The room was so quiet that the air seemed to be solid and suffocating.
Banmei's fingertips were pinched until they turned white. Ruan Xianbei looked at her quietly and observed the expression on her face, waiting patiently for her decision.
"I...I didn't know he was King Changde..." After a while, Banmei choked and spoke. The order of her words was a bit messy, with a painful look on her face, as if she was thinking of some unbearable memories.
"One night a year ago...he broke into my room covered in blood and threatened me to save him...I was very scared...but his eyes were very bright and looked different from those bad guys...I just He hid..."
"Where did you hide him?"
"It's in my house, the woodshed where I live. My family never comes over, so it's never been discovered."
I don’t know whether to call it a blessing or a curse. He actually let his daughter live in the woodshed, and there was no one left in the family.
"Go on."
"I had no money, so I had to save my own food and give it to him. He recovered from his injuries for a few days before someone came to take him back."
"Later he came to me again... He was handsome and funny. I had never been in contact with such a man. He often took me out to play secretly. One time I drank too much and we..."
"That's when I got pregnant..."
Ruan Xianbei frowned, this King Chang De is such a scumbag, how can he attack such a young girl? Logically speaking, it is not easy to get pregnant at a young age if Kui Shui is not regular. It is quite powerful to get pregnant at once. But since King Chang De has no health problems, why have the women in the harem been unable to get pregnant for many years?
"He didn't tell you his identity? Didn't you ask him?"
"He told me that he was a disciple of a wealthy family. He said that his mother had died a long time ago and his father married a stepmother who had a younger brother with his father. On the surface, the stepmother was harmonious but in fact she was secretly chasing him. She also forced him to marry The woman he doesn’t love, so he is sensitive about his identity and can’t reveal too much to me for fear that I will be hurt too… If he can solve the problems at home and take me back, he will tell me.”
Ruan Xianbei sneered, what kind of scumbag remarks?
He was afraid that the woman he loved would be hurt, so he didn’t tell her his true identity. Since he was afraid that she would be implicated, he didn’t come to her at all!
Not meeting is the best protection.
Ruan Xianbei said: "As long as you meet, you will be discovered."
Banmei looked gloomy: "Yes, my sister is right... I was too stupid... His mother sent someone to tell my mother about my secret meeting with a man, and helped me choose another rich man. They also promised to help my brother find a good marriage... When my mother heard about it, she thought I had seduced someone else's young master, so she felt very embarrassed and beat me up."
"The beating hurt so much. I didn't know I was pregnant at that time...I...heard the conversation between my mother and my father. It turned out that the best match she had chosen for me was to marry a man who was older than my father. An even bigger family. There were more than ten rooms for concubines in that adult's house. I heard that the girl who was sent in never came out alive... I pretended to be obedient and stayed there for a few days, and then ran away at night when they relaxed their vigilance. ."
"Where did you run to?"
"I secretly boarded a caravan carriage, and I hid in the car and followed them to the town of Helena."
"Did you know they were coming to Helena Town?"
"No. Correct update@I don't know...I think I can escape anywhere...as long as I don't get sold..."
"Where did you stay when you arrived in Helena Town? You, a woman, always have to spend money on food and clothing. Where did you get the silver?"
Ruan Xianbei turned his attention to her folded hands, and Banmei pulled her sleeves unnaturally.
"It was the money he gave me before. The money he gave me was enough for an ordinary person to live for several years. I found an empty house and lived in it, thinking that it would not be too late to pay the rent when the owner comes back."
There was only one day's distance from the town where Banmei escaped from to Helena Town. I don't know if she was hiding well or her family didn't look for her carefully at all.
"When did you find out you were pregnant?"
"After I arrived, I found some simple sewing work to pass the day, and then asked for news about him. I knew that someone was looking for me, someone hired by my mother, and his mother.
My dear friend, but I have not waited for any news from him. Until one day I fainted while working...
When I woke up the doctor told me I was pregnant. I think this child must be a gift given to me by the goddess. The doctor said my fetus was unstable. I couldn't trust anyone and couldn't continue to run away, so I wanted to give birth to the baby first and then make a decision. "
"Then I don't know whether to call it lucky or unfortunate. Fortunately, maybe because I didn't show up again, and gradually no one came to see me. Unfortunately, my brother owed a large sum of money from gambling after getting married, and my mother wanted to He came up with the idea of me. I don’t know where he heard the news. He found me on the day I gave birth and wanted to sell my child." Banmei laughed at himself: "Sister, if If you are treated as a commodity, what will you choose?"
"If it were me, I would kill them first and then escape, so that there would be less people to catch me. And if that mother knew that I dared to do such a thing, she would not dare to force me to do it. It’s too urgent, this is the end of it once and for all.”
Ruan Xianbei said coldly: "How can such a coincidence happen? If I don't find you, I don't want to find you. When I find out that you have given birth to a prince, I will take you back to inherit the throne. Because the mother's background is not good, they chose to leave the mother and keep the son. After all, you are still young and ignorant, and you let that kind of man die, so what can you do to save him?"
"What my sister said is that I was young and ignorant. I only woke up after going through hell. I didn't expect that I couldn't even decide my own death. It's really sad."
Banmei's tone was sad and revealed a precocity that was inconsistent with her age. After asking this question, Ruan Xianbei had nothing to ask. Banmei did not refuse to answer the question because of her bad tone. Because of what she concealed yesterday The resulting emotions finally eased a bit.
Ruan Xianbei asked her: "Do you have anything to ask?"
Banmei shook her head and said in a sincere tone: "I am the one who has caused you trouble. It would be better if the Bodhisattva sisters are kind-hearted and don't care about my concealment. I have no choice but to do so."
Is it okay to just settle down and live a life without being rich?
"If he comes to you, will you go with him?"
"I...I don't want to. He and I are originally from two different worlds and should not have met." Banmei paused and said, "Sister, do you know why the harem has been idle for so many years? It was only after I became pregnant that I realized what he had told me before."
"What?"
"He said that the woman he liked could not be known by others, nor could she be pregnant with his child. It was really pitiful for him to face people he didn't like every day. At that time, I only thought it was his love words, and I didn't take them to heart. ."
"It wasn't until I discovered his identity that I connected all this. It's because the rule of the Changde royal family is to leave the mother and leave the child. A woman will die one year after giving birth to a child. The queen and the noble concubine are both from the nobility. No one wants to die in vain.”
"So now they give birth at the same time?"
"They are all other people's lives. A life that can be bought is not a life. _o_m "
The news about Banmei really opened Ruan Xianbei’s eyes. He really eats people without spitting out their bones...
"You have a good rest. At least they don't dare to come here. Lan Zhao said you'd better rest for another day because you're not in good health."
The conversation between the two also made Banmei look tired. After Ruan Xianbei said this, he left. Banmei also breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he was only questioned and not kicked out.
She looked at Xu Xu, who was of royal blood, sleeping peacefully on the bed, her eyes flickering and she didn't know what she was thinking.
...
"That's it, what do you think?"
Except for Lan Zhao, everyone else sat in the lobby. Ruan Xianbei told everyone the content of the conversation between the two, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Cheng Suisui was the first to say: "Of course I'll take her with me! Banmei is so pitiful!"
Shen Xuan asked, "Is there anything else you're worried about?"
Ruan Xianbei held his chin with his left hand and thought: "I don't know. What she said is similar to what Brother Miyou found yesterday, and it is consistent with the group of people yesterday, but I always feel that something is not right."
"Oh, Ruan Ruan, you just think too much. Let's take her out first. It's only a short distance anyway. You see, she will fall if the wind blows.
His body will die if he carries a child alone! Ruan Ruan, you can’t bear to leave orphans and widows behind! "
No, I can't bear it.
Ruan Xianbei looked at Cheng Suisui with a smile and said nothing, and did not engage in meaningless arguments. What could she not bear? It's easiest to be a bad guy.
And Cheng Suisui is still immersed in the twists and turns of the bizarre love story, beating his chest and sighing, the story is based on reality! I didn’t expect reality to be so exciting!
She was so indignant about Banmei's experience that she almost didn't insert herself into the story.
But without conclusive evidence, Ruan Xianbei couldn't abandon the orphans and widows in front of everyone based on his own intuition. @*~~
Just bring it with you. If she does anything stupid, you can take care of her later.
But I still feel a little uneasy.
Ruan Xianbei privately ordered Mi You to investigate again.
Of course Mi You would not go against her will, but he was a little puzzled by her repeated wariness against such a woman. The Saint was very nice to other girls, why would she be like this to her alone?
"It's my sixth sense." Ruan Xianbei said, "I always feel it's not that simple. Brother Mi You, you should be more careful."
"yes."
"We won't wait for you when we set off tomorrow. She is urging us to leave. Staying another day may cause complications. I will leave secret codes for you along the way. She has never known your existence. Please don't follow us."
"Yes, saint, don't worry."
It would take at least a day and a half to go back and forth, including visits and explorations. Miyou had lunch, packed some food, and set off on horseback.
Ruan Xianbei heard the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing, hoping that everything was just her imagination. .
