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Murong Xueyan's words shocked Xue Xijian. He never thought that she would live such a life before Beiqi. In his imagination, she lived a free and boring life in the royal palace, so that she would be tired and disappointed with Nangong Yi a few years later.
Since he gave her maximum freedom at the beginning, why did she leave him?
"Xueyan... I have one thing, and I want to ask you many times."
Looking at Xue Xijian's hesitant expression, she vaguely guessed something, but she just smiled happily: "Your Majesty, it's okay to ask."
"Why on earth will you leave Nangongyi?"
Why? Why did you leave? At the beginning, she was so angry that she didn't even want to mention him, but after a few months, she found that no matter how much she hated him and how unwilling she was to forgive him, the most unforgettable thing in her heart was the person who hurt her the most - Nangong Yi.
After such a long time, her heart has already calmed down. This is the first time that she can talk to a person about the most sad past.
"I will leave him because I saw him entangling with his old lover with my own eyes." Even if it was over, when she mentioned it again, she still felt dirty and disgusting, as if the dirtiest scene in the world was still in front of her.
The past is gone, but the pain brought by it cannot be completely ignored.
"You..." In the concept of ancient men, it was very common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. When Xue Xijian was the prince, in addition to the imperial concubine Chu Hengruo, there were also two side concubines. Therefore, he can't fully understand Murong Xueyan's pain. In his opinion, Nangong Yi can take his old lover as a side concubine or even a concubine...
"In my mind, a man can only marry one wife in his life. If a man marries a woman, he should treat her well and don't provoke other women again. Murong Xueyan said, "Nan Gongyi once had a side concubine and two concubines who were against me all day long. I didn't like them, so I chased them out of the palace."
"Get out?" Xue Xijian couldn't imagine the gentle and touching woman in front of him as a "tough woman" who could drive her husband's concubines out of the house with a moment of anger.
"Yes." Murong Xueyan smiled and remembered that it was still a little funny to deal with Liu Xiangxiang's group of people at that time.
"You..." Xue Xijian was stunned again.
If one day, let her be the concubine in the harem, will she also expel all the other concubines in the harem like the side concubines of Nangong Yi?
"Do you know which woman I admire the most?" Murong Xueyan stared at him for a long time and suddenly asked with a smile.
"Which one?" Xue Xijian has been completely defeated by her ideas.
"Defending the monogamous Dugu Queen." Murong Xueyan said, "Although her methods are more fierce, I appreciate her style. Unlike those so-called virtuous queens, she doesn't know how to fight for herself. If she is a wife, she will ask her husband to be single-minded and only love her.
She intended to say this layer. First of all, this is indeed her personal opinion - originally, she is from the 21st century, so she will not accept the absurd polygamy in ancient times; secondly, she also used this to make it clear to Xue Xijian - it is impossible for her to promise to stay by his side and become him. A member of Gong Sanqian Jiali.
Murong Xueyan's argument really surprised Xue Xijian. After being surprised, he told himself that if he could leave her by his side one day, he would definitely abolish the six palaces and achieve the "monogamy" she insisted on. The question is whether she can be left is unknown at present.
"Xueyan, in another half a month, the blood can be taken into the medicine." Xue Xijian turned the peak of his speech.
"There is still half a month..." There was an apology in the uneasiness, and it swelled again.
This is a great kindness, which makes her feel unbearable. If one day Xue Xijian wants her to pay it back, what should she do to pay him back?
"Is your injury because of him?" Xue Xijian asked again. The longer he gets with her, the more he wants to know her and her past.
"It's a masterpiece of his old lover." She smiled mockingly at the corners of her mouth.
"His old lover..." Knowing this, asking this was tantamount to exposing her scars and making her suffer again. He still continued to ask, "What kind of woman is that he can't forget?"
What kind of woman... Yan Guifei? Maybe she used to be a kind and pure woman, but after living in the deep palace for a long time, she became vicious, urban and unscrupulous. She is a special woman. Murong Xueyan used this ambiguous word to summarize the words that came to her mind.
"Is it more special than you?"
What's wrong with Xue Xijian today? Do you want to publish 100,000 whys? How can you ask so many questions continuously! Ask her again, it's annoying to ask her again. Trying to calm down, she picked up a cup and a pear on the coffee table and asked with a faint smile, "This is a cup. This is a pear. Can you compare them together?"
Xue Xijian faintly heard the impatience in her tone. He smiled and didn't ask more questions.
2
Bei Tanghao's ridiculous decision made the always gentle Empress Dowager almost angry - he actually wanted to go out of the palace with his two-year-old daughter! This emperor who has been used to living in the Forbidden City and has been cultivated for more than 20 years, what is he thinking?
"Mother, I just want to go out of the palace to observe the people's feelings." Compared with the reaction of the Empress Dowager's stormy waves, Bei Tanghao was as calm as a small stream.
"You are not allowed to take Songya with you." The Empress Dowager vetoed.
"I just want to take her there." Bei Tanghao insisted.
"Songya is so small, what should she do if she is frightened? I met a thrifty person all the way..." The Empress Dowager considered many factors, but it was still not allowed.
"There will be a child minister and Commander Xiao to protect her, and there will be no situation if there is a rhinoceros to take care of her." Beitang Hao vowed to make a guarantee.
"What? Do you even want to take the rhinoceros out of the palace? The empress dowager's face turned blue and purple.
"How can you take good care of Songya without bringing a spiritual rhinoceros?" Bei Tanghao is righteous and strong.
"My family doesn't allow it!" The Empress Dowager is resolute.
"I have made up my mind!" Bei Tanghao did not give in half a step.
The mother and son were so deadlocked that no one would give in.
For a long time, Bei Tanghao took a negotiation offensive: "Since the mother, my son's minister succeeded to the throne, I have never asked for anything from my mother. This time, it's my son's begging for his mother."
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, you are so determined to leave the palace. Do you want to see her?"
Who she refers to, Bei Tanghao and the Empress Dowager have always known.
"Mother, you should know that my son is not the kind of person who doesn't believe anything. At the beginning, she was sentenced to send it back home, but today it is impossible to have any more thoughts about her. Bei Tanghao said against his will.
This is the first time that he deliberately lied in front of the Empress Dowager for a woman he can't forget.
"Is it really just to understand people's feelings?" The Empress Dowager asked again with less certainty.
"Yes. My son can't rest assured that Songya can't be relieved, so he took her with him. Beitang Haodao.
He really can't trust this only daughter. At that time, only a few days after Tu Lan Ruo left the palace, Xiao Chuanzi, the maid beside the imperial concubine Yan, dared to intimidate the rhinoceros and almost tampered with her feet. If he went out of the palace for some reason this time, he really doubted what Noble Concubine Yan would do.
In the past two years, Noble Concubine Yan has led the harem, handled the big and small affairs in the harem, and took care of everything in an orderly manner, so that even the empress dowager could not make mistakes. There was a manpower in the court who recommended her as the successor. After hearing this, Bei Tanghao couldn't help but be heart-pierced and punished the sparse official for half a year's salary. After that, no one dared to mention the future.
He has never been able to transfer his heart to Du Lanruo to anyone, let alone Yan Guifei.
The better she did, the more he felt that she was unfathomable. He has always been able to deal with things in the court, but when facing the harem, he often feels overwhelmed and dizzy.
"Huang'er, are you still doubting her?" The Empress Dowager suddenly said.
It is that after the accident of Du Lanruo, the maid of honor and the imperial doctor died one after another for unknown reasons. He had to doubt the truth of Du Lanruo's "death" of the little prince. However, the doubt is that he suffers from the lack of evidence, and he can't find a clue to prove that it was not what Duran Ruo did. Cai Qing, who could turn over the confession, fell into the water for no reason.
In the palace, the sudden "disappearance" of a maid or waiter is not as strange as eating more meals on weekdays.
"Mother, I will leave the palace after the early morning tomorrow." After saying this, Bei Tanghao withdrew with the maids.
The reason why he came out of the palace on a whim is that he felt that he had lived in the deep palace for a long time, and it was indeed time to go out to experience the people's feelings. Second, he had a fantasy in his heart that he would have a chance to see Duranruo again.
As for what to say when they met, he didn't think about it. He just had a vague idea to see her.
Also, let her meet her daughter Songya.
How cruel is it that Du Lan was forced to be separated from his daughter when Song Yashang was in his infuriating? A young mother has to be separated from her own flesh and blood because she has to. How painful will it be in her heart?
Songya, who grew up in the deep palace, never knew the news of her birth mother. She was too young to know that she was full of guilt. Du Lanruo's face once again had a mother, and who was her mother? However, what about when she grows up? In the palace, she can be given the best material life and the status of her mother, but it can't be replaced by others.
Bei Tanghao gently closed his eyes, and Du Lanruo's face linger in his mind.