"I know, I know," Chunhua tied the belt for her and pushed her to the bed: "I just finished taking a bath. Don't let the wind blow anymore. Just cover yourself with the quilt."
Cheng Ning got into the quilt but didn't lie down.
She watched Chunhua hustle and bustle, tucking her into bed and tidying up her pillows.
Suddenly, Cheng Ning said softly: "Chunhua, you are from Concubine Wen's palace, right?"
The hand that was spreading the quilt suddenly stopped, and Chunhua barely had time to cover up. She raised her eyes and ran into Cheng Ning's deep eyes.
Not a question, but a certainty.
Chunhua's fingertips trembled and quickly curled up.
She bit her lower lip, as if thinking about what to say.
But Cheng Ning's voice was faster than hers: "At first you said you were from the Dowager Palace, but then I accidentally asked several other palace people, and they were all newcomers without exception. There is no one with you in Linhua Palace. Just like the old man in the palace."
So...actually, he had been suspected a long time ago, but Cheng Ning never revealed it.
Chunhua said softly: "Maybe it's because I don't have any, so why am I, an old man, here to help Linhua Palace?"
Cheng Ning shook his head gently.
"Is it because the empress is suspicious of me that she is so wary of me?"
Cheng Ning admitted this problem happily: "Yes at the beginning, but it didn't matter until I suddenly got a serious illness in the middle of the night last time. As I just said, the more you know, the more dangerous it is. I don't want to involve you."
Chunhua knelt on the ground at this time, with a sincere expression: "If your Majesty tells the truth, then I will also tell the truth. I was indeed given to the concubine by Concubine Wen."
That was two or three years ago.
Chunhua never thought that one day she would be mentioned.
Cheng Ning nodded without surprise: "Have you ever heard Concubine Wen talk about the previous dynasty?"
Cheng Ning didn't even think about it, and the blood on Chunhua's face instantly faded away.
In the past, this was a very, very scary word.
There was a time when this was her nightmare every night.
But this was a taboo that she swore she would never mention or reveal for the rest of her life.
At this moment, Cheng Ning accurately exposed it.
"When you first persuaded me to give birth to an heir, I thought it was just a naive idea of a little girl. I thought that you, like Xie Nianyao and others, would think that I would be safe after giving birth to a child."
"Later I thought, maybe you knew from the beginning that the situation between me and His Majesty was unsolvable, so you thought that an heir was the only possibility."
Chunhua's body trembled slightly, and her eyes turned blood red.
"I didn't think that you were Concubine Wen from the beginning, but after I thought about it, I could figure everything out. She was kind-hearted and didn't kill you. She just placed you with Concubine Wen and asked you to stick to this. Secret, huh?"
In fact, Concubine Wen may not have this idea.
It's just that she has kept this secret for too many years. No one can say that leaving Chunhua with the concubine was to leave an insider for this secret.
As for the purpose, Cheng Ning didn't know and didn't want to know.
She was a little tired today, and she had to guess and piece together the past events.
No one had ever told her the truth.
So she wanted to hear a story tonight.
A story that was personally experienced through Concubine Wen's vision.
That's all.
Chunhua bit her lower lip and shook her head vigorously, not sure whether to deny it or not dare to say it.
"But I know everything," Cheng Ning's voice was soft, as if he was afraid of scaring her: "The reason why you are so scared every time you see Wei Yanzhou is because you also know that he is not the late emperor's son, right? ?”
"No!"
Chunhua covered her ears and shook her head vigorously, trying not to hear Cheng Ning's words: "Your Majesty, stop asking!"
"His temperament may indeed be like that of the Supreme Emperor that none of us have ever seen."
If the late Emperor was just a pebble making ripples on the water, then the Supreme Emperor would be like a thunderbolt falling into the water.
Chunhua went crazy and rushed up to cover Cheng Ning's mouth: "Empress! Stop talking! Stop talking!"
"Don't be afraid." Cheng Ning held her wrist: "You just need to tell me, did Concubine Wen ever tell you why she raised Wei Yanzhou under her knees and Wei Yanshu under her In the name of the Crown Princess?"
This is something Cheng Ning has never figured out.
Even if Wei Yanzhou was not the late emperor's biological son, since the Supreme Emperor allowed him to live, he should secretly be raising him as his legitimate son.
He was supposed to be the legitimate son, right?
But why, in the end, he grew up as Concubine Wen's son.
The late emperor definitely didn't know about this, otherwise no matter how kind-hearted he was, he wouldn't have allowed a child to grow up who would be insulted by him.
What about the Crown Princess? The Li Yunhua who is no longer remembered by everyone.
What exactly was she thinking?
"Empress, please stop asking. If His Majesty knows that you know this, can the Cheng family and you be saved?"
"Then keeping it a secret is just for me, okay? The Cheng family is not plotting rebellion. I am the daughter of his enemy. If you can hide it for three months and a half, will I never know?"
of course not.
It's not Cheng Ning's character to just sit back and wait for death, let alone now that she has already thought of her way out and is on the verge of death.
She just wanted to know where all the people who had experienced this incident had left Wei Yanzhou.
No matter what she thinks, whether the victim is Li Yunhua, Concubine Wen, or even the late emperor, these people all have more or less means to change their future destiny.
Only Wei Yanzhou seemed destined to have no choice from the beginning.
Instead, I was pushed step by step to reach this day.
"Don't force me, okay, Chunhua?" Cheng Ning was tender and cruel: "I am also a person who can do anything."
She doesn't want to become everyone's pawn. Whether it's hatred or love, through her hands, there is no whitewashing of the peaceful situation.
These are all illusions deliberately created by Wei Yanzhou, and she has seen enough.
"What on earth do you want to do!" Chunhua cried: "I have long advised you to have an heir. You and Your Majesty are both miserable people. How about putting aside your life experience and becoming an ordinary couple?"
"How is that possible? I can see how much he hates the Cheng family. Such deep hatred cannot be easily appeased. It would be fine if he is careless and doesn't like Cheng Ning, but he just... Do you know what it does to someone to hate and love at the same time?"
Before Chunhua could speak, Cheng Ning continued: "He will suffer himself, just like Concubine Wen will never take him seriously, because he is the product of sin."
Chunhua trembled all over.
So, is this the reason why Cheng Ning is determined not to have children?
Are you afraid of becoming a hindrance to Wei Yanzhou?
"So tell me everything Concubine Wen has confided to you, okay?"
