The Crown Princess has been buried, but the entire East Palace is still in a low mood. Everyone is keeping their tail between their legs, not daring to stand out at this time.
Even Yan Yu and her children stayed at home all day long, and the number of times they showed courtesy to Xiao Jue was greatly reduced.
In the study, Xiao Jue frowned and looked at Xiao Yao across from him with an impatient expression: "You came to me, don't you just want to drink tea?"
Xiao Yao has been drinking tea since he entered the house, as if he had been thirsty for a long time.
Xiao Jue didn't like his half-brother at all. Seeing that this man didn't speak for a long time, he became increasingly impatient.
Xiao Yao finally put down the tea cup in his hand and looked up at his elder brother.
After staring at the prince for a long time, Xiao Yao suddenly said: "Shu Fei, do you still remember?"
Xiao Jue frowned: "What are you doing to bring up a dead person? It's bad luck."
Xiao Yao: "..."
The queen mother is also a dead person, and his just-dead crown princess is also a dead person. In his eyes, does it seem unfavorable to mention these people?
Xiao Yao took a deep breath, suppressed the anger that surged in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "When I came to express my condolences to my sister-in-law a few days ago, I met my third brother."
Xiao Jue narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to say?"
"He said that I was the son of the queen and wanted me to ask my father for a decree to elevate Concubine Shu to a higher rank and be buried with my father in the imperial mausoleum a hundred years later."
"Is he dreaming?" Xiao Jue said immediately, "Lou Shulan is from a lowly background, and her father is extremely gracious to let her serve in the palace. Why do you still want to enter the imperial mausoleum?"
"Yes, I think so too." Xiao Yao looked at the prince steadily and said slowly, "I just can't figure it out. The third brother and Concubine Shu are not related to each other, so why would they help Concubine Shu to this point?"
"Served him during his lifetime and settled his name after his death. Is he too kind to Lou Shulan?"
After listening to Xiao Yao's words, Xiao Jue had a flash of inspiration in his mind and suddenly realized something.
Xiao Yao asked this, does it mean that he is beginning to doubt? Or does it mean that he already knows something?
Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows, looked at his fourth brother, and said slowly: "What do you want to say? Why don't you say it directly without beating around the bush."
Xiao Yao pursed his lips, finally looked at Xiao Jue, and said in a deep voice: "I heard that Concubine Shu is the biological mother of the third brother. Is this true?"
Xiao Jue relaxed his body and leaned back, and said lazily: "So what if it's true?"
"Sure enough," Xiao Yao was not surprised, with a very calm look on his face. He said, "Brother, you have known it for a long time. Concubine Shu entered the palace, but she did not want to affect her son because of her low status, so she simply
I don’t recognize this son anymore. You know it, you’ve always known it.”
Xiao Jue glanced at him and said calmly: "Yes, I have always known it."
Back then, Lou Yan was as pitiful as a dog. He was moved by compassion and gave money to treat his mother. However, Xiao Jue's money was not so easy to get, so he wanted to use the money.
Buy Lou Yan’s life.
Xiao Jue naturally had to find out the details of the people he wanted to take with him. The people he sent had met Lou Shulan, so Xiao Jue knew it as soon as Lou Shulan appeared next to the emperor.
But no one knew about this, not even Lou Yan himself knew that he had seen through Lou Shulan's identity.
Xiao Yao looked at Xiao Jue, who had an indifferent attitude on his face, and finally couldn't help but stood up and asked sternly: "So you told the queen mother about this and encouraged the queen mother to attack Lou Shulan?"
Xiao Jue's face darkened and he said coldly: "What are you talking about?"
"Stop hiding it, I already know it." Xiao Yao's breathing was a little quick, and the expression on his face was a little distorted, "It was you who told the queen mother Lou Shulan's true identity, and then repeatedly encouraged the queen mother to attack Lou Shulan.
"
Xiao Jue looked at him silently, and after a while, he said coldly: "I just told her the truth and did not encourage her to attack Lou Shulan. The first reason why she did it was because she was afraid of Lou Yan's threat.
The second reason for your status is that you hate Lou Shulan from the bottom of your heart for taking away your father's favor."
Xiao Jue laughed and said coolly: "She has been by her father's side all her life, but he has never shown her any sincerity. Seeing Lou Shulan being pampered and loved by her father, how can she be willing to do so? Old man
Fourth, don’t you know how ruthless our queen mother is?”
"Xiao Jue!" Xiao Yao said through gritted teeth, "She is your queen mother, how can you say that to her?"
Xiao Jue sneered, didn't take it seriously, and said lightly: "That's your queen mother, not mine."
Xiao Yao: "You..."
"You came today to question me about this matter?" Xiao Jue interrupted him impatiently and said lightly, "If so, then I can only say that Lou Shulan's matter has nothing to do with me.
It was planned by your dear mother."
Xiao Yao closed his eyes and swayed a little unsteadily.
He never thought that his eldest brother's resentment towards his mother had reached such an extent.
"Do you know...do you know that you killed her?" Xiao Yao's eyes turned red and he said word by word, "Don't you have any doubt at all that the queen mother was fine, so why did she suddenly fall ill?
?She still suffers from the same disease as Lou Shulan, coughing and suffering all day long? Xiao Jue, have you never doubted it? "
Xiao Jue had no expression on his face and said nothing.
Seeing his silence, Xiao Yao felt his heart grow cold little by little, and finally became completely cold.
He walked up to Xiao Jue in two steps, picked up Xiao Jue's collar, and asked with some disbelief: "You... you know, you have known it for a long time?"
Xiao Jue raised his hand to grab his wrist: "Let go."
Xiao Yao didn't let go, he clutched Xiao Jue's collar tightly, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "You watched your mother die... No, you just wished your mother would die early.
.That Dr. Murong, you took him away on purpose, so that your mother could not be treated, and you wanted to let your mother die."
Xiao Yao finally couldn't hold back his tears, she shed them drop by drop, and roared with a choked voice: "Xiao Jue, are you still a human being? Are you still a human being? That is your queen mother, the queen mother who gave birth to you and raised you!
How did you do it? How did you do it?"
Xiao Jue's eyes were also red.
He pushed Xiao Yao away and shouted loudly: "Then when she conspired with you to kill me and seize the throne, did she ever think that I was her son, did you ever think that I was your eldest brother? You guys did?
Have you thought about it?"
Xiao Yao took a step back and murmured: "We didn't, we..."
"You just haven't had time to implement it yet," Xiao Jue straightened his collar and said coldly, "If I hadn't discovered it earlier, would I still be able to sit firmly on the throne of the prince now? I'm afraid I would have been killed by you and my son a long time ago.