Jiang Xiancao was slightly stunned.
She originally thought that her mother was worried about something else, but she didn't expect that what she wanted to ask was whether Shen Tingsi had been good to her before.
Shu Linyue's eyes suddenly turned red when she saw her fall into silence:
"So, those rumors are true? He really made you lose face among the noble ladies of the capital for that adopted daughter, and even humiliated you in public? And he was actually capable of pushing you into an icy lake in the middle of winter?"
Jiang Xiancao said quickly:
"Mother, he was deceived by that adopted daughter and the Jiang family. You know, he lost his mother at a young age and was pampered by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. His brain isn't very good. But the rumors are exaggerated. Although he was a jerk in the past and made me lose face, he wasn't a jerk to that extent."
She lied not for Shen Tingsi, but because she didn't want Shu Linyue to feel sorry for her.
The past cannot be changed, and she will not let her loving mother feel sad because of these things.
Although Jiang Xiancao said so, Shu Linyue was also a woman. How could she not understand how an unmarried girl would feel when she was openly despised by her fiancé and had to watch her fiancé being affectionate with her nominal sister.
Not to mention how those who flatter the powerful and look down on the weak will mock and ridicule her Cao'er, and how much she will be looked down upon...
Shu Linyue would rather be locked up in the dungeon for decades than let her daughter suffer such a great humiliation.
This is a mother's heart.
"My daughter, Shu Linyue, actually suffered such a great injustice in the past..."
As she spoke, hot tears fell down her still thin cheeks.
When Jiang Xiancao saw his mother crying, he was suddenly at a loss.
At the same time, a warm feeling arose in Jiang Xiancao's heart.
This warm current was so warm that it seemed to melt the ice in her heart in an instant.
The hardships and humiliations I endured in the past, as well as the wounds in my heart that were torn and torn and I thought would never heal, no longer hurt as much as before.
When she thought about the past, she still felt hatred in her heart, but it was no longer as heartbreaking as a knife.
"Mom, let's not talk about the past anymore."
Jiang Xiancao leaned over and hugged Shu Linyue, who was sitting, into his arms, "I will definitely protect you from now on..."
"No, I don't need you to protect me. I just want you to be well."
Shu Linyue raised her head, her beautiful eyes filled with tears as she looked at her deeply. "Leave the revenge to me. As long as you're safe and sound, I'll be satisfied. Cao'er, please don't show up in public and do things that make me worry, okay?"
Jiang Xiancao knew what Shu Linyue meant.
Her mother was afraid that if she continued to participate in government affairs as the Ninth Prince, she would make enemies among the aristocratic families and bring disaster upon herself.
After all, she was not the real Ninth Prince, but just a woman who had taken over his father's position.
Before she recognized Shu Linyue, she would not retreat even if she was torn to pieces, but now that she has a mother, she also thought about retreating safely.
But she had a feeling it was too late for her to quit now.
Things won't end so easily.
She looked at Shu Linyue, wanting to hide it from her mother, but knowing that she couldn't hide it for long, she could only speak frankly:
"Mother, the Queen already knew my identity before you came to the capital. Even if I step down now, they will never let me go."
Shu Linyue's eyes trembled for a moment.
Then, she lowered her head and said, understandingly:
"I see."
The raid on the Jiang family was just the beginning of the final battle without smoke of gunpowder.
As long as the Queen's family, which has been manipulating the Tianming Pavilion behind the scenes and has always supported the aristocratic families headed by the Jiang family, does not fall, the Shu family's grievances will not be redressed, and her daughter is already deeply trapped in the vortex and cannot escape.
There is no retreat except to fight to the end.
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