Man Bao looked at her in surprise, struggled hard and found that he couldn't break free. When he saw that the gauze she had just wrapped was dyed red again, he knew that her finger was bleeding due to exertion.
She frowned and simply stopped struggling. While mentally asking Keke to cross off some points and stare at Xu An, she asked: "That little chamberlain just now, his name is Xu An? Who is he to you?"
Seeing that she wasn't leaving, Xu Yu leaned back on the pillow, just in time to let the bed curtain block the window. She whispered: "That's my brother."
Man Bao was extremely surprised.
Xu Yu looked up at Man Bao, pointed to the small stool beside the bed and said, "Master Zhou, would you like to sit down and talk?"
Man Bao couldn't help but glance at Mr. Tang outside the window. Seeing that he was still in a daze with his head raised, he sat down and said, "He is your brother? But on your documents..."
Xu Yudao: "That's not my family."
Man Bao asked: "What about your aunt who comes to see you every month?"
"It's also false," Xu Yu said expressionlessly: "Everything is false. My only relative in this world is Xu An."
"But he's not a bad person. He doesn't know anything. He doesn't even know that I am his sister..." Xu Yu lowered his voice, put his hand on the bedside, and said softly: "He was too young when he entered the palace, and he
He was separated from me, so he has no memory, unlike me, who was already sensible when he entered the palace."
Man Bao's mouth opened wide. Apparently the news shocked her so much that it took her a while to come back to her senses.
Xu Yu looked at Zhou Man, looking at her expectantly and said: "Master Zhou, I know that you are kind-hearted and can speak well in front of the prince. I am willing to tell you everything, including all the spies I know.
, I have a list, and I will tell you where it is, just in exchange for his life, okay?"
Manbao's throat was a little tight and he asked: "Didn't you say that he doesn't know anything? In that case, His Highness the Crown Prince will not embarrass him. You might as well talk to Senior Brother Tang in exchange for your life."
Xu Yu shook his head, "No, he didn't know anything before. As long as I am still here, they will not use him. But my chess piece is going to be useless. Now they have transferred him to Chongwen Hall just because they want to
Let him continue with my affairs, this is the road of no return."
Her tears fell one drop at a time, "As a slave in the palace, you are still half a human. If you are more careful, you can still survive. But once you are used by them, you will not even be half a human anymore."
She looked at Man Bao with tears in her eyes and said: "I know, you have suspected me for a long time. Several times, you didn't want me to organize your bookshelf. When I woke up at night and stared at you, I could feel that you seemed to be too.
Looking at me through a wall."
Man Bao and Ke Ke:......
"But you didn't expose me. I listened to Eunuch Wu until something happened, and you even interceded for me and His Royal Highness." Xu Yu looked at her and said, "Mr. Zhou, I can only trust you."
Man Bao opened his mouth, glanced at Mr. Tang outside the window, and finally nodded, "Tell me, who is the person who ordered you?"
Xu Yu shook his head, "I don't know."
Manbao:……
Seeing Zhou Man's eyes widening, Xu Yu said: "I really don't know. I only get tasks from my aunt. I will do whatever the people above ask me to do."
"You don't know who sent you to the palace?"
Xu Yu nodded.
It is precisely because of this that she has never dared to betray.
She said: "I don't remember where my family is. I only remember that when I was five or six years old, there was a war disaster there and there was a rebellion. Those bandits and soldiers rushed into my house. My father protected us and ran out. Then my father died.
, my mother got separated from us, and at that time my brother was the only one left by my side."
"My brother was less than two years old at that time, and the road was not easy to walk, so we had to beg on the road," Xu Yudao said, "I don't know whether we were lucky or not. One person saw us and took us.
It was taken."
"At that time, he took away many children like us whose parents had died or were separated from their parents, and raised us in a village. We had to learn to read and read many, many things every day. Because I learned quickly, so
I get to see my brother once a month."
Man Bao asked: "Did you study separately?"
Xu Yudao: "Boys and girls must be separated and cannot meet each other. Even when a girl reaches a certain age, she will be taken to another village and not shown to other girls. I heard what my aunt and others mean.
, we can’t let people remember their appearance, even if we are together.”
Man Bao shuddered.
"I studied in Zhuangzi for a total of two and a half years. When I was less than eight years old, they named me Xu Yu. They sent me to a family named Xu in Xuzhou, which is the name on my document.
My parents’ house, from where I was bought into the palace, they only took me away from Zhuangzi, but later I saw several familiar people in the Yeting Palace, and I quietly asked them about the relationship between them and
I was purchased from various places in the same year."
Man Bao couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine.
"In the beginning, they didn't let us do anything. They just asked us to abide by the palace rules and survive in the palace." Xu Yudao: "The aunt who took me said that some people may not be able to use them in their lifetime.
But those who don’t have any use are blessed.”
"So I've always been cautious in doing things and didn't dare to show off." Xu Yu didn't know what he thought of, with a face full of pain, "But within two years, I saw Xu An when I was leaving Anfumen to deliver something. I saw him holding
A big broom is cleaning Shunyi Gate."
"They lied to me!" Xu Yudao: "They said that as long as I work well in the palace, they will let Xu An study and read in Zhuangzi instead of sending him outside. But the second year after I entered the palace, they
The man was sent to the palace. He is only over five years old, only over five years old..."
"Aunt Xu said it was because I was disobedient and didn't work hard in the palace, so the master decided to send Xu An in. She also said that he is only entering the palace now. If I still don't obey, the master will
Abandon me and use him." Xu Yu said with tears: "I know that in this palace, either I will die or he will die, and the two siblings have to choose one to go to the water."
"I didn't know who the master was, but I guessed it later. Aunt Xu was lying. All of them were lying. Master, he probably didn't even know who I was, let alone planned it for a little guy like me.
My brother. Everything is false, including the promises he made to me and the words he once said to me. They are all false."
Xu Yu stared at Zhou Man with blood-red eyes and said: "They just use us as chess pieces. In order to make us chess pieces come alive, all means can be used. Mr. Zhou, tell me, can I still trust them?"