into the bosom

Chapter 408

The Empress Dowager stroked the back of Xu Jiao's hand twice, and sighed with a smile, "I thought I would never see Yingyue, but I didn't expect to see Yingyue again. The Ai family should be content."

"Mother!" Just as she finished speaking, the Eldest Princess frowned, with obvious disapproval in her tone.

"What the Ai family says is the truth. People are born to die. Everyone is the same. What can't be said? You are a donkey with a stubborn temper. It is the same for the Ai family and the same for Yingyue. You said that if the child didn't miss you and everything here, how could he come back to Feng'an at this time? This shows that the child is kind and righteous, and you as a mother should be gratified, but you are better. I thought about it in my heart, but I refused to see her, and now I see him and I still refuse to say something nice in my heart, isn't it just awkward and duplicity?" The Queen Mother scolded her own daughter, and she was merciless noodle.

The Eldest Princess obviously felt that she was losing face, coughed twice, and found an excuse and said, "I remember that the small kitchen was still cooking medicine for the queen mother, why didn't you bring it over? I'll go and have a look!" , just took a step.

"Don't forget that you ordered to go down early in the morning to prepare for Ajiao, and her favorite food, you should also keep an eye on it." The queen mother said behind her.

The eldest princess's back froze slightly, and then she took a step as if nothing had happened.

The Empress Dowager turned her head and collided with Xu Jiao's crooked eyes, the old and the young looked at each other and smiled, but the Empress Dowager felt a tickle in her throat, and coughed the next moment.

Xu Jiao hurriedly took the tea bowl from the hand of the palace maid, and when she brought the herbal tea to the Empress Dowager, her complexion changed a little due to coughing.

He drank two sips of warm herbal tea with Xu Jiao's hand, and Xu Jiao patted his chest for a while before he managed to stop the coughing, but his face was a little uglier than before.

"Grandma, shall I help you lie down?" Xu Jiao said softly.

The latter nodded, and Xu Jiao carefully supported her to lie down, but the Queen Mother held her hand tightly, "Yingyue, your mother is a duplicity, but she actually loves you more than anyone else. She just thinks that if you come back at this time, if the rebels come in, she is afraid that she will hurt you, and she is even more worried that she will not be able to protect you. Aijia is dying, and there are not a few days to live, and now she is bearish on many things. The only one who can't let go is your mother."

"She has a stubborn temper, and she has no worries in the past. Aijia is most afraid that she will go to extremes. With you, Aijia can feel relieved. You are a smart, kind-hearted, and sensible child, and Aijia can see that , Yanping really regards you as a daughter, with you, she will not really go to a dead end, Yingyue, promise Aijia, if Aijia leaves, you will spend more time with your mother and let her live a good life." Queen Mother Grasping Xu Jiao's hand, a pair of deep, sunken and cloudy eyes looked at Xu Jiao earnestly, with pleading eyes.

The queen mother has been honorable all her life, and she will be strong all her life, but now she is willing to let go of her figure, begging her a junior like this, it is really the heart of a parent, even if she is dying, even if the eldest princess is no longer a child, until the day when she really closes her eyes , can't really let go.Maybe, even dying... Xu Jiao suddenly remembered that when Mrs. Zhao was dying, she couldn't say a word, but she was staring at He Lianshu's eyes, and Mrs. Zhao's eyes suddenly overlapped with those of the queen mother in front of her. In one place, Xu Jiao's heart felt like a knife was twisted for a moment.

But under the eyes of the Queen Mother, she nodded slightly, although lightly, but with unspeakable caution, "Grandmother, don't worry, I don't have a mother anymore, and I will definitely not lose another one."

Hearing her mention of Mrs. Zhao, the Empress Dowager's complexion was strange for a moment, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes, and she held Xu Jiao's hand tightly, and said sadly, "Good boy! Yanping...she recognized you as a daughter fortunately. , even if the Ai family dies immediately, they can still close their eyes. It's just...it is the Yang family, no, it is the Ai family who owes you."

The person who said it was vague, but the person who listened knew it well, but there was no strangeness on her face, as if she didn't understand the meaning behind the words, she just smiled lightly, patted the wrinkled Empress Dowager, skinny as a stick, but still Cold hands.

Of course the Queen Mother is also guilty, raising or not teaching, the fault of the parents, but a dying person, a mother who still cares about her children at this time, how can she bear to blame her?What's more, she is also the mother of the eldest princess.

Others Xu Jiao can ignore it, but the eldest princess... Xu Jiao's mother is not just a dry address.

There is a grievance and a debtor, so she only needs to see that the culprit will get what he deserves.

After a while, the Eldest Princess came back, and the Empress Dowager's medicine was ready, and the Empress Dowager waited for her to finish drinking the medicine. They sat and talked for a while, mostly Xu Jiao said, and the Eldest Princess and Empress Dowager listened.

What she was talking about was what she had seen and heard on the grasslands. Leaving aside the things related to Mo Chuohe and those dangerous ones, she was already good at telling stories, and she told those stories vividly and fascinatingly.The eldest princess used to run around with the first emperor, but the queen mother had never been out of Feng'an City, and she listened with great interest, exclaiming and laughing from time to time.

It wasn't until Rachel came to ask if it was time to serve dinner that the queen mother realized, "Why is it already this hour? Sure enough, listening to Yingyue's talk is really interesting. Aijia thinks this time passes faster. Go, let them Let's prepare a meal, don't Yingyue just focus on telling stories to Ai's family, you will be hungry instead."

"I like to tell stories to my grandmother, not to mention how can I be hungry?" Xu Jiao smiled and glanced at the table full of refreshments, implying that although she was telling stories, there were not a lot of tea and snacks. I didn't treat myself badly.

The Empress Dowager naturally knew what she was talking about, she glanced at the refreshments but frowned and said, "That's different, how can these things be good for your health? Look, I've lost some weight after going out, but I have to make up for it. .”

"Although I've lost weight, I've also grown taller!" Xu Jiao said, standing up and turning around in front of the Queen Mother and the Eldest Princess. She really jumped up a bit compared to when she left Feng'an , she reckoned that she should be about three or four centimeters taller. She should be about 1.6 meters now, and she barely entered the ranks of tall girls. Xu Jiao slightly raised her chin proudly, but suddenly hit The eldest princess looked at her with inexplicably sharp eyes.

Xu Jiao couldn't explain why, but felt guilty for a while, and the smile on his face lost two points of composure, "What is mother doing looking at me like this? It's embarrassing."

The eldest princess snorted softly, "You have always been thick-skinned, yet you still feel embarrassed because I am looking at you? I am just watching, you go out for a while, it seems that something is really different."

Xu Jiao felt even more guilty, remembering that when she married He Lianshu and did not perform the ceremony of Duke Zhou, the eldest princess could tell the truth from her walking posture, could it be that she also saw something this time?
Xu Jiao hurriedly laughed and said, "The eighteenth female college has changed, and it's getting more and more beautiful!"

The eldest princess snorted at her angrily, "The skin is getting thicker and thicker."

It just so happened that Raiqiu had already brought someone up to bring the meals, so this matter was left behind for the time being, and Xu Jiao breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

Looking back, the number and portion of the dishes on the table are much less than before, but most of the dishes are Xu Jiao's favorite before, so she smiled and said with bright eyes, "It's all from me. My favorite thing is that my mother loves me the most."

Didn't ask any more about the difference from before, what a child with seven apertures and exquisite heart.The queen mother smiled and said, "You are so sensible, who does your mother not love you? Alright, sit down! Eat quickly in this weather, don't wait for the food to cool, move your chopsticks!"

Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking.The queen mother's appetite was poor, but she couldn't eat after a few hasty bites, but she didn't put the chopsticks, because once she put the chopsticks, Xu Jiao and the eldest princess would definitely not eat anymore.

For her painstaking efforts, Xu Jiao and the eldest princess naturally knew clearly that they had to eat faster. When the chopsticks were put down, the queen mother said without waiting for anyone to remove the table, "After sitting for so long, the family is exhausted. You two are talking, Ai's family will go in and rest for a while." As he spoke, he raised his hand to greet the two maidservants who were close to him.

The eldest princess rushed forward to help her, but she waved her hand and said, "I told you to talk to Yingyue here, and Aijia can rest by herself."

Seeing her persistence, the eldest princess had no choice but to withdraw her hand. From the corner of her eye, she glanced at the cold sweat on the forehead of the queen mother, and was supported by someone, but she still couldn't avoid the staggering back, her eyes dimmed suddenly.

Xu Jiao came to her side at some point, raised his hand and gently hugged the eldest princess's shoulder, and caressed her arm silently twice with a touch of comfort.

The eldest princess didn't look back at her, but lowered her eyes and said, "The queen mother's body is getting worse day by day, but it's all like this, but she still has too many things that she can't let go. Every time I see her struggling so hard, some I really can't wait for the time..." The eldest princess' voice was hoarse, and she even unconsciously called herself "I".

"Although I am not filial, sometimes I really want to say to my mother, 'That's it, don't work so hard, let it go, at least you can suffer less, which is also a relief', but how can I say that? "The eldest princess said, her voice was choked with sobs.

Xu Jiao didn't know what to say, so she could only quietly accompany the eldest princess and be a quiet listener.

"Mother has been strong and honored all her life, but now at this time, she still can't live in peace. Sometimes I really regret that I couldn't hold back my mother and let her use that method. Although her life was saved, she was still alive every day. It's all torment."

Xu Jiao vaguely guessed this at the beginning, at that time the queen dowager's time was approaching, so I don't know what agreement He Lianshu reached with the eldest princess, and what method he used to replace the queen dowager.There are many talented people under Wen Lou, but such a method is against the law of heaven after all, and the Queen Mother will inevitably pay an unimaginable price for ordinary people.

Thinking of the empress dowager's lingering sickness and lingering appearance, Xu Jiao seemed to have glimpsed the truth, but her heart was full of sadness.As a mother, she couldn't let go of not only the eldest princess, but also Emperor Xian. As the empress dowager of the Great Wei, she couldn't let go of the Yang family who watched the country fall apart... But, so what?Some things, after all, the building has collapsed and is irreversible.

The eldest princess fell silent after saying that sentence. After a while, she raised her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, then turned to look at Xu Jiao and said, "What about you? Didn't you meet anyone special when you went back to the grassland?"

Xu Jiao looked at the eldest princess, hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed, "Of course there is. It's just... there are some things that I can't tell my mother calmly at the moment..." Xu Jiao looked carefully at the eldest princess while talking, I'm afraid she will be unhappy when she hears this.

"You are already calm." Unexpectedly, the eldest princess is as transparent as before, "You don't have to say it now if you don't want to. When you think you can tell mother, mother is willing to listen anytime."

"Mother..." Xu Jiao's eyes flickered, and she couldn't hide the emotion in her eyes. What could she do, she was alone when she came here, but she could get so much love and care.

The Eldest Princess took her hand, patted it lightly, and sighed, "It's just you, child, why did you come back at this time." Then, she sighed again, and the following words never came back. Speak, the person who can speak and the person who listens are clear in their hearts.

Xu Jiao leaned over, leaned against the eldest princess and smiled slightly, "The more I want to come back at this time, I want to be by my mother's side, and I still have some things that must be done."

The eldest princess froze suddenly, pushed her away from her side, stared at her with burning eyes, as if she wanted to see through her mind, her eyes were sharp, and her brows were slightly furrowed.

Xu Jiao didn't dodge or evade, and let her watch, his eyes were clear and calm.

The Eldest Princess' eyes flickered for a moment, and she was about to open her mouth to ask something, when a resounding roll call came from outside, "Your Majesty is here."

Xu Jiao's eyes flickered lightly, it seemed that he really couldn't wait for the arrival so fast.

The eldest princess frowned fiercely, and in an instant, the mother and daughter's eyes met and then parted, and they both turned around.When Emperor Xian strode in, the eldest princess bowed her knees, but Xu Jiao made a kneeling salute, "I have seen Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Emperor Xian hurriedly said, "Get up quickly, Yingyue. I haven't seen you for so long. You can do such a great gift if you come. It seems that my uncle is too unreasonable. Hurry up and help the princess up." That sentence was said to Gan Neishi next to him.

Gan Nei waited, and hurried forward to help Xu Jiao up.

Xu Jiao raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Xian, a strange light flashed across his eyes. It turned out that it was not only the queen mother and princess who were old, but also the Emperor Xian in front of her was different from before she left Feng'an. The man was thinner and older, and although he was smiling and trying his best to be kind, he couldn't suppress the restlessness and gloom between his brows more and more.

"We are all a family, so there is no need to be too polite. Sister Huang and Yingyue will sit down and talk with me." Emperor Xian waved his hand.

The Eldest Princess looked indifferent, didn't even say yes, just sat down with a solemn face and skirt.

Xu Jiao glanced at the two siblings lightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, but there was no abnormality on his face, he still smiled slightly, thanked him, and sat down calmly.

(End of this chapter)