Xianyue stroked his head and whispered: "Did he give you a lesson?"
Yongxun looked at Xianyue in surprise and blurted out: "How do you know, Mother? Did you send someone to follow my ministers?"
Xianyue chuckled and said: "Why send someone to follow? You can guess it with just a little thought. With his temperament, he will definitely strike first to gain the upper hand."
Yongxuan chewed over her words and said doubtfully: "I forgive you for being stupid and not understanding what the emperor means."
Xianyue sighed softly and said: "Tell me the truth, do you still suspect that Third Brother is the murderer of Imperial Concubine Yi Min?"
Yongxun was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "Er Chen has thought about it carefully. It was Er Chen who misunderstood the third brother. The injury on his hand should be just a coincidence. He will not kill E Niang."
"You are really making a big mistake now. I can tell you that the person who killed Concubine Yimin was most likely the third elder brother." Xianyue's words made Yongxun stunned, and blurted out:
"Why did the Queen say this?"
"Have you ever carefully looked at the wound on Third Brother's hand before?" Faced with Xianyue's inquiry, Yongxuan immediately said: "I have seen it, it is indeed a burn, and there is no trace of a bite."
"I would like to ask you, if it is just an ordinary burn, logically speaking, it should start to heal in a few days. How come the ulceration, redness and swelling are so severe?"
"Third brother said that the wound was somewhat recurring, so..." Before Yongxun could finish speaking, Xianyue said, "It's not that it's recurring, but that he deliberately didn't apply any medicine and allowed the wound to fester."
"Ah?!" Yongxun looked at Xianyue in disbelief and said, "Why is this?"
"Because he needs the wound to fester to cover up the original tooth marks. If not, he will not be able to escape the blame tonight!"
Yongxun stood there blankly for a long time. He shook his head vigorously and said: "It's unfair. It can't be the third brother. He clearly said it so painfully just now. How could it be him."
Qi Kuan whispered: "Has Fourth Elder Brother ever heard of a saying called 'The thief shouts to catch the thief'?" Seeing Yongxuan was silent, he added: "If Third Elder Brother really has no evil intentions in his heart, the master will look at his wounds.
, then you won’t pull your hand back.”
Xianyue took over and said: "Besides that, there is that dress. Your memory has always been very good, so there is no reason why you would remember it wrong. In other words, the third elder brother did have a silver-purple dress, but he said
He insists that he doesn’t, why? Because he has a guilty conscience and wants to cover up some things that he doesn’t want others to know.”
"Third brother..." Yongxuan murmured, looking dazed and authentic: "Since Huang Eniang has already had doubts in her heart, why didn't she say this before?"
"Suspicion is one thing, and evidence is another. There is no basis for it, and just some guesses cannot convict Third Brother." As soon as Xianyue finished speaking, Yongxun turned around and walked out, calling
The resident asked: "Where are you going?"
Yongxun stopped, clenched his hands and said, "I'm going to find that piece of clothing. No matter where it is hidden, I must find it."
"It's useless." Xianyue sighed: "Even if you turn the entire Forbidden City upside down, you will never find that piece of clothing."
"Impossible." Yongxun turned around excitedly and said, "As long as the clothes are there, I will definitely find them."
"Since he knows that the clothes will have flaws, he will definitely try to destroy the clothes. Instead of taking the trouble to hide them, it is better to burn them with fire and not be afraid of being found."
Yongxun gritted his teeth tightly until they were sore and then said in a low voice: "The tooth marks and clothes were destroyed by him. Is there no evidence to convict him?"
"Indeed not!" Xianyue's words made Yongxuan's body tremble, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
Sadness, loneliness, helplessness, despair, hatred... these were the emotions Xianyue felt from him. If she hadn't been there, she wouldn't have been able to imagine that all of these came from a child who was only twelve years old.
After an unknown amount of time, Yongxun raised his eyes as cold as snow and said word by word: "Even if I risk my life, I will let E Niang rest in peace!"
"Do you want to seek revenge on him?" Xianyue pierced his thoughts with one word, and without waiting for his words, she added: "But in this case, you will also destroy yourself."
Yongxun said excitedly: "As long as I can avenge E Niang, it doesn't matter if everything is ruined!" As he spoke, tears fell from his eyes, "In the past twelve years, the person closest to me has been E Niang.
No one can harm her, not even Yongzhang!"
He directly called each other by his first name, and it was obvious that he no longer regarded Yongzhang as his brother in his heart. At this moment, even if Yongzhang made wild claims, he would not believe him at all anymore; if it were said that in this world, the person he trusted the most was
Huang, then Xianyue, who has watched him grow up since childhood, must be ranked second.
"I understand, but even if Yongzhang dies, Concubine Yimin's revenge will not be considered revenge." Xianyue said meaningfully: "Don't forget, if no one instigates it, the third elder brother has no reason to kill Yimin.
The royal concubine’s.”
Yongxun's mind changed quickly and he asked tentatively: "You mean your concubine?"
"It's possible that the Su family is also involved, as well as Concubine Shu. How are you going to avenge them one by one when you are alone?"
Yongxuan was left speechless by her question. After a while, he knelt down towards Xianyue and said, "Please give me some advice!"
"If you want to avenge Concubine Yimin, you must learn one word." Facing Yongxun's eyes, Xianyue said slowly: "Forbearance!"
Yongxun said excitedly: "They are my mother-killing enemies. How could I possibly endure it?"
Xianyue said indifferently: "You have to endure it if you can't bear it. If you can't even do this, don't say anything about revenge in the future."
Listening to her cold words, Yongxun's lips twitched and said with reluctance: "How long do you need to endure it?"
"When you can endure it until you can uproot them." After a moment, Xianyue said: "Now that Third Brother thinks you believe him and no longer suspects that Concubine Yi Min's death is related to him, you can just take the opportunity to get close to him;
As long as you get close to Third Elder Brother, you will naturally get close to your concubine and the Su family."
Hearing this, Yongxuan already understood what Xianyue meant and said, "You want my son to pretend to join them?"
"Yes, you are young and are the son of the Su family, so you can make them relax their guard best." After waiting for a while, Yongxun didn't speak, she said: "What? You don't want to?"
Facing her gaze, Yong Xun smiled bitterly and said: "To be honest with you, the emperor, I will not be willing to do anything, but... for the sake of my mother, I have to do it even if I don't want to. I think you have the same intention in your heart."
Is it right?"
A trace of pity flashed in Xianyue's eyes, "I know this is very difficult for you, but..."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to say anything anymore, I promise you." Yongxuan's still immature face showed determination that he had never seen before.