082: Xiao Tinghuang
♂ !+ First, she rolled down the steps in front of the Qianyuan Hall last time, and she was indeed not lightly injured, so she had to take care of her body, and secondly, she needed time to accept the facts to ease her emotions and take care of her thoughts, so she didn't go out and didn't see anyone.
Third, she really didn't want to see Xiao Zhenglin, blamed him for his deception, and couldn't forgive him for hiding all this, which led to Changle being humiliated, if he had been attentive to Changle all these years, if he hadn't hidden all this, now, it wouldn't be like this, although Lou Yueqing also knew that they were all choosing to protect her, and she now roughly understood their thoughts, but she didn't need this kind of protection.
On the second day after returning from the cliff of no return, she entered the palace and went directly to the Qianyuan Palace. Before she arrived at the Qianyuan Palace, she bumped into Xiao Yihuai who came out from the direction of the Qianyuan Palace, she raised her eyebrows and stepped forward.
Xiao Yihuai is still the prince of the prison country, in charge of a lot of government affairs, now that Xiao Zhenglin's health is almost good, he naturally wants to go back and forth to government affairs, and now this face is dejected, obviously reprimanded.
Seeing her, Xiao Yihuai's face was shocked, and Lou Yueqing could see that Xiao Yihuai was very jealous of her. Or should I say, I'm afraid of her!
It is really to be afraid, after all, whether his position as the prince can sit firmly depends on her, in his opinion, the current situation, Xiao Zhenglin wants to compensate her, if she lets Xiao Zhenglin abolish him, it is just a matter of a few words!
The four looked at each other, one was indifferent, and the other pretended to be calm. There was no tension, only awkward silence, Lou Yueqing didn't feel anything, but Xiao Yihuai was very embarrassed, coughed lightly, and then asked calmly: "Imperial sister, are you going to ask your father for peace?" Lou Yueqing smiled meaningfully: "Didn't the prince ask knowingly?" Xiao Yihuai's face froze, his eyes sank, and his hand hung on his side, clenched together.
Lou Yueqing sneered, glanced at his slightly embarrassed but still endured face, didn't say anything, crossed him, and walked towards the Qianyuan Palace.
Xiao Yihuai's face became even more ugly. It stands to reason that he is the crown prince, one person is above 10,000 people, although Lou Yueqing is sealed in the palace, but he is not an elder, he wants to salute him, but she is ...... Xiao Yihuai had a faint sense of crisis, and he knew that his life would not be easy.
However, the queen mother repeatedly warned her not to send someone to assassinate her...... As soon as Lou Yueqing arrived outside the Qianyuan Palace, someone went in to pass the ceremony, so when she entered the Qianyuan Palace, Xiao Zhenglin was sitting on the couch, waiting for her.
He looked even older than before, obviously only fifty years old, but like an old man of sixty or seventy years old, his face was haggard, and his eyes were full of vicissitudes.
Now he is like an old man who was frustrated in his old age, and he has long lost the courage and fortitude to fight on the battlefield when he was young.
In the final analysis, all his deception was for her good, but he used it in the wrong way. Suppressing the mixed feelings in her heart, she blessed her body: "The son sees his father!" Xiao Zhenglin's face was gloomy, and he stared at her for a moment before he spoke: "Flat, come and sit!" Lou Yueqing got up as she said, walked to the vacant position on the other side, and sat down.
The two were silent, and it seemed that after the events of this time, the relationship between father and daughter, which was better, broke down in an instant, and returned to the previous coldness and estrangement.
Lu An came in with a cup of tea and put it in front of Lou Yueqing, noticing the delicate atmosphere of the father and daughter, he didn't dare to stay longer, and bowed out.
Lou Yueqing picked up the teacup and took a sip. The hall was silent, and only the sound of breathing could be heard. I don't know how long it took before Xiao Zhenglin asked, "Changle...... Are you okay?" seems to mention this daughter, Xiao Zhenglin is a little embarrassed.
Lou Yueqing was stunned for a moment, and replied: "She's fine!" stays in Chu Yuge every day, should eat, sleep, but is very quiet, sitting alone for a day, taciturn, dull, Lou Yueqing has not actually restricted Changle's freedom, as long as she wants, she can walk around the mansion casually, even if she goes out of the house, but she has never stepped out of the door of Chu Yuge.
It seems that she doesn't care about everything in the outside world anymore. The maid who took care of her said that she often sat there and looked outside, and it seemed that her heart was dead and her soul was lost.
After such a big change, she didn't break down and cry, she didn't cry, she didn't get hysterical, she only treated her calmly, this sister was stronger than she imagined.
When Xiao Zhenglin heard this, his expression was gloomy, and his eyes showed sadness: "I'm ashamed of her!" Lou Yueqing was noncommittal, but when he was alone for her.
Although she didn't make it happen to her, in the final analysis, their favoritism towards her was also the root cause of Changle's humiliation over the years.
Laughing at herself and taking a deep breath, Lou Yueqing looked at Xiao Zhenglin and said lightly: "Erchen has some doubts, and please tell my father calmly!" Xiao Zhenglin looked at her and waited for the following.
Lou Yueqing asked: "When did you know about Changle......'s background?" Xiao Zhenglin was silent for a moment and replied, "About ...... Fourteen years ago!" At that time, he had been looking for her for nearly a year, but there was no news, he didn't know whether she was alive or dead, and he didn't know where to go, and at that time the people of the Tang family brought her back, she looked exactly the same, and the birthmarks on her body were the same, but he could see at a glance that this was not his worry-free, but it looked exactly the same as worry-free, he was horrified in his heart, and questioned the people of the Tang family, only to know that this child was sent back by them on Tang Hui's order, and he went to ask Tang Hui, only to learn that this is also his daughter.
Lou Yueqing's breath stagnated. Fourteen years ago...... Suppressing the obscurity in her heart, she asked again: "Then she is not dead...... When did you know?" Now, Lou Yueqing doesn't even want to call her queen mother anymore, and all the attachment for so many years disappeared when she learned that she was not dead.
Xiao Zhenglin's face was dark, and the sadness and pain in his eyes were mixed, and he replied: "It was also that time!" Knowing that she gave birth to two daughters, but sent one away without telling everyone, he was puzzled about her death, and therefore knew what she had done.
It was also from that time that he hated this woman he had loved for more than ten years. All the love, nostalgia, and guilt turned into hatred, and they were completely dead to her.
Lou Yueqing suppressed it for a long time before continuing to ask: "Sister...... How did it fall into Tang Hui's hands?" Xiao Zhenglin said truthfully: "Tang Hui bribed the imperial doctor who went in and out of the Palace of Eternal Life to give birth to your mother, and learned that her belly was bigger than ordinary people, and Tang Hui had twins, so she learned that she was pregnant with twins, and on the day you were born, the affairs of the Palace of Eternal Life were known to Tang Hui, so she sent someone to intercept Jin Se, who absconded out of the palace with Changle, killed Jin Se, and took Changle away!" Jing Fei really never let the imperial doctor touch her pulse, but the belly that was pregnant with twins could not be hidden, and Tang Hui ordered someone to secretly ask the imperial doctor, but naturally she couldn't hide it.
It was from that time that Tang Hui began to plan to use this child to plan a conspiracy to take revenge on them.
When Lou Yueqing heard this, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Xiao Zhenglin's eyes, there was anger and resentment in her slightly ruddy eyes: "Then why do you know that she is also your daughter, but let her be at the mercy of Tang Hui for so many years? Why do you think you don't know when you see her suffering so much?"
Xiao Zhenglin was silent and did not answer, but the sadness on his face became heavier and heavier. Although this daughter is also the child of him and Jing Fei, her appearance has revealed such a sad and ridiculous truth, and he really has no way to be guilty.
Moreover, at that time, when he thought of Wuwu, he didn't know if he was still alive or not, whether he was suffering somewhere, and Changle was sent back by Tang Hui, he also knew that the interception and killing back then was inseparable from Tang Hui, and Wuwu was very likely to be in Tang Hui's hands, so while he connived at Tang Hui, he asked Xiao Yike to look for Wuwu everywhere, and secretly sent a lot of people to stare at Tang Hui's people, but there was no news, and there was never a moment in his heart that he was not worried, plus the blow of the truth of Jing Fei's death, he was really difficult to pay attention to Changle.
But for so many years, he has also responded to this daughter's needs, as long as he can give it to her, he has never been stingy, but if her life history is made public, it will attract a lot of speculation, and Jing Fei's matter is very likely to be revealed, he has already been Jing Fei dead, how can he be willing to let people know such a secret.
However, he didn't know that Changle was having such a hard time, and he didn't know what happened to her, she never said it, and he didn't just ask her about it, he just gave her pampering and indulgence, which was the only thing he could give.
It's just that no amount of helplessness and hardship can change the fact that he is sorry for this daughter.
I'm most sorry for her. Lou Yueqing saw that he was silent, so she didn't wait for him to answer, but took a deep breath, and then said: "I won't talk about the things back then, but this time, when I want to kill her, why do you still hide it from me? Why don't you let me know what happened back then, is it so difficult to tell me the truth? Are you trying to hide the sins she committed for that woman? Or do you think that I am so fragile, so fragile that I can't even accept the truth?" She knew that after she and her second brother recognized each other, her father must have known about her existence, but he painstakingly hid it from her, in fact, at that time, he should have let her know all this, and it would not be fratricidal, she almost killed Changle, if it wasn't for the subconscious saving Changle's life at that time, Changle would have really died in her hands, and now that she thinks about it, she is extremely glad that her subordinates showed mercy back then.
And after she returned to Xudu, her father must have known, but he didn't know, when she forced Changle's life, he still refused to say, even if he tried his best to let Changle fake his death and send him away, he wouldn't say a word, if she didn't notice that someone from a different faction was staring, if she didn't catch up and intercept her, she would never know for the rest of her life, she also had a younger sister, if it wasn't for the faint suspicion, when she caught up, I was afraid that she would have killed Changle directly.
Now that she thinks about it, she is both happy and afraid. They shouldn't hide it, if they had told her earlier, even if it was difficult for her to accept it, she would definitely choose the least harmful way, and she would protect this sister well, even if she didn't want this identity, she didn't want to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, it didn't matter.
Xiao Zhenglin sighed heavily, helpless: "Father just doesn't want you to face these cruel truths, and not knowing anything is the best protection for you, do you understand?" Hiding everything and sending Changle away, it's just that he, as a father, can do the best protection for these two women, for her, it is best not to know anything, for Changle, not knowing her own life experience, staying away from this place full of pain and nightmares for her, going to a place where no one knows her and there is no trouble, is the best, but Rao is his painstaking and lonely planning, and it is all in vain.
Lou Yueqing's pupils shrank, she gritted her teeth, pursed her lips and said in a deep voice: "But you never asked us, do you need such protection, you and your second brother have worked hard to do this, in fact, I understand, but father, my sister and I are your daughters, why do you think that we are so fragile that we can't even stand this blow, no matter how cruel things were back then, they are all closely related to us, we have the right to know, this is also what we should know!"
"Don't worry, you don't ...... at all" As soon as he opened his mouth, Xiao Zhenglin seemed to notice something, his voice stopped abruptly, he gritted his teeth, and said helplessly: "That's it, the matter has come to this, no matter how much you say, it will be useless!" He only hoped that this was the end of the matter, and the rest would be buried.
Lou Yueqing frowned, always feeling that Xiao Zhenglin had something to say. Xiao Zhenglin said: "Since you know all this, I also know that you will not give up, do whatever you want, Tang Hui and the Tang family...... It's up to you!" Lou Yueqing's eyes moved slightly when she heard this: "What my father means is that they ...... Let me do it?" Xiao Zhenglin was silent, lowering his eyes and acquiescing.
Lou Yueqing raised her eyebrows: "Isn't my father afraid that his sons and ministers will not be able to bear it and make a river of blood?" Xiao Zhenglin shook his head when he heard this: "No!" Lou Yueqing was stunned.
Xiao Zhenglin smiled and said lightly: "What kind of heart my daughter is, I know very well!" No matter how much you hate, you will be measured and will not kill innocents indiscriminately.
Lou Yueqing was noncommittal about this. Next, I talked to Xiao Zhenglin about Changle, and after about half an hour, she left the Qianyuan Palace.
After leaving the Qianyuan Palace, she went to the Changxin Hall and met the imperial concubine, for the imperial concubine, she didn't blame the imperial concubine, but she was a little estranged, and she didn't have the intimacy before.
She didn't blame the imperial concubine for anything, but she couldn't accept their deception, and she never liked to be deceived.
didn't stay in the Changxin Hall for long before leaving, during this period, Lou Yueqing didn't ask about those things, didn't mention a word, the imperial concubine wanted to explain several times, she didn't move back.
She didn't want to hear about Jing Fei anymore. After Lou Yueqing returned to the mansion, she went to see Changle.
However, before he got close to Chu Yu Pavilion, he heard a melodious and tactful sound from Chu Yu Pavilion. Lou Yueqing paused, a different color crossed her eyes, and then she stepped forward and continued to walk towards Chu Yuge.
In the courtyard of Chu Yu Pavilion, under the corridor, a plain figure stands quietly, holding a jade flute, slightly closing his eyes, blowing with full concentration, his fingertips flexibly cooperating with the blowing, and the melodious sound of Xiao slowly sounded, which was very pleasant to listen to.
The breeze blew gently, and I saw her hair fluttering, and the dress on her body also danced lightly, exuding a tranquility around her body, which looked like a picture scroll from a distance.
Lou Yueqing looked at her side face and looked in a trance. She should have been a gentle and elegant woman, with an indifferent temperament, but she was forced to become like this and ruined her life by those conspiracies.
Compared with her, Lou Yueqing thinks that she is really lucky. Looking at the figure under the corridor in a daze, I don't know how long it took, and after the song was closed, Lou Yueqing came back to her senses.
I couldn't help it, I smiled, my eyes were full of pride, I raised my hand and high-fived. As soon as the sound of her high-five sounded, Changle looked over, saw her, was stunned for a moment, and then smiled faintly.
Lou Yueqing walked up to the corridor and walked towards her. Standing still in front of her, Lou Yueqing chuckled and praised sincerely: "It's very good!" Suddenly being praised, Changle was a little embarrassed, lowered his head, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Lou Yueqing noticed that the Xiao in her hand was a little familiar: "This Xiao ......" Changle raised his hand, looked at the mutton fat jade Xiao in his hand, and said lightly: "I suddenly wanted to blow the flute, so I asked the maid to find one, and she took this to me, it is a good Xiao!"
Lou Yueqing stared at Yu Xiao in Changle's hand, was in a trance for a moment, and smiled softly: "If you like it, it's fine!" Changle was noncommittal, she really liked it.
Thinking of something, she asked, "Why are you here?" Although they all live in the same mansion, they don't see each other often, after all, although they have confirmed that they are sisters and are connected by blood, they have had an unhappy past, so naturally it is impossible to meet every day without guilt.
"Go in and say!" The two sisters walked into the Chu Yu Pavilion one after the other, sitting on the couch one left and one right.
As soon as Lou Yueqing sat down, she noticed that she ordered someone to prepare a few plates of snacks and put them on the table, but they didn't move, and she couldn't help frowning.
"Why don't you eat these snacks? Is it unappetizing for the people in the kitchen?"
Changle was stunned for a moment, followed Lou Yueqing's line of sight, and his eyes also fell on the plates of snacks that had not been moved, and he was stunned for a moment before he said softly: "I don't like to eat these!" Lou Yueqing frowned when she heard this: "But I asked the people who served you before, and they all said that you used to like to eat these...... " She ordered someone to find the person who was in charge of handling food and daily life before, and asked her preferences, knowing that she liked to eat these, so she ordered someone to send them......
"That's because ......" She turned her head to look at Lou Yueqing, her face was light, not sad or happy: "This is what Princess Changle likes to eat!" Lou Yueqing heard this, her face stiffened, and her pupils suddenly constricted.
Changle smiled faintly and said softly: "That's what you loved to eat when you were a child, so I want to like it too, I've eaten it for so many years, and it's already become a habit, but to be honest, so far, I can't remember what these things taste!" Lou Yueqing heard this, and suddenly remembered that the plates of dim sum on the table not far away were indeed what she liked to eat when she was a child, especially the plate of chestnut cakes...... His heart trembled, his eyes were slightly moist and red, his breath was stagnant, he turned his head slightly, his eyes were tightened, and his teeth were clenched, as if he was trying his best to suppress it.
"I'm sorry!" she choked up. Hearing this, Changle was stunned for a moment, looking at her and frowning slightly: "Why do you want to apologize to me?" Lou Yueqing didn't know why she apologized, she actually understood that she didn't do anything wrong in this matter, but she felt that she was very ashamed of Changle.
Changle smiled lightly and said disapprerovingly: "Actually, you don't need to feel sorry for me, in the end, my misfortune is not caused by you, if someone must say sorry, then it should be that I am sorry for you, if it weren't for my existence, you should be able to grow up here peacefully, you won't be hunted down, you won't be outcast, and you won't suffer so much......" Lou Yueqing became more sad the more she listened.
Changle looked at her and asked, "What is the matter with you coming here today?" Lou Yueqing then remembered the purpose of her recent visit.
took out a golden brocade notebook from the wide palace cuffs and handed it to Changle. Changle was suspicious for a while, reached out to take it, and opened it.
When her eyes touched the words on the notebook, she was stunned, and looked at Lou Yueqing puzzled: "What is this?" Lou Yueqing was silent for a moment, and replied softly: "Your name!" Changle heard this, retracted his gaze, and looked at the three big characters on the notebook in a daze.
Xiao Tinghuang ...... Lou Yueqing took a deep breath, looked at Changle with soft eyes, and said softly: "This is the name that your father gave you shortly after you were brought back, although no one knows, but there is this name on the genealogy of the Xiao family!" Changle was in a trance for a long time.
She has a name, it's her name...... For so many years, she has felt very pathetic countless times, living as someone else, involuntarily, insincerely, never knowing who her surname is, not knowing where she is from, not knowing what relatives she has, maybe dead, but just a lonely ghost...... It turns out that none of them are ...... Tears slipped down, but she smiled poignantly and whispered faintly: "This name...... "She loved it!"
In fact, no matter what the name is, what the meaning is, she likes it! Lou Yueqing's heart was slightly astringent, and she said softly: "Father asked me to tell you, if you want, he can tell the world and admit that you ......" She didn't finish speaking, Changle immediately vetoed in a firm tone: "Don't!" Lou Yueqing was stunned.
Changle pursed his lips slightly, his eyes could not hide his sadness, and said lightly: "I don't want everyone in the world to know that my life is just a joke from beginning to end!" She would rather everyone know that she is an impostor, accusing her of spitting on her, than letting everyone know her pathetic, watch her jokes, and discuss her speculation!