Upon hearing Ximen Jingxuan's inquiry, Lin Xiner slowly stood up and walked towards the window.
Looking around, there is a wide field of vision outside, where you can see a bleak vegetable field and a row of plum trees.
The plum blossoms will still take some time to bloom, but there are people walking slowly under the trees.
Their arrival did not alarm everyone in Zhuangzi.
The man looked old at first glance...
"I think it must be related to the palace turmoil ten years ago." Lin Xiner said, turning her gaze back to the old man beside her, "This old man must be related to a certain prince, right?"
"He is... Ximen Jiyao."
Ximen Jingxuan's answer made Lin Xiner take a breath, and even Ou Nan was stunned when he heard it. Although he had been secretly ordered by King Xuan to come to this villa before, he never knew the specific identity of the old man in charge of the villa.
identity.
"King Xiao!"
Lin Xiner sighed.
"The empress is joking. King Xiao has already died in the Sunset River, and the old man just calls him Ximen Jiyao."
Ximen Jiyao said and handed over his hand again.
Xiao Wang!
This is King Xiao, who has always been loyal to the Gu family where Gu Qingcheng belongs, and who was once the most qualified to inherit the throne! It is said that King Xiao fell into the Sunset River and drowned after he went crazy because of the death of his beloved concubine!
"My wife was shocked." Seeing Lin Xiner's face full of surprise, Ximen Jiyao apologized.
"You are actually able to live in seclusion here for so many years!" Lin Xin'er sighed.
What shocked her was not that King Xiao was still alive, but that a generation of King Xiao was willing to hide here for many years and live a pure and indifferent life. This was definitely not something ordinary people could do.
Even Ximen Jingxuan has her by his side, but this old man only sees loneliness in him.
"The past is dead, only the present." Ximen Jiyao smiled softly, not feeling that his life was a big problem.
The previous Xiao King is dead.
Back then, he was poisoned by Yuehua Kingdom's craftsman, fell into the Sunset River like crazy and was rescued. He didn't know what happened during that time, even though he heard about it later from Ximen Jingxuan.
Until ten years ago, it was said that there was a turmoil in the palace, and Ximen Jingxuan discovered him in the cellar of the late Queen Mother's secret garden. After that, when he woke up, he was already living in this villa.
Twenty years were blank in his memory. How many twenty years can a person's life last? Twenty years is equivalent to a person's entire youth.
But time has passed, so what's the use of sighing again?
Instead of holding on to the past, it is better to look down on life and live comfortably.
It’s great to live in this deep mountain!
"King Xiao is a true great man." Lin Xiner was full of respect.
Compared to the revenge she had seen and those blinded by hatred and ambition, King Xiao's attitude towards life was the most admirable.
It is because of this that the peace of the Qingyuan Dynasty can be maintained.
Otherwise, as soon as King Xiao comes forward, those who followed him and admired him will definitely reunite, including Gu Qingcheng!
"That's all, that's all!" Ximen Jiyao waved his hand, he was no longer used to this title.
"Just call him uncle." Ximen Jingxuan said.
According to seniority, Ximen Jiyao was his cousin and the son of his father's imperial uncle.
"Okay, Uncle Ji Yao." Lin Xiner changed her words.
"You just said, who has been there in the past two years?" Ximen Jingxuan asked again.
"The second king Ximen Jingzhao, the two sons of the third king, and the two princesses." Ximen Jiyao counted.
These are all people related to the chaos in the palace ten years ago. Weren't those people executed by Ximen Jingxuan himself?
Lin Xiner looked at Ximen Jingxuan.
It turned out that he was not a cruel and ruthless person from the beginning. Under that cold face, he hid tolerance.
But this tolerance gave him the reputation of being cruel and ruthless, regardless of brotherhood.
"According to the old rules, they were buried in the valley behind the villa." Ximen Jiyao continued.
"Well," Ximen Jingxuan nodded, "You don't need to be busy here. Go down first. I'll take Xin'er for a walk to get familiar with the situation here."
"Okay." Ximen Jiyao responded, turned around and left the house first.
"You two go and clean up. This will be Xin'er's residence in the future." Ximen Jingxuan told Ou Nan and Yan'er again.
"yes!"
After that, Ximen Jingxuan took Lin Xiner out of the house and came to the row of plum trees.
The figure under the plum blossom tree had left at some point.
The wind was blowing coldly, Ximen Jingxuan gathered Lin Xiner's cloak, "It's getting cold, so be careful not to catch a cold."
"I'm not that weak." Lin Xiner smiled playfully.
This smile made Ximen Jingxuan feel heartbroken.
After going through so much, she is not as weak as an ordinary woman, but he would rather she was just a delicate flower beside him, growing up under his careful care.
"This is actually a site from the previous dynasty, where the wise king lived in seclusion." Ximen Jingxuan looked around and said.
It turned out to be related to Leng Yanqiu.
"Back then, two kings and three kings were defeated, but dozens of people in the whole family were poisoned overnight. The poison is contagious. If it is not dealt with within a certain period of time, more people will be affected, and then more people will be affected.
A poisonous attack occurred together, causing an uncontrollable situation." Ximen Jingxuan told Lin Xiner about the past.
"It was the Yuehua Kingdom and the Leng family who conspired to do this." Lin Xiner understood.
"It is simply impossible to detoxify everyone in such a short period of time. As long as one person's poison is not detoxified, it will affect the next one one after another. Compared with killing them all within a certain period of time,
The fastest way is to get it over with once and for all.”
Ximen Jingxuan's eyebrows were serious.
Lin Xiner could imagine the struggle he felt at that time. Even though the two royal brothers almost killed him, there must be innocent people among the dozens of people in the family. It was like running a slaughterhouse to kill so many people, and his hands were stained.
Innocent blood is a very embarrassing thing.
What's more, even if he doesn't take action, others will definitely take action when they learn that they are infected with that strange poison.
"Besides letting them die, the only other way is to isolate them and then find a chance to detoxify." Ximen Jingxuan continued, "At that time, when I met Leng Yanqiu, he just asked me a question, asking them to live.
Or die."
"You said you wanted to give birth, so he told you this place." Lin Xiner said.
Ximen Jingxuan nodded, "Because of this, Yan Qiu and I started to have a good relationship."
At that time, a cover was created to make the world think that dozens of members of the Second King's rebel family had died at the hands of Ximen Jingxuan, so as to avoid people's panic and the poisoning of everyone was not announced to the public.
For the sake of the overall interests of the imperial court and the lives of innocent people, Ximen Jingxuan allowed his hands to be "stained" with the blood of his brothers and feet.