C90 Past Years

"The empress dowager raised me when I was young. Although she brought me more, she treated me very well and doted on me like I was her own son. I really respected and doted on her."

Zheng Qingluo had originally thought that the empress dowager only grew close to the Seventh Prince because the emperor had brought along the Seventh Prince. So the empress dowager had also raised the Seventh Prince before, this was something Zheng Qingluo didn't know.

"Since when did you follow the Emperor?" Zheng Qingluo asked naturally, but Luo Qingqi did not think that she had gone overboard. Instead, he felt Zheng Qingluo's concern.

When I was only six or seven years old, the Grand matriarch couldn't take care of me, nor could he protect me. His Majesty sent me to the empress dowager's place to have her look after me, and as long as I don't go to court, the emperor would bring me along.

So, no matter what the Emperor wants me to do now, as long as I have the ability, I will do it for him.

So it turned out that the Emperor had done so much for the Seventh Prince. Although Zheng Qingluo knew that the Emperor doted on the Seventh Prince very much, she didn't know that he would actually give it his all.

"At that time, I was very young and the emperor just called me emperor. There were also many royal brothers who were eyeing that place covetously. Grand matriarch … At that time, she did not have much of a status. She was just a daughter of a small county's son. "

"In the past, only fourth rank officials and above are allowed to send their daughters to the palace. Because in the past few rounds of talent shows, none of them managed to win the favor of the Emperor. Then, the general election would be held."

"Mufei also coincidentally entered the palace because of this, but who would've thought she'd be chosen. When I was young, I heard mufei say that she was prepared to be washed out and then returned home, but I didn't expect she'd be left behind in the palace in the end."

It was said that the imperial palace was the place for women to go to, and all of them had their heads cut off trying to get in. Who knew that in this magnificent imperial palace, there would be people who would eat people?

"Qing Wen — —" Zheng Qingluo originally wanted to change the topic, but who knew that this topic would unknowingly change to another one. She shook Seventh Prince Luo Qingqi's hand, wanting to interrupt him, and then continue with the happy topic.

"No problem, I want to tell you. All these years, I've never told anyone about this, but I want to tell you now."

Zheng Qing Luo did not speak anymore, and only held Luo Qingqi's hand even more tightly, silently expressing that I am together with you. Luo Qingqi felt the strength in his hand.

"Because without the help of an outsider, mufei was in a difficult situation at the time. Even when she was pregnant with me, she was still constantly ambushed. Even if mufei was careful and careful, it was still impossible to guard against."

"What she eats, uses, pads, covers, she almost dares to use, almost to the point of being like an army of grass and trees. As for mother, I don't know how she endured it."

"All I know is that when mufei gave birth to me, she was so skinny that only bones were left of her. But she still insisted on giving birth to me, and with her extraordinary willpower, she managed to survive. The empress dowager told me all of this."

"The empress dowager once said that the strongest mother she had ever met was my mufei — Grand Imperial Concubine. However, no matter how strong she is, in this empress dowager's palace that eats people without blinking, she won't be able to raise me up."

What a respectable mother she must have been, her suffering was almost unbearable, but she held on to it, and for her son's sake, how she must have fought to survive.

Judging by her age, she was much younger than the empress dowager, but judging from her appearance, she seemed to be even older than the empress dowager. Zheng Qingluo's current thoughts were only thinking about how Grand Consort would sit there with his head full of white hair the first time she saw him.

At that time, I was still too young to know what danger was, and it just happened that the Supreme Emperor passed away. The new emperor ascended the throne, and the palace was in a complete mess.

"Mufei had the maidservants go ask for the imperial physician, but at that time, how could the imperial physician take the risk for a mere prince? He's the child of an unfavoured beauty, so mufei could only carry me around begging for help. Without exception, I've been blocked outside the hall, so there were all sorts of excuses."

"Mufei had no choice but to beg the empress, but the empress used her recent ascension as an excuse and said there was no way to help mufei concoct an imperial physician. Even mufei's head was knocked out, and the empress didn't extend a hand …"

Thinking about that dangerous situation, Zheng Qingluo's entire body collapsed, her body started to tremble. Even though she knew that Seventh Prince was by her side, she was still unable to control her emotions.

She knew how easy it was to die. It was just a mountain avalanche, just a fall from a pavilion, just a poison.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Feeling Zheng Qingluo's trembling, Seventh Prince Luo Qingqi's heart suddenly warmed. From this moment on, he was no longer alone.

He reached out his hand and tightly hugged Zheng Qingluo to his chest, letting her tremble a little more, then a little more. Only after she had disappeared did he put his arm around her shoulders and walk towards the main courtyard.

"Don't you see that I'm just standing here? It's all in the past now, it's all in the past now." Yes, the past was gone, but what about that admirable mother.

"Then what happened to mufei?" Since he had already reached this point, the Seventh Prince no longer wanted to hide anything. Since Qingluo had asked, he would continue telling her about it.

"Mufei had no choice but to carry me to the empress dowager's palace. She begged the empress dowager to kneel on her knees. As long as the empress dowager can save me, I'll be the empress dowager's son in the future. She'll no longer participate in my future affairs."

"She also swore that I would always be loyal to the Emperor, that I would support the Emperor and follow him by his side. She, on the other hand, would forever live and pray for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and bless them for a healthy life, and protect everything as they wish."

Seventh Prince could not carry on as he spoke, his voice choked with emotions. If he could not control himself, then he must be such a desperate mother. In order to save her son's life, he sacrificed himself and gave him away, never to see him again.

Qingluo's tears could no longer be stopped. She hugged Luo Qingqi's waist and buried her face in Luo Qingqi's chest, only that her shaking shoulders betrayed her.

They couldn't hear what Seventh Prince said to the Third Miss, they only knew that the young miss was crying. The two of them were so anxious that they kept rubbing their hands, but they just saw Seventh Prince directly lifting the Third Miss up, and then with a few steps, he entered the main gate of the courtyard.

Since the Seventh Prince was able to hug the young miss, then it shouldn't be him who made the young miss cry. Even if it was him who caused the young miss to cry, if she was able to hug him, then it meant that he had admitted his wrongs.

Look at you, it's just something from the past. I'm just not in a good mood, so I wanted to find someone to talk to, causing you to cry like this. It's really cold outside.

Seventh Prince tossed Qingluo onto the soft couch and personally took a cotton towel to help her wipe the tears off her face.

"Look at how prescient I am. Before I went to express my gratitude in the morning, I didn't ask you to apply those disorderly rouge and cosmetic powder on you. Or else, you wouldn't be able to put on a long face now, wouldn't you be ugly to death?"

Zheng Qingluo wasn't in the mood to listen to his teasing. She ignored his coaxing and took the cloth to wipe her face clean. "Go on, what happened next?"

When things came to this point, how could Qingluo be willing to not hear the result? Luo Qingqi looked at Qingluo's red eyes that were crying, and his heart was a mess. He reached out to Qingluo and hugged her, allowing her to cuddle even more comfortably in his embrace.

"Nothing happened after that. Back then, mufei was also present when she went to the empress dowager's place. When mufei begged the empress dowager, he had already sent out an order to find the imperial physician."

"After that, the emperor promised mufei that he would cure me and reassure mufei. Also, when it's cured, let me return to her side once more. The emperor says he doesn't approve of being separated by mother and son."

Although he had spent some effort, he was even more grateful to the Emperor now.

"The imperial physicians will be here soon. At the start, they still didn't dare to make a move. After all, I'd been poisoned too long ago, and the imperial doctors were all afraid they wouldn't be able to save me, so they took responsibility instead."

"There were even two imperial physicians who hinted to the emperor that he was merely a young brother, so there's no need to go through all this effort to curry favor with him. If he could save him, then he'd be done for."

"At that time, if someone spread rumors that the Emperor didn't care about his younger brother and intended to not treat him properly, then what the Emperor did wouldn't make up for it."

"But the emperor immediately beat up those two imperial physicians and warned the other imperial physicians that he only wanted to save me. He didn't think of using saving me to gain any other benefits, so he told them to save him. If the medicinal ingredients were taken out of the emperor's private storage, he would have to shoulder the consequences himself."

Zheng Qingluo was listening intently, and when she saw Luo Qingqi stop, she couldn't help but burrow into his embrace again, indicating that he was listening, causing Luo Qingqi to laugh at her actions.

Qing Luo seemed to have matured at a very young age, so she was always subconsciously treated as an adult. However, sometimes, you could clearly feel that she was just a child.

Luo Qingqi's hand once again tightened, and then, he lightly kissed her forehead. Seeing that Zheng Qingluo had shrunk, he once again raised his hand to caress her soft and tender cheeks.