In the palace, Abu was worried about Yin and advised her that she might as well be a little more secular and not so high-minded.

Outside the palace, in the mansion where the Chu brothers temporarily stayed, they were worried for half a night, and finally saw Chu Zhuan, whose brother had returned safely, and his heart fell.

Their brothers grew up together since they were children, and they often slept in a bed when they were young.

Chu Shun always thought that his brother was his own brother with the same father and mother, and his mother-in-law was his biological mother.

When he was seven or eight years old, Chu Chu gradually became sensible, and he learned that his biological mother was a daughter of the clan and one of the concubines who accompanied his mother-in-law.

But this does not affect the deep friendship between their brothers.

Especially after their father fled and their mother died, the two brothers relied on each other for their lives and supported each other for 20 years, and they have long known each other very well.

Therefore, seeing Chu Qi's calm face, but obviously a little distracted, Chu Xuan's heart hung high again: "Brother, is it difficult to ......"

Chu Qi shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”

Chu Chu didn't believe it, and asked vigorously.

Chu Qi couldn't help his younger brother from pestering, and probably told the whole thing.

Hearing the section "The princess took the initiative to send them out of the palace", Chu Chu was already stunned, and he didn't listen to it much later, and only said after a while: "Is there really such a big difference between the concubine and the concubine?" ”

Chu Qi was silent.

The wives of the two of them are also princesses of Zhaoguo, although they are not from the Empress Dowager Shouyang, they are also the daughters of famous concubines.

It stands to reason that they shouldn't have any grievances.

Can......

When his biological father returned to China and his mother-in-law died of illness, Chu Xuan was not even ten years old.

He didn't even remember what his grandmother looked like, but he remembered the gentleness, serenity, and security she gave.

And his biological mother also missed the tenderness, kindness, and concern of this cousin over and over again, and repeatedly told her son that if it were not for the protection of her cousin, she would not have survived in the hands of her husband, let alone lived so well.

Whenever he thought that his cousin's coffin was still in the North Palace, his biological mother couldn't help but grief and cried again and again.

The backbone of the heart is gone, and the weak woman has no motivation to live.

Even though the Chu brothers were very filial and took good care of her, she still didn't survive for a few years and passed away.

In Chu Qi's heart, his mother is the most gentle and kind woman in the world, she is gentle and kind, dignified and virtuous, and is undoubtedly the embodiment of perfection.

Because of this, before he got married, he still had expectations for his future wife.

His mother-in-law left him with too good an impression, making him mistakenly think that the princesses of Zhaoguo were so good. In other words, he expects his wife to be as perfect as his mother-in-law.

But he was disappointed.

From the moment she married him, his wife was unhappy.

is also from concubines, no one is more noble than others, why can a half-sister marry Chu Qi, who is the eldest son of the concubine, but she can only be pressed and marry Chu Xuan?

Chu Chu is not stupid, so he naturally saw his wife's resentment.

Although he is a concubine, he is also recorded in the name of his mother-in-law, if he was born in Zhuguo, his biological mother is at least one of the three ladies, and he is by no means a person who has no identity, and what is not worthy of a wife?

Everyone is from concubines, and no one is superior.

When I was a child, my mother and my biological mother were pets, and when I was young, I had my own brother in front, and Chu Huan's temper was naturally not as good as Chu Qi. There is no lack of arrogance in his heart, since his wife doesn't like him, he doesn't want to stick his wife's cold face, so he only goes to the concubine's room.

It's just that the wife was not very happy at first, because she had never compared with her half-sister, and she was actually very happy when she saw that her husband was young and handsome. was suddenly slapped down by her husband like this, her face was disgraceful, she was angry and jealous, and she didn't dare to attack him, so she could only take out her anger at the concubine.

Seeing this, Chu Chu felt that his wife was far inferior to his mother-in-law, thus forming a vicious circle, and the husband and wife respected each other like ice, and they still didn't even have a child.

He originally thought that it might be that his mother was very good, and no one in the world could compare to her, pure and pure, true and sexual.

But today, listening to his brother's description of Yin Ji, Chu Chu finally couldn't help but throw the questions that had plagued him for many years to his brother.

"I've heard the doorman say that when they ask to marry a noble woman, they tend to look at the most favored daughter. Because such a woman is born with a lot, she often doesn't spend much effort on competition, and her character is relatively pure and good, and she can be a good match. ”

Hearing his younger brother say this, Chu Qi laughed: "They want to take shortcuts and ask to marry other people's daughters for fame and fortune, but they want each other to be dignified and don't want them." ”

Chu Shu thought of his wife, and couldn't help sighing: "Everyone is like this, they only know how to be harsh on others, and rarely restrain themselves. ”

Chu Qi knew why his younger brother was emotional, but he didn't know what to say.

It doesn't mean that his wife is virtuous and his younger siblings are unbearable. If the identities of the two brothers are reversed, or the wives are reversed, the result will be the same.

Although he knew in his heart where his brother's heart knots were, he even vaguely guessed that his mother was not so kind as she appeared.

After all, when my mother died, my younger brother was still young, and he only remembered the good side she showed, full of admiration and longing.

However, Chu Qi speculated from the fact that his mother died violently overnight, and her close people disappeared without a trace, that his mother was only afraid of assisting his father in escaping.

When he is older, he sees Chu Huan's mother and son's dependence on his mother, and then recalls his childhood.

Even if everyone praises and misses her mother, saying that she is a perfect person and has been let down by her father, the face of the king is really hateful.

But Chu Qi carefully studied all the things back then, and he would have chills down his spine and sweat heavy shirts.

He didn't want to speculate maliciously about his mother, preferring to resent his father, even if the latter didn't conform to the rules of the times, but he didn't want to believe that his mother was such a terrible person.

But deep down, Chu Qi was convinced of his speculation.

Especially seeing that his younger brother still misses his mother so far, Chu Qi wanted to open his mouth several times, but he couldn't help it.

What can he say? Say that your mother is not as good as you think? What she did to you, including your biological mother, Aunt Yin, was all to make you die?

If her mother was really good for Aunt Yin, how could she let Aunt Yin become a vine that was completely dependent on her, and once she died, Aunt Yin's vitality would be taken away?

Even......

Chu Qi recalled that when he was a child, his young brother couldn't even walk well, but he stumbled and followed him, sticking to him vigorously, and wherever he went, his younger brother would follow.

For this reason, he was very annoyed, and finally once, he successfully left his younger brother behind and went to play alone.

When his mother found out, she slapped him hard and ordered him to kneel for an hour.

That was the only time his mother scolded him.

He originally thought that his mother was angry that he didn't love his younger brother, and everyone thought the same way, praising his mother for her virtue.

But when he grew up, Chu Qi thought back countless times, but found that when he was a child, only his younger brother followed him to have new clothes to wear, good things to eat, and exquisite toys to play with.

Once he left him, his brother had nothing, no one to coax him to cry, nothing to eat when he was hungry, and no clothes to wear when he was cold.

At that time, Chu Chu was only two or three years old, and Chu Qi was less than six years old.

Every time he thought of this, Chu Qi felt cold all over his body.

Therefore, he was silent for a long time, and said: "People are similar at first glance, but they are actually very different. Although the princess and her mother are both princesses of Zhao Guoyan, they are completely different. ”