his body never to be found!

"Otherwise, think about it. Your brother fought his way out of the chaos of the warring states, how could he be outmaneuvered by a bunch of lowly bandits?"

Su Yan couldn't believe it and kept shaking her head. "No, no, my brother trusted him so much, and he trusted my brother so much. How could he kill my brother just because he had the ability to rebel?"

Seeing this, Qin Yang said again, "Changle, there's something I've been keeping from you."

When Su Yan looked over, Qin Yang said, "Actually, I found out a long time ago that your father's death was also Qin Yan's scheme."

When Qin Yan learned that the Emperor Emeritus wanted to make Prince Changsheng the Crown Prince, he coveted the position and arranged for assassins to kill him and frame Prince Changsheng.

Your father was a founding hero of the Great Zhou Dynasty. His death was enough to prevent Prince Changsheng from ascending to the position of Crown Prince, so Qin Yan murdered him and framed Prince Changsheng.

“How is this possible? My brother investigated Father’s death back then. If Qin Yan did it, how could he not have found out?” Su Yan shook her head, her face pale, refusing to believe such a cruel thing.

"Chang Le, your brother trusts Qin Yan so much, of course he'll believe whatever Qin Yan says!"

Qin Yan decided to eliminate your brother because he was worried that your brother would find out about this!

"No! I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" Su Yan covered her ears, refusing to listen to Qin Yang continue.

Qin Yang took out a stack of papers from under his clothes. "Changle, these are the testimonies of those witnesses. If you still don't believe them after reading them, I'll take you to see those witnesses. I believe you should recognize some of them; they are the old people who were with your father and your brother."

Su Yan hesitated for a long time before taking it. After reading it, she seemed to have made up her mind, stood up and stared at Qin Yang, "I want to see those witnesses!"

If they really are the elderly people who were close to my father and brother, then I will believe you.

I will help you kill Qin Yan and help you ascend the throne!

I don't need any promises from you, just hand over Qin Yan's body to me!

Seeing Su Yan's expression as if she wanted to tear Qin Yan to pieces, Qin Yang became even more certain that she had believed those testimonies.

So they dressed her in the clothes of a eunuch and took her out of the palace.

After getting into the carriage, Su Yan pretended to be overwhelmed with grief, her face numb, neither asking questions nor lifting the curtain to look around.

This reassured Qin Yang even more.

After a full half hour, the carriage finally stopped in an old courtyard.

Su Yan followed Qin Yang into the house, where several people stood who looked somewhat familiar to her.

"Chang Le, look at them, can you still recognize who they are?"

Su Yan pointed to a few people and said, "I remember they were with my brother before. I think those two were with my father before. The others look familiar, but I can't remember who they are."

"Chang Le has a good memory. The ones you pointed out were all confidants of your father and your elder brother."

"Tell the princess what you did when you were with the Duke of Su and the Prince of Zhan. Also, tell Princess Chang Le anything you knew or discovered."

Qin Yang spoke, and those people stepped forward one by one to tell Su Yan what Qin Yang had instructed them to say.

"Yes!"

"Twelve years ago, I served as an attendant to the Duke of Su. On the day the tyrant was betrayed, I saw the tyrant wink at the general who was trying to assassinate him from behind the Duke of Su."

Then the general drew his sword and stabbed at the tyrant. Seeing this, the Duke of Su hurriedly reminded the tyrant and rushed forward with his own broadsword to save him.

As soon as Duke Su rushed to the tyrant's side, I saw the tyrant push Duke Su away.

Duke Su was wounded and poisoned after running into the traitor's sword, and eventually died from the poison.

“I was just like him, a follower of the Duke of Su. I saw the tyrant wink at the traitor, and I also saw the tyrant push the Duke of Su toward the traitor’s sword, killing the Duke of Su.”

"The Duke of Su is a great man; Princess Chang Le must avenge him!"

"The three of us were all personal guards who accompanied the War King to Shengzhou to suppress the bandits. The War King listened to the scouts and made the wrong decision, which is why he perished in the fire and died without a complete corpse!"

Another person followed up, saying, "After the War King died, I saw the scout meeting privately with the bandit's second-in-command. They were too far apart for me to hear what they were saying."

But seeing their smug, triumphant expressions, I suspected they were in cahoots.

"I intercepted the carrier pigeon released by the bandits. There was a small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg, and a small note inside read, 'Your Majesty, the War King is dead.'" After saying this, the man finally took out the forged note.

Qin Yang took it and handed it directly to Su Yan. Su Yan took it, looked down at it, and didn't say anything.