Miao Qi Miao
Chapter 1872 Emperor's Past
Perhaps, it was just a psychological break with the past.
Ying Gou quickly said, “Master, please rise! Your past bond with the Emperor is more than enough with this kneel…”
Before Ying Gou could finish speaking, a fist-sized hole suddenly exploded in his body, and he collapsed to the ground.
“Zhu… Zhu Ni…” Ying Gou cried out in alarm as two more bloody holes burst open in succession, leaving him unable to move on the ground.
Three times Zhu Ni (Execution of the Traitor)?
The combined result of Jiang Chen, Hei Ye Xiao, and Bu Ting taking action?
No wonder Jiang Chen was never afraid of Zhu Ni; it turned out he had never betrayed the Emperor.
Jiang Chen was the Emperor’s last trump card!
As I was in shock, I saw a woman in ancient costume, with a delicate and pretty appearance like a daughter of a small family, walking out from the depths of the stone pillar.
Jiang Chen bowed and said, “This humble general pays respects to the Empress!”
The Empress?
I didn’t think that woman looked anything like an Empress. She was beautiful, but she didn’t have the grace and dignity befitting an Empress, nor the majesty of royalty.
The woman was visibly stunned for a moment, and then she immediately said, “Don’t call me Empress, he never married me.”
Jiang Chen insisted, “No, the Emperor instructed: upon seeing Nangong Yunmeng again, one must perform the salute of paying respects to the Empress. This was the Emperor’s last instruction.”
Nangong Yunmeng?
The daughter of Nangong Zhen, the owner of Coffin Inn.
The one who disappeared with the Emperor’s remains back then?
Nangong Yunmeng said softly, “Is it an instruction or a wish?”
“If it’s just an instruction, then there’s even less need for it.”
“Everything I did was out of my own free will to help him, and I never asked for anything in return! If he only gave me the title of Empress out of guilt, then I don’t need it even more. Isn’t it good to accompany him like this?”
“This…” Jiang Chen didn’t know what to say for a moment!
Nangong Yunmeng then asked, “How did he leave? Did he go to find Shou Xin?”
“This…” Jiang Chen glanced around as he slightly raised his head, as if he felt there were too many people present and it was inconvenient to reveal the secrets of the past.
Nangong Yunmeng gently said, “He has been gone for so many years, and I have guarded him for so many years. Don’t I have the right to know the truth of what happened back then?”
Jiang Chen quickly said, “This humble general dares not hide anything from the Empress, but these matters involve the secrets of the Emperor back then. It is not convenient for outsiders to know.”
Nangong Yunmeng said, “Jiang Chen, you are being clumsy.”
“The Emperor’s life is meant to be judged by future generations. The good, the bad, the right, the wrong, will all be taken out and commented on, even ridiculed.”
“Moreover, he was upright and honorable throughout his life. What secrets could there be that cannot be revealed?”
Nangong Yunmeng continued before Jiang Chen could speak, “Besides, the people who can come here today all have inextricable links to his plans. They have the right to know the truth.”
“Especially Li Po and Ye Yang!”
I couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback when I heard Nangong Yunmeng mention my name.
I had never met Nangong Yunmeng before, so how did she know my name?
Nangong Yunmeng didn’t notice my surprise and said to Jiang Chen again, “Although I’m not in the inn, I know everything that happens there like the back of my hand.”
“If Li Po and Ye Yang weren’t the people I had my eye on, they would never have made it here.”
“Of course, that includes you, Jiang Chen.”
Jiang Chen sighed softly and said, “Since the Empress wants to know the truth of what happened back then, then I will speak frankly!”
“Back then, the Emperor’s encounter with the false Empress Nangong Shou Xin was not a chance encounter, but an intentional arrangement by the Samsara Sacred Lord.”
“The false Empress Nangong Shou Xin and the Empress are biological sisters. The reason why the contrast between you is so great is not because of fate, but because Nangong Shou Xin was shaped from the beginning to grow in the direction that the Emperor liked.”
Jiang Chen kept switching between calling her Empress and false Empress.
But I understood what he meant.
He was saying that Nangong Yunmeng actually had a sister named Nangong Shou Xin.
That person was the Empress who the Emperor was said to have loved to death, and for whom he lost himself in reincarnation.
Moreover, Jiang Chen also pointed out one thing. That is, there was a huge difference between Nangong Shou Xin and Nangong Yunmeng. Nangong Shou Xin was deliberately shaped from the beginning into the image that the Emperor liked.
Nangong Yunmeng shook her head and said, “My sister grew up with me, I never saw anyone teaching her anything! Are you mistaken?”
“No!” Jiang Chen said, “Empress, think carefully about Nangong Shou Xin’s experiences and you will understand.”
Since ancient times, very few people have been able to win the heart of an Emperor.
The Emperor’s feelings for everyone are different. There are only a handful of people who can accurately grasp their own position and understand the Emperor’s thoughts.
To capture the Emperor’s heart in the shortest amount of time, one must not only understand the Emperor but also be “genuine.”
The vast majority of Emperors have been scheming and fighting with others since they were a few years old, fighting with their brothers, fighting with their ministers, and even fighting with their own fathers and sons. They can see through the tricks of concubines fighting for favor in the harem.
Nangong Shou Xin’s struggle could not be deliberate; otherwise, she would inevitably be detected by the Emperor.