Chapter 25: Talking about the past life
After thinking about it, Liu Mingyue decided to tell her mother the memories in her mind in the form of a dream.
"To be honest with you, mother, on the day of my wedding, I had a very strange and sad dream. In the dream, I was married off for someone else, and was ignored in the mansion for three years. In the end, someone forced me to drink a bowl of poisoned wine."
Liu Mingyue thought that she would feel heavy-hearted when she started talking about the past, but unexpectedly, it was easier for her to say these words than she thought.
In order to make her mother more aware of what happened, Liu Mingyue told her the details one by one, including how Aunt Zhao became the daughter of the Prime Minister and was doted on after she got the jade pendant.
"These things are too bizarre and frightening. I was determined not to tell anyone about them, but you are different. You are my mother and the person I trust the most. I am telling you everything because I want you to be careful."
Liu Mingyue held Aunt Liu's hand tightly, wanting to let her know that what she said was not a joke.
After all, she was not in the Zhou Mansion, and as long as she did not get rid of her identity as the Crown Prince's Consort, it would be difficult for her to look after Aunt Liu all the time.
There was no efficient lamp in the backyard of the Zhou mansion, and my mother had to learn to protect herself.
After she finished talking about her past life, especially when she was poisoned, Aunt Liu was shocked, and her pretty face turned slightly pale due to excessive shock. Aunt Liu put down the box, stood up and closed the doors and windows before sitting back next to her daughter.
"Why did you have such a horrible dream? Did you bump into something unclean?" Aunt Liu felt terrified when she thought about what her daughter said, let alone Liu Mingyue who dreamed of these things?
Seeing her mother's worried expression, Liu Mingyue hesitated for a moment, but she was afraid that her mother would not take it seriously, so she decided to speak frankly. After a moment's hesitation, Liu Mingyue continued, "At first, I thought it was a dream, too."
Thinking of the scene on the wedding day, Liu Mingyue felt a sharp pain in her heart. She paused for a moment and managed to keep her expression unchanged. Her marriage to the Marquis's Mansion had already made her mother worried, and she couldn't let her worry about her all the time. However, her heart was aching and her pulse was fine, so she should be fine.
"While my daughter was still lost in her messy memories, the prince and his guests came to the bridal chamber. What happened afterwards, as well as the prince's expression and the words spoken by the people in the marquis' mansion, were exactly the same as what my daughter saw in her dream."
Liu Mingyue covered her chest inconspicuously, and dropped her hands after a moment, with no sign of anything unusual on the surface.
"Didn't mother say that the prince is my husband after all? How could I not be sad when he treats me so coldly? It's because maybe I was sad enough in my last life, and now when I see her again, I just feel disgusted with her." Liu Mingyue's tone became impatient when she talked about Tan Zhuoyan.
"You..." Aunt Liu was still a little surprised and doubtful, thinking that what her daughter said was really weird.
"Yes, my daughter suspects that it was not a dream." Liu Mingyue said firmly, "The memories are so many, and all the scenes are what I experienced personally."
She spoke with such force that although Aunt Liu was still in shock, she believed her daughter a little.
"In fact, if you want to know whether those things are just illusory dreams, you only need one thing to prove it."
The gloom on Liu Mingyue's face disappeared, and she looked at Aunt Liu with a smile.
Dazzled by her daughter's bright smile, Aunt Liu looked at her daughter in a daze: "What method?"
However, Liu Mingyue, who had just reached the age of marriage, was a new bride, but she still looked like a girl.
Liu Mingyue gently placed her hand on the box in Aunt Liu's hand and said with a smile: "The solution lies in this jade pendant."
Aunt Liu looked at the box in her hand in confusion: "What's the content of this jade pendant?"
"If those memories are true, then you are the daughter of Prime Minister Yin. Now that the Prime Minister and the old lady are both in the capital, it will be much easier to find a way to attract their attention."
After saying that, Liu Mingyue took out the jade pendant and tried her best to recall the appearance of Prime Minister Yin and his wife in her mind.
Unfortunately, in her previous life, she trapped herself in the Dingbei Marquis Mansion, working hard to take care of the affairs of the mansion. Because of her ugly appearance, Tan Zhuoyan did not like her to attend the banquet, so she obeyed and did not go.
The banquet was a good opportunity to meet the dignitaries in the capital. She rarely went out, so how could she have met the prime minister? Even if she had met him at that time, she didn't pay much attention to it.
"What are you going to do? A place like the Prime Minister's Mansion is not something we can just go to casually."
Aunt Liu was worried that her daughter wanted to go directly to the Prime Minister's residence, which was too reckless. If what she said was not entirely true, the people in the Prime Minister's residence would think she was deliberately causing trouble, and it would cause trouble if she couldn't control it.
It would be fine for her, as she was taken into the mansion as a concubine, and Aunt Liu could tolerate many things. But her daughter had just married into the marquis's mansion and had caused a joke. How could she hold her head up in the future?
"In my mother's eyes, is my daughter so unstrategic?" Liu Mingyue was amused by her mother's expression.
"Mother has become a concubine of the Zhou family. She cannot go out at will. Even if she has the opportunity to go out, it is very rare. It is very inconvenient to travel. But, what if she is the Crown Prince's Consort? It is very different."
Liu Mingyue played with Aunt Liu's sleeves and her eyes were bright when she talked about her plan, which was very different from her previous cautious appearance.
"As the Crown Prince's consort, it is common for her to go in and out of the palace and attend banquets in various mansions. My daughter wears the jade pendant every day. Perhaps, someone in the Prime Minister's Mansion might notice her. Although this is a stupid idea, it is also the safest."
Prime Minister Yin is now in the capital, and his son often visits various families. These are all opportunities for them to notice him.
If the dream was true, the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion would recognize her identity when they saw the jade pendant, and Aunt Liu would be able to return to her identity as the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even if those impressions were really just dreams, it would not be a problem for the mother and daughter, and it would not offend the Prime Minister's Mansion nor would it affect their status.
Aunt Liu hadn't seen her daughter, who was so graceful and cheerful, for many years. She was stunned for a moment, feeling sad and bitter in her heart.
"You have been hiding your incompetence in the mansion for these years. As time goes by, you will inevitably become cautious in everything. Now seeing you talking freely, I am happy for you from the bottom of my heart. Your method is indeed safe. You can take this jade pendant."
Liu Mingyue took the jade pendant handed over by her mother and put it away carefully: "Don't worry, mother, your daughter will help you keep the jade pendant safe."
Seeing the sadness in Aunt Liu's eyes, Liu Mingyue curled her lips and said, "Mother, the past is over. I will never give in and let others bully me again. I have suffered once, and that is enough."
A dark color flashed across the depths of Liu Mingyue's pupils. Zhou Baili and Zhao Yinlian, mother and daughter, wanted to control her, but they couldn't even think about it.
After that, Liu Mingyue remembered something and continued, "But mother, your identity is clear, so you have to wait until Tan Zhuoyan and I get divorced."
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