NCCnovel Chapter 456 Are you also a person who has resurrected from the dead?
Chapter 456 Are you also a person who has resurrected from the dead?
“Hahahaha… cough cough cough…”
The Empress Dowager laughed so hard that she fell backwards with laughter. Her frail body trembled slightly under her wide phoenix robe, and finally she laughed so hard that tears came out.
She reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and a flash of resentment and anger that could not be ignored flashed across her wrinkled face.
In the end, all her expressions converged into a deep fear of Chen Ji, as if Chen Ji had become a thorn in her heart, making her unable to sleep or eat.
"Taizong really acted very well at that time. I put you to death several times, but he never took any action."
"So I really believed him. People around me also advised me that you are the son of a demon, a taboo in Daliang forever, and you will never be able to turn things around. That's why I let you go to the northern border."
"But when I realized it, you were no longer the ant that I could crush to death with just one finger. I was deceived by you and your son. I regret it!"
"Grand Empress Dowager..." Nanny Ke approached her with concern, worried that her body would not be able to bear such turbulent emotions.
The Grand Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows and glanced at her indifferently, and Madam Ke did not dare to make any other moves.
Her master had been so proud all his life, and even at his deathbed, he did not need the sympathy of a lowly servant like herself.
"Prince Yan, am I the only one who was deceived? Am I the only one who was used? Aren't you also a pawn of Emperor Taizong to suppress the aristocratic families?"
"It should be said that your birth was a move by Emperor Taizong to balance the family."
"My Lin family mobilized the entire clan to follow Taizu in the uprising and made great contributions. The power and titles we have received are all deserved."
"But when it came to your father's generation, he felt that the Lin family was powerful, so he especially doted on the daughters of the Yun family. Even you were named the King of Yan early on. What an honor!"
Thinking of Taizong's concern and favor for Concubine Yun and Prince Yan at that time, the Empress Dowager habitually touched the cold phoenix hairpin on her head, with an unknown sneer on her lips.
"All the power of my Lin family was earned through blood and sword. Why would Taizong ignore and suppress me just because he is afraid of me?"
"Your mother was truly the most favored of the three thousand at that time. If I don't get rid of her, where is my dignity as the queen? Do I want her Yun family to climb above my Lin family?"
"However, Yun Fei is really hard to kill. She fell off the cliff and yet she was able to come back alive."
"Even though she had lost her previous memories and her behavior had become very strange, Taizong still protected her and even stayed by her side!"
"Weird?" Luo Xiaoran suddenly interrupted the Empress Dowager's sour words, "I wonder how weird it is?"
In Huineng's story, Concubine Yun just lost her memory, and her usual living habits should not have changed much, so why would she behave strangely?
The Empress Dowager was stunned by Luo Xiaoran's words. When a person is about to die, it is most likely to review his or her life in a cursory manner.
Her thoughts easily went back to that time, all the past events appeared clearly in her mind, and her face gradually became worse.
In a flash, an unprecedented thought popped up in her mind, making the Empress Dowager feel a chill on her back. She looked at Luo Xiaoran in disbelief.
Sitting on the high phoenix throne, she couldn't help but lean down, staring at Luo Xiaoran intently, almost whispering:
"Luo Xiaoran, are you also a person who has resurrected from a dead body?"
When the Empress Dowager heard herself ask this, the faces of Concubine Yun, Luo Xiaoran and... Mo Shen kept flashing in her mind. She felt that her lifelong cognition was crumbling, like a building about to collapse.
At first, Luo Xiaoran's expression did not change at all, but she soon showed a layer of fear on her face, and asked cautiously:
"Grand Empress Dowager, are you going to use the same method that killed Concubine Yun on me?"
Under her sleeves, Luo Xiaoran clenched her hands tightly, her nails digging deeply into her palms, leaving crescent-shaped marks.
At this moment, her heart was like the palm of her hand, filled with the unknown and anxiety. She was not afraid of any catastrophic disaster befalling her, but she didn't know -
Does the Empress Dowager simply want to kill herself at this time?
Or did I really reveal some flaws that made her notice something unusual?
After all, this old man in his seventies was considered very old in ancient times. He had been immersed in the vortex of power for many years, so he must have developed a pair of sharp eyes.
But then again, why did the Empress Dowager use the word "也"?
Could it be that she has deceived herself all these years and really believes that Concubine Yun is a resurrected ghost?
Chen Ji's face instantly turned gloomy. He stared at the Empress Dowager as if she were a dead person. He was like an enraged beast, emitting a terrifying aura.
The Empress Dowager was still in extreme shock. She did not take Luo Xiaoran and Chen Ji's reactions to heart and was still trapped in her own bizarre speculations, unable to extricate herself.
More and more fragments popped up in her mind, the ones when she was with Yun Fei, the ones when she was with Mo Shen, and the one in front of her, Luo Xiaoran...
She felt as if she had turned into a wisp of smoke, slowly rising from this body that was tortured beyond recognition by illness.
Her soul was divided into three parts, one wisp was floating in the rebel camp fifty years ago, one wisp was floating towards the palace twenty years ago, and the other wisp was examining Luo Xiaoran.
No wonder, I just feel that Luo Xiaoran and Mo Shen have similar temperaments, and then I connect them with Yun Fei...
Oh my God! Is there really such a strange thing in the world?
"I never thought that I would comprehend such a secret before I died!"
"Luo Xiaoran, how do you perform the art of resurrection?"
"If I also learn this secret method, can I wake up in a younger body and continue to walk in the world?"
The Empress Dowager suddenly became so excited that she fell off the Phoenix Throne, which already had no strength to support her body, looking extremely embarrassed.
She was obviously in great pain from the fall, but she still crawled and grabbed Luo Xiaoran, her cloudy eyes full of desire.
At this moment, Luo Xiaoran was extremely surprised. She didn't know why the Empress Dowager suddenly became like this, but one thing she was sure of was that she wanted to get some information from the old woman.
Then, the panic and fear on Luo Xiaoran's face disappeared, and she looked at the Empress Dowager below with eyes as calm as water, as if she was detached from this world.
In fact, Luo Xiaoran did put away all her disguises in Daliang, and asked with the soul of a modern person:
"Who are the 'you' you mention besides me?"
At that moment, the first person to feel the change in Luo Xiaoran was Chen Ji.
He had seen Luo Xiaoran talking about the era that belonged to her. At that time, he had a feeling that he couldn't catch Luo Xiaoran for no reason.
That was a thousand years of time, which created a huge gap between the two of them, a distance that he would never be able to cross in his lifetime.
He knew clearly and deeply that there would always be a gap in time between him and Xiaoran.
This gap is not simply reflected in age, experience or lifestyle, but is deeply rooted in the different historical periods and social environments in which they live.
It's like two people from completely different worlds. Even if they meet and know each other, it's difficult for them to truly integrate together.
Whenever he thought of this, he would feel his heart suddenly desolate.
But Xiao Ran, who accompanies him, can always make his desolate heart become fertile and prosperous in the next moment.
Gradually, he understood——
In life, one should not regret the past, nor look forward to the future, but just live in the present.
It is fate that has brought us together, and being together at this moment is worth more than anything else.