After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Chapter 498 Go to the death row and listen, my elder brother, I love you so much

Zhao Ying walked out of the imperial study in a daze, and after a few steps, he ran into Zhao Xi head-on.

In an instant, surging, overwhelming hatred flowed through every part of his body.

He killed her Shangguan Shu.

Zhao Xi walked forward, frowned and looked at the red marks on her face, and said in a deep voice, "Did the emperor beat you?"

As he spoke, he tried to put his hand on Zhao Ying's face, but Zhao Ying coldly avoided it.

Zhao Xi took a deep breath, knowing that Zhao Ying was angry with him, he explained, "Shangguan Shu's death was not what I wanted, I..."

"Congratulations." Zhao Ying interrupted calmly.

"What do you mean?"

"Congratulations, you have successfully made me realize that the hatred of killing a wife and a husband is irreconcilable."

Zhao Xi's face suddenly darkened.

Zhao Ying's voice was choked with sobs, she could hardly hold back the pain, "I can understand your hatred now, it's great, you are so kind. This is my real brother."

"Zhao Xi, I should have known who you are, but I had other expectations of you."

"How do you know that Qi Dongqiang was killed by Yue'er? The news of that day was blocked. How would you know? Unless you rushed over."

Zhao Xi paused for a moment, then his eyes became fierce and urgent.

"You already knew that Qi Dongqiang had kidnapped Yue'er, but you wanted to silence Yue'er for her, right?"

Zhao Xi looked at Zhao Ying's disheartened expression and listened to her questions. He felt heartbroken, but he couldn't refute a single word.

Zhao Ying felt so regretful that she said in pain, "I treated you as my dearest person, but you caused my family to be destroyed..."

Zhao Xi couldn't stand Zhao Ying's overwhelming resentment, and he said angrily, "Really? Do you think I'm your closest person?"

"It was you who hid my life story for that idiot Zhao Cong. You were the first to be ruthless to me!"

He stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Ying's shoulders excitedly, and asked sternly, "Zhao Ying, you keep saying that I've treated you badly, but what about you? Have you ever treated me sincerely?"

Zhao Ying slapped Zhao Xi in the face with her backhand. It was so loud and clear that she wanted to tear him to pieces. "If it weren't for me, do you think Gongsun Yuda would be able to enter the palace to report to the emperor? Do you think you can restore your status so smoothly?"

Zhao Ying felt a sharp pain in her heart, a heart-wrenching pain.

Zhao Xi seemed to be frozen, staring at her in a daze.

It turned out that she had recognized him a long time ago.

She didn't try to hide his background, she helped him.

Zhao Xi felt as if the huge rock pressing on his chest suddenly moved away, and his mind suddenly became clear. However, the next second, he glanced at Zhao Ying's cold expression and frowned.

Zhao Ying closed her eyes in pain, "I was wrong, I was really wrong."

"I always felt that blood ties trumped everything, but what did I get?"

"Zhao Xi, you can continue to hate me. I don't care. From now on, I, Zhao Ying, will no longer be your sister..."

Zhao Ying left.

Zhao Xi, however, did not move.

He wanted to stop her and tell her that his brother was no longer angry with her and that she should not disown him. He would do better than Zhao Cong and Shangguan Shu. She was not afraid of being left without love and protection. He would protect her and love her from now on...

They should be the closest people in the world... they are siblings from the same mother!

However, my heart suddenly felt like it was bitten by something and the pain was unbearable.

He frowned in pain and bent down to hold on to the tree trunk beside him.

A passing eunuch came over to ask, "Is Prince Ding all right?"

Zhao Xi's facial features were all wrinkled together. When he heard the voice, a trace of... confusion flashed in his eyes.

……

Princess House.

Shangguan Bailin suddenly sat up from the bed, his face pale and covered in cold sweat, looking frightened.

The servant outside asked, "Second Master?"

Shangguan Bailin stared at the darkness in front of him. He was in the princess's mansion.

Was that just a dream?

But this dream is so clear.

Shangguan Bailin said softly, "I'm fine."

Having said that, he lay down again, pulled the corner of the quilt tightly, and looked at the ceiling in confusion.

There are vague and confusing images in my mind, but it is all just one picture.

In the vast forest, two horses were tied not far away, leisurely eating grass and wagging their tails.

The setting sun shines obliquely, and the sky is filled with rosy clouds.

A handsome young man sat on a big rock with an indifferent expression.

In front of him, the man in brocade clothes and jade belt was looking down at him. He had slightly gray hair on his temples and looked somewhat similar to the young man, except that he looked more cold and imposing. The man spoke in a low and hoarse voice.

"Bai Lin..."

"I know you hate me," the man said, looking as if he was dead, "I hate myself too."

"Your mother died, and I still couldn't keep her. It was a relief for her, she finally escaped from me."

"But it doesn't matter. I will still go find her."

"Are you worthy?"

The man was silent for a moment, then said solemnly, "I am not worthy."

"But things have developed to a point where it is no longer what I want. Maybe you don't believe it, but something has controlled me and changed me."

The young man sneered in response.

The man didn't care and explained, "At first, I wrote your mother's name on the edict to confer the title of queen, but in the blink of an eye, it became Zhao Yao. It all seems to be destined."

"Over the years, I have searched for talented people, but none of them could do anything. But recently a wizard came here, named Zhuicong Mingda, and he said he could change it."

"Bai Lin, now is not the time for you to be angry with your father. Your father has no choice but to hand over the country to that bastard Zhao Ziyin, but your father is on this trip to hand over the million-strong army in the Southern Region to you. After your father dies and this curse is broken, you can do what you want to do and avenge your mother and your brothers and sisters."

The man's voice was filled with endless desolation and death. "Master Mingda said that in my next life, I will be a good father, haha..."

"Bai Lin, can you call me father again?"

In the picture, the young man shed tears as he watched the man leaving sadly.

Behind the bed curtain, Shangguan Bailin pursed his lips and also shed tears.

The two memories intertwined in his mind and eventually merged together.

Daddy...

He opened his mouth along with the young man in the picture.

He couldn't sleep any more, so he got up, lit the lamp, and went to write on the table. Suddenly, someone called him from outside, "Second Master, I am here on the orders of the Duke to take you to the Duke's Mansion."

Shangguan Bailin's heart skipped a beat. Why did his grandfather take them to the Duke's Mansion so late at night?

Soon, they found out.

When Zhao Ying arrived at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, the memorial hall had not yet been set up and the mansion was brightly lit, as if nothing had happened.

However, the closer you get, the more you can hear the heavy and suppressed crying inside.

She suddenly didn't dare to go in.

She wanted to see him, but she didn't want to. It seemed that if she didn't look, he would be well at the Duke's Mansion, maybe reading memorials, writing poems, painting, practicing calligraphy, drinking tea, or maybe he had already fallen asleep. With so many possibilities, why was it this one that she could not bear the most?

He died, he died...

How could he die?

Zhao Ying looked at the huge Duke's Mansion in front of her. The door seemed like a huge mouth that wanted to swallow her in.

She was so scared and in so much pain.

She held her head and cried hoarsely.

She couldn't go in. Once she went in, it would confirm this fact. No, no...

Shangguan Shu, I hate you...

She was crying, and there was another person beside her.

Shangguan Zhu came over at some point. He stared at the gate of the Duke's Mansion lifelessly. After a while, he said softly, "Princess."

Zhao Ying looked over and said coldly, "Shangguan Zhu."

Shangguan Zhu looked at Zhao Ying's miserable and painful appearance, his expression becoming more and more gloomy. He turned his head away and said with a weak breath, "Princess, if you don't dare to go in, why don't you go to the death row to see Zhao Yao first? Maybe she will tell you something."

Zhao Ying was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Shangguan Zhu's voice was choked with sobs, "Sister-in-law, go to the death row and listen to it. Listen to how much my elder brother loves you..."

He walked towards the Duke's Mansion dejectedly, step by step. Seeing this, Zhao Ying said sternly, "You killed him with your own hands, how dare you go in to see him!"

Shangguan Zhu seemed to be unaware of this and continued walking, "Yes, I killed my eldest brother with my own hands. I killed him..."

Zhao Ying was struck by lightning and suddenly realized something.

Tears as big as beans slid down her cheeks uncontrollably. She opened her mouth slightly, as if she couldn't believe it and couldn't bear this fact.

After a while, she wiped her tears and got on the carriage, "To the death row."