The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

As Jian Yue spoke, she looked at Bai Jianan and said, "Do you know why I showed these things to you? Actually, it was Sister Hua who asked me to. These things are all for her own survival, and she wouldn't just take them out casually. But now, she took them out because of me."

Right now, she doesn't know that the heir of Qingyan Marquis and the head of Qilin Pavilion are the same person. She's just worried that if I really marry that纨绔 (playboy) young master, I won't be able to get away. So, she wants me to use these things to get Qilin Pavilion's help.

From beginning to end, she never thought of using these things to get anything from me. Tell me, what could Sister Hua possibly want from me? Money? I don't have as much as her. Power? Before I met you, I was just a lowly concubine's daughter, carrying immense hatred. Anyone who got involved with me would be plagued by bad luck, and she would gain nothing from me either.

Bai Jianan, can you imagine? Before I met you, Sister Hua was my everything. She was my mentor and close friend, and the one who helped me get to where I am today.

As Jian Yue spoke, she laughed: "I once asked her why she helped me so much, and she said it was just because she wanted to help me, without thinking about anything else, just for fun."

But I know she truly cares for me, treats me like a younger sister. Tell me, what reason do I have to doubt her, to reject her?

"Indeed not, she is truly an extraordinary woman."

As he spoke, Bai Jianan looked at Jian Yue and said, "I have a question."

Jian Yue looked up, and Bai Jianan said, "You said you saved Hua Xiangrong three years ago, but Lan Yue Tower has been established for five years now. The Second Prince Murong Yu met her five years ago."

You believe she had no ulterior motives in approaching you, but why such a coincidence? It just so happens that you left the capital, the Lan Yue Lou restaurant opened there, and then, three years ago, you saved Hua Xiangrong. Are these two events truly unrelated?

Jian Yue looked at Bai Jianan, who was very serious. Even though Jian Yue was angry with him because of Hua Xiangrong, he still wanted to express all his suspicions.

Jian Yue understood that he was afraid something would happen to her, so she smiled and said, "Do you know why Lan Yue Tower was built five years ago?"

Bai Jianan remained noncommittal, then saw Jian Yue walk up to him, bend slightly, and meet his gaze at the same level as him as he was sitting, with a hint of smugness in her eyes.

"That's because I built Lan Yue Lou after I left Qiu Mansion, and Sister Hua only came to help me three years ago. As for your statement that Murong Yu met Sister Hua five years ago, that's because Sister Hua's appearance at this time is not her own, but that of the person who wanted to take over Lan Yue Lou for herself."

After Bai Jianan finished speaking, he was at a loss for words to express his feelings. After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice, "At that time, you had just escaped from the Qiu family. How could you have money to spare?"

“It was given to me by my mother. When I escaped, I acted out a play with my mother. In the play, she was a madwoman who ate human flesh and eventually even ate her own daughter. I was the poor daughter. While we were fighting, my mother stuffed a 10,000-tael silver note into my hand.”

As she spoke, Jian Yue suddenly felt like crying and began to sob without restraint. She placed her head directly on Bai Jianan's shoulder. To make her more comfortable, Bai Jianan slightly sat up so that Jian Yue wouldn't have to bend over.

"It's hard to imagine, isn't it? How could a prisoner hide such a large sum of silver on his person without being discovered? You probably really can't guess. He wrapped the silver notes in oiled paper and hid them inside his flesh."

Then she pretended to regain her senses, saying she needed to hug her daughter before she could cooperate with those people and tell them what they wanted to know. As a result, they gave in and put us together. My mother then went mad, and while we were struggling, she tore open the seal on the silver note and secretly slipped it to me.

At this point, Jian Yue was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"Do you know how much pain I was in back then, and how much pain she was in? She had to endure her own heartache, tearing my flesh apart and still putting it into her mouth."

And I had to endure it, I had to beat her until I screamed, and I had to insult and despise her. Can you understand how I saw myself back then? A sinner who abandoned his own mother for freedom.

"No, you're not. You're only doing this for your own future."

As Bai Jianan spoke, Jian Yue suddenly lost control. She shook her head and said, "No, it is me. I let my mother continue to live in darkness for five whole years, while I, who was free outside for five years, still couldn't save her when I came back. Tell me, am I a sinner?"

“Jianyue, don’t be sad, it’s all in the past. You tried your best, and I believe that even without me, you could have rescued your mother. You definitely could. Besides, you had already thought about this when you left, didn’t you?”

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue smiled, tears streaming down her face, her hair soaked. Bai Jianan had no choice but to move her to the bed and have her sit up.

Jian Yue said, "Yes, I knew it a long time ago, but in the ten years before I came out, I never understood what my mother did for me. She fed me with her own blood when there was no food to keep me alive."

When I was able to eat, she began to worry about how I could live well without being controlled by Qiu Zhenzhou. So, she started to pretend to be crazy and even cruelly hurt me.

Qiu Zhenzhou originally thought he could use me to threaten her by keeping me, but when he saw the crazy woman choking the baby, he realized that his goal was not working at all. The woman had gone completely insane because of the rape, pregnancy, and childbirth.

Qiu Zhenzhou wanted to take me away, but my mother knew that once I left this cellar, without the ability to protect myself, my only fate would be death. So, she began to wake up and go crazy at times. When she was awake, she wanted her daughter; when she went crazy, she wanted to eat human flesh. She would eat anyone and everything.

Qiu Zhenzhou was afraid my mother would continue to go mad, and because of the First Madam, he gave up the idea of ​​taking me out. He had plenty of daughters; one more wouldn't hurt. At that time, I couldn't even tell what I would look like. If I were ugly, raising me would be a waste of money and effort. Keeping me like this in the cellar, like raising a dog, would be enough for me with leftovers.

Jian Yue seemed lost in her past, talking on and on. Bai Jianan wanted to interrupt her, but every time she was about to speak, Jian Yue would look at him with her big eyes, making him unable to bear interrupting her.

Jian Yue continued, "Bai Jianan, do you know what kind of life I've been living? If you did, you would understand how much suffering my mother has endured."

Bai Jianan said, "I understand, I understand. I will definitely take good care of my mother-in-law and make sure she recovers. Don't cry. Tonight, let's go see your mother, okay?"

Jian Yue shook her head. She knew perfectly well that Bai Jianan had no idea how much suffering her mother had endured.

She didn't just calculate ten years, but two lifetimes.

In her past life, she couldn't understand her mother's good intentions. After her mother abused her time and time again, she became timid. She was afraid to see her. Every time her mother approached, she would hide in the other corner of the cage, far away from her. At that time, she never understood why the person who hurt her would show disappointment and sorrow in her eyes.

At that time, she couldn't understand it, and therefore missed her mother's unconventional training.

Yes, after the training and rebirth, her disgust for her crazy mother disappeared, replaced by deep guilt and affection. When her mother wasn't pretending to be crazy, she would draw some symbols on the ground, then smile foolishly at her, then kick those symbols away, and continue writing, always the same ones.

At first, like the guards, she watched curiously for a few times but couldn't understand it, so she stopped caring. But one day, she suddenly noticed that her mother would make a strange and awkward gesture every time she finished writing a symbol.

Gradually, she began to decipher the words that formed a sentence from those actions.

The first thing I said was, "Son, your mother isn't crazy."

What did you feel at that time?

Jian Yue will never forget it.

How could she be so foolish as to miss out on her mother for an entire lifetime?

Her mother was so eager to communicate with her, but what had she done?

Her guilt deepened, and she tried even harder to learn what her mother wrote and how she acted. However, her mother wrote too fast and erased it just as quickly. There was no light in the dungeon, and the corner where they were was terrifyingly dark. She could only try to see things little by little.

Through gradual learning and communication, they finally chose this plan. They all knew that it might take at least five years, maybe ten, or even a lifetime to implement it. But they had to do it; they had no other choice.

Jian Yue smiled and shook her head, saying, "I don't know why. Why did my mother advise me not to continue after she came out? Who will repay all the suffering of those years? Can the pain of the past be forgotten completely? Can one enjoy life with a clear conscience?"

And what about Qiu Zhenzhou? Will he let us go? Will the people behind him let us go? Must we drag the Shangguan family down with us until they are all brutally murdered before they understand what it means to nip things in the bud?

She spoke almost as if she were shouting. At the door, Xiao Cui heard the voice and frowned slightly. She couldn't hear it very clearly, but she knew that the person inside the room was the young master.

Miss was clearly in a bad mood. She was frowning and worried about her mistress when she looked up and saw Xiao Tao walking over like a thief. She immediately straightened up, coughed loudly twice, and shouted, "Xiao Tao, what are you doing here? Have you finished all the things I asked you to do this morning?"