In the afternoon of the next day, it was drizzling. Liu Shu held a small umbrella and quietly slipped out of the Jinxiu Garden during the nap time, walking in the rain towards the nearby Suhua Palace. She had never been to the Suhua Palace.

, her mother never mentioned that palace to her. Suhua Palace was not on the way to her mother’s Huiren Palace or grandma’s Jinghe Palace. Instead, it lived alone in a corner and had long been forgotten.

For seven years, no one took care of Suhua Palace. The former palace residents of Suhua Palace also disappeared. The palace door creaked open, and in front of them was a messy but lush garden. In summer, Suhua Palace was actually open.

The garden is filled with moonflowers, which are white, warm and fragrant.

Lin Long likes flowers and plants, so Liu Shu read many picture books about flowers and plants when he was very young. Liu learned to read poems by memorizing poems, and Liu Shu was the first to recognize the words for flowers and plants. She knew that Moonlight Flower is also known as Xi

The flowers bloom in the evening and will wither by the next morning. The sky is full of dark clouds today and the drizzle is continuous. Before evening, many moonflowers have already bloomed. The withered and dilapidated Suhua Palace, because of these fragrant sunset flowers in the garden,

A little bit more friendly.

Suhua Palace is very unfamiliar to Liu Shu. She only knows that the former owner here was named Xiao Yi, a princess of the Qi Kingdom that no longer exists, and also her biological mother. She does not know which palace her biological mother once slept in.

She didn’t know if her biological mother had ever had a good relationship with her father, and she didn’t know if the word “forgiveness” in her name meant that her biological mother knew she couldn’t grow up with her and begged her for forgiveness. She stared blankly at the unfamiliar person.

Palace, thinking to myself: "I don't blame you, I can't call you mother, I hope you don't blame me either."

Liu Shu sat on the corridor to take shelter from the rain, feeling the silence of Suhua Palace with the faint fragrance of flowers. She had never seen her father, nor her biological mother. She really wanted to ask the older palace attendants in Baiyu Palace,

Those old palace people who have seen King Huai of Song Dynasty who died young and the beautiful Xiao Meiren, ask them about the story of their father and Xiao Yi...

But she didn't dare to ask, she was afraid that if she asked, her mother would know. Her beloved mother, she couldn't bear to let her know. Liu Shu wandered in Suhua Palace for a while, and then quietly walked back to Jinxiu Garden.

The only people in the palace in Jinxiu Garden are two aunts, A Xing and A Die, and an old Granny Lu who knows medical skills. They are all confidants brought by her mother from Chu State. She must never let any of them.

Knowing that she already knew her life experience, she couldn't ask them. "Otherwise, let my brother ask the queen mother and grandma, how did the father and his biological mother know each other?" She thought about a new idea, "But the queen mother and grandma

Since they know my life experience but dislike me so much, they may not have a good relationship with my biological mother... How can I ask about my biological mother from someone who doesn't like her? Then I won't find anything good..."

She sighed. Except for her brother, there was no one in the entire White Jade Palace she could ask. However, her brother didn't know much.

Hiding her worries, she still went to the lotus pond to wait for her brother in the evening. Liu took Ling Fei with him.

Liu said: "Ling Fei, this is my only sister Liu Shu. You have met her yesterday. I brought you here today to solemnly tell you that from now on you will not only be my bodyguard, but also my sister."

Protect together. If someone bullies us, you must protect Liu Shu first."

Ling Fei saluted Liu Shu and said, "Ling Fei has met the princess." He was even more respectful than during the martial arts competition yesterday.

Liu Shu replied: "You don't have to be polite to me. You come to the palace and live and eat with my brother. You are both a guard and a friend. From now on, my brother's safety will be left to you. I will also respectfully call you 'Brother Ling'."

Ling Fei has no brothers or sisters in his family, he is an only son, so no one has ever called him that. He lowered his head shyly and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously."

It was rare for Liu Shu to see someone suddenly become shy in front of her, and asked with a smile: "Brother Ling, let me ask you, if I bully my brother, who will you help?"

Ling Fei answered very quickly: "Of course I am helping His Highness."

Liu Shu nodded with satisfaction. But Liu said: "That's wrong. If she wants to bully me, just let her bully me and don't help anyone."

Ling Fei looked at Liu in confusion and said, "But I am His Highness's personal guard..."

Liu said solemnly: "Even if my sister wants to kill me, you don't need to stop her."

Ling Fei looked at Liu in surprise, and then at Liu Shu. Liu Shu waved to Ling Fei and said, "Don't be fooled by my brother. It's already good if he doesn't bully me! How could I have the chance to bully him?"

?And how could I possibly kill him?"

Ling Fei nodded, indicating that he understood, and reminded: "Your Highness, it seems we should go back. I heard that tonight is the Queen Mother's family dinner, and dinner will be earlier than usual."

Liu Shu said, "Then you go ahead! I'm going back too." After that, he turned around and left.

Ling Fei asked in confusion: "Your Highness, won't the princess come with us to the Queen Mother's family dinner?"

Liu sighed and said: "Shu'er's mother was banned from the Jinxiu Garden by her father. After her father left, the queen mother and grandma did not forgive her ban, so Shu'er's mother could never go to grandma's family banquet.

, Shu’er has never been there.”

Ling Fei said "Oh" and stopped asking.

******

Liu Shu, who was worried, always wandered to Suhua Palace alone during his nap time. For several days, the door of Suhua Palace was always open a small gap. Occasionally, the palace people passing by would close the palace door, and after a few days, the palace door would be closed.

The door opened again as they passed by. That day, the two palace maids murmured in fear as they closed the palace door: "You said that in the past few years, we have always walked this way, and the palace door of Suhua Palace has never been opened. Why?

Is it always open these days? And every time it’s such a small gap that no living person can get through, it’s really fatal.”

"Don't talk nonsense. Maybe the door is in disrepair and is loose. We can't lock the door from the outside. The door was blown open by the wind, so there is naturally a small gap."

"This door is not loosened sooner or later. It is really evil. Do you think it is the ghost of Beauty Xiao who is still lingering..."

"I told you to stop talking nonsense! It's so scary!"

"It's broad daylight, so there's nothing to be afraid of. Besides, we haven't offended Beauty Xiao."

"That's right. Mei Xiao died in childbirth. No one is to blame. We have nothing to be afraid of."

The palace maid who spoke first suddenly lowered her voice: "Of course we don't need to be afraid, but this is not because Mei Xiao died in childbirth. Haven't you heard the rumors? It is rumored that Mei Mei was killed."

"What? Where did you hear that?"

"Do you remember that seven years ago, my mother in the Queen Mother's Palace and the Imperial Court sentenced Mr. Qiao to death for adultery? This is actually very strange when you think about it. Logically speaking, my mother is an old man next to the Queen Mother, and Mr. Qiao is sentenced to death by the Imperial Court.

Even if two people from the Qiao family committed such a thing, the Queen Mother should handle it secretly, at least to save their lives. But after the incident, the Queen Mother said nothing. The day after the two people were taken to jail

He was given poisoned wine and died in prison. Everyone in the Queen Mother's Palace was frightened. I have a good sister who works in the Queen Mother's Palace. She said that Xiao Meiren was not dead for a few days, but my mother and Qiao Yuanxuan were arrested.

, this matter may have something to do with Xiao Meiren. Mother and Doctor Qiao must know some secret, because the Queen Mother couldn't wait to execute her two most trusted people."

"Could it be that... Xiao Meiren was given by the Queen Mother... But I remember that Xiao Meiren was married into the White Jade Palace under the decree of the Queen Mother with a national gift. She is on an equal footing with the princesses of Chu State. This was also the Queen Mother's decree. She is the Queen Mother's daughter-in-law, and

She was pregnant with a child, why did the Queen Mother want to kill her?"

"This is complicated. Although Xiao Meiren married the late king as a princess of Qi State, many people said that she was not necessarily a princess of Qi State. It had been ten years since the fall of Qi State. Who still knew about Qi State?

Is the princess alive or dead? She assassinated the late king in the name of the princess of Qi State, but was captured by the late king. The late king was benevolent and did not kill her. As for why he married an assassin, it was actually to destroy those old people of Qi State.

The heart of restoring the country. Even if she is not the real princess of Qi, she can still be married with the national ceremony and declare to the outside world that she is the princess of Qi. The old people of Qi tried to assassinate the late king, and the Queen Mother took advantage of the plan and adopted a heart-wrenching strategy. The marriage between Song and Qi, Qi

What other reasons do the old people have to restore the country?”

"So you married the princess of Qi and then killed the assassin of Qi?"

"The late king was benevolent and did not want to kill a woman. But how could the Queen Mother leave an assassin in the palace? Xiao Meiren happened to be pregnant. I guess the Queen Mother must have taken advantage of the opportunity of giving birth and ordered Judge Qiao to do something about it. This way

Only Miss Xiao can die without leaving a trace. Mother is the one responsible for issuing decrees to Qiao Yuan."

"You make up your story just like a storyteller!"

"There may be another reason, but I didn't say it."

"Besides not wanting to keep the assassin, is there any other reason?"

"Yes! If you continue to think about this, I guess that the child that Xiao Mei is carrying may not belong to the late king at all. Before she came to our Song Dynasty to assassinate the late king, she was a famous dancing girl in the capital of Chen Guofan! The dancing girl is

What? A dancing girl is a brothel girl who sells herself to serve others with sex! This Xiao Meiren may have had affairs with many men before entering the palace. Maybe the Queen Mother not only wanted to kill Xiao Meiren, the assassin, but also didn’t want to keep the baby in her belly.

Children, so as not to confuse the bloodline of the Song Dynasty royal family."

"That kid is really lucky."

"Everyone said that the child was a disaster, but I think she was quite lucky. She was born smoothly and was entrusted to the care of Lin Meiren. Lin Meiren from Chu State never left home and had no worries about the world.

This child should be able to grow up smoothly, so Mei Xiao doesn't have to worry."

When the two palace maids talked about the very cute little princess, they were less afraid and more kind. They quickly left here and went to do their own errands.

Liu Shu stood close to the door in Suhua Palace and listened to everything they said without missing a word.

She had not digested the fact that her biological mother was not her mother, but now she heard even more shocking news. As a young girl, she suddenly felt that everything had collapsed. Could it be that she was not the princess of the Song Dynasty at all? She
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