nashuaworldcup Chapter 1055 Unfamiliar Old Friends
Chapter 1055 Unfamiliar Old Friends
Chang Mingxiu looked at Shu Yan with such a look that she wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it. She had indeed humiliated herself, and it was no wonder that Shu Yan looked down on her.
Back then, she wanted Xie Kang to rebel, but Xie Kang was incapable. In fact, she had already helped Xie Kang back then. If he had become emperor, why would she have let Xie Jing sit on the throne?
She could only sigh that there was no point in saying anything.
Now it seems that Xie Kang is the most useless. He was exiled to the Northwest by Xie Jing and married a native daughter. He lived a life of dependence on others and never resisted. He lived a cowardly life all these years.
Chang Mingxiu had given up hope on Xie Kang, and she no longer prayed for him to come and save her. Now, she could only save herself.
She knew the Yuezhi hated her to the core, and she said in a deep voice, "If you want my help, I have conditions."
Xie Shang paused for a moment, then said, "Please speak, Consort Chang."
Chang Mingxiu looked at Yuezhi and said in a deep voice, "I will tell you how to enter the palace. My condition is that Yue Anxin is not allowed to cause me any trouble from now on. We will keep to ourselves."
Yuezhi didn't expect her to dare to make such a condition. "I can let you not cause me any trouble, but only if you slash your face. I promise that from now on you can walk your narrow bridge and I will walk my broad road."
Although Chang Mingxiu is old, she is well-maintained and does not look ugly. On the contrary, she still has some charm. The only thing she can be proud of in her life is her appearance, which can attract Xie Kang. Naturally, she will not cut her face; the price is too high.
She said, "Then kill me! I knew you wouldn't let me go once I fell into your hands."
The Yuezhi were furious. "You think I wouldn't dare kill you?"
Chang Mingxiu knew they couldn't infiltrate the palace because the spies inside had long been eliminated, and even those around her had been punished by the emperor.
They didn't directly ask Xie Kang for the secret passage into the palace, indicating that Xie Kang's route was also blocked.
Prince Xiao has been ordered to be arrested by the emperor. He is the prince of the Northern Xiao Kingdom and a wanted criminal of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He doesn't even dare to show his face easily.
Consort Chang was certain that he would not allow Yue Anxin to kill her.
Just as the two were locked in a stalemate, Xie Shang said coldly, "Consort Chang is Prince Kang's woman, and now she's practically family with Aunt Xin. There's an old saying in the Central Plains: 'An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.' Since things have come to this, Aunt Xin, calm down. We need to focus on important matters. Empress Jiang's departure from the palace is an opportunity for us. Now we'll split into two paths..."
After saying that, he turned to Chang Mingxiu and said, "If it weren't for the Emperor of Great Zhou, you and Prince Kang wouldn't have been separated, and you wouldn't have lived alone in the cold palace for decades. It was the old emperor who stole Xie Kang's throne and his woman. Do you still think you have no grudge against the Xie family?"
Chang Mingxiu stared at Xiao Shang, surprised that a prince from another country would know these things; it couldn't have been Xie Kang who told him.
She thought of her uncle Chang Shun, who had long ago sided with the Xiao family and even lost his life for it. Chang Shun was originally Xie Kang's man, and he was also the one who knew the most about her relationship with Xie Kang. These things might have been told to him by Chang Shun.
Did he tell Prince Xiao anything else?
For example, during the power struggle between Xie Kang and Xie Jing, everyone speculated that the old emperor's real cause of death was Xie Jing's regicide and usurpation of the throne...
Of course she hated Xie Jing. If he hadn't taken her, she wouldn't have entered the palace to become a concubine.
Just then, Yan Dinghai arrived in a hurry with his men. Beside him were not only Yan Jue, but also a mysterious man wearing a mask, and even Wang Buzhi, who was also Yan Dinghai's subordinate.
After escaping the Hidden Camp, Yan Dinghai directly sought refuge with the Northern Owl Kingdom, and later with the eldest prince, Xiao Shang.
Chang Mingxiu stared at Yan Dinghai and felt that he looked somewhat familiar, but it had been too long and she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
Yan Dinghai bowed respectfully to Chang Mingxiu, saying, "It's been over thirty years since I last saw Miss Chang! I heard from Prince Kang that Miss Chang married into the palace and became a royal concubine. Back then, Miss Chang and Prince Kang were inseparable."
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Miss Chang has become the emperor's concubine. Her bearing is indeed incomparably noble! I almost didn't recognize her."
Chang Mingxiu couldn't recall ever knowing someone surnamed Yan. The Yan Dinghai before her had changed completely; his figure was out of shape, and his skin had been weathered and looked like old tree bark.
She said, "Who are you? How do you know my last name?"
“I also have a code name, Sky Eagle. I even caught you and Prince Kang having a secret rendezvous.” A lewd glint flashed in Yan Dinghai’s eyes. The beauty of Consort Chang was far beyond what Princess Kang could compare to. The advantage of the Yue clan was her illustrious family background, and her maternal family was completely reliable.
When Tianying recounted these past events, Chang Mingxiu had some recollection of them. "You were also a secret guard by the late emperor's side." It turned out that he had long been colluding with Xie Kang.
Yan Dinghai smiled and said, "The late emperor? He is not worthy of being called the late emperor. He plotted to murder the old emperor and then seized the throne from Prince Kang. In the end, he even tried to exterminate us secret guards. How many of our brothers did the royal family kill? The one who truly deserves to go to hell is the emperor."
Chang Mingxiu also learned some information about the royal family from Xie Kang; the death of the Holy Ancestor Emperor remains a mystery to this day.
However, this is inextricably linked to the escaped secret guards.
Xiao Shang said, "If Xie Kang were to meet his old friend, I believe he would stand with me to overthrow the Xie dynasty."
Yan Dinghai mocked, "Even if you gave him a hundred more lives, he wouldn't dare to resist. Back then, he clearly had the advantage but missed the opportunity. Now he's just a good-for-nothing."
In front of Princess Kang, they talked about Xie Kang's failure to seize the throne, and how Xie Jing ultimately took the opportunity instead.
"One wrong step leads to another, one mistake leads to another." Xiao Shang mocked, "Does Consort Chang still think it has nothing to do with you?"
Chang Mingxiu was forced to marry the late emperor, then forced to enter the palace, and ultimately died alone in the cold palace. It was all her own stubbornness that ruined her.