Zhu Wuhuan looked at the little girl crying and couldn't help but sigh softly.
She gently wiped the tears from the little girl's cheeks and whispered, "I'm not telling you this to force you to give up the idea of revenge. You are your father's daughter. He is dead, and it is understandable that you want to avenge him."
She stared into the little girl's eyes. "But I hope that after hearing these past events, you can distinguish right from wrong. Even if you still want revenge, you must remember that in the life-and-death struggle between your father and your fifth uncle, it was never your fifth uncle who was wrong, but your father. Your fifth uncle may be your enemy, but he is not a bad person. Your father is the aggressive and ruthless villain."
Feng Yushu looked at the Queen in front of her, letting her tears blur her vision.
The words "Your fifth uncle may be your enemy, but he is not a bad person" completely broke down the little girl's defenses.
From now on, she could remember her father's hatred. However, she could no longer tell herself with a clear conscience that her fifth uncle deserved to die, and she could no longer say that she had no regrets in killing her fifth uncle.
If what happened back then was really as the Queen said, how could she have a clear conscience?
His father's death was his own fault!
The crying little girl looked at Zhu Wuhuan and said with a sob, "Empress, why are you telling me all this... I tried to assassinate the emperor, and if you caught me, you could just kill me. Why are you telling me all this..."
Zhu Wuhuan gently rubbed the little girl's head, "Because I am your aunt, I feel sorry for the suffering you have endured."
The words "Aunt" and "I feel so sorry" made Feng Yushu cry even harder.
She knelt there, sobbing.
Zhu Wuhuan said gently, "This time you were harmed by the guards and the Si family, and your fifth uncle didn't know about it. Now that he knows, he will take care of it for you and kill those people for you—"
Seeing Feng Yushu raise her head and look at him with tears in her eyes, Zhu Wuhuan continued.
"Do you think that if your fifth uncle hadn't banished you to that farm, you wouldn't have suffered this? Do you think that the guard and the young master of the Si family are hateful, and your fifth uncle is hateful too?"
She stared into Feng Yushu's eyes and sighed.
"But have you ever thought about this: the victors are the kings and the losers are the bandits. Your fifth uncle could have wiped you out completely back then. Didn't he think that you would seek revenge when you grew up? Didn't he know that he was nurturing a tiger to cause trouble?"
"But you are his nephews and nieces. He cares about family ties and is not as cruel as your father, so he has allowed you to live until now."
"I don't know how hard it has been for you in the village these past few years, but you must remember that your father is your fifth uncle's enemy. You can't expect your fifth uncle to treat you like little ancestors and provide you with good food and drink after mercifully letting you, the sons of his enemy, go. That would be too much of a burden for him."
"Ask yourself, if it were you, could you do better than your fifth uncle?"
Feng Yushu lowered her head and cried inconsolably, with big tears falling to the ground.
She couldn't answer the Queen's words.
From an outsider's perspective, it is true that Uncle Five has been very kind to them, and they are able to survive until now thanks to Uncle Five's kindness.
For these children of the enemy, it is good enough to be alive. They should not expect their fifth uncle to raise them and treat them well as if they were his own children.
However, she still couldn't accept this fact for a while.
Their lives are so hard. If they don't even have someone to hate, what else can support them to endure the hard times?
They went from being the pride of the land to being in this situation. There must be a culprit they can hate, right?
They can't hate Uncle Wu anymore. Do they have to hate their father for bringing disaster upon himself and others?
"emperor!"
At this time, Xiao Yuanzi came hurriedly.
Knowing that the emperor was injured, he was more anxious and afraid than anyone else!
He didn't bother to greet Zhu Wuhuan. He was anxious to run to the small couch to check on Feng Changye's injuries, but he saw Feng Changye making gestures to him from afar, asking him to obey the Queen's orders.
He was stunned.
Since the emperor is still conscious and can gesture to him, he must be fine, maybe just a superficial injury.
Then he felt relieved and walked towards Zhu Wuhuan obediently.
He quickly walked up to Zhu Wuhuan and said, "My Lady."
Zhu Wuhuan pointed at Feng Yushu lying on the ground and said, "This is the daughter of the former crown prince. She doesn't believe her father ever hurt the emperor. You and the guards take her down and let her see the injuries you suffered for the emperor."
When Xiao Yuanzi heard that this was the daughter of the former crown prince, his expression suddenly became complicated.
He glanced at Feng Yushu and bowed to Zhu Wuhuan, "Your servant obeys your command."
He waved his hand, signaling the guards to take Feng Yushu and leave behind him.
Before Feng Yushu was taken away by the guards, she kowtowed to Zhu Wuhuan.
The eleven-year-old girl looked at Zhu Wuhuan with tears in her eyes.
"Empress, thank you for your kindness and love for me. Thank you for taking the trouble to tell me so much... I haven't had the love and guidance of an elder since I was four years old. Thank you for your advice and love as an elder. I kowtow to you and wish you good health and a long life."
After saying that, she kowtowed to Zhu Wuhuan again, then stood up and left with the guards.
When she left, she turned her head and glanced at the small couch.
When she had thrust the knife into Feng Changye's abdomen, her fingers hadn't trembled at all. But now, looking at the blood-stained dagger that the imperial physician had pulled out and placed aside...
Her fingers trembled unconsciously.
The person she stabbed was her fifth uncle.
Zhu Wuhuan saw them walking away and motioned for Suqiu to follow them, "You go and keep her company."
Seeing Suqiu catch up with them, Zhu Wuhuan felt relieved.
The little girl had just experienced an incident where she was almost bullied by the young master of the Si family. She would be scared if she was asked to leave alone with two guards and a eunuch and to check the injuries on the eunuch's body.
Feng Yushu, who had already walked out of the hall, couldn't help but shed two tears as big as beans when she heard Suqiu say that she came to accompany her on the Queen's orders.
She turned around and looked at the Queen standing in the palace, and called out softly in her heart -
Aunt Wu, thank you for your care.
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After watching them walk away, Zhu Wuhuan withdrew his gaze.
She walked over to the couch.
The imperial physician had just begun to apply medicine and bandage Feng Changye's wound.
She frowned distressedly, "Why hasn't it healed after so long?"
Before Feng Changye could say anything, the aggrieved old doctor turned his head and looked at Zhu Wuhuan eagerly, "Empress, the Emperor has been holding up his upper body to secretly watch you domineeringly protect your husband. He feels so happy that he doesn't even feel the pain... I really can't bandage him in that position."
"..." Feng Changye met his queen's incredulous gaze and turned around to scold the imperial physician, "Stop talking too much!"
The imperial physician was so frightened that he lowered his head and dared not say anything.
Then he looked at Zhu Wuhuan calmly, and lied effortlessly, "Queen, it's not that I'm not in pain, it's just too much pain. I have to keep looking at you to stop the pain."
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