"I have been waiting for so long just to wait for Yongyan to be born, but she secretly took Yongyan away from Guangxiu Garden and disappeared without a trace. It must have been Fan Jin who said something to her. Unfortunately, Fan Jin is dead and cannot be traced.
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At this time, Xianyue felt an unspeakable conflict in her heart. She didn't want an innocent child to die, but equally, she didn't want her only child to lose her life. It was really difficult to choose between the two.
Hongli didn't see her talking, thinking that she was worried about not being able to find Wei Xiuyan and her son, and said: "Don't worry, this is Yong Cun's only hope. Even if Wei Xiuyan escapes to the ends of the earth, I will definitely capture them and their son!"
Xianyue looked at him and said: "No matter what, Yongyan is always the emperor's biological flesh and blood. Does the emperor really have the heart to do this?"
Hongli's face turned as white as the snow on the treetops in winter. He turned away and said, "Is there any other way?" After a moment of pause, he turned his head, and his eyes reflected the dancing on the bronze candlestick.
He held the candle and said word by word: "For the sake of eternal life, let alone one person, even if it is ten people, hundreds or even a thousand people, I will kill them without fail!"
Xianyue heard the sorrow and struggle in his words. Hongli knew that what he did was not right, but he still insisted on doing it wrong. Everything was done in order to live forever and prevent their children from dying.
Pass away early.
For thirteen years, Hongli kept this secret alone. He could not tell it even to his closest pillow, not even a word in his sleep. Only he knew how hard it was.
Jin Ping said softly from the side: "If the ministers of the DPRK and China know about this, they will definitely..."
"They won't know!" Hongli interrupted him and said indifferently: "As long as we find Wei Xiuyan and her son, and then send Yongyan to Ziyun Temple to let Guangchengzi cast the spell, all of this will be over, and no one will mention it again.
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After a long moment of silence, Xianyue said: "I remember that when Brother Eleven had an accident, Tang Qizhang came in a hurry to see the emperor. Why?"
"Tang Qizhang approving orders for Yong Cang every year. When he approving orders last year, he said that the great disaster in Yong Cang's destiny would come when he was fourteen years old. But that day he told me that it had changed, everything had changed." Although it has already happened.
In the past nearly half a year, when this matter was mentioned, Hongli still couldn't help but sigh, "That time was Yongxun's death, but in the end, the person who died became Yongxuan."
Xianyue said with an ugly face: "In other words, the person who died that day... was supposed to be Yong Cang?"
"Yes, according to Tang Qizhang, because Yongxuan is connected by blood with Yongcun, he suffered this disaster on Yongcun's behalf due to some combination of circumstances."
Xianyue sat there blankly. She always thought that Xia Qing unreasonably blamed Yongxuan's death on Yongcang, but it turned out... Yongxuan really died on Yongcun's behalf.
Hongli wiped his face and said: "Although Yong Cun escaped luckily that time, God will not let it go. In less than half a year, Yong Cang's death will come again. By then, there will be no
He is so lucky, so I must make up for his fate before this!" After a pause, he added: "I have sent additional manpower to search for Wei Xiuyan and her son again, and we will definitely find them before the first day of February."
After a long silence, Xianyue said doubtfully: "Exchanging life for life...Can Guangchengzi really do it?"
Hongli said without hesitation: "I have personally seen him cast a spell, and it can indeed change two people with similar fates. Don't worry, he can definitely save Yong Cang."
Days passed day by day, and soon it was the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, and the next day was the first day of the second lunar month as agreed with Guang Chengzi, but there was still no news about Wei Xiuyan and her son, which made Hongli feel more and more irritable.
During this period, Wang, who had been looking forward to giving birth to an elder brother, finally gave birth to a princess, which greatly disappointed her. In addition, after giving birth, Hongli only visited once, which made her even more sad.
Not even halfway through, I already cried several times.
After the morning session that day, Hongli looked at the folding papers filled with words, but he couldn't read them. He threw down his ink pen in annoyance, got up and walked out. After taking a few steps, a palace official walked in quickly.
, respectfully said: "Your Majesty, General Zhaohui is outside asking for an audience."
Hearing this, Hongli perked up and said quickly: "Quickly tell him to come in."
After Zhaohui entered, Hongli sent all the palace people except Xiaowu out, and then asked impatiently: "How, have Wei Xiuyan and her son been found?"
Zhaohui, who looked tired, cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I found the Wei family and the fifteenth elder brother in an abandoned house in the west of the city this morning."
"Okay!" Hongli's face finally showed his first smile in so many days, "But has it been sent to Ziyun Temple?"
To his surprise, Zhaohui shook his head and said: "I tried to persuade you for a long time, but the Wei family still refused to go with me, and said..." Seeing that he hesitated to continue, Hongli urged: "What did she say?
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Zhao Hui gritted his teeth and said truthfully: "She said that if I dare to take a step forward, I will strangle the fifteenth brother to death. I am afraid that she will do something drastic in a hurry, so I dare not act rashly."
, I just ordered the soldiers to keep an eye on her and not let her escape."
Hongli was silent for a moment and said: "Take me to see her, Xiaowu, prepare your horse immediately."
"Hey!" When she was walking out of the Yangxin Hall, Xianyue happened to come over. Seeing them like this, she said, "Your Majesty, have you found Wei Xiuyan?"
At this time, Hongli had nothing to hide, "Yes, Zhaohui has found her, but something went wrong, so I have to go out." He was afraid that Xianyue would worry, and said: "Don't worry, tomorrow
Everything will be fine after that!"
Before Hongli finished speaking, Xianyue said: "I would like to go with the emperor to see Wei Xiuyan."
Hongli looked at Xianyue in surprise, "Why?"
Xianyue did not answer, only said: "I beg the emperor to agree."
Hongli looked at her for a while, and finally nodded in agreement, letting Xianyue change into the clothes of the eunuch, and rushed with him to the abandoned house that Zhaohui mentioned.
After galloping for nearly an hour, they finally arrived at the place where they found Wei Xiuyan. Outside the dilapidated house, which had been abandoned for many years, there were soldiers in full formation, and the residents on both sides had been cleared away by the soldiers.
Hongli got off his horse and walked quickly to the house with Xianyue. There were about six or seven people standing in the small room. Inside, there was an infant woman holding his arms. It was Wei Xiuyan who he had been looking for for half a month.
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Seeing Hongli appear, Wei Xiuyan quickly took a few steps back and said sternly: "Stop, don't come over, or I will strangle him to death!" She did not recognize Xianyue who was dressed as an internal prisoner.
Hongli was afraid that she would hurt Yongyan, so he stopped in a hurry and said in a gentle and gentle tone: "I worked so hard to find you, Xiuyan, why did you sneak out? Do you know that I am worried about you?"