It’s great to be reborn and marry your brother, but your ex-husband cried and called you sister-in-l

When the emperor heard this, his first reaction was not anger, but confusion.

"Why? I gave my two favorite sons a chance."

Concubine Zhou shook her head: "It is precisely because of this that I said that you are not a good father."

She paused and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, do you want to hear about my family's affairs?"

The emperor felt that Concubine Zhou seemed to have something to say, so he said, "Say, you don't have to think too much. No matter what you say today, I don't blame you."

Concubine Zhou smiled and looked into the void, as if she was recalling something.

After a long while, he slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty knows that I have a younger brother at home who is my father's son."

The emperor nodded, he knew this, and he also knew that this old man was very favored.

"Your Majesty, do you often feel that I am different from other women in the harem? I have a longer-term perspective, know better about advancement and retreat, do not compete for favors, and do not have petty tempers. Even if your Majesty occasionally gets angry and talks about topics between men, I can also accept it. Talk?"

The emperor suddenly laughed: "I have never seen someone so boastful about himself, but... you are telling the truth. I often feel very happy chatting with you. You don't stick to the small love between men and women. Love, you have your own opinions on many things, and there is nothing to say about how you behave, so you can’t find anything wrong with it.”

Concubine Zhou smiled, and a trace of tears flashed in her eyes.

"Because at the beginning, my father trained me as the heir of the Zhou family..."

"My parents were born in a difficult situation. My father was very open-minded and did not force me. He told me that if I could endure hardship, I could inherit the family business in the future. Therefore, since I was a child, my father raised me as a son from a wealthy family. I am not lacking in the ability and vision of an heir. My father has even planned to find a son-in-law for me and let me take over the family business after I get married. "

"But then, my brother was born."

"The night my brother was born, my father and I talked all night long."

"He said that now that I have a legitimate son, it will be extremely difficult for me to inherit the Zhou family in the future. Not to mention that the Zhou family's side branches will hinder it, and even the rumors in Kyoto will be a lot of pressure. If I am ambitious, I still want to If I continue to be the heir, he will focus on cultivating me. As for my younger brother, I just want him to grow up safely and be a child of a family who has no worries about food and drink. "

"But if I don't want to live too hard, he will train his younger brother again. But one thing is that once I choose to give up, my younger brother will be the definite heir of the Zhou family. The Zhou family's fortune will never be divided into two parts."

Concubine Zhou turned to look at the emperor: "It sounds unfair, right? But this is the true kindness of a father!"

"The larger the family fortune, the earlier the heirs should be trained and taught. As for the other children, they should be allowed to focus on other places, relax their mind from an early age, and pursue other directions in life. Only in this way can the family be protected to the greatest extent. The career is stable, the father is kind and the son is filial, and the brothers and sisters are respectful.”

"My father may seem unfair, but in fact he protected my brother and I to the greatest extent, so that our siblings would live in peace with each other for the rest of our lives and would not fall out because of the family business."

After hearing this, the emperor thought thoughtfully and asked, "Then why did you give up?"

Concubine Zhou smiled: "I didn't give up at first. Later, my brother gradually grew up and gradually showed his intelligence that is different from ordinary people. I think it might be better to leave this family business in his hands."

"Your Majesty, you often waver between the crown prince and the second prince, which makes the second prince have ambitions and desires that he shouldn't have. Once people have desires, they will become irrational, blinded by desires, and do wrong things. , the Second Prince’s various…exactly illustrates this point, doesn’t it?”

She seemed to have finished speaking and did not continue.

The emperor fell silent.

After a while, he glanced at Concubine Zhou's belly: "Do you know that if I listen to what you said today, it will mean that the child in your belly will have no chance of competing for the throne in the future?"

Concubine Zhou didn't answer and asked instead: "How does your majesty know that I am not saying these words so that the child in my belly can live a stable life?"

She walked to the emperor and snuggled on his lap: "Everyone knows that the prince is benevolent and diligent, but I don't have that big ambition. I backed down at the last moment and am living a good life now. Even though I know that The road is so difficult, I don’t want my child to live a life of chaos and chaos, I just want him to live a peaceful life.”

The emperor reached out and touched her head: "You are a very wise mother. With a mother like you, the child will not be bad in the future."

Concubine Zhou didn't speak, she just stroked her belly gently.

My child, this is all my mother can do for you...

......

On the third day after Xiao Ruoyun entered the palace, he and Gu Ruanruan were separated.

Gu Ruanruan was taken away, and Xiao Ruoyun was sent back to his home.

When Gu Baiyu heard the news, she knew that everything she had worried about in her previous life would never happen.

After Xiao Ruoyun returned home, he stayed behind closed doors.

Three days later, news came from the Xiao Mansion that Mrs. Xiao suddenly fell ill and died.

On the day of Gu Ruanruan's funeral, Gu Baiyu dressed up in disguise and followed Xiao Yanlin at a distance behind the funeral procession.

Lingyu followed and waited on the side, feeling a little reluctant.

"The madam is pregnant, and you don't stop me, Lord Marquis. This is a funeral. How can you recognize it if you disturb the young master in your belly?"

Gu Baiyu watched the funeral procession go away and whispered, "I should be here to see her off."

Yes, in the last life, Gu Ruanruan watched her die with pain and unwillingness, but in this life, she was the one who sent Gu Ruanruan away.

Over and over again in two lifetimes, their fate as sisters has come to an end.

And the rest of her life has nothing to do with Gu Ruanruan.

After the funeral procession completely disappeared, Xiao Yanlin took the cloak from Lingyu and put it on her: "The wind has picked up, go back."