Although Yue Fengwan's tone was sluggish, his words were clear. Xia Chu stood there blankly and looked at his profile, unable to figure out how their blood was connected.
"I didn't tell her about this." Yue Fengwan's voice was low and gentle: "Just like what you just thought, she thought we were just cousins."
Xia Chu looked stunned and murmured to himself: "You..."
"Her biological father should be the one on the mountain, and you should be quite familiar with it." Yue Fengwan continued walking, and the fluttering clothes fell into her hands.
Xia Chu hurriedly followed. His pace was not fast. He was strolling leisurely in the courtyard, as if he really came out to take her to eat.
Fortunately, Yue Fengwan revealed that Lan Xilin was really Lan Yuying's biological father. She had been thinking so much just now that she almost thought that Lan Yuying was the child of the Emperor Xiao and the Empress of the Western Regions.
"Her mother was the last empress of the Western Regions."
Xia Chu followed him. Although she knew he couldn't see, she still nodded involuntarily.
Xiao Mubai had already made a bold guess about this matter, and a series of things that happened later gradually proved Xiao Mubai's original hypothesis.
"My father was the previous regent." His tone was as usual.
But Xia Chu heard an indescribable sadness, as if a hand was holding his heart.
Yue Fengwan suddenly stopped, and Xia Chu who was following him bumped into his back.
This collision made her entire spiritual platform suddenly clear, but at the same time she couldn't believe the clarity that appeared in her mind.
When Xia Chu raised her head, Yue Fengwan had already turned around. When she raised her head, she ran right into the light blue eyes like glass.
His face was covered with a faint glow under the shade of the locust tree at this time: "Have you heard of a rumor from the Western Regions?"
Xia Chu couldn't help but take two steps back: "The one with blue eyes is the chosen one?"
On the way to Liang Kingdom, Xiao Mubai once solved her doubts and told her that since ancient times in the Western Regions, only the heirs of the royal family would have blue eyes.
And not every emperor will give birth to an heir, so the subjects of the Western Region all recognize Lan Tong as the chosen one.
Yue Feng's unwavering face showed a trace of hurt that was not easily noticeable due to her two steps back, but it quickly disappeared and returned to the same state as before.
There was a self-deprecating smile on his lips: "Isn't it ridiculous that the royal scandal is fabricated like a god and worshiped by all the people?"
Xia Chu's eyebrows tightened and his pupils shrank slightly: "You are..."
"Yes, the so-called chosen one is just a joke. The first blue-eyed empress to appear in the Western Regions in history is because her parents are biological siblings. In order to cover up this scandal, the royal family only spread this rumor in the market." He After a pause, he reached out and picked up the petals stained on his body.
With a flick of the fingertips, the incomplete petals drifted helplessly in the wind.
His eyes followed the fluttering petals until they fell to the ground, and his breathing became slightly deeper: "The regent was greedy for the empress, and lingered in the palace for a long time, unwilling to return. That's why the Mingyue Palace was created today. He controlled the government to do whatever he wanted, and forced the empress to do whatever he wanted. It took many years for my… to appear.”
Xia Chu felt a fire burning in her chest. The weather at the end of February should have been cold, but sweat quickly broke out on her back.
"Why did you tell me?" Perhaps this incident was too shocking, causing her voice to tremble slightly.
"Perhaps I think you are about to die and are suitable to spill the beans, or maybe I trust you and are suitable to keep this secret." Yue Fengwan talked about her fate without hesitation.
As if it had nothing to do with life or death, just good or bad weather.
But for some reason, Xia Chu could hear the sadness in such a ruthless tone.
The locust trees were sparse, their shade receded, and the golden sunlight shone all over them.
She saw that Yue Fenghuan, who was standing side by side with her, was covered with a bright and blinding light, as if it was not coming from the sun that was about to set in the west, but emanating from his body.
Xia Chu took two steps forward, filling in the two steps he had taken back involuntarily. When he got closer, he realized that his blue eyes were like the finest glass in the world that cannot be described with pen and ink, crystal clear and emerald green. Gilt.
"Your eyes are beautiful." She looked at him for a moment, her tone sincere.
Not sympathy, not comfort, just sincere emotion...
Xia Chu's eyes were as clear as the dew in the heart of a hibiscus in the morning, and his figure was clearly reflected in them under the setting sun.
Yue Fengwan only felt a certain string in his heart tremble suddenly. He finally turned his face away, avoiding her eyes as clear as spring dew, suppressed the hands he wanted to raise and put them behind his back. , walking towards a nearby lake.
"Thanks to your compliment, I will be fair to you." Although he didn't look back, he knew that she was following him.
The secret that had been weighing on his heart for many years had never been confided to anyone, and he did not dare to talk to anyone. Now his heart felt relieved, as if a huge boulder had been lifted from his chest.
"Huh?" Xia Chu was a little confused by his confused words.
"I'll give you a chance to make a bet. If you win, I'll let you escape unscathed." The corner of his lips curled into a slight arc.
Xia Chu looked from the side and couldn't tell whether he was laughing at her for not winning, or whether he was really showing off his face with joy.
But no matter what he meant, it was considered a favor to Xia Chu. She smiled slightly and cupped her hands: "Then I thank the regent for his kindness."
She has a beautiful face, exquisite makeup, a bright red dress, and a ring.
She was supposed to be a pure and elegant beauty, but because of her bold and uninhibited hand, she showed off her masculine appearance, which made Yue Feng's lips twitch.
He pointed at the scorching sun setting in the west: "Inside and outside the palace, there is beauty, but there are dangers everywhere. Before sunset tomorrow, if you can avoid being attacked, I will let you go."
"Then you really have the capital to gamble." Xia Chu's eyes suddenly glowed, and she patted her chest proudly, causing her steps on her bun to wobble and the rings on her body to jingle.
Yue Feng held her forehead as if she had a headache, and added quietly: "If you lose..."
"Remember to have a good burial and let Meng'an choose a geomantic treasure place for me." Xia Chu didn't take it seriously. Originally, the worst was just this, but now the chance of leaving alive is actually greater.
Even if she accidentally fell into the trap, as long as she could detoxify the poison without Yue Fengwan noticing...
Her smile grew brighter without knowing it. Such a matter of life and death couldn't be considered cheating!
Yue Fengwan was stunned by her sudden charming smile, and whispered softly: "You can also choose to stay alive."
(End of chapter)