Chu Lian looked at Xie Yang and silently shook her head.

  Xu Yang smiled, and the bewildered look in his eyes seemed to decrease a lot. He opened his lips and said slowly: "My mother was not from any royal or noble family, but just a daughter of a rural gentry from a small town. My mother's beauty was stunning, and her reputation had spread far and wide since she was young."

  Chu Lian nodded slightly, and this little gesture was indeed widely spread among the people.

  Xu Yang smiled and continued: "As early as when the queen was young, many noble princes came to propose, but the queen had always declined. Until one day..."

  Xu Yang's face solidified as he spoke. But Chu Lian still heard a beautiful story from his intermittent narrative.

  A maiden in a pink skirt, still unaware of sorrow, with a face as radiant as a spring flower, sat on a swing, her skirt flying high. The swing soared high and jumped over the low wall, just in time to see a young man galloping by outside the wall, his face like jade, majestic and dignified. In that instant when he looked up, he saw the maiden's delicate and enchanting countenance.

  It was just one glance, and a lifelong marriage was sealed. One look at each other and they were bound together for life, what a beautiful story, Xū Yáng said with a smile, but his smile hid endless mockery.

  Chu Lian Ruo looked at Xū Yáng in front of her, and naturally knew that the ending of the story would not be as beautiful as the beginning. How many women in the palace could have a good ending?

  Xu Yang smiled bleakly: "What a beautiful first meeting, but do you know what the last words my mother said were?"

  Chu Lian seemed to have thought of such a desolate ending, but still shook her head.

  Xu Yang laughed: "One glance at a gentleman, a lifetime of mistakes. Haha, a lifetime of mistakes!"

  Chu Lian was stunned, the girl who originally didn't know sorrow, and that boy who galloped past on horseback, shouldn't have had any entanglements, but because of that fleeting glance, they tied the knot of marriage, yet never thought, this wasn't the beginning of happiness, but rather a lifelong mistake.

  She is no different from that person either?

  The man in front of him seemed drunk, it was unclear whether he was drunk from wine or lost in memories.

  Chu Lian's eyes flashed with a hint of heartache, and she stood up, whispering in his ear: "Everything will pass, Xū Yáng, your mother would not want you to bear too much either."

  After finishing speaking, Chu Lianru instructed Qingqing to call someone to send him back.

  If he stayed at Qian Niao Lou, then the lies of many years would collapse by themselves.

  The moonlight is gradually cooling down, as if it's going to cool into people's dreams.

  On the second day, early in the morning, Xū Yáng opened his eyes. He didn't have a headache from drinking too much wine, but he vaguely remembered that last night, after getting drunk, someone seemed to be whispering softly in his ear: "Your mother would not want you to bear too much either."

  Recalling last night's situation, Xū Yáng curled up his lips and smiled, with a hint of helplessness in his smile. Chú Lián Ruò, those who have passed away, did they ever hope that you would carry too much on your back? In fact, we are all the same, we can deceive others, but we don't let ourselves off easily.

  Chu Lian Ruo, thinking of this woman, actually had a rare sense of peace. Was it because they shared a common secret? Thinking of her every frown and smile, Xī Yáng's lips curled up into a gentle smile again.

  Xu Yang said to the attendant beside him: "Go to Qian Niao Ge."

  The servant holding the tea cup seemed taken aback by Xū Yáng's words, then bowed and replied: "Your Highness, the Consort has already entered the palace since early morning."

  Upon hearing this, Xiuyang's body shook and his face instantly fell.