Chapter 21: The Past Days

"Here we are, Yeonhyuk."

When Zhongsun Yanhe came to Concubine Xude's dormitory, Concubine Xude was rarely dressed up, wearing light cyan clothes, and only an ebony hairpin on her head.

"Mother." Zhongsun Yanhe saluted and said, "Does the mother concubine have something important to do with her son?" ”

"What if there's nothing important?" Concubine Yu asked asked.

"The mother concubine forgives her sins, and the sons only want to keep the ...... of Yihuan now," Zhongsun Yanhe said.

"You have been guarding Luo Yihuan since you were a child, but when you arrive at Fengyi Palace, you still can't protect her." Concubine Yu De said.

Zhongsun Yanhe paused: "Erchen knows his mistake. ”

"It's okay, you didn't do anything wrong, come and sit, the concubine just has some words, and I have the permission of your father, and I want to talk to you...... For so many years, even Gong Yuqing (Gong Yu Zhaoyi), I can't say anything about it......"

"What does the mother want to say?"

"Tell me about our generation."

Concubine Xi De looked out the window, "I really don't know where to start...... Then let's start with the Queen Wu you hate the most. ”

"The queen, born in the Wu family, the Wu family used to be one of the largest families in the court, there were generals in the former dynasty, and there were favorite concubines in the harem.

When the queen married your father, it was almost a year or two before your grandfather died, and among her three maids at that time, one of them was named Wu Changyuan, who came from a humble background, and I heard that her biological mother was not even a little mother. But she looks very good, just like a fairy from the sky, the emperor liked her all of a sudden, but how could the queen be willing, although Wu Changyu was originally a dowry, but the Wu family is powerful, and your father can't do anything. Afterward...... Wu Changyu didn't know what mistake she had made, and was sent down by Queen Wu, but in fact she didn't die, she was saved by Qing'er's brother Gongyu Nanci at the cost of dying in battle. ”

"Xue Ling?!" Zhongsun Yeonhyuk was stunned.

"Yes, Xue Ling."

"The emperor didn't know about this matter, and then she gave birth to a son, but she died, and at that time there was a palace maid in Xue Ling who was fortunate by the emperor, and the palace maid recognized him as a son, but she was blessed, and died in a few days, leaving only one son, at this time, the fourth prince and his mother and concubine both died, and the emperor was full of sadness for Wu Changyu to leave at that time, so the emperor has always disliked this son."

"But then this son was adopted by me, and he felt ashamed of this son...... I didn't say anything, and later, I was also out of selfishness, I wanted him to be the emperor for my son and bless my son, so I told the emperor the truth of everything......"

Zhongsun Yanhe looked at Concubine Yu De in disbelief at this moment and asked, "So my biological mother is that Wu Changyu?" ”

"Yes." After Concubine Xude finished saying this, Zhongsun Yanhe remembered that Emperor Wenzong had just said: "You are my sister-in-law, the son of my wife." ”

"No wonder, no wonder my father is so kind to me......" Zhongsun Yeonhyuk said.

"But, why did Lord Gongyu die in battle in exchange for my biological mother? Isn't this helping the emperor? Zhongsun Yeonhyuk asked puzzled.

There was more pathos in Concubine Yude's eyes: "Because Nanzi loves Wu Changying, and the emperor knows that the emperor does not allow Wu Changyuan and him to leave alive, the emperor wants to save Wu Changyuan, but the emperor doesn't want Wu Changyuan to become a woman in Gongyu Nanzi." ”

"How ...... it is"

Yes, Gongyu Nanci is in love with Wu Changyu...... loved so much that he sacrificed his life for her...... left behind the self who was full of expectations for tying the knot with him......

It's like I love Gongyu Nanzi.

That year, I followed Gong Yuqing to play in Gongyu Mansion, and saw Gong Yu Nanci practicing swords, and his sassy posture attracted his love at first sight......

But later, when he was working as a guard in the palace, he fell in love with Wu Changyu......

At that time, she was not jealous and was not good for Wu Changyuan, she felt that she was already very satisfied with being able to keep Gongyu Nanci, and she didn't mind her husband taking a concubine.

But no one expected that Emperor Zhongsun Zheng would also fall in love with Wu Changyuan, and no one would expect that Wu Changyuan would be tortured like that by his sister Empress Wu Changxiu, let alone that Wu Changyuan would provoke Emperor Wenzong...... The person he loved died on the battlefield......

At that time, he knew that Nanzi's decision was like Gongyi Muyue, kneeling at his father's feet and begging him to beg Gongyu Lord not to agree to Gongyu Nanzi's expedition......

At that time, his father said, okay, then you enter the palace and fight for honor for the Gongyi Gongyu Family Alliance, he can stop going, he believes it, with three points of similar faces, the same crape myrtle and begonia silk flowers on the sideburns, and put on Wu Changyu's favorite light blue, she was selected at once, and Zhaoyi was sealed at once, but she still waited for the news of Gongyu Nanci's death in battle after all......

After all these years, she still can't remember how she survived those days......

Even I can't bear to remember it myself......

But he has been working very hard to live, maintaining the glory brought by his death to the two families for Gongyu Nanci, and holding the favor of Emperor Wenzong for the Wu Changyuan he loves, so that even if Wu Changxiu loses Wu Changyuan to compete for favor, even if she is still the queen of the middle palace, she will never get the heart of Emperor Wenzong.

Later, she met Zhongsun Yanhe, and at that time she just felt that there was nothing wrong with having an adult son, but later she knew that this was Wu Changyu's son......

He can't get Nanzi's love, but he can live in this world for Wu Changyi, whom he loves deeply, and snatch back everything that should belong to Wu Changyuan for her......

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Mother, what's wrong with you? Zhongsun Yanhe looked at Concubine Xude, who was suddenly silent, and there seemed to be endless sadness and emotion in her eyes.

"Do you think I'm a very selfish and hypocritical woman for the sake of my family?" Concubine Yu De suddenly smiled and looked at Zhongsun Yanhe and asked.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The mother concubine laughed, but the sons didn't dare. ”

"Yes, you just don't dare to think so, but you don't think so." Concubine Yu said with a light smile.

"But my Gongyi Yangzhi, apart from this family honor, except for Gongyu Nanci who fought for me peace with his life, what else do I have? What else can I protect, what else can I protect...... I've never had anything. ”

Zhongsun Yanhe looked at Concubine Yu De and didn't know what to say for a while.

He knew too many facts today that he couldn't accept, and he saw Concubine Xi De say too much to him today, and he usually wouldn't believe what Concubine Xi De said. Even now that Zhongsun Yanhe knows that his biological mother is Wu Changyu, there is really not much turmoil in his heart, he is full of heart when Luo Yihuan was suffering in Fengyi Hall just now, but he can't protect her, so he can only hold her in his arms and not let go.

once thought that he could protect Luo Yihuan as the only prince among the princes, but now it seems that he is too naΓ―ve after all.

Even if it is Concubine Xude, she can't live the life she wants, even if it's her father, she can't keep her beloved, he knows that what he has done is not enough, that is, from this day on, Zhongsun Yanhe really has the ruthlessness of the emperor.