Shuixiu pouted, but her face still looked unconvinced. I smiled faintly and said, "But you should think about yourself."

"What are you thinking about?"

"After the quarrel between the Emperor and I, you should know that I will never be favored again, and there will be no future by your side." I smiled and said, "If you have other plans, I can help you.

Go talk to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother speaks——"

Before she finished speaking, Shui Xiu said hurriedly: "Cai Ren, why do you say that."

"..."

"We follow you and don't seek glory and wealth. Isn't that bad?"

Seeing her anxious and aggrieved look, I smiled and said, "But after all -"

"We really don't ask for anything." Xiaoyu also said at the side: "A few days ago, Grandma Wu also told us the same thing, saying that if we want to go elsewhere, she will come to ask for talent, as long as she takes care of it by herself

It’s good to have talented people. But Shui Xiu and I have agreed that we will definitely follow talented people.”

I was speechless for a moment, too shocked to speak. Looking at them, Shui Xiu nodded: "Cai Ren, we are willing to follow you, for no other reason than that you are a good person. With you by my side, I can eat and sleep safely."

."

Is he a good person who eats and sleeps well?

When I heard this sentence, I suddenly felt so sour that I wanted to cry. Shuixiu may not have read any books and understand any ethics, but her words seemed to be the most basic principles of life, but in the palace

, but too little is known.

I patted her hand gently, looked at Xiaoyu again, and smiled.

I have to take a nap every afternoon, but I don’t feel sleepy today, and Shuixiu and the others are even less sleepy. I hear people running back and forth outside from time to time. It should be the maids and eunuchs from each palace who went to Jingren Palace to find out the news.

I also heard them talking about it.

Shuixiu said energetically: "Why don't you just give birth to a child? If the trouble is like this, what kind of knot will come out!"

I couldn't laugh or cry. Although she didn't speak so harshly after listening to my words, she was still unforgiving. Even Aunt Wu could only sigh and help me lie down on the soft couch. Shuixiu and Xiaoyu had nothing to do, so they simply ran away

Go out and have a look.

There were only Nanny Wu and I left in the room. I leaned on the couch and said softly: "Nanny, thank you."

She was stunned for a moment, then understood what was happening immediately, and said, "Talent, don't you blame me for making my own decisions?"

I shook my head.

She smiled, thought about it, and then explained: "I don't want to make any decisions for you. It's just that at this time, it would be better if there are fewer people around you. Besides -" she said

Then he rolled his eyes and said, "Those two girls, they are either playing or making trouble all day long, and they will get you into trouble sooner or later."

I laughed.

Among these three people, only Shuixiu has known me for the longest time, but it’s rare that we all hit it off. We don’t feel like masters and servants together, but more like family. We have a loving and wise aunt, and two naughty and restless people.

My sister, as of today, I don’t ask for anything.

Aunt Wu was sitting on the couch doing needlework, and I leaned on the couch and read for a while, but there was something on my mind, and the words in my eyes were confused. I looked up from time to time outside, and sure enough, after a while I saw Shuixiu and Xiao Yuqi.

He ran in panting and said while panting: "Talent--"

"What happened?"

"I heard that Xu Jieyu is having difficulty giving birth!"

"What?"

I was startled and hurriedly sat up. Aunt Wu quickly supported me and said, "Be careful, I'm so anxious. I feel dizzy."

I didn't care much and asked hurriedly: "Why is it difficult to give birth?"

"We don't know either," Shui Xiu said: "The young eunuchs passing by outside are saying this. I heard that all the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital have gone to Jingren Palace, and the Queen is accompanying them personally. We haven't found out yet.

”

"Then - where is the Emperor?"

"The emperor is also over there at the Tai Chi Hall, waiting for news."

I slowly leaned back on the couch, suddenly feeling weak and weak, and the familiar, aching pain in my heart surged up again.

I know that when a woman gives birth, she steps into the gate of hell with one foot. The pain is something ordinary people cannot understand, but every mother will persist, no matter how painful or difficult it is.

It’s just that I may never have that opportunity again.

My child...

Subconsciously, she stretched out her hand to touch her slightly sunken belly, and her eyes were a little red. Grandma Wu looked at me, gently grabbed my hand, and said, "Talent, don't think too much."

I raised my head and glanced at her, nodded slightly, and then said to Shuixiu and the others: "Go and inquire more."

They both nodded, turned around and ran out again.

In the following time, they ran back every two quarters to tell me some news they had heard, but the Jingren Palace was kept tightly closed, and not a single imperial doctor came out. What happened could only be heard coming and going.

The eunuchs and maids who inquired about the news relayed the story, and as I listened, my palms were covered in cold sweat.

It feels bad.

This situation lasted until night. The sky gradually darkened, and lanterns were hung around. Shuixiu and the others had been away for a long time this time, and they hadn't come back for almost half an hour. I kept looking up at the table.

I didn’t eat a bite of the dinner I was served.

Aunt Wu advised: "Talent, eat a little first, there is no point in being hungry."

"I can't eat it."

"Talented person!"

Aunt Wu called me in an amplified tone. I looked up at her and saw concern and reproach slowly growing in her eyes. I felt a little sorry, so I said, "Okay, I'll drink some soup first."

She then let me go and hurriedly filled a bowl of medicinal soup and brought it to me. I was worried and just brought it to my mouth when I heard the rapid footsteps outside. When I looked up, I saw Shuixiu and the others running back again, but

Under the night, both of their faces were pale, as if they were frightened.

"How's it going?" I asked hurriedly.

Shuixiu's lips were a little white. She looked at me and said slowly: "Talent..."

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"Say it quickly."

"Xu Jieyu, it seems--died."

"What did you say?!"

My hand shook, and the soup bowl in my hand suddenly fell to the ground, smashing into pieces with a clang. The soup splashed on my feet and was very hot, but I didn't feel it at all. I was so shocked that I stood up:

"She is dead?"

"It seems so." Shui Xiu nodded, also looking frightened, and said: "None of the imperial doctors came out. Jingren Palace put away all the red lanterns. Now the emperor has also passed by. I heard that

His face is also very ugly."

"..."

I was so shocked that my mind went blank, and I suddenly sat back down.

Is she dead?

Xu Jieyu is dead?

Then - I hurriedly asked again: "Where is the child? Has the child been born?"

"I heard from Xiao Fuzi that I heard the cry of a child coming from inside. I don't know if he is alive or not, and the Queen is not allowing anyone to come in to visit."

I sat there, my heart was in confusion for a while, and one sentence kept ringing in my mind - she is dead!

Xu Youling, that soft and weak woman who couldn't even protect herself; the woman who said she would rather have a daughter than delay her child's future; the woman who said she regarded me as a good sister, but ended up turning against me...
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Is she really dead?!

I was sitting there in the dark night outside, but in my eyes I could see the most inconspicuous, weak and gentle look of that woman in the palace, and an indescribable sadness came to my heart.

At this time, Nanny Wu came forward and said softly: "Talent."

"..." I looked up at her.

"Don't think too much."

"..."

"Whether she lives or dies, it has nothing to do with you. If you feel sorry for others, you will always hurt yourself."

If you feel sorry for others, you will always hurt yourself. It is true, but it is a human life after all. I am not a wooden person, and I cannot develop a heart of stone, so how can I not be sad?

However, they were all so worried to persuade me that I didn’t want to say anything else. I just nodded and asked Shuixiu and the others to clean up the things on the floor, and then brought me another bowl of soup. I didn’t have much appetite, so I couldn’t.

I reluctantly drank half a bowl of soup and took a few mouthfuls of rice, then dismissed them early and went to bed by myself.

Shuixiu was keeping vigil for me tonight. Normally she would have been chirping non-stop, but tonight she didn’t say anything. She just tidied up the bed alone and slept outside.
To be continued...