Just when Ronghua's slap was about to fall on Xie An's face, the servant's sharp announcement came from outside the door.
She glared at Nangong Yu bitterly and took back her hand.
No matter what Xie An said, he was Xie Xiuming's son and a prince. She would not dare to hit him in front of Xie Xiuming.
Nangong Yu held Xie An in her arms. Even when she heard Xie Xiuming's arrival, there was no joy on her face.
In the past few years, she has long been used to it.
From Xie Xiuming's resentment at taking Xiaohong as his concubine, to his frustration at taking concubines one after another, to his several selections of concubines after ascending to the throne.
Xie Xiuming still has some feelings for her, but it is limited to his feelings for playthings.
He turned a blind eye when Rong tortured Jin Se in order to retaliate against her.
The old vows of eternal love have vanished into thin air, and they are not even as happy as she was before she left the cabinet.
Today, she still hates everyone in the Nangong family. She hates that they, as relatives, watched her jump into the fire pit.
But she also hates Xie Xiuming.
Before the hatred in his eyes dissipated, he grabbed the person by the wrist. In pain, Nangong Yu was forced to stand up and looked up to see Xie Xiuming with an excited face.
"Let's go, follow me."
Nangong Yu struggled: "Where are you taking me?"
Xie Xiuming didn't even look back: "Go to the city gate and persuade Nangong Jin to give up the attack!"
Nangong Yu instantly collapsed to the ground, in disbelief:
"How can Nangong Jin care about my life or death? She won't listen to me. You are asking me to die!"
Xie Xiuming turned around suddenly, with a crazy look on his face, grabbed Nangong Yu's coat, and lifted her up.
The excitement intertwined in Xie Xiuming's eyes, the excitement after extreme fear, was clearly exposed in front of Nangong Yu.
The chin was pinched, and a rough finger appeared on the lips, rubbing them back and forth. Xie Xiuming's tone was lamenting, with a hint of long-lost tenderness.
"Yu'er, you said you loved me and were willing to die for me. Now that I've given you this opportunity, why don't you thank me?"
Xie Xiuming ignored Nangong Yu's resistance and begged for mercy, and vigorously dragged him outwards.
"Failing to keep your word is the crime of deceiving the emperor! I will give you the opportunity to atone for your sins and go to the city gate to persuade Nangong Jin to surrender."
Listening to the familiar sentence of "the crime of deceiving the emperor", Nangong Yu's thoughts couldn't help but go back to more than three years ago.
She doesn't feel pain unless the knife pierces her body, and now she seems to understand.
If you want to accuse you, why bother? The emperor says you are guilty, even if you are not guilty, it is still a crime!
Nangong Yu burst into tears.
"It turns out you were all using me. My family didn't rebel at all. It was you who suggested arresting my grandfather on the tower!"
Xie Xiuming smiled scornfully and said disdainfully: "Nangong Yu, do you really know nothing about what I do?"
"In this harem, the hypocrisy of the other concubines has been exposed, but you are the only one who used your innocence as an excuse to pretend."
"Yes, you are naive, so everything becomes my responsibility. I am really deceiving you."
"I really admire you. After deceiving you for so many years, you can even deceive yourself."
Nangong Yu covered her ears and screamed: "No, you are talking nonsense, I didn't."
Xie Xiuqi's eyes were full of sarcasm, without a trace of warmth.
"You are jealous that Nangong Jin is loved by her family and is also respected and loved outside, so you deliberately revealed her identity as a woman."
"You were angry at Nangong An's attitude of not currying favor with you and hating you. On the day he died, he just threw himself into my arms and shed a few tears symbolically."
"I also took this opportunity to get pregnant with Xie An."
"Admit it, Nangong Yu, you are a selfish and self-centered guy!"
Having been with Nangong Yu for many years, he always thought that the other party was a fool, until Xie An was born.
It is impossible for a fool without any scheming to safely give birth to a prince in the harem without anyone protecting him.
After saying that, Xie Xiuming ignored Nangong Yu's resistance and pushed her all the way to the tower.
…
Downstairs, Jin Se lay bored in Xie Xiuqi's arms. When he raised his eyes, he saw Nangong Yu on the tower.
Jinse was a little surprised when he saw her for the first time after not seeing her for several years.
She didn't expect that Nangong Yu was completely different now from the past.
She had been pampered by the Nangong family for more than ten years, and her eyebrows were full of innocence, and her skin was as creamy as a peeled egg.
Now she seems to be ten years older, her complexion is slightly sallow, and she looks even older than Jinse.
In memory, under the mountain of Nangong Jin, Xie Xiuming did not dare to marry anyone else. His only pleasure was to have an affair with Nangong Yu in private.
It is said that a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief.
Under Nangong Jin's comparison, Xie Xiuming and Nangong Yu developed feelings.
Therefore, until Xie Xiuming succeeded to the throne and the harem accepted many concubines, Nangong Yu still had a place in his heart.
Now that she is gone, the relationship between the two has broken down?
Jinse raised his eyebrows, his face noncommittal.
Xie Xiuqi also saw Nangong Yu and frowned.
"Xie Xiuming is really getting better and better as he gets older."
Nangong Yu's hoarse voice soon came over.
"Sister, I am Nangong Yu. I know I was wrong. The Holy One deceived me. You must save me. I don't want to die yet."
Nangong Yu gritted his teeth knowing that she and Jin Se were at odds and that the weight was not enough.
"Sister, it's not that my sister is greedy for life and afraid of death, but my grandfather has a spirit in heaven. He must not want to see his grandson die young."
"I don't dare to die for my grandfather!"
Jinse couldn't stand listening anymore and couldn't help but sneered: "Where's your face?"
It's so big.
She rolled her eyes and summoned Xiao Hei, asking him to send a message to the army general.
After a while, thousands of generals shouted in unison from this side of the moat.
"Loyalty and filial piety cannot have both ends. The false emperor Xie Xiu Ming seeks power and usurps the throne. Even if the old general is still alive, he will still be loyal to the emperor and serve the country and sacrifice his life for righteousness."
"Sister, don't worry and die. I will write a letter for you to explain the situation to your grandfather."
Hearing this high-sounding reason from below, Nangong Yu was anxious and angry, rolled his eyes and fainted.
At the same time, Jinse saw that the army had finished resting and launched an attack.
…
In the palace of the Supreme Emperor, Xie Xiuming's eyes were red and his face looked crazy.
"Old guy, this is all caused by you!"
"You have been partial to Xie Xiuluo since you were a child. I can only give way to that fool at every turn. Now not only will you not give me the throne, you also want Xie Xiuqi to sit on it."
"Where have you put me?"
The old emperor tilted his head. As soon as he opened his mouth, he could see that there were only a few teeth left in his mouth.
The light in his eyes faded.
"Ming'er, you are too extreme and don't know how to be a king. If you sit on the throne, Jing Kingdom will die at your hands sooner or later."
When he was about to die, he also wanted to do one last thing for Jing Kingdom.
"Why do you say I don't know how to be a king?" Xie Xiuming was so angry that he was confused for a moment.
When he woke up, he was holding a dagger in his hand, and the tip of the dagger was deeply pierced into the old emperor's chest.
He subconsciously let go of his hand and looked at the painful expression on the old emperor's face.