CHAPTER XXXIII

After Dongfang Du left, Concubine Xian smiled and beckoned to Chu Mi, "Senior Sister Chu, come and sit beside the palace." After saying that, he patted the bed. Chu Mi glanced at Concubine Xian's bed, and suddenly blushed and was speechless.

Seeing Chu Mi standing still, Concubine Xian said softly, "Come here, Senior Sister Chu, don't you want this palace to get up?" Speaking of this, Chu Mi walked to the side of the bed step by step with a red face, but did not sit down, "I have come all the way, and I have time to change clothes in ......the future."

"It's okay, sit down. Chat with Hongu. Seeing Chu Mi sitting down next to him, he spoke first, "In the past ten years, the palace has not been by Du'er's side, and I can only listen to how Du'er has come over the years from Senior Sister Chu." Speaking of Dongfangdu, Concubine Xian's gaze unconsciously softened, and her face was full of kindness.

Concubine Xian's age at this time is only thirty-four, speaking of which, it is the age of her prime, I don't know if it is because she is in the palace, she seems to be more mature than those women of similar age that Chu Mi has seen. Dressed in a plain white and loose underwear, the hair scattered over the shoulders, and the face without powder, there is no heroic spirit of a woman in the rivers and lakes, and some are just lazy and extravagant. Looking at the face that was somewhat similar to Dongfangdu, Chu Mi's heart was pounding.

"When Du'er was a child, was he close to you?" Concubine Xian looked at Chu Mi and saw that Chu Mi's face was plain, belonging to the kind that would not let people take a second look on the street. As everyone knows, Chu Mi at this time wore a โ–กโ–ก.

"At the beginning, Xiaodu was not close to me and my senior brother." Chu Mi recalled the scene when Dongfang Du first came to Wuya Mountain, "I don't want to call me senior brother, and I don't want to call me senior sister." No matter how much she teased her, she just gave us a weak glance and turned away. A shallow smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "I'm afraid that we will bully her." โ€

Concubine Xian lowered her eyebrows and sighed, "As soon as Du'er was born, she was raised in this Zhaoxian Palace, and she almost never left this Zhaoxian Palace, and only Ling Wu accompanied her, and she never played with other princes. "I feel guilty in my heart, if it weren't for a thought, how could I let Dongfang Du disguise herself as a man and be a prince, 'if you let her be a princess from the beginning......

"It's because of her identity that she is not allowed to contact others?" Chu Mi looked at Concubine Xian with inquiry in her eyes, wondering why Concubine Xian made such a decision.

Concubine Xian nodded, "Identity is one reason, and the other is that she is not in good health." Sighing again, "Senior Sister Chu continued to talk about Du'er when she was a child. "She, as a mother, has to know what her children were like when they were young from other people's mouths, which is very distressing.

"Later, my senior brother and I kept a close distance from Xiaodu. After getting along for a long time, Xiaodu is also willing to call us senior brothers and sisters, but he will always deliberately keep his distance. Senior brother and I often like to go down to the lake to catch fish, but Xiaodu is always far away from the lake, and I have never seen her go into the water once. โ€

"I guess I'm afraid you'll know her identity, my emperor." Concubine Xian's heart ached faintly.

"Concubine Xian, do you want to know how I know Xiaodu's identity?" Chu Mi raised his eyebrows and smiled, looking at Concubine Xian.

"Didn't you use the agitation method to stir her into the water?" Concubine Xian looked at Chu Mi who was smiling, "If Du'er is a man, how good it would be, I will definitely match you with Du'er." โ€™

"Haha, it's not a radical method." Chu Mi laughed, "I saw that she refused to go into the water, and when I asked her why, I only said that she couldn't swim, so I found an opportunity to kick her directly into the water." Thinking that the virtuous concubine in front of him was Dongfangdu's mother, she hurriedly restrained her smile, "Yes...... Sorry ......"

"It's okay, it's all children, and you can't be blamed." Concubine Xian smiled and said with relief, "What about after you kicked her into the water?" Did you learn to swim? I sighed in my heart, I didn't expect Chu Mi to have such a rough side.

"Alas" Chu Mi couldn't help but sigh, "Xiaodu got out of the water, and it sank straight to the bottom, I saw that something was wrong, so I hurriedly went into the water and fished her up, and since then, she has been even more afraid of water." It was then that I learned that she was a woman. "I know what if it's a woman, but I don't love my brother, and I fall in love with her little brother who is actually a woman.

After listening, Concubine Xian sighed: "It turns out that Du'er is afraid of water, but this palace only knows ...... at this time" The words changed and said: "I see that Du'er is very close to and trusting you now, and how is the relationship for you, the senior sister, compared to the senior brother?" โ€

"Speaking of which, Du'er's feelings for her senior brother are not deep, but they are three points deeper than others, but compared to me, they are far worse." The corners of Chu Mi's mouth rose even more, "Senior brother has been jealous for this, saying that he, the senior brother, also takes care of Xiaodu everywhere, why can't he get close to him, and stick to me all day long." โ€

"Sticking to you all day?"

"Yes, after we were ten years old, we used to go down to the mountains to travel. Xiaodu has been following me, outside, I have to wear a hat to cover my face, lest others take a fancy to me as a senior sister, and even the senior brother can't look at me more...... "Think about when I was a child, I have so many memories with Dongfangdu, how can I say it, I can only pick a few special paragraphs to say to Concubine Xian."

Concubine Xian's breath stagnated, and her heart chuckled, "Is Senior Sister Chu willing to be with Du'er for the rest of her life?" The topic turned too fast, so Chu Mi was caught off guard and didn't know how to answer.

The smile froze on his face, and Chu Mi was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, "Concubine Xian, you ...... What do you mean by that? "What does it mean to be willing to be together for the rest of your life? It's obviously not together!

Concubine Xian lowered her head, her voice was slight, "Du'er has no chance to recover her daughter in this life, and it's all to blame for the ...... of the palace" Then she raised her head, looked directly at Chu Mi with both eyes, and asked with a serious face: "Senior Sister Chu, do you like Du'er?" "Listening to these past events that Chu Mi said, Dongfang Du is so sticky to Chu Mi and protecting Chu Mi, doesn't he just like Chu Mi!

Chu Mi blushed and kept pulling with her hands, do you like it? Don't like it? Chu Mi didn't know how to answer, so he could only lower his head. Concubine Xian stretched out her hand and covered Chu Mi's hand, and asked softly, "Senior Sister Chu, do you like Du'er?" The answer is obvious. Concubine Xian is a person who has come over, and looking at Chu Mi's eyes when she looks at Dongfangdu, she knows that Chu Mi likes Dongfangdu. If you love someone, the love in your eyes can't be hidden, especially a girl of her age, and she doesn't know how to hide it.

After hesitating for a moment, Chu Mi finally nodded, "I've liked her for a long time." โ€

"But Du'er is a woman after all, don't you mind?" Concubine Xian gently held Chu Mi in her hand and looked at her sideways, waiting for her answer. I already knew in my heart that if Chu Mi minded that Du'er was a woman, how could she like it, since she liked it, she must no longer care if Du'er was a woman or a man, but Concubine Xian needed her answer, and she needed a definite and clear answer.

"Mother, what are you doing holding Senior Sister's hand?" When Dongfang Du came back, he saw his mother's hand holding Chu Mi's hand at a glance, and he always felt a little dazzling, and he had a special feeling in his heart. As soon as the words fell, Lin Shunan, who was following Dongfang Du, stepped forward and saluted: "Weichen see Concubine Xian, Niangniang Wanfu." โ€