To whom is a mother’s life or death not important?
Helan Minzhi's fingertips, pinching the hem of her skirt, turned from red to white. She held back the tears that were about to burst out and nodded, saying, "This is the most important thing in my life."
The Queen Mother walked down the stairs with Shi Qingmiao's help. She walked up to Helan Minzhi and said to her, "Don't believe the rumors. I haven't been involved in this matter for so many years. Since you want to know so much, I will tell you everything."
"Your mother is not dead at all." The Queen Mother said this with a smile, but her smile was sarcastic.
Helan Minzhi listened and felt relieved, and her fingertips that were tightly gripping the hem of her skirt relaxed.
"After you were sent to the palace, I sent her out of Funing City and made sure she would never enter. She married a wealthy man from the countryside outside the city, and after he died, she inherited his estate."
"That's all I know, are you satisfied?"
After that, the Queen Mother never sent anyone to track down Helan Minzhi's biological mother.
When they sent people to investigate again, they only found out that the rich man she married died in an accident and ran away with the money.
"Thanks."
"If you're satisfied, go back. It's cold at night in the summer. Go to bed early. Don't exhaust yourself and then you won't be able to get married."
The Queen Mother said this and left Fengluan Palace.
Helan Minzhi was undoubtedly happy. Although she had to go to Simu Kingdom to marry, at least she knew that her mother was still alive in this world. This good news was enough to support her to work hard to live in the desolate Simu Kingdom.
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(A small extra)
The Flower Festival is a holiday celebrated by people from all over the city, provided that they are in a relationship.
But those who have had a partner will also recall some details of celebrating the Flower Festival with their partner.
On the night of the Flower Festival, the Queen Mother couldn't sleep.
(I will use the word Helanqin from now on, because I want to tell a story!)
There are young shadows on the Jiuyue Bridge and by the Jiuyue Lake. She was also young like this.
When she was sixteen, she left Hanshan Mountain for the first time to gain experience among the people.
Together with her senior brother Nangong Si, she traveled to the most prosperous Funing City. Helan Qin always yearned for prosperous places. She found it very interesting, unlike being in Hanshan, where she had nothing to do all day except practicing martial arts and eating.
There are many interesting things in Funing City. At that time, there was no Zuixianlou or Dongxilou, so they stayed at Hongfu Inn on East Street.
Coincidentally, the day I arrived in Funing City was the Flower Festival, the most popular festival among men and women in the city.
The custom and tradition on this day is to release lotus lanterns with your loved ones.
Helanqin was deeply attracted the first time he went to Jiyue Bridge. Standing on the bridge, he could see very far into the distance.
It is said that if the lanterns float to the other side, the love between lovers will last forever and they will live happily together on the other side.
Nangong Si didn't believe in these things. He was just a piece of wood who only knew how to practice martial arts all day long. But she believed it anyway, so she ran excitedly to set off lanterns that night.
Each lotus lantern cost one or two taels of silver, but they didn't have that much money, so they could only afford one.
Helan Qin asked for a pink lotus lantern, but Nangong Si said that white would match the Jiuyue Bridge.
Helan Qin said pink is a symbol of love, and Nangong Si said it’s up to you.
The wishes they made in the lanterns were also very simple: May the people of the world no longer suffer, and may there be peace in the world.
At that time, I was thinking about upholding justice and fighting to prevent the suffering of the people of the world.
Although Hanshan was dissatisfied with the emperor's rule, his desire for world peace was very strong.
So they released a pink lantern together, and when it successfully floated to the other side, Helan Qin was overjoyed.
Maybe it was because there was only one lantern, but now only one of them reached the other side, and he was not happy at all.
Helan Qin has been dreaming about Jiyue Bridge these days. There is a white figure on the Jiyue Bridge, who looks very much like Nangong Si, but when she touches him with her hands, it is not him.
It was just moonlight shining on the bridge.
Nangong Si and Helan Qin celebrated three Flower Festivals together, each one was very happy and unforgettable. When the fourth Flower Festival was approaching, Nangong Si had to go to the northwest to fight.
She wanted to go with him, but she was already a princess at that time, and it was impossible for a princess to accompany a general to the battlefield. Moreover, the emperor doted on her very much at that time, so how could he allow her to take risks on the battlefield?
Nangong Si comforted her and told her not to worry, he would be back in the autumn when the wheat in the fields was ripe.
However, she waited for dozens of autumns, watched the wheat in the fields mature and the green leaves turn golden dozens of times, but she still didn't wait for Nangong Si to come back.
He was the son-in-law and the commander-in-chief, but that autumn Helan Qin lost the person who could accompany her to light lanterns.
"Mother Queen, it's late at night. Be careful not to catch a cold if you stand in the wind." Eunuch Bai closed the window for the Mother Queen and helped her walk to the chaise longue.
The Queen Mother suddenly felt very sad tonight. She just saw the moon in the sky, which was curved like a sickle.
People really yearn for a better life. May 16th is clearly the full moon of May 15th, which is reduced to its original shape, but it is said to be the beginning of all beautiful love.
She originally believed these things, but is it useful?
Believing that wishes would come true, she prayed to the moon more than once for Nangong Si's safe return, but he still didn't come. Thinking her heart wasn't sincere enough, she wished for her son to be safe and sound, but her only son also died on the battlefield.
To her, the Northwest was a man-eating beast. Her husband died there, her son died there, and her grandson almost died there too.
So does wishing help?
It's useless.
"Xiao Baizi, do you think I have done everything wrong all these years?"
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