Chapter 144 The Truth About Foster Parents
"Twenty years before Sihe was born, we extracted a wisp of our divine soul and were born in Su Family Village, becoming the mortal Su Ming and the mortal Li Yueniang..."
Speaking of these two names.
Si He felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart.
She had known since childhood that her adoptive parents' names were Su Ming and Li Yueniang, but she never imagined that they were mortals born from a wisp of their divine souls.
"Have you ever read storybooks?" Xuan Yue's lips curled into a smile that looked rather eerie. "Storybooks about childhood sweethearts."
"Why arrange it like in the storybooks?" Qingbao frowned.
Xuan Yue's voice was gentle, "Only in the stories of folk tales would a woman be willing to spend her whole life confined to the inner quarters for her husband, coupled with the deep affection they've shared since childhood, and the hardships they've endured, would they be able to love each other for a lifetime..."
She also longed for such love, so she devised Sihe's life.
Mrs. Si's mind went blank. Trembling, she mustered her courage and asked, "Could it be...could it be that my daughter was stolen because of you...?"
“That’s right, I gave the midwife the magic bag so she could put the baby in and take it to Su Family Village…” Xuan Yue smiled self-deprecatingly, “I didn’t expect that old man from your Si family would see it.”
Although her eyes were blindfolded, Madam Si could still feel the murderous gaze directed at her.
Madam Si's face was grim. "At that time... I saw that light heading south."
She was so frightened that she fell ill and never recovered, but her finger kept pointing south.
Send the Vice Minister to lead men to find the child!
The result was nothing.
From then on, the old lady missed her granddaughter every day and fell ill, never to recover.
The same goes for Madam Si.
Later, Si Yao was taken into the Si family to be raised, and Madam Si was finally able to smile again, placing all her maternal love on Si Yao.
Oh, right!
Si Yao?
"Si Yao was found at the gate of the Vice Minister's residence. Was that also your arrangement?" Vice Minister Si gasped.
Xuan Yue remained silent.
Silence is the best answer.
She raised an eyebrow slightly, recalling the life she had arranged for Si He:
"In the storybook, there is not only a loving male and female protagonist, but also a female supporting character who is close to the female protagonist. The female supporting character is the catalyst for their love. Without the interference of the female supporting character, how could the male and female protagonists love each other so deeply?"
Therefore, after she had someone take Si He away, she sent Si Yao instead.
Si Yao is destined to fall in love with Su Xiao and compete with Si He for her husband.
As long as Si He can get through this period and Su Xiao falls in love with her again, they will never be separated again for the rest of their lives, until death.
"It's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature. If you had chosen a good man to do this, you might have succeeded long ago."
Qingbao slowly opened her mouth, completely baffled. Was Xuanyue blind? How could she have chosen Su Xiao?
Xuan Yue beckoned to Su Xiao, "Come here, I'll tell them why."
With no way out, Su Xiao walked to the two of them.
I thought Xuan Yue was trying to prove that she was a good man.
The next moment, Xuan Yue spoke:
"See that? He's like a dog! He does whatever I tell him to do!"
Su Xiao: ? ? ?
"No, don't I have any redeeming qualities at all?"
Xuan Yue rolled her eyes at him.
Even if she does, she can't say it now.
—Su Xiao was actually a mortal with relatively good aptitude whom they had carefully selected from among thousands of ordinary people.
As long as he obeys and controls Sihe, they will grant him a long and easy path to immortality.
"Heh—" Si He laughed, her voice eerily calm. "You let the Su family control me, wanting me and Su Xiao to be together for life, but... when have you ever helped me?"
When her marriage was interfered with, Xuan Yue did nothing.
When Si Yao and Su Xiao went out to fight, Xuan Yue didn't care.
Even when she and Qingbao were almost killed, she still didn't care.
Now that she's heartbroken, wants a divorce, and is out of control, they want to interfere?
Over the years in the Su family, Xiao has never stopped feeling wronged, like swallowing tiny needles that make her numb with pain.
No one else would understand her.
They would just say, "It's all a small matter, it's not like we're going to kill you, why are you making such a fuss?"
But others are not Si He, they simply wouldn't understand. On the contrary, all the little things piled up together can crush a person invisibly.
At that point, just a single, fragile straw would drive her mad and cause her to commit suicide.
The Su family received orders from the immortal to control her for life.
Control and oppression are no different, which is why Sihe has suffered so much injustice over the years!
What's even more ridiculous is that she endured all those years in order to find her adoptive parents!
In the end, all the suffering and grievances she endured were arranged by them!
He silently bore the brunt of everything as the instigator!
The only ones who suffer are her and her daughter Qingbao!
hehe.
How ridiculous!
That's ridiculous.
Si He's legs felt weak, and years of resentment welled up in his heart!
She didn't know if what she was doing was normal. Her eyes were blazing with fury, and she wanted to rush up and tear those two hypocritical immortals apart!
Why should her life be arranged like this?!
If it weren't for Si Yao, and if it weren't for the oppression from the Su family, she might have been able to stay with Su Xiao for the rest of her life, until she died of old age, and she wouldn't have blamed them!
But ironically, she was controlled in every way, and while they wanted her to love her husband to the death, they refused to give her even the slightest bit of confidence or pity.
They want her to stay in the Su family for the rest of her life, yet they also want the Su family to oppress her for the rest of her life!
She bore all the bad things alone!
Why should everyone else benefit?
A faint aura of resentment emanated from his body.
Qingbao was startled and quickly used the Judge's Pen to absorb the resentment, then spoke, "Mother..."
This brought Sihe back to her senses.
Qingbao suddenly thought of the two statues of gods under her mother's room, and her scalp tingled.
It turned out that they placed the statue there for two reasons: first, to make it convenient for Old Lady Su to serve and make offerings to them, and second, to keep an eye on her mother.
Therefore, they could see all of Mother's grievances and longing over the years.
Qingbao was heartbroken, and tears welled up in her big eyes...
The truth has largely come to light.
"So, when you chased after Heng'er back then, you didn't actually want to kill him, but rather to force him to go to Zhenguo Temple and never leave for the rest of his life?"
At this moment, the emperor's scalp tingled, and he gritted his teeth in fury!
What do those lives lost protecting Heng'er matter?
"You're overthinking it." Xuan Yue supported Zhu Yi, her demeanor aloof and her words chillingly cold. "We never intended to harm anyone; it was you who forced us to take action."
As she spoke, Xuan Yue's voice grew softer and softer, like a devil's whisper:
"Since we've already taken lives, and we're bound to suffer the consequences, why not take this opportunity to eliminate Xia Jingheng completely?"
They used Su Xiao to trap Si He, and used the abbot's life to trap Xia Jingheng.
They were to be confined, one to the inner quarters and the other to Zhenguo Temple, never to leave.
Zhu Yi and his companion's plan was flawless.
The only thing they miscalculated was human nature.
Su Xiao betrayed his childhood sweetheart's love, and the abbot was willing to risk his life to betray his own promise.
This caused everything they had planned for over a thousand years to completely collapse.
So they got angry.
He personally showed up to stop it all.
Unexpectedly, Qingbao came from the underworld, bringing with her the power of the judge, and beat them into such a sorry state.
Once a prodigy in the cultivation world who transformed into a god at the age of thirty, now a thousand years later, his cultivation level remains unchanged.
Is this the price to pay?
Xuan Yue chuckled self-deprecatingly, finding fate truly ironic.
Qingbao also revealed a bloodthirsty smile as she flew up on black mist.
He holds the book in his left hand and the pen in his right.
Countless resentful dark energies surged behind her, stirring up sand grains amidst howling winds.
The young judge moved swiftly, his movements filled with boundless killing intent, as he viciously stabbed at the two men.
"Now that the truth has come to light, today I will send you all to your deaths! Die!!!"
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