Chapter 17 Brother’s Banishment
I left the palace, and Zhao Yan was waiting for me at the Crown Princess's residence.
He wanted to plead for Consort Chen.
I looked at him coldly, thinking he was somewhat naive:
"Attempting to assassinate the Crown Princess is a grave crime. Sparing her life is already my mercy."
Zhao Yan said urgently: "But... she raised you after all!"
"It's precisely because of that upbringing that I let her live."
However, she would spend the rest of her life in You Ting.
I walked away indifferently.
No matter how Zhao Yan pleaded, I remained unmoved.
After he came several times and still couldn't see me, he gave up.
In the twenty-fourth year of Xuanwu.
Father Emperor was in poor health.
As the Crown Princess, I supervised the state affairs.
Zhao Yan, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, suddenly ran in panic. Seeing me in bright yellow robes, his expression was complicated.
After several hesitations, he said softly:
"Tangyue, you're still alive..."
I looked back at him calmly, my gaze falling on his disheveled clothes:
"Of course I am alive."
Zhao Yan smiled and cried at the same time, walking toward me.
He reached out, as if wanting to touch me:
"I... thought you were dead..."
"If you're referring to the Zhao Tangyue from the previous life, she is indeed dead."
I looked at the Zhao Yan in front of me, catching the shock flashing in his eyes.
His outstretched hand dropped, his eyes reddened with regret:
"I'm sorry. It was only after your death that I found out you were wronged."
"Tangyue, can you forgive me..."
I said sarcastically: "You should ask the corpse in You Ting; let her speak and forgive you."
"..."
I threw several memorials in front of him: "These are impeachments against you. You put in a lot of effort to save the woman in You Ting, didn't you?"
"Unfortunately, the power is in my hands now."
"If you're so reluctant to part with her, go to You Ting and accompany her."
"Guards."
Under Zhao Yan's desolate gaze, he was dragged away, getting farther and farther from me.
Soon, he disappeared from sight.
The last shadow blocking my view.
Also vanished with him.