When Ying Xixi jumped out of the window, she found that there were servants guarding the door, but it was okay, she could make a feint to the east and attack in the west.
She threw a stone to distract the servant guarding the gate and slipped out quickly.
Her mother's yard was not too far from the ancestral hall. Recalling some of the original owner's memories, she soon arrived at Zhao's yard.
As soon as I reached the door, I heard Zhao's heart-wrenching cough coming from the house.
Ying Xixi frowned, knocked on the door and pushed it open.
The room was filled with a strong smell of medicine. Ying Xixi went behind the screen and saw Zhao, who was leaning against the head of the bed in a white inner garment. She was so thin that only skin and bones were visible, and her face was pale and bloodless.
When Zhao saw Ying Xixi, she was stunned for a moment. "Xixi? Didn't your father let you stay in the ancestral hall? Why are you here? Did your father let you out?"
Ying Xixi pursed her lips and did not answer immediately.
In the original plot, there is very little description about Zhao. Even the original owner does not know how her mother feels about Ying Zhuer stealing her fiancé and Han Su asking her to give up her position to Ying Zhuer.
She had to test Zhao first.
If this mother is like those people in the capital, who think that a woman's fertility is more important than the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.
Then she just needs to make Zhao's health better, fulfill the original owner's wish, and fulfill the filial piety that the original owner should do.
There will be no need to have too much emotional connection and contact with Zhao in the future.
"Mom, I ran away secretly."
After Ying Xixi said this, she stared into Zhao's eyes, wanting to see her reaction.
Zhao was stunned at first, and then filled with deep worry.
"Xixi, did your father punish you? Otherwise, how could you, who has always been law-abiding, sneak out?
Come here and let me see where you are hurt. I will apply some medicine on you."
Zhao stretched out her hand to pull Ying Xixi over.
Ying Xixi walked over and sat beside the bed. "Mom, I'm not hurt. Mom, have you heard the rumors outside?"
Zhao sighed upon hearing this, and coughed again, covering her lips. "Cough, cough, cough, I heard that. Mother regrets it. If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have brought you into the palace. If I hadn't brought you into the palace, none of this would have happened.
The Fifth Prince is not a good man. He will not let you sit firmly in the position of the principal wife.
Men are like this. Without interests, there will be no feelings, and it is even less likely that he will be nice to you.
Xixi, cough cough cough, mother knows that Ying Zhuer is hooking up with the Fifth Prince. Did they tell you anything?
Otherwise, how could people in the capital know your secret for no reason?
The only people who know your secret besides my mother and I and your father are the Fifth Prince and the Emperor. This could only have been revealed by the Fifth Prince."
Ying Xixi listened to what Zhao said and saw the genuine concern and worry in Zhao's eyes, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This mother is a good mother.
"Mother, how did you know that Ying Zhu'er was hooking up with the Fifth Prince? And who told you about the rumors in the capital?"
Ying Xixi was a little curious.
Zhao has been bedridden for many years and can be said to be oblivious to what is happening outside.
Moreover, most of the servants in Ying Mansion have been bribed by Lin's concubine, so it is impossible for anyone to take the initiative to tell Zhao about what is happening outside.
Could it be that Zhao has spies in Ying Mansion?
Ying Xixi thought of many possibilities in this instant.
"It was mother who noticed it. Once before, Ying Zhu'er, the Fifth Prince, and you, Xixi, came to see mother together, didn't you?
That time, mother noticed it. The two of them were flirting with each other, and the way the Fifth Prince looked at Ying Zhu'er was obviously different from the way he looked at you.
He has feelings for Zhu'er.
And Xixi, the way you look at the Fifth Prince is the same as the way the Fifth Prince looks at Ying Zhuer.
Cough cough cough, later on, mother originally wanted to remind you to pay attention to Ying Zhuer.
But your feelings for the Fifth Prince made me unable to bear telling you this cruel truth, so I didn’t, cough cough cough, tell you.
Now that I think about it, it’s my mother’s fault.
If I had told you about this at that time, perhaps these things would not have happened later, and my Xixi would not have been ridiculed by people in the capital.
As for how my mother knew about the rumors in the capital, it was of course someone from the Lin family who came to tell her.
The wind direction outside is not favorable for you. Lin is hoping that mother will be choked up after knowing this so that she can make room for her."
A hint of coldness flashed across Zhao's eyes.
Ying Xixi stammered, and when she thought of Zhao's ending in the original plot, her face showed reluctance.
I'm afraid that in the original plot, after the original owner hanged himself, it was the concubine Lin who specially sent someone to tell his mother, which caused his mother to die of suffocation.
"Don't worry, Mom, I've figured it out.
The Fifth Prince did tell me before that I should take the initiative to ask the Emperor to give the position of the Fifth Prince's principal wife to Ying Zhuer, and I would be the concubine.
He also said that if I didn't do it, he would tell my secret.
I refused on the spot because I bet the Fifth Prince would not do that.
But the facts prove that I may have made a wrong bet. This matter was either spread by the Fifth Prince or Ying Zhuer."
"Did Ying Zhu'er tell others?" Zhao frowned upon hearing this. "But how could Ying Zhu'er know... Oh, then it seems that the Fifth Prince told her your secret.
Or maybe your father told your secret to Lin, and Lin told Ying Zhuer."
Zhao covered her lips with her hands, coughed a few times, and sneered, "If it is true that your father told Lin about this, then your father really... deserves to die!"
Ying Xixi felt more relieved when she saw Zhao gnashing her teeth when she mentioned Ying Sili.
"Mother, now people in the capital only know that I am infertile, but they don't know that my half-sister stole my fiancé, and they don't know why I am infertile.
My reputation in the capital has been ruined because of this incident, so my father was so angry that he locked me up in the ancestral hall."
"Xixi, a woman's reputation is very important. We can't just sit there and watch them ruin your reputation!"
Zhao said this firmly, took out a jade pendant from under the pillow and stuffed it into Ying Xixi's hand.
"Xixi, take this jade pendant to the Land of Gentleness and ask them to help you. Here is a thousand taels of silver, give it to them as well."
Ying Xixi was a little confused. This was not in the original plot, so what was the Land of Tenderness?
Does Zhao have any hidden identity?
"Mom, do I need to tell them about my situation?"
"Yes, what we need to do is to change the tide of public opinion and stop focusing on your infertility, so..."
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