678 So What? (1/2)

The sky was gray, and the atmosphere in the palace was heavy The sun in the east had just risen and had not yet had the tidom It ed by dark clouds that caht immediately appeared diirls who rose to wash in the an to sweep the ground of dust with bamboo brooms taller than themselves No one knew that had happened in the front palace Just like the common people, each day they repeated their orders and lives The nobles were not an exception Although strange happenings in Jingdou these days had faintly entered their ears, those matters were only known to a liate to the garden, the i the royal study fro Their eyes were deeply sunken and expressions were severe and as wooden as a clay idol with not the slightest reaction

Old Director Chen had already been in the royal study for a long time, yet there hadn't been any movements As everyone was very far away, they did not hear the E these people, perhaps Ye Zhong and Eunuch Yao had such power, but they were not so stupid as to focus their abilities to eavesdrop on the voices in the royal study When it came to suchwanted to listen to a reason or explanation, so he had returned to Jingdou He sat coldly in the black wheelchair and looked calmly at the master he had served for decades He wanted to hear from him what had happened

When one was about to die, what one clung to was nothingpuzzles in one's life

The Qing E After he heard Chen Pingping's words, he re at hi tiradually reat deal of confusion The corners of his eyes narrowed slightly, like a h his territory

The Qing Ehtly His lips were pressed tightly together He looked at Chen Pingping as he lightly said, ”So… It was because of this!”

There was a lot of confusion in the Emperor's heart He could not understand He looked at Chen Pingping like he was looking at a strange creature After a long silence, he shook his head and sighed wordlessly It was not until now that he finally understood why this old dog, who had followed him since their youth, had betrayed him and why he had to come back to the capital to question hi Emperor are of the affection his friends had had for that woht, that Chen Pingping would develop such a powerful desire for revenge for a woainst him He sat back down on the soft couch and was silent for a long ti's hands rested on the arms of his black wheelchair He looked at hi for the reply

The E time, he quietly said, ”For her… You betrayed reat disappointe and irritation that came from the depths of his heart

”I just want to knohy,” Chen Pingping sighed and said ”Throughout ain ain met a person like her She was like a fairy who had descended into his ed what she should change and saved those she thought should be saved She helped you, saved dom, beautified the world… Yet, you destroyed her”

There was no exclarief and sorrow

The Qing Eainst his knee In this world, no one had ever asked him this question to his face More accurately, no one dared to ask him this question Not many people knew about this question Those who did were now just wandering spirits in the yellow earth

Of his closest friends from back then, no one knew about this

”I didn't kill her” The E to the old dog in front of him For some reason, a sliver of pain in the depths of his heart, a pain he had forcibly suppressed forover his body and heart ItPerhaps he was explaining to Chen Pingping Perhaps he was explaining it to the wo in the rear palace Perhaps the Emperor only wanted to explain it to himself

”I didn't kill her” The Emperor's voice rose His tone becaain as he looked at Chen Pingping with narrowed eyes

”You didn't kill her?” The lines at the corners of Chen Pingping's eyes were so deep they almost hid his eyes He raised his head tiredly and looked at the Eh, he asked, ”Then, how did she die?”

”Don't say anything about not being back fro about the noble's rebellion or fate Right at that … Everyone just happened to not be in Jingdou She also just happened to have given birth and was at her weakest!” Chen Pingping's gaze was like two knives piercing into the Eoverns the world through the virtue of filial piety, so it is best not to push this sin onto the eer The empress, that idiot, and her faoing to have your own mother take over?”

”The Western expedition into the plains was your order! At that ti Temple and the vice director of the Ministry of Revenue He was responsible for all of the needs of the military Why was he sent to the cahtly Coldness seeped through his sparse and cold eyelashes ”Ar our iven Fan Jian full authority to handle affairs When the Iron Riders of the Qing Kingdom went forth, he often stayed in the capital to handle everything Why did you make Fan Jian follow you into the Western Expedition Army that time?”

”What were you afraid of? Were you afraid that if Fan Jian reer Guards he secretly trained would destroy Qin Ye's plans?” A cold s's lips ”Yes, back to the old ht that the old official of three Edou? Ye Zhong, as in the Jingdou Garrison, had also been secretly sudou was under the control of the Qin family Even if the e Courtyard, who could do it without consent frodou rebellion, were you happy when Qin Ye jumped out? You finally had the chance, the excuse, to kill and silence the only person who knew of the role you played in theE coldly said, ”Of course, you disdained to silence hi, you would not care However, Fan Xian eventually grew up You had no choice but to accept that your son with her was the er you knew him, the more you valued Fan Xian and the more you did not want him to know that his mother had died by your hands So, Qin Ye, how could he not die?”

Chen Pingping's slightly sharp and raspy voice rang out tirelessly in the royal study The Qing Emperor did not speak He only listened coldly and calhtly strange He see back to the Taiping courtyard 22 years ago,” Chen Pingping spoke in too much of a rush These were probably words and deductions that the old cripple had secretly endured for decades Now, he finally had a chance to spew it all out in front of the Ehed loudly Two unhealthy red spots appeared on his face

It took a long tih, he said, ”Now, to speak ofcourtyard, you could not allow dou So, the situation on the Northern defense line beca, there were rumors that the nation to the North would soon attack South with all their ht As the Director of the Overwatch Council and head planner for military affairs, with you busy with the Western Expedition, I could only go North in your stead and personally investigate the situation”

”Thinking of it noho, other than you, could have made the entire military systen nations?” Chen Pingping narrowed his eyes ”I have alondered about one thing In order to have the newly established Northern Qi court cooperate with your wishes, did you, perhaps, secretly collude with Ku He, that damn baldy?”

”Of course, Ku He is already dead, so I have no one to ask” Chen Pingping shook his head

”I didn't seek out Ku He” The Qing Emperor finally spoke coldly for the first time ”I don't need to seek out anyone and did not seek out anyone”