The heavy snowfall for days finally stopped, and Beiyuan was so quiet tonight that there was not even a breath of wind. The grass outside was lush, the bushes were thick, and even the courtyard gate was dilapidated.
Who would have thought that a once-favorite concubine still lived in this abandoned courtyard?
Zhong Chuchu sat in front of the mirror and put the last hairpin on her temples.
She caressed her face obsessively and looked at her own appearance in the mirror. She was still so young, just like the flowers in the garden that bloomed at the right age.
But why? When the flowers are blooming most beautifully, they should be abandoned in this remote corner and no one cares about them?
From then on, let the rain and wind blow, and gradually fade away, no one can appreciate the various features?
Thinking like this, a line of tears fell from Zhong Chuchu's eyes.
Why? Why is this happening?
She didn't understand from beginning to end, how could she fall from being a beloved concubine to such a state in just over a month?
She had no idea what was happening.
Where did Meng Xiuli come from? What happened to the jade pendant? She still can't figure it out even if she thinks about it.
The only thing I can think of is-Mu Qingchao.
Ever since he met her in the back garden that day, he has been unlucky. He was first grounded, and then relegated to the cold palace. Who else could he be besides her?
"Squeak..."
Zhong Chuchu was thinking about it when suddenly the door behind her made a harsh sound.
"who?"
She turned around suddenly and saw a person standing outside the door.
Holding the wind lantern in one hand, she stood outside the door with her usual curved smile on her face.
It's Mu Qingchao.
She wore a snow-white cloak, and the cold moonlight fell on her body, making her look less like a human being than a seductive evil ghost crawling out of hell.
"Mu Qingchao!"
As soon as Zhong Chuchu saw her, her eyes were full of hatred.
"You still dare to come?"
"What's wrong?" Mu Qingchao smiled, picked up the hem of his skirt and walked towards the house: "My cousin doesn't seem to welcome me?"
welcome?
Zhong Chuchu now wants to eat her flesh and drink her blood.
But he saw her walking towards him step by step: "After all, we are a family, right? When our family was desperate, the Zhong family took us in.
My sister was so kind and kind that she will never forget her in her entire life.
Now that my sister is locked up in this cold palace, she is really worried about her. I don’t know if she is living well here and eating well."
"I'm very good!" Zhong Chuchu just wished she could tear Mu Qingchao's fake smile to pieces.
"Stop being so hypocritical here. You just came here to see my joke. Look, I'm down and out now, living in this hellish place. Are you happy? Are you satisfied? You'll wake up laughing in your dreams.
Already?
Mu Qingchao, just laugh. I want to see how long you can laugh. My parents will not let you go. They will avenge me.
I will just wait and see that your fate will be ten times or a hundred times worse than what I have now!"
Zhong Chuchu was almost hoarse, as if she wanted to pour out all her grievances and sorrow and indignation over the past few days.
Those grievances and unwillingness had been pressing in her heart for so long that she was going crazy.
But even though she was hysterical, Mu Qingchao didn't move his eyelids at all, still smiling like that, which made Zhong Chuchu even more angry.
But Mu Qingchao put the lantern on the ground and found a place to sit down in the cold palace.
"I didn't expect that now, my cousin still thinks that I harmed you."
She shook her head, with a hint of pity in her tone.
"Who else could it be if it wasn't you?" Zhong Chuchu said: "First, I was banned from the palace, and now I am in the cold palace. One by one, can I still tolerate your denial?"
Mu Qingchao sighed leisurely.
"Cousin, cousin, you are really confused.
Think about it carefully, how can I accomplish these things by myself?
Think about what happened, just in that person's thought. If he has you in his heart, even if I have all kinds of means, what's the use of using all my strength?
If he can't let you go, how can he be willing not to see you for a year to save my miserable life?
If he still has some affection for you, why would he abandon you and get tired of you without even listening to your explanation?
What happened that day is full of doubts, and the truth may be revealed with a little investigation, but has he ever thought about giving you even a little bit of innocence?
He didn't.
You don’t even want to think about it, in all of this, if it weren’t for his acquiescence and secret promise behind the scenes, if it wasn’t for his fueling the flames, how could you have gotten to this point?
Why don't you think about it, now that you are at this point, who has changed the most and who has benefited the most?
Who has changed from being affectionate and affectionate to being cold and heartless now, and who has gone from being a prince with mediocre qualifications to being the Supreme Being of the Ninth Five-Year Plan today?"
Mu Qingchao's words were simply alarmist. Zhong Chuchu opened her eyes wide and her heart beat like a drum.
The answer seemed to be on her lips, but she couldn't say it.
It's obviously the most unbelievable answer, but it's almost the most reasonable explanation.
By the end, even the voice was trembling.
"You mean, Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
"Shh..."
Before Zhong Chuchu could say anything, Mu Qingchao put an index finger on her lips to signal her to be careful what she said.
"I have never said such things. Cousin, please don't talk nonsense and make the entire Zhong family suffer from the calamity of words."
"No, it's impossible."
Zhong Chuchu quickly denied Mu Qingchao’s statement.
"Why would he do this? I treat him wholeheartedly and regard him as everything to me. What reason does he have to treat me like this?"
"Why did he treat you like this, cousin, do you really not know?"
Mu Qingchao suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Zhong Chuchu.
It's really funny to see the panic and confusion on her face and how she is deceiving herself.
She already knew some truths but was unwilling to admit them.
It doesn't matter, Mu Qingchao's favorite thing to do is to do one good deed every day. This layer of window paper Zhong Chuchu doesn't want to open it, so she can open it for her.
"Cousin, do you think the Zhong family chose him among many princes because they really feel sorry for your daughter?"
"That's natural." Zhong Chuchu insisted, but she didn't know how true this confidence was.
"Really? Since I love your daughter so much, why did Mr. Zhong rush to send your sister Zhong Yingying to the palace just after you entered the cold palace?"
"What did you say?"
Zhong Chuchu looked shocked.
She knew nothing about the outside world after entering the cold palace, and she only found out this news now.
This news was undoubtedly a bombshell for her at this time, and it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
She listened to Mu Qingchao's gentle expression as he said murderous words without blood.
"My cousin should understand that a game between two parties requires chess pieces. You are lucky to be the crucial one.
Unfortunately for you, you were captured by the black piece so quickly. If the white piece wants to maintain the situation in the field and not be defeated, it will naturally have to replace it with new pieces quickly.
And since you have been eaten and become an abandoned child, you are no longer of use value."