At night, Chu Yi tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. The thing Chu Xin gave her had been checked. After knowing what it was, her whole heart suddenly couldn't calm down.
Why did Chu Xin give these things to herself? Did she hope to give these things to a certain person? Is she really willing to let them go?
It’s not that I don’t know the past events between Chu Xin and Xiao Zhi, but even Chu Xin can let go of it. So, isn’t it a bit stupid for me to still be immersed in it?
"Princess, the Queen Mother please come over."
The arrival of Yuexiang interrupted Chu Yi's contemplation. She got up and packed up her mood before preparing to go there. Finally, she was able to return to her hometown to see her relatives. The one who made her feel most cordial was naturally her mother.
"Mother."
After Chu Yi arrived, she very kindly sat next to the Queen Mother. On the day they first came back, mother and daughter talked for a long time. Later, they went to see the emperor's brother and several princesses, but what they really wanted to see was Mother.
"Yi'er," the Queen Mother has been living a comfortable life these past few years. Everyone in the harem has left one by one, and the jealousy she had when she was young has long since disappeared.
At this age, I just want to see all my children well. This is the happiest thing.
"Have you been happy in these years? Tell me the truth, are you happy in the end?"
The Queen Mother reached out and brushed the hair on Chu Yi's forehead behind her ears. In fact, she had been holding these words in her heart for several days. Chu Yi was her daughter, how could she not know whether she was happy or not?
"Mother, don't ask this question. No matter whether your life is good or not, this was once my choice. I am willing to pay the price for my choice. Don't worry, mother, I will not let myself have a bad life no matter what. of."
Chu Yiqiang comforted her by saying that it took several years to come back and she didn't want to talk about these embarrassing topics with her mother.
She would have to go back after staying for another half month at most. She knew very well what she would face when she went back.
It's time to bring that woman named Chu Xin to him. Xiao Zhi seems to really like her. It's just that Aiwu Jiwu has transferred his love for Chu Xin to her.
But Xiao Zhi didn't seem to know that Chu Xin was not dead.
"Okay, in my opinion, you are always the proud princess who can't stand a little grievance. I don't want you to become so generous and sensible. I just hope you don't be wronged.
You had to ask for this kind of marriage in the first place. How many times have I tried to persuade you, but you never listened. But fortunately, Dachu will always have your backing, and you will not be in any danger! "
The Queen Mother held Chu Yi's hand and felt distressed and regretful. She also blamed her for doting on her daughter too much. She could agree to some requests and not to others.
But there is nothing he can do to regret it now. The most important thing is that his daughter will never fall into Chu Xin's situation, and she can still come back safely no matter what.
"Is mother talking about Chu Xin?"
Chu Yi looked calm, but she still felt a little uncomfortable when the name Chu Xin was mentioned. In fact, they met some time ago, and after meeting, they suddenly felt that the pressure in their hearts was relieved.
Because Chu Xin did not die, nor did she kill her sisters. The grudges and grudges in the past were all over, and they were far from the point of harming other people's lives.
"Tell me honestly, how did Chu Xin die and did you have any involvement in it? What exactly happened to you in Northern Qi?"
The Queen Mother suddenly looked solemn. Either she didn't understand her daughter, or because she did, she immediately understood something when she got the news.
I'm afraid that this matter must be related to Chu Yi. Sure enough, when he saw that the other party's eyes did not dare to look at him, he guessed that his guess was right.
"Did you really do this?"
The Queen Mother shook her head and sighed helplessly, "When you two sisters worked together with the same husband, I guessed that you would fight fiercely, but I didn't expect that things would get to this point!"
"Mother, I don't know what I was thinking at the time. I just wanted to beat her in one go. But when I first learned the news that she was really dead, I had nightmares every night. When I woke up, I really I feel so regretful, no matter how much grudges I have with her, it is far from wanting her to die!"
Chu Yi's eyes immediately turned red. She just felt that her life seemed to have gone astray and had taken a wrong path. She was clearly aware of this fact, but there seemed to be no solution.
I once thought it was the conflict between Pride and Chu Xin, but even if Chu Xin is gone, the relationship with Xiao Zhi is still the same. In the past, I could still put on a show.
But now as Xiao Zhi's status is getting higher and higher, he no longer pretends to be anything like this.
"Okay, okay, why are you like this? Since everything has happened, there is nothing to regret. I just want you to be happy."
The Queen Mother patted Chu Yi's hand and comforted her heartily, "I heard that everything in Northern Qi is now handled by Prince Xiang. Your future status will definitely be able to rise with the tide.
Yi'er, my mother has been through it all, and I just want to give you one word of advice: don't regret what you have done, don't always be soft-hearted, be cruel to the end if you want to be ruthless, and never treat yourself badly no matter what! "
It has been more than half a lifetime, and what should have been experienced has been experienced long ago. Looking at Chu Yi's eyes, he understood that she was struggling with something again.
Young girls are arrogant and always feel that they are unique and always want to take a gamble, but in the end they will only hurt themselves!
"Mother, did I really do something wrong back then? I just didn't want to admit defeat, especially I didn't want to lose to Chu Xin. But as the days go by, I feel that this is really boring. Sometimes I have nightmares. I would dream about Chu Xin, and I would feel very uncomfortable."
In front of her mother, Chu Yi finally showed her weak and helpless side, which she had always been supporting.
Along the way, I always felt stuck in my heart and not happy at all, because I knew what I would face when I returned.
Faced with a woman who looks similar to Chu Xin, it seems that one can imagine how Xiao Zhi will prefer her. Even if there is not that woman, there will be other women, and he feels that his life is suddenly bound to these. Same.
"Yi'er, you should be glad that your imperial brother is His Majesty of Dachu. You are the rightful Princess Xiang. Don't you understand? Identity is the most useful thing. You are the Princess Xiang. No one in the palace dares to do so except Prince Xiang. Climb on your head, do you understand what I mean?"
The Queen Mother really hated the iron, she really doted on her daughter too much, she didn't know how to deal with things when she encountered them, she only knew how to gamble on the breath in her heart!
"You are the princess, and you feel you have been wronged. What if you are just the concubine? You will only suffer more grievances than today. If you are an unfavored concubine, you will suffer even more grievances!
If you have children in the future, if your children are not legitimate children, they will only follow you and be bullied. Yi'er, do you understand what I mean when I say this? "
If it had been anyone else, the Queen Mother would have been too lazy to say so much. But after all, this was her biological daughter, so she could only persuade her with heartfelt words.
Chu Yi just lowered her head in grievance and allowed the Queen Mother to scold her. She had not felt like this for a long time. After being away from her relatives for so long, she suddenly felt satisfied even if she was scolded a few times after she came back.
"Princess, in fact, most of what the Queen Mother said was for your own good. She really cared about you. There is no one in the world who loves you more than her!"
On the way back, Yuexiang said distressedly.
"I know, I will listen to whatever the Queen Mother says."
Chu Yi's eyes were still red, and Chu Gong still hadn't changed at all, as if he was still the same as when he was a child.
As she walked along the palace road, some concubines would nod respectfully to her when they saw her.
"Brother Huang has so many concubines. I have already met several of them in just a few days since I came back. Some of them are indeed beautiful."
Chu Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Look, men are all like this. They wish they could have as many women as possible."
Her imperial brother is like this, isn't Xiao Zhi also like this?
"By the way, how is General Tao? I haven't asked him in the past few days. Is his wound completely healed? I'll go see him in which palace he is."
Chu Yi suddenly thought of something. It was Tao Yong who saved him last time. He did protect himself very well.
"General Tao lives in Yongfu Hall."
When Chu Yi entered, it was very quiet inside, as if no one was there.
Chu Yi shouted softly, but there was still no response. Could it be that he went out?
But this is Chu Palace, how can he, a Northern Qi native, go out and wander around at will?
Chu Yi's face looked a little bad. Originally, it was just out of favor that she wanted to come over and take a look in person. But in the end, if no one saw her, then wouldn't this trip have been in vain?
"It's late at night, why is the princess looking for me like this?"
Suddenly hearing a sound above her head, Chu Yi looked up in surprise and found that the person sitting on the tree was Tao Yong.
"Why did General Tao climb up the tree? Could it be that my palace in Dachu cannot be seen by you?"
Chu Yi was a little angry. She was not someone who easily gave others good looks. Being able to condescend to come here was already giving Tao Yong face, but she didn't expect to be teased like this.
"The princess has wronged me for saying this. It's because I think the palaces of Da Chu are so beautiful and huge, so I want to go to a high place to appreciate these palaces carefully. I didn't expect that the princess would come over so late. If the princess is allowed to If you’re angry, it’s really my fault!”
Tao Yong smiled heartily and didn't care. It was normal for everyone to have a little temper. If they were well-behaved, they would be really boring. He liked people with personality and temper.
Chu Yi raised her head and looked at the person sitting on the tree. At this moment, the sky had completely darkened, and she could only see clearly under the moonlight. In a daze, she suddenly thought of the memories from many years ago.
Didn't the people in the south courtyard sit on the trees like they do now? It seems to have been many years ago, and the people now are not the same people they remembered.
Maybe it was a mistake from the beginning, and she shouldn't have gotten involved. Xiao Zhi was indeed not a good match, but she was just too persistent.
It's just that these few years are going to be wasted like this, no, it is absolutely impossible!
We have reached this point. Even if we take the wrong path, we must go to the end. We must not let ourselves suffer these grievances in vain!
