Chang Anqing

Chapter 121 Awakening from a Big Dream
"Is aunt in the house?"

Hearing Princess Pengcheng's question, Huichun nodded, turned to the side, looked at the room behind him and said: "The immortal master is copying scriptures in the room, please, Princess."

Seeing Huichun stretching out her hand and lowering her head as a gesture of "Please", Princess Pengcheng nodded gently and walked in. When she was about to twist her skirt and step in, she turned her head and said to the two maids who were about to follow behind: "Master The princess likes to be clean, you just serve outside."

Amidst the maid's response, Princess Pengcheng's robe fluttered into the room, and when she got to the room, she saw Mrs. Chen, who was wearing an emperor's blue cotton robe, kneeling and sitting in front of the low desk, by the window next to the desk. The scriptures were written with the falling warm light hanging down, as if they had been separated from the world of mountains and rivers.

"aunt--"

Hearing the familiar voice, Chen suddenly raised her head, and when her eyes touched the tall and beautiful shadow standing there against the light, she felt the past blowing like a breeze, making her eyes blurry, and a light and warm smile appeared on her lips. Sigh.

"Girl—"

Suddenly hearing this long-lost boudoir name, Princess Pengcheng couldn't help but shed tears in her eyes, and she wiped it with a silk handkerchief weeping with joy.Seeing that Mrs. Chen got up, Peng Cheng hurried over, clasped hands with Mrs. Chen, looked carefully for a moment before saying: "After a long time, my aunt has lost weight."

Hearing the choked up in Pengcheng's language, Chen couldn't help turning her head away.

I just feel that the time has passed and the situation has changed, as if a lifetime has passed. Although I have a lot of words in my heart, I don't know where to start.

Seeing a little worry in Chen's eyes, Peng Cheng tightened his hands holding those soft catkins, and then sat down with Chen's money and said: "Although she is thin, but the clothes are elegant and elegant, she is still The alluring appearance in the past looks younger than me. It can be seen that this view is indeed a good place to concentrate and practice, and it still has the effect of eternal youth. Now I don’t want to go back to the vast sea and desert. It's good to stay here with you."

Hearing Pengcheng's flattering words, and seeing the narrow smile on the charming woman in front of her, Chen Shi just smiled slightly, and then asked, "How are you there?"

Hearing Chen's words, Peng Cheng couldn't help but look away from Chen's scrutinizing eyes, his eyes seemed to be a little sad, but the next moment he pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "There's nothing wrong, whether it's Khan first, or now My Khan is good to me—"

Chen's heart was touched when she heard the words, but she suddenly remembered that the Pengcheng in front of her was only three years younger than her, but she had experienced such unacceptable things in the eyes of Central Plains people as losing her husband and remarrying her son. No matter how much she smiles, she can see that she has lost a lot of her brilliance, and she still has the freedom and pride she had when she was a girl.

As her lips moved, Chen finally didn't want to touch Peng Cheng's pride and sadness, and only turned thousands of emotions into simple but direct words.

"Going that far, you've suffered—"

Hearing Chen's deep words, Peng Cheng smiled, tears gradually appeared in his eyes again, but he still took a deep breath, tried his best to smile, and said in a low tone: "The world of thousands of years, Yu women have always been difficult, and we can only live in this world if we manage all kinds of sufferings to gain benefits."

Seeing that Pengcheng was as tough as before, Chen finally felt relieved, but she never thought that Pengcheng would suddenly look at her with a silly smile and say, "Unlike us, you are happy, thinking about the days when we were studying in the palace, Today's Grand Duke is still a young talent in the eyes of our daughters in Chang'an City, when I saw you blushing like a child when you looked at him, I knew you had given your heart to him."

Hearing Pengcheng's words, Chen's smile gradually faded a lot, but Pengcheng didn't seem to notice it, and said still: "I was a little worried at first, but you were only fifteen at that time, but he was 24, the most prosperous At that time, I never thought that I was worrying too much. He treats you well, not to mention that all the women in Chang'an City are envious, even the whole Dazhou. Who doesn't know that he treats you as a couple for life, and does not accept concubines. Even I, who is far away in the desert, know about the matter."

Speaking of this, Hui Chun happened to bring in tea, and Peng Cheng took a sip of it. Looking up from the mist rising from the teacup, he saw Chen's slightly cold expression, and immediately remembered something, and couldn't help but put it down. With the cup in his hand, he put his hand on the back of Chen's hand.

Mrs. Chen looked at the guilt in Pengcheng's eyes, and before she could speak, she heard her change the topic and laughed, "I saw Yongning at the palace banquet as soon as I came back, although Yongning was still there when I left Chang'an. Little, but when I looked at the eyebrows and eyes similar to yours, and then looked at the overhanging appearance, I guessed that she was your daughter, and she was really the same as you before, very beautiful."

Seeing that Pengcheng mentioned Li Sui, Chen's eyes finally eased a little, and then he said: "Aman is very filial, but I am sorry for her."

Hearing what Mrs. Chen said, Peng Cheng didn't answer, but suddenly looked at Mrs. Chen who was standing by her side and said, "Chun Niang, I just saw that the plum blossoms blooming in your yard are very good. I remember that the plum porridge you made is delicious. Great, maybe teach me to taste this old taste again?"

Huichun, who was originally accompanying her, twitched slightly when she heard this, and when she looked at Chen Shi, she saw Chen Shi nodding and said: "You go, it's rare for Jiao Niang to come back."

Now that Mrs. Chen had spoken, Huichun naturally had no reason why she shouldn't, so seeing Peng Chengxin's smiling face, she had no choice but to back down. When she was about to leave the house, thinking of what Li Sui had told her earlier, her heart gradually rose Worrying, he couldn't help turning his head to take a look.

In any case, Princess Yongning is the daughter of the princess, but Princess Pengcheng is separated by a layer.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly sent someone to wait outside, hoping that Li Sui would come soon.

At this moment in the room, Peng Cheng glanced at Mrs. Chen, the smile in his eyes gradually disappeared, and his words became more relieved.

"All of this is not your fault, your kindness to Yongning, and your plan for Yongning, Yongning must understand in his heart—"

Seeing Mrs. Chen looking at him, Peng Cheng's gaze became a little serious.

"In the past, you came to such a place for the sake of Ah Man and our Chen family. Everyone said that you were cold-hearted, but how do you know your thoughts—"

Hearing Pengcheng's words, Chen's heart gradually became turbulent. Although he wanted to say something, he became silent.

Indeed, Peng Cheng was right.

The reason why she left the seven-year-old Ah Man at the beginning was because she resolutely came here and never set foot in Chang'an again.Not only did she want to escape the powerless situation brought about by the break between the Chen family and the Li family, but also Ah Man.

She knew that her presence would only put Ah Man in a dilemma, and she might even be in danger.

Although Ah Man's surname is Li, she has the blood of the Chen family running through her body. Even if she is a woman, she will inevitably be afraid of the Yang family and the Li family.

If Ah Man grows up by her side, the Yang family and Li family will always regard Ah Man as an outsider, and even an enemy that needs to be guarded against in the future.

She and Li Zhang are still alive, but when they leave Ah Man one day, who will regard her as their relatives and blood, support each other, and walk side by side?

The forces of the Yang family and the Li family were too strong at that time, even she could tell that the Chen family was already on the reef.

So every time she thinks of Ah Man being alone and helpless, being persecuted by the Yang family and Li family, making her life difficult, she feels restless.

Ah Man is her only child, and she must not let her fall into such a desperate situation.

Only if she leaves, even if Ah Man's roots belonging to the Chen family cannot be severed, the connection with the Chen family can be severed.

She and Li Zhang have been husband and wife for more than ten years, and they know very well that with their love, once she leaves, Li Zhang will never marry another wife and take concubines.

And there is no one in the mansion to take care of Ah Man, and to accompany Ah Man, Li Zhang will definitely send her to the Taiwei Mansion.

As far as she is concerned, it doesn't matter whether Ah Man and her are alienated or strangers.

As long as she is able to form a relationship with the Yang family and the Li family over the years, she can remove the suspicion of the Li family and the Yang family, turn the Li family and the Yang family into her life experience, and protect her life forever It will be enough.

"Auntie, you have been suffering alone for these years, but have you ever thought that if our Chen family falls into such a situation, people who can't sleep all night will be able to sleep peacefully?"

Hearing Peng Cheng's words, Chen Shi couldn't help but clenched his right hand, and raised his head to meet Peng Cheng's sparkling eyes.

"Now my younger brother is the son of heaven, but he can't even protect his own child, the blood of our Chen family. You have seen with your own eyes before that he and the first emperor are Aye's most beloved sons, the sons that Aye places great hopes on. If Aye is still alive, how can he see that one of them died for no reason, and the other is struggling—"

Hearing the low and choked voice in her ears, Chen Shi only felt deafened, and seeing the tears in Peng Cheng's eyes, Chen Shi opened her mouth but didn't know how to continue.

"You have planned all kinds of things for Yongning, but have you ever thought that you are not in charge of her marriage now, you are her aunt, and the Yang family and Li family are controlling her marriage affairs openly and secretly, trying to turn her back Hold it in your hands as a bargaining chip for your own calculations? If this continues, Yongning is just a pawn for others, so it is no different from brother, aunt, Aye is the emperor, and if you can't protect brother after death, how can you bear it, aunt— —”

She didn't say any more, but Chen's mind was already pounding, she felt as if she had been put into the icy water in the cold winter of April, and the bone-deep pain made her feel like she had just woken up from a big dream.

(End of this chapter)