Tianliang said nothing else. He and Concubine Ning picked up the wine glasses at the same time and drank the third glass of wine.
When the wine glass was put down, Concubine Ning raised her eyelids, looked at her and whispered coldly: "Miss Li is really cautious. I made the meal with my own hands and asked you to watch it from beginning to end, but you still can't get rid of your wariness and are still attracted by you."
One after another secretly tested the poison and this wine. If you hadn't tried it and I persuaded you like this, I'm afraid you wouldn't have taken a sip, right?"
Tian Liang looked at her with piercing eyes, "Since Concubine Ning knows that I am guarding against you, why do you want to expose everything at this time? Some things can be kept as secrets, and it is best to keep them as secrets forever."
"secret……"
Concubine Ning supported the table, stood up slowly, and looked down at Tianliang, "Since you said that, you know everything. Even an outsider like you can know this so-called secret. What else do I have the ability to do?"
Keep this secret?"
"An outsider," Tian Liang raised his eyes, "ever since the time your Majesty sent people to assassinate me twice, I am no longer an outsider."
Concubine Ning's skin, which was already as white as snow, was even more pale and bloodless. She slowly raised her hands to cover her face, and her shoulders began to tremble...
Tian Liang lowered his eyes for a while and then raised his head and said, "I didn't tell him about these two assassinations. I think the three kings probably didn't know about it..."
"Miss Li, you are a good person with a kind heart." Concubine Ning put down her hand, her face was still pale, but her tone had returned to normal, "You actually comforted me, a murderer who once wanted to harm you."
"Whether it was the attack by the local martial arts master in the martial arts, or the assassination by the wooden martial arts in the inn... In fact, the queen knows better than me, that it can't kill me."
After Tianliang finished speaking, Concubine Ning had a beautiful smile on her lips, "I heard that Miss Li must avenge and repay any grudges she has, but Miss Li is so kind to me, an ugly and jealous woman."
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Tianliang looked at the traces of time accumulated in the corners of her eyes, and then looked at the hand she had been holding tightly, and shook her head slightly.
Yes, this is her principle.
But for a poor woman who only knows how to give, and even lives without a life and loses herself, why should she be demanding?
She felt somewhat unspeakably respectable towards this woman who was jealous of love but could overcome her jealousy without turning it into ugly hatred.
There are a few people in the world who, even if they are jealous, would want to give in for the one they love.
"For this third glass of wine, I just want you, Miss Li, to listen to a story I tell you."
Concubine Ning said and sat down.
She didn't wait for Tianliang to agree and began to state silently——
"These words have been buried in my heart for a long time. For six years, I have never told anyone. But Miss Li, I want to tell you. I want you to know that the man you rejected so angrily today
, but some people can't even think about it, can't covet it, can't even dream about it, and even if they admire every move he makes towards you, they still have to swallow it silently and can't reveal anything about it.
In fact, I always thought that this would be fine for the rest of my life.
Watch him grow, watch him transform from a young boy into an upright man, watch him become king, watch him return in triumph on a horse with three thousand elite soldiers...
No matter what, I am the first person I see and the one I keep looking at.
It doesn't matter that he doesn't know. It doesn't matter that he has never looked at me seriously. Even if he gradually distances himself from me and calls me "Ning Fei" in a strange way, I know that there has never been a woman more special than me beside him.
...Even if he doesn't remember that one-night stand six years ago, I understand that he doesn't reject me from guarding him silently.
I am six years older than the Three Kings.
My sister has always known that I care about him in my heart. My life was saved by the three kings, and then I was lucky enough to follow my sister into the palace.
At that time, my sister realized that she was suffering from an incurable disease, and she only left me to take care of her at night. She suddenly asked me, "The Ai family is in poor health, and it may be difficult to work for Tian'er anymore. Ning Ning, can you take over the burden of the three kings for the Ai family?"
?
Of course I was willing, so I knelt down and kowtowed to her three times, made a promise, and swore an oath.
I am not a greedy person, but after I agreed, I made a willful wish and request to my sister - I wanted to be his first woman.
Because he has to enter the palace after all, of course I can and understand that my sister will not let him be even aware of this matter, but I think that if he can at least have such a unique one in his life, even if he will never be
He knows it, but I am also satisfied.
I remember what happened that night very clearly, and I still dream about it sometimes. Although I will always remember the pain and burst into tears when I woke up, it was really happy. When you only have such happiness, no matter what
No matter how small it is, it can become the entire pillar of your life.
Later, after I entered the palace, I waited for nearly two months before the emperor revealed my sign. Sister Lao made some tricks and managed to hide it from Emperor Xifeng. She successfully and safely became Zhaoyi in the palace and stayed.
But only a few days after that, I found out that I was pregnant. It was very clear whose child it was, and I insisted on keeping it. At that time, in order to keep this child, I hid it from the doctor, my sister, and the emperor, and I worked very hard to hide it.
, every step is difficult.
Fortunately, I survived.
God took pity on me and took great pains. Regardless of whether my sister knew it or not, she never mentioned this child to me until the last moment when she died of illness. Later, the emperor favored me very much. Because I was pregnant with a dragon fetus, I was promoted to the rank of concubine.
I successfully made some arrangements secretly and gave birth to Hua Ming as a premature baby with the Feng family name.
The palace only said that Hua Ming's name was chosen by me after careful consideration and after asking the emperor. But in fact, it was the name of the three kings, and I just used a method unknown to others.
When Hua Ming was one month old, I accidentally played with wooden calligraphy tablets in front of the three kings. I randomly picked up a few pieces and asked him which words he thought were the most beautiful.
He ordered two slices, commented softly, put them down casually, and left after the banquet.
Those two words are exactly Hua and Ming.
The surname of the Feng family, coupled with the name he personally chose, and God sent one of his children to accompany me, made me even more dedicated to him. Soon, even the emperor often praised me for my quality and my heart.
He took good care of the harem, promoted me to a noble concubine, and gave me all the rights to manage the harem.
I started to take care of things in the palace. At the beginning, I was still unavoidable and made many mistakes.
Once, she was tricked by other concubines and was rewarded with fifteen palace sticks by the emperor before she was dragged back to the palace.
At that time, Hua Ming was still young and ignorant, and always liked to cry. He saw me being dragged back in a bloody state, lying on top of me, crying and asking, why did my father beat my mother and concubine? Didn’t my father feel sorry for my mother and concubine?
, Mother and Concubine, let’s leave here. If Father can’t be found, we won’t beat you again...
I was sad for a moment, hugged him and cried, and mother and son cried together.
At that time, I was a little unwilling and a little desperate. Late at night, I even thought about giving up. I didn't understand the meaning of my persistence.
I fell into a coma, going through a complicated battle in my heart, and fell asleep with tears...
When I woke up, the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was him——
Do you know what he is doing?
He actually hugged my Hua Ming, leaned against my bed, and slept like that with his eyes closed all night...
I looked at the pair of big and small hands they were holding, and very carefully secretly put mine in. After shaking it so quickly and urgently, I quickly let go.
His hands were rough, with many calluses from years of training in the military camp. They were also big and warm. I didn't dare to covet them, but at that moment, I will always remember the warmth.
At that time, I thought, if I gave up, what would I have left?
But I will become like a woman in the palace who has no heart and only knows how to fight for favors. If I become like that, I will be a real walking corpse, and my life will be meaningless.
After he woke up, he only said that he heard that I was beaten and the medicine came. I smiled and thanked him, and asked him that I have been weak these days and need support. Can he take more care of Hua Ming on my behalf?
He did not refuse, but agreed, and took Hua Ming to stay in the mansion for nearly seven days before sending him back.
I have never seen Hua Ming so happy and excited. He said that he liked the third brother the most.
I touched his head, went back to the bedroom alone, closed the curtains, and shed a pillow of tears.
These tears are left for my determination, for him, for Hua Ming, and for myself.
At that time, I thought that even though the Three Kings knew that I had been helping him, they never said any more words to me or showed any enthusiasm, but I understood that he would only respond with such indulgence when he was treating his own people.
Xia Huaming pestered her and did many things that were not in line with his temperament.
He regards me as one of his own.
This goes on day after day, year after year.
Unknowingly, he grew from a young boy to a handsome and charming young master, and became the best among the emperor's sons.
I have gone from a young girl to a woman who is tired of fighting every day in the palace.
Who knew that time would make people grow old so quickly.
In the third year after I entered the palace, traces began to appear in the corners of my eyes. When he brought thousands of elite soldiers and tens of thousands of people to the capital for the first time, I sat in front of the dressing mirror in the deep palace and discovered the first white hair on my head.