But by this time, it no longer matters whether the dream is real or not.
If that was true, Emperor Xuanping would really not be able to forgive himself. Not only did he poison himself to death his most respected and beloved eldest brother, but he also hindered the Queen Mother from avenging his eldest brother... How abominable!
When Emperor Xuanping gradually developed feelings of self-loathing and became irritable, the eldest princess finally entered the palace and came to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.
"The emperor suddenly summoned me to the palace so early, but what's the important matter?" After the eldest princess saluted, she asked worriedly, "The emperor's eyes are so red, but he didn't get a good rest last night? What happened?
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"Sister, I'm fine. I just have something to ask you. Please tell me the truth..." Emperor Xuanping managed to regain his energy and raised his hand to offer a seat.
"What's the matter? Your Majesty, feel free to ask." The eldest princess sat aside with a look of confusion on her face.
"Sister, do you still remember the eldest brother?"
"Of course I remember, the emperor is two years older than me. If he is still alive, he will be forty-five years old after the New Year." The eldest princess said casually, carefully observing the tiredness of Emperor Xuanping.
, asked, "Why did the emperor suddenly ask about this?"
"If the eldest brother is still alive, the person sitting on the throne must be him, and he will definitely be a better emperor than me." Emperor Xuanping said as if he was feeling something.
"Why did the emperor say that? What happened?" The eldest princess couldn't help but frown and asked again.
Emperor Xuanping shook his head.
He hesitated in his heart, but quickly asked: "Sister, how did the eldest brother die?"
When the eldest princess heard this, her expression suddenly changed.
"Doesn't the Emperor know?" She did not want to answer directly, she just said this.
"What I know is what my father and the Queen Mother told me back then, but this may not be the truth of the matter." Emperor Xuanping knew just by looking at her face that the eldest brother definitely did not die from the cold, "Ah
Sister, I was too young at that time, only six years old, and I had been spoiled since I was a child. I didn’t know anything. But my sister was ten years older than me. She had already grown hair at that time and had not yet left the palace. She must have known clearly.
Know the truth about this matter.
"Sister, I just want to know, was the eldest brother poisoned to death after drinking the medicinal food I fed him?"
He asked this, which really frightened the eldest princess.
The late emperor and the queen mother finally reached a reconciliation over what happened that year. In order to save Emperor Xuanping, they only told the outside world that the eldest prince died from the cold, but in fact...
"Your Majesty, tell me, did someone say something to you? Why did you suddenly ask this?" The eldest princess refused to answer Emperor Xuanping's question.
However, Emperor Xuanping already knew the answer just by seeing her avoiding the question again and again.
He immediately smiled bitterly, held his forehead with one hand, tears oozed from the corners of his eyes, and said with extremely bitter words: "As expected, it was me who was stupid and killed my most beloved eldest brother..."
"Your Majesty..." The eldest princess wanted to deny.
But thinking of the Queen Mother who had kept this secret for more than twenty years, she couldn't deny it.
Emperor Xuanping knew about this, it was definitely not an accident.
She also thought that Concubine Chu was in the palace now. Concubine Chu would definitely not take the initiative to tell Emperor Xuanping about this matter. It was probably the Queen Mother. She did not want to continue to keep this secret alone and make Emperor Xuanping look at her with blank eyes.
Like a wolf, she regards Mrs. Chu who killed her son as half a mother.
The Queen Mother must have been unable to bear it anymore.
"It's her. She used you to poison the First Emperor Brother in order to destroy you too."
After all, the eldest princess did not deny it, "You were only six years old at that time. If the eldest brother hadn't thought that it was a medicinal diet with three parts of medicine and poison, it would not be good for you to eat. With his loving temperament, he would have eaten anything good.
I must let you try it first...
"If the emperor had taken a bite at that time, he would have been poisoned and died like the elder brother.
"In this way, the mother will lose two sons, you and the eldest brother, at the same time. If Concubine Chu gives birth to a son in the future, she will support her son to become the crown prince.
"Even if you don't take the medicinal diet, you will still be charged with poisoning your brother, and you will never be able to touch the position of crown prince in this life.
"Your Majesty, I know that you have always respected Concubine Chu in your heart. Even because your mother could not accept you for a while, she did not take you by your side to educate you personally during that time. You followed Concubine Chu, so you treated her as half a mother.
, but now look at her, is she worthy?"
Having said this, the eldest princess sneered coldly, "As for my father, he is even more cold-blooded and ruthless, and he even threatened the queen mother with your life!
"He is so ruthless to his mother!"
To this day, whenever the eldest princess mentions her father, she still feels full of resentment.
At this time, Emperor Xuanping just held his forehead with one hand, covered his eyes, lowered his head, and cried silently.
Even though he killed his own brother, the Queen Mother still chose to protect him and even worked hard to educate him for more than 20 years and put him on the throne.
And what about him?
Unexpectedly, during these more than twenty years, he did not understand the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts at all, and even complained that she was not close to him!
She doesn't want to kiss him...
With what he did, how could she get close to him?!
"Sister, I feel so painful and uncomfortable." Emperor Xuanping was really like a younger brother who had done something wrong, crying loudly in front of the eldest princess regardless of his appearance.
"Your Majesty, everything is over. Queen Mother has never thought of blaming you. You were too young at that time and didn't understand anything. If you grow up, you will naturally think of Concubine Chu's sinister intentions. How could you do it?
What's wrong with her?" The eldest princess stood up and walked over, putting her arms around his shoulders, comforting him like an ordinary sister would do to her younger brother who made a mistake.
"No, sister."
However, Emperor Xuanping raised his hand with tears on his face, "Yesterday, I, I almost killed Xiao Jiu'er! I brought a bowl of medicinal food full of arsenic and fed it to Xiao Jiu'er!"
"What?!"
The eldest princess screamed in shock, "What's going on? Your Majesty, you!"
"It's my fault." Emperor Xuanping wiped his tears and recounted what happened yesterday, "I really didn't expect that Ning Bin would dare to harm Xiao Jiuer in front of me, and she also had the eighth prince with her.
……she……"
Emperor Xuanping suddenly found it difficult to say anything to excuse himself.
The eighth prince killed the eldest prince back then.
Now it's the eighth prince again who has brought poisonous medicinal food to kill Xiao Jiu'er.
"It must be her! It must be Princess Chu!" The eldest princess concluded this almost immediately, and immediately said through gritted teeth, "She is the only one who hates Xiao Jiuer so much now!"
Emperor Xuanping lowered his head with a silent expression on his face, but he was extremely certain in his heart.
Concubine Chu, if Concubine Chu didn’t do this, who else could it be?
"Sister, I want revenge. I want revenge for my eldest brother, my mother, my little Jiu'er, my dead Shu'er, and myself...!"