Chapter 636 Awakening
Ning Jiewei walked solemnly to the front hall and bowed to Ning Fengzhe.
"Your Majesty Emperor Yue, your humble servant Ning Jiewei, respectfully wishes His Majesty the best of health."
She followed the rules and completed the mourning ceremony.
Afterwards, Ning Xuanfeng came hurriedly in a white shirt.
"Fourth sister."
Ning Jiewei asked with regret.
"Second brother, please."
Seeing her give up the place for kneeling, Ning Xuanfeng's eyes were instantly filled with sadness, his knees felt heavy, and he knelt down directly on the spot.
"elder brother!"
Ning Jiewei's eyes were filled with tears as she reminded him.
"This is Emperor Yue, brother, please do not be disrespectful."
Ning Xuanfeng realized it later and remembered the contents of the imperial edict, and knelt down to salute again.
"Your humble servant Ning Xuanfeng respectfully wishes the Emperor Yue His Holiness."
Following the rules, Ning Xuanfeng finished his condolences, lowered his voice and asked about his fourth sister.
"Third sister, where is she?"
Ning Jiewei pointed in a direction and answered in a low voice with a restrained expression.
"It's in the back hall."
"I guess he has already burst into tears."
Ning Xuanfeng has witnessed their brotherly and sisterly love for more than twenty years and can empathize with them.
Knowing that she must be sad, he couldn't help but worry. Now that his elder brother was not around, he should care more about his sister, so he made a decision.
"I'll go and comfort her."
Ning Jiewei was also worried about her sister.
"I'll go as well."
Ning Jiewei led the way and came to the room where Ning Yunxi was in the back hall with Ning Xuanfeng.
Since the second brother is a man, in order to avoid inconvenience to the third sister, Ning Jiewei entered the room first, but found that the third sister was not there.
On the other side, Ning Yunxi received a message and went to the main gate of the palace to greet her mother.
"May mother be blessed with peace and prosperity."
There were people coming and going inside and outside the palace, so Mu Rong was naturally considerate and attentive to Ning Yunxi.
"Xi'er, please get up quickly."
"Emperor Yue passed away, and the whole world mourned. If mother knew, you must be heartbroken."
"Don't worry, Xi'er. After the condolence ceremony, mother will sit down and talk with you to help you ease your feelings. Okay?"
Hearing the falsehood in the words, Ning Yunxi treated them respectfully without saying anything.
"My child, thank you for your concern."
Mu Rong held her daughter's hands, full of tenderness and gentleness.
"Look at you, why are you being so polite to your own mother?"
"Emperor Yue's event cannot be delayed. Please take me to pay my respects quickly."
Ning Yunxi lowered her eyebrows in response.
"Yes."
Today, the mourning hall has just been set up, but it is not yet the day for formal condolences.
Therefore, when Mu Rong and others came, there was no special person to receive and guide them. They could come and go as they pleased without paying attention to the time.
This was the first time in Mu Rong's life that she knelt down and kowtowed to her son.
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yue, is here to greet you with peace and good health."
She tried her best to remain calm and not let anyone hear her gnashing her teeth, so as to avoid giving people an excuse to accuse her of being disrespectful to Emperor Yue.
After the ceremony, she and Ning Yunxi entered a guest room in the back hall.
Mu Rongyong stopped walking, and the friendly expression on his face disappeared immediately.
Ning Yunxi closed the door casually and turned around in an instant. Mu Rong raised her hand and slapped her in the face with lightning speed.
The force was so great that Ning Yunxi was knocked to the ground.
"what!"
Mu Rong looked down at Ning Yunxi with fierce eyes and roared angrily.
"Fengzhe helped you seize Fengzhengtai and made great contributions. Is this how you repay him?"
"Let him recognize a thief as his mother and let him die miserably. Does King Di Jin still have a conscience? Why treat my son so harshly?!"
Ning Yunxi felt dizzy and almost fainted. She was silent for a while, and only after she recovered could she reply.
"Can't mother see the truth? It wasn't my brother who harmed him."
"My brother didn't treat him harshly."
Immersed in the pain of losing her child, Mu Rong's tone was a little broken.
"It doesn't matter what the truth is. I can't care so much."
She had no one to vent her pain and no one to avenge her hatred. She was so furious that she didn't give any explanation and started to accuse others.
"Aren't you good siblings praised by the world? How could you turn a blind eye? Why didn't you seek revenge? Why did you let the perpetrators go unpunished?"
Ning Yunxi supported herself on the ground and slowly stood up.
Or maybe, because of the memories of the past, now, facing her mother's accusations, she did not feel wronged, nor did she want to cry, and she would not try to defend herself as hard as before.
I still remember my mother once said:
"Before you were five years old, I treated you with great care."
"It's you who don't remember, not that I've never given my heart to you."
"In the first few years after I adopted you, I took care of you day and night. Even Fengzhe complained that I treated my adopted daughter better than his own child."
"When I was pregnant with Wei'er, I held you all day long, regardless of my weak body. Occasionally, when something happened and I put you down, you cried until you were hoarse, and it broke my heart to hear you."
"One summer night, you were particularly afraid of the heat and asked me to accompany you and to fan you. I stayed up all night and my hands were sore from holding the fan."
My mother has told this story many times, and each time she did so with great emotion, as if it had really happened.
She could tell that her mother was lying, but at the same time, she was confused, wondering whether what her mother said was true or whether she had misunderstood her.
Ever since she could remember, she had been very dependent on her mother and believed from the bottom of her heart that her mother was the most important person in the world.
There must be a reason for this mentality.
Children behave straightforwardly and innocently. They will be friendly with anyone who treats them well.
Therefore, she attributed the reason to the fact that her mother had taken very good care of her before she was five years old.
Otherwise, she couldn't explain why she attached so much importance to her mother.
Since she had been so caring, why did her mother change? She thought that it must be because she was not filial enough, which made her mother unhappy.
My mother also answered:
"In your heart, I just treat you as a chess piece. So after you turned five, you started to scheme against me in various ways, one after another."
"You are very smart. I cannot defeat you. I can only bear the infamy, retreat step by step, and swallow my anger."
She cherished the warmth she once had, so she worked hard and hoped to return to the past, hoping to have a warm family with a loving mother and filial daughter.
Not until she saw with her own eyes what happened in the past did she realize that her mother had never shown her true feelings.
Her so-called love for her may be because of her elder brother's good teaching, or because she is grateful for his love and care, and she subconsciously repays his parents. She sees that her elder brother is closer to her mother, so she relies on her mother more than her father.
Now, all the thoughts have been shattered.
Ning Yunxi no longer had any hope for Mu Rong.
Considering that she was her eldest brother's biological mother, Ning Yunxi felt guilty towards her brother and reluctantly endured her temper and replied to Mu Rong.
"My elder brother left a message before his death. He did not want the perpetrators to die hastily."
Mu Rong was as usual, cold and merciless.
"That's what Fengzhe understands. You are incompetent, helpless, and powerless to avenge yourself."
"From childhood to adulthood, you can't do anything except crying."
"You are just like your useless mother Fang Renshu, both of you are just seeking fame and reputation and running away in fear!"
Hearing his mother's name, Ning Yunxi frowned sternly.
"No matter how you blame me, I have no complaints, but please don't slander my mother."
Mu Rong's eyes were filled with grief and anger. She took two steps closer, pointed her spear at him and shouted angrily.
"You deliberately took away my children. In the end, you even killed Fengzhe, causing him to die and inexplicably becoming the son of Rou Zhaorong."
"Today, I can only respectfully address him as Emperor Yue and bear the pain of parting with him. When the funeral is held another day, I won't even be able to personally send my beloved son off..."
"You have bullied me to such an extent that I cursed Fang Renshu a few times, which is considered as the least of my faults."
"What can you do? Could it be that you want to get rid of me as well and make me accept the thief as my mother?!"