They are all concubines, so of course they choose the future emperor.

Chapter 207: Life and Death Are Not in the Hands of Man (Part )

Ling Lan looked at her in shock, with uncontrollable fear in his eyes.

"I am the concubine of the retired emperor! I am Li Ce's stepmother! I am pregnant with the retired emperor's child! If you dare to touch a hair on my head, just try!"

Qixia sneered.

"You are a few years older than me, how come you are even more stupid and naive than me?"

"The Emperor? Ha!"

She laughed loudly, her tone full of sarcasm.

"The one sitting on the dragon throne now is the current emperor, the one commanding the 100,000 troops at the border is the current emperor, and the one controlling the government is also the current emperor. The emperor emeritus?"

She laughed so loudly that tears came out of the corners of her eyes.

"He can even kill his own son and grandson, so why would he really care about the piece of meat in your belly?"

Qixia raised her hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

But the hatred and sadness that welled up in my heart could not be erased.

It would be great if that old thief and my third uncle could fight each other. If both of them were injured, it would be considered revenge for my father and brother.

Unfortunately, she knew very well that neither of them would do that.

Third Uncle is not that stupid. He is already the emperor, and most of the court is controlled by him now. He doesn't need to do this. He just needs to appease the emperor.

As for the old thief, he had lost his temper a long time ago. He could abandon his wife and children to become a Taoist priest, so what could you expect him to do for a child who didn't know whether he was a boy or a girl?

When Qixia thought of her parents and younger brother, she was overwhelmed with sadness.

If Dad could be more patient, for another year, perhaps the situation would be different.

Ling Lan looked at Qixia crying and laughing, looking even crazier than himself, and took several steps back in fear.

She didn't stop until her back hit the wall.

"I remember now!" Ling Lan said suddenly, "You are the daughter of the deposed King of Qi!"

The King of Qi was deposed for treason, his wife and children all died, leaving only this daughter.

Ling Lan tried hard to search the few memories in his mind, and remembered that this princess seemed to have offended the noble concubine and was sent to a temple.

I didn’t expect it to be this Tianfu Temple!

Ling Lan came back to his senses, looked at Qixia in front of him, saw the undisguised hatred on her face, and shouted hurriedly.

"I know you hate them. I'm just like you!"

She took two quick steps forward.

"Your parents were killed by the Emperor and the Retired Emperor. We have a common enemy and we can cooperate! Killing me won't do you any good, right?"

Qixia turned her head away, with a strange look in her eyes.

"You want me to cooperate with you?"

She scoffed.

"You deserve it?"

She obviously looked down on Ling Lan.

Ling Lan was not annoyed and told everything about his and the Lu family's plan.

"Most of the people in the court are Li Ce's men now. He always brings a large number of guards with him when he travels. As for the emperor, he hides in the Sanqing Palace all year round and never comes out. You alone will never find a chance to deal with them."

"The Lu family has an insider in the Imperial Guards, and has already recaptured and won over half of the Northern Yamen Imperial Guards. I have also gathered information from the Emperor, so it won't be difficult to kill them. As long as you agree, I will be able to avenge your family soon."

Qixia's eyes trembled, and she seemed to be a little moved.

She looked at Ling Lan carefully for a few times, her tone full of suspicion.

"Why should I believe you? The Lu family... is trustworthy. If the matter is successful, Li Chengye will be able to take that position, but he is still underage and I am afraid he cannot take power. As Li Chengye's in-laws, the Lu family can get a lot of benefits. But you, what good will this do for you?"

As she was speaking, her expression suddenly turned cold.

"Are you trying to bluff me? Are you trying to trick me into letting you go so you can run out and ask for help?"

After saying that, she turned around and walked to the door, whispering a few words to the nuns outside.

Ling Lan was anxious.

She couldn't hear what Qixia said to the nun, and she instinctively panicked, worrying that they were going to kill her.

She didn't have time to think, she took a few steps forward and blurted out the words.

"Everything I said is true! I have an irreconcilable feud with the Li family!"

Qixia paused and turned her head to look at her.

Ling Lan took a breath before continuing.

"Do you still remember the old emperor's queen?"

Qixia frowned, thought for a while, and suddenly exclaimed.

"Are you from the Wu family?"

The original empress of the retired emperor, Qixia's nominal grandmother, was surnamed Wu and came from the Wu family in Longzhou.

However, Empress Wu died very early and did not leave any offspring. There are probably few people in the court who remember her now.

Not to mention the court, I'm afraid there are very few people in the royal family who remember her.

When Qixia was living with her biological grandmother, Concubine De, she occasionally heard her mention it, which left an impression on her.

This Empress Wu was a very strange person.

This is strange, not because she had a weird personality and temper, but because after her death, both the former dynasty and the harem were very secretive about her, as if everyone had agreed not to talk about her.

What's even stranger is the old emperor's attitude towards her.

Did the old emperor like her? He wiped out the entire Wu family after Empress Wu died; did he not care? He never appointed another empress after that.

When Ling Lan saw that she knew, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, a hint of pride appearing on his face.

"That's right. My original name was Wu Linglan. The late Empress Dowager was my aunt. Our Wu family was originally a prominent family, but because of some unfounded things, the whole family was wiped out, and I was the only one who survived. I tried my best to enter the palace just for revenge!"

Qixia's heart moved slightly and her eyes rolled.

"That was more than 20 years ago. How old are you? How could you be a descendant of the Wu family?"

Ling Lan bit her lip. "My father eloped with my mother and left home. He was expelled from the Wu family. At that time, the officers and soldiers didn't know he was still alive. Later, the Wu family got into trouble. My father secretly went back to worship, but was reported... I was just born at that time. My mother was also frightened by this and passed away not long after."

She sniffed, thinking about the past, and inevitably felt a little depressed.

"After my mother passed away, I was abducted and sold by the servants in my family. Fortunately, I met an old friend from the Wu family. She recognized the token on my body, rescued me from the human traffickers, and brought me with her..."

She whispered her life story, hoping to resonate with Qixia.

They were all harmed by that bastard old emperor!

But Ling Lan overlooked one point.

Princess Qixia, her surname is also Li.

She hated Li Ce and the retired emperor, but she knew in her heart that the fight for the throne was always like this, it was either you die or I die.

Although she hated it, the most she had thought about was letting her biological brother compete for the position of crown prince.

This delusion was dispelled after I learned that my mother gave birth to a younger sister.

Collude with outsiders to harm your own family?

Let a bastard with an unknown father take the throne?

Qixia has not yet reached this point.