As soon as Su Rong said this, Qing Ping stood up. The prince-in-law held her hand without grabbing her, and she rushed to Su Rong.
Her face was full of disbelief, but her eyes were full of excitement. She seemed helpless for a moment and stared at Su Rong closely, "You, are you telling the truth?"
Su Rong stood up slowly and looked at Princess Qingping at eye level. She was very calm and said, "I dare not deceive the princess and the consort."
"You, you... how could you..." Qingping cried and laughed, "Well, she... wasn't dead back then? Then, why didn't you write me a letter..."
Su Rong was silent.
The Prince Consort seemed to understand all of a sudden. He hugged Princess Qingping's shoulders from behind and whispered: "If we calculate according to the time, Princess Zhenmin was already pregnant when she went to the Wei Dynasty to get married.
, if you want to keep your secret secret, you can only escape by pretending to be dead. It is involved in the dispute between the two countries and is closely related. Even if you are alive, how can you easily write to you..."
Qingping pushed the consort away, suddenly hugged Su Rong and burst into tears.
Su Rong was at a loss for a moment. She froze, not knowing what to say, and asked the consort with her eyes.
The prince-in-law took a step back, sighed, and said to Su Rong: "Let her cry. Your mother grew up with her. Over the years, she missed your mother very much. On every memorial day, she would burn incense and paper for your mother..."
Su Rong then stood obediently and let Princess Qingping hold her until she cried. She never expected that Princess Qingping, who put her identity and arrogance on her head, would learn that she was Zhen.
When he met Princess Min's daughter, he would hold her and cry incessantly.
Probably the more difficult-tempered and domineering a woman is, the more difficult it will be to control herself once the softness in her heart is touched.
Princess Qingping couldn't hold back her tears. She seemed very sad and aggrieved. Su Rong was not good at coaxing people, so she could only tentatively reach out and pat Qingping on the back. It was okay if she didn't pat her. With this pat, Princess Qingping was even more
I burst into tears and cried even harder.
Su Rong was startled, and quickly retracted her hand, not daring to move again.
After a long time, Su Rong was tired of standing. Princess Qingping still had no strength to stop her tears. The prince-in-law had no choice but to step forward and reach out to pull Qingping, "Stop crying, you scared Su Rong."
Qingping hiccupped from crying, but he still listened. He gradually stopped crying, let go of Su Rong, and looked at her with red eyes, "Are you scared by me?"
Su Rong whispered: "Fortunately, um, princess, please stop crying, I can't coax people."
Qingping's eyes were blurred by tears again, and he took the Prince Consort's sleeve and wiped it on his face, crying and laughing, "Your mother also told me this. Growing up, whenever I cried, she would be at a loss.
She looked like she didn't know how to coax people and asked me to stop crying. At most, she just patted me and it counted as coaxing me."
Su Rongmo.
Qingping threw off the Prince Consort's sleeve, "I thought you were not like your mother earlier, but now I feel that you are really similar. Your mother has not been fond of crying since she was a child. The first time I saw her shed tears was when she and her brother Wei left the capital.
One day, she probably knew that she would never come back, so she cried when she was saying goodbye. But even if she cried, no one would see it. She just lowered her head for a while, and her tears fell into the floor tiles.
Look up, she is still Zhenmin."
Su Rong remained silent.
Qingping took her hand and said, "Come, sit down and tell me about your mother."
Su Rong was pulled by Qingping to sit down and recalled: "In my memory, my mother was a gentle and reserved person. She often sat under the lamp and embroidered clothes for me. Although my clothes were enough, she always felt that they were not enough.
.She is not strict with me, but very tolerant. I was very naughty when I was a child and always liked to sneak out of the house to play. She found out and did not reprimand me. She only told me to be careful next time and don't let the eldest lady catch me.
She didn't intercede for me, and she wasn't angry when I soiled or torn my clothes. She just said that I didn't look like a girl, so how could I be born into a girl..."
Su Rong simply picked a few things to talk about. Seeing that Qingping listened carefully and looked like she wanted her to say more, she sighed, "I was still young when my mother left, and now my memory of her is a little weak.
, I can’t say much, because my mother’s daily life is very simple. In addition to embroidering clothes for me, she also copies Buddhist scriptures by herself, plays chess with Uncle Xie, and talks to my father. It’s just gossip.
Their love affairs were all trivial matters. Most of them were told by my father on purpose to my mother. I didn’t like listening to them, so I ran out to play by myself..."
She thought for a while and then said: "My mother doesn't leave the house very much throughout the year. She doesn't like to go out. At most, she is asked by the eldest lady, but she can't refuse. So during the New Year, she goes to the temple with the big guys to burn incense and eat food.
Have a fast meal and listen to the great monk recite a daily sutra."
After she finished speaking, she scratched her head and said, "I can't say much. If you want to hear more about my mother, one day, ask my father or Uncle Xie, they will definitely be able to tell you more."
Qingping finally remembered to wipe her tears with her own handkerchief. She covered her eyes with the handkerchief and stayed there for a while before asking: "Why is she missing? Was she also assassinated?"
"No, she died of illness. Because she was pregnant with me, it was not easy for my mother to escape from Dawei's fake death. She was injured. Later, she suffered from dystocia when she gave birth to me and suffered from massive postpartum bleeding. The doctor gave strong medicine to stop the bleeding, but it didn't work.
The root cause of the disease caused poor health and bones, and she often worried about it, so when I was seven years old, I couldn't hold on anymore."
Qingping started crying again, "She is so young, how much suffering she had to suffer before she could not hold on..."
Su Rong whispered: "Her biggest pain is because she was pregnant with me and gave birth to me."
Qingping raised his eyes and looked at her, "Your mother worked hard to give birth to you. She must love you and that person very much."
Su Rong blinked.
Qingping asked: "Why did she become your father's concubine? Why didn't she marry Xie Yuan?"
Su Rong would answer this question, "I asked Uncle Xie, and Uncle Xie said that after my mother had gone through too much, she had lost her heart. For her, she would rather occupy my father's concubine than marry her."
For Uncle Xie, she probably fell in love with someone else and didn't want to delay Uncle Xie's remarriage or tarnish the love they had, I don't understand."
Qingping burst into tears and laughed, "You still don't understand? You are right."
After crying happily, she no longer felt so uncomfortable, and said to Su Rong: "So, your marriage to the Protector's Palace was also arranged by your mother for you?"
Su Rong nodded.
"Then why did you withdraw? Is it because of Duan Hua?" Qingping was a little anxious, "If I had known earlier, I would have said nothing to let you withdraw. How can you, a child, make your own decisions? That is what your mother gave you.
Made an appointment."
Su Rong held her hand and said, "Princess, don't worry. It's my own initiative to call off Zhou Gu's marriage, but Uncle Xie, my father, mother, and brothers all support it."
Qingping frowned, "How do you say that?"
Su Rong sighed and did not hide anything. She told her own considerations and the current situation, but she concealed the cooperation between Prince Yan Huisheng and her. The prince was her trump card in Daliang Capital, even if Princess Qingping and the consort were extremely friendly.
, even if Princess Qingping has a good relationship with her mother, feels sorry for her mother, and loves her, she can't tell everything completely.
It was only a matter of time before her life experience was exposed. She had already been mentally prepared. As for the rest, it would depend on how the situation would develop in the future.
After hearing this, Princess Qingping looked at the consort.
The consort sighed, "So, you decided to cancel Zhou Gu's marriage because you decided that you would go to Nanchu to seize power in the future, and maybe inherit the throne of Nanchu?"
"Well, revenge comes first. As for seizing power..." Su Rong considered his words, "If I don't want to be controlled by others and don't want to be assassinated all my life, as the only heir of the King of Nan Chu, I may not be able to take the throne. After all, Nan Chu
In the history of Chu, there is a precedent for a woman to be the king. Therefore, no matter who sits on the throne of Southern Chu next, I am afraid that they will not be able to rest assured that I can live peacefully in the world. They will have to get rid of me quickly. And my mother tried her best to give birth to a child.
I, Uncle Xie took great pains to educate me. My father and mother have been worried about me since I was a child. Even my eldest brother puts me first and supports me. My life is no longer my own. How can I not live well?
?”
She also sighed, "As for Zhou Gu, unlike me, he is a civil servant raised by the old Protector for the Protector's government. He wants to contribute to the Daliang community and has a famous name in history. How can he go to Southern Chu with me to do this?
Mr. Wang?"
Su Rong said and laughed, "So, it's not my mother's fault. After all, when she got me engaged to the Protectorate, she wanted to find a backer for me. She never expected that the King of Southern Chu would be fine for many years.
In the harem, until now, I only have one heir."
Qingping was speechless for a moment.
The prince-in-law was silent for a long time.
The two looked at each other, and the prince-in-law held Princess Qingping's hand and said to Su Rong: "The deep friendship between the princess and your mother is one, and the second is that your mother sacrificed her life for justice and protected Daliang with her own strength. Therefore, for personal reasons,
Sir, no matter what, Su Rong, the Princess Mansion will be your backing from now on."
Qingping nodded and said solemnly: "Now that you have made a decision, the Princess Mansion will support you. I was weak and couldn't protect your mother back then, and I may not be able to protect you much now, but as long as you stay in the capital for one day, I will give it my best.
No one can kill you."
Su Rong was deeply moved, stood up, and bowed deeply to the two of them, "Thank you, Princess Consort."
