That day when Duke Xiao mentioned Concubine Xin, Xiao Bi wanted to know the whole story clearly.

It was just that she took her grandfather's age into consideration and was afraid that bringing up old things would make him too sad, so she didn't ask any further questions.

But even if others don't explain many things clearly, she can figure it out by herself.

The biggest targets of King Yong's rebellion were Emperor Fengping and the prince. As long as they were captured, it would be meaningless for grandfather and Duke Huan to lead troops to serve the king.

As the only Duke's palace in the Wei Dynasty, the Xiao family, which had a large number of soldiers, was naturally among their targets.

As long as he can capture the old, weak, women and children of the Xiao family, my grandfather will definitely use the rat weapon.

But my grandfather was far away in Yanmen County at that time, and it would take at least ten days to gather troops to march to Beijing, and there would be too many variables during this period.

King Yong's strength is limited. In critical moments, he will not pick up sesame seeds and throw away watermelons, but will only concentrate his troops to track the emperor and the prince.

With the one hundred and fifty guards from the Duke's Mansion, it was not difficult for the Xiao family to escape from the capital safely.

Even if one hundred people were taken away by his father, the remaining fifty guards would still be able to protect the safety of the Xiao family.

Perhaps that was what my father thought back then, so he sent a hundred people to protect the Xin family.

But did the Xin family really need to be rescued at that time?

They did act as a scapegoat and betrayed King Yong at a critical moment, but the value of revenge was not great.

It is impossible for the Yongwang generation of heroes to lose sight of priorities.

Only a fool would do such a stupid thing at the critical moment when chasing the emperor and the prince.

King Yong is not a fool, and neither is his father.

He knew that the Xin family was not in danger, but he still took away a hundred guards. What was his purpose?

For more than half a month, Xiao Bi pondered this issue countless times, but she still had no reasonable explanation.

At this moment, facing Xiao Heng who might know the inside story, she asked the doubts in her heart.

Xiao Heng said coldly: "I asked him many times, but he still refused to tell the truth.

Since he refused to say it, I can only assume that he was so stunned by beauty that he even forgot about the life and death of his entire family.

Moreover, so what if he has no choice but to do so?

It is a fact that the Xiao family was abandoned by him, and it is also a fact that his mother will never come back.

Xiaojiu, I will never forgive him in this life.

To tell you the truth, I was already prepared to die with him at that time.

If the third aunt hadn't discovered it in time, he would have been gone in this world, and so would I."

"Sister..." Xiao Bi called out in a hoarse voice.

Xiao Heng choked and said: "The reason why I haven't been willing to tell you the truth these years is because I don't want you to be like me back then..."

"I know." Xiao Bi gently held her shoulders: "Don't worry, big sister, I will never do anything to hurt the enemy a thousand times and hurt myself eight hundred times."

"Yeah." Xiao Heng sniffed: "Xiaojiu, if you think so, I can finally tell you everything with confidence."

Xiao Bi knew that what Xiao Heng wanted to say must be the cause of his mother's death.

She had asked this question when she was very young, but all her relatives said that her mother was frightened while fleeing, which ultimately led to dystocia.

She believed him at first because his relatives had no reason to deceive him.

But Xiao Chan's words on her eighth birthday seemed to sow a seed of doubt in her heart.

She killed her mother.

Xiao Chan was still young, so it was natural that Xin Su had instigated her to say such vicious words, and the purpose was of course to hurt her.

She has been a solid child since she was a child. This is not the first day she heard that her mother died in childbirth. How could she give up on herself because of this?

The reason why I no longer want to celebrate birthdays is because I don’t think my mother’s memorial day is worth celebrating; and the second reason is because of the doubt in my heart.

Xin Su is indeed vicious, but those words are definitely not groundless.

How could it achieve the purpose of harming her simply by dying in childbirth?

More than once, she struggled with how her mother was "harmed" to death by herself.

Now that the answer is about to be revealed, Xiao Bi has become calmer.

"You tell me, I can bear anything."

Xiao Heng nodded and recounted what happened fifteen years ago.

"The guards of the Duke's Mansion were all carefully selected by my grandfather. Even though there were only fifty people left, they still escorted our family out of the South City Gate smoothly.

But no one expected that less than half an hour after leaving the capital, we would encounter the empress and prince fleeing the capital, and of course the pursuers of King Yong.

The imperial guards and our family's guards fought bloody battles with the pursuers and made great sacrifices.

Fortunately, the reinforcements from several feudal princes arrived in time and the siege was relieved.

The casualties in that battle were very high. More than half of the royal guards were lost, and there were only five of our guards left.

Just when everyone was happy to finally escape, they discovered that their mother was seriously injured..."

Xiao Heng's voice became lower and lower, and his whole body was trembling.

She could never forget that scene in her life.

The pregnant mother was wearing a dark red dress. In the panic, no one noticed that her dress was soaked in blood.

After all the rebels were strangled, my mother could no longer hold on and fainted in her arms.

"...Xiaojiu, my mother was shot in the back by a stray arrow, right in the middle of her heart..."

There was a wry smile on Xiao Bi's lips.

Even now, the eldest sister is still protecting herself in her own way.

In fact, there were some things that she didn't need to explain explicitly, she had guessed them very early on.

The Wei royal family has never been generous.

The reason why the late emperor responded to his mother's requests, and even gave himself an imperial edict of independent marriage, was to repay his kindness.

In such a critical situation, the mother's choice determined the fate of the emperor and the prince.

In other words, it was the empress and the prince who indirectly killed the mother.

But I heard Xiao Heng continue: "After returning to the capital, the late emperor called together all the imperial doctors and famous doctors in the capital and ordered them to save his mother's life at all costs.

One of them, a famous doctor named Gui, said that he was 60% sure that he could save his mother's life, but..."

Xiao Bi smiled sadly: "It's just that the medicine he used will harm the fetus, right?"

Xiao Heng stroked her cheek distressedly: "You were already seven months old at that time, and such a choice was too cruel.

The mother refused at that time, and only asked those famous imperial doctors to ensure that she could give birth smoothly..."

Xiao Bi's tears finally shed.

Xin Su's words were actually correct.

One life for another, the mother exchanged her life for the life of her little daughter.

How deep of love does it take for a mother to make such a choice?

"Xiao Jiu..." Xiao Heng wiped her tears for her: "You are still young, so you may not be able to understand this kind of love.

In fact, I am the same. Before I became a mother, I couldn’t figure out who in the world was worthy of giving up my life to protect.

But since I had Luoer, I understand everything.
Chapter completed!