Come out of the East Palace.
Li Lizhi took a carriage and returned to Zhao Guogong's mansion.
As the apple of Li Shimin's eye, the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest grandson's family, and the future mistress, Li Lizhi's status in the Duke Zhao's mansion was very high.
Wherever she passed, the maids and servants in the palace all came forward to salute her. Looking from a distance, they all fell in worship.
But Li Lizhi didn't care about this.
She walked quickly through the corridor and went straight to the side courtyard.
As the eldest daughter of Changsun Wuji, Changsun Pingting was also favored in the mansion and had her own courtyard and servants.
Later, when she got married, most of the servants were taken to the Shu Palace, and the rest were basically dispatched to Changsun Wuji.
Naturally, the courtyard could not be left empty. Later, Changsun Wuji added another son, so he gave the courtyard to his third son, Changsun Rui.
But who could have imagined that something like that would happen in the end.
So that when Changsun Pingting returned to Changsun Mansion, she didn't have a yard to live in.
Changsun Pingting was also a happy-go-lucky person, so she just found an empty courtyard and settled down.
Although the courtyard is a bit smaller than the original one, it is not as good as the one in the Shu Palace.
But Changsun Wuji didn't lack anything, including a counting house, kitchen, servants, maids, etc.
It's just that none of these things seem to be important to the current eldest grandson Pingting.
When Li Lizhi came over, just as Li Lizhi said to Li Chengqian, she was sitting in the courtyard looking at the sky in a daze.
Seeing this, Li Lizhi also sighed lightly.
She walked straight forward and called softly: "Cousin? Cousin?"
After two calls in a row, Changsun Pingting came back to her senses from her own little world.
When she saw Li Lizhi coming, she immediately stood up and saluted: "Greetings to Your Highness the Princess..."
Although Li Lizhi has married into the Changsun Mansion, she is still the princess in terms of status.
Even if the eldest grandson rushes in front of outsiders, he still has to scream at your highness, let alone the eldest grandson Pingting.
But Li Lizhi was not willing to torment her.
She also walked over quickly and supported the eldest grandson Pingting to prevent her from bowing down.
"Cousin, there are no outsiders here, what are you doing?"
Li Lizhi said with some dissatisfaction: "Besides, look at how thin you have become. I can even hold your arm with one hand."
Hearing this, Changsun Pingting subconsciously stopped her hand.
Then, she also laughed dryly and said: "It's been hot these days and I can't eat anything."
"In a few days, when the weather gets cooler, I will naturally gain weight again..."
Hearing this, Li Lizhi became even more dissatisfied.
"Even if I can't eat anymore."
"It's not like you just drink a bowl of porridge a day, right?"
Li Lizhi also found it hard to imagine how Changsun Pingting could endure it.
If she was required to drink just one bowl of porridge a day, it would be easier to just kill her.
Changsun Pingting lowered her head slightly and said, "I'm really not hungry."
"Not hungry?"
"My cousin."
Li Lizhi also took Changsun Pingting's arm and said, "Can you stop torturing yourself like this?"
"Even if there is a fault, it is our fault. It has nothing to do with you. You are also a victim. Why do you torture yourself like this?"
"If you are still angry, I will go find the eldest brother now."
"Let him bring Brother Three Emperors over here and beat him in front of you to vent your anger."
Originally, Li Lizhi said this casually.
But who knew that Changsun Pingting's face paled obviously after hearing this.
"Your Highness, this is absolutely unacceptable."
She blurted out these words.
After she said it, she also realized something was wrong, so she added: "No matter what the king of Shu is, he is also a rich man, how can he beat and scold him at will..."
Looking at the appearance of the eldest grandson Pingting, Li Lizhi's heart also moved.
"Others may not be able to hit you."
"But my eldest brother can beat me because he is the eldest brother."
She pretended to be ferocious and said: "Cousin, don't stop me. I'm going to find the emperor."
With that said, she pretended to leave.
But Changsun Pingting grabbed Li Lizhi's wrist instead.
Her body, which was already thin and out of shape, suddenly burst out with a strong force that made Li Lizhi's wrists turn red.
And under this pinch, Changsun Pingting suddenly came to her senses.
She took two steps back with fear on her face and said, "Pingting has a low status. How can we let the King of Shu suffer for Pingting?"
Seeing her look like that, Li Lizhi couldn't help but sigh.
She walked straight up to him and said, "Cousin, please don't hide it from me."
"You can't eat because of the hot weather. It's obvious that something is on your mind."
"And in the final analysis, isn't this matter still because of my Third Emperor Brother?"
Li Lizhi pursed her lips and said, "I might as well tell you the truth today."
"Just now, I have told Brother Huang all about your situation."
"Think about it, he is already in the palace of Brother Three Emperors now."
Hearing these words, Changsun Pingting's body was visibly shaken.
Then, she looked at Li Li with fear and asked, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"
"What can I mean?"
"I am half from the Li family and half from the Changsun family."
"I am your cousin and also your sister-in-law."
"And for this matter, our Li family is sorry for you."
"As your sister-in-law, I naturally want to seek justice for you. I will go to the Li family to seek justice for you."
Li Lizhi took the eldest grandson Pingting's hand and said, "Cousin, I also want to hear the truth from you now. Do you still like him and are you willing to continue living with him?"
Hearing this, Changsun Pingting retracted her hand as if she was electrocuted.
She turned around and said with a panicked face: "I have reconciled with His Highness the King of Shu, and there is no longer any relationship or involvement between us."
"So, Your Highness, please stop joking."
Seeing her like this, Li Lizhi felt pitiful and angry at the same time.
Hate is hate, love is love.
It's obviously a matter of one sentence, why does it have to be so complicated?
Li Lizhi was too lazy to beat around the bush with her.
She stepped forward and grabbed the eldest grandson Pingting's arm and said, "Cousin, Pingting, is it so difficult for you to tell the truth to me?"
At this moment, Changsun Pingting looked like a puppet whose soul had been removed.
Her eyes were looking at the other side, but tears rolled down from her eyes.
Love is a word that is simple to say.
But if you want to understand the truth, you may not be able to do it in a lifetime or several lifetimes.
If you treat a person extremely well, he may never look at you twice in his life.
If you beat and scold a person, he may never leave you for the rest of his life.
Just like Changsun Pingting.
If you ask her if she hates Li Ke.
Of course I hate it.
Because he ruined her life.
She lost her child because of him.
But if you ask her if she loves Li Ke.
She really didn't dare to answer.
As a saying goes, the people who hurt me the most are often the people I love the most.
Li Ke hurt her deeply.
But it was precisely because of this injury that she could never forget him.
To this day, she still can't tell whether this is love or hate.
But from just now, when Li Lizhi said that she wanted to ask Li Chengqian to punish him, she could still vaguely judge the trembling and fear in her heart.
She still hasn't forgotten that man...
