si-mexico Chapter 257 Confrontation
Chapter 257 Confrontation
"I have met His Majesty!"
When Emperor Ming saw the person in front of him clearly, his eyes widened instantly, a blush appeared on his pale face, and he kept coughing in anger.
"Ahem, how can you return to Beijing without being summoned?"
The King of Jin replied indifferently, "I was worried about your Majesty's health and returned to the capital without permission. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Emperor Ming breathed a sigh of relief and seemed a little curious about the purpose of Prince Jin's visit.
"Tell me the truth about why you risked your life to come back. If it is extenuating, I will not embarrass you."
With cold eyes, Prince Jin looked at his royal brother whom he had supported for decades.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember my princess, Shen Xuanyue?"
Emperor Ming's expression froze, and he coughed a few times before answering.
"Of course I remember, but she has been dead for many years, and I can't remember what she looked like. Did you come back to Beijing to pay tribute to your deceased wife?"
The King of Jin gave a bitter smile and said, "There is no one in the mausoleum. How can I pay my respects?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Ming burst into a violent coughing fit and gasped for breath.
"W-what? There's no one in the mausoleum...what are you talking about?"
"Your Majesty should know best what I am talking about. I came here today just to ask for an explanation. Why did Your Majesty kidnap your brother's wife?!"
"You! Ahem... you are talking nonsense. You are being disrespectful, very disrespectful!"
In their eyes, Emperor Ming's intense reaction clearly showed that he was guilty.
The Prince of Jin listened to Emperor Ming's furious accusations in silence, without saying a word, until Emperor Ming had run out of energy to scold him, and then the Prince of Jin spoke again.
"I have been thinking about it for many days and have come up with two possibilities. One is that Xuan Yue is dead. Your purpose in kidnapping her is the same as that of the people of the East Wu Kingdom. You are addicted to the gold Gu and you killed her to silence her if you can't get the Gu worm. The other possibility is that you not only covet the Gu worm, but also covet Xuan Yue's beauty. Therefore, Xuan Yue is not dead, but has been hidden by you. The most dangerous place is the safest place. She is now in the palace!"
"You! You are talking nonsense! It's just nonsense!"
When Lin Yushu heard this, a face flashed before her eyes. Even with the veil covering half of her face, she could still be seen as a peerless beauty. She also had a pair of peach blossom eyes that were very similar to Nan Rongjing's...
In the previous life, Nan Rongjing said to Nan Huaishuo, who he had killed, "I have no interest in the throne, but I don't want to see the people who provoke me live well. This is not pleasant."
But Nan Huaishuo obviously hadn't provoked Nan Rongjing at that time, but Lin Yushu finally thought of it at this moment.
When Nan Huaishuo ascended the throne, he drove all the concubines in the palace to the imperial mausoleum, but he killed one of them because the prince she gave birth to was still alive, which made Nan Huaishuo jealous...
The seventh prince’s biological mother, Concubine Yu!
In the previous life, Nan Huaishuo ascended the throne and Jade Concubine was killed by Nan Huaishuo. Only then did Nan Rongjing and his son find out the truth and learned that Jade Concubine was Xuan Yue, so he led his troops back to the capital for revenge...
Obviously, Nan Rongjing had thought of it as well, and he stood there in a daze.
For twenty whole years, he never imagined that his mother, whom he thought had been dead long ago, was actually in the backyard of the palace, so close to him!
The King of Jin stood up, took two steps back, knelt down upright and kowtowed, his tone extremely sincere.
"I beg my royal brother to explain this to me!"
Hearing Prince Jin's desperate plea, Emperor Ming's flushed face gradually turned pale. He exhaled, his expression cold.
"I have nothing to explain to you. Everything is your own delusion. Go back to Youzhou immediately. I will not hold you responsible for returning to the capital without permission this time. If you do it again, I will punish you severely!"
Upon hearing this, Prince Jin's heart sank.
"Stand back."
After saying this, Emperor Ming lay down again, closed his eyes, and looked like he was about to drive someone away.
Prince Jin's hands trembled slightly, with an unwilling look on his face, but he could do nothing about it. He was the emperor and he was just a subject.
The Prince of Jin hesitated for a long time but finally said nothing. Since he could not get an answer from Emperor Ming, he could only find other ways.
Just as Prince Jin turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly froze in place, staring blankly at the door, his lips trembling uncontrollably, and his eyes instantly turned red.
"Yue, Yue'er..."
Lin Yushu and Nan Rongjing turned their heads and looked behind them at the same time. A slender figure in moon-white clothes was standing there. A thin gauze covered the lower half of her face, leaving only a pair of eyebrows and eyes exposed. She was beautiful and charming.
It’s Concubine Yu.
Emperor Ming heard the noise and sat up weakly. When he saw Concubine Yu at the door, he couldn't stop breathing heavily.
"You, why are you here? Go back! Go back to the harem!"
Concubine Yu seemed not to hear anything and walked slowly to the side of Prince Jin. She did not look at Emperor Ming or even at Nan Rongjing. The only thing in her eyes was Prince Jin.
"Qingyang, long time no see."
When Prince Jin heard her voice, he could no longer contain his excitement. He rushed over and hugged Concubine Yu, choking with sobs and unable to utter a word.
"You, you are so brave, do you think I'm dead?!"
Concubine Yu gently pushed Prince Jin away, raised her hand and took off the veil she had worn for twenty years, revealing a beautiful face.
She still ignored Emperor Ming, turned to look at the stunned Nan Rongjing, and reached out to touch his face.
"Mother is incompetent. You have suffered so much over the years."
Nan Rongjing's throat rolled, he clenched his teeth tightly, and couldn't speak. He didn't know what his mood was at the moment, the excitement of seeing his mother come back to life, or the pain of being abandoned by his mother for twenty years.
Concubine Yu looked at Nan Rongjing with guilt in her eyes. She said nothing more and finally turned to look at the angry Emperor Ming.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten your words?"
"What did you say?"
Jade Concubine sneered, "If I present the Gold-Eating Gu to you one day, you will give me my freedom!"
When Emperor Ming heard the words "gold-loving Gu", his eyes suddenly lit up and an unhealthy blush appeared on his pale face.
"After all these years, you are finally willing to tell the truth! Where is the gold-loving Gu?"
"Right before your eyes!"
Seeing Emperor Ming's puzzled expression, Concubine Yu, no, Xuan Yue just felt relieved. She glared at Emperor Ming with hatred.
"I knew that my happiness was illusory and would not last forever, but I thought my happiness would be destroyed by those people from the East Witch Country. I never thought that it would be you who destroyed me and our family!"
The excitement of the sudden reunion was pulled back by reason, and King Jin's emotions gradually calmed down, "What happened back then?"
Guilt and hatred appeared on Xuan Yue's face, and she began to talk about the accident that happened more than 20 years ago.
Xuan Yue at that time had never expected that, when she had just arrived in the capital and had not yet married Prince Jin, she would be regarded as prey and closely watched by Emperor Ming after only meeting him once at a palace banquet.
Originally, Emperor Ming was not interested in this sister-in-law who came from a humble family. She was just pretty. Instead, he was very satisfied that Prince Jin could marry a princess who had no background and no power.
But a few words of coquettish complaints from Concubine Hu, who was in favor at the time, to Emperor Ming suddenly made him suspicious.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what Prince Jin's vision is. The princess he chose doesn't know the etiquette of the palace at all. This palace banquet has caused countless jokes..."
Relying on Emperor Ming's preference for her, Concubine Hu kept talking about the jokes made by Xuan Yue due to her lack of etiquette, and told them to Emperor Ming for fun.
But Emperor Ming gradually sensed something was wrong. It wasn't just that he didn't know the etiquette of the palace, it was more like...
It seems more like he doesn't understand the etiquette of the Great Zhou!