0p0 Chapter 231 She made a wish, her father's hope
Chapter 231 She made a wish, her father's hope
There are many dirty things like this in the palace, and it is not easy to make comments on them.
She understood the Queen Mother's approach, but she did not agree with it.
Bei Yao felt something and said, "Five years ago, in order to allow the late emperor to ascend the throne, my grandmother took the initiative to cancel the marriage between the Xu and Shen families and let the late emperor marry the daughter of the Xu family. Five years later, in order to ensure that my father could sit firmly on the throne, she used a labor-inducing drug to make me be born early."
"Because of the drugs used to induce labor, my mother's health deteriorated after I was born. For a period of time, she couldn't even get out of bed and almost died of illness. As Tianqi's Furui, I was sent to the palace of the Royal Grandmother after I was born."
"Not long after my father returned to the capital, in order to stabilize the court, my grandmother asked my father to marry the daughter of the Shen family to balance the power in the court. After Concubine Xing entered the palace, she was not pregnant, so my grandmother sent me to Concubine Xing's palace to be raised."
"At that time, I was still young and didn't understand why my mother always hated me, so I hated her even more and didn't want to go to Fengyi Palace. It wasn't until I was twelve years old that I heard Concubine Xing talk about the past. Only then did I understand how much suffering my mother had endured because of me. What's even more ridiculous is that the child she gave birth to with great effort is still enjoying the company of someone else in the palace."
"I felt ashamed of my mother. Since then, I have studied hard, hoping that my mother would feel proud when she heard that I had made great academic achievements in Wenhua Palace. But I was wrong. She hated me and never had a good face towards me. I still remember that the gate of Fengyi Palace was very high. Every day after leaving Wenhua Palace, I would lie on the threshold and secretly peek at her, watching her gently teach my royal brother, and laugh and play with him. That was something I had never had before."
Bei Yao raised his head, looked at the beams with a melancholy look, smiled again, and said bitterly: "Later I understood that my mother liked my brother. When my brother was happy, she was happy. So, I burned the garden to make the world think that I was a playboy with no ambition and only knew how to have fun, and I was not qualified to compete with my brother for the throne."
"But when people keep doing something, they tend to doubt themselves. Slowly, I also began to doubt whether what I did was useful. My mother still never looked at me. Even if I knelt in the snow all night, she would not be soft-hearted. But I still wanted to give it a try. Therefore, when I learned that the things I gave to my mother were lost in the desert, I went to the desert to retrieve those tributes regardless of the danger."
Hearing this, Xu Yuan was touched and didn't know how to express it.
She had speculated before.
The tribute from Shuozhou contained a city defense map. Bei Yao deliberately let Geshu's people snatch the tribute so that he would have the opportunity to go to Hanzhou and contact Song Xiujing in advance.
Now it seems that these were all malicious speculations on her part.
In Hanzhou, Beiyao didn't have any strategies at all.
He went to Hanzhou just to retrieve the tribute, not to contact Song Xiujing.
Letting Shen Yichuan teach knowledge was just to help Song Xiujing adapt to life in the capital, there was no other intention.
In his previous life, Bei Yao married Song Xiujing probably because that was what the Queen wished.
Then, does it also mean that Bei Yao was severely hurt by the Queen later, which is why he let go of the mother-son relationship and started the fight for the throne?
"Xuyuan, can you understand me? For seven years, I didn't get a single word of concern from her. But after living in your house for less than seven days, I understood what a family is."
Bei Yao lowered his eyes and smiled mockingly, "I don't want to continue to tolerate it. The sage books I learned told me to take the people as my heart and not neglect their lives for trivial matters. Take the world as my measure and don't hurt the world's achievements for personal grudges. People like the prince are not worthy of being a monarch, so I want to fight for it so that the people of this world can have a holy name and a virtuous monarch from now on."
"You are right." Xu Yuan nodded and said, "The prince has bad conduct and is indeed unworthy of being a monarch. If he ascends the throne, it will be a disaster for the people of Tianqi."
"So, I need you." Bei Yao looked at Xu Yuan, "I need your help. I left the palace, and the only bargaining chip I could use to deal with the prince was given to my mother in exchange. Apart from you, I can't find anyone else who can help me. The prince will not show mercy to me. If you don't help me, I will be alone and helpless, and there is only one way to go, and that is death."
When he heard the last four words, Xu Yuan's heart trembled.
The sadness she felt before had not yet dissipated, and when she heard these words, she subconsciously wanted to agree, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly reacted.
"Third Prince, are you playing a sad song with me?"
So much preparation, just for that last sentence.
"You know my situation better than anyone else. You also know my past very well. You know better than me whether these words are a sad story or not."
Bei Yao finished speaking, his voice lowered a little: "Forget it, I have always been alone, I am used to it, you are right, I am like a clay Buddha crossing a river, I can't save myself, you stay away from me, only then will you be safe, from now on you and I will pretend that we have never met, and we will go our separate ways on the road to heaven."
Hearing this, Xu Yuan immediately said, "That's not what I meant."
"Didn't you always want to cut off ties with me?"
"I didn't." Xu Yuan shook his head, "I'm just afraid that I will affect you."
Xu Yuan sighed softly and said, "I have my own things to do when I go to the capital. This is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you may be doomed. People who know me will also be implicated. I don't want you to be implicated, so I want to keep a distance from you. Do you understand?"
"What about Wu Shiming? Why can you accept his attention to you?"
"You are different from him. Wu Shiming and I are doing business. Only when there is give and take can it last long. If we gain benefits, we will naturally have to take risks. But you and I are different..."
As he was making a wish, he stopped.
Beiyao, like Shen Yichuan, was helping her without regard for the consequences and without asking for anything in return.
Xuyuan didn't want these two people to be hurt in any way because of her.
But she was too weak.
All she could do was stay as far away from these two people as possible.
"In my eyes, they are all the same. You and I are on the same path, understand? You want to get rid of the Song and Wei families, and so do I. In this case, why not join forces?"
Make a wish or shake your head.
Bei Yao suddenly laughed in anger, "Before, you didn't know who I was and you were worried. I had nothing to say. Now that you know who I am, you should also understand that no one in the capital can touch me. What are you still worried about?"
"I...I don't know either."
Xu Yuan was hesitant to speak, not daring to look Bei Yao in the eye, so he just stared at the wine glass in silence.
She heard her heart beating, each beat louder than the last.
She naturally knew why.
I've known this for a long time.
That night, the moonlight shone through the window and fell on her.
Beiyao's heartbeat and the scent of sandalwood overlapped.
When you make a wish, tell yourself to stay as far away from this person as possible.
Because she couldn't control her heartbeat.
Xu Yuan was afraid that he would fall in love with Bei Yao, and he was even more afraid that he would forget the way he came because of his love affair.
She is Xu's wish, her father's expectation, and the Xu family's hope to overturn the verdict.
No one and nothing is more important than overturning the verdict for the Xu family.