Quick Wear: I am a good female supporting role

Chapter 464 Don’t Pick Up 21

The dim candlelight flickered, the night was as deep as water, the full moon was hidden in the dark clouds, bringing a hint of chill.

Xie Si'an subconsciously pulled his moon-white coat closer. When the palace servants guarding outside the palace saw the eldest princess, they immediately knelt down.

"Get up." Xie Si'an looked at the palace maid calmly. "I came to see my father."

At this hour, the emperor should have gone to bed. The palace servants looked at each other and saw hesitation in each other's eyes.

Xie Si'an waved his sleeves, and the palace maid beside him took a few heavy bags and stuffed them into the hands of the palace guards.

The palace maid was still hesitant, not knowing whether to let Xie Si'an in.

Xie Si'an saw the palace maid's reaction and was not angry. "My brother is the crown prince, and my father's life and death are unknown. Do you really want to offend me?"

There was a hint of pressure in the words, and the palace servant was so scared that he immediately knelt down, "I dare not."

Ambergris was burning in the bedroom. The man on the dragon bed had his eyes slightly closed. His body had become thin and his face had a faint purple tint, like a living person who was about to die.

Just like the queen mother who stood by her sickbed back then.

Xie Sian also knew that there was something wrong with the Taoist priest, but she would not persuade her father. Her father was in a good mood, and if she tried to persuade him by force, she would certainly get nothing good.

Besides, why should we persuade?

If my father dies, the country will fall into the hands of outsiders.

Xie Si'an has not forgotten that the current crown prince is from the Kingdom of Beiyue.

But this Taoist priest was definitely not found by Xie Chengyao. If he wanted to do this, he could have done it a long time ago.

Given Xie Chengyao's bad temper of wanting to wait and see everything, he would definitely wait until one of her third or fourth brothers ascended the throne, and then take action after some time.

It is even less likely that her third and fourth brothers would look for this old Taoist priest and let their father become addicted to it. Their third and fourth brothers hope that their father can live a few more years, and it would be best if the prince died with them to make room for them.

Who could have done this strange thing to the old Taoist?

Xie Si'an really wanted to thank the mastermind behind the scenes in person, otherwise she would not have the opportunity to see her good father.

The emperor's index finger trembled slightly, as if he had a nightmare and suddenly woke up from the bed.

He gasped for air. "The elixir, my elixir."

"Father," Xie Sian called out faintly, "The imperial physician said that you can no longer take the elixir."

"An'er, you are my daughter, the most obedient and the one who listens to me the most. Go and get it for me."

"This..." Xie Sian struggled for a long time and took out a bottle full of pills.

The emperor immediately snatched it away, stuffed a handful into his mouth, and chewed it frantically. After swallowing it completely, he said, "Si'an, I dreamed of your mother again."

"After some time, your mother will be able to come back to accompany us."

The emperor's eyes were extremely gentle, as if he was dreaming of the beautiful past of his youth.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, his lips twitched constantly, and he stuttered and couldn't say anything. The emperor curled up on the bed, covering his heart, pointing his finger directly at Xie Si'an, "You...you..."

"Father, you don't think that your daughter is really kind enough to give you the elixir, right?" Xie Si'an smiled lightly, her eyes were cold, "If you love my mother so much, why did you force her to death? Watching her die in front of your eyes."

"Father, please be at ease. Even if my mother is still alive, she will definitely not forgive you. Father wants to live forever and wants my mother to come back, but where in the world is there such a magic?"

Xie Si'an half squatted down, speaking in a contemptuous tone, "Father, do you know? I hate you so much. I hate that you killed our mother. My third and fourth brothers clearly killed Siwei, but you remained indifferent and did not punish them."

The emperor's lips twitched and half of his body was stiff, unable to move.

"The Crown Prince really died in that accident. Father, guess who the Crown Prince is now?"

What? The prince died a long time ago? The emperor's eyes bulged, as if he couldn't believe this fact.

Xie Si'an covered his lips and chuckled, "They are from the North Vietnam. I'm afraid the Xie family's kingdom will be handed over to the North Vietnam."

The emperor suddenly understood something and spat out a large pool of blood, "Rebellious...woman!!"

Xie Si'an took a few steps back in disgust, "Father, it's time for you to go to hell too."

She stepped forward and covered the emperor's eyes, which were still open.

Then he curled his lips and forced himself to squeeze out a tear, "Someone come quickly! Father has passed away!"

Tonight is destined to be uneventful.

Su Lingruo knew that the emperor would die sooner or later, but she never expected that he would die so soon.

Upon learning that the last person the emperor met was Xie Si'an, Su Lingruo understood what had happened.

This girl is a little too impatient.

In order to suppress the voices in the court that the emperor had died in mysterious circumstances, Su Lingruo cleared away those unclean traces for Xie Si'an.

After that, it was time to prepare for the crown prince's ascension to the throne.

At the coronation ceremony, the prince looked sick as usual, "I am not feeling well, the Crown Princess helped me up."

An old minister shouted: "Your Highness, this is unreasonable!!!"

"Your Highness, this is the law passed down by our ancestors. It would be better for you to go up yourself."

Su Lingruo gently held his hand and shook her head at Xie Chengyao. She was not in a hurry at the moment. There was no need to pave the way for her now.

Xie Chengyao held her hand back and squeezed her palm, signaling Su Lingruo to be at ease.

"Am I the prince or are you the princes? I am weak, do you want to see me die of exhaustion on this long ladder?"

"Your Highness, I can help you..."

No matter what, we cannot allow a woman, the Crown Princess, to ascend the throne.

Fu Meng looked at the old minister, then glanced at the prince, and chose to keep silent.

No matter what, the Crown Princess is still his adopted daughter. It is beneficial for him if the Crown Prince dotes on her.

Xie Chengyao tapped his fingers casually, and someone appeared in the dark and captured the old minister.

"Your Highness!"

The change happened too suddenly, and everyone was confused and knelt down immediately.

"How dare you covet my throne?"

The old minister broke out in a cold sweat and knelt down and kowtowed several times, "I dare not do that. I beg Your Highness to forgive me."

"Your Highness, he didn't mean it. Please forgive this minister for once."

Su Lingruo spoke at the right time.

"Since the Crown Princess pleads for you, I will spare you this time. My dear, do you know how many clans should be executed for treason?"

The old minister knocked his head loudly, "Your Highness, I have absolutely no such intention."

"I know." Xie Chengyao said slowly, holding Su Lingruo's arm in front of everyone, "If you really meant this, you wouldn't be talking to me completely now."

The old minister was sweating profusely, realizing that Xie Chengyao was trying to warn him and to establish his authority, so he quickly knelt down to thank the prince for his kindness.

This old minister is just overthinking it. Xie Chengyao simply wanted to stand up for his Crown Princess.

He didn't dare to let this group of ministers suffer any grievance or show any displeasure to her. How could this group of ministers dare to do that?

The old minister was taken away by the secret guards and returned home to reflect on his actions.

After this incident, the ministers below were as silent as death.

Why didn’t I realize before that this sickly prince is not a pushover?

Instead, it looked more like a sharp sword pointing straight at them.

For some reason, all the court officials present shuddered.