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Thinking of Shao Hua's matter, Qi Qingxi couldn't help sighing.

"Why is sister-in-law sighing?"

A familiar crisp voice came to Qi Qingxi's ears, but although the voice was crisp, it was not as lively as before.

She leaned out and looked outside, An Ning was being taken off her heavy cloak by the servant girl beside her.

Qi Qingxi shouted: "An Ning, you are here."

An Ning walked into the inner room with a smile, but when she was about to get close to Qi Qingxi, she took two steps back as if she remembered something.

An Ning ordered the servant girl to bring her a stool, and sat a little farther in front of Qi Qingxi.

Seeing this situation, Qi Qingxi was puzzled and asked, "Why are you sitting so far away from me?"

An Ning chuckled: "I caught a cold a few days ago, and I just recovered from the illness in the past few days. I'm afraid that the sickness in my body will infect you."

Qi Qingxi smiled helplessly: "Since he has recovered from his illness, how can there be any sickness?"

If it wasn't for everything, the Emperor and Concubine Xian would not let An Ning leave the palace.

An Ning pointed at her belly and said with a smile, "You are in a special situation now, we still have to be careful."

An Ning was as warm and considerate as ever.

It's just that Qi Qingxi felt distressed when she saw An Ning's smile that couldn't reach her eyes, and that little face that hadn't seen her for a long time but was getting thinner.

The more heart-warming and considerate An Ning is, the easier it is to get hurt emotionally, and that's why she fell ill because of being overly sad about King Qi's incident.

Although An Ning looked like a normal person now, she could clearly see the tired look in her eyes.

If it was something else, An Ning could talk or complain to her father, emperor and concubine mother, but for this matter, the emperor and concubine Xian would be more sad than An Ning.

A heart-warming girl like An Ning is definitely unwilling to sprinkle another pinch of salt on the wounds of her father and mother, so she can only bear it silently in her heart.

Qi Qingxi felt that she should do something.

She pushed back everyone in the room, and reached out to An Ning: "An Ning, come to me."

An Ning looked at her and shook her head: "Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, I can hear it here."

Seeing that An Ning was not moving, Qi Qingxi supported her pregnant belly and prepared to get up and come over to hold her.

Seeing this, An Ning hurried over to support her.

Qi Qingxi took An Ning's hand and sat down beside her. Then, she opened her arms to An Ning.

An Ning was caught off guard by her sister-in-law's embrace, and before she had time to respond to the hug, she heard a warm voice ringing in her ears.

"An Ning, you still have brother Zi Cong and my sister-in-law here, you can tell us any grievances or sorrows."

When An Ning heard Qi Qingxi's words, the grievances of the past few days welled up in her heart, and tears slipped down from her eyes unconsciously.

She stretched out her arms and embraced Qi Qingxi, crying sadly.

After a long time, An Ning let go of her, Qi Qingxi, and raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face.

She looked at Qi Qingxi with reddish eyes, and said with a choking voice: "Sister-in-law, I went to see third brother before he left..."

The third elder brother An Ning was talking about was the King Qi who had been demoted to Qiongzhou.

Qi Qingxi took out a handkerchief to help An Ning wipe away tears, and continued to listen to An Ning carefully.

It turned out that An Ning went to Qi Wang's mansion to say goodbye to Qi Wang that day, and handed over the purse she had prepared a long time ago to her third brother.

Inside the purse were all the banknotes she could take out immediately, about 1 taels of silver.

She asked Li Yu next to her what kind of place Qiongzhou was. Li Yu told her that Qiongzhou was located on a large island in the southernmost part of Dayu.

An Ning was silent for a long time after hearing this.

The third brother was so kind to her in the past, she didn't want to see him suffer.

And she believed that the third brother must not have stabbed the father on purpose, if the eldest brother hadn't insisted on biting him, the father originally planned to let the third brother go.

It's just that later, for some reason, the incident became more and more troublesome, and the officials and the people clamored to punish the third brother severely, so the father had no choice but to decree that the third brother and his family should be demoted to common people.

That was also the first time she knew that even a king like his father who ruled over the world could not do everything according to his wishes.

The end of the third brother's affairs has been decided, and all the family property has been confiscated. She wants to make the life of the third brother a little better, and all she can do is to add some money to the third brother.

Unexpectedly, the third brother threw the purse on her body and yelled at her.

"When I asked you for help, no one was willing to act, but now you pretend to be a good person to pity me. You are as hypocritical as your lowly mother and your sanctimonious brother."

An Ning was heartbroken when she heard this, but she could understand that she had a bad temper when she thought about the current situation of the third brother.

She didn't speak, but the third brother scolded even more fiercely.

"For so many years, I have been her son in name, but has she really regarded me as her own son? I have called her mother since I was eight years old, but she has never given me a smile. Instead, every time When Gu Yu came, she wished she could give him all her heart. And Father, obviously I am his own son, but I..."

Her third brother sneered, shook his head and said: "It's not just me, in the eyes of the emperor, all our princes, obviously we are his own sons, but none of them can compare to him, Gu Zicong."

An Ning watched as her third brother roared and smashed the tea set at hand, and the tiles shattered into pieces at her feet.

"I swore at that time that I would sit on that supreme position, that I would take Gu Zicong and Li Qiming, and that I would trample all of them under my feet, and make everyone kneel at my feet and submit to me. For I have worked so hard for so many years to achieve my goal, but that day...that day..."

An Ning looked at her third brother with red eyes and gritted his teeth: "That day before An Le even touched half of your mother's concubine's hair, the emperor stood in front of your mother and concubine, and even severely punished An Le."

An Ning interrupted her third brother: "That is also your concubine mother."

"She's not." Her third brother growled at her, "She's not my concubine mother."

"Although my mother and concubine are not of high status, she is a gentle woman who always looks at me with a gentle smile. Every year, she sews shoes and socks for me with her own hands. She has always treated the palace people around her with a gentle look." smile."

An Ning looked at the gentle smile on her third brother's face when he talked about his biological mother. Her third brother used to look at her and smile like that.

She knew a long time ago that the third brother and she were not of the same mother, but her third brother had always doted on her, and would miss her if he had any good things, otherwise she would not have come to say goodbye to the third brother at this time.

But at this moment, her third brother's attitude towards her made her very sad. She raised her eyes to look at her third brother, but her third brother had a sadder expression than her.

She heard her third brother muttering: "My mother and concubine are such a good person, but they disappeared in the end...it's all my father's fault..."