After hearing what their aunt said, His Highness and A-Piao just looked at each other silently and did not answer her words.
But the two people had a very tacit understanding. They stared at the aunt at the same time, looking at the aunt with such a calm and peaceful look, which made the aunt feel frightened. She didn't know what little calculation the two children were planning.
The three of them just looked at me and me for a cup of tea, which made the atmosphere in the entire inquiry room very tense. Wu Shudan who was watching felt something was wrong and spoke several times. He wanted to speak out to break the deadlock, but was stopped by Ah Rou next to him.
Ah Rou tugged on the sleeve of Wu Shu Dan and signaled him not to do anything unnecessary. The current situation was not something they could break if they wanted to.
She sighed softly, looked at her aunt, then at the young highness and her sister, and shook her head helplessly. She didn't know why her aunt was asking for trouble and insisted on being so violent. There was no need at all. In this situation In the invisible contest, she must be the loser.
Sure enough, after staring at each other for a while over a cup of tea, my aunt couldn't hold on any longer and took the initiative to break the deadlock.
"Did you two bring me here just to glare at me?" Her eyes went back and forth between His Highness and Ah Piao several times, "Don't you want to say something? What do you want to ask? Or do you have your own plans?"
"Auntie is too worried. We don't want to plot anything, we just want to see if Auntie eats well and sleeps soundly while we are away these days." A Piao smiled at her aunt, "Looking at aunt's complexion, she should be pretty good, so we can rest assured."
"It's not bad. You are right about one thing. You don't have to worry about anyone retaliating here." Auntie nodded, "I have a good intention."
"Well, back to the subject, since my aunt thinks that the path His Highness Aoki has chosen is a little crooked, and has decided to get him back on track, we respect her decision, which is very correct. However, before that, how about we Let’s talk about your relationship with His Highness Aoki first. After all, you are His Highness’s aunt. His Highness Aoki is a member of the royal family, but he is also a foreigner. You..." A Piao thought for a while, "In most cases, you It should be inconvenient to meet him, right? You said before that the meeting process and the correspondence between you and His Highness Aoki were all led by the gentleman next to His Highness Aoki. However, you did not tell us that in the end, How did you get to know His Highness Aoki?" She smiled at her aunt, "This is what we really want to know."
"You're right. I first met Wanyan Qingmu not because of the people around him." Auntie nodded and sighed softly, "It's funny to say that, but now that I think about it, it feels like It's fate, Qingmu and I met earlier, earlier than you think, when A Ping was still there."
"While sister was still here?" His Highness frowned slightly, "Did you hook up so early?"
"Little sister, don't talk nonsense like this. We didn't hook up together. It was A Ping, your sister, who introduced us to each other personally."
"What does this mean? My sister introduced you to each other?"
"Although you may find it unbelievable, this is how things turned out in the beginning." Auntie nodded gently, "At that time, Aoki was still very young, and although he was very stubborn, he was not as paranoid as he is now. In my case, It seems that he is still a very good child." She looked at Ah Piao and then at His Highness, "So, it is not as complicated as you think, and there is no so-called private giving and receiving. Moreover, our future Every time we meet, A Ping is present."
"Sister introduced you to each other, why exactly?"
"Maybe he wants me to persuade him not to create any estrangement with his father?"
"It's very possible that this is the case." His Highness nodded slightly, "At that time, although that boy Aoki was young, he was already very dissatisfied with his father, so my sister hoped that my aunt could talk things through to him. , let him understand that it is not because his father ignores him and likes Wanyanxi, but because he keeps his promise. Since he promised Brother Wang, he must keep it. The sister asked the aunt to come forward because she believed that the aunt has the ability, but... ..." She smiled faintly, "Sister, I have never thought about it. People in the Wanyan family are very stubborn. Once they decide something, it is difficult to have any room for maneuver. The old prince is like this, my sister is like this, and the same is true for me. .So, it is wishful thinking for her to expect to be able to change Aoki."
"Your Highness, I also think so." A Piao nodded in agreement, "Just like Prince Wanyan insisted on his promise to the eldest prince, His Highness Qingmu's heart was firm from the beginning, and Prince Wanyan ignored him , treated him badly, and even once doubted whether he was Prince Wanyan’s biological son.”
"Is there such a thing?" His Highness looked at Ah Piao in surprise, "He...how could he think so?"
Ah Piao looked at her aunt, saw her expression change, and smiled slightly.
"Auntie should still remember it, right? His Highness Aoki once discussed this idea with his auntie, right?"
"...Yes, but how did you know?"
"Auntie also said just now that every time you meet His Highness Aoki, His Highness is listening by the side, right? But what you don't know is that His Highness is very serious about your conversation with His Highness Aoki. Recorded it and gave it to Prince Wanyan. In the records of these conversations, His Highness Aoki mentioned doubts about his own life experience. He suspected that he was not the son of Prince Wanyan, but the little prince who was in exile. Next to this record, Prince Wanyan wrote an annotation. He thought his son was very interesting. This idea was something he had never thought of before. If the little prince who lives away encounters trouble in the future, maybe he can use it. This is an excuse to help that little prince out of trouble."
"So that's it!" His Highness nodded, and she looked at her aunt, "When did the contact between you break off?"
"We have never lost contact. It's just that when Qingmu grew up and A Ping entered the palace, it was not convenient to meet him in the palace. I only chose to continue to meet him outside with A Ping's consent. Yes. Sometimes I would enlighten him through the gentlemen around him, and sometimes I would go directly to the palace to see him. Three or four times out of ten, I would go to the palace." The aunt smiled bitterly, "Later, your sister passed away due to the recurrence of old injuries. , you replaced your sister, but the meeting between Aoki and I did not stop."
"Does Prince Wanyan know?"
"You should know. After all, you come in and out of the palace so frequently. It's impossible to hide it from him."
"But neither Prince Wanyan nor His Highness expected that aunt was originally invited to rescue His Highness Qingmu, but his aunt was instigated by His Highness Qingmu to rebel."
"I didn't expect it to be like this."
"Aunt, would you be surprised if I said that His Highness Qingmu had this idea from the very beginning when he met you?" Seeing her aunt's eyes widening, A Piao bared her teeth at her, "Being beaten by a The child is playing around, aunt, you are so pitiful!"
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