Chapter 1077 The Empress
Chapter 1077 The Empress
Ning Yunxi's lips were filled with sadness.
"A combination of hardness and softness?"
"I only see a strict mother, how can there be a kind father? The one your father is talking about is not you, is he?"
"On the day of the Chunxuan Residence fire, I asked you, if it was me in the sea of fire, would you save me?"
"My father replied, 'A cruel person will be punished by heaven. If you force yourself to save him, you are defying the will of heaven.'"
"What a loving father."
"You are so well-intentioned and doing this for my own good?"
"Then if I don't care about your life, can it be considered as doing it for your own good?"
Ning Hanwang quickly clarified.
"Xi'er, don't misunderstand Daddy."
"The fire at Chunxuan Residence was planned by Ning Jiewei..."
Without listening to him finish, Ning Yunxi slammed the table.
"It's your fault, don't bring my sister into this!"
Ning Hanwang seemed to be wronged, panic-stricken and helpless.
"Then...ah."
Ning Yunxi shouted angrily in a sharp voice.
"You caused her death on the snowy mountain, and you evaded responsibility without even a word of apology. And now you're using her as an excuse."
"Where is your conscience?!"
Ning Hanwang whispered softly to comfort her, using all his tenderness.
"Daddy understands that you love and pity her."
"If it weren't true, I wouldn't want to get involved with her."
"However, the fire at Chunxuan Residence was indeed her plan."
"I am innocent."
Ning Yunxi couldn't contain her anger at all.
"Stop confusing right and wrong and shirking responsibility."
"Am I blaming the arsonist? I'm blaming the person who spoke so coldly!"
Ning Hanwangli Quci was poor.
"This...I..."
Ning Yunxi frowned and glared.
"I knew it. You could tell it was her plan, but you pretended to be confused and just kept blaming me."
"Is father looking for trouble and deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Ning Hanwang couldn't hide his guilty conscience.
"No... At the time, I didn't think clearly and didn't know the reason. Only later, only then..."
Ning Yunxi spoke with an angry expression and questioned him sternly.
"How many times have I saved you? How many times have you hurt me?"
"On the day of the fire, I only asked for a kind word to warm my heart. I didn't ask you to rush into the fire to save me."
"It's just a gentle word, and you can't even say it. I can imagine that if I were really trapped in a sea of fire, you would only add insult to injury and would never help me."
"We are one family, why can you abandon my life and disregard my life, but I have to save yours?"
"Today's incident is like that fire that day. You were trapped in the flames and I didn't help you. Is that not okay?"
"Between you and me, who is the most cruel? Who will be punished by heaven? Who doesn't deserve to be saved?"
The first time she pointed at his nose and scolded him, Ning Hanwang lost his patience and became angry.
"After all, it's just that one thing. What's the point of holding on to it?"
"The past is over. What's the point of dwelling on it? People should look to the future and move forward."
Ning Yunxi changed from her usual submissive demeanor and became more powerful and aggressive, showing no sign of weakness.
"Father's cunning and evil deeds are more than just that one incident."
"I saved you, and you hurt me. I remember every detail clearly."
"Father has probably forgotten everything. Do I need to list them all?"
Looking back on the past, I feel lonely and timid.
"you……"
Ning Yunxi's poems are upright and logical, and he speaks eloquently.
"To recount the story, I should start from my childhood..."
The more she listened, the more she felt guilty, so Ning Hanwang interrupted her.
"Okay, you don't have to tell me."
"I remember all those things."
Ning Yunxi's expression was colder than frost and snow.
"Father has a good memory."
"The child couldn't help but ask again, where does the loving father come from?"
Ning Hanwang was helpless and changed back to begging.
"Those things I did in the past were my fault."
"If I do something wrong, I should apologize and compensate you."
"If I die, how can I make amends?"
Ning Yunxi despised it.
"In all this, my father is only thinking about protecting himself. How can he be sincere in his apology?"
Ning Hanwang's attitude was so humble that it reached the bottom of the valley.
"I'm truly sorry, but I just can't think of how to apologize. How about you teach me and I'll do it?"
Mu Rong pretended to be willing to learn.
"I'll do the same. Please teach me, Xi'er."
Ning Yunxi used a commanding tone, and her humble words were still sarcastic.
"Since you two are sincere, please kneel down, recount your past mistakes, and confess your sins."
"It's not just me, but also my fourth and fifth sisters. Please treat them equally and don't show favoritism."
The couple began to confess, you and I taking turns.
They had committed too many mistakes and had to repent for a long time with no end in sight. Their knees ached from kneeling and their bodies trembled slightly unconsciously.
Before the matter was over, a report came from outside the door, and the imperial edict had arrived.
Ning Han looked at the two of them, and out of habit, he stood up and went to receive the order.
Ning Yunxi stopped them.
"I'll deal with it."
"Kneel down and repent."
Faced with the disaster of genocide, the two men did not dare to be negligent and acted meticulously and according to their wishes.
Ning Yunxi walked out of the room and faced the emperor's crowd.
Xiao Fuzi held up the imperial edict, followed closely by An Pengyi and his guards, all of whom stopped in front of Ning Yunxi.
Seeing that she had no intention of kneeling to receive the imperial edict, Xiao Fuzi smiled and kindly reminded her.
"Here is the imperial edict, Princess Yuexi, please accept it."
Ning Yunxi stands tall and proud, with a majestic aura.
"Does the Gu family's imperial decree have the power to decide whether a member of the Yan clan lives or dies?"
Xiao Fuzi's smile disappeared and he replied cautiously.
"Please be careful with your words, Princess."
"The Emperor is unwaveringly loyal and has never done anything to offend Master Yan."
Ning Yunxi stood still, with a hint of contempt in her eyes.
"If you have no power, then you have no power. Just say it directly, Eunuch Fu."
Xiao Fuzi was very respectful and changed his words.
"Yes."
"The princess said so."
As an elder who watched her grow up, An Pengyi acted arrogant and rude.
"The one without power is you."
"We, in compliance with the Emperor's decree, are to execute all the members of the Ning and Mu clans on the spot. The princess has no right to stop us."
"You've changed the subject, and you can only survive for a while. Struggling is useless. It's better to accept defeat and accept your fate."
Ning Yunxi touched the silver ring, pretended to take out the imperial edict from her pocket, opened it, and showed it to everyone.
"Here is Yu's edict, please take a look."
"Let me ask, do I have the right to stop you?"
An Pengyi and Xiao Fuzi were both startled and uttered a puzzled sound at the same time.
"I?"
Xiao Fuzi subconsciously read out the content of Yu's decree.
"Follow the sky..."
Unexpectedly, she held the imperial decree. Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned by the sudden change in the situation and stood there for a long time, unable to recover.
She was searched inside the palace and escorted out of the palace, as she could not hide the imperial decree on her; the Ning Mansion was thoroughly investigated and found nothing amiss; the mansion was heavily guarded and not even a fly could get in; the people of Emperor Jin were secretly observed, and everything was normal, with no unusual movements.
It's strange, where did this imperial decree come from?
Ning Yunxi rebuked him with righteous words.
"I am the master, Gu Mengzhen is the minister, and you are the ministers of my ministers."
"To put it in a positive light, you are all Gu Mengzhen's retainers; to put it in a negative light, you are all traitors!"
"How can Gu Mengzhen arbitrarily dispose of my mother's family? How can my family allow you to be so rude and offend the superiors?"
She glanced at everyone with majestic demeanor and shouted questions angrily.
"My dear ministers, when you see me, why don't you bow?"
"Could it be true, as I said, that you are all plotting rebellion?!"
Everyone was terrified and knelt on the ground.
"Your servants respectfully wish the Empress Feng's well-being."
Ning Yunxi gave the order solemnly.
"There are still many doubts in the case of my brother's regicide. Yin Sitai will investigate it. Gu Mengzhen will not be allowed to make arbitrary conclusions."
"My Lords, report truthfully and leave."
Everyone saluted cautiously.
"Yes, I will take my leave."
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