She had been studying for twenty-one years until she was twenty-one years old.
For twenty-one years, she has never disappointed the world.
For twenty-one whole years, I have been living for the identity of a princess.
Suddenly one day, she was deprived of her status as a princess, and it was possible that she would lose the will to live.
Zhu Jin closed her notebook and sighed inwardly. This simple, serious, hardworking and well-behaved child was just as silly as she used to be.
The next day, Shang Lu and Lian Zhen did not come, but Lian Nan's mother, Queen Helian Lan, came.
Helian Lan looked to be in her early thirties, and her dress was low-key and restrained, but it could not conceal her elegance and grace. Upon seeing her come in, the prison director stood up and said goodbye to Helian Lan respectfully. The respect emanating from the bottom of his heart made Zhu Jin, who passed by him, look at him twice.
When she got closer and looked at Helian Lan, Zhu Jin couldn't help but be stunned. Helian Lan looked very similar to her, but he was much thinner.
Although Helian Lan put on some makeup and her appearance was impeccable, her sick face could not be concealed. Unlike Zhu Jin's gaze towards her, her eyes were filled with a heavy motherly love.
With just one look, Zhu Jin knew that she had misunderstood before. She thought that Lian Nan's family did not show up at the trial because their relationship was not good. Now it seems that Lian Zhen's words were not false, and Lian Nan's mother was indeed sick.
"Why are you thinner again? Are you not eating well?" Zhu Jin was just thinking when her hand was held. Like thousands of mothers in the world, she always felt that her child was thinner when she saw her child, and the first thing she cared about was whether she ate well and was dressed warmly. As she asked the question, her face froze slightly because of the touch of her palm, and her eyes unconsciously looked at Zhu Jin's hand.
"Very good." Zhu Jin noticed her gaze and answered briefly. He immediately pulled his hand out with a little force and bowed respectfully to Helian Lan, "Please sit down."
Her attitude was naturally polite and impeccable, but it made Helian Lan freeze for a moment before she sat down as she was told. Zhu Jin didn't notice her abnormality, she was also thinking about something.
She is Zhu Jin, not Lian Nan. Not to mention that she doesn't know the original Lian Nan, even if she does, she is not the real Lian Nan. As long as she is not facing an acquaintance like Lian Zhen who is slow and has his own thoughts, he will notice her abnormality. The person in front of her is Lian Nan's mother, who probably knows Lian Nan better. The problem she encountered when entering someone else's body was greater this time than any other time before.
Because she can't leave this body.
Zhu Jin sat quietly, waiting for her to speak. She had no mother since she was a child, and she had seen what kind of mother she was from others. Although she felt close to Helian Lan at this moment, she could not regard her as her mother. According to Helian Lan's age, she was just a junior, and it was a bit absurd to even regard her as an elder, but she could only treat her as an elder and wait for her instructions and lectures.
"Nannan, are you blaming your mother?" Zhu Jin couldn't imagine that Helian Lan would say such words.
"Mom knows you feel wronged, but there is nothing I can do." Her voice was low and full of helplessness and self-blame. "It is mom who has harmed you. I taught you how to be good to your husband and be a good wife since you were a child, but I never taught you what to do when he is not nice..."
Helian Lan felt a pang of pain in his heart as he looked at his distant and cold daughter. As he spoke, he could no longer control his tears and they flowed down.
"I am the one who made you suffer. I taught you to be a perfect princess who would not disappoint others since you were young. I made you live for the title of princess, but in the end, you couldn't keep your princess status. It was your mother who made you suffer..."
"Please don't cry..." Zhu Jin sighed as she watched Helian Lan wiping away tears but couldn't stop. She leaned over and took out a handkerchief she had just made from her pocket and handed it to Helian Lan, "Please wipe it..."
Helian Lan looked at the handkerchief in front of her with tearful eyes. She couldn't hold back her crying any longer and hugged Zhu Jin. "I'm sorry... Nan Nan, I'm sorry..."
Because historical research shows that ancient people used handkerchiefs, princesses of all generations were taught to use handkerchiefs instead of the more convenient soft paper that everyone else uses. Because princesses are the spokespersons for the image and quality of the planet, princesses of all generations were taught to be polite and well-mannered at all times, so princesses cannot be angry or vent their dissatisfaction, and must always be polite and smile...
Her Nan Nan had been educated as a princess since she was born, and had been a princess for twenty-one years. Now that her princess status had been taken away from her, she could not get rid of the princess mark engraved in her bones, and she lived in prison like this...
Zhu Jin was moved by her crying. Thinking of her father, she sighed slightly in her heart, raised her hand and patted her back gently, but she didn't know what to say to comfort this sad and self-blaming mother.
Her daughter Lian Nan may never come back.
"...I fainted on the day of the trial and forgot a lot of things after waking up. I almost forgot who I was." After Helian Lan stopped crying and calmed down, the two started talking again. Zhu Jin couldn't help but explain when she saw that she kept blaming herself and even said that her changes were her responsibility.
"What?" Helian Lan looked at her blankly and asked back.
"Many things in the past have been forgotten." Zhu Jin repeated. Looking at Helian Lan's red and swollen eyes and the blue color under his eyes, his heart softened. "Don't blame yourself too much. I'm fine now. The prison is quiet."
"Nannan, what's the matter with you forgetting people, forgetting things, and forgetting people? When your sister came back these two days and I asked her about you, she was always hesitant. Is it because of this?" Helian Lan could not hear Zhu Jin's comfort, and only heard the first sentence.
"I just forgot everything, including you." Zhu Jin answered quickly, "Maybe I will remember it later, but I have forgotten everything now."
"Have you forgotten everything..." Helian Lan looked at Zhu Jin, whose face was cold and indifferent. His mind flashed with his daughter's charming smile. He felt as if a knife was cutting his heart. He gently stroked Zhu Jin's face with his shaking hands, and shed tears. "It's better to forget..."
"It's okay to forget... forget everything... forget everything and start over..."
Zhu Jin avoided her gaze and lowered his eyes.
She avoided the gaze, but could not avoid the hug.
Helian Lan held Zhu Jin in her arms and patted her back gently, "I am your mother, and I will only be your mother from now on. You don't have to be afraid of anything, I will take care of everything..."
The younger daughter Lian Zhen has always envied her elder sister, thinking it is great that her elder sister is a princess. The younger daughter, who is also a daughter but cannot be a princess, has always been alienated from her and her elder sister, but she does not know that her elder sister has always envied her. She envied that she can play as much as she wants, be free, act like a spoiled child to her, and simply be her daughter.