"What do you mean?" Xiao Lin was surprised.
"Just come with me!" The Queen looked at him, "Lin'er, believe me for once! My mother is really awake! Don't believe me..."
She suddenly rushed to Emperor Xiao's living room and picked up the lantern on the table.
"Lin'er, do you remember this lantern, right?" she asked.
Xiao Lin's expression changed slightly.
Of course he remembers.
He has remembered this lamp since he was a child.
This is a lamp of sin!
Every time he disobeyed Emperor Xiao, or disagreed with him or refused to obey his instructions, he would sacrifice the lamp and punish the queen and him to kneel in front of the lamp.
Whenever such a situation occurs, the queen will inevitably scream and collapse like a madman. She will kneel in front of him, kowtow to him, beg him to be good, beg him to be obedient, and beg him not to go against Emperor Xiao again.
She knelt down until her head was covered with blood, her expression was crazy, and she looked like a demon.
After kneeling like this for a long time, this lamp became Xiao Lin's inner demon!
Every time he saw this lamp, he would break out in cold sweat. No matter how reluctant he was in his heart, or even if he knew it was wrong to obey Emperor Xiao, he would still choose to surrender in the end because of the heart-wrenching memories accumulated on this lamp.
After surrendering for a long time, he became numb, and subconsciously followed Emperor Xiao's instructions, trusting him and never being disobedient again.
But all this time, he never understood why the queen mother was so afraid of this lamp!
Of course he also asked the queen, but every time she mentioned the lamp, the queen turned pale and even fainted, so he naturally did not dare to ask any more questions.
But there is nothing special about this lamp from other lamps. If there is any difference, it is that compared to other lanterns, the leather of this lamp is more delicate and white, and the paintings on it are more complicated and fancy.
However, it is only complicated and fancy, not exquisite.
The paintings on this lantern were painted by Emperor Xiao. He was not good at writing or martial arts, and he was mediocre in calligraphy and painting. For example, there are a bunch of flowers painted on this lantern, which are bright and intense, bright red, green and purple. The color makes one's eyes dizzy after looking at it for a long time, and one always feels that some kind of monster or ghost might jump out of it!
If not, why would the queen be so afraid of this lantern?
"Mother?" Xiao Lin looked at her, "What do you want to say?"
"Do you know what this lantern is made of?" the queen asked.
"Isn't it...sheepskin?" Xiao Lin replied harshly. For some reason, his voice trembled slightly.
Seeing him like this, Su Li felt his heart tightening.
If the lantern was made of sheepskin, the Queen would not have asked this question.
Since she asked that, it would naturally not be sheepskin.
If not, what is it?
"It's human skin!" The queen said lightly, making Su Li's scalp numb and his whole body chilled.
Xiao Lin swayed slightly, staggered and almost fell.
Su Li quickly stretched out his hand to support him.
He stared at the queen, wanting to ask something, but he didn't seem to dare. His throat slid sharply and his breathing became faster and faster.
The queen was as calm as ever.
She looked down at the lantern, her eyes clear and focused. She even reached out and touched the lantern. After a moment, she said, "Xiao Hao took it off from me..."
Xiao Lin grumbled in his throat, and his cold black eyes were immediately stained with blood!
"It hurts so much!" The queen sighed, "At that time, it really hurt! It hurt so much that I could only ask for mercy and couldn't care about anything else! I wanted to die happily, but he wouldn't let me die, and I wanted to live. , I can only surrender to him completely! However, he wanted me to betray my parents and brothers, and later he wanted me to kill my own flesh and blood with my own hands..."
When she said this, she grinned miserably, "Lin'er, I am useless! Although I am the daughter of the Xie family, I never thank my family for their backbone! Your grandmother is right, they really spoil me! I don't know how much they spoil me. The world is full of sorrow and does not understand the dangers of people's hearts, so they fall into the trap of the evil thief and fall into his hands..."
"When...that happened?" Xiao Lin asked hissingly.
"It happened a long time ago..." the queen recalled, "At that time, I was only fifteen years old and had just grown hair. I met a man who was not a bad person in life and was a prince. He liked me. Every day He tries his best to buy me delicious and fun things, and writes love letters to me every day. Whatever I want, he will try to get it for me, and he is more considerate and considerate than all the people who pursue me!"
"Is this person the thief?" Su Li gritted his teeth.
The queen nodded: "It's him! But I don't like him! Because I always feel that he is not a good person. Although he always smiles at me, I always feel that there is something hidden under that smiling face! Until one time, When I ran away to play, I met a bandit, and he tried his best to save me from the bandit..."
"That's his trick, right?" Xiao Lin snorted.
The queen smiled bitterly and nodded: "It's a pity that I didn't know it at the time! I was moved when I saw him risking his life for me, but it was just moved. I felt that I belonged to him at that time and only regarded him as my savior! But then one day, my My sweetheart died in the north..."
When Xiao Lin heard this, his eyes flickered slightly.
"I heard that something happened to him, so I went to look for him desperately. He said that he was worried that something would happen to me, so he took the initiative to accompany me. On the way..." The queen grinned, but her shoulders couldn't stop trembling.
Although more than ten years have passed, I still have such a strong reaction when I think about it now.
She was only fifteen at the time, so she probably didn't know how scared she was!
She paused, and then continued: "On the way together, he sent me to hell! In hell, there are terrible punishments that you can never imagine. I am useless. I only suffered the general for a month before I knelt down. On the sole of his foot, let him squeeze it into a round shape and flatten it. For the sake of this dog’s life, I forgot everything. I didn’t care about my parents, brothers, relatives, friends, and flesh and blood. As long as it doesn’t hurt, I can do whatever you ask me to do..."
She pulled the corners of her lips and smiled uglier than crying, "It's strange to say that I obviously hate him so much. When I first fell into his clutches, I thought at the time, if I was asked to live, I would definitely I will return all the torture and pain he inflicted on me thousands of times! I hate him to the core of my being! I wish I could eat his flesh, drink his blood, I wish I could tear him apart and eat him. ! But how come in the end, I regard him as my savior and hope?"
Her eyes were full of confusion. Although she was awake, she still couldn't figure out her previous thoughts.
"It's so funny! At that time, I felt that he was the only one in the world who could save me from hell, and no one else could! I can lose anyone, but I can't lose him! After losing him, my sky collapsed! I His existence has no meaning! But..." She suddenly became excited again, "But after I returned to the capital, I saw my relatives, and I could obviously report him! At that time, he was just an unpopular person. His prince, no one thinks highly of him, and he has no strength to fight against me, Mr. Xie! As long as I speak, he will definitely die! But I didn’t say it! For so many years, I have never dared to say it!”
After saying that, he shook his head, "No, no! I didn't dare at that time! I wholeheartedly thought he was the best, and I wanted to protect him! I didn't even hate him at all, I was even infatuated with him, crying You’re making trouble, you have to marry him!”
