Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 254 Complaint
In the front hall.

When Xiao Yan heard the report that Princess Changle had been found, he was immediately delighted and summoned her immediately.

Princess Changle and her son, led by Xiao Yuhuan, entered the palace and kowtowed. Changle called out "Uncle..." and then choked with sobs and became speechless.

"Good, I hope you come back safely." Xiao Yan asked with relief, "Where did you go? You made your uncle very worried."

"Your Majesty, please ask your attendants to leave." Xiao Yuhuan said seriously.

Xiao Yan nodded and waved his hand, and the palace maids all left. Xiao Yuhuan then asked her maids to take the prince away.

"Tell me, what secrets can't be told publicly?" Xiao Yan looked at Changle calmly. Although he knew it was definitely not a good thing, he thought that after going through so many hardships and reaching the top, there was nothing in the world that could make him angry.

Princess Changle glanced at Princess Yongkang and mustered up her courage to say, "Uncle, the fire in my house was set by my fourth brother Xiao Zhengze. My third brother Xiao Zhengde hid my mother and me."

"These two lawless people, how old are they, and they are still doing evil?!" Xiao Yan said angrily: "Don't worry, my dear niece, your uncle will definitely help you get revenge."

"But why do they do this? Are they bored?" Xiao Yan asked again in confusion.

"In order to occupy me for a long time." Princess Changle said directly.

"What did you say?" Xiao Yan's pupils suddenly shrank. "Did I hear it correctly?"

"Your Majesty, you heard it right - my niece was taken over by Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Zhengze before she got married. After I got married, they still refused to let me go, and they came to abuse me from time to time, and they didn't allow the prince consort to get close to me." At this point, she couldn't help but burst into tears:

"We have never slept together since we got married!"

"What?!" Xiao Yan couldn't believe his ears and said angrily: "Your child is already seven years old!"

"I don't know whether it belongs to Xiao Zhengde or Xiao Zhengze, but it is definitely not the prince consort's." Princess Changle replied quietly.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?!" Xiao Yan was really angry this time, and slammed the table angrily.

"How can my niece say such a shameful thing?" Princess Changle cried bitterly, sobbing, "The Xiao family will lose face if I do that, and my niece's reputation will never be cleared even if she dies."

"..." Xiao Yan's breathing became heavier and heavier as he listened to Changle continue crying.

"I could only keep telling myself to be patient and wait until they were no longer interested in me, and then everything would be over. But I didn't expect Xiao Zhengze to suddenly go crazy and say that the child was his and he couldn't have the surname Xie anymore. He had to change his surname to Xiao and return to his ancestral home."

"Of course I couldn't agree. Wouldn't we, mother and son, become the laughing stock of the world? As a result, he came up with a vicious plan... He knocked out all the palace maids, found a girl with a similar figure to me, and put my jewelry on her. He also made a child, put my son's longevity lock on her, and then burned them all to ashes, making it look like we died in the fire."

"Then he used a magic weapon to take my mother and me out of the princess's mansion, went to find Xiao Zhengde, and asked my third brother to help hide us."

After listening to Princess Changle's story, Xiao Yan's face was already very ugly. He suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice: "Where did that beast hide you?"

"Dreamland." Changle answered in unison.

"Dreamland?" Xiao Yan was shocked. "With his ability, how could he bring you in?"

"Father, now is not the time to worry about this." Princess Yongkang knew that Changle's case alone was not enough. "Yes," Xiao Yan nodded. Then he said in a deep voice: "I will send someone to bring those two guys to question them!"

"Father, wait a minute." Princess Yongkang said slowly, "When rescuing Changle, I also accidentally rescued someone you would never expect."

"Who?" Xiao Yan asked with a frown.

"My aunt." Princess Yongkang then played her trump card.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Xiao Yan glared at her fiercely. "You wicked child, why are you still trying to make fun of me at this time? Don't you care about your sister's feelings?"

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, can't your Majesty check it yourself?" Xiao Yuhuan raised her voice and shouted to the outside of the door: "Summon Ximei to the palace!"

"Call Ximei into the hall!" the eunuch outside the hall said in a long voice.

After a while, Xiao Yan saw a beautiful figure that left a deep impression on him appear at the entrance of the hall.

The founding emperor, who had experienced many storms, straightened up involuntarily, opened his eyes wide, and stared at the peerless beauty whom he had longed for and thought about day and night.

More than 20 years had passed, and in Xiao Yan's eyes, she was still as beautiful as ever. But the corners of her mouth were no longer slightly raised, and she no longer had the clever and playful smile she had when she was young; instead, they were slightly drooping, with an unspeakable bitterness.

What made Xiao Yan even more sad was that her eyes, which used to be so lively and clear as water, were now filled with the dead silence of someone who had gone through so much suffering.

Xi Mei walked up to the hall, bowed slightly to Xiao Yan, and said, "Brother-in-law."

"Amei." Hearing this voice that he had been thinking about day and night, Xiao Yan lost his composure and stood up to greet Xi Mei. He said excitedly, "Where have you been? Brother-in-law has been looking for you so hard."

Xiao Yan was the emperor, and there were only a handful of people and things in this world that he could not get. Xi Mei was one of them, and the one that made him regret the most.

Even if it was yesterday, when Xiao Yan thought of her voice, appearance and smile, he still felt lost and his heart was empty and unable to calm down.

Who would have thought that twenty years later, when Xiao Yan had given up hope, she would appear before him again. Xiao Yan could not wait to step forward and couldn't help wanting to hold her in his arms to prevent her from disappearing again.

"I, I was kidnapped by Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Zhengze." Xi Mei stepped back slightly, avoiding Xiao Yan's hand.

"Ah?!" Xiao Yan was like being struck by lightning, and his whole body froze there.

What happened to his niece just now was a layer away from him. Now he felt the real pain. He asked in a changed voice: "When did it happen? How dare these two beasts touch my... family?!"

"On my way to Dongshan to attend the 'Lanting Gathering' and see Ren Fang off." Xi Mei's voice trembled slightly. Many years have passed, and she still cannot calmly face the day that made her fall into the abyss.

"They brought people disguised as bandits, hijacked my carriage, ordered the maid to wear my clothes and jewelry, smashed her face, and then pushed her and the carriage off the cliff."

"They also knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I found myself in a world that repeated itself every ten days. Later I realized it was a dream," Xi Mei continued.

Xiao Yan finally stopped caring about his bullshit dream this time. His heart was like a red-hot furnace, burning and about to explode. He roared, "Why are they doing this?!"

(End of this chapter)