listen.explain

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The rainy season is over, Wanxiu's mood becomes more irritable, and Youxiang's feeling is more vivid when she is by her side.

"Why do you drink tea so hot? Are you trying to scald me to death!"

"What do you want to drink when the tea is cold? Yuxiang, are you mocking me that one day I will leave the tea cold?"

Just now she was about to leave with her tea in her hand, when Wanxiu stood up suddenly, Youxiang quickly asked, "Where is the empress going?"

"Go to Chuxiu Palace." Seeing that Youxiang was about to stop her, Wanxiu raised her chin and sneered again and again. "What? You want to stop me?"

"Your Majesty is going to Chuxiu Palace, because the etiquette is not suitable..." Youxiang murmured, she was only halfway through her words, and she, who was always dull, had already understood in her heart that the reason why the Empress would go to Chuxiu Palace was to find her aunt.

"You mean to say that the empress is not here, and that my trespassing is equivalent to challenging the authority of the empress?" Now, why should she put others in her eyes? "I'm going to do this, so what──"

This really annoys Youxiang, what if the Empress Dowager pursues her in the future?Just as Youxiang was desperately trying to delay, there was a voice outside the door:

"Chungui Empress Dowager, Mu Duer asks to see you."

Hearing Mu Du'er's voice, Wan Xiu's expression changed obviously, but she purposely froze the corner of her mouth and waved lazily: "Youxiang, call someone in."

When Youxiang opened the door, Wanxiu pulled down her smiling face and looked at Muduer for a while, but she spoke to Youxiang. "Go and make a pot of ginseng tea."

Mu Duer's body has not recovered from his illness, and his complexion is paler than before.But after lying on the bed and thinking about it, Mu Duer still decided to explain it to Concubine Chungui, and went to Shoukang Palace.

Seeing that Mu Du'er looked at her silently, Wan Xiu smiled first, and said sarcastically, "Tears are streaming down, panting slightly, if you want to learn from Lin Daiyu, I'm afraid you will be as angry as you are if you take one more step? "

"Your Majesty likes to express her concern in this way, using words to hurt you or someone who wants to be close to you, is this enough to be happy?" Mu Duer responded calmly, her eyes seemed to see through Wanxiu's disguise, The opponent couldn't help trembling. "When will the empress be able to talk to others calmly?"

Wan Xiu turned angry and said, "Are you teaching me a lesson?"

"I care about my wife."

"Who do you think you are, why stand here and teach me!"

"Mu Du'er came here to explain everything clearly." After he had settled down in his heart, he no longer tolerated it as usual. "Mu Du'er came here today to answer the question that my mother asked me a few days ago. But before making a decision, Mu Du'er wants to hear my mother's answer first."

"The empress wants to keep Mu Duer, what is it for?"

Wan Xiu just sneered and said, "I want a servant to serve me, do I still need a reason?"

"Excuse me, Mudu'er can't do it." Mudu'er's answer was still merciless without fear of Wanxiu's frightened and angry expression. "There is no one who can serve the master who is full of thorns in his words and always speculates about others with malice. Your empress can't even talk to others properly. Even if Muduer wants to stay, one day we will not be able to bear each other."

"You're just one..." The word slave was about to come out, but Wanxiu held it back. "If you hate Ben Gong, just say it straight, why make a bunch of excuses!"

"I never hated my mother." Mu Du'er also had thousands of words in his heart, and he couldn't help pouring out at this moment. "If I stay, what is my position in the empress's heart? A pawn on the power chessboard, a slave who is allowed to be beaten and scolded, or a sympathetic object for the empress to comfort me when she is in a good mood? Or, Muduer Will there be a more important position in the empress's heart, and it can even surpass the empress's resentment towards the concubine?"

"Your Majesty has no way to answer these questions of mine, because your Majesty only acts according to her own momentary joy and anger, and everything is calm after the incident. Your Majesty will always only see the grievances you have suffered in the past, and everything must be done according to her own ideas. Wrong, but I will not tolerate such a person."

No one has ever dared to speak to her like that!Angry, annoyed, and even the thought of executing Mu Du'er jumped out in an instant, Wan Xiu's face turned white and white. "Why do you—"

"Mudu'er has nothing, only the care or preaching that the empress thinks." She bowed deeply, which was a gesture of farewell. "I have decided to leave the palace this winter."

Seeing Mu Du'er turned around to leave, Wan Xiu felt unspeakably flustered, when had she seen Mu Du'er break up like this?Can't help but shout out loud── "How dare you?!"

Mu Du'er really stopped, but didn't look back. "I used to spend ten years hating my second mother. Every time we met, I always spoke bad words and didn't give her a good face. But now I think about it, I only regret it. Why waste ten years hating someone who I was originally The person I like? In the past ten years, she has suffered so much, but I have become an accomplice. Because I can't confess to her, I refuse her care, and I leave her helpless to face her husband's betrayal The death of my son and daughter. Seeing Erniang's current appearance is the most painful regret in my life."

Wan Xiu was dumbfounded, but her heart was hanging on Jiang Xing's back.The gesture of turning her back and throwing her down made Wanxiu feel a surge of fear that she hadn't felt in a long time. "Since you don't want to repeat that heartache, why do you still want to do it now? If you want to hear it, I will tell you that I, Niu Hulu Wanxiu, have never loved anyone in my life, never! But I care about you. Son... Even if you dare not accept me, it's not my fault! Why do I have the guts but you don't?"

Mu Duer pushed open the door, and the scenery outside was just right.She just turned her head, her face was as pale as a statue, and she looked at Concubine Chungui without wavering. "You don't care, it's just because of loneliness."

She left the whole place to the crying in Shoukang Palace.

When Tong Jihai saw Mu Duer walking out of Shoukang Palace, he instinctively wanted to avoid it, but unexpectedly, Mu Duer shouted to stop him from stopping.

"Tong Jihai, I have something to ask you."

Withholding his shrewd eyes, Tong Jihai pretended to be dazed and just lowered his head, Mu Duer's shadow had fallen in front of him.

"With a few pieces of colored paper, you said I was your nobleman, and when did Concubine Chungui become your nobleman?" Mu Duer's brows gathered anger, and all kinds of anger overflowed in the sentence. "You don't have to play dumb anymore, you can understand every word I say! I thought you were the most harmless person in the Forbidden City, but people who don't speak up are full of lies."

"I will definitely write a letter to Rehe to tell the empress what you and Concubine Chungui have done, and I will never let you guys get what you want!"

Tong Jihai knew that Mu Du'er was jealous of evil. Seeing that she had spoken clearly and turned around resolutely today, he shouted in desperation: "I did this as a last resort, please hold your hand high!"

"──You finally admitted it!" Mu Duer turned around, which surprised Tong Jihai. "Tong Jihai, I know that you want to leave the palace wholeheartedly, but if you involve Concubine Chungui in it, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

"Chungui Concubine is my noble lady!" Seeing Mu Duer's questioning expression, Tong Jihai explained: "After Ruokui was sent to Ji'an Institute, Doctor Yang found colored paper from Ruokui's body, and I learned about the past through his recitation. The colored papers I picked up were all cut by Concubine Chungui. Since the heavens don’t want to help me, then I have to find my own way!”

"I understand that the most important thing in everyone's heart is themselves, but for their own benefit, can they use or hurt others? In the world, people must live on their own. But apart from relying on themselves, there is always a way Follow the principles of black, white, good and evil, this one is the sky, and only the sky can illuminate our way forward." Mu Duer looked at Tong Jihai, the original anger has gradually dissipated, and only a stream of anger appeared from his thin body. Thin firm. "I won't tell the empress what happened today, but I hope you won't go to see Princess Chungui again in the future."

Tong Jihai didn't understand why Mu Duer, who had always followed the rules of the palace, changed his mind, but when he looked at Mu Duer's leaving back, he didn't see anyone who had already caught everything in his eyes.

In the dark, Xiang Ling turned the handle of the umbrella with one hand, and the layers of umbrella bones rubbed against her palm with a rustling sound.A few days later, it was gradually rumored in the palace that Tong Jihai and Mu Du'er had a personal relationship and had a tryst friendship from time to time.

Rumors are like fire, non-stop.