Chapter 688: The Empress Dowager Knows the Truth (3)
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She was too sensitive and worried. This was clearly her son. She should be happy that her son was back. Why was she so suspicious?
“Your Majesty!”
The young eunuch’s greeting came from outside.
The Empress Dowager’s expression darkened and she put down her chopsticks unhappily.
As soon as Emperor Jing Xuan entered the house, he happened to see his mother and son in a heartwarming scene. He also saw the disgust on his mother’s face.
His heart felt like it had been pierced by a needle.
The Empress Dowager said calmly, “Why are you here? Isn’t it enough to put me under house arrest? Are you going to kill me and your brother?”
Emperor Jing Xuan recovered his dragon might and said seriously, “I didn’t put Mother under house arrest. As long as Mother hands over this traitor, the guards outside can be removed at any time.”
The Empress Dowager said coldly, “Then you should continue to put me under house arrest! It’s best if you can put me under house arrest for the rest of my life! You can carry me out on the day of my funeral!”
Emperor Jing Xuan’s heart bled.
No matter how cruel and cold-blooded he was to others and how pure his heart was to his mother, it was a pity that his mother would never be able to see his true heart.
Emperor Jing Xuan suppressed his anger and glanced at King Nanyang. “I’m here today to let Mother see the true colors of this traitor.”
The Empress Dowager smiled coldly. “After not seeing you for a few days, you’ve finally forged the evidence?”
Emperor Jing Xuan raised the name list in his hand. “These are the names of the officials who colluded with him. There is a Gu Master beside Helian Ye and Princess Kang Ning of Northern Yan! Mother probably doesn’t know, but Wei
Ting saw him with the Gu Masters of Beiyan with his own eyes!” Actually, Wei Ting didn’t see it. Su Xiaoxiao and Ghostfear saw it.
“If you don’t believe me, Mother, you can call Wei Ting over to confront him!
You can choose not to believe me, but don’t you believe Wei Ting?”
The Empress Dowager said, “Your brother was poisoned and controlled by the people of Northern Yan. He doesn’t even know what he did.”
Emperor Jing Xuan took out a letter from the name list. “Is that so? Then what about this handwritten letter written by Helian Ye to him? The words on it don’t seem to be addressing a puppet.”
Eunuch Cheng brought the letter over.
After the Empress Dowager finished reading, she still said stubbornly,
“Perhaps it’s Helian Ye’s scheme to sow discord between you brothers!”
Emperor Jing Xuan laughed angrily. “I knew Mother wouldn’t believe me. Fortunately, my people found something else. Bring it up!”
Eunuch Fu entered with an imperial edict.
Emperor Jing Xuan sneered. “Mother, have you always thought that the origin of my throne is unknown and that the candidate in Father’s heart is Big Brother? Then why don’t you take a look at the will left behind by Father before he died!”
When the calm King Nanyang heard the word will, his expression finally changed.
Other things could be fabricated, but the will 18 years ago was definitely not so easy to fake.
This will could sentence him to death on the spot.
Eunuch Fu presented the will to the Empress Dowager.
King Nanyang suddenly stood up and grabbed the will.
This was indeed an imperial edict from 18 years ago. The color of the cloth had faded a little, but when King Nanyang unfolded it and took a look, he realized that it was only an imperial edict to confer a certain county king.
He froze.
Emperor Jing Xuan smiled. “You finally gave yourself away. You’re very afraid that Mother will find out that the late emperor deposed you, right? The Wei family was killed by you because they saw that edict.”
Emperor Jing Xuan knew this news from the beginning. The reason why he did not tell the Empress Dowager immediately was that he understood that the Empress Dowager would not believe him at all.
He was also waiting for a suitable time.
The Empress Dowager looked at King Nanyang in a daze. “Sheng’er… what’s going on?”
Emperor Jing Xuan said calmly, “Don’t use poison to fool everyone anymore. Qin Su has treated you for so long. She should have cured you long ago.” King Nanyang’s last escape route was also blocked.
How could Emperor Jing Xuan not have some ability to kill all his brothers to rise to power?
“Guards! Take down this traitor!”
With his order, several imperial experts swarmed over and grabbed at King Nanyang.
King Nanyang fought with them.
The inner court experts were ruthless, but King Nanyang was invincible.
Emperor Jing Xuan said, “Mother, Big Brother is your biological son. Is Big Brother so skilled?”
The Empress Dowager was speechless.
King Nanyang snatched a guard’s sword.
Emperor Jing Xuan said to the Empress Dowager, “Mother, Big Brother is left-handed. He uses his right hand. How can a person’s habits so different?
Have you thought about why?”
The Empress Dowager looked at the food on the table.
Actually, it was not only today. Actually, the daily food was not to his liking.
Emperor Jing Xuan said coldly, “He’s not my brother at all! He’s just a man who looks exactly like my brother!”
“No… no…”
“If Mother doesn’t believe me, I’ll prove it to you.”
Emperor Jing Xuan suddenly shot a hidden weapon at King Nanyang!
King Nanyang slashed open the hidden weapon with his sword. Unexpectedly, it was only a string of bracelets. The gems on the bracelets rolled to the ground.
King Nanyang stepped on it without even blinking.
The Empress Dowager’s expression completely changed. Her throat suddenly swelled and hurt, and the remaining faith in her mind collapsed.
“That’s Minter’s bracelet… When Minter was three years old… you gave her…
Every gem was picked by you…’
Emperor Jing Xuan added ruthlessly, “Will Big Brother not even recognize
Min’er’s belongings?”
It was not that King Nanyang did not know it, but he did not care. If he did not care, he would disdain it.
He might be able to act normally, but at critical moments, he was only left with his instincts.
The Empress Dowager shook her head and looked at him with red eyes.. ‘You’re not Sheng’er… You’re not Sheng’er…”
