"Come here." Xiao Yan waved to Tang Nian, and Tang Nian immediately followed Xiao Yan obediently.
The two stepped on the broken rubble, making a sizzling sound like escaping mice.
Fengxiang Palace has long lost its former glory.
Today, only half of the ruins remain.
Xiao Yan stopped and pointed to a ruins ahead, "dig."
Tang Nian didn't dare to be negligent and immediately picked up the wooden stick next to him and started digging.
Under the rubble, there was actually an ebony box buried.
Open the box and find some strange gadgets inside.
"What is this?" Tang Nian exclaimed.
Tang Nian opened the box. There was a rusty dagger in the box.
"This dagger is used to kill Concubine Chun." Xiao Yan looked indifferent, but Tang Nian shook his finger, and with a "clang", the dagger fell back into the box.
"This is the first gift that the emperor asked for from the late emperor. On the surface, others could only see that Concubine Chun was caring and caring for him, but secretly, she whipped his back severely with a whip and pricked his chest with needles. His fingertips would even dig out his eyes sometimes. But...for his uncle, even the emperor himself couldn't figure out why his mother-in-law liked his uncle but didn't like him. “Biological” son.”
Xiao Yan looked at the dagger with more and more obsession. The handle of the dagger was inlaid with a crimson ruby.
A sneer curled up at the corner of Xiao Yan's lips, "Tang Nian, did you know? This ruby is actually Concubine Chun's eyeball."
Tang Nian's face turned pale and he felt sick.
Xiao Yan continued, "There is a letter next to it. You can open it and read it."
Tang Nian was trembling and didn't dare to open the yellowed letter next to him.
He took a deep breath and opened the letter. The handwriting had turned yellow, but the content on it made Tang Nian exclaim.
"My son, when you open this letter, you must have already sat on the throne. You must not be deceived by beauty like me. What I said today is from the bottom of my heart. This dagger is It was a gift from your ancestor. He once said that if one day you are no longer controlled by Chun Fei, you can pick up this dagger and kill her. I know that you have always doubted your life experience, but I can tell you that you He is my biological son, your mother-in-law, the queen. You are the true prince."
Tang Nian felt dizzy and couldn't believe his eyes.
"You...are you, the emperor?" Tang Nian's feet weakened and he stumbled to kneel in front of the box, his eyes stunned.
So, Xiao Yan has been playing with himself?
He knew everything.
Xiao Yan's lips curled up slightly, and he smiled sarcastically, "Tang Nian, do you think you can come and go freely in front of the imperial study room? Are you thinking about colluding with the Xie family to poison me? However, your eyes, let I can't bear to kill you. It's so similar..."
He kept staring at the gem on the dagger, holding the dagger and gesticulating on Tang Nian's cheek.
Tang Nian just felt like his heart was pierced by a knife, so that was it.
No wonder he always felt that Xiao Yan looked at him differently from others.
I see.
Tang Nian's throat felt fishy and sweet. He suppressed his nausea and looked up at Xiao Yan, "So, the emperor knew early on that I am from the Xie family?"
"Ah, I don't know." Xiao Yan looked a little innocent, "If you hadn't told me, I would have thought you were Cheng Yi's person!"
"..."
Seeing his silence, Xiao Yan hooked his chin and raised it with his fingertips: "Tell me carefully, what is your plan? Are you going to secretly wait for an opportunity to poison me, or should you cooperate inside and outside?"
I have to say that Xiao Yan is really smart.
"Your Majesty is really smart." Tang Nian laughed at himself and simply stopped hiding it. "Yes, at the beginning, I was indeed from the Xie family. My father has been working for the Xie family. Now that he is old, he retired and returned to the Xie family. Township, my father sent me to work in the Tai Hospital again. I got the order and secretly poisoned you, but...you avoided poisoning several times. Later, they actually kidnapped my parents. They forced me to succeed, in order to protect myself. , I had no choice but to take advantage of the trick and pretend to surrender to her. And I only need to wait for an opportunity to rescue my parents, and then escape from the capital. From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Xie family. If you are not discovered by the emperor today, say No matter what, I will succeed in one fell swoop."
Xiao Yan said "Oh" meaningfully, "In other words, you have been poisoning me?"
"……Um."
After a long silence, Tang Nian had no choice but to admit.
Tang Nian raised his head suddenly, and he suddenly remembered that Xiao Yan almost drank his tea for the first time in the imperial study room.
"So, the emperor already knew it and deliberately tested the minister in the imperial study?"
Xiao Yan was noncommittal, "Tang Nian, do you know why I only discovered your identity today?"
Tang Nian shook his head blankly.
Xiao Yan leaned against his ear and said in a deep voice, "Because of you, Xie Minghua died last night."
"...?!"
So, Xiao Yan was telling him that he would be the next person to die?
"He who knows the current affairs is a wise man. Tang Nian, your parents, I will help you. If you are willing to switch sides and help me deal with the Xie family, I can forget the blame and poison."
"But, that day...I clearly saw you drinking..."
Xiao Yan's eyes were sly, "Are you talking about that cup of health tea?"
"!!!"
Tang Nian looked horrified, Xiao Yan could actually pinpoint which bowl he poisoned.
"Next time, don't give me laxatives as poison."
Tang Nian: "..."
Did he take laxatives?
"I just happened to have a stomachache for the past few days, so I didn't pursue it. Tang Nian, you have to know that if I pursue it, you won't be able to lose ten of your heads!"
Yes yes yes, yes yes yes...
However, he is not so poor in his studies that the poison turns into a laxative, right?
"I have another secret." Xiao Yan squatted down and leaned on Tang Nian's shoulder, "Do you want to hear it?"
Can he say he doesn't want to?
Tang Nian could only respond bravely: "My lord, I am all ears."
"I, there are many lies in what I just said."
Tang Nian was so frightened by Xiao Yan's words that he subconsciously held his breath and waited for Xiao Yan's next words.
The corner of Xiao Yan's lips curled up slightly, and he pointed at himself, "Of the three sentences I said, two out of three were lies. In fact, I have nothing to do with Cheng Yi. Xie Minghua, she is just a lunatic. This palace Hey, who is not a puppet? Cheng Yi is just the biggest one. The Xie family has always been doing things for the Cheng family, but..."
He paused deliberately, "The Cheng family is about to be dealt with by me with excuses. The Xie family thought that the Cheng family was their biggest backer, but they didn't know that this biggest backer had already collapsed."
"Then, does the Emperor need me to do anything else for you?"
Tang Nian is now "allowed to be slaughtered".
Anyway, if you want me to die, I have to die!
Sure enough, seeking skin from a tiger is the most dangerous thing.
