C49 He is not a monster (2/2)
”Yes.” The person behind him replied.
It was already the latter half of the night when everything was settled. Luo Yi coaxed Chen Liyi to sleep, and then carefully lit the mosquito repellent on the side of his bed before coming out of his room.
Hall of Announcements did not even make a sound, Luo Yi raised her eyes and looked at the sky.
It was not a good day for tomorrow.
The incident of the Tutor Liang being assassinated had thus become a headless mystery, because no one dared to apprehend the real culprit.
Luo Yi shook her head.
It was as if nothing had happened yesterday. The way they interacted was no different from everyday. Luo Yi pinched his forehead and asked her to go find the head of the palace, as well as the old granny.
Most of these nuns could not remember what had happened more than ten years ago, so they could only think of a few words from time to time, like fragments. However, even if one were to put more effort on the pieces, one would be able to see what this thing looked like before it was shattered. Luo Yi sat on the chair and played with her fingers in a seemingly casual manner.
It was rare for her to be so calm. She didn't even say a word after drinking the entire pot of tea, yet Wen Yan, who was facing her, couldn't hold it in any longer and grinded his teeth as he asked her why she was here.
The place that Wen Yan was locked in was an empty room in the Hall of Announcements. She asked Chen Jinyan to borrow two Imperial Guards to stand guard at the door, using them as a simple cell.
Her arm was previously broken by Mu Yizhou, but she was still pressed on it herself later on. It was just that she wasn't well and her bones were dislocated, making her look a little strange.
Luo Yi drank her tea, then laughed: ”I'll tell you a story.”
She was well aware of the principle of beating a snake to pieces, so she threw out a bomb. ”Your mother is called Li Xiu Tan, and when she was alive, she served beside the Grand Emperor, right?”
When Wen Yan heard the second word, he struggled to pounce towards her side. However, she was kicked onto her knees by Qing Luo, causing him to kneel down weakly, and could only gnash her teeth and listen to what Luo Yi said.
However, Luo Yi stopped at this moment, and raised her head to look at Qing Luo.
Qing Luo retreated two steps.
Luo Yi then continued, ”Li Xiu Tan is a well-known beauty in the palace who served in front of the imperial palace. At that time, everyone thought that she would be taken into the imperial harem, and from then on she flew up to the branches and became a phoenix … Even she herself thinks so. ”
”However, that day when the palace was hosting a banquet for a group of officials, an adult who drank too much raped your mother due to lust … Oh, your father. ”
”Shut up! I don't have a father like that! ” Wen Yan became excited, roaring like a trapped beast.
Luo Yi turned a deaf ear, ”Your mother's body was destroyed, so naturally, her beautiful dream was broken as well. The Emperor couldn't possibly want a dirty woman, and your father …”
He despised Li Xiu's birth and refused to marry her.
However, in the eyes of these powerful people, women were items that could be bought and sold at will. Especially beautiful women like Li Xiuping, Chen Longan gave Li Xiuping to the man who gave her to the other ministers in the court for benefits.
They used her like a rag and threw her away. When they finally returned to the man's hand, Li Xiuqin was already in a terrible condition.
She was originally a beautiful woman who had read two books before entering the palace. However, she was tortured to the point that she could not even see the sunlight as she huddled in the corner, becoming a complete lunatic.
Li Xiuwei found out she was pregnant after she went crazy.
Wen Yan was born in the winter.
Winter had never been for the poor. Li Xiu Qin held Wen Yan tightly in her arms, afraid that the heavy snow would freeze her to death, but because she was unconscious, she almost strangled Wen Yan to death. However, Wen Yan did not blame her, she only blamed those men.
It was winter when her mother died. No one came to collect her body, so she and her mother's body were just thrown out on the snow-covered street. The servant who had thrown them out rubbed his hands on them and then spat at them, ”Pah! ”Unlucky!”
The young Wen Yan then thought that there was no hope for this country.
”Heartless, unrighteous. Those expressionless figures who walk past us turn into green-faced monsters with fangs.”
At this moment, Wen Yan suddenly calmed down, the strange smile on her lips revealed a sense of tranquility: ”This country will be destroyed by these monsters sooner or later anyway, why don't I help them?”
”How can a child born of a monster be human? Didn't he just kill his own mother when he was born, and get sent to the empress's side to be raised? So … My noble Esteemed Empress Yi, you cannot save him … He's a monster, a monster that kills people without blinking an eye! ”
However, outsiders were still outsiders. She sympathized with Wen Yan and her son, and did not intend to understand what had happened to them, so she coldly spoke: ”If you can't leave the palace, how did you make your move on the Tutor Liang? Furthermore, there are experts protecting the inside and outside of Tutor Liang Palace, with your skills, it should be difficult for you to charge in, right? So who's helping you? ”
Luo Yi paused for a while. ”I found a strange pattern on your bed, but unfortunately, I have seen it back in the Northern Army.”
”You colluded with the Northern Army to harm our people. Am I right?”
Her voice was faint, attracting Wen Yan's laughter. She did not say yes, nor did she say no, but only brought her head closer to Wen Yan and said: ”You are also a monster, a cold-blooded and ruthless monster.”
Luo Yi ignored her and used Qing Luo's strength to get up from the chair. Her voice was even colder than winter ice and snow, ”I won't kill you.”
Whether it is monsters or spies, the Li Kingdom's imperial palace can only be owned by the Li Kingdom, the Northern Army will definitely not leave any traces behind here. ”
”And Chen Liyi …”
Luo Yi's voice finally fluctuated at this moment, but she quickly took a deep breath and suppressed it. ”He won't grow into a monster.”
”I will personally teach him good and evil, and make him understand that this world is not the Chen family's world, but the world of the people. I will also make him an enlightened ruler, and let this hopeless country in your mouth once again shine with life in his hands.”
”Not only is death called rebirth.”
She was not sure if Wen Yan could understand the last sentence, and maybe even if she could, she would look down on it. After all, in her eyes, this world was hell, with a layer of shame covering it.
But Luo Yi couldn't think of that.
Chen Liyi was still so young, he shouldn't have become a monster that came from the same blood as others because of these things, furthermore, he shouldn't carry all the darkness of this world on his back and fall into hell.
Luo Yi's eyes were burning hot, she stood on the stairs and looked up at the sky for a long time before continuing to walk.
She knew that Qing Luo's words just now would reach that person's ears word by word, so it was like a declaration of war.