Why did you apologize suddenly? The Queen Mother looked at Cheng Mingran: "Ranran is worried about something?"

"It's all my fault. If I had listened to my aunt and father before, maybe the situation wouldn't be like this now." Cheng Mingran was blaming herself. If it weren't for herself, none of the things happening now would have happened.

But the Queen Mother smiled and shook her head: "Why do you think so, Ranran? It's wrong to think so."

Cheng Mingran looked up at the Queen Mother, who gently held her hand and said, "The affairs of the Cheng family have never been caused by you alone, so you don't have to take all the blame on yourself."

"The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. The saying that a big tree attracts the wind is not just a saying. The Cheng family has a solid foundation for so many years, but by the time of your father and I, the family has become sparsely populated, and several branches of the Cheng family have gradually declined."

"The Cheng family has been in the military for generations. Your father has made great achievements and is hated by others. There are too many people in this world who want the Cheng family to fall, but these are nothing. After all, we have come this far over the years."

"But... I'm not afraid of the jealousy of villains, but I'm afraid of the suspicion of those in power. There are too many people with ulterior motives to guard against, but if the people in higher positions help, there will be no room for maneuver in this matter." The Queen Mother said while gently stroking Cheng Mingran's hands.

Cheng Mingran felt mixed emotions. It was not that she did not understand this truth, but this was too cruel. She could not understand why meritorious people could only achieve merit when they were used by those in higher positions.

But in the end, because of his achievements, he would be too intimidating and would be disliked by his superiors. Success and failure are all due to him, so is there anyone in this world who is willing to accept this?

"The court is treacherous and changeable, the harem is complicated, and people's hearts are full of speculation. Nothing in this world is ever caused by the fault of one person. Things that are destined to happen will be impossible to avoid in the future even if they have not happened yet." The Queen Mother was also afraid that Cheng Mingran would blame everything on her.

Cheng Mingran was in a bad mood: "But if I had never entered the palace, there would be less trouble."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she looked at her lovingly and said, "After coming back today, I found that Ranran seemed to have changed a lot."

"I was ignorant before, which made my father and aunt worry about me all the time." Cheng Mingran replied.

"Ranran is the only child in our family, so naturally we have to worry more about you. But you have been very obedient since you were young, so we have never worried about anything." The Queen Mother had no biological children, so Cheng Mingran, who had stayed by her side since childhood, was to a large extent like her own child.

"The child has grown up a lot because he has suffered injustice, but if possible, we also hope that you can always be the same as before." said the Queen Mother.

"My aunt told me before, but it was me who didn't believe it. I also insisted on having my own way and hurt my aunt and father's feelings." Cheng Mingran is really starting to regret it now.

The Queen Mother helped Cheng Mingran wipe away the tears that were about to flow from her eyes: "Don't you like it now?" She was very gentle, but this gentleness completely broke the last line of defense in Cheng Mingran's heart.

Tears fell on her body like raindrops: "I don't know, I just suddenly felt that it was not worth it." Cheng Mingran's voice was filled with tears.

When the Queen Mother saw the crying little girl in front of her, her thoughts drifted back to the scene when Cheng Mingran knelt in front of her and said that she wanted to enter the palace.

At that time, Cheng Mingran accompanied him for dinner as usual. After dinner, she suddenly knelt down in front of him.

At that time, she was shocked by her action and thought something serious had happened. Then Cheng Mingran said to her: "Aunt, Ranran wants to enter the palace."

She was not too surprised. As a bystander, how could she not see what the little girl who grew up next to her was thinking over the years?

She actually tried to intervene, but Ji Lingzhou was also raised by her... She knew these two people too well, they were not suitable at all. Especially at that time, Ji Lingzhou had already begun to guard against the Cheng family, how could she dare to hand over her little girl who had been raised with thousands of pampered things to such a cold-faced king?

but……

"Aunt, Ranran really wants to enter the palace, and she really likes Brother Lingzhou. If she can't stay with Brother Lingzhou, Ranran will never get married in this life." Cheng Mingran's attitude was firm at the time, as if she had no choice but to agree.

That was the time when I lost my temper the most with Cheng Mingran. In fact, I had a little hope in my heart at that time, after all, she was still young and it might be just a spur of the moment, so I cruelly punished her to kneel for a night.

The next day, Cheng Mingran knelt in the palace for too long and was exhausted. But she was determined to make Cheng Mingran give up, so she asked again: "Have you really thought it through? If you insist on doing this, I will not let you kneel until you have thought it through."

As a result, Cheng Mingran said something that left a deep impression on her. She said... "If love is just something that can be imagined, then how many people in this world are sober?"

Perhaps it was because Cheng Mingran was too stubborn, or perhaps she just couldn't bear to see her sad, so she finally gave in.

At that time, she thought that even if Ji Lingzhou treated her badly, she was still in the palace, so no one would bully her.

At that time, Cheng Mingran would do all kinds of things to please Ji Lingzhou every day, but she could see clearly that there was no possibility between the two of them.

And... Cheng Mingran also turned herself into someone that others would like because of this so-called love.

But she still said nothing. Love is something that one has to experience for oneself to understand. When one day she is really tired, I will take her away.

Now... she seemed to have figured it out, but the price was too high. The Queen Mother was also questioning, and she kept asking herself whether it was the right thing to allow Cheng Mingran to enter the palace?

She is young and doesn't understand love. If my attitude could be more resolute, wouldn't she have been hurt so much?

"Ranran, what are you thinking about the emperor now?" the empress dowager suddenly asked.

When Cheng Mingran heard this, her emotions became noisy: "I don't know." She replied.

"Are you still as determined as you were before?" the Queen Mother asked again.

Cheng Mingran shook her head: "I'm too conceited." She thought that as long as she worked harder, Ji Lingzhou would be able to see her one day.

"So...are you going to give up now?" the Queen Mother asked seriously.

At the same time, Ji Lingzhou, who had been standing outside the door for a long time, became tense at this moment...

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