Chapter Eighty-Three: The Past Tells the Heart

Lu Cheng saw He Chang'an's reaction, and only felt that He Chang'an had grown up under the protection of the Earl's Court since he was a child, and he would definitely not have seen such a sinister thing, and he did not doubt him, so he continued: "Even if this matter is covered up in this way, an innocent and poor person, as well as his family, even if they are in dire straits, but Lu Yuan is afraid of being scolded by his father, and it is too late to be busy cleaning up the mess, where is there any leisure to care about the life and death of Ye Jin's family?" It wasn't until later that Ye Jin's mother left early because she couldn't manage the family, her younger brother was still young, she didn't have her mother to take care of her, and she died without money in the family. ”

Lu Cheng's words reminded He Changan of his previous life, when he was only seven years old, his father was gone, his mother was gone, she held her younger brother and looked at her father's corpse but there was no money to let them settle down, and her younger brother had no breath of life in his arms little by little, these memories hurt her, but she didn't hate Lu Cheng, because it wasn't Lu Cheng, she didn't even have a chance to know the truth, she bit her lip, her eyes didn't dare to look at Lu Cheng: "These ...... How do you know?"

Lu Cheng shook his head: "I also learned about these things later, when my mother and Queen Rui gave birth to their sister Eldest Princess, they died in childbirth, and without the prince of my biological mother, my situation was also like a dire situation." It wasn't until many years later that I met Ye Hibiscus, a clever tea lady, in my father's palace, probably because I also loved the tea ceremony, so I paid attention to her and asked someone to inquire about her background. The people who came to pay my respects told me that she had to enter the palace as a slave because of Lu Yuan's hardship, and she just wanted to let her parents and younger brother enter the earth for peace, so I had a trace of pity and went to ask my father to ask her to come to the East Palace to serve tea. Naturally, mercy is only one factor, the most important thing is that she was victimized by Lu Yuan, so she had to be a slave, and I happen to need people around me......"

"But what I didn't expect was that there was a more scheming person in the palace, that was Concubine Qing, she saw the death of her mother, saw my isolation, and her heart became more and more lively, she asked Lu Yuan to rescue Ye Hibiscus, let Ye Hibiscus be grateful to her, and then put Ye Hibiscus in the palace, and carefully trained her in the tea ceremony to attract my attention, so everything went smoothly like that. ”

He Chang'an was grateful in his heart, grateful that Lu Cheng told her the whole truth, if Lu Cheng left Ye Jin by his side to serve just because of a trace of pity, it could only mean that he was too soft-hearted, or he didn't tell the truth and hid something from He Changan. Although He Changan didn't expect Lu Cheng to give everything out just because he was selfish about her, whether she was soft-hearted or hidden, she would cut off all thoughts about Lu Cheng, because such a person would definitely not be her lover in this life.

And Lu Cheng didn't hide it, maybe Hua Nan was also a hard-working person who had to enter the palace as a maid because of Lu Yuan, he left Ye Hibiscus and Hua Nan at the beginning, and he also hoped to use these two women who were burdened with a deep hatred of Lu Yuan to have someone who could be useful around him, but he never thought that the so-called blood feud, Ye Hibiscus had not been able to know until he died, and he had always naively believed that Lu Yuan was his savior.

He Chang'an, He Chang'an, how stupid were you in your last life, you were sold and still counting money, you were completely used by Lu Yuan for a lifetime, and finally became an outcast without hesitation. And the man in front of him has begun to cherish you as a person since the previous life, although this kind of cherishment is not so pure, but in the princely family, this kind of cherishment is already very rare, why do you want so much?

"That'...... Aunt Hua Nan and that Ye Hibiscus have the same fate?"

Lu Cheng turned around and looked at the white wall with nothing hanging on it and no decoration, and his eyes were a little hollow: "Hua Nan's mother was the midwife when my mother gave birth to my sister. It's a pity that that time, the mother's delivery room or oxytocic drugs were moved, the mother gave birth to a sister, but she still left this world early, after the mother passed away, there was no owner in the middle palace, and there were three respected mothers in the harem at that time, one was Concubine Qing, one was Concubine Chen, that is, the current queen, and the other was Concubine Zhu. ”

The name Tianfei Zhu, even though she had served in the harem for many years in her previous life, had never heard of this name, but she thought of the surname Zhu again: "Tianfei Zhu, Zhu is the current imperial merchant Zhu, or what is the relationship between the two?"

The corners of Lu Cheng's mouth finally showed a smile, and his tightly knit brows finally stretched a little: "The woman I fancy is really not simple, I just said Concubine Tian's surname, and you will already think about what it has to do with the imperial merchant Zhu family." ”

He Changan was embarrassed by her sentence "The woman I fancy is really not simple", but when she calmed down and thought about it carefully, it seemed that this night, in the communication with Lu Cheng, she seemed to be living a lot more freely, half a year after her rebirth, every day seemed to be a gift from God, but it was not her own life, only today, as if Lu Cheng's words had some divine power, which could make her live back to herself.

Seeing that He Chang'an's face was red with shame, Lu Cheng somehow felt a little happy in his heart, because he was only seven years old when Empress Herui died, how could his impression of the queen mother be so profound? But there has always been a little bit in his memory that he can't forget, that is, every time the queen mother talks about her father, her face is with a touch of red shyness, he didn't understand it at that time, now think about it carefully, if it weren't for the queen mother's indifference to her father, why would there be that touch of red on her face?

He Changan, she, she should still care a little bit about herself.

"But what you said is not wrong at all, Concubine Zhu is the sister of the emperor Zhu who is now in charge, and the only sister, the emperor Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu / ancestor / emperor / emperor to make a career, such a kind Emperor Taizu has always been grateful in his heart, so when his father was still the prince, there were two side concubines in the palace, that is, Li side concubine and Zhu side concubine, these two people plus my mother, the three of them can be said to have their own merits. ”

Lu Cheng didn't know why, so he talked about what happened many years ago, as if he and He Changan had already married, tonight was just a small talk between husband and wife, He Changan didn't interrupt him, just listened quietly.

"Concubine Qing relied on herself as the niece of the Queen Mother, and since she entered the palace, she has been competing with my mother for favor, but the Queen Mother is the wife of her father, and the two are in deep love. But Concubine Zhu is different, she will never compete for favor, but she is the most beautiful of the three, and her father has the merit of helping the Tai/Zu, so her father will not snub her too much. So Concubine Qing hates her mother because the queen mother is the main room and the beloved person of her father, but she hates Concubine Zhu, but because she is beautiful, and what Concubine Qing needs to fight for, she doesn't fight, and she doesn't miss anything. ”

He Changan said "um", indicating that she had been listening, but she didn't say much, she knew very well that Lu Cheng had just been depressed in her heart for too long, and she wanted to find someone to tell a story, and although He Jiaqing grew up together, she was a subordinate after all, and she could discuss big things, but she couldn't express her heart so directly, and she just needed to listen silently and interject at the right time.

Later, when my father ascended the throne, he chose several women to enter the palace, including the current queen, but when she entered the palace, she was still Concubine Wen, Concubine Li Fengqing, Concubine Zhu Fengtian, and the situation in the harem was one queen and three concubines. Concubine Wen and none of the three people in the palace are good friends, but they did not deliberately alienate anyone, so Concubine Qing did not take her to heart, Concubine Tian has not been able to conceive her father's child when she was in the palace, it is strange to say, six years before my father ascended the throne, although several concubines were pregnant, I did not add any younger siblings, until I was six years old when the queen mother was pregnant with a younger sister, and Concubine Tian's pregnancy was six months later than the queen mother. ”

He Changan nodded: "This Concubine Tian didn't give birth to the child in the end, right?" As far as I know, only Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess and the fourth princess are from the queen and even the main princess, and the others ......."

Lu Cheng turned around and looked at He Changan's eyes: "No, Concubine Tian's child was born safely, that is the second princess, but this has become a secret of the palace, and what is claimed to the outside world is that the second princess was born to a lowly palace maid, and the palace maid died of dystocia when she gave birth to her, so the second sister still doesn't know that her biological mother was actually the head of the first palace." At that time, when my mother died, the person who harmed her pushed all the clues to the midwifery mother of the queen, and said that Concubine Tian was unwilling to let her child be born and had been robbed of the limelight by the son of the middle palace, so she bought off the midwife who pressed the poisonous hand when the queen mother gave birth, and originally asked for a corpse and two lives, but she didn't want the eldest sister to have a big life and came to this world alive. The midwife couldn't stand the torture, after all, she was beaten into a trick, and since then, her father has completely disgusted Concubine Tian and kept Concubine Tian's life, but because Concubine Tian is still pregnant with royal blood. When Concubine Tian gave birth to the second princess, her father sent someone to send her a glass of dove wine, ending her life. ”

He Changan originally only knew that the second princess was the least favored among the princes and princesses, but because her biological mother was a palace maid of status, but she didn't want to have such a secret in the middle, but she really pitied the second princess, even if her mother Concubine Tian was heinous, what was her fault?

"Your Highness, you just said that the people who harmed Empress Herui...... What do you mean ......"

Lu Cheng nodded: "Yes, it's not Concubine Tian." ”