Yesterday's chapter has been updated, comrades who haven't finished reading can go take another look, it helps with the plot continuity~~~ Lately, the school computer has been crashing, forcing me to use my laptop at home, my hands are sore from typing 55555

  The night was already deep, but in the sky there were flashes of lightning and thunder, yet the rain did not come.

  In the Qianqing Palace, the Emperor paced back and forth, somewhat tiredly asking: "What did the Empress Dowager and Jing Wang say?"

  Chenlu gave a hint to Qiyun, indicating that he should not speak, and said with a frown: "The Empress Dowager and the King of Jing, discussed the matter of the Youzhou territory, and it's really a pity."

  "What a pity!" The emperor sneered and grasped his teacup tightly: "Is that all?!"

  "Your humble servant does not dare to report..."

  The girl's voice was clear and distant, as if it came from outside the sky.

  "Are you also deceiving me?!"

  The emperor was shocked and furious, but when their eyes met, a chill ran down his spine like a bucket of ice water, and he couldn't muster up any anger.

  Her eyes, which had always been clear and cold, were now sparkling with a hint of moisture.

  "Your Majesty..."

  She called out softly, her voice like a mosquito's hum.

  "You're really too much..."

  This sentence, bursting from the heart, is sincere and earnest to the extreme.

  "What exactly did they say? Tell me."

  Yuanyu slowed down his breathing, almost drowning in this pool of cold autumn water.

  "The quiet king said with certainty, 'Those people's strange-shaped weapons are unrecognizable - they were all the standard issue of the secret riders during the previous emperor's time.'"

  The girl said softly, her tone was very awkward, as if she couldn't bear to see the young heavenly master's expression.

  Gufeng watched from the side, seeing clearly that the emperor's lips were trembling slightly, and all the color had drained from his face in an instant.

  "So that's how it is!"

  He suddenly realized with a pained expression and revealed an extremely strange smile on his face.

  "No wonder! No wonder!"

  He muttered to himself, his smile growing brighter, Chenlu quietly watched, feeling only desolation, her heart inexplicably aching.

  "This is my good brother, where's my good mother!!"

  The emperor was almost frantic, staring up at the pitch-black sky.

  A flash of lightning illuminated him, revealing a handsome and dignified face, but with a deathly pale and stiff expression.

  "Father!!!"

  He slammed his palm on the desk, laughing loudly, and Chenlu's heart skipped a beat as she stopped in her tracks, watching quietly.

  "Father!!! Even you... are being so biased towards my second brother!!!"

  The emperor continued laughing, almost unable to straighten his waist, and Morning Dew saw a drop of water slipping from his hair.

  She was somewhat perplexed and anxious, yet she wanted to retreat, but saw the Emperor take a step forward, stretch out his hand and suddenly embrace her tightly!!

  Gu Yun was shocked and was just about to step forward to stop him, but then he heard the Emperor's voice, firm and decisive: "You retreat!"

  Yuandi hugged Chenlu tightly like a madman and said without looking at Qiyun: "Withdraw... I won't do anything to her!"

  Outside the window, thunder rumbled loudly, almost drowning out his words. Chenlu raised her head, but didn't struggle, and said to Qu Yun: "You go ahead first, it's nothing here!"

  Yu Yun looked at her with a worried expression but didn't say anything and turned around to leave.

  The lightning continued to illuminate the bedroom, and the couple with vastly different thoughts stood tightly together, without any romantic or flirtatious atmosphere, only an endless and profound solemnity.

  "Do you know..."

  Her hair was disheveled and her head hung low.

  "Before the Emperor's death, he summoned me and sighed for a long time, but ultimately didn't say a word. He only handed over all his secret decrees to me - this was the precursor to 'Dark Envoy'. All along, I thought I had shouldered great responsibility, and although Father Emperor was strict with me, it was also out of love. Who would have thought that today I saw the truth!"

  He smiled wryly and continued, "The cultivation of the Dark Envoys is not as outstanding as rumored, I didn't think much of it, just letting Qu Ying continue to train and instruct. These few years have been eventful, and I've also discovered many clues. But today's sentence made my heart clear - Father Emperor's true foundation is actually in Second Brother's hands!"

  "How could it be like this...?"

  "When I was young, I saw Father Emperor taking my second brother on a tour of the lake more than once. At that time, I felt unhappy in my heart, but also comforted myself, thinking that as the Crown Prince, I couldn't indulge in such frivolity. However, it never occurred to me that the one Father Emperor truly trusted and favored was not me."

  Yuanyu spoke without restraint, at this time, he was no longer the wise and majestic emperor who handled everything, but a son who knew the truth and was in unbearable pain.

  Chenlu only felt a sharp pain deep in her bones, and the words "it wasn't me" echoed in her ears.

  The one he loves is Lin Yuan, not me...

  His beloved son was not this legitimate heir in front of him...

  This realization brought forth a sense of "being fellow drifters in a foreign land" from her heart, and the similar face before her eyes no longer made her grit her teeth with hatred.

  She gazed at the emperor, this somewhat pale face, and felt that she could no longer find even a hint of the appearance that had made her resentful.

  Yuanyu and Yuanye, even if they are similar, are two completely different people!

  She continued to gaze at the young emperor, who had two sword-like eyebrows that were not as thick as Yuan Xu's, but instead flew upwards and into his temples, slender and delicate.

  She felt a sense of familiarity, but couldn't quite recall when she had this similar feeling before.

  The emperor tightly hugged her, without a hint of lust, as if to draw warmth from this slender body. He was intoxicated by the faint fragrance in her hair and tightly grasped those white, delicate, and tender hands.

  "What you said is right, I am indeed in a difficult situation..."

  He let out a deep sigh and looked back at the dragon throne behind him, as well as the golden dragon paperweight on the desk.

  "People everywhere think that the emperor lives a life like an immortal, but who knows, within these high walls and deep palaces, it's actually where ghosts and monsters roam, everything about mothers and sons, brothers, husbands and wives are all fake, no one can be trusted."

  Yuan Qi's voice echoed in the temple, harmonizing with the rumbling thunder, filled with deep sorrow and grief, almost telling the difficulties of his entire life.

  The morning dew was silent, only allowing him to hold her, she knew that tomorrow, the person in front of her would once again become the all-powerful, self-righteous son of heaven, and these sorrows, these difficulties, he could only pour out to himself amidst the thunder and lightning.

  "I have never been able to say these things to anyone in this palace... Today, for some reason, looking into your eyes, I lost my composure."

  He slowly said, stretching out his hand to tidy up the hair bun and hairpin that he had messed up for her, and couldn't help but lovingly caress those black, shiny, cloud-like strands of hair.

  "It's really smooth..."

  He grumbled contentedly, and Morning Dew was about to give him a cold look for being so frivolous, but upon hearing this sentence, she burst out laughing.

  "You really have no taste!"

  The emperor listened to this impolite remark and was not offended, but only smiled and replied with one sentence.

  "This is called loving the cottage and also its crow! I love its master, so I might as well try to love it too!"

  He spoke with a clear conscience, without any shame, but unexpectedly, the pure and elegant girl in front of him seemed to have heard something terrifying, her whole body trembling slightly, her eyes narrowing slightly, like a startled kitten.

  The next moment, she turned around and rushed out of the bedroom. That small figure was thrown into the endless rain outside, and soon disappeared from view.

  Yuan Qi gazed in the direction she had disappeared, feeling a bitter taste in his heart, even more so than when he drank Huang Lian Tang as a child.

  (Today's chapter is a bit late, but at least I've made an explanation to everyone. Tomorrow is the last day of PK, please continue to vote for Xiang Ye if you still have votes, I want to stay in second place and not fall down, hehe)