Meng Yue came out of the imperial study with a pale face. It was too late and impossible to persuade Meng Xin to stop. So what should she do?
Yes, she wanted to find out whether the woman who looked exactly like Xena was her daughter. If so, she would at least avoid conflict between the sisters.
But Xiaohong, who was walking beside her, reminded her softly at this moment,
"Princess, those guards have been following us since we came out of the imperial study. What on earth do they want to do?"
Meng Yue, who was concentrating on her thoughts, did not notice that someone was following them closely. After hearing Xiaohong say this, she stopped and looked back. Seeing this, those people hurriedly stopped and lowered their heads.
Meng Yue shook her head helplessly and continued to move forward, humming softly.
"He wants to keep me under house arrest."
After saying this, she raised her eyebrows, revealed a hint of mocking smile, and changed her direction, heading towards the ancestral hall.
Although all the servants in the palace would call her the eldest princess and show admiration for her when they saw her, who knew that it was just an empty title. How could it be easy for her to go out so blatantly?
"Xiaohong, go and invite the queen..."
The only one who can help her now is the queen, and she should confess some things to her.
The queen might have known that she would come to her for help, so when she looked up after saying this, she saw the queen standing at the door of the ancestral hall, looking at her gently.
She was not very familiar with this queen because when she left Chu, she had not yet married Meng Xin. When she returned from Daning, she had become the queen of Chu.
After she came back, she did not stay in the palace for a few days but went directly to the ancestral hall, where she lived for more than twenty years. During this period, they only met twice, and both were because of Sina.
Of course, she was still very grateful to her for raising Sina. In order to prevent Sina from living a lonely life with her in this ancestral hall, she resolutely handed her over to the queen for upbringing.
Even if she had ten thousand reasons not to keep Xena by her side, it was an indisputable fact that she had not fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother. In her heart, she not only felt indebted to Xena, but also felt grateful to the queen.
There are many admirable and shining qualities about this queen, otherwise she would not be the only woman in Meng Xin's harem so far.
Of course, the queen probably didn't know about her relationship with Meng Xin. In fact, the people of Chu didn't know much either, because before she was fourteen years old, she thought she was Meng Xin's biological sister, but Meng Xin, who was a few years older than her, had already known her life experience and had developed a love for her.
The man whom she had always treated as her brother wanted to be her man. This was something she could not accept no matter what, so she chose to escape. However, she never expected that Meng Xin's feelings for her would be so deep. She escaped for five years, and he searched for her for five years. After finding her, he used various means to bring her back.
Whenever she thought of this, she felt extremely tormented in her heart. She could have had a happy life, with a man who loved her and daughters she loved, but all of this was interrupted because of Meng Xin's selfishness.
She originally thought that sacrificing her own happiness could exchange for Liu Dechang's safety and peaceful coexistence between the two countries, but she didn't expect that all this was unavoidable. Now her two daughters actually met on the battlefield. This is such an irony.
"Are you back?"
The queen's words interrupted her thoughts. She looked up at her and smiled softly, "Waiting for me?" She gave the queen a long-lost smile. She hadn't smiled for a long time since she returned to Chu.
The queen looked at her in surprise, and nodded with a smile.
"I knew you would come to see me, so I came here in advance to wait for you."
Meng Yue was surprised by the queen's words, but she still smiled at her and gestured to Xiaohong to open the door.
This time she did not go directly into the ancestral hall, but went to the main hall on the other side.
Here, simplicity makes people feel comfortable.
After the two sat down, Meng Yue spoke first:
"Do you know why I called you here, Queen?"
The queen was not as anxious this time. She took a sip from the teacup beside her and whispered softly:
"You want to leave the palace, but your brother will send someone to watch you..."
After saying this, she looked up at her with a probing look in her eyes.
Meng Yue turned the teacup in her hand with a suspicious look on her face and nodded in admiration.
"The queen is indeed an extremely intelligent woman. Are you willing to help me?"
"I don't want to help you. I just don't want to see Xena and her sister meet on the battlefield and kill each other..."
After saying this, the queen raised her shrewd eyes and looked at Meng Yue, "That woman who looks exactly like Xina is also your daughter, right?"
She knew that there were some things Meng Yue should say.
Sure enough, when Meng Yue heard her question, a tangled look flashed in his cloudy eyes, and then he nodded sadly.
"Well, I know there are some things you are very curious about. In that case, I don't want to hide anything from you anymore..."
After saying this, she looked towards the door with a deep gaze, and continued with a blank look in her eyes:
"Do you know the relationship between Meng Xin and me? Actually, we are not siblings..."
Her words made the queen look at her in astonishment. Meng Xin was not her biological brother? She really didn't know this.
Meng Yue looked at her surprised expression and smiled softly, "You definitely don't know, because in this world, only I, Meng Xin, know about this. Because of this, he developed feelings for me. And to escape this embarrassing relationship, I chose to leave Chu State. After many twists and turns, I arrived in Daning State..."
At this point, her memory went back to more than 20 years ago.
That year, she went to Daning State alone and came to Rongcheng, which was closer to Chu State. At that time, she just wanted to be as far away from Chu State as possible. She had limited strength to walk every day, so she decided to rest in Rongcheng for one night.
But before she could find an inn, her purse and bag were stolen. With no relatives and no money, she was left on the streets.
In such a miserable situation, she was also targeted by a few thugs. When they were dragging her to a dark alley to bully her, a voice suddenly appeared.
"stop……"
The moment she looked up, she saw a man like a god appear in front of her. The reason why she used these two words to describe him was because the man was wearing armor and had just returned from the war. On his way back to the capital, he was staying in Rongcheng temporarily.
The man rescued her and gave her ten taels of silver, but before she could even say a complete word of thanks to him, he disappeared in front of her.
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