The maidservant beside Su Luo was very worried and helped her up, "Your Highness, please be careful, the stones by the lake are slippery."
Su Luo then said, "Then help me to the pavilion."
After the palace maid helped Su Luo into the pavilion, Su Luo said something, and the palace maid left the pavilion, leading people to keep watch at a distance.
"How did you get into the palace? What about Xu Yi?"
Su Luo spoke from inside the pavilion, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Ah Li to hear.
Ahri then said, "Of course I walked in by myself."
Su Luo held the handkerchief tightly. "Back then, I heard that the Su family's daughter still married into the Jing Prince's mansion. Shouldn't it have been you?"
"At that time, I also heard people say that the eldest daughter of the Su family fell into the water, and for some reason, when she was seen again, she had become a noble lady in the palace and was pregnant?"
Moreover, her belly was very large, and she was clearly about to give birth.
"Su Li, I'm your older sister. Why do you have to talk to me like that?"
"If you really are my sister, why haven't you shown up all these years?"
Tears streamed down Ah Li's face as the original owner slowly appeared beside Su Luo, though Su Luo could not see her.
Seeing Ah Li's tears, Su Luo picked up a handkerchief and pressed it to her own brows and eyes. She said, "I'm doing this for my future. Xu Yi only knows how to compose poems and has no ambition at all. He's also a bit of a womanizer."
"Then why didn't you refuse in the first place?"
"How could I refuse? My father and mother both hope that I can marry into the Prince Jing's mansion and bring glory to the family."
"Did you know back then that I would marry him in your place?"
Su Luo fell silent. She knew it; she had even gone to see it.
Back then, when Xu Yi hunted a pair of wild geese and rode a tall horse to fetch his bride, she was still thinking that Su Li could enjoy a good life by marrying in her place. If we disregard everything else, Xu Yi was quite dashing and handsome.
At that time, knowing that Su Li had married in her place, she left the capital and went to Yangzhou. She had met the daughter of the Yangzhou prefect a few times, but did not know her identity, so she went to seek refuge with her.
At that time, it happened to be the time for the imperial concubine selection. The daughter of the prefect of Yangzhou did not want to enter the palace, and she fell in love with a scholar.
Su Luo then recognized the Yangzhou prefect as her godfather and entered the palace.
Su Luo believed that with her looks, she would definitely be selected.
As expected, Su Luo was chosen and soon became the emperor's favorite.
With red eyes, Ah Li slowly said, "Do you know that Xu Yi has always loved you deeply? Even after marrying me, he never touched me once. He even called me a poisonous woman and said that I had someone kill you."
The original owner cried her heart out beside Su Luo. Her sister was still alive and well, but she was now... dead.
"Impossible, he..."
Upon hearing this, Su Luo instinctively wanted to retort, but at that moment she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach. She looked at Su Li and then called out to the palace maid not far away, "Someone! Take me back to the palace!"
The original owner followed nervously, and Su Luo left surrounded by palace maids.
At this moment, Liu Xiu, carrying fish food and a food box, walked over from not far away.
Ah Li looked over and walked towards Liu Xiu, saying, "You're back."
Liu Xiu handed the fish food to Ali, saying, "Hmm, I also brought some pastries and fruit. Have some first."
"good."
Ali and Liu Xiu went into the pavilion together, and Ali helped Liu Xiu take out the pastries and fruits from the food box.
Liu Xiu looked around. "That person is gone?"
"Okay, I'm leaving."
"I didn't make things difficult for you, did I?"
"No."
Liu Xiu then said, "She's about to give birth. If she's not careful at this time, and something unexpected happens, who knows who might be implicated?"
Ahri picked up a pastry and ate it, unable to answer the question.
Liu Xiu patted Ali's head and said, "You'll know how treacherous people are in the palace later."
Ah Li finished eating the pastry in her mouth and said, "Shouldn't we be living outside the palace from now on?"
Liu Xiu chuckled softly, "That's true."
On the other side, Su Luo endured pain for a day and a night before finally giving birth to a daughter.
Somewhat disappointed, Su Luo had the child taken away, and she lay on the bed thinking about her future.
Is this really the kind of life she wants?
The thought of Ah Li and Liu Xiu standing together and looking so well-matched, and then thinking of the emperor who was old enough to be her father, made Su Luo feel a little regretful.
The original owner looked around in confusion. She had been following her sister, but for some reason, she suddenly felt dizzy.
When she woke up again, she was slapped hard several times.
When she called out, the sound that came out was that of a baby crying.
She... she has become her sister's newborn child!
She didn't lose her original memories; instead, she was reborn with them?
The little palace maid next to her walked over at this moment, looked at the original owner of the body, and said, "This baby is really strange. It doesn't cry, it doesn't make a fuss, and it doesn't sleep. What is it looking at with its eyes open?"
The original owner... The original owner quickly recalled what newborn children looked like, and it seemed that they all liked to sleep, so she wanted to sleep.
Ahri looked towards a certain place in the palace, sensing something. The original owner was reincarnated very quickly.
Upon hearing the news reported by Yingyi, Liu Xiu waved his hand, signaling Yingyi to leave.
The baby was born, and both mother and daughter are safe?
Didn't the imperial physician say before that the person's pulse was weak, and that the baby might not live long after birth, and that there would be danger?
It seems we can't believe everything we hear.
Ah Li, standing outside, asked Liu Xiu, "Should we separate for a while?"
Liu Xiu stood up and walked towards Ah Li, "Why did we separate?"
"Didn't those people say that newlyweds can't meet before they get married?"
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