Chapter 1: Shallow Fortune and Thin Life
"Why are you doing this?!"
A terrible roar mixed with grief and indignation sounded unwillingly, Lan Wan'er was forced to kneel on the ground by two mothers-in-law, her luxurious robe was full of dust, embarrassed and depressed, her hair was scattered and her hairpins were shaking, and her eyes were scarlet and blood-soaked as she stared at the man in front of her, like a crazy woman.
Under the high pavilion behind him, there were more than 100 kneeling people, covered in blood, with their hands and feet tied, and their expressions mournful.
Today, except for the queen, the Lan family has been beheaded all over the house.
"Why, you ask?"
Looking at the embarrassed woman in front of him, Long Xiaoran's eyes flashed with disgust and disdain, and he said indifferently: "The Lan family colluded with the enemy army to commit treason, and the evidence is conclusive, and the crime is unforgivable. Fortunately, since you have escaped from the palace, then let's see what will happen to betraying me! β
"After returning from this victory, my father has handed over all the talismans to you, and you know that it is impossible for him to commit treason!"
"My Lan family helped you ascend the throne, my father and brother went to the battlefield for you to kill countless enemies and stabilize the frontier, so you can sit on this dragon chair now, if my Lan family is bent on treason, how can I do so much for you? How could they let their people die on the battlefield?! β
Thinking of her brother who died on the battlefield, Lan Wan'er's eyes crossed a touch of sorrow.
Hearing Lan Wan'er's argumentative voice, Long Xiaoran sneered as if he had heard some funny joke, looked at Lan Wan'er as if he was looking at an ignorant child, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Queen, why are you still so naΓ―ve?" β
"But also, you are the daughter of the Lan family, if you are not naΓ―ve and stupid, how can your Lan family be willing to work for me? But the queen, now that I have ascended the throne, the border is stable, and the mission of the Lan family has been completed, I feel that the Lan family is really ......"
"It's too much of an eyesore."
The merit is high and the people support him, even if the Lan family wants to retreat with his whole body, how can he bear that a courtier is more admired by the people than him?
"Eyesore?!"
How could he say such a thing?
Lan Xuan'er's face was full of disbelief, she looked at the man in front of her, and suddenly felt extremely strange, his eyes no longer had the tenderness and pity of the past, it was obviously the same face, but it was the same as the man who coaxed her to talk to her softly.
I think she entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and she has been with this man for four years, but it is the first time she has seen him like this.
Apathy, disgust, contempt.
"Wan'er, now that you are pregnant, I don't worry about you, it is inconvenient for you to drive the expedition in person, so it is okay for your father to go to the border for me to stabilize the frontier?"
"The war on the frontier has changed, Wan'er, I have sent your brothers to help your father, don't worry."
"Juan'er, when your father and brother return safely, I will definitely reward them well to comfort them for their loyalty."
Recalling all the past, Lan Wan'er sneered, and realized that his love and gentleness were all illusions?
Long Xiaoran, it turns out that this full door is the so-called reward you are talking about?!
"Long Xiaoran, you are so ruthless!"
Lan Xuan'er looked at the man in front of her hatefully, and her voice was heartbreaking: "My Lan family has done so much for you, but you want to behead them all over the house, there are a hundred and fifty-six lives here, if you kill them, aren't you afraid that they will come to you to ask for your life when you dream back at midnight?!" β
When the words fell, Long Xiaoran's face changed, and he threw the tea cup in his hand into Lan Wan'er's face, and his eyes swelled with monstrous anger: "I am the emperor, who dares to come to claim my life?" β
With a bang, tea splashed, shards flew sideways, and a piece of porcelain sliced across Lan Wan'er's face, and red blood oozed from her skin.
Long Xiaoran's face was a little better when he saw this, he stared at her coldly, and said coldly: "The Lan family has military power and high merit, even if your father has military merits now?" Even if treason is fake? I am the emperor, and whoever I want to die will die! Today, I'm going to let you see with your own eyes how the Lan family died! β
"Someone, tell the executioner, and execute immediately!"
"No, you can't!" Lan Wan'er was shocked when she heard this, and her body tried hard to break free from the shackles, but the strength of the two mothers-in-law was too great, and she couldn't break free at all!
Under the high pavilion, the executioner raised his knife and fell, and the cold light flashed, a human head was cut off, and blood splashed all over the ground.
"Father's ββ!"
Lan Wan'er's eyes were overflowing with blood and tears, bloodshot all over, and her voice was so terrible that it seemed to pierce the sky.
In the blink of an eye, one hundred and fifty-six human lives disappeared, and the red blood flowed in a pool, and even the air was mixed with a strong smell of blood, and the human head and corpse fell to the ground, like hell on earth.
"Long Xiaoran, you can't die well!"
Lan Wan'er was almost crazy when she saw this scene, she roared, her voice was hoarse, and her eyes were scarlet.
"Don't you want to die?"
Long Xiaoran sneered, his eyes were full of bloodthirsty pleasure, and he gave his mother-in-law a look to let go of Lan Xuan'er, and looked at her condescendingly and said proudly: "Queen, you can't be affected by your pregnancy in August, even if the child in your belly is not mine, I will let you live well, live to a long life, and watch how I sit and enjoy this country." β