Thinking of his experience when he was young, Qin Zeng was silent for a long time before he spoke.

"Before my mother passed away, my life in the palace was actually quite good. Although the old lady made things difficult in every way, she was protected by her mother and never hurt me in the slightest. Especially when my father didn't have to go out and stayed in the house, our family of three could even live behind closed doors in the east courtyard without paying attention to the disturbances of the outside world...... Even now, that memory gives me strength in difficult times."

Li Qingyi listened to his words, and said fortunately.

Everyone has good and evil in their hearts, what kind of person they become is just a thought, if it weren't for the love of his father and mother, Qin Zeng's resentment towards this world might make his life situation completely different.

"Listen to the meaning of your words, although my mother is not treated well by the old lady, she also has the ability to protect herself, and can she protect you?"

Qin Zeng smiled when he heard this, and seemed to be very proud of his mother, "If it weren't for her weak body, it would never be the old lady who is in charge of the Zhenbei Mansion now."

As soon as Li Qingyi's eyes lit up, she knew that a woman who could give birth to a child like Qin Zeng was by no means a weak, pitiful and self-pitiful character.

Besides, after Xiao Lan and were rescued by Gongsun Jingzhi, she also followed him to save the dead and help the injured at the border pass, such a woman must be tenacious.

Qin Zeng said, "After all, my mother came from a big family, and what she has seen and heard is no less than others. It's just that when she was a daughter at home, her grandmother took care of everything."

"Speaking of which, she and Mu Guifei still had ......" Li Qingyi looked in the direction of the palace, "Does the Xiao family know?"

"I know, and my grandparents actually didn't want my mother to marry into the royal family, and in the middle, my father actually revealed that he wanted to come to the door to propose."

Li Qingyi was surprised, "And then?"

"My grandmother didn't want to, in her eyes, my father danced knives and guns all day long, and my mother was very incompatible, and wanted to find a family for her, but my grandfather felt that most of the children of powerful families were not enterprising, and they would not be able to do anything after two or three generations, and my father was different, he had no backing, so he was naturally more capable and sensible than ordinary powerful children, and worked hard to gain fame by tempering himself."

"That's what your father told you?"

"Well, my mother was sick and difficult to treat because of the catastrophe of the Xiao family, after she passed away, my father was depressed for a long time, he often sat on the roof with me in his arms, and talked about the original events, I was ignorant at that time, but fortunately I remember those words."

Gongsun Jingzhi was young, and he worked on an errand in the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, and his character and talents were good, but his family background was not obvious, and the ordinary eunuchs did not want to marry his family.

"Does Mother know about this?"

Qin Zeng shook his head, "At that time, Mu Qingling was making trouble every day, and inadvertently involved her mother with that one, I'm afraid that my mother didn't have time to take care of a stranger's courtship at that time."

Li Qingyi sighed, "The fate of father and mother's husband and wife has gone around in such a big circle, if they could have met earlier, it probably wouldn't have happened in the future, and they wouldn't have caught up with the Xiao family......

But there was no if.

And in other words, if it weren't for Mu Guifei's experience, Xiao Lan and would not have followed Gongsun Jingzhi to stay at the border for two years, and the two might not have married later.

Fate is such a thing as unpredictable.

Thinking of Mu Guifei, Li Qingyi couldn't help asking, "How is Mu Guifei in the Cold Palace?"

"After the Mu family was beheaded, she had no hope at all, and she heard that she didn't eat or drink in the cold palace, and it seemed that she wanted to die on a hunger strike."

Li Qingyi sneered, "It's not easy to die, why use such a laborious method as a hunger strike, it's just to hold on to the hope of what if, and want to arouse the emperor's pity for her."

But from the very beginning, the emperor saw through the ambitions of the Mu family, and he only used, guarded and killed them, how could he have any sincerity towards Mu Guifei?

If the emperor had a trace of mercy for her, she would not have fallen to the point where she is today.

Qin Zengmian

Shang was cold, "The emperor heard that she was dying of hunger, so he ordered someone to send her to the place where Concubine Hui was."

Li Qingyi was stunned.

was also beaten into the cold palace, Concubine Hui had eleven princesses to take care of her everywhere, not like Mu Guifei who was beaten and bullied in the cold palace, and she had to eat rancid vegetables and rice.

The emperor sent Mu Guifei to Concubine Hui, but he didn't let Concubine Hui take care of her.

At the beginning, Concubine Hui followed behind Mu Guifei's buttocks, looking at her face every day, and was called by her, but now that Mu Guifei has fallen into her hands, will there be good fruits to eat?

"I'm afraid Concubine Hui can't toss it lightly."

"The cold palace is lonely, Concubine Hui has nothing to do, so she will naturally use Mu Qingling to pass the time."

Speaking of which, Chang Yan came to them, "Grandma, grandma, second aunt and grandma are back, and the old lady asked you to go to Jingyun Hall to sit."

Li Qingyi and Qin Zeng glanced at each other, and they both knew what was going on with the mother and daughter.

Qin Zeng said, "I'll go with you."

Li Qingyi shook his head, "With you, they don't dare to speak easily, so I'd better go by myself."

"You're always so bold that you're not afraid of being embarrassed?"

"You're in the house, what am I afraid of? Shout and you'll fall from the sky!"

Qin Zeng was amused, and pinned the broken hair behind her ears for her, "Then I'll wait for you in the study."

Jingyuntang.

The old lady's face was gloomy, and the second aunt and grandmother Gongsun Wanyan had tears in her eyes.

"That woman is my mother-in-law's cousin and niece, and she is only seventeen this year!"

Gongsun Wanyan cried breathlessly, and was extremely aggrieved, "I'm ten years older than her! In a few years, I will become a yellow-faced woman, but they are in their prime, and the two of them are close to each other, and their affection for each other is no less than that of me and him...... Mother, what should I do?"

The old lady had a hidden anxiety in her eyes, but she pressed it and said for a while, "Song Zhenhe is deliberately pinching you! What are you anxious about, is he really not afraid of our Zhenbei Palace?"

Gongsun Wanyan cried and retorted, "What's so terrible about our Zhenbei Palace? There is a name for the palace, and there is not even an official in the court, in the final analysis, there is only Brother Zhen, but my mother does not ......allow it."

The old lady's face was pale, and she didn't speak for a long time.

At this time, the girl came in and said, "Old lady, second aunt, grandmother is here."

Gongsun Wanyan subconsciously stood up and looked out, and the old lady Gongsun's eyes turned sideways, "She is a junior, what are you doing!"

Gongsun Wanyan knew that she was out of shape, so she quickly wiped her tears and sat back.

The old lady then lightly instructed the maidservant, "Let her come in."

Li Qingyi was not in a hurry or panic, walked in steadily, spoke slowly, and calmly greeted him: "Daughter-in-law granddaughter greets the old lady, I have seen my aunt."