The queen cried the whole harem

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Ji Yan was so shocked that she spoke incoherently: "But I remember that His Majesty ordered Chen Yurong to be executed."

Chen Dongyan looked sad: "The imperial decree of death is true, but Chen Yurong is not dead. She is in the prison."

Ji Yan had been staying in the mountains, she seldom went down, but even though she seldom went down, she had heard a lot of discussions about Chen Yurong. It could be seen how big a response the Chen Yurong incident had caused at that time, and almost people all over the country were talking about it.

The imperial edict to sentence Chen Yurong to death was issued together with two other imperial edicts, and both of those imperial edicts were related to Chen Dongyan.

An imperial decree was to abolish Chen Dongyan's title as the chief of the palace guards and demote him out of the capital.

An imperial decree appointed Chen Dongyan as the governor of the Nine Passes and Nine Cities, to inspect the Nine Passes and Nine Cities, and to command all the military marquises and pass marquises of the Nine Passes and Nine Cities, and to fight against the State of Jiang when necessary.

The border war was tense at the time, and no one might have thought that the two imperial edicts had any other deeper meanings. They just thought that His Majesty wanted to use Chen Dongyan.

Even Ji Yan didn't think much about it at the time.

But now, after hearing Chen Dongyan say that Chen Yurong was not dead, and thinking about the two imperial edicts, she suddenly understood something.

Ji Yan said, "At that time, His Majesty issued three imperial edicts, one of which was to sentence Chen Yurong to death, and the other two were about you. The reason why you were deposed as the head of the Palace Guards and banished from the capital to the Nine Passes and Nine Cities was actually because of Chen Yurong, right?"

"Chen Yurong is your sister. Even if she committed a heinous crime, you can't watch her being executed. You want to save her, so you can only demote yourself and leave the capital to go to the Nine Passes and Nine Cities to atone for her sins, right?"

Chen Dongyan didn't expect Ji Yan to be so insightful and understand everything so quickly. She figured it out on her own before he even explained it to her in person.

This actually relieved the pressure on Chen Dongyan.

He didn't want to recall what happened at that time, nor did he want to recall his feelings at that time.

Chen Dongyan hummed softly, "I begged His Majesty to spend the rest of my life atonement for my sister. Originally, I went to the Nine Passes and Nine Cities with no intention of coming back."

If he hadn't experienced a life-and-death experience, he really would never have come back.

Ji Yan felt sad and distressed when she heard this, this man was of noble birth and had amazing martial arts skills. Even if he didn't go to the border to make achievements, he would still be a well-known captain of the palace guard. He was originally standing on the top of the clouds, overlooking all living beings, but because of his sister, he fell from the clouds and was trapped in the sin of atonement for the rest of his life. This was so unfair and cruel to him.

At this moment, Ji Yan hated Chen Yurong for no reason.

Originally, the things that Chen Yurong did were hateful, but in the end, they had nothing to do with me. As the saying goes, it’s none of my business, so I just let it go.

But this time, Chen Yurong's affairs completely affected the person most important to her. She really couldn't like the sister-in-law whom she had never met.

Ji Yan turned around and hugged Chen Dongyan: "Husband, don't be sad. Since my sister is not dead, that is the best result. Your suffering is over. I will accompany you, take care of you, and love you. You will never experience those painful things again."

Chen Dongyan rubbed her head and said, "I'm not sad anymore."

Ji Yan thought to herself, you liar, your expression and tone show sadness, but you say you are not sad.

After all, she is my own sister. How could I not care and feel sad?

Even if times have changed, even if things and people are no longer the same, as long as you think of that person, it is impossible not to be indifferent. This is family love.

Just like the years when she was driven away by her brother. The same was true for her and her brother.

If there is anyone in this world who can truly understand Chen Dongyan and understand the pain in Chen Dongyan's heart, it might be Ji Yan.

Ji Yan's arms were tightly around Chen Dongyan's waist, giving him strength and warmth.

The sadness in Chen Dongyan's heart disappeared little by little. He held Ji Yan's face and kissed her forehead: "I'm really not sad anymore, Ji Yan, thank you."

Ji Yan raised her head and observed his face, and found that the sadness between his brows had dissipated and was replaced by a normal expression. She slowly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and a smile appeared on her face again.

"Since my sister is still alive, it is a great joy. The past is in the past. I believe that you have survived a great disaster and will have good fortune in the future. I also believe that my sister will one day turn to goodness."

Chen Dongyan didn't hold out hope: "I hope so."

Ji Yan said: "Don't worry, I will help my sister. When I have time, I will go to the prison to see my sister."

Chen Dongyan frowned, not wanting to let Ji Yan go, fearing that Chen Yurong would go crazy again.

But he didn't want to dampen Ji Yan's enthusiasm, so he just hummed vaguely.

Ji Yan is very smart. She was just talking about the warehouse when Chen Dongyan mentioned Chen Yurong to her. This means that the warehouse is related to Chen Yurong.

Ji Yan asked, "Husband, the warehouse on the west side seems a little strange to me. Is it because that warehouse was originally used by my sister?"

Chen Dongyan shook his head: "No, my sister and I live separately. We are not in the same courtyard. We each use our own warehouses and don't mix them together."

Although Chen Dongyan and Chen Yurong both belonged to the third branch, they did not have their own house. They lived together with everyone in the Chen Mansion, and the two of them lived in two different courtyards.

Because Chen Dongyan had not married at that time, there was no special territorial division for the third room. The courtyards where Chen Dongyan and Chen Yurong lived were large, and each had their own storehouse to store their own things.

The meals of his brother and sister were separate. In addition, Chen Yurong entered the palace later, and Chen Dongyan worked in the palace all day long. The brother and sister ran their own businesses, so the warehouses were not mixed together.

Chen Yurong had her own warehouse. No matter whether she was sent to the manor or sentenced to death, she was actually locked up in the sky prison. Chen Dongyan never touched her things.

Chen Yurong's warehouse was still there, and the things in it were still there, no one moved them. All the maids and other servants in her yard were dismissed, and the yard became empty.

Although it was empty, Xie still had people clean it regularly, so the yard was no different from before except that no one lived there.

Chen Dongyan gave a brief account of the situation in Chen Yurong's yard.

Ji Yan said "oh" to show that she understood: "Since it's not my sister's storehouse, then it should be the dowry you prepared for my sister."

These were the only two situations Ji Yan could think of. If not, she couldn't think of anything else.

Chen Dongyan said, "Well, the things in that storehouse are indeed my sister's dowry, but I didn't prepare them for her. They were prepared by my parents when they were alive. You could say that they were my mother's dowry, which was left for my sister. There was also a large part of my father's reward. I did add some things, but not much."