Chapter 164 The Memories I Least Want to Recall
"Take it out and burn it." Song Yulan knocked the box to the ground, and clothes fell out.
She shuddered all over.
Liuzhi didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurriedly picked up the clothes on the ground and burned them.
Song Yulan stared at the blazing flames in the charcoal brazier, and the memories she least wanted to recall resurfaced in her mind.
This dress is exactly the same as the one she wore on her coming-of-age ceremony.
Originally, this should have been a beautiful memory.
What a coincidence, that day she had her period.
Her mother never told her what that was like.
She only knew that she suddenly bled a lot and her skirt was all dirty. She was very scared and thought she was going to die, so she ran to find her mother crying.
However, her mother scolded her in front of everyone, making her lose all face.
She ran away angrily and met her eldest brother and his classmates. Her eldest brother even pulled her aside and insisted on taking her for a spin.
Seeing the blood stains on her skirt, he laughed and mocked her.
She went back to her dormitory crying, took off the skirt, threw it outside, and never cared about it again.
Later, in order to get her into the palace, they gradually treated her better, so she buried the incident in her heart and tried not to think about it.
Today they brought this dress, and the fear and shame of that day came flooding back.
Song Yulan clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms, and only then did she come to her senses from the pain.
This gift from the Song family was clearly meant to humiliate her.
"I am no longer the unloved and bullied Sixth Miss of the Song family." She stood up and decided to fight back.
Liuzhi handed her the handkerchief.
"My lady, wipe your face."
Song Yulan then realized that she had already burst into tears without knowing when.
We are family, why do you treat her like this?
If you don't like her, why did you give birth to her?
Song Yulan covered her face with a handkerchief and cried softly.
She thought she was invulnerable and fearless, but in the end she was still broken down by their meaningless methods and burst into tears.
"This is the last time."
Song Yulan told herself.
She would never give them the chance to hate her or hurt her again.
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What happened in Song Yulan's palace was soon reported to Lu Yanshi.
"I got the gifts from my mother's family and was scared, and then I cried?" Lu Yanshi was puzzled.
What's so scary about a piece of clothing?
Because Song Yulan didn't tell anyone why she was crying, Lu Yanshi didn't understand either.
Song Yulan is not only his concubine, but also his excellent subordinate. It is reasonable for him to care about her.
After thinking about it, Lu Yanshi decided to take Lu Li with him to visit Song Yulan.
If Song Yulan refuses to tell the truth, with Xiaojiu, who loves to gossip, around, he will definitely be able to find out the truth.
So Lu Li, with a confused look on her face, was carried by her father to Song Yulan.
"I come to see His Majesty and the Ninth Princess." Song Yulan didn't expect them to come suddenly, and her eyes were still red.
"Have you, my beloved, been wronged?" Lu Yanshi went straight to the point.
Song Yulan reacted after hearing this and realized that someone had told the emperor about her previous actions.
"I have no grievances." Song Yulan shook her head.
If you tell the emperor about that little thing, it would be laughable.
"If you are not wronged, why are your eyes red from crying? You are my concubine and also a fifth-rank official of the Great Xia Dynasty. Anyone who bullies you does not take me seriously." Lu Yanshi's expression became serious.
His words made Song Yulan's tears, which had been held back with great difficulty, burst out again.
【Oh my god, who bullied Concubine Song? 】
Lu Li quickly opened the gossip system to see what gossip she had missed today.
Song Yulan didn't expect Lu Li to be so positive. She felt a little embarrassed and said hurriedly, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It's just some old things."
But Lu Li moved so fast that she couldn't stop him.
[Today, the Song family gave Concubine Song two skirts. ]
[Hey, there's blood stain on one of them. ]
[The Song family is so careless in their work. Why would they give such a thing as a gift? ]
Song Yulan didn't dare to reveal the fact that she could hear Lu Li's thoughts, and could only worry secretly in her heart.
"How is the Ninth Princess these days?"
She tried to interrupt Lu Li who was enjoying the melon.
But Lu Li had no reaction and was obsessed with eating melons.
Lu Yanshi answered for his daughter, "She is fine. She eats well every day and then goes to the zoo to play with the iron beasts. When she is tired, she goes to sleep. When she wakes up, she secretly counts how many gold locks she has saved."
Having said this, a doting smile appeared on his face.
His little princess should live freely like this.
When Lu Li heard this, she glared at her father angrily.
[Disgusting! How did Father know that I count the gold locks every day? Would he want to secretly take a few away?]
Lu Yanshi: ...
He is more or less a wealthy man now.
The An family went north to do business, so he must have some private money, right?
This leaky little cotton-padded jacket actually doubted him. He originally said that he would give her five golden locks when he made money, but now he changed it to four.
After glaring at her father, Lu Li continued to eat melon.
【so it is.】
[This Song family is too evil. How could they treat Concubine Song like this? ]
Now it was Lu Yanshi's turn to be angry.
Why does this kid only say half of what he is saying and never finish it? Explain clearly what happened to the Song family.
[It's a pity that they are too far away and hard to locate. They are not in front of me. Otherwise, I would use a thunderbolt to strike these shameless guys.]
Lu Li was filled with righteous indignation and felt indignant about this.
Lu Yanshi couldn't get any information from his daughter, so he had to ask Song Yulan again.
"Who has offended my beloved concubine? Do you want me to vent your anger for you?"
After hearing this, Lu Li widened her eyes, looked at Song Yulan, and urged her secretly in her heart.
【Just tell me now. 】
[What are you afraid of when your father is here to help you vent your anger? ]
[Don't even mention your mother or your elder brother, even your father, the emperor, can be screwed by you. ]
[You are my father's concubine. Bullying you is just looking down on my father. If I don't complain now, when will I complain?]
Originally, Song Yulan wanted to solve the problem herself, but after hearing Lu Li's thoughts, she changed her mind.
The Ninth Princess is right.
She has a backer, so she shouldn't use him.
So she sobbed and told the unspeakable thing.
Lu Yanshi frowned when he heard this.
His first reaction was to remind the maids to educate his daughters well when they had their periods in the future, so as not to cause such troubles.
He would drag out and beat to death anyone who dared to laugh at his daughter.
"Lord Song is in turmoil at home and I'm afraid he has no interest in state affairs. It would be better for him to retire and return home early. What do you think, my beloved?" Lu Yanshi looked at Song Yulan.
"I will obey the emperor."
Song Yulan understood that the emperor wanted to dismiss her father from his post.
She did not plead for her father.
Although her father never abused her, his indifference was certainly a kind of harm.
When she was useful, they were nice to her. When she was no longer useful, they were indifferent to her.
Is this kind of family still considered a family?
They didn't consider her, why should she consider them so much.
After resolving Song Yulan's minor issue, Lu Yanshi left with his daughter.
Halfway through the journey, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been assimilated by Xiaojiu, and now whenever he encountered something, he wanted to join in the fun.
This is really not in line with the imperial style. As an emperor, how can he be so gossipy?