Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2506 Reconciliation 48.0

Mian Bai paused for a moment, looked at Mr. Ke, who was standing not far away with an expression of disbelief on his face, and sneered.

"You always complain that the world is unfair to you. Why did you come from such a good family, but end up in the opera house at such a young age? Why didn't your parents and elders find you earlier? Why didn't they make your life story public after they found you? Why is everything in this world full of malice towards you? But you never thought that the people around you, such as me, Xiaotong, and the people in the opera troupe, are living worse and harder than you. You also never thought that although the Empress Dowager looks very glorious and seems to enjoy all the glory and wealth, every step she takes is full of thorns, and if she is not careful, she will fall into an irretrievable situation."

Having said that, he looked at Shen Cha and Shen Jiu and smiled at them embarrassedly.

"I'm not sympathizing with her, I'm just stating a fact. She chose the most difficult path, so it's difficult to walk."

"I understand what you mean. No need to explain."

"General, I have to explain what needs to be explained. I do not agree with what the Grand Empress Dowager did. Forming a clique for personal gain and attempting to overthrow the court and the royal family are both treasonous. She herself knows this very well, but she insists on going on. When I was in the Grand Empress Dowager's palace, I often saw her sitting by the pond in a daze, crying secretly, secretly venting the pressure in her heart."

"As far as I know, no one in the Empress Dowager's palace, including musicians like you, as well as eunuchs, maids, and court ladies, participated in her plan, right?"

"Most of them didn't. First, she didn't want to implicate us, and second, she didn't trust the people in the palace. She had a few female officials brought from her mother's family. They grew up with her, and they helped her deal with many things. And," Mian Bai sighed softly and said, "after the Grand Empress Dowager passed away, they also followed her." He sighed, looked at Mr. Ke, and said, "As the saying goes, life is short, and no one has a smooth and easy life, but this is not a reason to take it out on the people around you, and it is not a reason for you to throw a tantrum at every turn."

"I" Ke Dajia didn't know why, he suddenly lost his confidence and muttered, "I didn't!"

"No?" Mian Bai snorted, "Everyone saw the injuries on your body, and everyone knows that I was the one who did it. They all think that I was drunk and that's why it happened, but you know the truth very well."

"What is the truth?" Shen Jiu knocked on the case, "Tell me what's going on."

"He became self-abusive because of his long-term self-pity. The first time I saw him using a knife to cut lines on his arm was when I had just left the palace and arrived at the Jiaofangsi. After the Empress Dowager failed, the people in her palace were dismissed after being proven to have no problems. Musicians like me would naturally be sent back to where they came from. The general and General Shen should know that I was born into a musician family and was sent to the Jiaofangsi by the Jiangnan Music Bureau. I stayed in the Jiaofangsi for half a year before being sent to the Imperial Music Garden."

"From what I know, it seems that it was the Empress Dowager who asked for you personally, wasn't it?" "This is the story to the outside world, in order to cover up what happened in the palace."

"Why are you covering it up?" Ke Dajie was puzzled. "Don't you want justice?"

"Fair?" Mian Bai sneered, "What is fairness? There has never been fairness in this world." He looked at Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, "General, General Shen, do you think what I said is right?"

"There is only relative, not absolute." Shen Cha nodded. "Relatively, the Grand Empress Dowager saved you and privately dealt with the person who caused you to become like that. This is considered to be justice for you. But if it were made public, it would be a slap in the face of the royal family. Even if the Grand Empress Dowager was not on the same path as the late emperor and His Majesty, she would not do this at that time and would not cause trouble for herself."

"What the general said is true. Those people have been punished and paid the price for what they did. I am very satisfied. Moreover, after this incident, everyone knows that I am taken care of by the Grand Empress Dowager. The Grand Empress Dowager is my backer. I am not alone. No one will bully me or feed me stale food. This is enough." Mian Bai looked at Mr. Ke who was hesitant to speak and chuckled. "If you want to say something, just say it. Don't look at me like that."

"Is there really such a thing happening?" Mr. Ke shook his head slightly. "It's totally unheard of."

"Look, isn't this your biggest problem?" Mianbai looked at Ke Dajia and spread his hands. "You think you are pitiful and the whole world is making things difficult for you, but you are just a frog sitting in a well and looking at the sky. You can only see a small part of the world at the mouth of the well. You have no idea what is happening in the world outside the well, whether there are people who are more pitiful than you, or what you have encountered is more unfair, right?"

"I just don't think it's allowed in a place like the palace."

"Why not?" Mian Bai raised his eyebrows. "The palace is so big, with so many people. There are so many people coming and going every year, but only a few can be seen by the nobles. For this little bit of rare treasure, everyone in the palace has tried their best, using all the means they can think of, and trying their best to climb up. In this process, how many people have reached the top, how many people have died before leaving the foot of the mountain, and how many people were about to succeed, but were kicked down by those who caught up with them." He looked at Mr. Ke and smiled, "What happened in the Imperial Music Garden, It's not uncommon, it happens almost every day. Eunuchs and maids who have just entered the palace, as long as they are a little honest and naive, will encounter the same experience as me. I was lucky to meet the Empress Dowager, but I am only a minority. For most people, there is only one way left, that is to disappear quietly in the palace, and they have no chance to complain or seek justice. "He looked at Mr. Ke, "There are many people who have a harder life than you and feel that fate is unfair than you. Your suffering is nothing to them. You have suffered a little, but they have lost their lives."

"Well said!" Shen Jiu clapped his hands gently and looked at Mr. Ke. "Life is short. This phrase does not distinguish between people of different backgrounds, high and low status, or even between men and women, old and young. As long as people are alive, they will suffer and endure hardships."