Li Shuyi has experienced many more changes than the portrait painted by Shi Yu.
Back then, a woman who could enter the Eastern Palace and be the crown prince's concubine could not have bad looks. But now, her face is saggy and droopy, and her body is thin.
Seeing the two people coming in, her eyes fell on Shi Yu, "I remember that I have no grudge against His Highness King Rong. I wonder why King Rong wanted to arrest me?"
Wei Qingyan's eyes moved slightly.
Shi Yu was only a few years old when she left the palace. She could recognize Shi Yu at a glance, which showed that she had met Shi Yu before.
Yu Zhengde said that Li Shuyi had been in Jiangnan after leaving Beijing. Even if Shi Yu went to Jiangnan, he concealed his identity. So Li Shuyi could only know Shi Yu and learn her identity in the capital.
She had come to the capital secretly over the years, and she gently tugged on Shi Yu's sleeve.
Shi Yu also thought of this and said quietly, "You are wrong. I saved you."
There was a trace of bitterness on Li Shuyi's lips, "A common woman would like to thank the prince for saving her life. I just wonder what the prince is going to do to me?"
She called herself a commoner's wife to draw a clear line between herself and the emperor and Yu Zhengde. The former did so because she had no feelings, while the latter did not want to be involved.
"There are some things that I want Concubine Li to clear up. Once I understand them, I won't delay Concubine Li from meeting her daughter." Shi Yu's voice was light.
Li Shuyi's heart suddenly shrank.
King Rong knew her identity and the purpose of her coming to Beijing.
"What does the prince want to know?"
I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter.
Shi Yu took Wei Qingyan's hand and took a step forward, "Where are Shu's two children?"
Li Shuyi raised his eyes and looked at him. He did not answer immediately, but asked, "Does King Rong have the same thoughts as the Emperor?"
Do you all want to find those children, or are you unable to tolerate those children?
Shi Yu thought for a while and nodded, "I am asking this on behalf of Concubine Shu."
On his way back to the capital, Li Shuyi heard the news that the queen was dead and Lan Shu had returned to the capital. Seeing what Shi Yu said, he said, "Sister Shu's daughter was taken out of the palace by Liu He. You already know about this.
The emperor's eldest son was replaced by me. Children were often born in the sin slave house. I ordered someone to steal one out and adjusted the bag on the way to the queen when Po Wen took it to the queen.
The queen strangled the child in the sin slave house and handed the two children over to Liu He. I originally wanted to steal the eldest princess too, but Liu He was too vigilant and I had no chance, so I had to give up. "
She received a letter from Yu Zhengde, experienced a robbery, and almost lost her life. There were some things she didn't want to hide, and she even wanted to lower her profile to satisfy King Rong and give her a chance to meet her mother and daughter.
"The Queen wants the lives of Concubine Shu and her children with all her heart. How could you change the contract so easily?"
Li Shuyi nodded, "It is indeed not easy, but someone helped me. That person also revealed to me that the Queen wanted to kill Consort Shu's children.
But whether you believe it or not, I still don’t know who that person is. "
"You stole a child from the Sin Slave and sent the emperor's eldest son to the Sin Slave?" Wei Qingyan asked.
"Yes, it is not easy to get out of the palace, and it is even more difficult to send a child out of the palace. After the person helped to arrange the child, he never showed up again. My ability is limited, so I had to send the child to a sin slave.
I originally planned to tell Sister Shu about this after the Queen relaxed her vigilance in a few days, but I didn't expect that she would go crazy because of this.
The palace is the most noble place in the world. How can it tolerate crazy people? I told her that she couldn't protect her child and would hurt me.
Our relationship is not deep enough for me to take another risk for her, so I can only look for opportunities in the future.
I also knew that the children in the sin slave house were the result of the chaos in the previous royal family, and most of them would not live long, so I bribed the head of the house and let him take care of them for a while.
However, when I later got the chance to fake my death and leave the palace, I didn't care about him.
When I contacted the steward again, I found out that the steward saw that I was "dead" and that he no longer took care of the child without the money and benefits.
I used all the connections I could use in the palace, but couldn't find the child.
In a place like the Sin Slave House, most of the children who are left unattended are already dead. "
She looked at Shi Yu, "Sister Shu was kind to me, and I repaid her kindness by transferring her child. As for the child, I did my best.
Because I exposed myself by looking for that child, I had to stay away from the capital these years, and my mother and daughter were separated.
I have repaid Sister Shu's kindness. I helped her out of love. It's okay for me not to be busy. Please let me go for the sake of my best efforts. Your Majesty, please let me go. "
She is quite forthright.
It's hard to find true love in the palace. Her willingness to save Lan Shu's child shows that she still retains her conscience and knows how to be grateful.
If they didn't try their best to protect Abu later, honestly speaking, they really couldn't blame her, Shi Yu thought in his heart.
Wei Qingyan bit his inner lip.
After listening to Concubine Li's narration, she didn't know whether she was right or wrong in stealing Abu back then.
If she hadn't stolen Abu, Concubine Li would have managed to get Abu out of the palace and find an ordinary family to raise him, so he wouldn't have died in the war.
Her hand was held by Shi Yu, and he whispered, "She can't be taken out."
Shi Yu knew what she was thinking. He was telling her that even if she had not stolen Abu out, Concubine Li would not be able to take Abu out of the palace. In this case, Abu would have to be tortured to death in the sin slaves' house.
Wei Qingyan recalled the scene when she first met Abu and agreed with Shi Yu's words.
Concubine Li was unable to send Abu out of the palace when she was in the palace. After she left the palace, she was just Yu Zhengde's concubine. It was almost impossible to take someone out of the palace.
Seeing that her expression turned away from self-blame, Shi Yu turned his gaze back to Li Shuyi, "Who is the person you want to avoid?"
Li Shuyi hesitated for a moment and replied, "When I met the palace servants at the teahouse, I was met by Aunt Yuxiang who was beside the Queen Mother.
Aunt Yuxiang recognized me at a glance and tested me. Although I fooled her, she is the most useful nanny around the Queen Mother.
Why don't you check me? I can only stay away. "
"But the Queen Mother doesn't know that you are still alive, or it is impossible for you to come to Beijing secretly without being discovered." Shi Yu raised his eyebrows slightly.
He knew the Queen Mother, if she knew her son's woman, was unhappy that her son dared to fake his death and left the palace, and cuckolded her son, she would definitely find her son and execute him.
Li Shuyi was not surprised when Shi Yu guessed that he had secretly returned to the capital.
She looked a little sleepy, "I was lucky before, maybe Grandma Yuxiang didn't take my matter to heart at all and never checked it out.
But this time when I returned to Beijing and I was arrested in Linzhou, they obviously knew me or had seen my portrait.
I was drugged, so I bit the tip of my tongue to keep myself awake, and then pretended to faint. I heard them say, don't let this woman come back to Beijing.
Not many people in the capital know me, and even fewer know that I am still alive. Therefore, I think it’s not that Aunt Yuxiang didn’t check, or maybe she just didn’t tell the Queen Mother.
I just don’t know what relationship she has with Princess Yu. At first, when I was brought to Zhuangzi, they thought I was too old.
Now that I know what Princess Yu did, I am even more certain that she did not arrest me to cure my illness, but just to arrest me. "
