PFC Chapter 184 The Truth
Chapter 184 The Truth
The emperor's eyes flickered.
When the queen was kidnapped by pirates and could not explain herself when she came back, he suspected she was not innocent, and a rift arose between them.
Instead of reflecting on her own mistakes, the queen ridiculed him for being narrow-minded and not understanding what true love was. She then moved into a Buddhist temple, and their relationship was in name only.
This incident became a thorn in his heart.
Especially after the queen's death, she never appeared in his dreams again. This thorn in his heart tormented him even more.
He had to prove to the queen that he was not wrong, and that the queen herself was wrong.
Therefore, he asked Madam Liu to take action against Qiao Xi, causing her to lose her period early, but without actually losing her innocence.
By then, when the prince and Qiao Xi get married, if he finds out that Qiao Xi has not had her period, he will certainly doubt Qiao Xi's innocence.
When the queen finds out that her own son has encountered the same thing and cannot completely trust his wife, she will understand that it is not that he does not understand love.
But any man who encounters this situation cannot help but feel uncomfortable.
The queen will repent and meet him in her dreams.
But later, he became suspicious of the prince's background, and because the prince was investigating the affairs of the Qiao family, he began to alienate him. So he killed the prince before the prince and Qiao Xi got married.
The fact that Qiao Xi didn't have her period was meaningless to him, so he subconsciously didn't take it seriously.
However, he didn't expect that Su Heting could hear the clue from what he just said.
How could he recognize it now?
The pain in his body became more severe, and he twisted his face in pain to hide his guilty expression.
"I'm in so much pain, I don't know what you mean."
"Stop pretending."
Qiao Xi also kicked it, as if kicking a piece of garbage.
"I had already met Madam Liu before Ji Chuan attacked her.
You keep saying that you love the queen, but you don't trust her, and you have no confidence in your relationship, which leads to the separation between you and your husband.
You are unwilling to accept this and don't think you are wrong, so you want to prove it to the Queen.
The Crown Prince is the Queen's son, and he is the best candidate to prove his worth, which is why you asked Madam Liu to attack me.
You said that it was Yu Yan's instigation that made you attack the prince, but you couldn't bear to see your son living in harmony after marriage. How could a father do such a thing?
I used to think you were worse than an animal, but now I think your mind is extremely twisted and perverted. You are cowardly, selfish, and have no tolerance.
You keep saying love, but you never understand what true love is. You only care about yourself. You deserve the Queen to stay with Yi Qing and not want to come back."
The last sentence is really heartbreaking.
The emperor said with a grim look, "Shut up, you ungrateful thing.
After the former crown prince got into trouble, although I changed your memory, I also treated you well for five years.
If it weren't for me, how could you have acquired your martial arts skills? If it weren't for my love and favor, how could you have lived comfortably in the palace all these years?
But what about you? When you were in the secret factory, you were entangled with Lin Yuanbo. Seeing that he was unwilling to remain faithful to you, you, the jealous woman, designed to make me kill him.
Then, under the pretext of revenge for the Qiao family, you hooked up with He'er. How can a fickle girl like you understand what love is?"
Since the prince was alive, he had not come to see Qiao Xi in five years, which showed that he had misunderstood Qiao Xi.
Based on his understanding of the prince, he would never take the initiative to look for Qiao Xi again. So when they met again last year, it was Qiao Xi who took the initiative to look for him.
Without knowing that Su Heting was the prince, Qiao Xi took the initiative to find Su Heting. If she wasn't fickle, what would she be?
He just didn't believe it. After Su Heting heard what he said, he realized what was happening and was no longer angry.
Su Heting was indeed angry, but not at Qiao Xi, but at the emperor.
He threw another pill into his mouth, “It seems that this king is merciful. The effect of the medicine takes effect slowly, giving you time to stir up trouble here.
Xi Baoer is right, you don't understand love at all. If you truly love your mother, you should pity her after what she has experienced instead of doubting her and condemning her.
You have no right to scold Xi Baoer. You trained her to be your hidden agent and pretended to be kind to her just to let her help you assassinate the various vassal states.
As a dignified emperor, you placed such a great task for your country on the shoulders of a woman, and even killed her after she completed her mission. There is no one in this world more shameless than you."
Qiao Xi held his hand and said, "Don't be angry. It's not worth getting upset over this beast."
Su Heting hummed, put his arm around her shoulders, and said, "Let's go."
He came here to seek justice for the real Su Heting, and also to know the real reason why Qiao Xi was murdered and lost her pregnancy.
Now that the poison had been administered and the truth was known, he no longer wished to speak another word to the emperor.
"it is good."
Qiao Xi responded, and when he turned around, he said to the emperor, "I just told you that you once killed me.
I have also lived a second life, and it is obvious that you are such a bad person that even God can't stand it, so he asked me and my brother the prince to come back and deal with you.
Thinking back to the way you acted in front of me earlier, you really looked like a clown. For the emperor to do what you did is truly the biggest joke in the world."
"You are presumptuous!"
The emperor's face flushed red, with pain and shame.
Qiao Xi was murderous and heartbreaking. "Oh, right, I've just thought of your fate. I'll let you explode and die in front of Yi Qing and the Queen."
"you dare!"
Yi Qing was his enemy, the man he wanted to defeat all his life. He could never die in front of him, especially in such a humiliating way.
Qiao Xi smiled faintly, "Oh, I remember there's one more thing I forgot to tell you.
The Barbarian Queen Xia is my sister, my biological sister Qiao Nian. She came back to seek revenge on you."
The emperor watched the two of them walk away together and was so angry that he spat out blood.
So, he thought he was making fun of the girl from the Qiao family, but in fact, he, the emperor, was being made a fool of by the girl from the Qiao family!
Damn it, damn it!
Due to an incident in the palace, Qiao Xi and Su Heting stayed in the palace that night. They had just arrived at Linghua Pavilion when they heard Xiaoman's report.
"Sister Xi, the dog emperor fainted from anger."
Qiao Xi smiled faintly.
The emperor was so self-righteous and narrow-minded that he naturally could not accept the truth.
She instructed Lu Jiang, "Keep an eye on him personally and remember to say something nice to him."
Lu Jiang understood that this nice-sounding thing would naturally be something that could offend the emperor, so he accepted the order and was about to leave.
Qiao Xi continued, "We agreed before that once Cao Ying is apprehended, I will let you go back home. Have you decided when to leave Beijing?"
They had stayed in Cao Ying previously to identify the emperor. Now that the emperor has been imprisoned, Cao Ying and his companions will soon be executed.
She and Xiaoman are just cooperating, so she should fulfill her promise.
Lu Jiang said, "I have no relatives at home, and I want to return home just to be free.
But as you said before, without peace, the whole world will be a prison, and there will be no real freedom.
Therefore, we want to wait until you and His Highness have secured your throne and peace has returned to the land. If we are still alive, we will return home to see what happens. If anything unexpected happens, we will be happy to help."
During the time they followed Qiao Xi, she not only gave them the antidote, but also treated them very well.
Now, although the emperor has abdicated, Dayou is not at peace. There is still the matter of the ghost army, and Yi Qing hiding in the dark. Qiao Xi and the others are in need of people, so they can't just leave.
Xiaoman also said, "Sister Xi, I was sold by my parents. If I go back and become an ordinary girl, I will probably be sold again or married off.
Changsheng and Yongshou promised me that when the world is at peace, they will accompany me back to my hometown. If my family treats me well, I will stay. If not, can I still be so shameless as to follow you? "
The others followed suit and stayed.
Qiao Xi was moved, and Su Heting said, "Then all of them should stay. When the world is at peace, we will reward them according to their merits."
Several people expressed their gratitude.
The next day, the emperor posted a self-criticism edict on the palace gate and the city gate. The people were outraged and condemned the emperor, and were also quite dissatisfied with the royal family.
Three days later, Su Heting held Qiao Xi's hand and sat on the dragon throne. The new emperor ascended the throne, issued a general amnesty, reduced taxes and labor service, and the people's dissatisfaction with the royal family dissipated a lot.
The new emperor also issued an edict to establish a special examination, and the court would reimburse the students' travel expenses to Beijing for the examination.
To avoid cheating in the imperial examinations, a system of covering names, transcribing and reviewing was implemented.
This also soothed the resentment of scholars all over the world.
Su Heting also used the opportunity of trade with the barbarian country to make it clear that any merchant who made outstanding contributions to the court would be granted a certain official position or honorary title by the court to enable him to gain political status and social recognition.
This measure affirmed the status of merchants to a certain extent and made them more grateful to the court.
After a series of measures, the people's dissatisfaction with the royal family almost disappeared.
However, some ministers who were originally close to the prince discovered that the new emperor's methods were very similar to those of the former prince.
Naturally, they couldn't guess that the person living in Su Heting's body was their prince, but Su Heting's actions undoubtedly made them truly submit.
Therefore, in the month since Su Heting ascended the throne, everything has been going quite smoothly, except that Yi Qing's whereabouts have not been found yet.
That day, Su Heting had just finished handling all his official duties when he saw Chen Shan coming in, exhausted. "Your Majesty, we've found the late queen..."