He reached out to grab Ye Ning, but she dodged him.
This little person has a stubborn look on her face, very much like her back then.
A trance flashed through Ye Qing's eyes, and his heart felt as if he had been pricked by needles.
"How do you forgive me?"
Ye Ning's little expression was very calm: "I'm not angry. It's my fault in the first place. I shouldn't have bothered you. However, I'm also very grateful to you. If I hadn't come to Mo Dynasty to find you, I wouldn't have met you.
Mother Qingluan is so good to me."
By Shen Qingluan's side, she felt a warmth that she had not experienced in a long time.
That kind of warmth was only available when my mother was around.
So, she was already very satisfied and really not angry anymore.
The only thing she wanted to do was to draw a clear line between herself and Ye Qing.
If Ye Ning cried and fussed, maybe Ye Qing would feel better, but it was her calm expression that made Ye Qing's heart throb so hard.
The pain is so painful that I can't help myself.
"Let's go," Ye Ning looked at Ye Qing with a flat look, "You have your wife and your children. My mother and I are just passers-by in your life."
Yes, his mother was a passer-by in his life, so she was unwilling to follow him.
She never asked him for help until she died of illness.
"You know, my mother's life has not been very good these years when she has been away from home. In the cold weather, she has no cotton-padded clothes to wear, and sometimes she doesn't have enough to eat. When she is sick, there is no doctor to see her..."
Although Ye Ning said these words calmly, as if these things were already in the past tense, his heart still beat hard when he listened.
Whenever he thought of the miserable life of that magnificent person, he felt filled with regret.
If he could have taken her away back then, would she not have died?
"But," Ye Ning smiled, the little girl's smile was very bright, "My mother didn't even want to find you, do you know why?"
Ye Qing's voice became more throaty, dry and hoarse: "Why..."
"Because my mother doesn't like you. Even if her life is miserable, at least she is happy every day. She doesn't like you, so she would rather die of illness than go to find you."
Because you don't love, you are so stubborn.
She would rather be hungry and have food to eat, and be sick without treatment, she didn't even think of looking for him.
Ye Qing's heart throbbed more and more violently. He tried his best to endure the pain in his heart and looked at the little girl.
"Actually, I didn't know about your existence until my mother died." Ye Ning lowered his eyes with sadness in his eyes, "Maybe she was afraid that I wouldn't be able to survive and would go to you for help, which would go against her original intention.
, she never told me your identity, I thought... I thought I had no father."
Later, the wet nurse told her how her mother and father were together.
All because her father forcibly took possession of her.
The wet nurse didn't think that the child couldn't know this, so she told her everything.
"If I knew, maybe I would really come to you. After all, I want to keep her alive."
Ye Ning raised her little head.
Her eyelashes were long and slender, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
Yes, if she knew about her father's existence and knew that her mother had no money for medical treatment, she would definitely come to him, hoping that she could survive.
Ye Qing said nothing. He looked at the little girl's stubborn face and wanted to step forward to comfort her.
But she still avoided his hand.
"Later, my mother was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hold on any longer and my wet nurse was too old to take care of me, so she told me about your existence. She told me that if one day I couldn't hold on anymore, I would go find you."
"Miss--"
Mrs. Liu was jealous and wanted to stop the little girl, but the little girl had tears in her eyes but a smile on her face.
"She may have thought that it would be better for me to die than to live. I am your daughter and you will not let me die. But after I arrived at the palace, I understood why my mother did not choose to seek help from you -"
That is a road of no return.
Once gone, the end is no better than death.
How could a mother with such a stubborn and noble personality be willing to submit to others in order to survive?
She is so proud.
"I say this to tell you that my mother and I were really happy during the time without you. Except for crying when she missed her uncle, she was always smiling."
My uncle must have been very good to my mother.
That's why my mother only cried for him.
She has never missed her father, so from that time, she should have known that her mother did not like her father.
"The eldest prince," Mrs. Liu wiped her tears, "don't come here anymore. When you were in the eldest prince's mansion, you failed to protect her. You did unnecessary things and compared them with the real thing, unless -"
Mrs. Liu looked at the eldest prince: "Can you divorce the eldest prince's concubine?"
Divorce the eldest princess?
The eldest prince's body stiffened.
How can this be.
He is a prince who has fallen out of favor, and he relies on his wife to support him.
Otherwise Liu Lan would not dare to treat Ye Ning like this.
If he divorces her, I'm afraid he will lose even more status.
"She is the princess by marriage," the eldest prince said in a more choked voice, "I can't possibly divorce her. Ning'er can make other conditions, but apart from this, I can agree to anything."
In fact, Liu Lan, the married princess, is not favored. Otherwise, how could a truly favored princess be willing to let her marry far away? Or marry a useless prince?
Yes, the eldest prince has always admitted that he himself is a waste.
But no matter what, Liu Lan is the princess used for marriage. If she divorces this princess, the other party will definitely lose face and will definitely be angry.
Furthermore, it was precisely because of this nuptial princess that his father did not punish him too much after he made so many mistakes.
Except for this matter, he can agree to everything else, but not this matter.
"Nanny, you don't have to persuade her. Even if he divorces the eldest princess, I don't want to go back."
Ye Ning shook his head.
She is really happy here and has never thought about going back. It is impossible for her to return to the First Prince's Mansion again in this life.
Mrs. Liu sighed, she just wanted to see the eldest prince's attitude, but he chose the eldest prince's concubine after all——
"Really... there is no chance?" The eldest prince's eyes turned red and he looked at Ye Ning.
Ye Ning hummed and didn't want to say anything more.
Looking at Ye Ning's stubborn face, he endured the words that were about to come to his mouth: "Ning'er, I will not give up, and I will continue to come to you."
Ning'er is just a child. I believe that as long as he shows her his integrity, she will definitely go home with him.
But now, without any further persuasion, he glanced at Ye Ning and turned around to leave.
Ye Ning frowned her cute little brows, seeming a little unhappy.
"Nanny, why can't he understand people's words? This time I made it so clear..."