Mu Qingyu: "..."
She knew about this past, but she didn't know what the old emperor meant when he said it in such a melancholy tone.
Even if the old emperor feels melancholy, it shouldn't be for her, right?
She is just a commoner girl now, but in his eyes, she is still a scourge that makes his two sons miserable! Moreover, she is not at the right age. Old people are sad about the spring and autumn, and miss the past. Isn't that what they do to their peers?
Isn’t it weird to say this to a sixteen-year-old like her?
Although she thought so in her heart, Mu Qingyu did not dare to say it out loud. She never thought in her wildest dreams that she would actually be a tree hole today?
Besides, there was nothing to feel melancholy about this incident back then, right? Even if we were to feel melancholy, it was not the old emperor’s turn to feel melancholy.
Mu Qingyu said nothing, but the old emperor obviously didn't need her to talk.
He continued: "This is a serious crime. However, after Pei Ji confessed for his son, he was beaten dozens of times and even punished. I couldn't kill the Pei family completely. I gave Pei Shiwei two choices..."
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Having said this, he squinted his eyes and glanced at Mu Qingyu with an unkind look.
Mu Qingyu: "..."
She knew that her uncle did not choose either of them and chose the third one.
Therefore, the old emperor thought that today, she did not choose either of them, so her eyes were not kind.
She lowered her head and lowered her sense of presence!
"Raise your head, don't lower your head!" the old emperor scolded.
Mu Qingyu: "..."
It was so weird to have his eyes staring at her and telling her a story. Mu Qingyu had no choice but to say yes and raise her head.
The old emperor continued: "Pei Ji chose to leave Beijing and go to the frontier, but he put forward a condition. Do you know?"
Mu Qingyu wanted to say that she didn’t know. In this situation, the more she said, the more likely she would be wrong. The less she said, the less likely she would be wrong. I don’t know. However, she thought that the old emperor knew all the details of the divorce letter, and because Chu Jingxian helped her
And if you have a bad impression of her, if you find out that she knows and think she is lying, you will have to give her poisonous wine.
She said truthfully: "I heard that my uncle asked the emperor to save my life!"
The old emperor said: "That's right! Pei Shizhen was so bold that he made terms with me to save your life! Do you think it's ridiculous? A criminal official actually made terms in front of me."
Seeing that the old emperor was showing signs of being smart again, Mu Qingyu hurriedly said: "But the emperor is benevolent and virtuous, and still agreed!"
"Yes, what's even more ridiculous is that I actually agreed!" The old emperor glanced at her with a cold look in his eyes. He must not have had anything good in mind at this time. It was ridiculous that Mu Qingyu agreed without asking why.
The old emperor has continued: "But the promise I have here is not so easy to get. If he dies, will I still protect your life?"
"So, there is a time limit?" Mu Qingyu asked tentatively.
"Of course!" The old emperor glanced at her again and saw her standing there, slim and calm. The old emperor felt a little unhappy and said: "I promised him that I will protect you until twelve years. After twelve years,
I will personally kill you!"
Mu Qingyu: "..."
The old emperor's words seemed incoherent.
However, she still managed to piece together a clue.
She couldn't lower her head anyway, and she had no intention of holding her breath. She said: "Under what conditions can I not die at the age of seventeen?"
Pei Yi died when she was four years old. In the next year, there were various disputes and entanglements between the Mu family and the Pei family. When she was five years old, she was protected for twelve years, that is, until she was seventeen years old.
Therefore, she can live for one more year not because of her third choice, but because the old emperor promised her uncle many years ago.
The old emperor glanced at her appreciatively and said: "No wonder my two silly boys have different attitudes towards you, they are a bit smart!"
Is this a compliment or a tease? Mu Qingyu rolled her eyes in her heart.
"The condition is that he can come back in twelve years! If he lives, you can live, if he doesn't live, you die!"
Mu Qingyu frowned unconsciously. There was no news about her uncle for a long time. What she sent to find out was that Pei Shizhen had arrived at the border. Because of Mu Mingyuan's "special care", he had been excluded and assigned to the front line. He had to work hard.
In this place, in the third year, Pei Shili completely lost news.
There are no bodies, and they are not on the death list.
But that was a battlefield. After a great battle, many nameless corpses piled up together. The sky and the earth became tombs and a fortress of bones. Who knew which bones belonged to whom?
There are also corpses rushing into the water and falling under the cliff...
There are various possibilities, there is no name in life, and there is no name in death!
Mu Qingyu felt a little heavier every time a message came back, but she didn't say anything, not to Pei Ji. She was expecting a miracle, but she also knew that there couldn't be any miracle.
If Pei Shili is still alive, how come there is no news at all? For nine whole years, there is no news at all. He still has his father at home, and he still has a military position!
Not to mention that Pei Ji has no hope, even Mu Qingyu has no hope either.
The old emperor looked at her face, and there was a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes: "I have kept my word, I promised you to live to be seventeen, and I will never break my promise! There is still more than half a year, so you can live well!"
Mu Qingyu: "..."
She still doesn't know whether she can live or not, it turns out that it is related to her uncle's request to the old emperor.
However, she is the one who decides her life. Since she knows that if her uncle does not come back in more than half a year, the old emperor will kill her, she will not just accept his fate!
The old emperor glanced at her indifferently, and said rather heartily: "Originally, our Holy Inquisitor asked you to marry Lao Wu as the princess because of your...uncle's sake. I gave you a way to live, so even if I marry you,
My uncle has a twelve-year contract, but he will never give up my daughter-in-law to death. You are the smart girl and decided to divorce your fifth child. Now, do you regret it?"
Mu Qingyu smiled and said: "I don't regret it!"
"Oh?" The old emperor squinted: "Why?"
There was no need for him to lie to her. If she were still the fifth princess, he would not have killed her. After all, she was the royal daughter-in-law and had been given a jade certificate.
But now that the Secretary of Internal Affairs has deposited the divorce certificate, she has nothing to do with the royal family, and her name has been removed from the jade certificate.
Moreover, she used scheming methods to achieve this goal!
The smart girl has tricked herself. I wonder if she feels regretful at this time.
This ironic result is enough for this girl to live in regret for the rest of her life.
Mu Qingyu raised her head, her eyes were clear, but there was fear in her eyes, and she said: "Your Majesty, we are all being plotted against, why should I be inferior to others, suffer hardships, and be treated coldly? Why should I be the one who is beaten, scolded, and humiliated?
, being bullied and buried alive, why should I continue to bear it?"
The old emperor: "..."
He even knew the inside story of the divorce letter. Of course he also knew how Chu Xinyuan treated Mu Qingyu.
This chapter has been completed!