After the palace maids had retreated, Zhu Zhijie felt a little less embarrassed and said:

"My aunt said last time that she couldn't marry into Cangwu Kingdom, but she didn't explain the reason, so she ...... I want to come and ask my aunt again, but what is the reason? ”

"Marrying far away from another country is hard work, this aunt knows better than anyone else, aunt just wants you to be carefree in the palace all your life, and there is no reason."

Zhu Zhijie sighed and said: "In the palace, it is indeed rich and beautiful, but it is like a bird in a cage all day long, and there is not even half a point of laughter, which is really boring." To say something that my daughter's family should not say, in those days when Prince Cangwu was still on Taiying Island, I realized that life can be so happy, so that such a day is not called waste, and it is not in vain that I came to the world. ”

Zhu Yuxiao couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic when she saw that she was emotional. I and Zhao Yu were also like this that day, unwilling to separate, this feeling still lingered in my heart even after decades, how could I not understand. Speaking of which, although they are both married to Cangwu, they were forced to marry in the past, and they married reluctantly, but Jie'er and the prince Li Chongyan are in love with each other, and the two are completely different.

At the beginning, I was indeed worried that Li Taijun would take revenge on my people in the blue sea, but then I thought about it carefully, Li Chongyan is the only son of Emperor Wen, and he has the blood of Yin Mu Kingdom. It was easy for him to let his bloodline enter the emperor, and no matter how vicious Li Taijun was, it should not be unfavorable to Li Chongyan. What's more, if Jie'er marries in the past, the children born in the future will continue to extend the bloodline, and Li Taijun will probably not harm Jie'er.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Actually...... If you have the intention in your heart, you can't do it. After all, it is rare to be able to stay with someone you know for a lifetime. ”

When Zhu Zhijie saw her say this, she couldn't help but be surprised and happy, it was as if she had seen the sun, and said with infinite joy: "It's great that my aunt can understand what Jie'er thinks in her heart." It's just that I heard that the mother queen was still hesitant, and Jie'er thought...... I don't know if my aunt can persuade Jie'er to persuade her in front of the mother......"

"Can't!" When Zhu Yuxiao heard the word mother, her face changed.

Zhu Zhijie was taken aback, and she didn't know where she said the wrong thing.

Zhu Yuxiao also felt that it seemed to be too much, and it was not good to provoke Ming Gang and Emperor Ming to quarrel and break up unhappily, so she had to comfort: "I go to see your mother, she will have to remember my marriage back then, and she will be reluctant in her heart, so it is better to ...... Why don't you tell her your heart truthfully, and you don't know if she promised it? ”

Zhu Zhijie saw that she refused to help, and complained bitterly in her heart, and said: "Jie'er knows that if she marries Cangwu, she will not be able to serve her mother. The mother and queen are such affectionate people, and the aunt can know a thing or two about her father when she sees her. Now that Jie'er can't be filial to her own selfish thoughts, it's a sin, and then Jie'er herself has to say it, don't you have to provoke her as a mother's chill, how can Jie'er bear it? ”

Zhu Yuxiao heard her say the four words of deep affection, and the anger she pressed couldn't help but surge up again, and snorted coldly: "Your mother? With deep affection? ”

Zhu Zhijie didn't know why her aunt's tone suddenly changed and she was stunned.

Zhu Yuxiao suddenly had a thought in her heart at this time, and she actually gave birth to a trace of asura-like thoughts.

Sister, you and your mother have deceived me in all kinds and treated me like a pawn, so why should I continue to obey your will in everything? You deceived me into being trapped in Cangwu for twenty-four years, and now I will also let you taste the taste of separation of flesh and blood.

He turned his head and whispered, "You think your mother is a person of deep affection, then do you know why your mother always doesn't want to see you, and why did your father die?" ”

Zhu Zhijie trembled when she heard these two sentences, and every word in her aunt's mouth was a taboo word that she would never dare to mention, and it was also a mystery buried deep in her heart that would never be solved.

But as deep as the taboo is, the curiosity is as deep as it is. What's more, this is a secret that Zhu Zhijie has been exploring since she was sensible, and now when she hears her aunt say it lightly, how can she not want to know.

Zhu Yuxiao stood up, walked to her side, and whispered: "It's a matter of national fortune, there are some things that my aunt can't let you know, but what my aunt can tell you is that your mother was ordered by your imperial grandmother to poison your father with wine." And you look too much like your father, and she has a guilty conscience, and when she sees you, she sees you as if she saw your father, and she has no shame. So she moved you to the farthest Qinglian Palace, neither seeing you nor wanting you, because every time she saw that she missed you, her conscience would be beaten once. She would rather kill your father than keep the throne, she would rather snub you than make herself uncomfortable, such a person, you still call her affectionate? ”

Zhu Zhijie only felt as if there was a burst of scorching thunder on her head, and her ears were buzzing, but Zhu Yuxiao continued regardless of it: "My Zhu family's daughter will learn the art of contemplation, has she ever taught you?" Never. That's because the art of contemplation must be passed on face-to-face, and she doesn't even want to see you, how can she pass it on? Also, your mother hid a portrait of your father in the attic of the Laiyi Palace, but she only hid it and never took it from view. DID YOU KNOW? ”

Zhu Zhijie nodded indifferently, she had indeed heard the eldest sister mention this portrait, but her mother only said that there was no such thing.

"Since you miss your father, you light that golden incense every day, but you don't dare to take out the portrait to take a look, haven't you thought about the strangeness in this?"

"Why does the Mother Empress...... To poison the father? Zhu Zhijie still couldn't come back to her senses, and too many questions for a while made her mind blank.

"It's about your imperial grandmother's holy will, and your aunt really can't say much to you, but your father's death at the hands of your mother is true, and Lu Xingyuan also knows about it."

Zhu Zhijie suddenly woke up, no wonder! Every time he saw Lu Aweng, he always avoided himself and refused to say a word. Since I was a child, I was only disgusted, not as well-behaved and cute as the two sisters, but it turned out that because the mother and Lu Aweng looked at me like a father, so I was displeased.

Zhu Zhijie remembered that when she was a child, there was a palace maid who was given to die just because she said that she was like a Jinquan horse, and there was a trace of hatred in her pure heart.

Why should I, Zhu Zhijie, be treated coldly like this?

Zhu Yuxiao looked at her face, she had already seen what she was thinking, and sighed faintly and continued: "It's a pity that you were born innocent, but you can't even get close to her body, and what are you talking about serving filial piety in the future, I'm afraid that the farther away you are from her, the more filial piety you will be to her." ”

Zhu Zhijie was caught off guard when she heard this, and she was so frightened that she couldn't even shed tears, just gasping for breath.

"My sister's temperament is the same as that of the imperial grandmother back then, she only has her throne and her country in her heart. The rest of the things, how can he ever be in his heart. If you don't believe it, look at your aunt again. My aunt is not ashamed to tell you that my aunt and Zhao Wuyin's father Zhao Yu are a good couple, but after listening to the words of the emperor's grandmother, they were forcibly separated and sent to Cangwu, but in the end they were alone, and they could only wait for death in this Qinghui Palace, which is already a full example. You still want to be your mother's good daughter, but how much can she care about you in her heart? Have you ever asked you about your heart for the prince? If you don't plan for yourself now, then your aunt can also foresee, and you will be trapped in the Qinglian Palace all day long, just like your aunt in the future, and become a real caged bird. Maybe one day your mother will think of you and point out a marriage with you, but will it be the person you want, and you can only live this life in a mess. ”

The tears in Zhu Zhijie's eyes finally burst out of her eyes. The father I have missed since I was a child can no longer be seen, as long as I am still this face, the admiring and awe-inspiring mother can no longer be close to me, I have never done a bad thing in my life, why should I suffer so much, why do I have to stay in this cage obediently? Although Cangwu is far away, there is his favorite person there, and his father is so loving, he is a well-known benevolent monarch in the world, I will never be able to return to the blue sea, what regrets?

Zhu Yuxiao saw that her face was not as weak as before, and knew that she already had an idea. He said in a low voice: "You go back and think about it carefully, Ye Zhiqiu is a person who can speak well, when he sees your mother, you can go to the Yi Palace and say it." As for whether it will be done or not......". As he spoke, he took Zhu Zhijie's hand and patted it lightly: "It depends on how much you have for Prince Cangwu." ”

* * * * * *

Ye Zhiqiu's delegation quietly entered the capital of Taiye Kingdom.

In addition to the fact that this Lord Shangshu was accustomed to a silent style on weekdays, the number of people in the mission was indeed difficult to notice.

There were three retinues, ten grooms, and ten guards. There are only more than 20 people in total, and in the capital of Taiye Country, where hundreds of caravans enter and exit the city gate at every turn, it is indeed a drop of water.

But once you enter the city, the situation is different. Ye Zhiqiu found that there was a colorful shed not far from the city, with red carpets on both sides, and they were heavily guarded. In the middle of the shed sat a man. The man was tall and thin, very young, but richly dressed, and he appeared to be extraordinary.

The man saw the ancient ivy-patterned flag hanging in front of the mission car from a distance, so he brought a few civil officials to greet him.

"Zhao Wuyin, the secretary of the household department of the Lower Bihai Country, is here to greet the lords of the Cangwu Kingdom Mission on the order of the princess of the prison country."

Ye Zhiqiu heard the words in the car, didn't dare to slack off, got out of the car hurriedly, and also replied: "Ye Zhiqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Lower Cangwu State, was ordered to send an envoy to Bihai, and the ladies and gentlemen are waiting here, which is really panicking." ”

It turned out that this person was Zhao Wuyun, the Qing shark horse.

When Ye Zhiqiu returned the salute without changing his face, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, the two countries intersected, and the person who greeted him was neither from the Ministry of Rites nor from the Honglu Temple, although it was equivalent to his own grade, how could it be the household department?

He didn't know that this was Zhu Zhiling's deliberate arrangement.

One is that Zhu Zhiling conspired with Emperor Wen and lured him with 500 turtle-headed ships, planning to open a large commercial shore in the future. Zhao Wuyin took charge of the household department at the beginning, considering that he would have a lot of contacts with Cangwu in the future, and he urgently needed to show his face and become familiar. Second, Zhu Zhiling is also very concerned about this Ye Zhiqiu, and her husband welcomes her personally, which can not only return the details of the contact to herself without reservation, but also look solemn. It must be known that when he greeted Prince Cangwu, in order to give him a dismount, he only sent a squire from Qin Daoyuan, and now he has been replaced by a scholar, which can be regarded as giving enough face.

"Your country's communication letter to the princess has been received, knowing that Lord Ye has come from afar and is shouldering a heavy responsibility, so she ordered me to wait for the rest of the adults of the mission to live in the guest house, and also asked Lord Ye to get on the car with me, go to the imperial city, and stay on Taiying Island."

Ye Zhiqiu groaned slightly, called General Cao to explain a few words, and then ordered his carriage to follow Zhao Wuyun's carriage, and he got into the carriage with him.