After leaving the County Lady's Mansion, Su Jingyao got into the carriage, and her brother was already waiting inside.
"Your humble servant pays his respects to Her Majesty the Queen." Su Jingxuan bowed respectfully, with a hint of nervousness and anticipation on his face.
"Brother, get up."
Su Jingyao raised her hand slightly, signaling him to stand up, while she sat in the middle of the carriage, her expression calm, her eyes looking ahead calmly.
Su Jingxuan was a little confused and clenched his hands unconsciously.
"Sister, can I go in and see her?"
"Brother, there's no need to go in. I gave her two choices: drink the poisoned wine after seeing you or drink the poisoned wine directly. She chose the latter."
Su Jingyao's voice was as calm as water, without a trace of ripples.
Su Jingxuan suddenly lost his focus, his eyes becoming empty as he muttered to himself, "It's still too late."
Su Jingyao saw this and looked at him with a complicated expression, "Brother, do you like Qi Wanyin that much?"
Su Jingxuan shook his head. Ever since he knew what Qi Wanyin had done, he disliked her.
I just wonder why a girl who was so beautiful and talented when she was young has become like this?
He suddenly fell into memories, his eyes became soft and distant, and he began to speak.
"When my father was teaching the princes, I studied with them in the palace for a while. That's when I met the Princess of Qingping."
His gaze seemed to travel through time and space and return to the past.
"Although she was fostered in the Queen's palace at that time, her etiquette and knowledge were better than those of the other princesses. One time, my father was summoned to the Imperial Study by the late Emperor and forgot about me. I was in the palace and couldn't leave without a token."
Su Jingxuan's voice was filled with deep nostalgia.
"It was Princess Qingping who escorted me out of the palace with the Queen's token."
A warm smile appeared on his face, as if the scene was right in front of him.
After that, every time he entered the harem, he would secretly observe this woman. Her identity was special. In the cannibalistic palace, she worked very hard, studied hard, tried hard to be seen by others, and tried hard to make everyone like her.
So she treats people with a smile like a little sun.
"Later... I knew she was in love with the then Crown Prince, so she told Dad she was going on a long journey to study and left the capital."
"After returning from her journey, she went to Canglang because of His Majesty's refusal."
Su Jingxuan's voice became lower and lower, full of helplessness.
He didn't know how he felt towards Qi Wanyin. He had been moved, but also felt pity for her.
Su Jingyao looked at her brother with complicated eyes. She had never heard her brother mention this past event.
It turns out that my brother has never fallen in love with other women for all these years because he has always had Princess Qingping in his heart?
"It wasn't until this time when I went to attack Canglang that I saw her again. On the way back, I thought she had let go of His Majesty and was able to accept another man. When I was with her, I never concealed my affection for her."
Su Jingxuan's eyes softened, as if he had returned to the time when he was with Qi Wanyin, and there was a hint of regret in his voice.
"But after returning to the capital and meeting His Majesty, she still couldn't let go of her previous grudges."
His brows were tightly furrowed, and a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
"He even did so many wrong things, colluding with the concubines in the harem and the remnants of the Canglang."
Su Jingxuan's voice rose a few degrees, filled with disappointment.
"I know her crime is unforgivable. I met her today just to tell her that no matter what she encountered in Canglang, I don't care."
His voice gradually became low and his eyes were filled with sadness.
Ever since Su Jingxuan learned that she had hurt her sister and assassinated His Majesty, he knew that the two of them could not be together.
Today he just wanted to tell Qi Wanyin that she was a woman worthy of being loved, and wanted her to leave with a sense of relief, rather than leaving with pain all over her body before her death.
Su Jingyao couldn't quite understand her brother's love for Qi Wanyin. In fact, she couldn't quite understand Jun Zechen either, because Su Jingyao seemed to have lost the ability to love someone.
She frowned slightly, her eyes filled with confusion.
But she is rich in theories, and although she cannot empathize, she can understand.
This is what is called redemption.
No one has ever loved Qi Wanyin in her life, so she lacks love. She has been trying hard to make everyone like her all her life.
As for Su Jingxuan, he was a child who grew up in love. He was the only male in the Su family's direct line. His father had high hopes for him, and he never lacked love.
A hint of emotion flashed in Su Jingyao's eyes.
After Su Jingxuan became an adult, many people in the capital wanted to marry into the Su family. Every year during the Flower Festival, countless noble ladies wanted to throw their handkerchiefs in front of Su Jingxuan.
But Su Jingxuan just disdained these women and turned a blind eye to the noble lady's advances.
It turns out that there is always a woman hidden in my heart.
"If my brother had told me this when he returned from the war, maybe..." Maybe she would have let Qi Wanyin go.
Su Jingyao lowered her head slightly.
She and Su Jingxuan have a very good relationship, and as her younger sister, she will satisfy her brother's requests no matter what.
Maybe father and mother would be dissatisfied with Qi Wanyin's experience in Canglang, but Su Jingyao came from the modern era and did not care about these things. As long as her brother liked it, what would be the difficulty in changing Qi Wanyin's identity and starting over?
As long as Qi Wanyin could let go of her hatred for Jun Zechen, or as long as her brother could pull Qi Wanyin out of the quagmire of hatred, perhaps things would be different?
But if Qi Wanyin can't let go of her hatred, Su Jingyao won't let her go either.
Su Jingyao initially thought that Qi Wanyin was taking advantage of the Su family and her brother, so naturally she didn't want Su Jingxuan to have anything to do with Qi Wanyin.
But even if Su Jingyao knew her brother's thoughts earlier, it was Qi Wanyin who really couldn't let go of everything.
After all, Qi Wanyin came back originally wanting to live a simple life, and her brother was never in her plan.
This era places too much emphasis on a woman's chastity. Even if she were with her brother, she would always feel inferior and sensitive, which is a tribulation she could not overcome.
Su Jingyao sighed softly.
That's why Qi Wanyin chose not to see her brother. To her, her brother was the light that illuminated her dark life, but it was too bright and would burn her to ashes. It would be better for him to just leave.
Su Jingxuan also sighed deeply.
"I couldn't save her." His eyes dimmed.
He missed her twice, once when she went to Canglang alone and did not keep her, and once when he returned to Junguo and did not notice that something was wrong with her and stop her.
Su Jingyao didn't know what to say at this time. Her father, mother and Su Jingyao all wanted her brother to find a woman of equal status, but only her brother himself knew what he wanted.
Qi Wanyin's hoarse scream just now did not make Su Jingyao feel heartbroken, but her brother's sadness at this moment made her eyes misty.
He is her family, and Su Jingyao wants him to be happy.
But she could do nothing about matters of the heart.
Su Jingxuan looked up at his sister.
"Sister, she was wrong. From the moment she hurt you and took revenge on Your Majesty, she is no longer my beloved. Since she doesn't want to see me, I will let it go."
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