I felt something was wrong, so I turned around and looked at her strangely: "Why do you ask this?"

Jingxu also had a confused expression on her face. She was silent for a moment and then whispered to me: "She wants the poor nun to come here and help her find her son."

"What?!"

I couldn't control it for a while, and my voice got a little louder. Several people around me who were drowsy from the shaking of the ship woke up and looked at me dissatisfied. I hurriedly pulled up the scarf covering my chin, carefully

He moved some closer to her.

When everyone around us stopped paying attention to us, I lowered my voice again and said in disbelief: "She asked you to help her find her son?"

"Hmm."

What's going on?

Isn't Zhao Shuyuan's son none other than King Yun Pei Yuanchen? He has been dead for many years, why are we still looking for him?

Is he not dead?

Just thinking about it, I immediately shook my head subconsciously, how could that be possible? Not to mention the towering fire in Qingmei Villa, I had been guarding Pei Yuanchen and saw him lose his temper with my own eyes. How could he still be there?

Alive?

I turned to look at Jingxu and said: "Master Tai's son, who was the original King Yun, was the one who lost his temper with my own eyes. He has been dead for many years. Is she confused?"

"I think so." Jingxu nodded: "She was indeed quite ill at that time. She had a fever every day and kept talking in her sleep. It's just——"

"Just what?"

Jingxu looked around again to make sure no one was paying attention to us, then she leaned into my ear and whispered:

"At that time, she was seriously ill and talked a lot of strange things in her sleep. The poor nun kept watch over her and listened to the general idea. Listening to her talk, it seemed as if she had discovered some secret of the queen, and the queen wanted her to shut up.

, she kept begging for something, but I didn’t understand it. After she woke up, she refused to say anything anymore."

The river seemed to surge with the ups and downs of my heart, causing the boat to sway, and I felt that my mood was getting more and more complicated at this moment.

Of course she was talking about Queen Yin, and Zhao Shuyuan was originally Queen Yin's dowry.

Is... is it true?

If Zhao Shuyuan's sleep talk was not nonsense, could it be that Pei Yuanchen, who died in Qingmei Villa, was really not her biological son, but Queen Yin exchanged her biological son for her in order to control her? This way, this person

As a mother, shut up completely!

If this is really the case, I have to say that Queen Yin's heart was cruel enough. She indeed silenced Zhao Shuyuan for a lifetime; and as soon as she fell, Zhao Shuyuan also completely lost traces of her son. I originally thought it was because of Pei Yuanchen's death that

She became a monk. It seems now that Zhao Shuyuan became a monk because she lost the last chance to find her son. She was so desperate that she became a monk.

But, what secret is there that allows Queen Yin to deal with the people around her like this!

I just felt biting chills. Thinking of Pei Yuanchen, who was vomiting blood and crying while still thinking about Huang Tianba in the fire in Qingmei Courtyard, I suddenly felt a helplessness that I didn’t know whether it was sadness or joy.

Maybe it wasn't really painful for him to leave like that.

Jingxu said softly: "I don't know whether this is true or not. She just said that the eldest princess has found her lifelong trust. She no longer worries. The only person she cares about is only one person. So, trust me

Come and find us."

My breath caught.

The eldest princess’s... lifelong trust.

At this moment, there was a sudden rush of footsteps overhead, as if many people were shouting something, and then there was a banging sound, which immediately broke the silence in the cabin, and everyone was startled.

Someone subconsciously said: "What's wrong? Is the ship going to sink?!"

Suddenly, everyone around was so frightened that they started making noises.

I frowned and said nothing, but my ears caught the chaotic noise above, and someone was yelling: "Catch him!"

"Don't let him get away, little bastard!"

"Watch if I don't beat you to death!"

It sounded like someone had boarded the boat, but I felt inexplicably nervous for some reason. I hurriedly got up and walked towards the wooden ladder. Jingxu behind me wanted to call me but she didn't have time. I was already holding on to the wooden railing and walking slowly.

He walked up and pushed open the hatch.

Sure enough, there was a chaos outside, and the sailors were all shouting and cursing with wooden sticks. I had just stood firm when a black figure suddenly rushed over in front of me and knocked me to the ground.

"Ah——!"

I screamed in pain. I was already feeling uncomfortable and almost fainted at this moment. I heard the person who bumped into me subconsciously say: "Help me, Aunt Qing, help me!"

This voice——

I opened my eyes and saw that it was Ping'er who knocked me down!

I was shocked: "Ping'er? Why are you on the boat?"

Before he had time to answer, the sailors around him had already gathered around him. A big man picked him up and cursed: "You little bastard, you want to cross the river without giving me money, and you hide behind the cabin. You really think that all men are blind."

."

He was not a small person, but the big man was huge. He grabbed him like a monkey. He easily carried him to the side of the boat and said fiercely: "Go to hell!"

Seeing that he was about to throw Ping'er into the river, I hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the man's hand: "No! Let him down."

The big man looked back at me and said fiercely: "How can it be so cheap to let him down?! It's not easy for us to cross the river once. Let this kid slip through in a sneaky way. Everyone will follow his example in the future! Humph,

This time I will kill the chicken to show the monkey and see who else dares to do this in the future!"

After saying that, he raised Ping'er high and then smashed it down!

I was so scared that my feet were weak, and I grabbed him with both hands: "No! No! I will give you money, and I will give him his money!"

The big man stared at me and stopped moving his hands.

I was so panicked that my whole body was trembling, and Ping'er turned pale with fright. He even forgot to struggle in his hands. He looked at me, trembling, as he dug into his pocket and gave me the pieces of silver that Yue Xiang had in it.

All poured out.

A sailor next to me came over, took the silver from my hand, weighed it, and immediately said: "This is not enough!"

When the big man heard this, he immediately frowned and said: "Then you can't blame me!"

"Don't—!" Seeing that he was about to throw Ping'er down, I grabbed him tightly: "Don't hurt him!"

"If you don't have money, let him wait for death!"

"..."

I looked at the merciless and ferocious look of the big man, and at Ping'er who was so frightened that his face turned pale. I gritted my teeth, my heart skipped a beat, and I reached out and slowly took out something from my arms.

The man came over to take a look and immediately raised his eyebrows: "Hey, this silver lock is of good quality."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to take it, but my fingertips squeezed it tightly. He took it for a few times before taking it, and his face changed: "What? If you don't want to give it? Then let this little brat keep it."

Awesome!"

"..."

I bit my lower lip so hard that it almost broke. The slight pain and the salty smell of blood made my whole body tremble. It was obvious that all my strength had been drained, but my fingertips were still...

As if he was out of control, he squeezed it so tightly that he couldn't even grab it with all his strength.

Ping'er kept pleading: "Aunt Qing, Aunt Qing, please help me, please help me."

I raised my head and glanced at him, then lowered my head. The silver lock had been heated by my pinching, and the words on it had become burning. Just when I didn't know what to do, something mysterious sounded in my ears.

What Jingxu just said——

The eldest princess has found her lifelong trust...

A lifelong trust...

The fingertips trembled, and the hot silver lock was snatched away.

My hands were empty, and suddenly I felt that my chest, which had been beating so hot, was also empty. I watched the man take away the silver lock, put it to his mouth and bit it happily with a greedy expression, and immediately started to smile. Ping'er was already taken away.

The sailor put it down, rushed to my side and hugged my arm hard: "Aunt Qing."

I was speechless, my eyes were blurred by tears, and my throat was choked.

I suddenly want to cry.

Cry because my hands are empty now, and cry because I have nothing left in the past.

How did I get to where I am today?

I turned around and looked at Ping'er: "What are you doing?"

As soon as I opened my mouth, the voice was so unfamiliar that I didn't even recognize it. It was broken into pieces. Ping'er thought I was angry and looked at me timidly: "Aunt Qing, I'm sorry. I just want to cross the river and find my father by myself."

."

"Why... why are you so disobedient..."

"...Aunt Qing."

I was speechless, and Ping'er looked up at me, a little surprised: "Aunt Qing? Aunt Qing... you, are you crying? Don't cry, I know I was wrong, I'm sorry."

"Why are you disobedient?"
To be continued...