late night song

Chapter 267
Until dark, Ji He locked himself in the room, cried until the sky was dark, and did not eat or talk.As soon as he thought that Prince Ling, whom he had tried so hard to please some time ago, was actually King Jingchuan, he wanted to kill him immediately.

These days, she is so swaying and flattering, what should Ling Buhuo think of her? !
That was the person she loved most in her life, and she knew only too well the sincerity and purity of her feelings.

That day, she gave up her face and handed over the divorce letter with her own hands, just hoping to leave the last trace of good things about herself in his heart, but this insignificant thought turned into a flower of sin on her head. Tearing away the last bit of her dignity.

And her mother, knowing how painful such humble love is, still forced herself to make the same mistake again.She was reduced to a pawn of the Fuxing family. She could not control other people's feelings, let alone her own life. All of this made her feel despair in her heart.

She finally became tired of crying and fell asleep. When she woke up, to her surprise, Princess Helan was already sitting in front of her bed.

Ji He turned his back, tears spilled out again, and he was so angry that he refused to call his mother.

"He'er, are you still angry with your mother? It's your mother who went too far today, and she shouldn't have fought with you." Princess Helan took her hand, changed her previous attitude, and begged for peace with guilt.

"My mother should have beaten me to death." This was the only tenderness and care her mother showed her in so many days, and Ji He burst into tears in grievance.

"Good boy, don't cry." Princess Helan comforted her, "Why doesn't mother know that you are suffering in your heart? Mother suffered in this way too."

"Even if that's the case, why would mother force me?"

"Child, I don't mean to force you. The sword is hanging on the beam, and we are at the end of the road."

"My mother is the most noble princess in Beiling. The king is very kind to me. Even now, the food and clothing expenses in the house have not been reduced. It can be seen that the king cares about the brother-sister relationship with my mother!"

"Silly boy, you don't understand. The most ruthless emperor's family. Although it seems that nothing has changed today, everything has changed. There is such a deep love between brother and sister. The moment they become suspicious, they will throw you into the mud."

"No, mother, no, the prince has already forgiven me, and he has suppressed the matter. No one else knows..."

"Princess Helan's Mansion will now be empty. Isn't this the biggest punishment?"

Ji He choked up and was speechless. The guilt in her heart surged again. After all, she was the one who had caused trouble to her family.

Seeing Ji He's silence, Princess Helan continued to confuse: "Do you think I am really sick, mother? Nuoda is Dongqi Xunying. You are driven by him. How could Ziyan Palace not suspect that in order to protect you, I Only by requesting to be imprisoned in the palace, and your brother voluntarily resigning, will no longer have the possibility of becoming an official, can the king's suspicion of Princess Helan's palace be temporarily dispelled."

"Since Ziyan Palace is suspicious of us, we should be more careful. Now that we are provoking the prince again, isn't it even more suspicious?" Ji He said with tears in his eyes, unable to understand his mother's persistence.

"Sooner or later, Ziyan Palace will change hands! Your brother used to follow the prince, and he also did a few decent things for the prince. There is still some affection for him. If you can be admitted to the prince's palace again, when the new emperor ascends the throne, Helan The Princess Mansion will have another look."

Princess Helan is obsessed with her own path to glory, and she will not hesitate to threaten her daughter's dignity and happiness. As long as she is alive, she will not give up any opportunity.

"But mother, the prince is now King Jingchuan, and King Jingchuan was the former prince!" Ji He became anxious and reiterated her certainty.

"Are you sure?" Princess Helan was silent for a long time before she asked.

"I can guarantee it with my life. If there is even half of a sentence that is not true, there will be thunder and lightning, and there will be no intact body." Ji He swore with one hand, extremely serious.

Princess Helan froze in place, her expression frozen.

She didn't take Ji and Wu Qian's words seriously, she just felt that she was just talking nonsense in order to shirk responsibility. After all, Yi Chu was a big deal, and even if they were the most beloved legitimate sons of King Lao Ling, they would not be allowed to do so. Such nonsense!
But now Ji He's oath made her start to doubt. If this was really the case, it would undoubtedly push her to a dead end. She was worried, panicked, and finally cried uncontrollably.

"God wants to kill me!"

"Mother, mother, don't cry, I will be with my mother in life and death."

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, but after a while, Princess Helan dragged Ji He's face with her hands, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and murmured with tearful eyes:

"It's better that he is King Jingchuan! It's better that he is King Jingchuan!"

"Mother, I don't understand."

"Ling Ziyu is a romantic bastard, but Ling Buhuo is different. You are happy with him. Even if you commit yourself to him, it is not an injustice. He will also give you a status. When the time comes, mother will go to Ziyan Palace to cry. , even if you can’t be a queen in the future, it won’t be difficult to become a concubine.”

Princess Helan was silent in her own plan, her eyes full of the light of seizing life!
"Mother, are you... crazy? How can you say such a thing! I am your daughter. Do I have to give up my reputation and face for the sake of glory and wealth?"

Ji He was shocked by such a despicable plan, and looked at his mother in disbelief. She was completely willing to sacrifice herself, even if it was the dirty tricks of Goulan Washe, she would try it.

"Who said before that she would marry him even if she died!" Princess Helan angrily shouted with a mixture of joy and sorrow.

"What I want is a clear marriage, not a secret affair!"

"What's the difference? As long as you are willing to risk it, you will definitely be able to marry him!"

"I don't want it! Unless I die!" Although Ji He is young and weak on the outside, but has a strong temper on the inside, she refused with tears streaming down her face.

"He'er, my mother is begging you. You are my mother's last hope." Seeing that her daughter refused to obey, Princess Helan did not dare to use force, so she turned around and resorted to a cruel trick. She cried and held her daughter's shoulders in pain. begged.

Ji He had never seen her mother like this before. She was being dragged and couldn't move, and her heart softened, but she still couldn't cut her dignity into pieces and trample it into the mud. After a long time, she slowly spoke:
"Mom, even the Glazed Pendant can't influence his mind. I'm bringing shame on myself. Besides, his eyes are full of that woman. Even if I take the initiative... to seduce her, I will never succeed!"

"Mom has a way, you just have to promise me."

"What can I do, mother, to make someone who doesn't love me have sex with me...?" Ji He was also extremely ashamed and angry, and could not modify his words in any way.

"Does your father love me? But I am still pregnant with you and your brother. Sometimes, you just need some means." Princess Helan loosened her hands on Ji He's shoulders and said lightly, mentioning the past, this It was the calmest she had ever felt. Then she took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve and placed it in front of Ji He.Ji He's mind went blank. He couldn't believe that his noble and proud mother could do such a thing to her. And her happy birth, which she boasted was not inferior to that of a princess, actually came from an absurd and impromptu act by one person. How ridiculous. , her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her eyes were filled with darkness, and she was so heartbroken that she almost suffocated.

"So, mother has already decided for me, right?" She tried her best and asked with a smile.

"You can refuse."

Princess Helan didn't look at her, she just stood up and walked to the door, murmuring: "But after you refuse, you will find that everything you once owned will disappear one by one, including Princess Helan's mansion, including you. Brother, your mother."

That night, the two mistresses of Princess Helan's Mansion stayed up all night. Ji He lay desperately in front of the window and watched the moon all night, while her mother sat in front of the desk and wrote three letters all night. .

At dawn, she put two of the letters together and sent them away on a carrier pigeon. The other one was placed behind a raised stone brick under the wall behind the locust tree in the backyard of the mansion.

Seven days later, one of Princess Helan's letters was delivered to the Dongqi Palace and was quietly placed on a large court case. He stood with his hands folded and personally told the high-level messenger who sent the letter:
"Whether her daughter can sit on the throne of queen, I can't help you much, but she must keep one thing in mind. Stay away from Gu Yuchu. If you dare to hurt her at all, I will destroy the entire Princess Helan Mansion!"

The envoy who received the order retreated, and in the darkness where the candlelight could not reach, the frame stood for a long time. Then he suppressed the sadness that an emperor should not have, turned around and sat down, and continued to review the piles of memorials and military reports.

Seven days later, Princess Helan received the reply. She was so angry that she knocked down the bookshelf on the spot and smashed the inkstone and everything on the desk.But she didn't give up. The more this happened, the more she wanted to fight.

Ji He had not yet gotten over the overwhelming sadness, and was forced by her mother to go to the Prince's Mansion and perform useless tasks. She had refused, but every time she refused, Princess Helan would put a dagger on her arm. After a slash, she had no choice but to obey.

However, she was self-aware. Whenever she arrived at the Prince's Mansion, she would not bother the owner. Instead, she would hide on the deserted steps of the back courtyard by herself, sit there for an hour, finish eating the cakes she made, and then make no sound. Return home.

Ling Buhuo knew this in his heart. He told the housekeeper to just follow her, as long as he didn't provoke his sweetheart.

But Shu Yuan didn't think so. He was disgusted with Ji He's pretentiousness and thought she had another evil intention to destroy the relationship between his sister and brother-in-law.In order to prevent her conspiracy from succeeding, every time she came, he would hide in the dark and monitor her until she left. But after many times, he also shaken his guess. Maybe she was really unintentional this time.

Finally, out of curiosity, Shu Yuan couldn't help but pretend to meet her by chance a few times, chat with her, and eat some cakes by the way.

There is not much age difference between the two of them, so they can talk to each other.But Shu Yuan was impatient. At the end of the conversation, he didn't care whether the preface and the last part of the conversation made sense, and directly asked her why she always came to the Prince's Mansion!

Ji He seemed to have guessed the reason for his visit, and gave a very pertinent answer. He smiled bitterly and said that it was her mother who forced her to do this. Firstly, she wanted to atone for the wrong things she had done, and secondly, she hoped that she could say a few good words for her brother. , returned to official career, nothing else was mentioned.

Shu Yuan gradually let go of his guard and even felt a little pitiful about her. He stopped targeting her every time he came and went.

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A month later, it will be the 65th birthday of King Lao Ling. A grand banquet will be held in Ziyan Palace. All the civil servants and military officers of the third rank and above will return to the capital to congratulate her. Princess Helan will go to the party even though she is banned from the palace. After all, to the outside world, she Just stay in lockdown to recuperate.

This was also the day she was most looking forward to these days. How could Ji He not know what her mother was planning? She was heartbroken and didn't want to show up, but her mother threatened her and Ji Heng's lives, so she had no choice. .

Dressed carefully by her mother, she put on the porcelain vase and got into a carriage with her brother early in the morning to go to Ziyan Palace.

After they entered the palace, Princess Helan sent Ji He and Ji Huan to Shenyanzhai to meet Princess Yanyang, and then she asked to see the old King Ling alone.

"Brother, I know you are wrong!" As soon as Princess Helan entered the royal study, she knelt down with a plop, hugged Old Prince Ling's thigh and started crying.

"Get up and talk." Old King Ling was not surprised, but helplessly pulled her up.

"No, no, no, it's my sister who has no way to teach her daughter." Princess Helan was unmoved and still knelt down and refused to get up.

Old King Ling let go of the hand that was supporting her, stood still and said leisurely: "Then have you done some reflection these days?"

Princess Helan was stunned for a long time, and cried again: "I have thought about it carefully. Every day I regret not educating my children properly. They have lost their father since they were young. I am indeed too doting." , so much so that he caused such a disaster. Fortunately, Ming Xi doesn't care, and His Royal Highness is fine. It is the kindness and preference of the emperor brother that can keep the peace of Princess Helan's mansion. "

"Since you know it's a preference, don't be arrogant, refuse to change despite repeated admonitions, and make fun of the country's laws." Old King Ling sat down, facing his little sister, and reminded him seriously.

Princess Helan knelt on the ground, speculating on the meaning of these words, and was flustered: "Brother, the emperor is serious. My sister has been taught by the emperor since she was a child, and she has always regarded the royal majesty and the court's laws as the norm. How can she have such courage? Ji He, Ji Heng doesn’t even dare to do it.”

"But just say it, you are so scared, you should get up." Old King Ling softened his tone and asked her to get up. "It's just the right time for you to come today. I have something happy to discuss with you."

"Brother Imperial is joking. This happy event in Ziyan Palace has no place for my sister to talk about." Princess Helan laughed along with her, stood up slowly, and sat aside, a little reserved.

"This is a happy event for your Princess Helan Mansion. The beloved son of the Marquis of Zhangye has been in Beijing for more than five years and is already twenty years old. Recently, the old Marquis Chen invited his beloved son to come back to Zhangye to see the marriage, to fulfill the wish of his old mother who has been ill for a long time. Gu thought that he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. Marrying a noble girl in the capital and taking him back would also forgive his loving mother's heart. I thought about this suitable candidate again and again, and Ji He is the most suitable, what do you think?"

"The imperial brother misses Ji He so much, and I am flattered. The young prince Zhang Ye is a talented person and has a steady character. It is Ji He's blessing to marry him. However, Ji He is still young and a criminal, so I am worried." She failed to take care of her future parents-in-law, and she failed to live up to the high expectations of the royal brother."

How could Princess Helan be willing to let her daughter marry far away? Ji He was the only bargaining chip she could use to make a comeback, so she quickly found an excuse to decline.

"You are worried that Zhangye's road map is far away and no one knows about Ji He's injustice. Gu Ke can make Ji He the princess. Naturally, the Zhangye Marquis Mansion will not dare to underestimate her. You can rest assured." Old King Ling smiled. Feixiao promised.

"But... Keji and what if he doesn't want to?"

"Is it possible that you want to allow her to act willfully again?!"

Old Prince Ling lost his good temper and stopped smiling. Princess Helan remained silent and quickly changed her words: "My sister is confused. I would like to thank the king for the marriage on my behalf!"

(End of this chapter)