Qi Yuan's eyebrows that were raised high due to doubt slowly fell and then frowned again.
Ever since the mirror was lost and couldn't be found, he had anticipated many possibilities in advance, but he never imagined that it would be like this.
"Why?" he asked.
Zhao Yushu wiped the tears on her face and replied with sobs: "Because... I'm afraid that if this little statue is discovered, it may cause trouble to my brother."
The sound came from an elder brother, and Qi Yuan felt sick all over.
The eldest son of the emperor in the eyes of the world has died long ago. Even if he looks similar, it does not mean that he is really Zhao Yushu's brother. There are not people in this world who are not related by blood but look very similar, and the same face alone does not mean that he is Zhao Yushu's brother. Explain what.
He opened his mouth to refute and ask Zhao Yushu not to call him brother, but Zhao Yushu cried and spoke first.
"Brother, my mother-in-law is right, you are indeed alive."
Although she was crying, her face was happy.
In fact, Qi Yuan is not a fool.
After seeing the injury on Zhao Yushu's wrist yesterday, he thought about the rumored fire that burned the emperor's eldest son to death. He had speculated that the fire that year might have been directed and staged by Concubine Yu to protect him. . In order to prevent him from becoming a blood slave who lets others take his blood, he abandoned him cruelly.
It's just that the loneliness of so many years and nearly twenty years can not be easily offset.
If he had a choice...
Or let Zhao Yushu choose, would she be willing to leave her biological mother in order to prevent herself from suffering?
Sometimes, the bitterness in the eyes of others is also the sweetness that you cannot ask for.
"Brother, look at me." Zhao Yushu lifted up her sleeves, revealing the blood marks on her wrists, "My mother sent you away just to prevent you from suffering like this. My mother didn't want you on purpose, she had no choice but to do it." . If she can exchange her life for you not to suffer, she will definitely not hesitate, but no, this thing is not possible. If the mother-in-law dies, she will not be able to protect you. She can only protect you in this way. you."
Qi Yuan took a quick glance and didn't dare to look further.
When he got closer, he noticed that her right sleeve was stained with blood, and he already guessed that she disappeared last night because she was taken to get blood.
And the words he guessed became facts from her mouth, and he didn't know how to digest it. He had hated it for so many years, and who could tell him how to face it.
"Brother, my mother-in-law will remember you until she dies. You..."
"That's enough." Qi Yuan stopped her.
He stood up and looked at the side window to prevent Zhao Yushu from seeing his trembling expression.
After calming down, he looked back at her.
"Let me tell you, I didn't enter the palace to recognize you, nor to be your savior, nor to be a prince. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Understood." Zhao Yushu nodded heavily.
"I understand. I...I don't expect my brother to save me. Losing a princess, or a princess with a royal secret, will definitely cause an uproar, and it will...also harm my brother. I understand."
But Qi Yuan didn't mean that. He wasn't afraid that he would be dragged down.
He simply didn't want to have anything to do with Concubine Yu and her daughter.
But he couldn't help but feel distressed by Zhao Yushu's words.
How could she not hope for redemption in such a difficult situation, but she would rather continue to go to hell alone if she harmed him.
How could anyone not feel sad for someone so sensible?
But he was stubborn and couldn't say anything nice or comforting. He only said three words, "That's good."
After that, he turned around and left.
"Brother." Zhao Yushu called him again and begged: "The mirror... can you leave it to me? I will carry the mirror to the concubine for burial in the imperial mausoleum. I will put the mirror into the coffin of the concubine and bury it with her." , Just...just think that the mother-in-law has met her brother and made her wish."
"Brother, is it okay?"
Qi wish was stunned for a long time. He didn't look back and just reached back and handed the mirror out.
Zhao Yushu took it gently, and when she held the mirror in her hands, she couldn't hold back her tears. She softly said the last words, "Thank you, brother."
Then she didn't look up again, letting Qi Yuan go further and further away and even leave through the window.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's already good to be able to see my brother in person and talk to him."
She had no other wish.
Originally, she thought about asking her brother to rescue her, but then she thought about it, this matter was indeed difficult, and both her and her brother would be killed if they were not careful. Her brother was only saved by her mother and concubine’s painstaking plan. How could she let her brother take risks for her and let her mother and concubine live up to her hard work?
The imperial mausoleum is far in the southwest, and it would probably take a month to go back and forth.
Her father often wanted to collect blood and would not let her carry her mother and concubine to the imperial mausoleum. Once her mother and concubine left, she would have nothing to miss.
*
The backyard of the Hou Mansion.
Qi Yuan returned to Shixingyuan with a lot of worries. He jumped up to the roof of the main house and saw two people lying there. He almost slipped and fell down.
He rubbed his eyes, afraid that he had seen it wrong.
He quietly came closer to take a look, stared at it for a long time, and let out a sigh.
It's great, these two know how to enjoy romance.
Song Lianzhou was drunk and unprepared. This should have been a perfect opportunity for him to take revenge, such as scratching Song Lianzhou's face.
But tonight, he was in no mood at all.
After staring for a long time, he got up angrily and lay down on the other side of the roof. He crossed his hands behind his head and looked at the starry sky. He couldn't calm down in his heart.
"I understand. I don't expect my brother to save me."
"It will hurt my brother."
“……”
In my mind, I kept thinking about what Zhao Yushu said.
The shouts of brother after another turned into tear-jerking smoke, making it difficult for him to restrain himself.
He wiped the tears from his eyes and closed his eyes, thinking about it again, let him think about it again.
Even if you want to save him, you have to plan carefully. Even if you can bring a living person out of the palace, you may not be able to bring him out of the city unharmed. There are many people watching inside and outside the city.
Besides, why should we save him?
He has to come to save him, but in all these years, who has really saved him?
*
the next day.
Xu Qiyuan didn't sleep much, and he was the first to wake up in the morning.
When Song Lianzhou opened his eyes in a daze, what he saw was the enlarged face of Qi Yuan directly above his eyes.
After being drunk all night, Song Lianzhou had a headache.
He stood up suddenly and hit Qi Yuan's nose with his forehead, causing blood to flow out.
Qi Yuan groaned and covered his nose, but the nosebleed still flowed down his lips.
"Song Lianzhou, you did it on purpose!"
He shouted, which also woke up Shen Zhixi.
The gray sky had just gotten a little brighter, and it was still early. Shen Zhixi's first reaction was to go back to sleep. It took him a moment to come back to his senses and notice that the whole body was empty.
She blinked, and the events of last night slowly came back to her.
I stood up but twisted my face in pain. The tiles were too hard and harsh, and my back hurt terribly after sleeping all night.
"Be careful." Song Lianzhou reached out to help her.
