Seeing that Pei Xiuyan was getting angry again, Nan Gongli asked, "Why doesn't King Qing read the letter and then consider whether to kill me?"
Pei Xiuyan put down his sword, frowned and took the yellowed letter. His eyelids twitched when he opened the letter. It was a yellowed secret message with a jade seal on it.
【My fifth son, King Pei Liang of the Qing Dynasty, is of noble character and is deeply loved by me. He will definitely be able to inherit the throne. After I ascend the throne, I will become the emperor. 】
After Pei Xiuyan read the words on the secret edict, all kinds of thoughts surged in his eyes, including horror, anger, and doubt.
Nan Gongli had already predicted Pei Xiuyan's reaction, and he said with confusion from the side:
"When the Supreme Emperor was ill, he personally wrote this secret edict and gave it to his personal eunuch Lu Kun. It clearly stated that after his death, he would pass the throne to the then fifth prince, your father Pei Liangyu."
"It's just that the Supreme Emperor didn't expect that Lu Kun had already been bribed by the third prince at the time. After the death of the Supreme Emperor, the third prince joined forces with Lu Kun to forge a new edict. As a result, the third prince at that time became the Supreme Emperor today."
"This sealed edict was supposed to be burned. Lu Kun was worried that the Emperor would kill people and silence him after he ascended the throne, so he kept it and hid it as a cover-up. He originally wanted to use this edict to save his own life, but unfortunately, the Emperor found it before he ascended the throne. They assassinated him without giving him any chance."
"After the Supreme Emperor ascended the throne, he immediately established Pei Ye as the crown prince. This was to prevent another incident of a prince seizing the throne like him from happening again."
"The reason why your father and mother died young was not because of the disease, but because the Supreme Emperor secretly gave them chronic poison in order to avoid future troubles. He spared your life because of pity for your young age."
If this secret edict made Pei Xiuyan's heart boil in a frying pan, then Nan Gongli's words were like pouring a basin of cold water into the frying pan and causing it to explode.
Nan Gongli became even more excited when he saw that Pei Xiuyan's face was as cold as frost.
"Do you know why Pei Ye suppressed the families of important ministers? Because these families were all people who once supported your father. The emperor told Pei Ye about this before he died. So, over the years, Pei Ye has used your Kill these families one by one with your hands."
"The reason why he is anxious to get rid of the Ye family is because the Ye family tree is popular among the people and the Queen Mother has been in power for many years. He hates the Ye family deeply."
"The second reason is that Ye Jin is too upright and likes to abide by the ancestral etiquette. If he knows about this, he will definitely do his best to support you in regaining the unification. Pei Ye will destroy all your hopes by letting you destroy the Ye family with your own hands. …”
Nan Gongli's words made Pei Xiuyan burst into veins on the back of his hand holding the secret letter.
Pei Xiuyan suddenly shouted angrily: "Shut up! You're lying!"
This letter and these words turned his life upside down for so many years.
Uncle Huang was so kind to him, there was no way he could be the one who stole his father's throne!
He doesn't believe it!
Nan Gongli did not shut up and continued to sigh:
"If your father had inherited the throne at that time, you would be the one sitting on the throne now."
"Pei Xiuyan, you should be the king, and Pei Ye is the minister. You should be sitting on the throne with beautiful women and write it down in the annals of history. Instead of having both your parents die when you were young, and now being forced to give away the princess."
Pei Xiuyan suddenly took action, pinched Nan Gongli's neck, gritted his teeth and said: "Nan Gongli! What on earth do you want to do?! What good will the chaos in the world do to you?!"
When the maid in purple was about to take action, Nan Gongli stretched out her hand to stop her, causing his face to turn red.
"Pei Xiuyan, give Ye Chuyan to Na Sheng... After sending it away, I will let everyone in the world know... The emperor forced his ministers to give away their wives for the sake of the ten cities... Then, I will tell the world about the secret edict, You can take back your throne with justifiable authority!"
Pei Xiuyan sneered, "Nan Gongli, do you want the world to be in chaos and take the opportunity to stand on your own feet?"
Nan Gongli was told that he was on target, so he smiled instead of getting angry. Because his neck was pinched, he could only barely hum and laugh twice.
"The King of Qing is indeed very smart... After you take back the throne, you allow me to govern Dianzhou. From now on, Dianzhou will be the Dian Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, Pei Xiuyan let go of Nan Gongli's neck and looked at him with disdain.
"Nan Gongli, give up! I will not be fooled by you! I will not be bewitched by you with a secret letter and a few nonsense words that I don't know is true or false, let alone give Ye Chuyan away. !”
"If this is your purpose, then you can go back to Dianzhou. Never appear in front of me again! Otherwise, I will kill you without mercy!"
Nan Gongli rubbed his bruised neck and laughed softly.
"Pei Xiuyan, when the Queen Mother wanted to bring Pei Ye and Ye Chuyan together, Pei Ye didn't want to, so she arranged for you to wear Ye Chuyan's favorite red military uniform, teach her how to practice swords step by step, and designed her to fall in love with you at first sight."
"Also, were you really forced to marry Ye Chuyan?"
"Based on your relationship with the Ye family, if you sincerely beg Ye Jin, Ye Jin will definitely give the Resurrection Grass to you. You married Ye Chuyan because you really wanted to climb the big tree of the Ye family."
"After you got married, you were unwilling to admit your despicability and shamelessness. You poured all your anger on Ye Chuyan, implying that you were forced by Ye Chuyan. Only in this way can you feel at ease when facing your savior, Miss Zhao."
"However, you are ambiguous about the so-called Miss Zhao, but you have never given her any status. You don't love her at all, you just support her to remind yourself that you are a person who knows how to repay kindness."
"Later, you destroyed the Ye family to protect yourself. Your poor princess thought it was all her fault, and she was so miserable about it."
"You have been plotting against Ye Chuyan from the beginning to the end. Are you unwilling to give her away now? Is it out of possessiveness, guilt or true love?"
"Admit it! You Pei family members are cold-blooded and ruthless by nature."
"I only have one question now, what method did you use to make your princess stay with you willingly and be devoted to you?"
Nan Gongli's words were like a mirror, reflecting all the darkest places in Pei Xiuyan's heart.
These are facts that Pei Xiuyan doesn't want to think about and doesn't dare to admit.
It was as if someone had stripped him of his clothes and exposed him to the sun. He instantly became angry and furious. He used his fists to grab Nan Gong from the Ming Gate.
"Nan Gongli! I will kill you!"
The maid in purple jumped out and threw a smoke bomb. The white smoke dispersed, and she and Nan Gongli disappeared at the same time.
Pei Xiuyan stood in the dissipating white smoke, his whole body so cold that he seemed to be able to freeze everything around him into ice.
He roared angrily and slammed his hands on the stone table, which was instantly shattered into pieces.
Then, he sat on the stone bench in a daze, as if his muscles had been ripped out.
Nan Gongli took out all the things in his heart that he didn't want to face, and forced him to look at them one by one.
Those words kept rolling through his mind, making his temples jump.
Yan Che ran to the pavilion with his secret guards, "Your Majesty, do you want to pursue me?"
After a while, Pei Xiuyan came back to his senses and caught a glimpse of the secret decree that fell on the ground. He calmly put the secret decree away and said coldly: "No need, go back home."
Pei Xiuyan returned to the mansion. As soon as he entered the door, Li Fu came up to report, "Your Majesty, Miss Zhao fell from the bed!"
"Go to the doctor and take a good look." Pei Xiuyan said expressionlessly.
Li Fu was a little anxious when he saw that Pei Xiuyan didn't care about Zhao Yujiao at all.
"Your Majesty, Miss Zhao fell badly. You'd better go and have a look."
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Zhao Yujiao's house was brightly lit with candles. Just when Hongying got up for the night, she noticed something was wrong in the house. When she went in, she found Zhao Yujiao unconscious on the ground with her legs covered in blood, and her face was so swollen that she could hardly recognize it.
As soon as Pei Xiuyan entered the hospital, he heard Zhao Yujiao moaning in pain, and angrily yelled at the servants: "How do you take care of me, Master?"
The slaves in the courtyard knelt on the ground, trembling.
Pei Xiuyan snorted coldly, threw down his sleeves and entered the house.
When Zhao Yujiao heard the sound, she hurriedly pulled a strand of gauze from the bedside and covered her face.
"My lord, I don't blame them. It was me who accidentally fell off the bed and hit a vase. I was cut on my knees by the fragments of the vase, and my face was swollen from the fall..."
Pei Xiuyan wanted to go up and lift the veil from Zhao Yujiao's face to see how badly she was injured.
Zhao Yujiao was so nervous that she almost cried.
"My lord, please, don't... my face is swollen after falling. It's too ugly. I don't want you to see it."
Pei Xiuyan gave up his curiosity, took a step back, glanced at her legs, and saw that her knees were tightly bandaged. He frowned and asked, "Did you hurt your knees? Is it serious?"
Zhao Yujiao couldn't hold it in anymore, her tears were like broken beads.
"Your Majesty...the doctor said...that the vase fragment had severed the bones and tendons in the knee. The medicine and stone are of no use, and the foot may become sloping when walking in the future..."
