My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

"Aunt Wan is actually a simple person. She was forced to marry far away because of the natural disaster and food shortage in Changguo. Naturally, she was unwilling to do so. After entering the palace, she lived in depression every day. She hated her father, her grandfather, and her relatives in Changguo. She hated why they used her as a bargaining chip in the transaction between the two countries. She said that she was just a woman who only wanted to take care of her husband and children and live an ordinary life. She didn't want to be treated as a commodity for exchange."

"An ordinary life, isn't that what I want?" Cui Hongxiao smiled sadly and lowered his head, "I am her son, but she has never told me about her suffering."

Cui Hongjing did not respond, and continued: "But she forgot that she is the princess of Changguo. She has enjoyed wealth and splendor that ordinary people cannot reach. She has no choice but to marry into the imperial court, which is her obligation and responsibility."

Cui Hongxiao trembled, raised his eyelids, and said nothing.

Cui Hongjing was right. As a member of the royal family, no matter if they were princes or princesses, an ordinary life like ordinary people could only be a luxury.

"As one of my father's countless women, Aunt Wan is the most helpless, because she is alone, with no relatives or friends around her, and none of my father's women are easy to deal with. In such an environment, she is more lonely and depressed, and lives a dark life." Cui Hongjing continued: "She wants revenge, revenge on all those who have hurt her. But she is a woman in the harem who is powerless and has no scheming, so how can she take revenge. So, she thought of the most primitive method. That night, she hid in a side hall in advance, and used aphrodisiac incense to make the already drunken grandfather confused. She thought that the grandfather just thought it was a dream that night, and she just wanted to find an opportunity to let my father know about this. Look at the father and son who turned against each other because of her. But she didn't expect that when she was about to implement her plan, she found out that she was pregnant. She knew who the father of the child was, but no matter who it was, whether it was the royal grandfather or the father, they were all people she hated to the core, and she also hated the child in her belly. So she tried her best to use all kinds of methods to make the child die without anyone knowing. Maybe it was God's will, no matter how she struggled, the child always grew tenaciously in her belly. In desperation, she thought, if she gave birth to this child, when he grew up and won the favor of the father, wouldn't it be more satisfying to tell her that this was not his child. So, sixth brother, you were born."

Cui Hongxiao's palms were bleeding, and his nails had already dug deep into his palms, but he remained calm on the surface: "Just when she was about to implement her so-called revenge plan, the emperor's grandfather passed away. She can no longer make me a pawn to help father and son turn against each other? Besides, the emperor's grandfather is gone. If she makes this public, without the emperor's grandfather's protection, my father will definitely kill her first."

Cui Hongjing nodded sympathetically, "Yes. But there is actually another important reason. Although Aunt Wan doesn't like you, watching you grow up and look more and more like her has also aroused some maternal love in her. She can't bear to see you, a pawn of revenge, being killed by your father. Revenge and maternal love, these two emotions make her feel entangled, and she is becoming more and more paranoid. When she sees you, she will think of your grandfather and your father. So for so many years, unless she has to, she never meets you. Because when she sees you, she will think of the unfair treatment she has suffered and that night in the side hall. Every time she recalls, it is a great torture for her."

"Did she tell you these words, or did you just guess them yourself?" There was a hint of sarcasm in Cui Hongxiao's tone.

Cui Hongjing took a deep breath and said, "She told me this herself when I left Changguo."

"But why does she treat you as her own child?"

Cui Hongjing did not respond. He was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "That's because she fell in love with my mother, Concubine Jing, in the dark palace."

Hearing this, Cui Hongxiao's expression was truly shocked, and his pupils shrank. "What? What did you say?"

After another long silence, Cui Hongjing said, "She loves her, but it is a deformed love. My mother is kind-hearted. After Aunt Wan gave birth to you, my mother felt that she had no relatives and had pity for her, and took good care of her every day. Perhaps, in Aunt Wan's eyes, such love was undoubtedly a flame in the darkness, saving her long-dead soul... Gradually, the two became good sisters, but my mother didn't know her thoughts until she died, and only regarded her as a good sister. In those years, my mother was quite favored by my father. Every time my father visited my mother, Aunt Wan would mutilate herself alone in the bedroom to relieve herself. . Until now, her arms are covered with scars from knife cuts. She herself no longer fears life and death, but she also knows that if this deformed love is exposed, my mother will be implicated, so she has always buried this love deep in her heart. Because of her love for my mother, she also regarded me as her son. After my mother passed away, she thought of committing suicide together with her, but you also know that my situation was very bad at that time, so she gave up the idea of ​​suicide. She said that she would do her best to protect me, even if she lived like a walking corpse, she would live, because I was the only flesh and blood of the person she loved in this world. "

After Cui Hongjing finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the hall.

It was unknown how long it took, until the tea on the table had cooled down, before Cui Hongxiao uttered a single sentence: "A pitiful and crazy woman."

Cui Hongjing knew that there was very little mother-son affection between him and Concubine Wan, so he didn't know what to say.

"So you are actually the son of my grandfather and the younger brother of my father. There is nothing wrong with you ascending the throne." Cui Hongjing said, "Since you are also a prince, you should bear the responsibilities of a prince. Think about it, who else can take on this important task now? Therefore, ascending to that position to protect the people of Dazhen is your duty and responsibility. Do you understand? You will definitely be a famous and benevolent monarch! But I am different from you. I told you that I would never allow Cui Qimo's son to ascend the throne. After Xue'er left, I no longer cared about it. Moreover, if I ask myself, I am not as good as you. Because I have lived in hatred since I was a child, and I am too violent. I am afraid that after I gain power, I will become the second Cui Qimo."

Cui Hongxiao asked cautiously, "Who else knows about this?"

Cui Hongjing shook his head gently. "This matter is a shame for my father. He did not tell anyone except the most trusted eunuch Fu, and Aunt Wan would never tell anyone else about this matter. After I knew the truth, I never told anyone except you."

Cui Hongxiao let out a long, barely perceptible sigh. When he left, his normally upright back trembled slightly, and his normally steady steps faltered.