702 What was in my heart, but she?
Qiqi really doesn't think she can remember the past and it has a great significance to the Northern Prince in front of her.
The man she used to be Chu Xuanchi, and her senior brother was Chu Jiangnan. The one who lived together for more than two years was A Chu.
As for Chu Dingbei, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think he had too deep friendship with her. So, if you can't remember the past, you can't remember it.
Chu Dingbei didn't think so. Although he didn't know what was empty in his heart, he heard that the fifth emperor's brother was injured and could not think about other things at this moment.
The fifth emperor's brother has always lived in seclusion and rarely made enemies with others. Why was he injured? Could it be that the encirclement and suppression of medicine last night was also related to him?
In the dormitory, Concubine Jin was feeding Chu Jiangnan medicine. When Qiqi and Chu Dingbei entered the door, most of the bowl of medicine had been drunk.
Seeing the two of them coming in, Chu Jiangnan's eyes swept across Qiqi's face and fell on Chu Dingbei.
"Have you talked to your fourth brother?" he asked.
"No, the Fourth Emperor Brother is still in a hurry to go out to deal with it." Chu Dingbei walked to the bed and looked down at him. Seeing that his face was indeed a little pale, he felt a little anxious and asked, "Did the Fifth Emperor Brother be injured by the medicine man last night?"
Chu Jiangnan shook his head and smiled and said, "I didn't go out last night and stayed in the palace all the time. As for the injury..."
His eyes fell on Qiqi, and he smiled and said, "It was to remind this girl of the past and use the soul-calling sound on her, which would hurt her heart."
Qiqi's eyes changed slightly, and I don't know why he had to hide things from his Seventh Emperor's brother. However, since he deliberately concealed them, she was not inconvenient to say anything, but she felt a little more suspicious. Could it be that Chu Dingbei is not a person to believe in?
He came on behalf of the King of Chu this time, and he heard Chu Xuanchi talk about what he wanted to talk about, probably because he hoped that their Xuan Kingdom would return the northwest cities that were divided from Chu.
The city was the territory that Chu Xuanchi had originally waved. When he established the Xuan Kingdom, those cities were included in the territory of the Xuan Kingdom. They originally belonged to the Chu Kingdom, and it seemed that it was reasonable to return it.
Chu Dingbei didn't say anything else, but Concubine Jin looked at Qiqi and said softly: "Did Qimei really forget the past? Then you and the emperor..."
She looked at Qiqi, then looked at Chu Jiangnan, and was puzzled: "Your marriage..."
"Mother, Qiqi can no longer remember the past. There is no need to mention the past." Chu Jiangnan suddenly interrupted her and looked at her with a hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes.
Not only Concubine Jin noticed that awkwardness, but even Qiqi could see clearly.
"What kind of marriage?" She glanced at Chu Jiangnan, then looked at Concubine Jin, and said in surprise: "You said that my senior brother and I got married again? What does that mean?"
Concubine Jin's thin lips moved slightly, but after seeing the anxiety in Chu Jiangnan's eyes, he looked up and smiled slightly at Qiqi, and said with a gentle voice: "I remember wrongly, it's not your marriage with the emperor. I mean that the emperor has not yet married. I am an anxious mother, I hope you can help me too, so that he doesn't have any seriousness, and he doesn't even have a home."
Upon hearing this, Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what was anxious about inexplicably, but after hearing what she said, his heart finally relaxed.
Looking at Chu Jiangnan, she smiled mischievously: "Senior brother is really a big brother, it's time to get married."
He was originally the Nan Prince of Chu State, so how could a man in the palace be unwilling to get married when he was twenty-six or seven years old?
The same is true for Chu Xuanchi, who is already twenty-seven. Why don’t there even be a concubine in this palace?
Chu Jiangnan did not want to mention this matter, his eyes fell on Chu Dingbei and said indifferently: "My mother should advise the Seventh Emperor brother. She had already talked about marriage with Princess Qinglan two years ago. Why did it delay until today two years later? Haven't the emperor's grandmother and father urged him?"
"How can it not be?" Concubine Jin glanced at him and looked at Chu Dingbei with a hint of reproach in her eyes: "The boss is not young anymore, and she is in love with Qinglan again. After so many years of love, who knows what this kid is thinking? When your father asked them to get married, he flatly refused, saying that the man is determined to be in all directions and the Chu State has not yet stabilized, and he has no intention of his children's love. If he hadn't known that he really liked Qinglan, his mother would have doubted whether he had no intention of the girl's family."
When Chu Dingbei heard this, his face suddenly turned red. He hurriedly curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "A man is determined to be in all directions. The Chu State is in such chaos now. The Fourth and Fifth Brothers are not here. How can I consider my marriage at this time?"
After saying that, he looked at Chu Jiangnan with resentment and said helplessly: "Have you really decided to break up with your father? The Imperial Concubine is always the concubine of your father. Where are you and the Fourth Emperor brothers putting the Imperial Concubine like this? How can she face her father?"
Chu Dingbei was straightforward and said whatever he thought of, but didn't care at all that Concubine Jin was still in front of him. But after saying this, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly stopped his mouth and lowered his head, not daring to hum again.
Something flashed in Concubine Jin's eyes. Seeing Chu Jiangnan's still pale face, she sighed: "Son, are you really not planning to return to Chu?"
"There are still the crown prince, the second and third brothers, and the sixth brothers and the seventh brothers..."
"You don't go back, what's the point of staying there alone?" Before he could finish his words, Chu Dingbei protested: "Fifth Brother, I will be closest to you and the Fourth Brother. You will stay in Xuanguo in the future, then I...I..."
"How are you going?" Chu Jiangnan glanced at him. It was the gentleness that Qiqi rarely saw on weekdays: "Do you want to come to Xuanguo too? If so, I would have told you the Fourth Emperor Brother earlier, you should know that he would be very happy about this matter."
"Of course not." Cha Chu Dingbei curled his lips and looked resentful: "The fifth brother knows that I can't leave my father and grandmother behind now."
Several large cities on the northwest border of Chu were taken away by the four emperors. Now that the national strength has been greatly reduced, neighboring countries are eyeing it. If even he has left at this time, will neighboring countries not take the opportunity to cause trouble and invade Chu at the same time?
By then, the State of Chu will really be divided, and this is definitely not something that the Fourth and Fifth Emperors and the Fifth Emperors will be happy to see. Although Chu Xuanchi led his troops to conquer his own country, Chu Dingbei still believed that he was not the original intention of accumulating his original intention to trap Chu in danger.
Chu Jiangnan no longer mentioned this topic, and what he said just now was just a joke with him. Although the scene of the brothers being together is indeed very peaceful and moving, how can he ruin the entire Chu State for his own selfish desires?
After all, the State of Chu is their country, as for this mysterious country...
After calming his mind, he looked at Qiqi and said, "There is a banquet tonight. You can take the Seventh Emperor around first and let him see the scenery of Xuandu. At night, I and the Fourth Emperor will attend. If you have something to say, I will talk about it later."
"Oh." Qiqi knew that he had something to say to Concubine Jin alone, probably because it was related to what Chu Dingbei said just now, so she was inconvenient to disturb her. After asking him to take the medicine on time, she looked at Chu Dingbei, "Do you want to look around?"
How could Chu Dingbei not hear the order of expelling the fifth emperor? No matter whether he wanted to leave or not, he had to leave first.
The two left the bedroom one after another, until the footsteps outside completely disappeared, Chu Jiangnan looked at Concubine Jin and said calmly: "The son-in-law saw his mother enter the secret room of the medicine man's stronghold last night."
Concubine Jin was slightly stunned, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Chu Jiangnan did not give her much time to react and continued: "Mother, although my son is in good health, he has never been interested in the affairs of the government. Please don't think about the thoughts of the past again, let alone do the same thing as before."
Concubine Jin's palm tightened, and her face suddenly changed color.
She stared at Chu Jiangnan, her eyes were indescribably deep and cold. Her indifferent gaze seemed to be looking at the enemy, not her own son.
Chu Jiangnan met her gaze, but his eyes were calm and gentle: "My mother, please forgive me. I just don't want to talk to you around the bush. My son is always the biological son of my mother. The one I don't want to see the most is to get alienated from my mother."
"Why do you think that the incident was related to your mother's mother?" Concubine Jin was stunned and calm down. When she faced him again, her eyes had recovered from her usual indifference: "Do you know that the royal family is most afraid of such things. If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense and frame your mother. The emperor should be very clear. Such a few words are enough to put the mother in a desperate situation."
"Mother, there is no one else here." Chu Jiangnan still looked at her indifferently, and his words were calm: "Before the disaster in the hunting ground, Erchen had seen his mother's earrings nearby. They were the earrings he saw from his father's place when he was a child and asked his father for the earrings he gave to his mother. The mother loved them very much and kept wearing them until that day."
Concubine Jin's eyes were light and dark. She never expected that so many things had been hidden in her son's heart. After more than ten years, he could endure this moment before talking about it. This kind of tenacity is rare.
Especially, he was just a ten-year-old boy back then.
I don't know what to think about, but after a moment, she casually said something unhealthy: "Does the emperor know that the mother's mother has so many precious ornaments in her hand, why do she just wear the earrings she asked for?"
It’s not that Chu Jiangnan didn’t say anything, but that he shouldn’t say such things at this time. He still has a lot to say, warm words that he can’t say at this moment.
Concubine Jin said, "In this life, the only thing that mother cherishes is the prince. Even your father is just in her heart. After all, it is dispensable. The prince should be very clear that the mother's greatest wish is to see that the prince's life is glorious and always above thousands of people, and is the most noble person under the world."
Chu Jiangnan's heart was slightly blocked. More than ten years have passed, why can't she see through it?
"Isn't it enough for my mother to let go of my obsession?" He sighed lightly and said softly: "My mother's wish is not what I think in my son's heart. Why can't my mother still understand it?"
When Concubine Jin heard this, her face had not changed at all. She just asked indifferently: "What the emperor thinks is Murong Qiqi?"
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