Xiao Junze's heart tightened greatly. He was afraid that Chaoyang would know the truth and that she... wouldn't be able to accept it.
She has always thought that Mu Jingyan was her father, and she could not accept Shen Qingzhou, because Shen Qingzhou's harm to her was the source of all darkness.
Xiao Junze begged Mu Jingyan to keep this matter a secret. As long as Bai Li didn't tell her, Mu Jingyan would always think that Chaoyang was his daughter.
Mu Jingyan agreed, and he was willing to give Chaoyang the best and fatherly love.
But now...Has Chaoyang discovered it?
"You lied." Chaoyang sat helplessly and motioned to Xiao Junze to drink all the medicine. "Mu Jingyan didn't say that he loved me very much, right? If what you said is true, it was Bai Li who took advantage of Ning.
With He's identity, Mu Jingyan should hate my mother... Everything he did for us was a scam, how could he like me."
Chaoyang smiled bitterly. She could no longer see clearly the relationship between Bai Li, Mu Jingyan, Ninghe and Shen Qingzhou. It turned out that she had always been like a thief, stealing Mu Jingyan's father's love.
When Ning He imprisoned her, she always thought that Ning He was a crazy woman who couldn't get love.
But if Mu Jingyan has always loved Ning He, then her mother Bai Li... is a madman who cannot love her.
Xiao Junze clenched his fingers nervously and did not dare to say a word.
"Xiao Junze...promise me one last thing."
"Never lie to me."
…
The ginkgo leaves in the courtyard are falling in golden color, and all the beauty seems unreal.
Xiao Junze's heart was hanging in the air from beginning to end, never really falling.
Chaoyang hated deception, but he still lied.
She lied about Shen Qingzhou being her father.
Not only did he lie, but he also teamed up with Mu Jingyan... to hide the truth and deceive Chaoyang.
"Your Majesty, Jing Li was seriously injured...Murong Ling escaped."
When the secret guard came to report, Xiao Junze was sitting alone in the courtyard, his back looking a little sad.
"Announce to the outside world that Jing Li is dead." Xiao Junze stood up, his face darkened.
Murong Ling...she'd better keep to herself and not be discovered by him.
Jing Li had merit this time, but letting Murong Ling go was also a death penalty. He couldn't bear to kill Jing Li, so he could only... "Change his identity and let him serve in the Guanzhong Army. If he can become the General of Hanzhong within three years, I will
Let’s not pursue this matter any further.”
The secret guard nodded. "Yes!"
There are not many people that Xiao Junze can trust. Jing Li is the person Xiao Junze deserves to trust.
He joins the Guanzhong Army and can be used by him in the army.
What's more, with Jing Li's ability, being a mere commander of the imperial army is indeed overkill.
Now that the internal affairs are basically under control, the next thing to do is to slowly change the blood.
Whether in the army or in the court.
They have to be replaced by their own people.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing..." the secret guard hesitated.
"Say!" Xiao Junze frowned.
"The one from the cold palace... is pregnant. She deliberately let people spread the news. Rumors are spreading in the palace about the Queen Changsun back then. There are even rumors in the market that Your Majesty is not of royal blood..."
"Bang!" The medicine bowl on the table was thrown to the ground and shattered into pieces.
The secret guard was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and did not dare to say a word.
Xiao Junze stood up suddenly and slowly clenched his fingers.
Shen Yunrou!
She was provoking him and the imperial power.
"She relies on Shen Qingzhou's presence to think that I dare not take her life?" For a royal person, face and dignity are the same as imperial power.
As a queen, Shen Yunrou was pregnant with someone else's child. She provoked the imperial power time and time again and deserved death.
"Publish my decree and depose the queen to cause trouble in the palace. Her crimes should be punished and given poisonous wine..."
"Your Majesty!" Before Xiao Junze could finish his words, Ah Cha rushed into the inner courtyard in panic. "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Shen... The Prime Minister took all the courtiers and entered the palace to see them."
The veins on the back of Xiao Junze's hands are becoming more and more obvious, Shen Qingzhou! Is he coming here now to give him a blow?
Still planning to rescue Shen Yunrou from him.
"Your Majesty, Shen Yunrou cannot be killed for the time being. Shen Qingzhou holds great power after all, and half of the courtiers are his people..." the secret guard warned in a low voice.
Xiao Junze punched the stone table. His anger and feeling of being controlled could easily make people lose control.
Xiao Junze's breathing was rapid and heavy due to the tearing pain from the wound.
His eyes were red with anger. He didn't care whose child Shen Yunrou was pregnant with, but he did care about his own life experience...
I am even more concerned about the rumors about Empress Changsun back then.
Over the years, he has tried hard to reject all outside voices, even if he deceives himself and others...
His mother-in-law once loved the late emperor.
"Your Majesty..." The secret guard was a little worried, but there was nothing he could do.
The royal family seems to be supreme, but it is more pathetic than ordinary families.
…
East chamber.
Chaoyang left Aya's residence and heard some palace maids talking on the way.
"Your Majesty returned to the palace this time and escaped death. It seems like he is a changed person."
"The one from Leng Palace is pregnant, and the child is not His Majesty's. Your Majesty is so angry... No one dares to go to Qian Yang Palace now, for fear of causing death."
"I heard that several people spread rumors about Empress Changsun back then and were killed by His Majesty's order..."
Chaoyang slowly stopped walking and took a deep breath.
Shen Yunrou...she is so cruel.
Even if he loses, he will still bite Xiao Junze's scar.
As a queen, she is pregnant with someone else's child. Do you still want to rely on Shen Qingzhou's strength in Fengtian to give birth to the child openly in the cold palace to provoke Xiao Junze?
She really... wants to completely perform what Empress Changsun did back then.
Back then, Queen Changsun gave birth to Aya in the palace. Was she protesting or taking revenge on the late emperor?
The pace under his feet quickened a little, and Chaoyang was worried that Xiao Junze would be affected.
Shen Yunrou's purpose is to make Xiao Junze lose control and make him deal with these rumors with a tough attitude, but sometimes... impulsive and tough methods will undoubtedly add fuel to the fire, making the people of Fengtian believe in the truth of the rumors even more.
At the same time, Xiao Junze was also labeled as indiscriminate, violent, and cruel.
Shen Yunrou wants to alienate the hearts of the people and the hearts of the monarch and his ministers.
Such rumors may seem as small as an ant moth, but they are so harmful and powerful that they are frightening.
"Some people say that the Aya who lives in the east chamber looks very similar to Your Majesty, and that she is the illegitimate daughter of Empress Changsun."
"Tell me, is His Majesty the son of the late Emperor?"
"You are so bold to talk about the royal bloodline and the merits of His Majesty." Chaoyang said with cold eyes, his words full of threats. "You should be lucky that I am the one listening today."
Several palace maids shivered with fear, but when they saw Chaoyang wearing palace maids' clothes, they had the courage to beg for mercy. "Girl, we are both on duty in the palace, please spare us."
"I heard that Aya is the sister of the King of Southern Xinjiang. Your Majesty keeps Aya in order to check and balance Nanjiang." Chaoyang smiled, relying on his face after disguise, and planned to fight with these palace maids. Get into a ball.
Several palace maids looked at each other and patted their chests in fright. They thought they had met someone upright, but it turns out they also like gossip. "Girl, which palace are you in charge of? You scared us to death."
"I have served in Grandma Sun's courtyard before. You all know that Grandma Sun has served Queen Changsun." Chaoyang waved his hand and let several palace maids approach. "I tell you, Grandma Sun secretly told me
, Empress Changsun did give birth to a daughter in the cold palace. The child belongs to the late emperor, and someone deliberately framed Empress Changsun."