Chapter 104: Birthmark "Zhao Yue, you disappoint me so much. In order to save her, you actually told such a ridiculous lie. You must know that deceiving the emperor is a capital crime." The emperor suddenly said, looking at Zhao with fixed eyes.
Yue, because of heartache, the light in my eyes flickers on and off.
There was a suffocating silence in the hall, and Zhaoyue, who was kneeling on the ground, had some beads of sweat on his forehead. I don't know whether it was because of nervousness or because of thick clothes.
"Zhaoyue dare not deceive the emperor, but Yanyan, she is indeed my sister."
The emperor stared at her firmly, without any evasion, as if what she said was true. He tried hard to restrain the anger in his heart, "How are you going to prove that she is your sister?"
Zhaoyue took out a piece of rice paper from her arms and handed it to Gao Decai. The emperor held the rice paper, his fingers stiffened unconsciously, and the sonorous and powerful handwriting brought back memories of his past.
"I found this in my father's study. I always thought that I was my father's only daughter. However, a person suddenly appeared and wanted to share my father with me. I was unwilling to do so. Even if my father died and my mother died, I would not
Don't go looking for the so-called only relative you have never met. Until the emperor took me into the palace to raise me, and loved me like a biological father, I slowly forgot about it until I saw you.
Yanyan, I didn’t know until I saw the birthmark on her hand that she was my half-sister. Now that I have grown up, I think about it, and I have no reason to hate her. I saw that she was treated as a spy.
In prison, I wanted to ask the emperor to let her go. There must be some misunderstanding, Yanyan couldn't be the princess of an enemy country." Zhaoyue knelt on the ground and murmured.
Listening to her eloquent talk, the emperor stood up unconsciously and looked at the writing on the rice paper. On the rice paper, it was clearly written that her father had a daughter outside, and the name of the girl was also written.
birth date, and some of his characteristics.
"Gao Decai, go and bring Xia Yanyan." After a long time, the emperor's majestic but cold voice sounded in the palace. Gao Decai immediately withdrew and walked towards the cell.
Yan Yan was walking behind Gao Decai inexplicably. This was the first time the emperor had asked her to question her. Almost every time, he was testing her words, trying to prove that she was a spy of the enemy country. Yan Yan guessed that this was the case.
This time was no exception. He became impatient and didn't want to leave. He saw a large protruding rock and ran over to sit on it. Gao Decai turned around and looked at her with a slight anger on his face, "I still want to rest, so hurry up and leave."
, the emperor is already waiting, if you neglect me, you won’t have enough heads to chop off.”
Yan Yan rolled her eyes at him, "My feet are tired from walking, why don't I rest?"
"You are so brave, I ignored the emperor's summons. I want to resist the decree, so I'm going to leave quickly." Gao Decai shouted sharply.
Yan Yan stood up angrily and walked behind Gao Decai. After all, she was in the palace now and she didn't want to get into trouble for no reason. Looking at Gao Decai who was walking very fast, Yanyan secretly made faces behind her, but
Unexpectedly, he would suddenly turn his head, and for a moment his image turned out to be that his mouth was open and his tongue was sticking out, and his eyes were looking up with white eyes.
"What are you doing?" Gao Decai was frightened by her at first, and then quickly kept calm. After all, he had been with the emperor for so many years, and his reaction expressions were well practiced.
"It's nothing, father-in-law, let's go." Yan Yan retracted his tongue and suddenly raised the corners of his lips, but in his heart he was cursing him for being a money-minded loser. Although he didn't rest, he walked very slowly, which made him walk very slowly.
Gao Decai, who was in front, turned back frequently and urged her from time to time.
Yanyan was still walking slowly, looking at Gao Decai who was already annoyed in front of him, and suddenly smiled, "Eunuch, the emperor asked me to ask questions this time. Did you find any new evidence?"
"Just hurry up, why are you asking so many questions?" Gao Decai glared at her and walked quickly into the Jinluan Palace, constantly urging Yan Yan who was walking behind.
There was silence in the Jinluan Palace. Yanyan looked at Zhaoyue standing aside. He was stunned for a moment, then regained his calm expression. He just glanced at her lightly, knelt on the ground and saluted, and raised his head to look directly at the emperor on the wooden chair.
To her surprise, the emperor's eyes were flickering. The look in his eyes was not as nakedly angry as before, but mixed with suspicion, confusion and confusion. Various emotions were entangled together to form a wave of anger.
He looked at her with unknown eyes. As soon as he winked, several palace maids came towards her, grabbed her and stretched out their hands to lift up her sleeves.
"What are you going to do? Let me go!" Yanyan avoided the hand that wanted to lift her sleeves, and kept struggling to get away from them. She didn't know if she didn't eat enough and didn't even have the strength to get away.
They couldn't help it. They had no choice but to look up at the emperor in front of them and shout: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?" As he spoke, he kept struggling.
Suddenly the maids who were holding her down let go of her, and the maid who lifted her sleeves glanced at her, walked up to the emperor, lowered her head and said, "Back to the emperor, she does have a black one on her hand.
birthmark."
Hearing her words, Yan Yan was about to speak when Zhao Yue suddenly knelt down beside her, whispered something quickly in her ear and looked at the emperor calmly.
"What's the birthmark on your hand?"
Yanyan looked at the emperor who was suddenly interested in the birthmark on her body. Why should there be such deep suspicion in his eyes? Without thinking about it, she answered truthfully, "This birthmark has been there since this slave was born."
"Your Majesty, the birthmark on Yanyan's hand is enough to prove that she is my sister, and her age is also consistent." Zhaoyue suddenly spoke from the side. Yanyan looked at Zhaoyue in surprise, but Zhaoyue just looked at it calmly.
She didn't look at her again. Yanyan felt ridiculous. When did she become her sister? Yanyan didn't know what she wanted to do, but after listening to the words she whispered in her ear before, she had no choice but to
Just wait and see how things develop.
"How can age and birthmark alone prove her identity?" The emperor sat quietly on a wooden chair and examined Yan Yan, looking her up and down, "Xia Yanyan, I remember you once said that your parents were
He was burned to death in the fire, right?"
Yanyan was stunned for a moment, and realized that it was the life experience that she had made up before, and nodded. She felt Zhaoyue touched her, and turned to look at her. She only saw her looking at her with a strange expression, and then turned to look
Looking at the emperor, "Your Majesty, the father in Yanyan's words is not her biological father."
The emperor frowned and looked at Zhaoyue, who continued, "Although my father is a great hero who is good at fighting, he is also sentimental. When Yanyan's mother left her father and remarried, she was only 2 years old, and she had no memory of her father at all.
No, the only memory she has is of her stepfather who was burned to death."
Yan Yan listened to Zhao Yue's random fabrication, but felt funny in her heart. Now she didn't even know her identity. First she was a palace maid, then a spy of the enemy country, and then a princess of the enemy country. Now, she is
There is an additional identity, the illegitimate daughter of the deceased general.
Everything seemed to be happening reasonably. The emperor looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, and his mind was in confusion. Yanyan had better go back to the prison for the time being, and wait until the matter was found out before making a decision. Zhaoyue also left the Jinluan Palace in time, and she
You know, the emperor will not make a decision easily before he understands the matter clearly.
Zhaoyue escorted Yanyan all the way back to the cell, followed by two guards, guarding Yanyan. Zhaoyue ordered them to follow him at a distance and not get close.
"What's going on? How come I've become your sister again?" Yanyan asked her casually, a smile suddenly appeared on her lips. Zhaoyue's skill in making up things was comparable to hers.
Zhaoyue looked at her with a smile, but said through gritted teeth, "Whoever recognizes your sister, I wish you would disappear from this world immediately."
She didn't care about her words, even a blind person knew that she was trying to get away for her, but there must be a reason why she suddenly helped herself like this. Zhaoyue said that he wished she could disappear from this world, and she believed that she would have such thoughts
, saving her now is for Qi Feng.
On the way back to the cell, Yanyan kept playing with the flowers in her hands. Zhaoyue basically stopped saying a word to her and occasionally glared at her fiercely. As for her sending her back to the cell all the way, she was just acting.
The emperor watched and cooperated with her to finish the scene.
The sun shone quietly on the palace, and wisps of warmth pushed away the coolness. The wind gradually picked up in the afternoon, and occasionally a few withered leaves moved gently, and fell silent around the tree trunks again.
The twelfth elder brother quickly ran to Qi Yu, who was explaining to his servants, and whispered in his ear. Qi Yu's face slowly stiffened, and finally became livid. He waved his sleeves and swung his robe into the study.
, the twelfth elder brother also followed into the study. After closing the door, the twelfth elder brother gasped slightly: "Third brother, what should we do now?"
Qi Yu stood beside the desk with his hands behind his back, his chin tightened, and his hands clenched into fists unconsciously. After a long time, he suddenly turned around and stared at the twelfth brother, "You said, today Zhaoyue went to the Jinluan Palace and said that Yanyan was her half-father.
My half-sister, my father also made a statement because of this?"
The twelfth elder brother nodded.
"Absurd!" Qi Yu shouted. The twelfth elder brother also nodded and said: "When I heard the news, I thought it was incredible. How could Xia Yanyan be Zhaoyue's sister? But Zhaoyue has evidence.
It proves that Xia Yanyan is her sister, and my father is half-doubtful about it now."
"What evidence is it?" Qi Yu asked.
"I heard that there are letters to prove it, and Xia Yanyan's birthmark and age are consistent with what is recorded in the letter. But I think, how can we prove it with these, not to mention, the letter may not be true, just like this
Just like the time we framed her and put her in jail." Brother Twelve blurted out, suddenly feeling that he had said the wrong thing, he hurriedly looked up at Qi Yu.
Qi Yu did not blame him for his slip of the tongue. He just had a sullen face. After a few seconds of silence, he looked up at Brother Twelve and said, "Let's go, Twelve, let's go to Yingyue Palace!"