Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1287 Revealing Identity
Seeing An Zhixian's straightforward question, Lin Jinyan thought for a moment and nodded decisively:
"I am indeed curious, but I have no ill intentions. Boss An came here at night for this matter?"

An Zhixian answered with a light "hmm", his fingertips curled up like pale dead branches on his knees, his Adam's apple rolled several times but only a hoarse breath came out. His drooping eyelashes cast a fine shadow under his eyes, as if to lock the rust and pain buried deep in the past ten years into the depths of his pupils.

"actually, I"

On the struggling face, the slightly cracked lips were pursed into a straight line and then loosened, and the ending fell into the crackling sound of the candle flame.

The moment he tried to open his lips, countless pieces of lies that he had woven cut through his vocal cords, turning into fragmented gasps that rushed through his chest. When the truth finally broke through the thorns in his throat, every word cut through the air with barbs:

"I am Chu Xiaoling, the seventh prince of Tianchu, the son of Prince Ling who guarded the West Gate back then..."

Hidden for more than ten years, the carefully drawn mask peeled off with the sound of the voice. The bleak arc at the corner of An Zhixian's lips, the life experience engraved in his bones and blood, when he spoke it out at this moment, every word was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Lin Jinyan, who had been waiting for An Zhixian to speak, had her pupils constricted when she heard the words, filled with shock and astonishment:

They were surprised that An Zhixian took the initiative to reveal his identity, and even more surprised that An Zhixian's biological father was... the legendary God of War of Tianchu, who later defected to Yeliang with the intention of seizing the throne, King Ling!

Then the Jade Concubine must be Princess Ling! She thought that An Zhixian and the Jade Concubine must be from a wealthy family, but she never thought that they would be of such status.

Since she is Princess Ling, then Princess Yu must be the Emperor's biological sister-in-law... No wonder she was hidden so tightly... She actually disregarded human ethics and forcibly took her brother's wife as a concubine. No wonder An Zhixian never thought of the possibility of her becoming a concubine when he learned that his mother was in the palace...

An Zhixian naturally understood that as long as he revealed his identity, he would let Lin Jinyan know that his mother was forcibly taken by her husband's brother. But now, there was only one person who could enter the palace to help him pass on the message, Lin Jinyan, and he had no way to avoid it.

This fact, like the raging fire he witnessed more than a decade ago, burned his internal organs. After An Zhixian finished speaking, the two were silent for a long time. Feeling the warm hand covering the back of his hand, An Zhixian slowly raised his head and met Lin Jinyan's eyes, which were clear, distressed, and full of tenderness and determination.

"It is the perpetrators who should be embarrassed and in pain. Your mother is just an innocent woman who has been wronged. She should not bear the blame."

An Zhixian clenched his teeth, leaving deep marks on his lips. The taste of rust spread from his mouth to his eyes. He nodded with gratitude:

"I know. I have never blamed my mother. I am just afraid that people who know about this incident may not think so. I am afraid that even if I rescue my mother, I will not be able to stop people from pointing fingers at me. I am afraid that my mother will not be able to bear it..."

Lin Jinyan patted the back of An Zhixian's hand to comfort him:

"Then be careful and don't let anyone know."

An Zhixian curled the corners of his lips slightly, trying to calm his turbulent emotions, and told the story of the tragic event that happened that year. His ordinary tone seemed like he was talking about someone else's past, but his choked breath betrayed his apparent calmness.

Lin Jinyan listened silently, and in her heart she treated An Zhixian even more, as they were both Tianya's avengers. Her previous precautions were almost gone at this moment.

After An Zhixian finished speaking, he poured a cup of tea and pushed it over:
"It is such a great injustice. It is said that there is no father-son relationship in the royal family. Who would have thought that the emperor with a wide reputation for virtue would secretly kill his loyal brothers."

An Zhixian: "Back then, I didn't know that he was the one who committed the crime. In order to get rid of the Han family and fulfill my father's last wish, I changed my name and sneaked into Kyoto."

"So, you made friends with my grandpa and grandfather back then, but now you're deliberately staying away from them. Is it to protect them?"