Looking at the moonlight outside the window, Cui Hengyue always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't explain it.

Cui Hengyue looked at the room calmly. The furnishings had not changed, the food on the table had not changed, and even the remaining portion of pastries and dried meat was the same as before she fell asleep.

One crystal cup was missing, but the King of Chu said that she knocked over a wine glass, which should be referring to this crystal cup.

Everything else remained unchanged. King Chu was still wearing the same clothes she had seen before, and the ordinary peach wood hairpin in his hair was still the same.

It seems that she is still dreaming.

"Where did you say just now?"

Cui Hengyue sat down at the table, filled up the wine, held some cakes, looked at King Chu, and motioned for him to continue telling the story.

"I forgot." King Chu turned his wheelchair, came to the table, took a piece of cake similar to Cui Hengyue's, put it into his mouth, and chewed it.

Does he not want to talk anymore?

Cui Hengyue watched the King of Chu finish eating a piece of pastry quietly. Seeing that he was not willing to tell the story, she reminded him:

"I remember you seemed to be talking about how my mother-in-law and Cui Yongxuan met, and then they fell in love, and then, I don't know..."

King Chu interrupted her: "Cui Yongxuan is your father's name."

"oh!"

Cui Hengyue reacted very coldly, not realizing that as a child, he could not mention his father's name.

King Chu looked at her for a while and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He shouldn't be harsh in her situation.

So, the King of Chu continued to tell the story: "At that time, the royal family wanted to marry aristocratic families, and the Wang family was among them, and the girl chosen by the Wang family was Wang Erniang.

"But because Erniang Wang and Cui Yongxuan had a private life-long marriage, which caused uproar in the city, and they were clamoring at home about marrying into the Cui family, Wang Dingkun was very angry and threatened to kick her out of the house if she married into the Cui family.

"Wang Erniang was so stunned by love that she left the Wang family with her servants, but Mrs. Wang still prepared a generous dowry for Wang Erniang and asked Wang Erniang to marry from another courtyard.

"Since then, Wang Dingkun has kept his word and announced to everyone that Wang Erniang will be expelled from the Wang family. He also ordered the Wang family not to associate with Wang Erniang. Even Mrs. Wang was ordered not to see her daughter..."

Cui Hengyue drank the last drop of wine and said angrily with a red face: "That Wang Dingkun went too far. My mother-in-law was just pursuing the love in her heart and she didn't make any big mistakes. Why can't she be forgiven?

"You also kicked my grandma out of the house. How can I gain a foothold in the Cui family?"

What matters in marriage between aristocratic families is never the person, but the power of the major families. What help can a woman who has lost the protection of her family bring to her husband's family?

Such a woman will definitely have a difficult time in her husband's family and will not get the attention of her husband's family. Just look at her mother's fate.

Only three months after giving birth to the child, she was forced to enter Yunxuan Temple and spent fifteen years in the North Cave. In the end, she was plagued by stubborn diseases and died.

During this period, no one from my mother's family or husband's family cared about her, which was really miserable.

Cui Hengyue couldn't understand that it was enough for the Cui family to be ruthless. After all, Wang Dingkun and his wife were her mother's biological parents, so it was unbelievable that they could be so ruthless.

"Ah!"

The King of Chu sneered: "What a big family cares about most is reputation. The incident between Wang Erniang and Cui Yongxuan caused a storm in the city and caused the Wang family to lose face. Naturally, the Wang family will not treat her well."

"What's more, Wang Dingkun and Cui Quan have always refused to deal with each other in the court, but his daughter is still making a fuss about marrying Cui Quan's son. Wang Dingkun is naturally very angry."

Cui Hengyue fell silent.

She still felt that Wang Dingkun was unkind and unjust and should not treat her mother like this.

King Chu glanced at Cui Hengyue and continued: "Wang Erniang's marriage to Cui Yongxuan is not just a matter of embarrassing the Wang family, but also depriving the Wang family of one of their most capable and caring daughters."

"What does my mother-in-law's marriage have to do with my aunt?" Cui Hengyue looked confused.

"Of course it's related."

King Chu felt cold in his heart, and even looked at Cui Hengyue with a chill in his eyes: "I just told you that the royal family wants to marry into aristocratic families, and the Wang family is among them.

"Wang Erniang was originally going to marry the late emperor and become his queen, but because of the scandal between her and Cui Yongxuan, the late emperor issued an order to reprimand Wang Dingkun and demoted his official position.

"So, Wang Dingkun sent his eldest daughter to the palace, but because of Wang Erniang's incident, Wang Yuanniang could have been the queen, but she was only the concubine.

"Wang Yuanniang had a simple temperament and an indifferent mind. She was killed in less than a year in the deep palace where she ate people without spitting out their bones..."

Having said this, King Chu suddenly stopped, turned his wheelchair, and faced Cui Hengyue with his back.

Cui Hengyue didn't know why, so she got up and walked around to King Chu to see him, but saw that his expression was cold and his eye circles seemed to be slightly red.

No way?

Is King Chu crying?

Cui Hengyue took a closer look and saw that King Chu had a cold expression and his eyes were clear and not red.

Did she see it wrong just now?

Cui Hengyue rubbed her eyes and looked at King Chu again. She found that King Chu was still the same as before, his expression was cold and his eyes were clear and not red.

It seems that she really got it wrong.

"What does my aunt's death have to do with my grandma?"

After he said so much, she actually thought Yuanniang's death had nothing to do with her grandma?

King Chu's face suddenly sank: "If Wang Erniang had followed the rules and did not do this, why would Wang Yuanniang marry into the palace and die unexpectedly?"

"you are wrong."

Cui Hengyue first pointed out King Chu's mistake, and then explained: "The elders and younger ones are in order. The royal family wants to marry the Wang family. The one who marries into the royal family should be my aunt..."

Seeing King Chu opening his mouth to refute, Cui Hengyue jumped in front of him: "Okay, even if the royal family chose my mother-in-law at that time, what's wrong with my mother-in-law pursuing the love in her heart?

"If the late emperor was a wise king, he should have graciously granted my mother's favor, but he issued an order to reprimand Wang Dingkun and demoted Wang Dingkun's official position to put pressure on Wang Dingkun. What kind of wise king is this?

"And that Wang Dingkun, he sent my aunt to the palace in order to get promoted. He is not a good person either.

"For my aunt's death, the late emperor and Wang Dingkun are the ones most responsible. If the late emperor hadn't wanted to marry into the Wang family and put pressure on Wang Dingkun, how could my aunt marry into the palace?

"If Wang Dingkun hadn't sold his daughter to seek glory, how could my aunt die tragically in the palace?

"Of course, the most damning person is the person who killed my aunt..."

Speaking of this, Cui Hengyue suddenly asked: "Who is the person who killed my aunt?"

Hearing Cui Hengyue call her grandfather by his first name, the King of Chu wanted to scold her, but after hearing this question, he swallowed all the scolding words in his stomach.

King Chu was startled, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes: "I don't know, they all said that Wang Yuanniang died of illness..."

Died of illness?

Cui Hengyue didn't believe it.

"My mother-in-law often tells me what happened between her and my aunt. My aunt has always been in good health. How could she die of illness at such a young age? There must be something fishy in this."

King Chu's eyes lit up, "There is something fishy, ​​but no one can figure it out."

Cui Hengyue suddenly leaned forward and grabbed the armrests of the wheelchair with both hands: "Why do you know so many things about the Wang family?

"What are you and Wang Yuanniang...ah..."
Chapter completed!