How did your father die?

Mrs. Chen closed her eyes and lay on the pillow, feeling dazed for a while.

"Mother, mother."

His little body staggered through the curtain and climbed onto the bed.

The woman on the bed reached out to her with a sickly smile.

"Xue Niang, where have you been playing?" she asked softly, coughing several times after saying this.

"Mom, eat bean buns." The little girl handed half of the pastry in her hand to the woman's mouth.

The woman took a bite and praised with a smile how delicious it was.

"The queen gave it to me only for my daughter to eat." The girl said with a bit of pride in her milky voice.

The smile on the woman's face disappeared.

"Xue Niang, don't eat her food in the future..." she said, holding the child's soft wrist, "They killed your father, you don't eat their food..."

The cake in the girl's hand fell to the ground.

"Mother, mother. Don't die..."

The girl who woke up from the nightmare cried out loudly, and a pair of hands reached over to pat her gently in time.

"Snow Lady is not afraid, Snow Lady is not afraid." A soft female voice whispered.

The girl drowsily saw the concerned face of the woman in front of her.

The palace was not empty at night, with a few floor lamps swaying and soft female voices intermittent coming from the window lattice.

".. Now that her mother is gone, the child is being tricked into saying a few words that don't sit well with her. What does she know at such a young age? Why is she being rebellious? Why are you so angry..."

"... Others don't know how her father died, but we don't know it either?"

The girl lying in the back stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, swallowed back the breath that hit her throat, and huddled up holding the quilt.

Mrs. Chen's hands grabbed the corners of her clothes, and she felt like she couldn't breathe.

This breath has been pressing in her heart since then, and she can't let it out no matter how hard she vomits.

"I understand those principles, but there are some things in this world that just don't make sense." Madam Deqing ignored Chen's strange behavior. She breathed out and said calmly, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. They are the most powerful."

The Zhou Emperor's family should have ceased to exist."

"Yes, if you lose, it's not that you can't afford to lose." Mrs. Chen spoke up and lay still, "But there is nothing wrong with the fact that the hatred for killing your father is irreconcilable."

"That's right, you're right." Mrs. Deqinggong nodded and looked at Mrs. Chen, "What's wrong is that she recognized the wrong enemy and the wrong benefactor."

She chuckled when she said this. She felt a little tired, so she put her feet on the kang and leaned on the other side.

"Xue Niang, how did our Chen family get the honor and favor we have today?" she said.

A faint smile appeared on Mrs. Chen's lips, but she did not speak, nor did Mr. Deqing's wife let her speak.

"Xue Niang, do you think it's because your eldest brother has done something wrong and is a remnant of the previous dynasty that His Majesty carried the Western Chen to the Eastern Chen? So our glory was gained by stepping on your father's dignity?" Duke Deqing

The old lady continued.

She also smiled when she said this.

"You thought your father died trying to save Emperor Renzong Jing, but have you seen the bodies of your father and Emperor Jing?" Mrs. Deqing said, lowering her voice at this point.

Chen's dull expression finally fluctuated, and her breathing became rapid.

"Everyone says that your father died trying to save Emperor Jing. Have you ever seen the person who was rescued stabbed with a long sword?" Mrs. Deqing Gong said slowly.

What?

Mrs. Chen sat up suddenly and looked in the direction of Mr. Deqing and Mrs. Deqing with blank, lifeless eyes.

"Do you think that Emperor Taizu wanted to kill Emperor Jing, and your father died to protect Emperor Jing?" Mr. Deqing and his wife continued, "Wrong, your father did want to protect someone, but that is absolutely

It’s not Emperor Jing. He knows that the dragon boat must not dock. This world is no longer the world of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Rather than embarrass Emperor Taizu and let others do this, he would rather he do it! He is also happy to do so.

!Do this willingly!”

Mrs. Chen gasped for air and reached out to hold the hem of her clothes. Her bloodless face had begun to turn blue.

"Your father did not die for Emperor Renzongjing, nor for their great Zhou Dynasty, but for himself. He chose this path by himself. No one forced him, and no one harmed him. On the contrary, he

"Many people have been killed." Mrs. Deqing Gong exhaled and said calmly, "For his death, some people feel guilty, some secretly hate, some feel sad, some sneer, some wholeheartedly retaliate, and some wholeheartedly hate each other. He died.

It’s all over now.”

Chen shook his head.

"No, no, liar." She said tremblingly.

"Look, I said, you are not sure what we are saying, you only believe what you believe." Mrs. Deqinggong said with a sneer, "Why is your name Xue?"

Chen was stunned, and Qi Yue was also stunned.

This topic…

"Only when there is snow do you know the beauty of plum blossoms." Mr. Deqing and his wife turned to look out the window, and saw a tree with curved plum blossoms.

What's the meaning?

Qi Yue looked confused, but saw Chen stunned for a moment and suddenly laughed.

"Ha, ha." She laughed dryly, then suddenly closed her eyes and fell back heavily.

Qi Yue was frightened and rushed forward, shaking her and shouting.

"Snow Lady, Snow Lady."

The young man's cool voice rang in his ears.

"This name is very nice. The person who named you must like you very much." He said with a smile.

The young man's bright smile was reflected in the clear lake water.

Chen Xue lowered her head, not knowing whether it was because her legs hurt or she was too shy to move.

"Your girl has gone back to call for help. You can't soak in the water like this. Come on, let me help you sit on it first," the young man said.

A slender hand stretched out in front of his eyes.

Chen Xue lowered her head even lower.

"Are you Chen Qing's daughter?" A young man's voice came from above his head, "I heard what your girl said."

Chen Xue was stunned for a moment, raised her head slightly, and saw the young boy as bright as the sun.

"Your father is my family's benefactor." The young man smiled, stretched out his hand and leaned forward again, "Please allow me to repay my kindness, Miss."

no..

no…

Should not repay kindness, should take revenge...

Your Highness…

Chen Xue's tears rolled down.

"Do you have anything else to say to me now?" Madam Deqing looked at her and asked, her eyes falling on Qi Yue for the second time.

Qi Yue was slightly frightened by her sight, and her hand stretched out to Mrs. Chen involuntarily dropped.

"Do you have anything else to explain to me?" Mrs. Deqinggong asked again, but her eyes were still looking at Qi Yue.

Qi Yue lowered her hands and looked at her with an indifferent expression.

"No more." Chen's weak voice sounded.

There was silence in the room.

"Xue Niang, I really regret taking you there then." Mrs. Deqinggong murmured, her whole body lost her previous momentum, she collapsed on the kang, tears streaming down her face.

Mrs. Chen smiled slightly.

"But..." she also murmured, "I don't regret it..."

She carefully put her hand on the young man's arm, but it was slippery, scared and painful, so Chen Xue still fell down. Before she fell into the water again, the young man picked her up by the waist.

Chen Xue screamed in fear.

At that moment, the young man had already turned to the shore and put her down firmly.

"Your legs are so beautiful." The young man said, gave her a bright smile, turned around and left.

Chen Xue couldn't help but stand up.

"Your Highness..." she shouted, looking at the retreating figure, "Wait for me..."

Mrs. Chen closed her eyes, with a slight smile on her lips. The hand holding her heart dropped softly, and a jade plaque fell from her hand.

Qi Yue bit her lower lip and tears began to fall.

that's all?
To be continued...