Qin Changning came out of the bedroom of the two brothers in the green bamboo forest and saw Sima Ru standing in the courtyard looking at her quietly, Qin Changning pursed his lips, walked down the steps and stood in front of Sima Ru to salute the eldest princess, "Ning'er has seen the concubine." ”

Sima Ru looked at Qin Changning deeply, nodded after a while, stretched out his hand to help Qin Changning up, and said softly, "Ning'er, let's take a walk with your mother concubine in the green bamboo forest of your brother and them, the mother concubine just has something to ask you." ”

Qin Changning smiled and agreed, "Okay." ”

Sima Ruping retreated, only taking Qin Changning, the mother and daughter walked side by side in the path in the green bamboo forest, the pace was slow, Qin Changning kept looking at the road ahead, waiting for Sima Ru to speak, and Sima Ru seemed to be looking for an opportunity to speak, she didn't speak, the mother and daughter both walked to the end of the green bamboo forest, Sima Ru pulled Qin Changning into the pavilion, she looked at the snow on the ground, and asked in a low voice, "Ning'er, can't you really marry your third emperor brother?" ”

"I can't." Qin Changning's face was firm, he raised his eyes to look at Sima Ru, and said, "Let Ning'er marry Sima Xuan, it's better to let Ning'er die." ”

When Qin Changning said this, he was thinking that it should be better to let her marry anyone in this life except to marry Ah Jing, and let her marry anyone.

Thinking of this, Qin Changning smiled, looked at Sima Ru, whose face changed slightly, and said in a low voice, "I know what you want to say, concubine, but Ning'er wants to marry a man who can stay with Ning'er and is willing to give everything for Ning'er, not a man who can do anything for power." After Qin Changning finished speaking, he looked at the eldest princess and said in a low voice, "Besides, the mother concubine, apart from Sima Xuan, who do you think the imperial uncle will let me marry?" If I don't marry Sima Xuan, will Uncle Huang let Ning'er live? ”

Sima Ru's face moved slightly, and Qin Changning continued, "Ning'er is the last card in the hands of the ambitious emperor, and..." Qin Changning paused and said in a low voice, "Mother, do you think that the emperors of other countries will let Ning'er marry the prince of our Great Zhou so easily?" ”

Seeing that Sima Ru was stunned, Qin Changning spread his hands out, his momentum was like a rainbow, and he said in a deep voice, "This world!" Who doesn't want to be in their own hands! And me! How can this world fall into the hands of a demon! ”

Sima Ru is a spirit, she understands, the world may have to fulfill that sentence, and it will be together for a long time, so does Changning's words mean that the world will be one? And then the surname Sima is no longer in this world...

Qin Changning saw what Sima Ru was thinking, she pursed her lips and asked, "Mother, now you have to choose, Ning'er has abandoned the Sima family, you can choose, do you abandon Ning'er or abandon the Sima family?" ”

Sima Ru held her hands tightly, she didn't expect that the last person she asked her to choose turned out to be her own daughter, the daughter she had been protecting in her arms, she was allowed to choose at this time, the palms and backs of her hands were all meat, whether it was digging out the meat of the palm or the meat on the back of the hand, it would make her feel the pain of piercing her heart.

Qin Changning looked at Sima Ru's appearance, a touch of distress flashed in her eyes, she gently grabbed the eldest princess's hand, and said in a low voice, "Mother, you have no way to live after giving up Ning'er, but if you choose Ning'er and your father, although our family may not live as noble as we do now, in the future, although our family may not live as noble as we do now, but we will reap plain and simple happiness, didn't you always want Ning'er to live such a life before?" We're not going to be about the royal family, we're just, no longer with the royal family... No longer has anything to do with the Sima family, no longer has anything to do with Da Zhou. ”

Sima Ru moved his mouth and looked at Qin Changning deeply, Qin Changning took a deep breath and said, "Mother, you know, Taixu Zhenren has come to look for me, if Ning'er doesn't die tonight, then he can't escape being killed by the emperor..."

"Why, you're his savior!"

Qin Changning smiled, just like a blooming hibiscus flower, delicate and moving, she took Sima Ru's hand and said softly, "But the mother concubine, this world is a gentleman and ruthless." ”

Sima Ru was stunned, yes, the emperor is a person who won't even let go of his own son, how can he let them go easily... Look at Sima Ce, look at Sima Chen, look at the queen and then look at Concubine Jing... Which of them will have a good end? So let's go... Leaving this place of right and wrong?

"That's it." Sima Ru withdrew his hand and combed Qin Changning's sideburns, and said in a low voice, "Since you and your father have already discussed, then it is up to you, let's leave here, leave this place of right and wrong, but... The concubine wants to enter the palace to meet your grandmother. ”

Qin Changning was stunned, looked at Sima Ru, Sima Ru pursed his lips and smiled, and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't go to see the emperor, I haven't seen your imperial grandmother for a long time, you always have to let the concubine go to meet your imperial grandmother before leaving the capital, right?" ”

……

In the Xiangning Palace, Sima Ru sat on the soft floor next to the Queen Mother, with a shallow smile on her face, her eyes were slightly red, and she said in a low voice, "The queen mother is becoming less and less able to take care of herself, this person is getting old, and the old man will pay more attention to health preservation, I heard Ning'er say that Ning Rou has often made some medicinal food for the emperor recently, and you also asked Ning Rou to make some for you, you drink some, look at this complexion, it is not as good as before." ”

The Queen Mother was happy to see her daughter, and when she heard her daughter nagging like this, she nodded with a smile, "I know, look at you, I haven't come to the palace to see my old wife for a few months, but now I'm here to nag me." ”

Sima Ru thought that she was going to leave tonight, and when she heard the Queen Mother say this, her eyes turned red again, and the Queen Mother saw that her eyes were red, and she felt that something was wrong, and frowned slightly, "What's wrong with you?" Isn't that kid Qin Jin again..."

Sima Ru shook his head and said with a smile, "No." Holding the hand of the Queen Mother, she tightened again, and said in a hoarse voice, "I just feel that I am not filial, obviously the Queen Mother is so close to me, but I can't come to the palace to see you at any time, and I can't do my filial piety for you..."

"What nonsense." When the Queen Mother heard her say this, she couldn't close her mouth with a smile, and said angrily, "As long as you are good, you will be filial to me." ”

Sima Ru nagged for a while, and after a while, she heard a rumor that Concubine Xiao Shu was coming, and the eldest princess stood up to leave, but the Queen Mother pulled her and said, "Sit for a while, she just came over to ask for peace, and she didn't delay things." ”

Sima Ru sat back again, and after a while, Concubine Xiao Shu, who was proud of the spring breeze, walked in from the outside again, and when she saw Sima Ru, a touch of disdain flashed in her eyes, but she quickly covered it up and saluted the Queen Mother, "Please say hello to the Queen Mother... The royal sister also came. ”