Chapter 221 The Past in Yue Mingxuan's Words
Chapter 221 The Past in Yue Mingxuan's Words
"Ha—of course not. I actually knew that a long time ago."
Yue Mingxuan stroked her cheek, which was covered with scars, and laughed softly, "The only two people in Hengjian Villa who didn't know about it are Yue Pengyu and Yue Tianci."
She suddenly looked straight at Yue Pengyu, "I know you are innocent, but there is nothing I can do. Every time I see you, I hate you so much - you really look like me when I was young.
He was full of enthusiasm and young, but he won a few competitions, and under the flattery of those people, he really thought he was a rare genius in a thousand years. "
The blood vessels on Yue Pengyu's neck bulged, and he said angrily, "I didn't!"
Because of his anger, his blood flow accelerated and the poison attacked his heart. Yue Pengyu vomited dark liquid again and his face turned paler.
Old Doctor Bian stepped forward and used a silver needle to pick up the liquid she vomited. He brought it close to his eyes to examine it carefully, and even smelled it, with an unsightly look on his face.
"Nanzi's poison has no antidote. Give up."
Yue Mingxuan had never been so proud in her life. Xiao Zhengdu was too lazy to watch her pretending to be mysterious, so he waved for someone to take her down.
But Yue Mingxuan suddenly said, "King Youshan, if you arrest me, no one will ever tell you in detail what they did."
Xiao Zhengdu hated being threatened the most. He curled his lips and said, "No matter how tough you are, you will eventually give in. I happen to be the best at judging people."
"You can't interrogate a dead person, can you?" At this moment, Yue Mingxuan seemed to have unloaded the burden that had been weighing on her for many years, and all the depression she had felt for half a lifetime disappeared. Even in such a situation, she even poured herself a glass of wine.
"Your Highness and Lord Zhenguo, if you have nothing to do, why not listen to a story I tell you."
She also called out to Yue Tianci, who was standing at the gate with a pale face, "Come here, Yue Tianci, what are you afraid of? I held you in my arms when you were a child."
Yue Pengyu immediately turned his head and met the gaze of Yue Tianci who was hesitant to come out.
Lou Xiao pulled out the empty chair in front of her and sat down first.
"Come on, tell me."
Seeing this, Xiao Zhengdu also dragged a chair and sat down closer to her, ignoring the dead person from the Yue family lying on the table.
The old cook wiped his hands on his apron and took the bodies down one by one.
If he hadn't just been standing next to Yue Mingxuan, one would have thought he was very respectful.
Yue Pengyu looked at the corpse on the ground. Her old father Yue Kun's eyes were bloodshot and he died in a miserable way.
But the old cook treated him with great contempt and almost threw him to the ground, showing no decency at all.
Yue Pengyu could only get angry, and couldn't help feeling a sweetness in his throat, and choked a few times.
Yue Tianci, who was beside her, came up to her at some point, leaned against her, and tried to comfort her with a trembling voice.
"Sister-"
Yue Pengyu held down his hand and said, "Don't be afraid."
But how can I not be afraid?
An unexpected change occurred at home. He had just learned that his father, brothers and sisters had committed a heinous crime, but before the butcher's knife fell, they fell at the hands of his own family.
Yue Tianci asked Yue Mingxuan, who was sitting at the top, in a tearful voice, "Sister - if you want Hengjian Villa, I'll give it to you! Why did you do such a cruel thing?"
"Do you think I did this for Hengjian Villa? The Hengjian Villa I founded myself? No - you should also know why I killed them."
Yue Mingxuan said regretfully, "It's just that you forgot why your father hated you, why you feared and hated him from the bottom of your heart, you don't remember anything."
Yue Tianci grabbed his sister's clothes, his face becoming uglier and uglier. He kept recalling when he started to fear his father, but there was only a vague image.
I only remember being burned by the heat and having difficulty breathing, a feeling even more terrible than the hottest summer. Where did it come from?
He was completely dazed and lost his mind. Yue Pengyu hurriedly held him in his arms and comforted him.
"Tianci, don't think about it. It's all in the past. Sister loves you."
Yue Tianci tried hard to raise his head from her arms, with a vague picture in his mind. He thought it was just a nightmare, but was everything real?
How can he say it?
Yue Tianci opened his mouth several times, but couldn't utter a word.
He just opened his eyes wide, big tears streaming down his cheeks, and his whole body was stiff as if he was sinking into a nightmare from which there was no escape.
Yue Pengyu loved his younger brother the most. He turned around and yelled at Yue Mingxuan, "That's enough! Don't force him!"
Fearing that something might happen to Yue Tianci again, Yue Pengyu knocked him out with a chop. Yue Tianci, who was still in tears, suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
"He is still young, so he shouldn't know too much." Yue Pengyu whispered, "Now, if you have anything to say, just continue. I also want to know, big sister - why did you go from being the favored child of heaven in the eyes of the people below to what you are now."
Parricide is the most unforgivable sin. Even though she knew that her father and his men had committed a capital crime, being executed by the imperial court and dying at the hands of one's own blood are two different things.
But if she had a choice, did she really want the court to convict the Yue family and announce it to the world, then execute them all?
Yue Pengyu smiled bitterly in his heart. She was worthy of being a member of the Yue family. Even under this circumstance, she still valued the reputation of Hengjian Villa more.
Perhaps Yue Mingxuan also thought so. Rather than dying under the crime of treason, with his reputation ruined and being insulted, it would be better to die in her hands.
At least it saves face for the Yue family - if they are lucky, maybe they can even leave a trace of their bloodline.
She stroked Yue Tianci's hair with her hand, and was glad that she had knocked him out in time to prevent him from being involved in the family's troubles.
"Where should I start...was it the first time I discovered that they were colluding with Beimo, or was it when I saw them push your mother into the furnace alive?"
Yue Mingxuan successfully saw the vibration in Yue Pengyu's pupils, just like when her faith collapsed.
But from that point on, it was too late.
"Why not start from when you talked about the establishment of Hengjian Villa. Everyone in the world thought that Hengjian Villa was founded by your father." Lou Xiao gave a suggestion at the right time.
Yue Mingxuan put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up, and sighed, "Yes - time is the most ruthless. He lied so much that he even believed it himself."
She said in hatred, "The Hengjian Villa that my mother and I founded has become his property! My mother's body is gone, all because of this heartless guy!"
She pointed her finger at Yue Kun and said, "He was just a small blacksmith in the beginning. He was with my naive mother by being thick-skinned. If my mother wasn't good at business, how could he be where he is today?"
What she said was contrary to the rumors about Hengjian Villa. Lou Xiao and Xiao Zhengdu looked at each other and listened carefully.
"He failed her after all—
At that time, the former emperor ascended the throne as a man, and he became arrogant and began to have other thoughts. "
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