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That day, Yu Zeng met his mother, his biological mother.
Only then did he realize that his mother was still alive.
But my mother's legs were completely disabled, she seemed to have experienced a lot of unimaginable torture, and her spirit was not very good, but she still recognized him. She shouted his name in surprise the first moment she saw him.
He is afraid, but cannot refuse to recognize his mother. He owes her a lot, far more than just kindness.
That day, in that dark room, there were only mother and son, and King Rong Li Yin, who were hugging each other and crying.
"At that time, I was extremely grateful that my mother was still alive, but I was more afraid of the fact that the identity of the son of a sinner would be exposed..."
The tone of Yu Zeng's recollection no longer contained the joy and fear he had at that time. He looked like a bystander and said numbly: "But King Rong told me that when he was traveling around the mountains and rivers a few years ago, he once passed through Yanzhou and met my father by chance.
, we are quite attached to each other... He also believes that my father is very virtuous and cannot do anything corrupt, even though he failed to find any evidence to prove my father's innocence."
It was also at that time that he learned that Princess Rong's father was one of the officials responsible for investigating the Yanzhou corruption case. Therefore, Prince Rong accidentally saw the wanted portraits of him and his mother.
"Prince Rong told me at that time that he spoke softly and did not want to get involved in the muddy waters of officialdom, so he could not overturn my father's case, but he could keep my secrets and take care of my mother."
Many years later, he couldn't help but wonder, was what King Rong said at that time really true? Did King Rong really know his father?
He had no way of tracing it back.
But when he was nine years old, he believed it deeply and was extremely grateful.
After listening to this past incident, Chang Suining said with no emotion in his tone: "So, he initially treated you as a favor, not as a coercion."
No one knew whether King Rong had different intentions at that time, but what she knew was that her little uncle was indeed very good at "being kind to others."
He also smiled and taught her at a young age that it was important to build good relationships with others.
She remembered it very well, and he did really well himself.
"Yes..." Yu Zeng lowered his eyes and said, "I was a little uneasy at first, but he never asked me to do anything, not even to inquire about information."
Year after year, King Rong remained free and easy, and his mother was well taken care of, so he slowly let go of his uneasiness and regarded King Rong as a kind-hearted and respectable benefactor.
"Until that year, I thought I was right and wanted to find a relative for you." Chang Suining's eyes were a little distant: "But you still chose to keep the secret."
"Your Highness is so kind to me that I am extremely grateful and frightened..." Yu Zeng clearly remembered that he was in the army that year, and His Highness was only thirteen years old. There were just a few people around him who were willing to follow him.
Fei Yi, then thought about finding his mother and younger brother for him.
He was very panicked, so he reasoned that maybe he was no longer alive after so many years.
But His Highness smiled and said to him that he must give it a try.
Therefore, he could only hand over the wooden safety lock that he had always carried with his hands to His Highness.
Afterwards, he asked His Highness several times about the progress, but His Highness said there was no news yet.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but suddenly one day, His Highness had something to do and left the military camp. Chang Kuo, who was just a young general at that time, found him with a smile and told him that he had been found.
He also told him that he was not sure before, so His Highness was afraid that he would be disappointed, so he said that there was no news yet.
Without any preparation, he saw the mother and son.
The woman had gray hair on her temples early. Even though she had changed her clothes, she could still tell that she had lived a very hard life.
The boy she held in her hand was very thin, only eight or nine years old, so when they separated, the boy obviously didn't remember anything. When he first saw an "elder brother" whom he could rely on, he jumped up to him without hesitation and called him "elder brother" and took the hand with him.
Produce an identical wooden security lock to prove your identity.
The woman obviously hesitated, and asked in Yanzhou dialect: [A Zeng, is that you? You have grown so big, my mother can’t even recognize you...]
But even if her son's name is Yu Zeng, the safety lock will not go wrong.
[Eight and fourteen years old, of course they look different!] Chang Kuo laughed and said: [I’ve checked it, there’s nothing wrong, you three can talk!]
Chang Kuo left, leaving only the "mother and son" of the Yu family in the tent.
The woman came forward, held Yu Zeng's arm, lifted up Yu Zeng's sleeve in panic, and looked at his left arm.
There are no birthmarks there…
The woman's tears suddenly fell like rain.
The second son is still calling "brother" eagerly.
"Yu Zeng" knew that the woman already knew that he was not the original Yu Zeng, and could even guess that her real eldest son was dead.
But what surprised him was that when the woman raised her head, she cautiously asked him if he still remembered what happened when he was a child.
"Yu Zeng" understood her thoughts.
This woman living with her young son is in so much pain and fear.
[When he was escaping, he had a high fever and couldn't remember many things...] He temporarily dismissed his mistakes and said vaguely: "I only have this wooden lock on my body, and I only remember my name."
The tears in the woman's eyes became more intense, but she burst into laughter and hugged him tightly, like holding a life-saving straw: "It can't be wrong... you are my mother's son! My poor son!"
He originally didn't want to keep it a secret.
But he was only fourteen years old at the time and did not understand what the real importance was. When he returned to Beijing with the army the following year, when he went to see his mother, he asked his benefactor whether he should confess all this to His Highness——
At that time, King Rong sighed and said to him: "Ashang is young and vigorous, and has just been exposed to the spirit of the army. He has a clear sense of love and hate, and the most taboo is deception... Let's wait for the right time."
He chose to "wait a little longer". During the waiting process, he became more loyal and diligent because of his guilt and uneasiness, so His Highness treated him more highly.
Later, His Highness became the Crown Prince, and he became the most important attendant around the Crown Prince.
He began to think with luck that maybe it could continue like this. He had no objections to His Highness. He just kept a secret about his life experience with King Rong, and His Highness and King Rong were so close... All of these things can coexist with each other.
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After a long time, he recalled that if King Rong had even shown a hint of threat to His Highness in those years, he would never dare to take such a chance...
"I was so self-righteous and stupid back then that I never had any defense against King Rong..." Yu Zeng burst into tears, suffering from regret: "At that time, I was thinking that His Highness treated me so well that I didn't dare to take risks.
Tell the truth clearly, lest His Highness will be disappointed or disgusted at all with his slaves..."
"But you unknowingly took the biggest risk in the world." There was no emotion or anger in Chang Suining's voice.
What happens next is already easy to imagine.
The mother and son from the Yu family in the capital were indeed members of Yu Zeng's family, and she had not made any mistakes back then - the fake one was Yu Zeng beside her.
Therefore, over the years, Yu Zeng could accept letting the mother and son act as a cover under the emperor's feet, making the emperor mistakenly think that they controlled everything about him. This is the truth of human nature.
But the weakness that he really cared about was always in Li Yin's hands.
"That year, King Rong found a slave and asked him to write a letter to Yuchi. The letter said that he asked Yuchi to secretly drug him to help His Highness leave Beidi..."
Yu Zeng was not stupid. He immediately realized that this plan was absurd.
After a moment, he realized that this was not to save His Highness, but to kill His Highness.
But he had no doubt about Prince Rong, and he subconsciously asked: "Your Highness...who wants to put His Highness to death? Is it the officials? Or is it His Highness's mother?"
Do you not want His Highness to become a hostage in Beidi during the war? To avoid His Highness being humiliated? To prevent it from affecting the morale of the army? So you want His Highness to die?!
Or is there someone who knows His Highness’ secret and doesn’t want His Highness to come back?
[Those officials were indeed afraid that Ashang would become a hostage. In the morning meeting, they had euphemistically explained their worries.] At that time, Li Yin speculated in a tone of bystander: [As for the Ming Dynasty, she probably didn’t want to
What happened to Ashang? Ashang is a sharp blade, and she is the only person in the world who can control this sharp blade.】
He said frankly: "I don't want Ashang to come back."
At that moment, Yu Zeng almost froze.
There is no warning or transition in the transformation of the benefactor.
Even at this time, his tone was still calm: [I didn't expect A Shang to be able to survive until today, she is so proud...I thought she wouldn't last long.]
Li Yin even had some real pity: [In these three years and thousands of days and nights, I can't imagine how she managed to survive, but that's why even I can't imagine...]
[If she can come out alive from what the world sees as a desperate situation, she is no longer a mortal.]
[If she is not broken, she will be even better than before. I feel respectable but also terrible about this kind of Ah Shang. 】
[I don’t want to have a confrontation with her, so let her stay in Beidi as Chongyue.]
Yu Zeng couldn't remember exactly what he said at that time. It was probably some confused questions and weak pleas.
When Li Yin stood up and was about to leave, he said to him: "Ashang's life is very miserable, you should just help her get out of it."
relief?
How could it be relief? Your Highness has been holding on for so long, how could he want such relief?
He hurriedly grabbed King Rong's robe: "Your Highness is willing to marry Beidi for the sake of the stability of the country. This time in front of the battle, he will definitely use his last ounce of strength to help our country win. You can't..."
[I can't underestimate her so much, thinking she will escape in the face of battle?] King Rong did not look back and said: [I have never underestimated her ambition, but she is not an ordinary person. She has subordinates who are more loyal than you.
In the past three years in Beidi, she will not have no arrangements. When dealing with extraordinary people, it is natural to ask for more security in order to feel at ease.】
In other words, he knew that Li Shang might die for his country, but he still wanted to take action.
King Rong left and had people guard the place.
Yu Zeng didn't eat for two days. On the third day, King Rong sent his mother to "persuade" him.
His disabled mother cried and hugged him, only half conscious. She said, "You have to live," "Those people will eat people," and "You must listen to your benefactor."...
For the next two days, my mother only complained that she was hungry.
It was this "hungry" sound that finally defeated him.
He thought about what happened when he fled. He could die, but he couldn't leave his mother behind again.
He couldn't remember how he wrote the letter. At that time, he was extremely awake and tense, but also in chaos.
After sending the letter away, he hoped that Yuchi would not obey the arrangement, and it would be best to report him in front of His Highness!
But... how can he ask others for loyalty that he himself cannot fulfill?
On the contrary, his betrayal will only encourage Yuchi's betrayal, right?
He waited in fear until he heard the news of His Highness's death.
Your Highness committed suicide...
He suddenly felt morbidly happy - so, could it be that His Highness never drank poison at all? In this case, he would not be considered a betrayal!
Until he heard that Yuchi was still alive... Yuchi shouldn't be alive, but she survived. His Highness had secretly arranged something, and it was His Highness's arrangement that saved Yuchi.
Yuchi survived, but also went crazy.
He met Yuchi once, but Yuchi didn't dare to look at him, and didn't mention his letter... At that moment, he understood that Yuchi had betrayed him.
Yuchi's betrayal also confirmed his betrayal.
His delusions of trying to deceive himself and others were shattered.
He suffered a serious illness. Ironically, people in the old days believed that he was hit by His Highness's death and his temperament changed drastically, so no one criticized him for his indifference and morbidity.
Only he knows that he has gone completely crazy.
He once hated everyone, hated Li Yin, hated the Ming Dynasty, and hated himself even more.
But his mother is still alive...
He has to continue to live like crazy.
That year, the defeat of the Beidi cavalry greatly deterred the forces that were ready to take action, and also allowed the Ming family, who held the Xuance Army, to further tighten the political scepter in her hands.
She began to purge the government and the public, and purge dissidents. Even a seemingly idle person like Rong Wang went to Yizhou and took his mother away.
The empress chose to use him. After all, people must be employed. At least their ability and loyalty have been tested by His Highness.
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The breeze ruffled the water's surface, and the fish's tails swayed in circles.
"Until last autumn... Nuduo's sick mother passed away." Yu Zeng's voice was hoarse and slow: "Prince Rong didn't tell you, but I already know it."
To put it bluntly, the moment he heard the news, he felt that the shackles on his body disappeared.
He could finally do something...what could he do?
No matter what he does, His Highness will never come back.
But now...
Yu Zeng finally plucked up the courage and raised his hand to grab a piece of soft gauze clothes. He raised his head and knelt there, as if he was not the chief minister of the palace, who was more than ten thousand people, but still the little chamberlain back then.
Still calling: "Your Highness..."
He wanted to say, "It is the most fortunate thing in this slave's life that you can come back," but he knew he was not worthy of saying this.
"I've finished listening to your story." Chang Sui Ning lowered his eyes and looked at him: "I think I should thank you for two things."
"I want to thank you for all these years, no matter what, at least you have not exposed the existence of Deng Tailou and Meng Lie, allowing them to live in peace."
"I would also like to thank you for choosing your mother when you were in a dilemma, so that I would not have to bear such a heavy favor without knowing it."
"You have done nothing wrong in this matter, and I may not have done better than you." Chang Sui Ning said: "But this is the fate of human nature. Although I can understand it, I cannot forgive it.
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Yu Zeng shook his head with tears in his eyes: "How dare I ask His Highness for forgiveness..."
"But Ah Zeng, after hearing this, I just feel very sorry." Chang Suining looked at him and said: "This dead end didn't have to happen."
She asked: "In more than ten years, you have never thought about confessing your identity to me?"
"I have thought about it... I have thought about it a hundred times." Yu Zeng's eyes filled with tears of self-deprecation: "But Your Highness treats you too well, and I am too greedy and afraid..."
He had such experiences and received so many good things, so he became the most timid person in the world.
He didn't want His Highness to be disappointed in him at all, and he didn't want the trust he had gained by chance to have any flaws...
However, if he could predict that these minor flaws would one day become a big mountain between him and His Highness, he would never...
"Although I was young at that time, I should have some courage to find out whether there is sincerity behind the lies." Chang Sui Ning also fell into this "what if" for a moment: "If only you could tell me earlier.
Who are you? Your mother exists. Although I will still go to Beidi, or I will still die in Beidi——"
"But today, when you and I meet again, it doesn't have to be like this."
This was what she regretted.
Yu Zeng also followed her words and imagined it. This hypothesis was so wonderful that it completely defeated him.
He loosened the hem of his clothes, fell to the ground, pressed his forehead to the ground, and burst into tears.
Time seems to be frozen in this pavilion.
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Zeng heard a voice above his head, asking: "So, what is your name? Your original name."
Vaguely, this voice seemed to overlap with the voice of the eight-year-old girl in the Xiangyuan side hall many years ago.
And he wanted to replace the little chamberlain back then, so he changed his answer and replied: "My name is Liu Mingke, a native of Yanzhou, the son of the sinner Liu Shen. He was separated from his mother on the way to escape..."
Time will not turn back. He answered too late.
"Liu Mingke——" Chang Sui Ning said: "I won't kill you today, you can leave first."
Yu Zeng raised his head slowly and startledly.
"There is someone else I want to kill." The girl stopped looking at him. She changed her sitting position, with her legs hanging outside the pavilion, facing the water, and said calmly: "Besides, I don't need to acknowledge her love.
Act according to her arrangements step by step."
Chang Sui Ning never said clearly who "she" was, but Yu Zeng understood clearly.
"You should have thought that you came to Jiangdu because she was suspicious of you." Chang Sui Ning said: "But she was just suspicious and could not confirm it. She sent me a secret message and she must also try to 'remind' her."
She has come to Prince Rong's Mansion, and she wants to use Li Yin's hand to verify your authenticity. If you are Li Yin's person, and the world is in chaos today, Li Yin will definitely choose to abandon you and try to kill you on your way back to Beijing to prevent you from telling the truth.
Secrets that need to be revealed."
"But why did she tell me specifically?" Chang Suining analyzed: "In addition to showing kindness to me and making me suspicious of Prince Rong's Mansion, there is probably another consideration - she must be able to think of it.
, even if you are innocent, Li Yin may still kill you."
Pushing the boat along with the current, in order to confuse the line of sight and protect the real internal response of Prince Rong's Mansion in the capital.
"In this case, I can be useful." Chang Sui Ning said: "She reminded me that with my temperament, I will definitely confirm to you whether you have colluded with King Rong. As a former master and servant,
Now that you are trapped in Jiangdu, it will be much easier for me to verify it face to face with you."
"If you are really a traitor, you don't need to be killed by King Rong, and I can't tolerate you."
"If you have been misunderstood and wronged, I will do my best to protect you from King Rong's men. If I encounter King Rong's people with swords and swords because of this, I may also be able to form a feud with King Rong's Mansion in Yizhou."
"I probably have other considerations...but forget about it." Chang Sui Ning was too lazy to say any more, and just said: "Right now, I am the one who knows the most about the whole situation. There is no reason to act according to other people's expectations."
The empress only suspected that Yu Zeng was Prince Rong's spy, but she didn't know that Prince Rong poisoned her back then.
King Rong knew everything except who she was.
Under such circumstances, she should do the opposite and do whatever is beneficial to herself.
After Yu Zeng heard this, he tried to ask: "I wonder if slaves are still of some use..."
"The situation is unpredictable." Chang Sui Ning stood up noncommittally and walked out of the pavilion: "In short, you should leave Jiangdu as soon as possible. Right now, I will not let you die and let others get their wish."
Yu Zeng responded with tears in his eyes: "Yes, thank you Your Highness...", bowed his head and knelt down to send her away.
When Chang Suining stepped off the wooden bridge, he paused slightly and looked back, only to see Yu Zeng still kneeling in the pavilion, motionless.
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Chang Suining was walking on the path and came to the foot of a camphor tree. He stopped and looked at the bright sky through the gaps between the branches and leaves. He didn't know what he was thinking.
Not long after, A Dian ran over along the path.
A Dian called her, but she didn't answer.
A Dian followed her example and looked up at the sky. After looking at it for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, why are you unhappy?"
"A Dian is a puppy, right." Chang Suining retracted his gaze, turned to look at the tall A Dian, and asked curiously: "Why else can you always smell my unhappiness?"
A Dian looked proud and forgot to explore for a moment. He picked up the wreath that he had woven in his hand and handed it to her: "Don't be unhappy, this is for you!"
Chang Suining looked around and saw that it was made of delicate willow branches and had goose-yellow winter jasmine flowers.
Seeing that she didn't answer, A Dian raised his hand and simply helped her put it on, nodding in appreciation: "It looks good!"
Chang Suining raised his hand to support him and said with a smile: "It turns out that A Dian can not only smell it, but he can also prescribe medicine."
A Dian scratched his head and giggled: "Then I will be the puppy doctor!"
He doesn't like to be called a puppy, but in order to make Chang Suining happy, he is willing to call himself a puppy.
He even rolled his eyes pretending to be smart and said: "I also know a better prescription!"
"tell me the story."
"It's delicious!" A Dian said seriously: "It can also cure unhappiness!"
"Well...it's time for lunch."
Chang Suining nodded in agreement, finally raised his feet and walked forward.
Now that the answer she wants is clear and everything she wants to say has been said, she can no longer be trapped in the past and regrets. There are still many things waiting for her to do ahead.
Just because we don’t want any more regrets to happen, we have to take the road ahead well.
Things are unpredictable, there will be gains and losses.
Just like this afternoon, after the reception banquet set by Jiangdu officials for Chang Suining, Chang Suining met the person she had been looking forward to for a long time.