The expression on Jiang Shuhua's face suddenly froze. She looked at Qi in surprise, "Mom, what are you talking about?"
Mrs. Qi slowly put away the teapot, put her hands on her knees, sat upright, and looked at her calmly, "You have always been smart. In this house, I, the mother, are better than you."
But you, at such a young age, were able to solve many things for me.
Now that you are getting older and have encountered many things, you are naturally more successful than before. Although the environment in the palace is more complicated, I think these will not trouble you.
It seems like you were born to be in that kind of place."
"Mother?" Jiang Shuhua looked at Mrs. Qi in disbelief, "You...how could you say such a thing? Do you know how much suffering I have endured since I entered the palace?
Everyone has a backer. Even those women with very low status actually have one or two officials in their families, but I am the only one who does not.
My father doesn't recognize me, and the Xie family doesn't recognize me. In the East Palace, everyone secretly laughs at me for being just a country girl from a farmer's family. I have no way to get rid of this identity. I want people to know that I still have my mother.
My mother is the daughter of a wealthy family and is the head matron of the Xie family.
But I didn’t tell anyone, because no one would believe me, and everyone could only see that no one interacted with me, I had no family to support me, and no close relatives could come to the East Palace to see me.”
As she spoke, she shed tears, and then looked at Mrs. Qi with tearful eyes, "Mom, it's really hard for me. In the palace, even the maids can bully me, and the maids in front of the princess look down on me.
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A mother-in-law can come over and set rules for me. At the beginning, when I was pregnant, I was alone in that yard and saw no one all day long. I even had to be careful with the food that was brought to me every day.
I have a child in my belly, and I don’t know how many people are staring at me. The Crown Princess is sweet-mouthed and bitter-hearted. She tries to act like a good person, but there are still countless minions behind her. Those people are all using sharp swords against me.
Jian, mother, I was wallowing in blood and tears all the way here.
Can't you imagine it? Every time I'm scared, I think, I must survive, I must climb to the top, my mother is still suffering in the Xie family, I must be her proud daughter,
I have to let everyone see that my mother's choice is right and I can get up!"
At this point, Jiang Shuhua broke down in tears and lay on the table crying uncontrollably.
Qi just sat across from her and looked at her quietly, as if she was a silent listener. No change in expression could be seen on her face.
Jiang Shuhua's heart sank little by little, but her mind slowly calmed down. She reached out to hold Qi's hand, but found that the other person's hand was under the table, and she couldn't hold it at all.
"Mom...what's wrong with you?"
Mrs. Qi shook her head gently, "You tell me, I'm listening!"
"Why are you unmoved at all by my affairs? Don't you feel sorry for me at all? Don't you think my life is very hard now?"
"Of course!" Ms. Qi nodded, "But...haven't you already enjoyed the rewards of this hard work? Even if you don't go out in the house, I have heard about your situation in the East Palace.
Think about how everyone looked at you when you first entered, and how the prince missed you. But under such circumstances, you were able to stand up, and you even got the right to manage the East Palace. That's it.
, you are already more powerful than almost all the women in the world."
The smile on her face was actually somewhat gratifying, "I used to worry that you would not be able to survive in the East Palace after you left the Xie family and changed your surname back to Jiang.
But it turns out that I thought too much, and you are much stronger than I thought. So I can feel relieved. It doesn't matter if you don't have the Xie family. With your ability, you don't need to bear the surname of the Xie family.
Even if you don't have any help at all, you can get everything you want by relying on your own ability. This is what I feel most reassured about you."
These words sounded like they were agreeing with her, affirming that she was even proud of her, but at this moment Jiang Shuhua actually felt a chill.
This kind of coldness came from Qi's body. It was a distant and indifferent politeness, and a completely inconsiderate look.
right!
At this time, Mrs. Qi talked about her affairs like a calm bystander.
"Mother..." Jiang Shuhua took a long time to find her voice and said with a bit of uncertainty, "Do you... really think... I don't need the Xie family anymore?"
Mrs. Qi was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Shu'er, now it's not about whether you need the Xie family, but... in fact, you have nothing to do with the Xie family anymore. You should realize this in your heart earlier.
, is something more beneficial to you.
With your temperament, once you rely on something, it will limit your performance. What's more, the facts are facts. When the imperial edict came down, everything was already settled.
Even if the prince succeeds to the throne, no matter how much the prince values you, this cannot change, because it is the imperial edict of Emperor Yufeng, and he cannot overturn his father's order at will."
Jiang Shuhua never expected that she would hear these words when meeting Qi today.
Although Mrs. Qi looks much older, judging from the way she looks at her, she is obviously not much different from the Ms. Qi she used to be.
Why is she so cold?
Treat yourself with such cruelty and alienation.
"But mother, you don't know that there is a princess in the East Palace now. She is a girl from the Wen family. The Wen family is now at the peak of its power, even more so than the Zhao family back then.
The most important thing is, do you know who the fifth girl of the Wen family is? There is no such thing as the fifth girl of the Wen family. Perhaps, this person does not exist in the Wen family's hometown."
Jiang Shuhua looked at Qi with a bit of pleading, "That person is Princess Huimin, Princess Huimin! It's just that she changed her identity and entered the East Palace.
The identity of the girl from the Wen family is innocent, so she can sit on the throne of the princess smoothly. She also has the support of the Wen family and the eldest princess's palace. Mother... I have no choice, I will be killed by her.
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Mom, I need you, I need you to help me, can you just bear to watch me being bullied in the East Palace? I still have two children! Those are your granddaughters!
If I die, what will happen to the child? Mom, I know it’s not easy for you in the house now, but...but I really have no choice!"