Chapter 75 The Seventh Princess is Wronged!
Shen Ruoli had already guessed it; Xie Jiaojiao would definitely figure it out.
Although she was stubborn, she wasn't stupid.
In her previous life, Shen Ruoli tried to build a good relationship with Xie Jiaojiao by showing her all sorts of kindness and flattery, but unexpectedly, she was despised by Xie Jiaojiao and looked down on her even more.
Since she wouldn't listen to reason, Shen Ruoli decided to take a hard line!
Indeed, people only unleash their full rationality and clarity when their own interests are threatened!
Even though Shen Ruoli tried to play the family card and let Xie Jiaojiao know that Xie Xuanyin was her real brother and she was her real sister-in-law, that they were family and would never harm her.
But she knew that no matter how much she talked, Xie Jiaojiao probably wouldn't wake up.
Only by threatening her with marriage could Xie Jiaojiao understand their good intentions!
She looked down at Xie Jiaojiao, "Save you? Ha, Seventh Princess, I'm a little confused by what you're saying! Why would you need me to save you for no reason?"
"Didn't the Seventh Princess just say that the King of Chu treats you like his own sister?"
Xie Jiaojiao paused in her sobbing, a hint of embarrassment flashing across her face.
She used to trust Xie Xuansong completely!
Before Shen Ruoli mentioned that Xie Sisi was betrothed to Dingbei Marquis as his second wife, Xie Jiaojiao had also wondered why her own brother, Xie Xuansong, would watch helplessly as his younger sister was pushed into a pit of fire without offering her a helping hand.
I thought it was because he dared not disobey his father.
But as Shen Ruoli said, it is more likely that Xie Xuansong was the one who fueled the fire from beginning to end!
Their purpose was to win over the Marquis of Dingbei!
Otherwise, with so many talented young men in the capital, why was Xie Sisi betrothed to the Marquis of Dingbei, who was more than ten years her senior, as his second wife?
Even though Xie Jiaojiao suspected that Xie Xuansong had ulterior motives, she still found a reason for him to get away.
After listening to Shen Ruoli's analysis of the situation, Xie Jiaojiao finally realized the truth!
"Sister Li, I was too foolish before and couldn't see the situation clearly."
Xie Jiaojiao lowered her head, her ears turning red with embarrassment.
She was always arrogant, and her personality was somewhat similar to Xie Xuansong's.
"I harbor resentment towards my father, mother, and elder brother, the Crown Prince. Even towards you, I once thought you were here to disrupt the entire royal family!"
At this moment, she rarely expressed self-reproach, saying, "After all, you deeply loved your eldest brother, yet you married your fourth brother."
"Fourth Brother is the Crown Prince, the future Emperor! I only think that you must be doing this to climb the social ladder! You deeply love Eldest Brother but look down on him, so that's why you married Fourth Brother..."
It was indeed Shen Ruoli who knelt before Empress Dowager Shen and begged for mercy before she was able to marry into the Crown Prince's household.
"In my heart, you have always been a woman who calmly knows what she wants! When you were little, you wanted to be the center of attention and be the center of attention, and you did it!"
Xie Jiaojiao sat down on her heels, looking somewhat dejected.
Her eyes were numb, and tears rolled down her cheeks, which gave her a somewhat ethereal quality.
"Later you wanted to marry the Crown Prince, and you did! I think you are the most wicked woman. You start relationships and then abandon them, you bully the weak, and you do all sorts of bad things because you take advantage of everyone's love!"
Shen Ruoli rested her cheek on her hand and patiently listened to her finish speaking.
“I am clearly the princess, but my father and grandmother always love you more! Even though my mother doesn’t like you, she has said to me more than once that you are the smartest girl she has ever met.”
Xie Jiaojiao sniffed, her eyes red-rimmed, looking pitiful.
Upon hearing this, Shen Ruoli was somewhat surprised.
She never imagined that Empress Sun would think she was smart and even praise her in front of Xie Jiaojiao.
"This is something I should have had since birth, and no matter how hard I try, I can't get it! But you, an outsider, get it so easily and effortlessly! I'm not convinced!"
Xie Jiaojiao looked up, her gaze stubborn as she looked at Shen Ruoli, "What is it about you that's so good?"
"The other day I spoke ill of you to my elder brother, the Crown Prince, and he actually scolded me severely! He said that if he ever hears me speak ill of you again, he will confine me to my quarters!"
As she spoke, Xie Jiaojiao started crying like a child.
She covered her eyes with her hands, crying bitterly and aggrievedly, "I'm clearly his own sister! Why would he believe you and treat me like this! Why do you all treat me like this! Waaaaah..."
Seeing this, Shen Ruoli sighed softly.
Xie Jiaojiao's words today really stirred up a pebble in her heart, causing quite a few ripples.
Not only Empress Sun, but even Xie Xuanyin chose to believe in her and protect her?
But why were they so cold to her in front of her?!
"Get up."
She helped Xie Jiaojiao sit up.
"I never actually thought of what you said today."
Shen Ruoli took out a handkerchief and gently wiped Xie Jiaojiao's tears. "I have never regarded you as an enemy! You are Xie Xuanyin's younger sister, so naturally I treat you as my sister as well."
"But you spoke ill of me in front of my elder brother and sister-in-law!"
Xie Jiaojiao cried even harder, "You said I have parents who gave me life, but no parents who love me! You said even my own brother treats me as a burden, that I'm just a pitiful wretch no one wants! You said I'm useless and unlikable! You said I'll never be happy in this life!"
Finally, she simply burst into tears!
Xie Jiaojiao snatched the handkerchief from Shen Ruoli's hand, covered her face and burst into tears, "I've been an unloved child since I was little! My father and mother only doted on my brother, and even when I was three years old, my grandmother still couldn't remember my childhood name!"
"The palace servants laughed at me behind my back, saying that I must have been brought back from outside the palace by my mother, otherwise what mother in the world wouldn't love her daughter?"
Xie Jiaojiao's tears flowed like a flood that had burst its banks.
These were words she had never spoken to anyone before, but now she opened her heart and told Shen Ruoli everything!
My worries are like a mountain of clutter locked in a dark room.
Once the heart is opened, all the clutter pours out, unstoppable!
Xie Jiaojiao cried so hard she couldn't stop, and even Shen Ruoli couldn't help but tear up.
She knew that Xie Jiaojiao had never received love since she was a child and was a pitiful child.
She was burdened with worries, gloomy, and insecure.
Therefore, in her previous life, she tried to be kind to Xie Jiaojiao in every way, hoping to use the warmth of a "sister-in-law is like a mother" to make Xie Jiaojiao let go of her prejudices.
Unfortunately, she failed.
Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon the right opportunity today and actually managed to open Xie Jiaojiao's locked heart!
"Cry."
Shen Ruoli gently patted her shoulder and cried with her.
At this moment, there was nothing she could do but quietly stay by Xie Jiaojiao's side.
Words of comfort are the most feeble and powerless thing to say at this moment.
As she cried, Xie Jiaojiao's voice became hoarse. When Runyue came in for the third time to ask if she wanted the meal served, she finally lifted her head from Shen Ruoli's embrace and took two steps back, somewhat embarrassed.
“You, you are indeed not like what Song Xuerou said.”
Xie Jiaojiao choked up and glanced at Shen Ruoli with some embarrassment.
It seems she has accepted her as her sister-in-law!
Shen Ruoli felt a little relieved. "So, what do you think of me?"
Just by hearing her address Song Xuerou change from "sister-in-law" to "Song Xuerou," one could tell that Xie Jiaojiao's prejudice against her had begun to waver!
Just as Shen Ruoli was about to speak, Xie Jiaojiao asked her, "Do you know why you couldn't marry your eldest brother?"
Shen Ruoli raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
Could it be that Song Xuerou secretly seduced Xie Xuansong, thus successfully luring him away?!
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