"Cousin, I know you won't cause trouble. It's just that the palace is dangerous and things can go wrong if you're not careful. Don't look at how the prince spoke for you last time and seemed very gentle and generous. In fact, he is really cruel.
The methods are vicious."
"Cousin, you are so beautiful. There are many good men in the world, and you will definitely be able to marry a young man with a good family background and good character."
Why bother jumping into that fire pit again?
Of course, she didn't say the words "fire pit" directly, she just cursed in her heart.
Xu Ruoshi gritted her teeth slightly. How could she not know these truths?
But since the last time she saw the man who was too beautiful to be true, she couldn't sleep. She thought about him every night. His voice was beautiful, mellow and magnetic, and his eyes were very deep, as curved as a crescent moon.
This may be the so-called love at first sight. She really wants to forget it, but she can't.
Nowadays, the less Chang Le wants to take her into the palace, the more she wants to go. Maybe people have this mentality, the less they can get something, the more they look forward to it and the more they cherish it.
"But Changle, I really just want to take a look at him, so I'll hide behind him silently, just look at him once, and never think about him again, okay?"
"I know that His Highness is the eldest sister's husband. As a younger sister, I am ashamed to have such thoughts. Don't worry, I won't argue with my elder sister. My elder sister treats me like my own sister. I wouldn't be able to do such a thing even to death.
I just wanted to take a sneak peek, and it would be good to have something to think about in the future."
When Xu Ruoshi said this, red circles appeared in her eyes. She was not afraid to tell the truth to Chang Le, because it had been like this before.
In the past, she would tell Changle if she had anything on her mind. The most important thing was that she knew Changle would help her.
Changle didn't expect that Chu Wuyou would be so important in his cousin's heart. Perhaps his cousin lacked human care and had no parents since he was a child, so he had to be fostered in the palace.
Moreover, she was born by her mother's cousin alone. This incident was known to many people at the time and caused a sensation in the entire capital.
My mother's cousin was raped at home, and she didn't find out until half a year into her pregnancy. However, medical conditions were poor in ancient times, and if she shed the baby directly, it would definitely harm an adult.
In order to survive, she had to live in humiliation. She always regarded the child in her belly as a shame, and she lived in pain every day.
So not long after giving birth to her cousin, she committed suicide. Her parents felt that they could not afford to embarrass this person, so they abandoned the child and moved away from the capital.
They all felt that the child was a shame and a legacy of rape. Some even called their cousin an adulterer.
When her mother saw that her cousin was pitiful, she took her to the palace to raise her and gave her the surname Xu until she grew up.
Although everything was taken care of according to the standards of a young lady, her cousin still had low self-esteem and was a bit withdrawn because there were always people laughing at her behind her back, especially Concubine Xiao and Xu Linwei.
Because these two people spread rumors that she was an adulterer, others often scolded her, and her cousin's identity became known to everyone. Later, her cousin became less and less trusting of others, and only believed in her and depended on her.
Recalling the waves of memories in his mind, Changle sighed. Her cousin was also a pitiful person. She just wanted to take a look at the prince, so she would grant him his wish.
"Cousin, don't be sad. It's okay. I'll take you to the palace right now. Cousin, do you know? Nothing is important. Life is the most important thing."
Not sure if his cousin understood what he said, Chang Le took her hand and walked towards the palace gate.