Xie Yan left the hall and walked out of Prince Mu's Mansion. Before he could reach the second door, he was blocked by someone.
"I have met the prince."
Xie Yan looked at the person who came. She was a middle-aged woman in her fifties who was somewhat rich. Although she was dressed better than ordinary servants in Prince Mu's palace, she was obviously not the master.
"Mother Jiang, what's the matter?" Xie Yan asked.
This woman was from Princess Mu's side. She was originally Princess Mu's dowry girl. When she got a little older, she simply combed her hair and refused to get married, so she has stayed with her until now.
Xie Yan has not been taken seriously by his parents since he was a child. If she had not taken care of him before he was eight years old, he would not have lived to enter the palace. Therefore, Xie Yan has always been polite to this Aunt Jiang.
Grandma Jiang looked at the tall and indifferent man in front of her and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
But the master still wanted to explain that no matter how much she cared for the young master, he was still just a slave.
"The princess asked the prince to come over." Aunt Jiang whispered.
Xie Yan lowered his head, and a slight smile escaped from his lips.
"Prince...Prince?" Aunt Jiang said worriedly.
"Let's go." Xie Yan said, turning around and walking towards Princess Mu's courtyard.
As the mistress of Prince Mu's Mansion, Princess Mu should have lived in the main courtyard of the Prince's Mansion. But in fact, this was not the case. Princess Mu had been living in the garden in the northwest corner of Prince Mu's Mansion since Xie Yan could remember it.
The garden is not small, but there are not many houses. The garden is just a two-story small embroidered building and a few scattered houses around it. It is deserted and deserted, and it does not look like a place where a princess lives.
After Xie Yan became the King of Chu, there were more furnishings and servants in the garden, but Princess Mu still did not move out from here.
Xie Yan was not dissatisfied with this. He felt that even if his mother was allowed to live in a place where servants lived, she might not be dissatisfied.
Since she is happy with it herself, why does he care so much?
In the past thirty years, Xie Yan has met many people, loyal and treacherous, brave and cowardly, sincere and hypocritical, mediocre or ambitious, but Xie Yan feels that the person he can't understand the most in his life is still his mother.
He could even understand the thoughts and actions of Bai Jingrong, Dasheng's enemy, but he still couldn't understand Princess Mu.
Princess Mu is an extremely beautiful woman, otherwise she would have been named the Shuangshu of Dongling.
If we only talk about appearance, she is even better than her equally famous Bai Jingrong.
For those who have never seen her, it is difficult to imagine that such a beautiful face exists in this world.
Although she is now in her forties, she looks like she is in her early thirties. If she were standing next to Xie Yan, no one would guess that she is Xie Yan's mother, and most likely think that she is Xie Yan's.
elder sister.
The appearance of the two people is very similar, but Princess Mu's eyebrows are more delicate and beautiful.
Every part of that beautiful face seems to have been carefully polished by famous craftsmen thousands of times, and there is no imperfection.
When Xie Yan walked in, Princess Mu was kneeling in front of the Buddhist niche and chanting sutras. When she heard the footsteps, she slowly turned around and looked at him.
She only wore a white dress, and her hair was just rolled up casually, without even a hairpin on her head. Even so, her skin was as beautiful as snow, and she was still extremely beautiful.
It is in line with the old saying: If it is increased by one point, it is too long; if it is reduced by one point, it is too short; if it is powdered, it is too white; if it is applied with vermilion, it is too red; its eyebrows are like green feathers, its muscles are like white snow; its waist is like a bunch of silk, and its teeth are like shells.
It's a pity that such a stunning beauty...has her whole heart devoted to a man who doesn't love her.
Xie Yan even secretly mocked King Mu when he was young, saying that King Mu was not without his merits.
At least - he is definitely not lewd.
"Mother." Xie Yan called lightly and stood aside with his hands folded, showing no intention of stepping forward to help his mother.
Princess Mu didn't seem to notice her son's indifference at all, "Your father asked you to marry a daughter of the Ruan family for Chengyou, why did you refuse?"
Xie Yan was not surprised at all when she asked this question, and just replied calmly: "The Ruan family refused."
Princess Mu frowned slightly and said: "Your sister-in-law has a low status, so coming to ask for marriage will inevitably make people feel that she is not sincere. Since you are Chengyou's father now, why don't you take care of it for him."
Xie Yan raised his eyes and looked at the stunning woman with a dull look in front of him, his eyes cold.
Princess Mu is not dead. How could she not feel anything when her son looked at her like this?
She frowned slightly, seemingly unhappy, "What's wrong?"
Xie Yan said: "Since mother knows that my sister-in-law has a low status, why doesn't she give up the position of princess to Fan?"
Fan is Xie Heng’s biological mother and King Mu’s concubine.
"What did you say?!" Princess Mu was stunned, as if she thought she heard wrong.
Xie Yan calmly repeated the words again. Princess Mu trembled and quickly took two steps back, "Yan'er, you...how could you say such a thing?!" The look on his face seemed as if Xie Chengyou had said something treacherous.
Generally speaking.
Xie Yan looked at her, "What's wrong with what I said? Mother loves Xie Heng and Xie Chengyou so much, why can't she pity their difficulties as concubines? If he becomes the legitimate son, who will despise him for his insufficient status?"
"I..." Princess Mu said in disbelief: "You want me to retreat to the concubine's room?!"
Xie Yan asked: "What's the difference?" Did she think she didn't look like a concubine?
"But……"
Xie Yan said: "Mother doesn't have to look for me again and again for that family. I am very busy. I will go and tell my father now that my mother is willing to abdicate and make Concubine Fan the principal concubine. From then on, he will be the eldest son of Prince Mu's palace. Zhengke
To fight for the throne of the heir apparent, I will also return Xie Chengyou to Prince Mu’s Mansion. Isn’t this the best of both worlds?”
Princess Mu said: "Dasheng...the concubine cannot be straightened up."
Xie Yan said coldly: "I personally ask the Empress Dowager to be extra kind."
"No! No!" Princess Mu said hurriedly.
Xie Yan looked at her coldly.
Princess Mu was startled and finally realized something was wrong.
It's not that Xie Yan has never contradicted her before. In fact, Xie Yan has not had a good temper since he was a boy, and sometimes he would make rude remarks.
But no matter what, Xie Yan would still do things according to her wishes in the end, and he had never spoken to her in such a cold and sarcastic tone.
It was not a son's angry rebuttal because of his mother's favoritism, but more like the indifferent mockery of an unrelated person watching a joke that bored him.
In the past, Xie Yan's eyes showed some concern for his mother, but now he seems to be a real stranger.
Although he called her mother, there was no emotion at all.
Princess Mu's heart skipped a beat and she suddenly panicked.
Not caring much, she stretched out her hand to pull Xie Yan's sleeve.
With a flick of Xie Yan's sleeves, Princess Mu was pushed away by an invisible force and fell into a chair to one side.
"Know, know what is wrong."
Xie Yan said calmly: "If you give up the position of Princess Mu, you still want me to take care of Xie Chengyou's marriage, mother's choice."
Princess Mu's eyes showed disbelief, "I am your mother! If I... give up my position as princess, you..." You will be a bastard.
Xie Yan said: "Yes, you are my mother." His tone was full of ridicule.
Seeing that he had no intention of giving in, Princess Mu couldn't help but raise her hands to cover her face and cry in a low voice, "I don't want to care about this, but...your father must do it. What can I do? Yan'er, it's just a girl."
It’s just a marriage, Chengyou is a good boy, so why would it be difficult for you to marry him? You clearly know that your father doesn’t like me, so are you doing this... to force me to death? "
It turns out you know he doesn't like you, but I thought you didn't.
Xie Yan thought absentmindedly that this was the first time he had heard such words.
"Being angry is punishing yourself for other people's mistakes. In this world, no one has the right to make you unhappy except yourself." The girl's clever and cunning eyes suddenly flashed through Xie Yan's mind, accompanied by the crisp and bright
Xie Yan's lips couldn't help but evoke a faint smile.
This smile frightened Princess Mu a little, and she exclaimed in shock: "Yan'er?"
Xie Yan came back to his senses. He was stunned for a moment because he was in a trance in front of others. He looked at Princess Mu and said calmly: "You are dead. I will kill him and bury him with you. I believe my mother can rest in peace under the spring."
Princess Mu looked a little dull. She actually didn't have any means to manipulate Xie Yan.
She always succeeded in the past because she was Xie Yan's mother and Xie Yan was still young at the time.
Young people are always a little obsessed with feelings. No one wants to admit that they are not welcomed by their biological mother. Because that seems to tell everyone that it was a mistake for you to come into this world.
Xie Yan, who came back this time, is already in his thirties, and he has gradually come to understand many things even if no one is watching.
It's just that he just came back not long ago, and he hasn't actually seen Princess Mu a few times, so Princess Mu didn't notice Xie Yan's change.
What's more, it's not like no one wants to watch it, right?
"What are you talking about?!" Princess Mu said, "If you are so rebellious, how dare you..."
Xie Yan was not in the mood to continue talking to her, so he just said, "Since you can't let go, just be your Princess Mu, guard your husband, and don't meddle in things you shouldn't."
Princess Mu stared blankly at Xie Yan's figure who left without looking back. After a while, she leaned on the armrest and started sobbing.
When Aunt Jiang came in and saw her like this, she couldn't help but sigh. She walked over and persuaded in a low voice: "Princess, just listen to the young master's advice. The young master is now the regent, and no one can cross him in Prince Mu's mansion."
Go ahead. Why should you care about those things?"
Princess Mu hugged Aunt Jiang and cried loudly, "What's the use of just holding the position of a princess? Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Isn't it enough that I have given in all these years? Why is Your Majesty still so cold to me?"
Aunt Jiang said: "The prince has treated the princess well these past few years."
Princess Mu collapsed even more, "It's all fake! I know, it's all fake!"
Aunt Jiang was speechless. King Mu had been really good to the princess in the past few years, and would often come to chat with her and stay here. But they all knew in their hearts that this was because Xie Yan had become more and more powerful in the past few years. King Mu wanted to
Just use the princess to contain this disobedient son.
Seeing the stunningly beautiful woman in front of her crying uncontrollably, Aunt Jiang didn't know what to do except staying with her silently.
