"These thoughts are nothing." Xianyue shook her head and said, "By the way, are Wei Jingxuan and the others suspicious of you?"
Xia Qing was silent for a while and said: "Nothing happened to me. I just ask the empress to help me find out the situation of my family as soon as possible. I am very grateful."
Seeing that she was unwilling to say anything, Xianyue did not force herself and nodded in agreement. After Xia Qing left, A Luo said, "She has something to hide from the master."
Xianyue nodded and said: "I know that although the incident of Kaiwei Jianpi Pill has passed a long time ago, she is still wary of me."
Zhichun shook his head and said, "Concubine Yu deserves what she deserves for having such a result. Why should she still hold her grudge to this day? She is really stingy."
Xianyue stood up, took a piece of silver charcoal and put it in the charcoal basin, and said happily: "You can think of it as stinginess, or you can think of it as conscience, otherwise you wouldn't have gone out of your way to remind me." At this point.
At this point, she felt a little emotional
"She and Wei Jingxuan entered the palace together, but their temperaments are completely different." After a pause, she said: "A'luo, you go out of the palace tomorrow and send some money to find someone to go to Xia Qing's house to find out what she is like.
Is your family safe?"
Aluoyi agreed, because Xia Qing's family was far away from the capital, and it took a lot of time to go back and forth. By the time the news reached Xianyue's ears through Aluo, it was already March 26th.
Xianyue put down the silver scissors in her hand and said, "Go and call Xia Qing."
Qi Kuan hesitated and said, "Master, do you really want to tell her the truth? I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it."
Xianyue sighed quietly and said: "This kind of thing can't be hidden for a while. She will know sooner or later, so hurry up."
Seeing Xianyue's insistence, Qi Kuan had no choice but to leave. Xianyue came under the eaves and quietly watched the aging spring scenery in the courtyard. After an unknown period of time, Qi Kuan appeared in front of Xianyue with Xia Qing in her arms. The latter hurriedly
After bowing, he said eagerly: "Mother, is there any news about this slave's family?"
Xianyue looked at Xia Qing with pity and said: "Yes, I just got the news that your family..." Although she had decided to tell Xia Qing, she didn't know how to say it.
Her appearance made Xia Qing's heart sink, and her hands hanging on her sides began to tremble involuntarily. She forced out a smile and said, "Is your family okay?"
Xianyue sighed, looked at Xia Qing who was in the spring light and said: "People always have to go through life, old age, illness and death. Some things should be kept open."
A trace of panic flashed across Xia Qing's eyes, her smile became more forced, and she said in a trembling voice: "Why did you suddenly say such things? I just want to know whether your family is well."
Facing her panicked eyes, Xianyue sighed again, and then said: "Your family was attacked by bandits a few days ago. Everyone in the family was killed, and no one survived. Even the house was burned down.
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For Xia Qing, this news was like a thunderbolt from the blue. Her head was buzzing and she couldn't see or hear anything. She didn't even know that she fell to the ground after Xianyue finished speaking, with only one sentence in her mind.
——Dead, all her family members are dead...
At Xianyue's signal, Qi Kuan and Zhichun helped the limp Xia Qing to the hall and sat down. However, Xia Qing's whole body seemed to have no skeleton. As soon as they let go, they slid down the chair and tried to
After a few times, the two of them didn't dare to let go, just holding Xia Qing on one side.
Xianyue walked up to Xia Qing, whose eyes were dull, and said pitifully: "If you want to cry, just cry. It will make you feel better."
Xia Qing stared at Xianyue blankly, as if she didn't understand what she was talking about. After a long time, she regained some consciousness, and stood up shakily with Qi Kuan's and the others' hands, staring at Xianyue and said with difficulty:
"Your Majesty, are you joking with me? My family is still alive and well, right?"
Xianyue held her shoulders and said helplessly: "I also hope this is a joke, but no, Xia Qing, your family is gone."
"No, definitely not." Xia Qing murmured, and then squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, "My father, mother and brother will not die. They said they will wait for me to go back.
I am already 21 years old this year, and I will be able to go back in four years. How could they be gone? It is impossible for such a thing to happen."
"Everything in the world is unpredictable. Now that it has happened, all you can do is accept it." Before Xianyue finished her words, Xia Qing was already struggling to kneel down, grabbing the corner of her clothes and begging in a voice: "My queen,
, please tell this slave, this is all a joke between you and your slave, they are not dead, they are all still alive."
Xianyue said pitifully: "Xia Qing, I'm sorry, your family is really gone!"
The next moment, Xia Qing shook her head with tears in her eyes and said: "No, they won't die. I don't believe it. I don't believe anything I say!"
A Luo knelt down and said: "Xia Qing, I know you must feel very sad when you suddenly hear this bad news, but as the master said, it has already happened, let's..."
Xia Qing interrupted her excitedly and said: "I won't listen, I don't want to hear this, I want to go home, I want to go home!" After that, she got up and ran out, but fell to the ground after taking a few steps.
, she couldn't stand up after several struggles, and her legs had no strength at all. She beat her legs hard while crying, and cried: "Get up, stand up!"
Seeing her like this, A Luo shook his head and said, "Don't be like this. Even if I let you go back, what will happen? Can your family be resurrected?"
Hearing this, Xia Qing cried more and more sadly, crying: "Why... why did it become like this? They are all good people and have never done anything bad. Why did they die?" She held A Luo's hand.
, said loudly: "You tell me, you tell me!"
Seeing her crying so sadly, Aluo's nose was also sore. He patted her back and said: "I can't answer you, but I know there are too many unfair things in this world, just like me when I was six years old.
, the family suffered a drought, and my father died of illness on the way. He finally escaped to the capital, and his mother was deceived and sold to a brothel. I have not seen my mother since she was six years old. Now I can barely remember her appearance.
Yes; compared to me, you are already much luckier!"
Xia Qing didn't speak, she just lay on A Luo's chest and kept crying. At this moment, she needed to cry bitterly to relieve the grief in her heart, otherwise she would definitely go crazy.
Xianyue called Qi Kuan and told him to go to Xinzheku to inform him, saying that Xia Qing would not go back tonight and asked her to rest in Aluo's house.
That night, Xia Qing kept crying. Later, she could no longer cry, but her tears continued to fall. No matter how much A Luo comforted her, it was useless.