Chapter 213 Cause of Mother’s Death

Huang Jiu left Yuquan Tower and sat in the carriage, lost in thought. Liu Nan's words today gave her a wake-up call and completely sobered her up.

Now that she is involved in this center of power, she can no longer be alone. She cannot always rely on her husband to protect her, she must also become stronger on her own.

The child needs her, the husband needs her, the mother needs her, and the father who has never met also needs her.

The so-called loving someone means giving equally. Here the husband can protect her. But when he goes to Xiling, the husband needs her to protect her.

After all, it is an unfamiliar place over there.

After Huang Jiu had figured everything out, it was as if the tight thread in her mind was broken, making her very clear-headed. Her mind had never been so clear as it was today.

There are some things she must face.

"Han Yue, let's go to Duke Xiao's mansion." Now the Xiao family has been placed under house arrest by the emperor, and she wants to confirm something.

Feng Yuchen found out that her mother was secretly picked up from the Xiling Kingdom Palace by Xiao Tianlie, the eldest son of Xiao Guogong, before her death, but her mother died on the way.

Speaking of which, her grandmother was Xiao Guogong's aunt. She was the youngest woman in the Xiao family at that time, and was much younger than Xiao Guogong.

Her father and the current Duke Xiao are cousins.

With this kind of relationship, it's not surprising that Xiao Tianlie was able to save her mother.

Xiao Mansion.

The Xiao family had been placed under house arrest, so naturally they could not go in openly, so Han Yue took her and sneaked in quietly.

They found the courtyard where Xiao Guogong's family was under house arrest. Han Yue was guarding outside, and Huang Jiu quietly walked in.

"Cousin! I have something to ask you."

Huang Jiu came in and said hello to the others first, then looked at Xiao Yuanlie and said.

Xiao Yuanlie has never been defeated in a battle, and this blow was a big blow to him. He was the one who caused the Xiao family to suffer, and now he blames himself every day.

Xiao Yuanlie sighed, "You want to ask why your mother died?"

Looking at his cousin, he felt extremely guilty in his heart. It was he who failed to protect their mother and daughter because of the Western Spirit Emperor's entrustment.

"Cousin, I just know that my mother was hunted down by the White Queen's men. What exactly happened during the process?"

Huang Jiu glanced at the people in the room, and they all looked at her with sympathetic eyes.

The two gentle sisters-in-law even held Huang Jiu's hands, with tears in their eyes, but they didn't know how to comfort her.

Xiao Yuanlie sighed and then explained the situation at that time.

The person who came to propose marriage was the then Prince of Xiling, and the Xiao family married their youngest daughter to the Kingdom of Xiling.

Not long after the Xiao family's daughter got married, Prince Xi Ling ascended the throne and became the new Xi Ling Emperor.

The daughter of the Xiao family was favored by the then Xiling Emperor and was named queen. She soon gave birth to the current Xiling Emperor.

Not long after, the then Xi Ling Emperor suddenly fell seriously ill, and the Xiao family's daughter died for no apparent reason.

At that time, Emperor Xi Ling married a daughter of the Bai family as his successor. Now Emperor Xi Ling was put under house arrest by the then Queen Bai, who wanted to control the government by himself.

Emperor Xiling eventually passed away due to physical reasons, and the White Queen took over the power.

How could the nobles and ministers in Xiling allow the Bai family to dominate? Still thinking about becoming the queen?

So the Yuan family united with many nobles and ministers who opposed the Bai family to rescue the current Xiling Emperor and made him emperor.

The White Queen could only endure and retreat to the second line, becoming the Queen Mother.

The current Xiling Emperor had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not stable, so he had to obey the Queen Mother's arrangement and let the current White Queen take the back seat.

While he was under house arrest, the current Xi Ling Emperor was forced to favor the White Queen and several women.

Huang Jiu's mother has been with the current Xi Ling Emperor since he was very young, and the two of them can be considered childhood sweethearts who grew up together.

The current Xi Ling Emperor was still very young when he was imprisoned. At that time, Queen Bai sent Huang Jiu's mother to another courtyard to serve the Xi Ling Emperor.

Huang Jiu's mother was two years older than Xi Linghuang, so she always took good care of him.

The days of being imprisoned were very difficult. The Queen Mother at that time intended to kill Emperor Xi Ling, so the daily necessities were not supplied to the other courtyard over there.

At that time, Huang Jiu's mother Qin Weiyang was growing vegetables and food in the other courtyard, so the two of them would not starve to death.

As Xi Linghuang grew older, he became more and more handsome, and he also understood the love between men and women, and developed different feelings for Huang Jiu's mother.

The two talked to each other in the other courtyard and made an appointment to grow old together.

Just when the relationship between the two was established, the then White Queen sent her niece Bai Mei, the current White Queen, to him, so that they could consummate the marriage forcibly.

The current Xi Ling Emperor disagreed, so he was locked up and watched by a special person, and the two of them were asked to consummate their marriage.

At that time, Huang Jiu's mother was heartbroken, but she could only cry silently.

She is just a palace maid and can't do anything.

Xi Ling Huang was imprisoned like a stallion.

When the current White Queen gave birth to her third child, Emperor Xiling was rescued and became emperor.

Not long after Emperor Xi Ling ascended the throne, he secretly disposed of the Queen Mother, leaving only the current White Queen.

After the court situation stabilized, Emperor Xiling took Huang Jiu's mother, Qin Weiyang, to the palace, and made her the imperial concubine, only half a rank shorter than the queen. He also gave her a grand wedding, with a rank comparable to that of a queen.

Ceremony.

When the White Queen saw that Emperor Xi Ling loved Qin Weiyang so much and gave her such a grand wedding, she went crazy with jealousy.

Although she was a queen, she was just a girl sent to sleep in another courtyard by her aunt. Even the consummation of their marriage was forced by her aunt on the emperor.

When Emperor Xi Ling ascended the throne as the empress, he never touched any of the women in the harem. He only favored the imperial concubine. The two of them loved each other as much as a normal couple.

Not long after, the imperial concubine became pregnant, and Emperor Xiling was so happy that he granted pardon to the whole world.

Just a few days before the imperial concubine was about to give birth, it was the day when Emperor Xiling offered sacrifices to heaven.

Emperor Xiling took Queen Bai to the pagoda to worship heaven. On the second day of the ceremony, the imperial concubine gave birth to Huang Jiu.

On the night when Huang Jiu was born, a fire broke out in the imperial concubine's palace, and the imperial concubine was protected by Shen Tu and escaped from the palace.

Not long after the imperial concubine escaped from the palace, she met Xiao Yuanlie who came to rescue her. Xiao Yuanlie was not a general at that time, but just a young man traveling around.

He knew that Xiling Emperor was his father's cousin, so he wanted to come to Xiling to play.

He did have a connection with Emperor Xi Ling. Although the two had different generations, they were very close to each other because they were the same age, and they talked happily.

While he was playing in the imperial capital, he received an urgent letter from Emperor Xiling, asking him to protect the imperial concubine and his daughter at all costs.

Emperor Xiling was also on his way back to the palace from the pagoda.

Xiao Tianlie and Shentu protected Huang Jiu and her daughter and escaped from the imperial capital, but were hunted down along the way.

In the end, all the secret guards left behind by Emperor Xi Ling were sacrificed, leaving only Shen Tu.

Seeing that she could not escape the pursuing soldiers, the imperial concubine decided to protect her daughter and escape.
Chapter completed!