Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1087: Chapter 1088: Did They Kill Her?

”The rest, then, all died in the struggles of the palace,” the Emperor of Xiyun sighed deeply, a mix of helplessness and heartache in his breath.

”The position I currently occupy is too alluring. Which of the concubines who have given birth to a son does not wish for her son to become the Crown Prince, to succeed my throne?”

”Tao, The Imperial Concubine, and Consort Han were at the forefront of this.”

”Initially, both Tao and Consort Han’s maternal families held substantial authority, and I could not deal with them rashly. Even though they were responsible for the death of Chengyu’s mother, I could not lay a finger on them...”

At this point, the Emperor of Xiyun’s eyes reddened, and he choked up, ”Yi Er, you cannot imagine the feeling of having the woman you love die in your arms, and you are unable to immediately take revenge for her. At that time, I even wanted to kill myself!”

Xiao Changyi was taken aback, ”Was it they who killed my adoptive mother?”

As far as he knew, the Mother of Su Chengyu had died from eating food that had been poisoned by someone, but he never knew who was behind it.

”Yes, it was them,” the Emperor of Xiyun grit his teeth furiously, ”They both wanted their sons to become the Crown Prince, and they joined forces to poison Chengyu’s food. Little did they know, that food was eaten first by Min Rong.”

Min Rong was the name of the Mother of Su Cheng Yu.

That is, Empress Liang—Liang Min Rong—who had passed away many years ago.

And she was the woman the Emperor of Xiyun loved most dearly.

Emperor of Xiyun had only loved one woman in his life, and that was his original spouse, Liang Min Rong.

”I hate them,” due to his hatred, the originally grimacing Emperor of Xiyun’s face twisted even more fiercely, ”I truly hate them. If not for them, how would Min Rong die? Lady Tao and Mrs. Han, I could hardly wait to have them flayed a thousand times over! But at the time, even though I knew it was their doing, I was unable to prosecute them for their crimes.”

”Later on, once I had secured my position as Emperor, I was no longer wary of the Tao and Han families, and the first thing I did was to torment Lady Tao.”

”Ha, ha, ha...” Suddenly, the Emperor of Xiyun started laughing, ”Everyone thought Lady Tao had died of illness, but they didn’t know that after I promoted her to imperial consort, making her seem glorious, I had actually placed her under house arrest and tortured her daily with various cruel punishments. She did not die of illness; she was tortured to death by me.”

Xiao Changyi’s thin lips pursed involuntarily, and he said nothing. He just quietly listened to the Emperor of Xiyun, knowing that there was more to come.

”Later, when I wanted to torment Mrs. Han, a great fire broke out in Qingyi Palace, and Mrs. Han was burned to death. I had initially wanted to torture her severely, and she just died like that, too easily let off.”

”Yi Er, you don’t know, those two women not only caused the death of Min Rong but also harmed my children. As far as I know, Lady Tao assassinated six of my sons, and Mrs. Han three.”

”Originally, I was very fond of Chengjin, Chenglin, and Chenghan, but since one was Tao’s child and two were Han’s, ever since Min Rong died, I didn’t care for them as much.”

”And of the three, the one I liked the least was Chengjin.”

”Because Chengjin was wicked at heart, and ever since he was young, he had been led astray by his mother, Lady Tao. Not only did he drown one of my sons in the lotus pond, but he also sought to harm Chengyu. After I had tortured Lady Tao to death, I sent him out of the palace to live elsewhere, to prevent Chengyu from actually coming to harm at his hands.”

”Although Chenglin and Chenghan were born to Mrs. Han, since they were twins, they looked adorable and were also well-behaved, I occasionally visited Qingyi Palace to see them, despite my hatred for Mrs. Han.”