listen.explain

(thirty)

The rain continued, and the drops fell along the disturbed forehead, stretching out an umbrella to shield others from the world, but Mu Duer squinted under the rain, and could only look into the other's piercing pupils.

"Don't leave the palace, stay with me in Shoukang Palace──"

The wrinkles between the brows deepened, and Mu Du'er's eyes were clouded with water, clearly looking like he wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.With chest ups and downs, Mu Duer decided to speak—

"My lady, why are you here? Huh, auntie?"

Youxiang ran over with an umbrella, what Mu Duer wanted to say turned into a soft sigh, and when she looked at Youxiang, the affection in her eyebrows and eyes converged into seriousness again. "Youxiang, take good care of your empress dowager, don't let her catch a cold."

Youxiang didn't notice the strange atmosphere between Wanxiu and Mudu'er at all, she just focused all her attention on the big gap in the umbrella for the empress, but the aunt and grandma didn't want to hide in it together, instead she stretched her arms stiffly, deliberately opened a distance.Without any explanation, Youxiang stuffed her own umbrella into Mu Duer's hand. "Grandma, this umbrella is for you..."

This Youxiang is really stupid, she wants to take Muduer's umbrella, it's better to just hold the umbrella to protect Princess Chungui.It's just that Mu Du'er didn't say much, after changing the umbrella, he turned around and left.

"Muduer, I always keep what I say!" Wanxiu shouted coldly. "I'm asking you, I just hope you will be willing."

The hand holding the umbrella tightened, and Mu Duer left without saying a word.Youxiang asked curiously: "Madam, is my aunt in a bad mood today?"

Wanxiu raised her eyebrows. "Could it? She's amazing!"

When Mu Du'er returned to Chuxiu Palace, he was already drenched in water. Facing the inquiries from the court ladies, he avoided the most important and ignored the most important ones. After explaining a few words, he said that he was unwell and wanted to rest early.

Going back to the room after freshening up, Mu Du'er really felt a little tired. Not long after lying down on the couch, he heard a knock on the door, it was Xiang Ling who came here.

"Just now I met Yiqin on the road, she told you that you are sick, why can't you take care of yourself?" Xiang Ling saw Mu Duer was about to get out of bed when she pushed the door open, so she quickly supported her. "Are you resting? Is Er Niang bothering you?"

"It's nothing, Mu Du'er is very happy that Er Niang can come to see me, but Er Niang is bothering me." Despite his sick appearance, Mu Du'er still grabbed Xiang Ling's arm tightly, trying to smile.

"I heard from Yiqin that you went out with an umbrella, why are you still getting wet?" First, she glanced at the umbrella by the door, then turned her gaze back very naturally, stretched out her hand to check her forehead, and there was no sign of fever, Xiang Ling felt a little relieved . "Is it hard to be sick? Why are you frowning?"

"It's okay." He said it was okay again, but he seemed to be covering it up.Xiang Ling knew something was going on and didn't point it out, just waiting for Mu Du'er to calm down his emotions.

Mu Duer just stared at the red candle on the table, slowly watching it melt into wax tears, and only spoke after turning his mind for a while. "Erniang, do you plan to leave the palace?"

Xiang Ling pondered for a while, and then said: "You can leave the palace this winter, right?"

Mu Duer was silent after hearing this.Even if the second mother came forward to make the concubine concubine helpless, the marriage after leaving the palace still had to be ordered by her parents. No matter how painful the empress was, she couldn't disobey her father. It is impossible for her to grasp the final destination.

As a woman, she has to obey her father for the first half of her life, and follow her husband for the second half of her life. There is no time for her to decide her own way forward.Mu Du'er really thought about staying in the palace, and even marrying a Xinzheku person would be a crime, but the coercion of Concubine Chun is doomed for her not to dream of a peaceful day in the palace, with layers of worries and worries. This is the reason why Mu Du'er finally showed signs of illness today.

"Er Niang, is it better to stay in the palace than to leave the palace? After leaving the palace, you have to face the boundless road ahead, like duckweed and fluttering cats. It's better to stay in the red wall. Always a place you know well.”

"Muduer, why do you think so?" Xiang Ling frowned. "What a terrible place the palace is. Everyone is calculating others all the time, fighting for fame and even for love. Sooner or later you will become crazy. If you can leave the Forbidden City, you have to go far and never look back !"

Mu Duer looked at Xiang Ling, and seemed to have regained some of the past feelings. "What did Erniang come back for?"

"For you." Xiang Ling softened her tone, and patted Mu Du'er's back with her right hand, repeating this without feeling tired, just to make the other party feel better. "Now my only relative is you. No matter what, I will protect you and prevent anyone from harming you. If you want to leave the palace, I will accompany you to leave the palace, and I will not let your father ruin your life. As a business, I will take you back to Baoding, and we can live together."

"Xiang Ling," Mu Du'er closed his eyes, with a faint smile on his face. "It's like going back to the old days. I still remember the stories you told me. The widow Ba Qing was kind and rich and was respected by the Emperor Qin. The uncrowned phase of the Great Zhou...you always say that women should stand on their own feet and not be vassals of men, these words have had a great influence on me."

Xiang Ling listened with surprise and joy. "Do you remember all these?"

"Because of this, I can't stand you marrying my father as a continuation." Mu Duer expressed his heart knot for many years. "Women don't have to submit to men, they can also have their own world. You made me full of vision for the future, but you married my father. I hated your self-contradiction."

"Now I understand that many things are helpless. Whether it is the difference between master and slave by birth, or whether you are rich or poor, it is beyond human control. Erniang, Muduer has never blamed you, but you still have to Thank you for being my second mother, so that I can still get a little warmth from my family."

Xiang Ling stroked Remudu'er's cheek with her hand, her expression was full of satisfaction. "It's Erniang who wants to thank you for being by my side during the most difficult moments."

Mother and daughter are close, perhaps similar to this situation.It's just that Mu Du'er thought about it again and again, and finally asked: "If there is another chance, Er Niang, will you still marry my father?"

Xiang Ling stopped and looked at Mu Du'er for a long time.Perhaps because the wind and cold had blown away his reason, Mu Du'er couldn't see what Xiang Ling wanted to say in his eyes, it was like a deep, deep whirlpool that would suck people into it.

"The happiest thing in the past few years is that I can have you." Xiang Ling's hand touched Mu Du'er's eyes, blocking her view of looking up, and also missed Xiang Ling's sudden change of expression. "Relax well, we will go out of the palace together this winter, and I will take you back to Baoding."

After Mu Duer fell asleep, Xiang Ling got up to leave, but picked up the paper umbrella by the door and went out the door, and happened to meet Xue Xing. "Xue Xing, did my aunt ask you to return the umbrella to Shoukang Palace?"

"This umbrella belongs to Shoukang Palace?" Xue Xing's eyes widened, she looked at it for a while and said in surprise: "Yes, the umbrella is embroidered with gold thread, it's not an ordinary umbrella!"

"I also just heard what Youxiang from Shoukang Palace said. She wanted to ask people from Chuxiu Palace to return the umbrella."

"I'll do it right away."

Xiang Ling declined, and said with a smile: "I will pass by Shoukang Palace when I go back, just let me take the umbrella. Later, you can tell my aunt that Youxiang has come to pick up the umbrella, so she won't miss it."

After leaving Chuxiu Palace, Xiang Ling looked cold, looked down at the paper umbrella in his hand, and his heart sank.

Did Mu Duer not want to leave the palace?The matter of the matchmaker was just an excuse, no matter how worried Mu Duer was, she would never say such despondent words according to her temperament, let alone she changed her umbrella for no reason and came back in the rain.Who else in the palace would dare to bully Mu Du'er?Xiangling couldn't think of anyone else except Concubine Chungui.

What worried her even more was that Mu Du'er tolerated Concubine Chungui's overreaching again and again, and she didn't even condone her as the second mother.Perhaps too much, but after listening to Rufei's confession, she was more on guard. She really didn't want to see Mu Du'er sinking into the mud, how painful would it be?

Now, the umbrella in her hand is a sharp blade, she not only wants to cut off love, but also sends the blade into the heart of that person──

I once used love as my blade, Ruyue, your words are too pleasant. Family relationship is what we plant, but true love is what we lose. If there is love to trust and love to rely on, can I not be moved by your story? ?I can't; but the ridiculous thing is, you are no exception.

This relationship is your favorite, so I have no choice but to return it to Zhao.