He knew Long Shuli was just an image, yet he stubbornly said, âNot every emperor and Your Highness would let their wives experience the plot of a palace drama.â
âPfft!â
Su Yingxue couldnât help but laugh out loud.
âAlright, alright! Even if you were to marry an emperor or Your Highness, mother wouldnât be able to oppose it. However, that empress of your Great Cheng Dynasty is no good. She wanted to imprison me before, to force me to give her Drunken Beauty. At that time, to protect you, I had no choice but to give it to her. However, before I left the palace, I told Chu Mingyuan about this affair. The empress will probably be disliked by Chu Mingyuan for a lifetime, ending up as a lonely empress in her old age.â
Su Yingxueâs doubts were immediately cleared. So, it was her motherâs doing that the emperor and empress were at odds.
She admired her motherâs tactics deeply. To deal with someone like the empress, you have to strike right at her heart!
Who let her threaten her mother, after all?
Long Shuli chatted as if talking about family affairs, leaving many words for Su Hao and Su Yingxue. Su Hao and Su Yingxue sat down and didnât finish watching the recording until night fell.
At the end of the recording, Long Shuli entrusted them with a task, âThe body mother transmigrated into belongs to a princess from the Great Wei Dynasty who went missing. Since I did not know how to face her family, I never returned to Great Wei, nor did I mention this to you. But since Iâve occupied this body, I owe her family an explanation. Both of you, remember to take a trip to Great Wei for me, and tell them the truth.â
Su Yingxue suddenly understood, âSo thatâs it!â
Her mother was actually a princess of Great Wei. No wonder Sheng Ping said her mother had complicated relations with Great Wei. No wonder Qin Muyan thought she looked familiar!
As darkness fell and the image gradually blurred, Long Shuliâs last words were, âYingxue, Haoâer, mother loves you both very much.â
âMotherâ¦â
âMotherâ¦â
Su Yingxue, like Su Hao, cried inconsolably.
Though Long Shuli didnât spend much time with them, she truly loved them, her children.
Su Yingxue carefully put the box away, holding it in her hands like a treasured possession, âI donât know if this can be kept, if I can ever watch it again.â
âGo ask Rong Sheng. She would know,â Chu Yihan said as he rubbed the back of Su Yingxueâs head, seldom seeing her cry so much like a little rabbit.
Su Yingxue nodded.
Su Hao composed himself and gave Chu Yihan a formal bow, âYour Highness, the troops are unorganized. I will go attend to them.â
âAlright.â
Chu Yihan agreed.
Seeing him leave, Su Yingxue was somewhat puzzled, âWhy isnât brother staying with us?â
Chu Yihan bent down and kissed her, âBecause you have a husband now.â
How could Su Hao interfere with her happiness?
Su Yingxue smiled shyly, her expression sweet and a little embarrassed.
Chu Yihan approached her and knelt down, âCome on up.â
âEh? Hubby, are you going to give me a piggyback? Iâm not injured, and you still have wounds.â
âThese injuries are nothing to worry about. How could I let you tire yourself out?â Chu Yihan said indulgently.
Su Yingxueâs pretty face beamed with happiness.
She climbed onto Chu Yihanâs back, and he carried her step by step down the mountain.
With the full moon hanging high, Su Yingxue felt even the night wind in the mountains was warm, as if everything in the world was light and clear. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
She intended to honor her motherâs final wishes, to go to Great Wei, to find her motherâs relatives.
For now, she had someone to confide in.
After resting for a night with Chu Yihan, Su Yingxue went in search of Qin Muyan.
Logically, if her mother was a princess of Great Wei, then she would be Qin Muyanâs aunt, which would make Qin Muyan her blood-related cousin.