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"Sir, Your Highness, King Xuan is here."

Lu Taigong was slightly surprised and looked at Concubine Xu who was kneeling there and seemed to be in the memory.

Zhao Xiangyun smiled bitterly. The prince already knew that she was not a daughter of the Xu family. Now he came here to hear how she and Lu conspired to deceive him? Apart from her life experience, she really never deceived the prince, but the prince definitely didn't think so. Maybe he thought that everything she had in the prince's mansion was pretending and was helping the Shangshu Mansion make profits from him.

She lowered her head.

What is the importance of the truth? She deceived the emperor, deceived the prince and the emperor, and they were all dead.

Mr. Lu left his seat and went to welcome King Xuan in person. When he walked out of the lobby, he suddenly found that Zhao Yanping and his family had arrived. At this time, he stood behind His Highness, King Xuan, who was as frost-faced as ice, with his eyes down properly.

"The old minister pays homage to the prince. The prince is here at this time, but for the case of the concubine?" Lu Taigong saluted to King Xuan first.

King Xuan said coldly: "How is the case being tried?"

Duke Lu said truthfully: "The concubines of Lu have pleaded guilty, and the old minister is about to verify the concubine's original identity."

King Xuan remembered what the censor said at the court meeting and glanced at Zhao Yanping and the other two.

Mr. Lu arranged for his men to move a chair, asked King Xuan to come in and listen, and then said to Zhao Yanping and the other two: "You all come in too."

Zhao Yanping bowed his order and followed Lu Taigong in with his mother and sister.

It was almost dusk, and the lights were lit in the lobby. King Xuan sat in the lower left head of Lu Taigong, his eyes swept over Xu Shangshu and Lu couple one after another, and finally fell on the concubine who was kneeling there. King Xuan pursed his lips and looked at the faces of the mother and daughter of Liu behind Zhao Yanping, and then remembered the fact that Zhao Yanping, who had reported to him in the afternoon, had failed to find a girl for more than ten years.

Seeing Liu, Shen Ying and King Xuan with his own eyes is enough to be sure that his concubine is indeed Zhao Xiangyun.

He came here now, just wondering whether she really couldn't help but concealed her identity or had planned something with the Shangshu Mansion.

Mr. Lu sat back to his original position and asked Zhao Xiangyun again: "Since you have admitted that you are not Xu Wanyi, who are you? Where are you from?"

Zhao Xiangyun cried and said, "When a young girl was separated from her family, she had long forgotten where her home was, and she didn't remember what her name was. Since the girl was sent to the nunnery by Madam Jing, the nunnery's nunnery to torture me day and night, forcing me to forget my real name and treat myself completely as Xu Wanyi. The girl gradually forgot everything she had before."

She committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, how could she invade her brother again? Her brother should have already started a family and started a career. There is no reason why she suffered unrestrained disasters because of her.

Before Duke Lu could speak, King Xuan sneered and asked: "Torturing day and night? What kind of torture can make you forget your real name?"

Although Zhao Xiangyun lowered her head, she of course heard King Xuan's voice and stopped talking for a while.

King Xuan looked at the common nun kneeling behind and said, "Are you a witness in the nunnery? Tell me."

Master Jingwen is only in his twenties. He was the little girl whom Zhao Xiangyun trained for him after he left the nunnery. Although Master Jingwen had never seen those old things with his own eyes, Master Jingwen liked to show off and teach Zhao Xiangyun. Master Jingwen was easy to inquire about the process of teaching Zhao Xiangyun, and he learned about it all over the course of time.

When King Xuan interrogated, Master Jingwen did not dare to hide it. He first emphasized that everything was done by the lord and had nothing to do with her, and then told the past one by one.

"She said, teach the little girl not to use whips and sticks, as it will leave scars. It is most suitable to use needles. It will not cause scars even if it hurts..."

As Master Jingwen's narration, Zhao Xiangyun seemed to have returned to the years when she was not as good as death in a nunnery. She lay on the ground and gradually cried and remembered something while crying. Zhao Xiangyun raised her head and looked at the direction of King Xuan with tears in her eyes: "Prince, the people's daughter really didn't mean to lie to you. The people's daughter forgot everything, and the people's daughter is not afraid of death. The only thing she can't let go is Lian Ge'er, Chi Ge'er, don't take their anger on them."

The blue veins on the forehead and back of his hand had already swelled up. He did not look at his concubine, and his phoenix eyes stared at Master Jingwen with sinister eyes: "You have entered the capital, why didn't the lord of the temple come to expose the concubine himself?"

Master Jingwen was frightened by his murderous eyes and said tremblingly: "More than a month ago, someone came to the nunnery to talk to the lord, but later he took the person away and never came back. Not long after, someone came to the nunnery to ask about Miss Xu's old affairs. I, I was greedy for money, and told him that he took me to the capital and asked me to ask the censor to argue for Miss Xu who had died unjustly. Later, the man also disappeared."

King Xuan suddenly closed his eyes.

Seeing that he had nothing to ask, Lu Taigong said to Zhao Xiangyun: "Don't cry first, stand up and look back."

When Zhao Xiangyun heard this, she subconsciously turned around first.

Liu and Shen Ying looked at the back of the concubine with tears in their eyes. The nunnery did not do anything human affairs at all. This concubine was too pitiful, and no one who listened could not help but feel distressed. At this time, Lu Taigong asked her to turn around. Liu and Shen Ying looked over subconsciously, and then, they saw a pale face covered with tears, and their eyebrows...

Liu, Shen Ying was stunned. Zhao Xiangyun rubbed her eyes. Before she could see clearly, Liu suddenly let out a shrill scream, as if she saw her daughter being abused with her own eyes. The extreme pain and anger came towards her at the same time. She covered her head and cried wildly. Zhao Yanping and Shen Ying came to help her at the same time, but were pushed away by Liu one after another.

"Xiangyun, my miserable Xiangyun!"

Liu rushed to Zhao Xiangyun like crazy, hugged her daughter and started crying.

Shen Ying also knelt down to her mother and sister and thrust in discomfort. She had fantasized about the scenes of reuniting with her sister countless times, and guessed that her sister might not have been doing well over the years, but she didn't expect that her sister was a beast by an old nun at a young age. She was abused and tortured day and night. How did her sister survive?

The mother and daughter hugged Zhao Xiangyun half of her shoulders, and were in pain.

Zhao Xiangyun was sandwiched between the mother and the mother. In her memory, she had no mother or sister. She had only one brother. She would gently blow her palms when she fell down. She would take her to beat sparrows and roast sparrow meat for her. She would promise to bring candy back for her to eat. But she was kidnapped and never waited for her brother's candy again.

Zhao Xiangyun stared at the tall man standing there motionless.

Zhao Yanping vaguely guessed a little possibility when she said she had "lost from her family when she was young". When she saw that haggard and tearful face, all the guesses were confirmed.

The moment he recognized Zhao Xiangyun, Liu was going crazy, and Zhao Yanping was going crazy, and he was so angry that he was so angry that he was crazy about his anger, but he was the only reliance of his family, and he had to remain calm.

Zhao Yanping walked to the side of his mother and gently touched his sister Xiangyun's head. Then Zhao Yanping knelt down and said in a deep voice to King Xuan. Lu Taigong said injustice: "Report to the prince, lord, the sister Xiangyun, the lower-ranking official, was sold by her uncle when she was six years old. She was displaced and fell into the hands of the Lu family. Even though Xiangyun had become a slave in the Xu family, the Lu family killed her daughter, and colluded with the nunnery to force Xiangyun to pretend to be a grandma Xu, and she still violated the law of this dynasty. The younger sister had no intention of doing evil and could not bear the abuse and was unable to withstand the memory of the mistress, so she was forced to pretend to be a grandma Xu and commit the crime of deceiving the king. Everything was caused by the Lu family. The lower-ranking official begged the prince to punish the Lu family and to give up the sister justice!"

His voice was angry but not chaotic, and he was loud and loud. A hint of praise flashed through Lu Taigong's eyes and turned his head to look at King Xuan.

King Xuan said coldly: "Your sir is fine, so you don't have to worry about me."

After saying that, King Xuan left first.

It was getting late, and Duke Lu ordered people to put everyone in the hall in prison first. He would draft the ruling of the case overnight and ask the emperor for instructions tomorrow.

Zhao Yanping, Liu Shi, Chen Ying and Zhao Xiangyun were locked in a cell.

Although the future is uncertain, this small dark cell has become less terrible because of family reunion.

Zhao Xiangyun doesn’t remember her mother because she was still young when her mother remarried, and she doesn’t remember Chen Ying because she was abducted when Chen Ying was born. She doesn’t remember Mrs. Zhao because she doesn’t care enough about her. During the period when Zhao Xiangyun was just abducted, all she could recall was her brother who depended on each other.

If she was still young and her brother was still young, Zhao Xiangyun would definitely throw herself into her arms and cry. But after we parted, nineteen years have passed, and she has become the mother of two children, and her brother is also a big man who is about to stand up.

Zhao Xiangyun sat next to her mother and looked at Zhao Yanping several times, but she didn't know what to say.

I've been apart for too long, does my brother still remember her?

Of course Zhao Yanping remembers that, but looking at his mother's sister, Zhao Yanping didn't know what he could say.

The brother and sister were like this. When the brother saw her, her sister was uncomfortably avoiding her. When the sister looked at her, her brother also lowered her eyes and looked heavy. On the contrary, Zhao Xiangyun's unimpressed mother and half-sister were concerned about her well-being, and from time to time she would hug her, making Zhao Xiangyun quickly get close to her.

Zhao Xiangyun heard about her mother's remarriage and her sister's marriage, and she married Princess Xuan's concubine Xie Ying.

Zhao Xiangyun was a little worried about Chen Ying: "I was quite favored when I was in the palace. Now that the relationship between you and my sisters has exploded, Mrs. Hou may not like you."

Chen Ying said indifferently: "Xie Ying is a concubine's son, she is her legitimate mother. The relationship is weak, and I don't expect her to like it. If I really can't live, I will open my shop with Xie Ying and Li freely."

Chen Ying was optimistic and open-minded and found that she was the happiest person in the family. What reason does Chen Ying have to be depressed in front of her brothers and sisters?

Liu and Chen Ying also asked about Zhao Xiangyun's situation in Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Zhao Xiangyun looked satisfied: "The prince is very nice to me. I am really grateful to him. If you meet the prince, it seems that the hardships you suffered before are worth it."

Even if she was not chosen by Madam Jing to send her to the nunnery, she might have suffered other kinds of hardships elsewhere. In those years, she was indeed worse than death, but later her life became stable. Zhao Xiangyun rarely recalled those unhappiness. Instead, she cherished every day when she didn't have to endure hardships, especially because she had two children who loved her and cared for her.

Liu and Chen Ying looked at each other, but they could not see how good the indifferent King Xuan was to Xiangyun.

"I won't mention me anymore. Brother, I should have married my sister-in-law, right?" Zhao Xiangyun looked at his brother who was silent and asked softly.

Mrs. Liu smiled bitterly.

Chen Ying held her sister's hand and explained: "After the sister was lost, the elder brother blamed himself, thinking that he did not protect you well. The old lady urged him to get married, and the elder brother sweared that he would not marry her if he couldn't find her sister for one day. Even when he arrived in the capital, the elder brother worshipped Mr. Lu as his teacher and had a bright future. Someone came to propose marriage, but the elder brother still said the same."

Only then did Zhao Xiangyun realize that the seemingly cold brother had never given up looking for her.

The tears had dried up, and Zhao Xiangyun could only say sorry.

As soon as she spoke, Zhao Yanping interrupted her and said, "It's me that I'm sorry for you, you didn't want anyone."

Zhao Xiangyun was sad for her brother. She enjoyed wealth and glory in the palace, but her brother was always alone.

Liu took her daughter into her arms, unable to bear to cry again.

Chen Ying deliberately activated the atmosphere and said with a smile: "Sister, don't feel sorry for our elder brother. Our elder brother did not marry, but the old lady decided to choose a good sister-in-law for us. At first, the elder brother didn't like her very much, but later she was about to leave. The elder brother was so anxious that he vomited blood. After entering Beijing, he also tried every possible way to find excuses to meet her. If it weren't for the swearing, I saw that my elder brother would have gone to propose marriage and married her again."

Zhao Yanping glanced at Chen Ying.

Zhao Xiangyun said in surprise: "So my brother has a sweetheart? She is also in the capital?"

Chen Ying nodded repeatedly and began to praise Gillian like she was praising the fairy.

The family of four knows that their future is uncertain, but they are rarely reunited. Instead of wasting time and worrying about tomorrow, it is better to share the beauty that we have encountered in the past nineteen years we missed.
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