AFTER KICKING OVER THE SCUMBAG, THE WHOLE CITY WANTS TO MARRY ME

Ch 397 - 399

C397: The Truth

Na Yuan pointed at Imperial Concubine Wan and said earnestly, "Your Majesty still doesn't understand? This person is not Nalan Xing at all. She is Guo Mengxue from Changzhou. Because she looks very much like my mother, she and Xia Zixi planned years ago to kill my mother and replace her, so that Guo Mengxue could enter the palace and become Your Majesty's concubine. Xia Zixi was Your Majesty's personal bodyguard, and knew well that Your Majesty loved my mother. When he went to Changzhou to fetch someone, he happened to come across his childhood sweetheart Guo Mengxue, and seeing that she closely resembled my mother, he hatched this sinister plot to send his own woman into Your Majesty's palace."

The Tianqi Emperor angrily waved his hand and demanded, "Killed?!"

Na Yuan gave a mocking laugh. "That's right. To protect me, my mother fled for her life and was saved by a village woman. That woman died in a fire in place of my mother. The fire was set by this woman called Guo Mengxue."

The Tianqi Emperor's lips moved as if to speak, and he anxiously asked, "Then where is your mother now?!"

Na Yuan paused, then slowly said while looking sorrowfully into the Tianqi Emperor's pained eyes, "She's dead. To protect me, she was raped to death by some thugs..."

When the Tianqi Emperor heard that the woman he had loved all his life was brutally violated to death while protecting their child, his heart was seized as if by a giant hand. Feelings of rage, disbelief, and heartbroken grief surged through him at once.

He shook his head to clear it. "How could this be...?"

He had brought her back to the imperial palace, built her the most luxurious quarters, and bestowed on her all the imperial favor that any woman could dream of.

How could she have ended up wandering outside and getting raped to death by thugs?

She was such a beautiful, kind, and lovely young lady... How could she have not met a good end?

Na Yuan looked at him sarcastically and gave a hollow laugh. "What, does Your Majesty not believe it? Don't believe that the woman you've loved all your life was actually an impostor?"

The Tianqi Emperor's face turned ashen, and his whole body went cold. He began to tremble violently.

Over all these years, he had harbored suspicions...

He had always thought people's natures would change as they aged, and never imagined someone would kill his beloved, and the woman who had shared his bed for over a decade was actually that heartless murderer!

Unable to stand, the Tianqi Emperor hunched over and slowly knelt to the ground, pressing his forehead tightly to the cold floor. From his throat came a faint sob, followed by a long, agonized wail...

The vast, silent hall was shrouded in intense grief.

Before the Tianqi Emperor could react in rage, a shrill scream suddenly rang out from the meditation room next door.

"Come quickly!"

Zhao Changdu's eyes narrowed, his dark pupils instantly turning cold. "Your Majesty, Prince Shu is also at the Qingyun Monastery, and my wife Gu Ying is there too. I must go take a look right now."

"Men, tie up Concubine Wan--" the Tianqi Emperor's muddy eyes flashed with murderous cruelty as he gritted his teeth and ordered, "No, tie up Guo Mengxue and Xia Zixi and bring them to me to await my verdict! Do not let word of tonight's events leak out. Anyone who dares spread a single word will be executed immediately!"

Imperial Concubine Wan turned white with shock, while Xia Zixi's face was also bloodless. They were quickly gagged and trussed up by the imperial guards.