Children of Loulan

Chapter 152 Xilin's Memories 2

So in order to calm herself down, the stepmother had to leave her mother a breath of life. It was because of the breath she left for her mother that she was able to learn the whole truth!

After her mother was poisoned, she sent people to watch over her mother day and night under the pretext of taking care of her mother. It was called care but was actually surveillance. Finally, when her mother woke up in the middle of the night, she quietly reached out and grabbed Aunt Kui's hand. Aunt Kui had been with her mother since she was a child. She also suspected that her mother's illness was strange, so she didn't say anything. And her mother silently wrote down everything on Aunt Kui's palm!

It was also because of this that her stepmother and the others thought that Aunt Kui did not know about this and spared her life. Later, when the Second Prince went to the house to visit his mother, she was filled with hatred in her heart. It was all because of power, and because she wanted to climb up the high branch of the Second Prince. So at that time, she hated her father for being so heartless and betraying her mother, hated her stepmother for ignoring the sisterly love between her and her mother and being full of calculations, hated her sister who treated her sincerely and only used her as a stepping stone, and hated the Second Prince's sudden appearance that caused her mother to lose her life!

She hated Concubine Xian, the mastermind who manipulated all of this, even more. It was from then on that she began to plan how to take revenge. But later, she accidentally ran into the Second Prince twice. It was also from the two encounters that she found that the way the Second Prince looked at her was a little unusual. In order to verify it, she secretly tested him twice, and the result was exactly as she thought!

She knew that the Second Prince had a crush on her, so she thought of taking advantage of the Second Prince's feelings and asking him to help her get revenge.

So she told Aunt Kui to stay at home quietly, pretending that her mother had died of illness, and to announce that she had a sudden illness and could not be saved, and to show her grief. In this way, the stepmother would think that they really did not know the truth, and would not suspect any conspiracy.

However, this was only the first step. Later, when she learned that the second prince did not like her biological sister, she secretly found some people to kidnap her sister and arranged for them to take her sister to a remote place and let a group of men defile her. After that, she deliberately cried in front of the second prince and told him that her sister was kidnapped by a group of men.

The second prince was not willing to marry a woman he didn't like. When he learned that she was kidnapped by a group of men, he almost jumped for joy! He immediately informed the virtuous concubine about this and asked her to cancel the engagement!

The second prince was very distressed and cried for her sister, but he didn't know that all this was carefully planned by her. She took advantage of this opportunity to win the sympathy of the second prince, and then spread the news that her sister had lost her innocence, causing her sister to be spurned and ridiculed by everyone.

Unable to bear this insult, her elder sister finally chose to hang herself. Her death caused grief to her stepmother, who cried so much that she became ill and could not get up. She took the opportunity to poison her stepmother's medicine, causing her to be bedridden and unable to recover.

Next, in order to better control the second prince, she played hard to get with him, making him fall deeper and deeper into her trap. She also instigated the second prince to pretend to fall and get injured, using this as an excuse not to build the border town.

Later, she spread rumors that the eldest prince deliberately framed the second prince to fall, so that the second prince could not go to the border town, and some ministers in the court began to favor the second prince. Through these means, she successfully grasped the heart of the second prince and made him a tool in her hands.

More importantly, in order to complete her plan more smoothly, she deliberately broke the jade ruyi given by the queen mother at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, and was successfully demoted to Jingsiju. After arriving at Jingsiju, she only left her maid Xianggui and Aunt Kui beside her mother, and everyone else was sent away to ensure that her secret actions with the second prince would not be discovered. In this way, they spent three years in secret!

However, not long ago, an accident happened - she found out she was pregnant. At the same time, the second prince revealed to her that the eldest prince had completed the entire foundation of West City, and it was expected that West City would be completely built in a short time. Once West City was completed, the eldest prince would become the well-deserved candidate for the crown prince. Seeing the lonely look on the second prince's face, Xilin came up with a plan and suggested that he find some people to disguise themselves as foreigners to assassinate the eldest prince. After all, the foreigners had frequently harassed them over the years, which gave them an excuse.

Not only that, she also asked the Second Prince's men not to kill the First Prince, but to leave him a breath and allow him to return to the capital alive. Then she asked the Second Prince to find a way to bribe the Imperial Master, and let the Imperial Master ask the King and the Queen Mother to ask for a concubine to bring happiness to the First Prince. In this way, she could leave the palace smoothly and no longer have to be sneaky like she is now!

After she leaves the palace and marries the eldest prince, she will claim that his injuries are too severe and the treatment is ineffective to die. Then she can fake her death and escape by saying that she was buried with the eldest prince, and then appear beside the second prince with a different identity. By then, the child in her belly will testify that she is not Xilin, but someone else who has been pregnant with the second prince's child!

After hearing her idea, the second prince was so happy that he almost jumped for joy. He had wanted to take Xilin out of the palace for a long time. After all, he was afraid that if the truth were to be revealed one day, both he and Xilin would be killed without a burial place. But she was his father's concubine after all, and he really had no way to rescue her from the palace. So after listening to Xilin's plan, he happily arranged for people to do these things immediately!

And the following things really went as she imagined. The eldest prince was assassinated and was sent back to the capital in a coma with serious injuries. The national teacher also successfully persuaded the queen mother and the king to choose a concubine to bring happiness to the eldest prince!

But when she saw what was happening, she couldn't believe her eyes. Originally, everything went smoothly according to her plan, and they were waiting for the last step with joy. However, at the critical moment, things suddenly took an unexpected turn - the imperial teacher who was supposed to choose her actually chose someone else!

This sudden turn of events shocked her, and she was filled with endless anger and resentment. She widened her eyes, clenched her fists tightly, and dug her nails deep into her palms, as if she wanted to vent all her pain and resentment. Although she didn't know who was behind it, she knew very well that someone must have known the secret between her and the second prince. And now, this secret is no longer a secret, so she can't keep the child in her belly!

As she recalled the past, she endured the severe pain in her abdomen and tried to stay calm.

But just when she was about to faint from the pain, she suddenly felt a warm sensation in her lower body, as if something was flowing out of her body. She looked down and saw blood staining the hem of her skirt, which was shocking. At this time, Xianggui beside her cried out in panic: "Miss, you are bleeding! You are bleeding a lot!" There was fear and helplessness in her voice.

Compared to Xianggui's worry, Aunt Kui seemed much calmer. She patted Xianggui's hand gently and said, "Don't panic. Go get some hot water and let's wipe the young lady's body!"