"Doctor Liang? Why are you here?"
Concubine Yu did not recognize Chen Jiaojiao, but Doctor Liang was the director of the Imperial Hospital. Any concubine in the palace who wanted to live a good life would inevitably have to look at his face. After all, who would not encounter birth, aging, sickness and death?
In the deep palace where it is difficult to leave, it is particularly important to have a good relationship with the imperial physician.
But she's been doing fine lately.
Therefore, she was a little surprised that Doctor Liang took the initiative to come to her.
Shen Jiaojiao looked at the woman in front of her who looked exactly like her, but was a little older than her, her eyes slightly reddened, and said: “Recently, I heard about some things, and I want to ask the queen.”
"you say."
Concubine Yu nodded and asked her to sit down.
Shen Jiaojiao took a deep breath slowly, suppressed the floating emotions in her heart, and said: "It is rumored outside that the daughter that the queen lost back then was taken away by the Fourth Prince and his party, and she was sent to Northern Qi as a pawn, and she was tortured to death."
"What?"
When Concubine Yu heard this, she felt as if she had been stabbed by a knife. She looked at Shen Jiaojiao in shock, "Doctor Liang, is this true?"
"It's true."
Shen Jiaojiao had no other evidence, because she herself was the evidence, "A few days ago, I recognized your daughter as my disciple, I wonder if the queen has seen her?"
She met Concubine Yu.
She said this now just to find out whether Concubine Yu cares about her daughter or not.
Concubine Yu staggered, tears welling up in her eyes. "I was wondering why she looks exactly like me when I was young. It turns out she is really my pride!"
She gave birth to a daughter that year.
But in order to consolidate his position, he planned to let his daughter dress as a man, so he gave her a boy's name, Murong Jiao.
But unexpectedly, this child was coveted by someone and was actually sent out of the palace!
Now that they met again, Concubine Yu was in a hurry and grabbed Shen Jiaojiao's hand, "Doctor Liang, where is Jiao'er now? I want to see her!"
Shen Jiaojiao lowered her head and looked at the hands that were holding her.
Those hands were shaking very badly.
It turns out that this is what a mother's love is like.
Shen Jiaojiao's eyes were red, and she said, "She was a spy in Northern Qi, and everyone wanted to kill her, but no one deceived her. She has changed her face and looks different from you. Do you still recognize her?"
She suppressed her emotions and asked Concubine Yu like a bystander.
Concubine Yu burst into tears, "My poor child!"
"Take me there quickly. No matter what she becomes, she is my daughter!" Concubine Yu urged while crying.
Shen Jiaojiao's emotions collapsed at this moment. She couldn't help but reach out and hug Concubine Yu, which frightened the palace maid and she screamed, "Doctor Liang! You've crossed the line!"
It would be disastrous if this got to the emperor's ears!
Shen Jiaojiao raised her hand and took off the mask on her face, revealing a beautiful and heroic face, but a somewhat androgynous face, "My Lady, I am the woman who passed by you on New Year's Eve and was transformed by Doctor Liang."
"Do you... still recognize me?"
Finally, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore and they rolled down her face.
Shen Jiaojiao trembled all over, and the grievances she had suffered over the years surged into her heart like a tide, and she suddenly burst into tears.
Concubine Yu was stunned for a moment, and then when she saw Shen Jiaojiao breaking down and crying, she felt her heart break, "Jiaoer!"
"My darling!"
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried loudly.
Shen Jiaojiao snuggled in her arms for the first time, and her heart ached so much.
Her tears could not stop flowing out, "Mother, I am so sad, so sad!"
So many things, so much past, so much pain, resentment, jealousy, collapse, strength, twisted thoughts and emotions, at this moment it was like a flood that buried her, and she couldn't say anything.
All the emotions that had supported her to this day dissipated at this moment.
All she wanted in her life was a safe place to live.
She always thought that if there was no Shen Cangyun, her mother would not have died, and she would have grown up under the care of her mother like an ordinary girl.
That way, she wouldn't have to live that inhuman life.
There is no need to be full of hatred.
But all that was in the past which could not be undone. She had gone through it, and was left with scars all over her body. At this moment, she wished she could live her life again.
Concubine Yu's heart almost broke when she saw her like that.
"I want the Fourth Prince and his vicious woman to die!" Concubine Yu was trembling all over. The hatred seemed to have shifted from her daughter's heart to her.
Shen Jiaojiao felt her care.
At this moment, her heart calmed down.
"I have evidence to make sure they die without a burial place."
Chen Jiaojiao raised her head and looked at Concubine Yu. "For many years, the Fourth Prince has used me as a pawn. I know too many things about him. The Queen's death was caused by him and Doctor Liang. If this matter is revealed to the Crown Prince, he will not let him go."
"Also, he once colluded with the Northern Qi people and resold war horses to the Third Prince of Northern Qi for breeding horse seeds. I have a letter he wrote to the Third Prince of Northern Qi!"
"In addition, he has 80,000 private soldiers on the border. With so many people, they will be completely exposed if they are investigated. He won't have any chance to resist!"
Shen Jiaojiao said this with mixed feelings.
She has suffered a lot over the years, but she has also gained something.
When she counterattacked today, she knew too much about the Fourth Prince, and the counterattack would definitely be a fatal blow.
But it didn't have to be like this.
She still hoped that she could grow up well beside Concubine Yu, instead of suffering these hardships that she shouldn't have to endure.
"That's great! I'll have them delivered to the Emperor!"
Concubine Yu stood up and immediately ordered someone to find her brother, the current Minister of War of Southern Chu.
The mother and daughter talked for a while.
But Shen Jiaojiao did not reveal all her experiences, because she knew that if it were spread out, it would only harm herself.
Those things that cannot be seen in the light can only rot in her heart.
She looked at the palace wall outside with mixed feelings.
After all, everything is different.
…
now.
The fourth prince Murong Xiao was busy studying the defense map he got from the third prince of Northern Qi. He secretly called a group of aides and was hiding in a secret room.
Therefore, he was not aware of the news that broke this morning.
He was still imagining the future. "It snowed heavily in Beiqi this year. For at least the next four months, the roads in the north of Beiqi will be very difficult to travel. First, the mountains will be blocked by heavy snow, and then there will be mud that will take a long time to completely dry out."
"Once the war breaks out in the south, they will definitely be short of supplies. Plus, we have the defense map, so we can strike with precision."
A smile appeared on his face. "I believe that as long as everything is arranged properly and we attack with lightning speed, Northern Qi's defenses will be broken within a month."
"Once the defense line is broken, there will be no more obstacles for us. When I take over the great plain in the south of Northern Qi, let those who deserve the merits get the merits, and those who deserve the benefits get the benefits. I won't worry that they won't follow me!"
"When that time comes, even if the emperor likes my eldest brother very much, he will have to consider the will of the army and the people!"
"Brother Emperor, you will never be my opponent!"
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