The Grand Secretary's Pampered Wife

Chapter 561.1: The Emperor Learns the Truth

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"Ning'an, are you all right? Why do you look so pale? Did you bump into something?" The Emperor looked at Princess Ning'an in his arms who seemed a bit nervous and asked.

Princess Ning'an said in a small voice, "I'm fine, it was a close call. Thanks to imperial brother catching me in time, or else I would have been injured."

The Emperor glanced at the chair behind him with a shudder, "Yes, your head almost hit the chair. The consequences would have been unimaginable."

Princess Ning'an murmured in agreement.

The Emperor helped her sit on the stool.

With the confession letter now in the Emperor's hands, there was no chance of another mishap.

After sitting back on his chair, the Emperor cast a glance at Eunuch Wei.

Having served the Emperor for many years, if Eunuch Wei couldn't even understand this look, then holding the position of the Emperor’s Chief Eunuch for so many years was in vain.

He quickly called two young eunuchs to move the brazier further away, ensuring that even if the Emperor fell several times, the confession letter wouldn't fall into the brazier.

The Emperor eagerly unfolded the confession letter. It was ten pages long, nine pages longer than Bai Kun's confession letter. It detailed Hua Xiyao's background, her tumultuous early years, and how she ended up at the Heavenly Music House.

Hua Xiyao was originally a young lady of a prominent family. Her grandfather was the Prefect of Nan City. He was imprisoned for corruption and was executed, while the rest of the family was exiled.

At the age of two, Hua Xiyao didn't grasp the full extent of her family's misfortune, aside from the daily struggle for survival and witnessing her family being abused from time to time.

It was a long time before she truly understood what had happened to her family. By then, she was already seven years old, a clever and pretty girl. She was noticed by a procuress who then bought her, intending to groom her into a cash cow for the brothel.

However, Hua Xiyao's life in the brothel was difficult. She was often bullied by older children and one freezing night, she escaped.

But how far could a seven-year-old girl go?

She collapsed in a filthy alley in the middle of the night, waking up in a carriage bound for an unknown destination.

The carriage was lavishly decorated, clean, and spacious, emitting a fragrance different from the vulgar perfumes she was used to.

It was in this carriage that Hua Xiyao encountered the most important person in her life.

Her real name wasn't Hua Xiyao, and her surname had been forcibly erased when she was sold to the brothel. She was called Lan'er in the brothel, a name she detested.

The gentle woman before her bestowed upon her a new name.

Looking at the setting sun outside the window, the woman said to her, "You shall be called Hua Xiyao."

The obedient girl nodded blankly.

The Emperor was moved to tears upon reading it.

It was obviously a confession letter, why was it so touching?

Was Hua Xiyao truly an official’s daughter?

Yes.

Was she truly sold into the brothel?

Not at all.

Regarding Hua Xiyao's background, Mo Qianxue only mentioned, "It seems that her grandfather used to be a yamen official somewhere, but later he got into trouble and his home was confiscated.”

Everything else was made up by Old Chief.

He wasn't afraid even if the Emperor ordered an investigation. After all, there were plenty of corrupt officials being caught and their homes raided, you couldn’t fit them all in a bundle of sacks.

Hua Xiyao arrived at the Heavenly Music House two years before Mo Qianxue, a fact that was widely known. There was no need for fabrication, but that wasn't the point.

The focus was on the woman who adopted Hua Xiyao.

She trained Hua Xiyao to be a talented and beautiful woman with exceptional martial skills, sending her to the Heavenly Music House in the capital to become her second confidante.

The first confidante was Mo Qianxue.

Mo Qianxue arrived at the woman's side later than Hua Xiyao and had also been secretly groomed by the woman. However, they had never met before entering the Heavenly Music House.

In the confession letter, Hua Xiyao speculated that the reason for that was that the woman was afraid they would develop affection for each other if they had grown up together. They were not allowed to develop dependence and emotions towards anyone other than their master.

In reality, this was Old Chief's personal analysis.

However, this section was spot on.

When the Emperor reached this part, a strong sense of disgust rose in his heart.

Who could be so twisted and malicious?

He solemnly finished reading the confession letter, which not only detailed Hua Xiyao's personal experiences but also disclosed the clandestine activities of the Heavenly Music House in the capital over the years.

For example, Heavenly Music House once used Empress Dowager Zhuang's name to intimidate those causing trouble.

The Emperor became even angrier!

How dare they exploit his imperial mother?

Very good, the mastermind behind the Heavenly Music House really had some nerve!

The latter part of the confession letter emphasized the case against Gu Jiao, similar to Bai Kun's account.

Mo Qianxue faked her death to approach Gu Jiao, and Hua Xiyao conveyed orders from the Young Owner to assassinate Gu Jiao several times.

The last time Hua Xiyao went to find Mo Qianxue, she was knocked unconscious and drugged by her, waking up in the Ministry of Justice's prison.

The confession letter also revealed that Hua Xiyao hadn't intended to betray the Young Owner initially, but the Young Owner had sent someone to poison her.

Her loyal heart was simply fed to the dogs!

Since the Young Owner acted like a scoundrel first, she, Hua Xiyao, shouldn't be blamed for acting accordingly!

"As a matter of fact, you all know who the Young Owner is. She is indeed an imperial princess and does refer to His Majesty as ‘elder brother.’ Her name is——"

The ninth page ended there.

The entire tenth page was filled with a single name.

When the Emperor saw that name, he gasped in horror and looked at Ning'an beside him——

Bixia Palace.

Huangfu Xian stared blankly outside the window again.

Lian'er, holding dried clothes, helplessly entered the room and placed the clothes on the bed before coming to Huangfu Xian's side.

A cold draft blew in, causing Lian'er to shiver!

Lian'er sighed, "Young master, why are you sitting here in the cold again? Let me push you over to the fire to warm up. I thought it was only cold on the border, but I didn't expect the capital to be so cold."

She pushed Huangfu Xian's wheelchair to the brazier.

Huangfu Xian didn't object because he was frozen stiff and couldn't speak.

Lian'er turned back to close the window.

Huangfu Xian sat by the brazier, warming himself, while Lian'er neatly folded and placed the clothes back in the wardrobe.

Seeing the neatly arranged clothes in the wardrobe then looking at the irregular clothes she had folded, she cleared her throat and muttered, "Why bother folding them so neatly? Aren't they all going to be worn anyway?"

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