Chapter 242: The heart is like ashes
There was a deathly silence in the room, and Miao Li remained on her knees. Zhou Shuxuan leaned on the stool on the side without an image, stretched out his hand to support his head, and lingered around him.
Miao Li wanted to know how he would attack the eldest princess, but now he didn't dare to ask anything, so he could only wait quietly. After he said everything, she wasn't the same person she used to be.
After being silent for a long, long time, Zhou Shuxuan thought a lot in his head, and finally asked a difficult question.
"I really don't understand you, why do you help them, don't you think they are doing things that are difficult for the world to accept? Where have you read all the sage books you have read before? ”
It is useless to argue, there is no point in not admitting it, and it is even more self-defeating not to speak.
has reached this point, in order not to anger Zhou Shuxuan, let things develop in a worse place. The only thing she could do was say something.
Miao Li lowered her head and said, "I don't know what I think, so I accepted it." Thinking that the eldest princess is a person who is kind to me, and thinking that she is your relative. ”
Zhou Shuxuan's ears hurt when he heard the word relative, and he frowned in disgust, how could he have such a relative? If he knew that it was his relatives, he shouldn't have done these things, so that he would have no face to face the world.
That's exactly what happened, and she did know it all. In fact, he was still in a state of suspicion at the last moment, and he was never sure, and now he couldn't even deceive himself.
Zhou Shuxuan was too calm after losing his temper, and asked again: "When did you know?" ”
Afraid that the rhetoric of all parties would not be right at that time, Miaoli replied honestly, "When the eldest princess is pregnant." ”
I don't know if time flies too fast, or if his memory is not very good, and he can't remember when it was for a while. After a long time, I remembered that it had been so long since she came back from Zhaoyun Mountain.
It's really amazing to hide it from him for so long, and holding such a big secret in my heart can be like nothing happened.
Zhou Shuxuan asked again: "You never thought to tell me?" ”
"I don't dare."
They seemed to be equal, but they were never equal, and she had a kind of fear of him, and some words really didn't dare to say.
Zhou Shuxuan, who was blocked by these three words, was speechless, holding his breath in his heart, and didn't want to ask any more.
The mind keeps spinning back and forth about the past, trying to find clues in the memory.
It was as if a flash of inspiration had struck me, and some fragments suddenly appeared in my mind.
When the officials of the Zongren Mansion said this in his ear. The officials at that time were very good with Xu Meitang's father. Miaoli was very abnormal for a while, and after this incident, she became more and more distracted. When Meng Runlin's family came back, she asked herself to take Meng Runlin out of the Eldest Princess's Mansion. Xu Meitang came to the door three times twice to find fault, and she changed her normal state, not only did not fight back, but also maintained. Then he committed suicide by taking poison, Xu Meitang was kneeling here just now and saying that he was threatened.
In reality, I don't know who is blackmailing whom?
Things went all the way down, and it seemed that everything was a little clearer.
Zhou Shuxuan suppressed his anger and said, "You committed suicide by taking poison, is it also because of this incident?" Xu Meitang used this to blackmail you, if you didn't comply, she would tell me about it, so you were upset at that time. You're making a choice. ”
Accustomed to his gentle appearance, Miaoli sometimes forgets what he was originally like. He can see everything, and he is not so easy to fool. Everything is fine when he doesn't guess, but it's very fatal to guess.
Zhou Shuxuan gritted his teeth and added, "It's useless not to speak, if you don't speak, I'll take you as a default." ”
Miao Li nodded and spoke slowly, "Yes." At that time, Xu Meitang forced me, and the eldest princess was wary of me, and they had been living in the princess's mansion in Runlin, so I didn't dare to act rashly. I don't have any other choice. ”
Zhou Shuxuan was furious, slapped the table, and shouted to her, "You have no other choice but to die!" You don't care about yourself, have you considered my feelings? Leave a few words and send me away, don't you think you're too cruel?! ”
From the time they fell in love, their lives no longer belonged to them, and they still had to think about each other. After being with her, he didn't dare to do anything risky and impulsive, afraid that she would be helpless in the future.
After comparing them twice, he realized how stupid he was.
If you care about the gains and losses, it seems that he has always been paying alone. Although feelings can't be counted like this, he is really tired.
Miao Li held back her tears and said, "I know now." ”
But it seems to be too late.
Zhou Shuxuan didn't want to see her anymore, and it hurt to see her more than that. Deception, concealment, betrayal, and all of them are unforgivable sins.
"Someone." Zhou Shuxuan shouted outside, and he could no longer stay alone with her in a confined space.
Soon the palace maid came in, and Zhou Shuxuan said in front of everyone: "Take away the title of the Meng concubine and confine it in the Qingquan Palace." ”
He really died to himself, and he couldn't complain about anyone, she did it herself. Miao Li's heart kowtowed, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”
Zhou Shuxuan brushed her sleeves away, Xiaohong helped her stand up, her eyes were red, and asked, "Niangniang, what's going on?" How did it come to this? ”
Miao Li pulled out a smile that was more ugly than crying, comforted her and said, "It's okay, it's just a small quarrel." ”
Miao Li floated out, trying to escape from this place as soon as possible.
"But the title is gone...... "Xiaohong wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask more.
"It's really okay, you go back to the Longde Palace, don't follow me. Let He Yuan beg him again, and he should let you out of the palace. I'll go first. ”
Miao Li endured the tears that were already on her eyes and pushed Xiaohong's hand away. I really want to sit down and think about how I got to now, but my ears are chaotic, and I can't calm down.
"The slave and the maid don't leave, the slave and the maid follow when the mother is good, and now that she is gone, won't it make people say that the slave and the maid are ungrateful, and the slave and the maid will never leave." Xiaohong saw her floating, afraid that she would fall, and held her hand again.
"No one will say anything about you, be obedient, you go out and live your life well, don't be burdened by me. I don't have a position now, I'm not as good as an ordinary palace maid, and I don't need to be served. Besides, the place where the concubine who has done something wrong is not allowed to enter. ”
As they spoke, they had already arrived at Qingquan Palace. The black lights inside are blinding, and the bustling palace are two worlds, which seem eerie and incompatible.
Miao Li raised her legs and stepped in, and pushed Xiaohong out with a tough attitude.
"Niangniang......" Xiaohong wanted to follow her, but was caught by the eunuch behind.
In Xiaohong's shouting, Miao Li didn't look back, only heard the sound of the door closing and locking.
Everything happened so suddenly, nothing was prepared in advance. It seems that if this didn't happen, Zhou Shuxuan estimated that it would be a long time before she could live here, or he didn't plan to let her live there at all.
Because there was no one here, the air was filled with the smell of dust, as if it had not been cleaned for a long time. All the palace people who lived here before went to the Longde Hall to serve, and it was empty for a long time.
A cold wind hit, and Miaoli shivered, probably the so-called cold palace. Everything was dark, but fortunately there was a bright moon in the sky, and Miao Li had the courage to go inside with her memory. I accidentally kicked on the steps and almost fell to the ground.
Another gust of wind blew, dark clouds covered the bright moon, and the sky and the earth were completely darkened. Miaoli can't find a place to live now, and she's not in the mood anymore. I found a stool in the main hall, sat down, and prepared to spend the night like this.
It's actually nothing to her, it's not that she hasn't lived such a day, and it's even more difficult. There is still a place to sit, and I used to kneel all night.
It seems that after all this time, everything is back to what it used to be. Now it seems that she has just been raided from the days when her house was raided, and she is a helpless person again. Life will definitely go on, as long as you can deal with the huge gap in your heart.
It was very quiet and suitable for her to think about things. What Zhou Shuxuan said just now echoed in his head again, there was nothing wrong, his guesses and accusations were all reasonable.
But she doesn't regret every step she takes, step by step, interlocking, and it will definitely become like this in the end.
When the eldest princess said in the Big Buddha Temple that she didn't want to affect her, she thought about the consequences. In a flash in her mind, it really happened better than she imagined, at least Zhou Shuxuan didn't kill her.
Nor will he complain that he doesn't forgive himself, and doesn't know that she has her suffering, because he also has his difficulties, and she can forgive him.
She doesn't seem to have anything to pay for this feeling, because she has nothing to give, and his status, glory and wealth are all given by him. All she has is herself. She had already given him everything she had, and was willing to stay in the deep palace and face the warbler Yanyan beside him.
I didn't want to cry at all, it was the tears that flowed out of my own. It's still very disobedient tears, wiped away and will come out again.
Children cry to get the attention of adults, perhaps to ask for what they want, not necessarily to be really sad. When an adult cries, he is really sad and vents his feelings.
Thinking that he and he may never see each other again in this life, thinking that he will be with other women across a wall, thinking that he may disappear into his life, Miaoli's tears gushed out and could not be suppressed.
Didn't you say that you were with her all the time? Didn't you say that you would never leave her for the rest of your life? Doesn't it mean that you grow old together? It's all a lie, it's all a lie to her.
No one's heart is made of iron, all the control of emotions is useless, and the heart is full of sadness.
The night spirit struck, and the discomfort that came to her face consumed her.
It's better to end it with a knife than to be tormented.