Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 262: The tongue in the mouth of a black python, the needle in the tail of a wasp

Princess Yongxing, Xiao Yuyao, was over 40, but still had a charming demeanor. She had a pair of bright peach blossom eyes, with gold foil flowers at the end of her eyes to cover the fine wrinkles she had developed in recent years.

Normally, her willow-shaped eyebrows were filled with a hint of coldness, like a peony covered with poisonous dew, and it was obvious that she was not a good person. Her thin lips were always slightly raised, with a hint of a cold smile, as if she despised everything in the world.

As the eldest daughter of Xiao Yan and Empress Xi, she does have the capital to be arrogant.

But at this moment, Xiao Yuyao pursed her lips tightly, her eyes were wandering, and she looked like she was worried about something.

She didn't come to her senses until she reached the entrance of Shiqian Palace. She stopped and took a deep breath. She walked into the palace with all her might and called out, "Father."

"Kneel down!" Xiao Yan shouted coldly.

Xiao Yuyao knelt down quickly, looking aggrieved, and said, "My daughter hasn't made any mistakes recently, what is father doing?"

"Stop pretending to be pitiful." Xiao Yan looked at his eldest daughter with cold eyes and asked word by word: "Let me ask you, why did you throw dirty water on your aunt and spread rumors that she eloped with Ren Bi?!"

"Ah? That was so many years ago, at least 20 years ago, why are you bringing it up again now?" Xiao Yuyao was confused and said, "I don't even remember what we said back then."

"If you don't remember, I'll ask the Gou Chensi to help you recall it!" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yuyao's flawed face and said indifferently: "Not only can they help you recall what happened decades ago, but they can also make you speak the truth."

"No need." Xiao Yuyao shuddered involuntarily, and sweat appeared on his forehead. "My daughter can remember it."

After that, she thought for a long time before stammering, "This kind of thing has always been spread in a fog, and my daughter seems to have heard it from hearsay."

"Bullshit, you didn't just hear it from someone else!" Xiao Yan cursed, "You spoke with every detail, as if you saw it with your own eyes. You even showed me their love letter, saying that you found it in your aunt's boudoir!"

"You said that your aunt agreed in person to come to the palace to see me, but she turned around and packed up her belongings and ran away." Xiao Yan became more and more angry as he spoke. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Xiao Yuyao, and she flew in front of her father involuntarily.

"But your aunt said that when you went to her house that day, you never mentioned that I asked her to enter the palace!" Xiao Yan grabbed Xiao Yuyao's neck and shouted in a terrifying manner:
"Tell me, why did you lie?!"

Xiao Yuyao suddenly couldn't breathe and felt like she was about to suffocate. Finally, she was so scared that she burst into tears and said, "Father, please spare me, I say..."

"Hmph, speak!" Xiao Yan shouted, then let go of his hand.

"Yes, I deliberately did not convey the order that day, and I also forged the love letter because I didn't want my aunt to take my mother's place." Xiao Yuyao rubbed his neck and gasped.

"You're talking nonsense!" Xiao Yan didn't believe it at all: "You only revealed these things after she disappeared. How can she be your stepmother if she's gone?!"

"This..." Xiao Yuyao was suddenly speechless.

"Tell me the real reason!" Xiao Yan stared down at Xiao Yuyao, making her feel as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss.

"Yes, I also want to take revenge on Ren Fang. Who told him to meddle in other people's business and cause me to be punished by my father?" Xiao Yuyao had no choice but to continue: "But my aunt and Ren Bi are having an affair, it must be true. How could Ren Bi resist a beauty like her who took the initiative to throw herself at him?"

Before she finished speaking, she was slapped to the ground by Xiao Yan. The old emperor said angrily: "Don't think that others are as dirty as you. They are innocent!"

"If the emperor says so, then so be it." Xiao Yuyao said timidly, covering her face, but she didn't agree with it in her heart. Unless the cat doesn't steal fish, how can men and women not commit adultery?

"You said that you framed someone in order to take revenge on Ren Fang and caused you to get beaten?" Xiao Yan withdrew his hand and looked at Xiao Yuyao expressionlessly.

"Yes." Xiao Yuyao nodded.

"It was me who hit you, shouldn't you hate me more?" Xiao Yan asked quietly.

"..." Xiao Yuyao shuddered and quickly shook his head, saying, "I dare not."

"Is there anything that Princess Yongxing wouldn't dare to do?" Xiao Yan said with a sneer, "By framing your aunt and Emperor Ren as having an affair, you can take revenge on me and Ren Fang at the same time. Your Highness really kills two birds with one stone!"

"No, I didn't." How could Xiao Yuyao dare to admit it? "Did you instigate those two beasts to kidnap Xi Mei?" Xiao Yan's questions became more and more heartbreaking.

"Father, how could you think of me as such an evil person?" Xiao Yuyao wept in grievance, "Then I can only die to show my loyalty."

"Don't pretend to be a good person. Do you think I don't know who killed Ren Fang?" Xiao Yan lifted Xiao Yuyao up from the ground with one hand, looked at her with cold eyes and said:

"Who was it that killed Ren Fang's entire family after his death, even sparing his newborn baby?"

"..." Xiao Yuyao couldn't help but have his teeth chattering, his face was pale, and he didn't know whether he was holding it in or was scared.

"At the beginning, I turned a blind eye because I believed what you said. Now that I don't believe you anymore, the nature of the matter has changed." Xiao Yan increased the strength of his hands a little bit, and Xiao Yuyao's face turned from white to red, and then from red to blue.

Until everything went black before my eyes and I passed out.

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Xiao Yuyao thought she was going to be strangled to death by her father, but when she woke up again, she found herself being sent back to the princess's mansion...

Princess Yongxing was gasping for breath, thinking she was having a nightmare, but when she reached out to touch her neck, she found it was wrapped in thick gauze and a splint was placed between her head and neck.

She wanted to turn her head, but she felt a sharp pain in her neck and couldn't help moaning in pain.

"Is the princess awake?" The female official standing by hurried over to support her.

"You broke your neck in the palace. Fortunately, the third princess reconnected it for you. Before she left, she told you not to move around for three days, otherwise you would have a crooked neck." The female official hurriedly reminded Xiao Yuyao.

Xiao Yuyao didn't dare to move, but she couldn't suppress the resentment in her heart. She knew that she was really killed by her father...

I lay in bed motionless for three days and cried for three days.

Three days later, Xiao Yuyao got up, removed the splint, ordered people to wash and dress up, changed into a black dress, turned the gold powder in the corners of her eyes black, and went to the Linchuan Palace to pay her respects.

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The Linchuan Palace was all in plain white.

Xiao Hong had not eaten or drunk anything these days, and had been sitting in the mourning hall for his two sons. It was really heartbreaking to see an old man die before his young son.

Even when Xiao Yuyao came in and sat down opposite him, he didn't even blink.

"Do you know the name of the man who killed your two sons?" Xiao Yuyao asked in a deep voice.

"Ren Yuan." Xiao Hong hissed.

"It seems you haven't been idle either." Xiao Yuyao praised and said, "Do you know who he is?"

"Ghost swordsman."

"No, he is Ren Fang's grandson." Xiao Yuyao said coldly.

"Oh?" Xiao Hong's eyes finally turned and he looked at Xiao Yuyao in surprise. He was shocked by the name she said.

"So, that kid is clearly here to avenge his grandfather. Do you really think he is doing this to help the people?" Xiao Yuyao sneered, "The old thief sent this guy to kill your son, so he didn't intend to let them live."

"Yes." Xiao Hong's eyes finally lit up. "This revenge must be avenged!"

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