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The Duke Palaces' attendants were guarding the outside of the great hall from afar. When Chu Yixuan left, he left the entire great hall to the father and daughter Xu Family. In the main hall, the father and daughter pair sat facing each other in silence.

"Little Zhi." Xu Chang took the initiative to break the awkward silence., who had been calm and collected for decades, was still unaffected by what was happening, "Is your body better now? I heard that after that incident, the Prince treated you even better than before? "

Xu Rouzhi sneered, "With the blessings of Crown’s Master!"

The word "Crown’s Master" made Xu Chang choke. His eyes drooped down, he was silent for a long time, then said softly: "Don't blame your father for not being able to come out and protect you when you are feeling wronged, as your father is the leader of the three masters of the crown prince, he has always been involved with the Eastern Palace. At the time of the incident, if I had rushed to the Prince Qi Palace, I'm afraid that people with ulterior motives would have spread rumors all over, saying that your father relied on the Eastern Palace, a fox taking on the might of a tiger …"

"So, even if I die in Prince Qi Palace, you can't ask too much about it, lest others say that Eastern Palace is bullying Prince Qi!"

Xu Chang frowned, and looked at Xu Rouzhi with some pain: "Has your body been getting better recently?"

Xu Rouzhi shrugged, "It's pretty good."

Xu Chang was silent for a long time, then took out an item from his bosom and gently placed it in front of Xu Rouzhi, "Rou Zhi, do you still remember this item?"

Xu Rouzhi glanced at the item on the table in front of him. She slowly picked up the jade pendant. It was actually a piece of purple jade. Although the carving was somewhat rough, the image of the purple flower was still vivid and vivid.

"Whose is it?" Xu Rouzhi frowned, she raised her head and suspiciously looked at Xu Chang.

"Your mother's." Xu Chang's tone was very gentle, and even his calm eyes were filled with tender emotions.

Mother's? Xu Rouzhi was startled. Uh, some vague memories from a long time ago slowly flashed before her eyes.

In those images, the purple flower jade pendant swayed gently on the corner of the gentle and graceful woman's skirt, while she, was held by the woman's hand, kneeling together outside the Crown’s Master's Madam's door.

"Mother, what are we doing here? Little Zhi really wants to go back. " Her heart was full of reluctance. Her little knee felt so painful.

"Good girl, let's wait a while longer. We'll talk about it when we meet the Madam." The gentle and graceful woman was her mother.

Mrs. Xu with a cold face finally appeared on the stairs, the servants were surrounding her, her eyes were filled with dignity: "Cheng Wan, you still have the face to kneel here?"

Cheng Wan kowtowed with tears in her eyes, "I, your humble concubine, plead for Your Highness to let me off, and I, your humble concubine, am forever grateful for you! I am willing to repay you in my next life!"

She stared at her mother. What do you mean, confess? What does it mean to be in the grass?

When no reply was received, Mrs. Xu looked down from above at the mother and daughter pair. Her gaze was so cold that it caused chills to run down one's spine. Cheng Wan laid on the ground, not daring to get up, as the tears that she shed had already drenched the ground in front of him.

"Mother, mother …" The little girl stood up and went to pull her mother, "Mother, get up! The ground is so cold, Mother! "

"Good, Little Zhi is good." Cheng Wan caressed her face with tears in her eyes, "From now on, Little Zhi has to listen to his wife. Whatever her name is, Little Zhi will do.

Why was this happening? She didn't understand the little girl at the time, but in the next ten years, she did what her mother told her to do. She did what the Madam told her to do, and she didn't defy or contradict her, even if the Madam didn't have any feelings for her.

It was just that, she did not understand why she was brought out of Mrs. Xu's room that day. Her mother said that she would be back after a while, but she did not come back after that.

In the Xu Mansion, no one had ever mentioned the matter regarding Cheng Wan the Lady, because there was a ban on the Mrs. Xu. No one was allowed to bring it up, and no one was allowed to talk about it.

She asked the servants and servants of the estate, but no one told her the answer. She wanted to ask her father about this, but with her status, she had no chance of meeting him. Even if he saw her from time to time, he would respect her as a lord just like the servants. On the other hand, he would leave as if nothing had happened while being accompanied by Mrs. Xu, as if he didn't know that she was his daughter.

At some point, she began to understand that her mother must be dead. I wonder what crime my mother committed. Was she executed by the Mrs. Xu, or was she forced to her death by the Mrs. Xu?

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As Qi Yu had transcended from the modern world to the ancient, she originally had no concept of being a direct descendant and direct descendant. However, looking through the memories of the ancient Xu Rouzhi, the coldness and pain a woman would experience when she was born made her feel the same.

It turned out that the Xu Rouzhi who had once kept a low profile and begged for peace was doing it for the sake of living a good life. If she went against the Mrs. Xu and fought against them, she would definitely end up like a disobedient servant in a house, receiving a heartless beating and punishment.

Living in fear everyday, how could he not submit to it?

Although this jade pendant only belonged to her body, and belonged to the Xu Rouzhi of the past, but no matter what, it could still be considered as her past! Xu Rouzhi held the jade in her hand tightly. She slowly straightened her back and raised her cold face, "May I know what Master intends?"

This voice of "Master" caused Xu Chang's face to freeze, and his deep gaze became somewhat helpless and sad, "I know you hate father, but all these years, I have been looking for her."

Ah? Xu Rouzhi was startled. "She's still alive?"

Xu Chang sighed: "Back then when she left the Xu Mansion, she did indeed leave this place alive. All these years, I've been asking about her. The Xu Mansion isn't good for you, and I don't really care about you, so I might have caused you to suffer a lot of grievances. "

He might have suffered a lot? Did he not know how she was doing in Xu Mansion?

"I know, you were still secretly asking about your mother a few years ago, but no one dared to mention her in the Xu Mansion. That's because that's the biggest humiliation I've ever been through in my life. However, after so many years have passed, I should not be angry at you because of her. After all, we are father and daughter, and blood is thicker than water. "

Humiliation?

Xu Rouzhi frowned, what did that mean?

Xu Chang was silent for a moment, then looked at the purple flower jade pendant in Xu Rouzhi's hand and said: "This jade pendant is carved according to the flower's appearance, because Caiwei, Caiwei, is also gentle. This was personally carved for your mother by your father. When she left, she didn't take the jade pendant with her.

Xu Rouzhi held onto the purple flower jade in her hand, and frowned at Xu Chang. She came to the Prince Qi Palace, just to give this jade pendant to him? And tell her where her name came from?

"Is she still alive?"

Another silence. After that, Xu Chang nodded slightly.

Xu Rouzhi was surprised: "Then where is she now?"

Xu Chang slowly closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, "I can't reveal this to you right now. But I believe that it won't be long before you two meet again. "

Xu Rouzhi sneered, what kind of trap was this! She hated people who wanted to say something but were unable to! If she didn't want to say it, then she might as well say it. What was the point of fishing for the appetite?

At this time, Chu Yixuan had already returned, and sat down beside Xu Rouzhi with a smile.

Xu Chang said softly, "Regarding the food, there is already a flurry of discussion within the Ji City. Little Zhi is insensible and caused trouble for the Duke. If you have to blame someone, you have to blame this old official for not being strict with discipline. "

"How can you blame your father-in-law?" Chu Yixuan's face revealed a slight smile, "Rou Zhi is also kind. She has a Bodhisattva's heart and it is the fortune of the common people in Ji City. How could I blame her? As for the discussions, let them be. I don't care. "

Xu Chang cupped his hands and said: "It is my pleasure to be forgiving."

Chu Yixuan gently held Xu Rouzhi's hand and turned to look at Xu Rouzhi. His eyes had a trace of a gentle smile in them: "For the past two years, I had locked myself in the Safe House to recuperate and handed over the matters of the Duke Palaces to the Madam Su to take care of. I caused Rou Zhi to suffer greatly and during these few days, I was already trying my best to make up for it.

As he said that, Chu Yixuan stood up and lightly bowed to Xu Chang.

Xu Chang hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting, "Your highness, please do not say it like this, this old man does not dare."

Xu Rouzhi shook her head.

Are all these actors in life acting like this? It was too tiring!

Because Xu Chang had come over, Xu Rouzhi's heart was in turmoil.

Even though the past was not her past, it had actually happened before. The past that made one's heart ache, made Xu Rouzhi, who was deeply moved by the past, to feel pity in her heart. She couldn't help but think of her own modern family.

Oddly enough, she was a motherless child in modern times, too — not without a mother, of course, but not from under a rock. She was simply the child who had lost her mother long ago — she had remarried when she was six years old.

The drunken, violent father, who had lost his marriage, was able to turn things around and become a family again.

It was a pity that she was not lucky enough to enjoy her father's transformation — her father had given the love he had just learned to his second child, her half-sister.

So, could it be said that she was the same as Xu Rouzhi, someone who had never felt the warmth of a family before?

They had lost their mother's love since they were young, and their father had always neglected them. Their young girls' lives had always been the same, ice-cold, without warmth.

Although Xu Rouzhi marrying to the Prince Qi and becoming the Princess Qi seemed like living a blissful life, life was even more miserable than being in the Crown’s Master Palace.

As for her, Qi Yu, even though she had also entered the military academy, she seemed to have a bright future. However, she had still relied on her own hard work to enter a military academy. And in the end, she had sacrificed herself so early, just like that, Qi Yu's life ended.

She sighed. They were both in the same boat! Thus, she was able to teleport onto Xu Rouzhi's body and continue her life?

Seeing Xu Rouzhi holding the purple flower jade in a daze, Bi Su said, "Master, he … You gave this jade pendant to Princess Hua-Yang? "

Xu Rouzhi spread out his hands, looked at the jade in his hands, and said: "Bi Su, you know about my mother's matter, right?"