After rebirth, she turned around and married the emperor's uncle and tore the scumbag apart

During the time he was in Lingzhou, Xiao Yu could not overwork due to health reasons, and Concubine Zhen rarely went to places too far away in order to avoid exposing her identity.

Compared to the palace, the space around Qingling Mountain was spacious enough for her.

It’s great that I can occasionally go up the mountain and chat with the nuns there about life and trivial matters.

Yan Qing, however, could not sit still at all. He dragged Lin Chuan and Doctor Lu to go fishing in the river at the foot of the mountain, catch wild rabbits on the mountain, eat local specialties in Lingzhou City, and visited all the scenic spots. When he came back, he talked endlessly to Xiao Yu.

On the last afternoon, when Concubine Zhen brought the dress she had made for Su Lingyue to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu was sorting out his belongings.

Concubine Zhen had lived a normal life in the palace for more than ten years. When she saw the pink pillow in the box, she recognized at a glance that the fabric was a royal tribute.

Concubine Zhen never thought that such a pink color would match her son.

She smiled gently, "Did Yue'er also make this for you?"

"Well, the size is just right for use on the road." Xiao Yu raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Concubine Zhen handed the dress in her hand to Xiao Yu and instructed: "Go back and let Yue'er try it on. Tell me if it fits you. I will make clothes for you in my free time."

It was the same dress as Xiao Yu's, a sky blue one, with the same fine stitching.

"Okay, I'll let Yue'er write a reply to her mother personally when we get back." Xiao Yu took it solemnly and put it on the bed.

Concubine Zhen stood behind Xiao Yu, looking at his figure, feeling reluctant.

I don’t know when we will meet next time.

"Yu'er, can you let me see your face?" When Xiao Yu turned around, Concubine Zhen looked at him reluctantly with tears in her eyes.

The room was not bright. Xiao Yu responded and took off the mask on his face.

A handsome face with cool, deep features and clear contours, as smooth as jade under the faint light coming through the window screen.

Warm hands gently stroked Xiao Yu's face, and he carefully engraved his face in his heart.

After reading it, Concubine Zhen personally put the mask on him, tidied up the edges, and said with a smile: "My Yu'er still looks better in his original appearance."

Xiao Yu smiled gently and asked, "Mother, do you think I look like my father or mother?"

He looked at Concubine Zhen, his eyes motionless.

Concubine Zhen was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked away and said with a smile, "All of them, right? It's been so many years, I can't even remember what your father looks like."

Xiao Yu suppressed his smile, walked to the box, fumbled around with his hand for a few times, then walked to Concubine Zhen and spread out his palm.

"Mother, can you tell me where this piece of white jade came from?" He looked at Concubine Zhen, his breathing a little heavy in the quiet room.

Concubine Zhen trembled, took a step back, and stood up straight by holding on to the table.

"Yu'er, you... know everything?" She raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Yu, her face full of panic.

Meeting Concubine Zhen's evasive gaze, Xiao Yu relaxed his expression and put down the hand holding the jade pendant.

He lowered his eyes and spoke calmly, "One month ago, on the emperor's birthday, three princes from Xiliang came to the capital to celebrate. They were assassinated, and I happened to save one of them. He had an identical white jade pendant on him."

After the panic, Concubine Zhen seemed to have lost her strength and her legs became weak.

After Xiao Yu helped her sit down on the stool, he also sat down beside her, looking at Concubine Zhen calmly, waiting for her answer.

After waiting for a while, Concubine Zhen calmed down and looked at Xiao Yu with a firm expression, "Yes, the late emperor is not your father, but the King of Xiliang, Li Zongyuan, is."

Xiao Yu finally let go of the worry in his heart. He looked at the white jade pendant in his hand with a look of relief on his face: "I roughly guessed it. This time I came here just to confirm this matter with my mother."

"Will you look down on your mother?" Concubine Zhen asked cautiously.

She was very afraid that her own son, her only support in life, would look down on her because she was not faithful to her husband.

Xiao Yu held Concubine Zhen's hand and said gently, "I think mother must have her own difficulties. Mother treated me with care and attention to detail and helped me grow up safely. How could I blame her?"

The fear that once made Concubine Zhen unable to sleep or eat was now understood and comforted by her son. Years of grievances made her unable to hold back any longer, and she leaned her face against Xiao Yu's chest and cried.

Xiao Yu put his hand on his mother's back, patting her gently to comfort her.

After crying for a while and venting her emotions, Concubine Zhen wiped her tears and said softly, "Yu'er, I am grateful to you and your father. If it weren't for you, the deep walls and high courtyards of the imperial palace would have become my burial place long ago."

"I was born by the West Lake. My family ran a small business. Although we were not rich, we lived a comfortable life. When I was sixteen, I went to the street to buy rouge and met the late emperor. He took me into the palace against my will."

Concubine Zhen's face was filled with hatred. "I have become the youngest concubine in this deep palace. I didn't even get to see my parents for the last time. The emperor has come to see me a few times in the six months since I entered the palace. What's left is endless fear, loneliness and terror."

"I don't want to serve him. He's old! He's even one year older than my grandfather. I get scared when I see him. But I've been patient, hoping that he'll be kind enough to let me go home one day. But the concubines in the harem who don't have power and favor live a life worse than the maids. They all bully me."

At this point, Concubine Zhen's face was already filled with tears.

Xiao Yu frowned, wiped the tears from his mother's face with a handkerchief, and gently comforted her: "Mother, it's okay."

Concubine Zhen looked at Xiao Yu with red eyes and forced a smile, "No, Yu'er, I want to speak out. These have weighed on my heart for more than 20 years."

"That day, foreign envoys came to see the emperor, and the emperor held a palace banquet. They were all celebrating and it was very lively. I thought about what happened at home, and I felt extremely desperate. I decided to jump into the lotus pond to understand myself. It was the coldest time of the year, and the water in the lotus pond was really cold. Before I lost consciousness, your father jumped in."

As if recalling the past, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"He sent me back to the palace and asked me why I was so depressed when I was so beautiful. He was like a driftwood. I told him my despair, and he comforted me and told me jokes to make me happy. He came to see me secretly during the palace banquets for several days. Later, he had to go back. Before he left, he left this jade pendant and told me that he would take me away when he found a chance."

"I didn't expect that I would get pregnant with you. The emperor came once after him. In order to keep you, I told the emperor that it was his old child. The emperor was very happy and named me Concubine Zhen. But I knew that you were not his child. He was old and his health had long been weak. Sure enough, he died two years later."

"Because you were young, the new emperor had no children and loved you, so he let us live in the palace. I couldn't leave, so your father came to the palace to see me. Later, when I saw that you were living a good life, I buried this matter in my heart."

"I didn't expect that you saved his son again. Maybe this is fate."

Concubine Zhen said this with a smile, then raised her eyes to look at Xiao Yu, only to find that his face was as gloomy as water.

"Yuer, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Zhen asked anxiously.

Xiao Yu came back to his senses, and the coldness on his face instantly disappeared. He smiled at Concubine Zhen, "Mother has suffered so much over the years. In the future, I will have the child to make the decision for you."

Concubine Zhen held Xiao Yu's hand, nodded with tears in her eyes, and asked with a sob: "Yu'er, now that you know everything, what are your plans for the future?"

Xiao Yu took Concubine Zhen's hand and said with a smile: "My wife and my mother are here. This is my home."

Concubine Zhen looked at Xiao Yu tenderly, "Okay, wherever Yu'er is, mother will be there with you."