Chapter 358: A Dusty Past
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When those last three words came out of his mouth, the small room fell into a palpitating silence.
Haruka stumbled several times with her liver, and she only felt that her eyes were dark, and her legs were weak. She hurriedly held on to the wall on the side, barely gaining a foothold.
Chai Dong's reaction was a little milder than hers.
He just stared at the young man in front of him with his eyes wide open, and his thin lips were pursed and he didn't speak for a long time.
When the young man saw this, he hooked the corners of his lips again, and picked up a painting casually. "Uncle, haven't you found out? My mother and grandmother look alike, and I look alike my mother. If I were to change into women's clothes, I would be almost exactly like the concubine in the portrait, right? ”
Haruka looked at it, and she couldn't help but gasp again.
King Liang is right, if you only look at his face, he is indeed very similar to Chai Dong's sister in the portrait. It's just that his face is too white and his eyes are too dark, so she didn't notice this for a while.
Chai Dong still looked at him fixedly, silent.
The boy smiled. "Yes. It's been more than 20 years, and it's normal for people to tell you that your family is dead, and now such a big nephew suddenly pops up to recognize you. I don't want you to admit me now, I'm just telling you that fact. ”
"I didn't disbelieve it." Chai Dong finally spoke, but his voice was deep, and Chunzhi's heart fell straight down when he heard it.
"Really?" The young man's eyes immediately bloomed, "Since you believe it, then why do you still look at me like this?" ”
"I was just shocked." Chai Dong said slowly, "I never thought that there would be blood relatives in this world other than my children. Moreover, your current status ......"
"Oh, you're talking about that!" The young man bowed his head, "After my grandfather was taken away, my grandmother did commit suicide with my mother and two uncles. However, my grandmother and two uncles drank poisoned wine, but my grandmother strangled her with a rope. Because my grandmother said that the concubine was still young, and she was beautiful, and she bled after drinking poisonous wine, which was too unsightly, so it was better to let her strangle her to death by herself, so that she could be buried beautifully. But after all, it was his own daughter, and his grandmother couldn't be too ruthless. Therefore, my mother was only strangled to hold her breath for a while, and when someone rushed to the house, they saved her from life. ”
"But you still haven't made it clear why you're in the palace." Chai Dong's voice was still cold.
"Isn't that something that can be easily thought of?" The young man smiled again, "My grandfather followed the Seventh Prince, gave him advice, and eliminated many opponents. But in the end, the seven princes were still defeated, and the five princes ascended the throne as emperors. At that time, the fifth prince wanted to learn from Tang Taizong and play a trick of recruiting talents and accepting advice with an open mind, so he focused on his grandfather. And then...... What happened, little uncle, you should have guessed it, right? ”
Chai Dong's eyes darkened instantly.
"He wants to compare himself to Tang Taizong and let my father be Wei Zheng." He said in a deep voice, "It's a pity that Wei Zheng seemed to be respected by him when he was alive, but once he died, the end was extremely miserable, and even his wife and children did not escape." ”
"That's right." The young man bowed, "My grandfather was brought to him, and after hearing him say that he wanted to rein in him regardless of his previous suspicions, he laughed three times on the spot, claiming that he would rather follow the Seventh Prince down to the Yellow Spring now than become a tool for some people to sell his fame and reputation." In this way, at least he has preserved a righteous reputation, and he will not end up with a broken family after a short period of Xuan He decades later. ”
Oh, my God!
Hearing this, Chunzhi couldn't help but cover her lips and whisper.
He ...... Father-in-law, he's a little too bold! He's deliberately touching that person's moldy head! ”
"Isn't it? Grandfather, he did it on purpose. The young man nodded with a smile, "My father, who had not yet become an emperor at that time, was furious when he heard this, and ordered someone to kill my grandfather with a cane on the spot. ”
"Then the reason why my father's reputation became what it was spread outside was because he held a grudge and deliberately instructed people to do it, right?" Chai Dong answered coldly.
The boy laughed again. "This kind of thing, where do you need the father's permission? At that time, his grandfather didn't give him face in public, and many of his father's henchmen watched from the sidelines! After his grandfather was killed with a cane, his father's face was as usual, but those henchmen already knew his mood well, so they immediately went out to take action. When the father and queen came to know, it was as if they didn't know. Over time, things became like this. ”
I see. Chunzhi nodded quietly, and she said, Chai Dong's father was a strategist next to the prince at the beginning, although it is true that he has done a lot of evil, but it will not be said that he has become the biggest traitor in the past! This reputation is also blown a little too much. But now that she heard the past from King Liang's mouth, she completely understood.
The emperor who is emotionally high, he is also so careful!
"I see." Chai Dong bowed his head, "Then your mother concubine...... She must have been angered as well. ”
Although he has accepted the recognition that Princess Liang is his own sister, Chai Dong still can't say it for a while.
The boy bowed his head again. "Yes. After his father killed his grandfather with a cane, he immediately ordered someone to go to the Chai Mansion to find his grandmother. As a result, when the others arrived, their grandmothers had all committed suicide. Only the mother, who was rescued, was then put into the court as a slave, and began the long and dark days in the palace. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Chai Dong lightly again. When she woke up, she learned that her maternal grandfather and grandmother and two uncles were no longer alive, and she had planned to follow them. However, someone quietly told her, "Uncle, you are still alive in the world, and someone took you away." Although I don't know where you were taken for the time being, there is a good chance that you will live well in the future. The mother concubine rekindled the hope of living. Over the years, the only pillar that has supported her to survive until now is to wait until your little uncle comes back to reunite with her. ”
A hint of emotion appeared on Chai Dong's face, and he slowly lowered his eyes.
When Haruka heard this, her eyes were already wet.
Although I haven't seen King Liang's mother with my own eyes, looking at the beautiful girl in the portrait, she is clearly a girl who has been pampered in the palm of her parents since she was a child and raised like the most delicate flower bones. Such a girl should have continued to grow up carefree, and then her parents would choose a good family with the right family, and then live a peaceful and stable life.
However, because of the collapse of the family, she suddenly changed from the eldest lady who was sought after by everyone to the lowest slave in the palace. In order to survive, she gritted her teeth, survived, and then climbed to her current position step by step...... She couldn't imagine how difficult it was.
In the past, she still felt that she and Chai Dong had struggled from nothing to now, which was already very good. But compared with Chai Dong's sister, she found that she was nothing at all!
I'm still too far behind.
Chai Dong should have thought of this, and now his mood is down.
When the boy saw this, he coughed lightly twice. "But that's all in the past. Later, because of her intelligence and gentleness, her mother was favored by her father and took her by her side, and now she still has me. Now her life in the palace is much better. When I get married next year, and she has a daughter-in-law by her side to take care of her, it will be even better. Uncle, don't you say? ”
"Yes." Chai Dong bowed his head, but immediately added, "But it's still far from enough." ”
"Of course." The young man nodded hurriedly, "Mother Concubine has always wanted to see you again all these years. But I haven't told her anything about you. I wait for the day when you will continue to fight on your own, and then take the initiative to stand in front of her and reveal your identity to her. ”
"I know. There will definitely be a day. Chai Dong nodded immediately, and his eyes instantly became extremely firm.
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