Chu Mingyang also replied in a faint tone, "Friendship? Bah, just a slave."

Chu Mingcui didn't like her tone, so she stopped talking. The two sisters left the palace and went back to their parents' home.

When he returned to Chu's mansion, Chu Mingyang ignored Chu Mingcui and returned to the house by himself.

Chu Mingcui went to visit her grandmother. The Prime Minister's wife has not recovered since she lost her voice after losing her "accidentally".

The Prime Minister's wife naturally knew that in this mansion, there was only one person who could drug her.

She became obedient and self-righteous, and the couple was almost over for the rest of their lives. She knew too well that he was cruel.

For what he cares about, he can ignore his relatives.

When she heard Chu Mingcui say that she encountered Madam Xi today, she was frightened and shook her head at Chu Mingcui, indicating that she should not mess with that woman.

Chu Mingcui whispered: "The granddaughter knows, but Mingyang doesn't take her seriously."

The chief wife smiled bitterly and shook her head.

***

In the evening, Shoufu Chu returned to the mansion. He was used to eating alone. As soon as he asked someone to put down bowls and chopsticks in the house, he heard the servant come in and report, "Master, a man who claims to be a Madam Xi has come and said he wants to see you."

Shoufu Chu raised his head, his eyes a little stunned, "Madam Xi?"

"When you say yes, yes." said the lower man.

Chu Shoufu's loss of consciousness was only a moment, and he immediately returned to normal, "Invite her in."

"Yes!" The servant took the order and left.

Shoufu Chu looked at the old manager who was serving around him, "What did you think she is here to do?"

The old manager bowed and said, "I dare not speculate."

Chu Shoufu said lightly: "I'm afraid it's for the sake of Princess Chu."

The old manager responded, and was also a little stunned.

The servant led Madam Xi in and bowed and left.

Shoufu Chu stood up and watched Madam Xi slowly cross the threshold and come in.

"I have met the Chief Aunt!" Madam Xi bowed in a good manner.

Chu Shoufu whispered: "No need to be polite, sit down!"

Madam Xi saw the food on the table, "Didn't you use food yet?"

"I'm just ready to use it." Chu Shoufu invited, "Why, let's go together?"

Madam Xi walked over, looked at the light two dishes and one soup, then looked at his thin and clear face, and said, "You should eat better."

"Just eat simple food," said Shoufu Chu.

Madam Xi turned her head and had already thought about the words when she came, but she didn't know how to speak.

The old manager stepped forward, "Sister Xier, it's been a long time since we met."

"Plowhead, I haven't seen you for a long time." Madam Xi looked at the old manager, "Is that okay?"

"Okay, okay, everything is fine!" said the old manager with a smile, "but it seems that not long after, we are all old."

Madam Xi nodded silently, yes, she became old in the blink of an eye.

The old manager bowed and left, and there were only two men in the room, Shoufu Chu and Madam Xi.

Shoufu Chu had already sat down and looked at her, "Sit down and talk."

Madam Xi shook her head, cleared her thoughts in her heart, looked at him and said seriously: "Last time, you asked me to drug the Supreme Emperor, I did as you wish, I have paid off what I owe you."

Chu Shoufu did not explain that this was Chu Mingcui's meaning, not his meaning, and he even learned about it later.

He said, "You don't owe me anything."

Madam Xi smiled sadly, "I don't know, whether it's okay to owe it or not, it's always a good idea."

Shoufu Chu looked at her, "Did you come here just for me to say this to me?"

Madam Xi shook her head and asked, "Why do you have to marry Chu Mingyang to the King of Chu?"

"This is indeed my idea. I have my intention to do this." Chu Shoufu said.

Madam Xi said sternly: "If you have the intention, you can go against the will of others? The King of Chu is unwilling to marry Chu Mingyang as his concubine, and the Princess of Chu will not agree. Why do you have to force others to do this? Today in the palace, your granddaughter Chu Mingyang said rude to the princess, which made the princess angry. I know that your Chu family has been at its peak for many years and is unscrupulous to everyone. Even if the princess is born, at most it will only be scolded, but it will decline. Today, the arrogance of the Chu family will cause a great disaster for your Chu family."

If others say this last sentence, Shoufu Chu will definitely be furious.

But what she said was a bitter advice, reminder, and alert.

But he also argued a little, saying, "In recent years, I have not been arrogant or domineering, nor have I been unscrupulous. Even as I grow older, I have become more and more restrained and calm. I think you see it all."

Madam Xi said, "But your descendants are not. They have begun to provoke royal rules with your might and power. In the past, I remember your mother said something to me, and now she is also given back to you. The bottom line must never be crossed. If you cross the bottom line, you will be a deep abyss."

Shoufu Chu looked at her, "Why do you want to help Princess Chu? You have never come to me for the past few years. I don't think you just treat her as her master. I want to hear the truth."

Madam Xi confessed very frankly, "Two reasons, the first is that she saved my life. When I drugged it, the Supreme Emperor knew that she saved me. The second reason..."

She sighed heavily, and her eyes were filled with slight sorrow. She looked at him and said, "The King of Chu does not want to marry a concubine. She wants to end up with the princess. I want to fulfill this relationship. That is something I cannot get in my life."

When Chu Shoufu looked at her, the sharp light in his eyes gradually disappeared, and his face was filled with sadness.

"So, you said that in order to serve the Supreme Emperor, you were just a slander. "Shoufu Chu said.

She doesn't speak.

Chu Shoufu smiled, and there was a little nostalgia in his eyes, "Chu Mingcui went to find you and asked you to drug the Supreme Emperor. Although I was angry, I was actually secretly happy. At that moment, I knew what price you were willing to pay for me."

Madam Xi still lowered her eyebrows, but she was hit hard by something in her heart, sore and painful.

"At this point, you and I are all white-haired. I only have a truth. Why didn't you want to believe me at the beginning?" Chu Shoufu looked at her and asked.

Madam Xi looked up at him, and the expression in his eyes was still serious, just like back then.

She didn't know what to say, but after thinking for a long time, she slowly spoke, "This is great. I'll live my life in the palace. You make achievements outside the palace, with many wives and concubines, and children and grandchildren. We can all die well. This is the best result."

Shoufu Chu was very disappointed, "Do you not even want to give me an answer?"

Madam Xi remembered the past, and she was also confused. "What I want is a serious crime to say it as my identity. Who in the world knows? Perhaps it is only the Princess of Chu. Forget it, I'm leaving. I hope you can give the Princess of Chu and the others peace and make her have a good birth."

After Madam Xi finished speaking, she turned around and left.

Chu Shoufu watched her back disappear into the dusk and sighed softly.

He is afraid he will never know the real answer in his life.

Princess Chu understands her? If she didn't say it, no one would understand it, but if she said it, would he not understand?
Chapter completed!