Chapter 506 Her life has been cold-hearted and cold-lung
The eldest princess stiffened.
She heard the same question twice.
The first time was on the day of the palace coup, when the rebels retreated like a tide.
The heavy door of Fengtian Temple opened, she held the imperial decree and saw the setting sun outside, which looked like blood.
Step by step as she walked out of the palace gate, the Queen Mother, who was still Concubine Jiang, had black hair and welcomed her out with a smile.
All the palace people, palace guards, civil and military officials, and rebels all focused on her.
In front of everyone's attention, she opened the imperial edict and read out the above words in a trembling voice.
After reading it, some civil and military officials were surprised, some were pleasantly surprised, and some were disappointed.
As for her adoptive mother, Concubine Jiang, the smile on her face became stiffer inch by inch.
She went from the eldest princess to the eldest princess, and her adoptive mother went from Concubine Jiang to the Queen Mother.
She went to Cining Palace, thinking that her mother would question her, scold her, and even beat her with a ruler and scold her like she did when she did something wrong when she was a child.
But there was nothing.
There was nothing but disappointment on her mother's face.
The more this happened, the more uneasy she became. She knelt at the feet of the Queen Mother, but she didn't know what to say.
His feelings for the Queen Mother also became increasingly complicated.
She was grateful for the Queen Mother's care for her as if she were her own, so much so that she always thought that she was the Queen Mother's biological daughter.
But she was also full of guilt for the Queen Mother, because at this time she already knew her own life experience and could not rely on the Queen Mother without any grudges like before.
She could not forget how the Queen Mother conspired with the concubine, and she could not forget how the concubine Yun was disheveled and was dragged to the public to act crazy.
The relationship between mother and daughter is still deep, but unfortunately it is no longer pure.
The Queen Mother seemed to have guessed that she already knew her life experience. She just looked at the dim palace lantern and said quietly: "Yu Chan'er, do you regret it?"
At that time, Yu Chan'er didn't know what she had lost.
The mind is dizzy.
Sometimes it looks like Yun Bin is crying and laughing, sometimes it looks like her husband is gentle and considerate, sometimes it looks like Junze is naughty.
She also thought of the late emperor's messy harem, of the late emperor's aging face, and of the rumors about Si Chen in the court.
Finally, I thought of my brother Jingxuan’s difficult days in the harem these years because of Yun Bin’s background.
And without knowing anything, she allowed the Crown Prince and Prince An to bully her younger brother, and she even felt disdain for him.
And knowing everything, he stood on the opposite side of the Crown Prince and Prince An, who had grown up together, and worked with the late emperor to make changes in the palace.
She watched the expressions of disbelief on the faces of the former crown prince and Prince An, watched the former crown prince being killed in front of Fengtian Hall, and watched Prince An fall to the ground seriously injured.
Giving up the throne in the Fengtian Palace was a moment of confusion and fear of the unknown.
There is also infinite guilt about Yun Bin, his brother Jingxuan, the late prince and Prince An.
She would feel guilty if she stepped on the bones of her younger brothers and ascended to the throne.
In addition, there are also thoughts about her husband Jun Jin and son Junze.
She knew that her husband Jun Jin was in trouble.
At this time, my sister-in-law Jun Menglan had just married her younger brother Jingxuan, and it was a time when they were inseparable.
Both Jun Jin and Jun Xian doted on their sister, and the Jun family had long been dissatisfied with her "female chicken Si Chen".
Due to various factors, when she was only one step away from the throne, she chose to stop.
When she knelt before the Queen Mother that night, her pain and confusion were beyond words.
The Queen Mother asked her as she did now: "Yu Chan'er, do you regret it?"
Do you regret it?
She didn't know that all the emotions made her breathless.
The palace people outside were already busy preparing many matters for the younger brother's ascension to the throne, and only the Cining Palace was silent.
What's the use of not regretting it after the dust has settled?
She didn't know whether it was a broken jar or a deception, but she said: "I don't regret it."
Later, Prince An rebelled, and her son conveyed Prince An's last regrets to her.
What is ridiculous is that she set up a trap with the late emperor to carry the unconscious Prince An back to the apse, taking the opportunity to support the Holy Emperor and interrupt Prince An's path to the throne.
But when Junze was in Jiangnan, he fell into the hands of Prince An. Prince An still remembered the past friendship and did not kill Junze.
On the contrary, it was the Holy Emperor who delayed the arrival of reinforcements regardless of his son's safety in order to make his division famous and to pacify Jiangnan in one fell swoop.
Now, something happened to the fifth prince, and the Holy Father even mentioned "Jing Shangjin, a villain" in the imperial edict, blaming her and her son in plain words.
Do you regret it?
The eldest princess raised her head with tears in her eyes, only to see the Queen Mother looking at her kindly.
Like all mothers in the world, they still have endless tolerance for children who have done wrong.
Now that the world is at peace, the eldest princess did not dare to answer. She just threw herself on the Queen Mother's lap and called out in tears: "Mother!"
The eldest princess, who was in her forties, cried like a child, her shoulders hunched and she kept sobbing.
The Queen Mother touched the eldest princess's head with her withered hands and said nothing.
When the eldest princess had cried enough, she still couldn't answer the question.
There was no disappointment on the Queen Mother's face, she just said, "The Ai family is getting old, and their health is not as good as before."
The eldest princess, who finally stopped her tears, burst into tears again.
The Queen Mother waved her hand and asked the palace servants to help the eldest princess go back.
When the eldest princess walked out of Cining Palace, her legs and feet felt weak.
As soon as he left the palace gate, he almost collapsed in the sedan chair.
Many emotions filled my heart.
Unexpectedly, asking the Queen Mother for the answer to all this made her fall into a deeper confusion.
After the eldest princess left, Hua Jincheng quietly walked to the Queen Mother and said, "The eldest princess still hasn't answered you?"
The Queen Mother held the Buddhist beads in her hand and twisted them quietly, with countless past events flashing through her eyes.
The Queen Mother said faintly: "She is a princess who grew up in the royal study. She even learned how to read by reading the memorials of civil and military officials. When she was interested, she drew pictures on the imperial edicts. The late emperor would not scold her."
She has been cold-hearted and cold-hearted throughout her life, and has used any means to achieve her goals. She deserves to be sent to Abi Hell for the sins she has caused.
Only Jingchan, her adopted daughter, is her weak spot.
When the late emperor brought Jingchan to his side, she was extremely sick.
Why should she raise a child born to her husband and a courteous wife?
But in the cold palace, a thin cry suddenly sounded.
The wet nurse gave the baby girl to her. The moment the baby girl saw her, she stopped crying, made a babbling sound, and smiled.
That was the most innocent and cutest smile she had ever seen.
The wet nurse said flatteringly: "The princess and Concubine Jiang are really destined."
This "destined relationship" made her devote her whole life with all her heart and soul.
Later, Concubine Yun was taken into the palace and gave birth to a prince in Yeting, who was deeply loved by the Holy Emperor.
It happened that Empress Jingde passed away, and the harem was leaderless. Only because she could say a few words in front of the late emperor, the concubines regarded her as a life-saving straw and sought solutions.
After seeing through the disgusting heart of the late emperor, she no longer coveted the pitiful favor and only concentrated on teaching Jingchan.
But the words from the palace maid next to her woke her up:
"The princess is Yun Bin's biological daughter. One day, Yun Bin wants to go back, but what should she do?"