"Yes," Xiaoyun saw her say this, and knew that she couldn't stop Cheng Shuiyao, so she could only let go of her hand and turned her head away with some concern.

"Madam, please," the maid urged. But the tone was not much anxious.

Cheng Shuiyao calmed down, no longer delayed, and walked forward.

According to her understanding of the original book, only her mother's family has the surname Jiang in the whole story.

Although her biological mother Jiang Yanyan is dead, she vaguely remembers that Jiang Yanyan also has a sister-in-law in the original book, and this sister-in-law happens to be a concubine in the palace.

However, there is no very profound description of this so-called sister-in-law in the original book, and she can only know that there is such a person, and she doesn't know anything else at all.

So today, when the palace maid brought up the word Jiang family, she suddenly decided to go over and take a look.

All the way to a palace that was a little old, Cheng Shuiyao looked at the gate covered with cobwebs, and was quite suspicious of the identity of the people living in this house.

The outside of the palace was empty, full of fallen leaves, and it didn't look like it was inhabited at all.

Cheng Shuiyao frowned and knocked on the door, only to hear a faint voice coming in from the house.

The voice was unsettling, and it sounded a little older.

Cheng Shuiyao raised her hand again, pushed open the door with great difficulty, and stepped into the palace.

There is an old well, and when you look to the side, you can vaguely see a plain-clothed woman hunched over in a pile of debris.

"You are Cheng Shuiyao?"

The woman slowly looked up, revealing a wrinkled face.

Looking at this face, you can guess that this woman is not young, but through those wrinkles, you can vaguely see that this woman looked extraordinary when she was young.

"Yes," Cheng Shuiyao nodded, only spit out one word, and refused to speak again.

She can't clarify the identity of the other party yet, so it's naturally better to be cautious in her words and deeds.

"I haven't seen you for so many years, you've grown so big," the woman seemed to be a little emotional, and walked out of the clutter tremblingly.

Cheng Shuiyao's gaze fell on her somewhat lame foot, and there was more shock in her eyes.

"Do you know who I am?" The woman was halfway through when she suddenly remembered the question and looked up and asked.

Cheng Shuiyao didn't lie, and shook her head decisively.

Not to mention the impression of the original owner, that is, after reading all the information in the capital, she didn't find the existence of such a person.

"I don't blame you, after all, when I was separated from you, you were only more than a month," the woman laughed at herself, and met Cheng Shuiyao's gaze with a pair of cloudy eyes.

"I am your aunt, my name is Jiang Qingqing, it has been almost forty years since I entered the palace at the age of fourteen."

"But I've never heard anyone mention you before,......" Cheng Shuiyao bit her lower lip, and as soon as she said it, she reacted that something was wrong.

"It's normal for you not to know me, after all, I've been imprisoned here for thirty years," Jiang Qingqing sighed, took out a very worn-out cloth bag from his waist, and reached out and took out a jade pendant from it.

The jade pendant is very smooth, and at first glance it looks like something that is often rubbed.

Cheng Shuiyao's breath stagnated, and he instantly reacted to what this was.

Because the exact same thing is still lying quietly in the jewelry box she took back from Cheng Fu before.

That jewelry box was left to her by Jiang Yanyan, so that thing is Jiang Yanyan's, so the woman with the same jade pendant is really hers...... Aunt?

Cheng Shuiyao was shocked by this seriousness, and was stunned for a while before she looked up in astonishment, "Auntie, why are you here?" ”

"It's a long story......

Jiang Qingqing trembled and walked to the broken stool and sat down, and began to tell the story of these years.

The Jiang family is the richest businessman in Jiangnan, and naturally has some contact with the people in the palace, when she was fourteen years old, the emperor went to Jiangnan to inspect and lived in her restaurant.

At that time, the emperor was still in the prime of life, with a handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing, Jiang Qingqing only saw it and never forgot it, and often changed his way to get close to the emperor.

But she didn't know the emperor's true identity at the time, she just thought that he was the son-in-law of which family, and she didn't think about what her actions would lead to.

Just like that, the emperor also thought about Jiang Qingqing and planned to bring her back to the capital.

Jiang Qingqing really knew the emperor's identity at that time, but with his true feelings, he ignored his father's obstruction and followed the emperor back to the palace.

That's where the turning point began.

There are many concubines in the harem, and it didn't take long for the emperor to forget her existence and turn his head to pamper other concubines, Jiang Qingqing only knew that he regretted it at this time, but it was useless.

She came with only a little jewelry, but it was soon looted by the greedy palace maids and eunuchs, and she was left alone.

"I have wanted to die countless times, but I can't die, because if I die, then our entire Jiang family will have to be buried together," Jiang Qingqing smiled bitterly and continued.

Originally, things have developed to this point, there is nothing to say, she just needs to grow old alone in the palace alone, but the bad thing is that Jiang Yanyan is also married here.

When Jiang Yanyan entered the palace with Cheng Yutang, she accidentally saw her sister, and when she saw that she was not doing well, she often made up for her, but this also caused Cheng Yutang's dissatisfaction.

"So I was charged with adultery," Jiang Qingqing said, involuntarily clenching his fists, his eyes full of resentment, "At that time, in order to save face, the emperor did not publicize this matter, but just imprisoned me here, I thought I would wait for a glass of wine, but ...... The first emperor died. ”

There is no need for Jiang Qingqing to say the rest of the matter.

After the death of the first emperor, the current emperor sent all the concubines of the first emperor home, but because Jiang Qingqing's affairs were really disgraceful, she was naturally ignored, so she lived here alone.

Cheng Shuiyao had already set off waves in her heart, digesting what she had seen and heard with some shock.

She only knew that Cheng Yutang was sorry for Jiang Yanyan and herself, but she didn't expect him to be sorry for the entire Jiang family.

One of the only two daughters of the Jiang family was quietly poisoned by him, and the other was implicated by him, living in this remote palace every day, if Jiang Bai knew, how distressed he would be!

"But fortunately, I've gotten along well with those palace maids over the years, and they occasionally tell me some outside things, and I just knew about your existence from them, so I tried every way to see you."

Jiang Qingqing trembled and stretched out her hand to brush away the broken hair in front of Cheng Shuiyao's eyes, and said with a prayerful face, "I don't ask to return to my hometown, but I want to go out of the palace to see, Yao'er, aunt please!" ”