Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 482 Inside the Chamber of Secrets ([-])

There was ridicule on Bi Shangyun's face: "Prince Cheng is a flirtatious man, but he never neglected my mother.

"So much so that he gave birth to me with my mother willingly, and kept us in the market all the time.

"Prince Cheng is shrewd and domineering, and he wants to keep her secrets from coming out often, how can the mansion keep the rumors secret?
"Besides, my aunt is not an easy person to kill.

"Therefore, he took advantage of the difficult situation of Concubine Liu's natal family, and promised her some benefits, and asked her to hide it for him in the palace.

"I remember the house in Watou Hutong in the west of the city—that is, the alley behind the Taoist temple you found.

"It's the first time I saw the so-called Helian nobles other than Prince Cheng at close range, that is, side concubine Liu who came to visit privately when Prince Cheng was out of Beijing to accompany him on a tour."

He smiled and lowered his head to take a sip of tea, his gesture looked very elegant.

Then she held the cup in her hand, twirled it playfully and said, "This concubine of noble origin made me kneel on the ground for two hours the first time I saw her.

"I'm only a four-year-old child, and my house is paved with excellent blue cloud stone floor tiles. You must not know that the feeling of my little knees on the ground is really uncomfortable.

"But my aunt is usually extremely coquettish in front of the servants, but she doesn't even dare to breathe in front of her, and I don't dare to move.

"It took two hours for her to remember that I was still kneeling beside her, and she called me up. I couldn't stand up straight anymore, so I knelt at her feet again. She smiled and said: It seems that I am really a bitch. If you want to kneel, then kneel." .

"I had to keep kneeling again.

"I don't remember when I knelt until I woke up. I just remember that when I woke up, my knees were so hot and sore that I couldn't even touch them with my fingers.

"As a result, until now, my old leg still hurts from time to time. If I hadn't been taking medicine all the year round, I might have been no different from ordinary old people."

As his voice fell, the cup in his hand slammed slightly but clearly on the table.

He looked over faintly: "Miss Zhang, tell me, is it true that people are born with a distinction between high and low?"

Shen Xi was stunned.

Under this question, she was a little speechless.

She didn't think that some people were born more noble and some people were born lower.

In her two lifetimes, she had saved a weak woman like Wen Chan who was oppressed with impure blood. She couldn't bear the sight of Yan Sui with impure blood being beaten, and she didn't regard the concubine Shen Liang as an outsider who deserved to look up to her.

I don't even think that the Han family, who have high status and status, but completely deviate from the four characters of benevolence, justice and morality, are so respected.

But she still can't deny that during her growth, she still numbs and ignores the encounters with foreigners due to her good background.

She is not a bodhisattva with only good thoughts in her heart.

When everyone felt that the bright red blood flowing from the nobleman's body was superior to others, she also reflected on the contradictions mentioned by her grandfather, but at the same time enjoyed these honors, and had a sense of superiority that was difficult for her to detect. .

And those seemingly benevolent thoughts she has may not be worth mentioning in terms of the harm her identity brings to others.

Bi Shangyun didn't wait for her answer either: "From that moment on, I was stimulated to have the most primitive reaction to the words noble and humble.

"I began to realize that even if I have the same eyes and nose as the nobles of Helian, even if we are not short of money, and even if my grandfather holds a small official position, the word "birth" limits what I can achieve in this life. upper limit.

"I began to understand that despite my impure blood status, or because my mother's family is Tuoba people, it is impossible for me to live as noble as Concubine Liu in my whole life, let alone surpass you."

Shen Xi was silent.

She could actually feel his mood.

Just like when she first came to Shen's house, throwing her elbows everywhere made her feel depressed.

If the space given to a person in this world is deep and wide enough, then no one will feel depressed and angry.

But there are levels in the world, and there are very few people who are not bound by this rule. Even Bi Shangyun in front of him, who was able to live to such a degree, did not break this rule in the end——

He is still striving to change the arrangement of this hierarchy rule.

So he was no different from the Helian nobles back then, they were the ones who only wanted to be the ones who trampled on people, and didn't want to be trampled on.

"So, it's actually Liu Fangfei's idea that you entered the mansion?" She asked.

"Indeed." He nodded, "Only if I recognize my ancestors and return to my clan, the concubines and concubines in the mansion will not have to be the ones marrying 'inferior people' in their eyes, and at the same time, they will be able to explain to the emperor." , and all of them can continue to maintain their noble lineage."

Speaking of this, he laughed again, "Liu side concubine brought me back to the palace for herself and her children. So it seems ridiculous to me that you rescued me in front of Princess Cheng.

"You, like Concubine Liu, are just using kindness as an excuse to paint a layer of beautiful gold powder on your already noble enough status.

"The only difference is that she uses me to get out of trouble, but you use me to decorate your identity.

"A good word can make you more dazzling and eye-catching. If you have a conflict of interest with me, when things may affect you and the Zhang family, can you still speak for me without hesitation?"

"You won't. Everyone is selfish, I believe.

"So, for you aristocratic nobles, why do you give charity because I really need to reach out? It's just because you all have something in your heart.

"Who would be willing to be used? I am not willing either.

"If it wasn't for the marriage edict promulgated by Zhang Xie, I could still live in Xicheng and live a comfortable life.

"Do you think Zhang's family deserved what happened?"

He kept his speech at a steady pace, and even tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table when he came to the conclusion.

Although Shen Xi was surprised at his extreme, but still can not help but admire his calmness when talking about the past of the palace.

Compared with him, Wen Chan is really nothing.

"The old man's way of thinking about problems is really beyond the reach of others like me." She smiled. "I don't know how things developed later?"

Bi Shangyun smiled playfully, and then said: "Since Concubine Liu came here once, three years later, when I was seven years old, it was exactly the third month after the edict was promulgated. The three clans incited Prince Cheng to take me back to the mansion to recognize my ancestors on the grounds of peace.

"However, after I entered the mansion, Princess Cheng resolutely opposed it on the grounds that I should not be included in the genealogy as a child born of adultery.

"I have to say that Concubine Liu still has some tricks. Before I entered the mansion, Princess Cheng didn't even know there was such a person as our mother and son.

"Things were deadlocked for a while, but we're staying put anyway."

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