Chapter 90: The Great Commotion in the Imperial Palace (Part 2)

  "Almost at the same time, the Crown Prince's mansion was also raided. What's even stranger is that the Second Prince and his men were almost unscathed, while the people in the Crown Prince's mansion were either dead or injured, including the Crown Prince himself, who fell off a cliff while fleeing and his fate remains unknown."

  "So this makes you wonder if the crown prince's disappearance has anything to do with Junqin Zhu. And what further solidifies your thoughts is that on the second day after the crown prince's disappearance, the previous emperor passed away. The second prince then naturally ascended to the throne." I continued along her train of thought.

  Lin Xuan nodded slightly: "After Jun Qin Zhu ascended to the throne, I became the empress. But in my heart, I still held a glimmer of hope, hoping that everything was just my speculation. After all, in my mind, Jun Qin Zhu had always been a refined and elegant young master."

  It turns out I was wrong, a year after I gave birth to Rui'er and Ling'er, he hastily took his first concubine. It seems that what I said back then has proven true on myself. The one with three thousand in the harem is not Jun Mingxi but Jun Qinzhu whom I have always had feelings for. It's really ironic.

  The Empress Dowager's prejudice against me was actually because the birth mother of Jun Mingshuai, who was the empress at that time, died after giving birth to him due to a difficult labor. She had a very good relationship with the empress, so she always regarded Jun Mingshuai as her own child. Coincidentally, I married into the royal family on the day the crown prince went missing, and the emperor passed away the next day. All these events proved that I was an inauspicious person, which is why she opposed me at every turn.

  To say nothing of Junqin Zhu, who has three thousand beauties in his harem and is too busy to take care of me. He spends his days socializing among the various concubines. In order to consolidate his own power, even when there are concubines who frame and harm me, he dares not speak out.

  I struggle day and night in a sea of flames, while he has beautiful dreams every night.

  It wasn't until then that I suddenly realized that our love was just a pawn in his quest for the throne.

  At first, when he was laughing and scolding his concubines, I would still feel a pang of jealousy in my heart. But by the end, I had become numb and no longer cared. For the next six years, I treated him with courtesy, but I no longer loved him.

  One year ago, when Qi'er was four years old, he actually sent Qi'er to be with the daughter of Tai Fu, Li Guifei, for the sake of the throne. I immediately collapsed, barefoot and disheveled, and ran to the grand hall to ask him why he was so heartless, but he actually ordered people to imprison me in the Xinsnow Palace, saying that the empress needed to rest quietly.

  The Empress Dowager even took this opportunity to take Ling'er away from me.

  Not long after, the news of the queen being driven mad had already spread among the people. Ah, there was indeed a period of time when I really went mad...” Lin Xuan said this, but her eyes were still clear and calm, with only a hint of eternal sadness visible inside.

  I couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that Lin Xuan had such a miserable past.

  "He forced me, and I also forced him. In the days of Xue Palace, I constantly wanted to kill myself. Cutting my wrist, hanging myself, even biting my tongue, I tried everything, but he sent people to guard me day and night, and I didn't have any opportunity."

  So I quickly figured out what would be the best way to get revenge on him. Not by hurting myself... She suddenly put down the comb in her hand, and the beauty in the mirror instantly curled up a smile.

  "Rather, you're telling the Emperor that you've completely given up on him, right, Yan sister?"

  "That's right, the more painful he is, the happier I am. Later I told him that I wanted to leave the palace, and he agreed. The first thing I did after leaving the palace was to rescue a beauty, who would have thought that I would meet you? When I saw you for the first time, I had a familiar feeling, so I secretly ordered someone to investigate your background."

  "So on the first day of Ya Xian Ju's opening, I was already excitedly preparing to meet you." She said this as she held my hand, "From then on in the Yue Xuan dynasty, apart from Qi Er and Ling Er, you are my only concern."

  I remained silent for a long time before speaking, half a beat later, I opened my mouth quietly: "Yan Jie, tell me, you detest Jun Qinzhu so much, is it because you also like Jun Mingtai?"