Chapter 37: Rivaling Beauty

The emperor sighed. “My dear, why do you do this to yourself? Yin’er got himself killed eating what he shouldn’t have… I am disappointed in him.”

The empress snapped her head up and handed the slip of paper to the emperor. “Qi Chen was behind Yin’er’s death. He disregarded their bond as siblings and got Yin’er killed.”

The emperor took a look at what was written on the paper, his eyebrows furrowed. He knew Qi Chen had something to do with Qi Yin’s death, but what else should he do? He had lost the crown prince; he couldn’t possibly kill his other son as well.

The emperor stood up without a word. His silence was enough to wound the empress. She struggled to her feet. “How can you let Qi Chen get away with this? Wasn’t Yin’er your son as well? Do you know - do you know that Yin’er was my everything? Now I don’t have a son anymore. What do you want me to do?”

“Stop with this nonsense. Don’t think I don’t know what you and your brother have been doing recently. I didn’t say anything, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know anything. I don’t blame you because you have...