Chen Pingwu had long noticed that his wife's gaze had been lingering on him, as if she wanted to say something.
But what can Mrs. Liu want to say to him
When he returned to the mansion, he was planning to return to Lin Bixuan, but he never thought that Fei Cui would invite him, saying that the second wife had something to discuss with him.
When we arrived at Yunxia Courtyard, Chen Pingwu waited for the second lady to speak, but instead of saying anything, she asked the girl to wait for her to take a bath and change clothes.
He wondered if this was a new move, but he didn't have any new aunts around him recently, the backyard of the second bedroom has been very quiet, and no one can compete with her, go past her, the second wife, and she does this Why
After all, now that he is old, Chen Pingwu would not have this patience before, but now he has the patience to see what she wants to mess with.
The second lady was really nervous. She had been thinking about it in her heart for a long time, but she couldn't find a perfect explanation.
If you avoid the important and take the light of it, then something goes wrong. The second lady understands her husband's temper. He is the kind of person who takes soft things but not tough ones. It's fine if you talk about it well. If he finds out that you lied to him, he will never let it go. She got her wish.
You can only tell the truth, but how should you tell the truth, and to what extent
When the second lady came out of the room, Chen Pingwu was already planning to leave, so she hurriedly stepped forward to hold him back.
"Don't go, master. I really have something to tell the master. How about the master go to take a bath first, and we go into the back room to talk?"
Chen Pingwu frowned and glanced at her, and took out his arm from her, with alienation in his eyes.
"Let's just say it here."
The second lady felt a pain in her heart, he was always like this, but he was used to it, so she put aside distracting thoughts and explained the matter roughly.
Naturally, she wouldn't mention that old story, but said that the queen accidentally discovered the picture that Bai Shu asked Fu Xia to take out of the palace, and recognized that it belonged to the tenth sister. Later, Bai Shu couldn't stand her persecution, so he told the truth, revealing the true identity of Concubine Su Gui.
Chen Pingwu was a little surprised, but also a little stunned.
His behavior really cannot withstand scrutiny, he can guard against outsiders, but he may not be able to guard against his own people, especially the queen, but he doesn't think there is anything shameful about this matter.
He didn't say it because he had his own thoughts, which doesn't mean that this matter can't be seen.
The second lady pretended to be sighing: "I thought that something like that happened back then, ten girls probably... never expected that she would be so lucky."
Chen Pingwu took a look at her, and for some reason, there was a sense of irony.
It may be because he blames himself too much, maybe others can forget what happened more than ten years ago, but he still remembers it vividly. He clearly feels pain in his heart when he thinks about it, but he can't help thinking about it.
He hasn't forgotten how much she didn't want to see Liu'er back then, and she fought with Liu'er in all kinds of tricks. Although she settled down later, she probably had a preconceived feeling, so Chen Pingwu always felt that her quietness was deliberate.
He was still young at the time and couldn't see through the mystery. He just felt that Madam had finally learned to be magnanimous. But later, because of certain things, because he couldn't restrain his self-torting memories, his memory became more and more vivid. Some things he didn't understand before, later I also gradually understood.
But at this time, he was getting older, his children had grown up, married and had children, and they were all grandfathers. He couldn't divorce her just because he didn't want to see her, so he could only live like this.
Now, a person who hates Liu'er so much that he doesn't even let children go, sighs with him.
The second lady didn't notice the coldness in Chen Pingwu's eyes, and she was still immersed in her emotions. She sighed a few words, so she brought out the queen's complicated mood after knowing it, as well as the current situation, and even the situation where she had to confront.
She even helped the queen to promise that if the eldest prince can be crowned prince, she will definitely treat this concubine younger sister kindly in the future. After all, the queen still liked the tenth younger sister very much.
For this reason, the second wife did not hesitate to give examples one by one, talking about things from previous years, and speaking very emotionally.
She didn't know that her true face had already been seen by others, so what she said was that too many years had passed, that the matter involved the old lady and even the third lady, and that she was concerned about each other's and even the children's face... It didn't mean that Chen Pingwu was just a Fool.
So what she thought was emotional, in his eyes all became artificial and hypocritical.
Chen Pingwu was the only exception among the men in the Chen family. Probably he was born with disdain for vulgar things, and he didn't have much ambition to be an official. Instead, he was a bit bookish in his bones, which is the so-called not rubbing sand in his eyes.
A thing that has made him choke in his throat for many years, he can bear it like this is all for the face of the Chen family, and for the sake of the overall situation, he even exhausted his whole life to endure and ignore it.
Because of the weight of this kind of patience and indifference, it aggravated his heart knot, which made him unable to let go of that incident, so that he spent more than 20 years recalling and missing that woman, trying to use the good memories of the past to dilute her. The self-blame in his heart, but he never thought it was useless, on the contrary, it made him even more unable to forget Liu'er and everything.
All of this is like a gushing flood. His patience and bottom line are like a river embankment that has been continuously raised but is in danger. Now, because of the hypocrisy and affectation of the second wife, this river embankment collapsed and the flood poured in.
"You said so much, what exactly do you want to say?"
The second lady's words were interrupted, so that she couldn't catch up with the emotions and feelings that had been brewing for a while, and there was a moment of stagnation.
"The empress is very worried. She is afraid that at the very moment when the crown prince will be established, the identity of Concubine Su Gui will be exposed. It is not appropriate for Yu Duoer to establish a crown prince, so..."
"So you said so much today, just want to tell me, don't expose Yuan'er's identity?"
The second lady didn't answer directly, but diverted the conversation: "The empress is also in a dilemma now. Your Majesty doesn't like her at all, and only loves Concubine Su. If this matter is known to others, His Majesty will not make Duo'er the crown prince. Duo'er is the queen's only support, but Concubine Su is different, she not only has doting, but also has two sons..."
"Why doesn't Your Majesty like the queen? Does the queen have no idea?"
The second lady was taken aback, and looked into her husband's cold eyes.
Some things can be hidden from others, but how can it be possible to hide them from your own people, especially your biological parents. Most of the manpower in the palace was handed over to Queen Chen by the Chen family through Chen Pingwu. After all, it is not suitable for others to talk about these private things. , although they are elders, there are differences between men and women, and the biological father is more suitable.
So when Empress Chen first entered the East Palace, Chen Pingwu knew some of the things she did and why some of the people were cut off, even if she didn't know everything.
What did he tell Liu Shi at that time
Said that the status of the crown princess is here, no one can surpass her. The most urgent thing is that the East Palace must have an heir, so that the position of the crown prince can be stable, and don't let the crown princess destroy the relationship between husband and wife.
But how did Mrs. Liu do it
Even if Chen Pingwu didn't see the whole process, he knew how she would tell the princess and give her advice. Because she explained in front of him with righteous indignation that a woman does not have an eldest son, and her position is not stable.
There is no other way, he can only discuss with his eldest brother, and let his sister-in-law enter the palace in the future. The sister-in-law has a stable personality and can teach the princess some truths. But because of this matter, she made a lot of noises in the mansion against the sister-in-law, for which the sister-in-law also complained in her heart, and she simply let go of it.
She is a fool, and she doesn't know it!
The second wife was chilled by her husband's cold eyes, she murmured unconsciously: "Even if you don't think about your daughter, don't you think about your son?"
yes son.
If the empress and the crown prince were affected by this incident, how should the eldest son and the second son deal with themselves, and the empress should deal with himself. As a father, he has already done one wrong, so why should he be sorry for the others
Doesn't help, affects the overall situation.
So he endured it again.
Just when he was enduring it, some people thought they were smart and came to test him.
"Stay here and calm down, otherwise I don't guarantee that I can keep this matter hidden." After finishing speaking, Chen Pingwu walked away in a huff.
The second lady looked at his back with mixed feelings of sorrow and joy.
Sad because of his cold attitude, happy because he agreed
Pan'er naturally doesn't know what happened to the Chen family...
Knowing that they had an uncle, Wan Rong and Zong Qian pestered her to ask a lot about Su Hai.
But what should she say
To say that this uncle is actually your cheap uncle, and that she and this uncle are not very close, to be correct is to say that there is a bit of a pinpoint to the wheat. It was alright when I was young, but when I grew up, she could not get used to some of Su Hai's bad habits, especially since she rarely saw them, so whenever she finally saw him, she would always find fault with him, so that the troubles would always be very unpleasant.
Pan'er can only pick up some things about her childhood.
For example, your mother was very beautiful when she was a child, and she was a well-known little beauty. There were always some brats who liked to bully your mother, and your uncle would always lead her to fight back.
A picture would appear in Wanrong and Zong Qian's minds - a little girl in a skirt standing by the side, and two boys were fighting in the arena, and the dust was flying, and the little girl was trembling with fright. His face was hurt, but he smiled triumphantly.
For example, the Su family used to be in a poor family and couldn't afford cakes or caramel. Every time your grandfather secretly hid a few pennies from his private house, he would use it to buy candy for your mother. Your uncle can't eat it. Grandpa said that the boy is still compared to a girl.
Then the two little ones will be angry, and they will be fine again. Occasionally your uncle got candy from nowhere, and he would show it off in front of your mother, but he would also break off a big piece and give it to her while he was in pain.
There are many similar things, and because of this, the image of the uncle in Wanrong and Zongqian's hearts is becoming more and more full.
Zong Qian even told Wan Rong by Ji Duren that when he grows up a little more, if any brat bullies the elder sister, I will fight for you too.
Wanrong scoffed at him, saying that he was not as good as her, and she could fight back by herself. The siblings had an awkward quarrel, but turned around and recovered.
Pan'er racked his brains to talk about "uncle's affairs" with the children, and occasionally entered into reflections. In fact, Su Hai treated her pretty well. Why did she always target him when she was sensible
Maybe because she was the only girl in the family, and she was fostered by her mother at that time, she suppressed a lot of grievances in her heart, and felt that bad things had to be borne by the girl. Su Jiang was much older than her, and the two hadn't been close since they were young. On the contrary, Su Hai, who was similar in age, was closer.
Su Hai would often visit her, and would bring her something from time to time, but she felt that it was compensation from her family, and she became more and more unhappy, so Su Hai was the first to bear the brunt.
Recalling the past, people are always amazed, and Pan'er didn't think too much about it.
Soon came the day of offering prisoners.
As the common people at the foot of the emperor, the news has always been the most well-informed, so the fact that the border war is unfavorable has been widely circulated in the market recently.
At this time, it is of course necessary to stabilize the hearts of the people, and because of this, the battle for offering prisoners has been made very large.
Pan'er was in the deep palace, so of course he couldn't see it, but Wanrong and Zong Qian wanted to see it, but Pan'er refused, saying that there must be a lot of people and accidents would happen.
The siblings had no choice but to block Su Hai on the palace road after the captive offering was over when Su Hai entered the palace.
"You are uncle?"
Wanrong looked at the dark and strong man in front of her, who couldn't get along with her uncle no matter what.
Su Hai was suddenly blocked by two children. He scratched the back of his head and saw that the two children were dressed in gorgeous clothes. They were obviously not ordinary people. There were a few children who could run around in the Forbidden City, and they called him uncle.
Then there is only one result, this is Pan'er's child.
He couldn't help sighing, but he smiled, his big white teeth shining brightly in the sun.
He squatted down: "You are the third prince, are you the fifth princess?"