C72 (1/2)
After Zhang Ziyuan finished instructing, he immediately turned invisible and followed Shuo Yue in.
I immediately heard the sounds coming from within the Wind Catching Ear. At first, I only heard the sound of things quietly moving, but Zhang Ziyuan probably wasn't able to catch up to Shuo Yue yet.
”Mother, mother, where are you? Shuo Yue is here to see you! ” Hearing Shuo Yue's voice from inside, I felt a wave of happiness. This is a good thing, even if I'm not with Zhang Ziyuan for the time being, isn't it easier to keep track of his movements than using my phone?!
”Shuo'er, is that really you?” You really came? ” The voice belonged to a middle-aged woman and it seemed that she was Shuo Yue's mother, the Fengdu Ghost City Princess. had said that the original name of the princess was Xia Ming and that she had been abandoned by a man when she was alive and sold to a brothel to be humiliated and die miserably by others.He and the Ghost King were originally a couple, and after sharing the same ideals and interests, they established the Fengdu Ghost City together. She didn't expect that Xia Ming would fall in love with a mortal man, and that man also didn't seem to be an ordinary man. This was because Duke Xia Ming's high cultivation had not been discovered, and he had instead given birth to a boy, who was actually Shuo Yue. She did not expect that Shuo Yue's father would actually notice some clues. Although she did not have the heart to kill a young child, there was a difference between humans and ghosts. From then on, Shuo Yue was orphaned without any parents. After the Ghost City grew prosperous, Princess Xia Ming finally remembered that he had a husband and son. Even when he went back to the mortal world, he didn't find anything.
”Mother, it's me. I'm back to see you.” Hearing Shuo Yue's voice, she was still very excited. It seemed that he still cared a lot about her mother.
”Shuo'er, did you come by yourself?” I don't know the meaning behind Princess Xia Ming's words, could it be that she was testing him? Or did he think that someone else would follow him?
”Mother, there's only Shuo'er here, and no one else.” Shuo Yue denied.
After a moment of silence, Princess Xia Ming's voice sounded again, ”Shuo'er, come here and let mother hug you. Mother misses you very much!”
Shuo Yue walked over and hugged Princess Xia Ming, ”Mother, I missed you a lot too. After so many years, where did you go after escaping from Fengdu Ghost City?
”Yeah, it's been so many years. Things happened in such a hurry, I didn't even have the time to ask you. Shuo'er, why did you betray us? We're the same kind of people!” It seemed that Princess Xia Ming wanted to force Shuo Yue out of the old debts.
Betrayal was betrayal. No matter what she wanted to say, she could not explain the fact of betrayal. However, Shuo Yue still wanted to explain, he hoped that her mother would not misunderstand him and could understand him.
”Mother, I have been an orphan since I was young. From the moment I started to understand, I could not find where you were. At that time, I often thought, was it because you did not want me anymore? Or are you no longer in this world? When I needed the most love and care, it was rain house who picked me up and brought me home. At that time, she was also very young, around ten years old, and was just an ordinary girl. However, she was still very kind to me, treating me like a little brother. I think that I might not be able to live past now without her … ”
Princess Xia Ming interrupted Shuo Yue and said, ”Then why don't you join forces with outsiders to deal with your family? Here are your mother, your uncle, and your uncle. Although I gave birth to you and you as a half-ghost when we are mortal, we are still your family! So you want to repay this debt by putting everyone here to death? ”
”Mother! That's because Ghost King is too ambitious, I can't help but stop him. He plans to use ghost power to rule this world, you guys are defying the heavens! People say, ghosts say, we are all from different worlds, why are we interfering with each other? ” Shuo Yue was also reasonable.
”You're wrong, Shuo'er!” These were not two worlds, but one world. A great world, a world where the strong preyed on the weak! We're going to unify it and change it, and I'm going to prevent more people from suffering. ” Princess Xia Ming seemed to be living at the time of her death. Although he did not know when she was bullied to death, it was definitely still a feudal society, and at that time, it was indeed as he had said, the strong would prey on the weak, a woman like him who had no status. He could only follow the hand of fate.
”Mother! Do you know how many years it has been? It's not the society you're in at all. There won't be any weak girls getting bullied now. Women's status is higher than men, it's really not as rotten as you think. If what you said is true, then you don't have to worry about it at all. Mother, why don't you go reincarnate and continue to enjoy this world? ” Shuo Yue's words hit right into my heart.
”You're wrong,” he said. ”You're wrong, Shuo'er. Society is different. The world is the same. There are unscrupulous men, men who turn their backs on women!” Just like your father, once he knew our identities, he immediately abandoned us! Is it because society is different that men love women? ”Not really!” Princess Xia Ming might have suffered too much deception, so she no longer trusted anyone anymore.
If that were to happen, Shuo Yue would have no way to explain herself. He knew that he would not be able to move Princess Xia Ming's words.
”Mother, perhaps you are right. This world is unfair to begin with, but now, at least he is peaceful. Do you want to break this peace and destroy everything in life? Or could it be that you are doing it for your own selfish sake, for revenge, and for ambition? In that case, I won't agree with you anymore … ”
”Shuo'er!” ”What are you saying, I am your mother!” Princess Xia Ming's tone became forceful, as if she was unwilling to play the role of a benevolent mother anymore.
Mother, it's true that I've come to reunite with you and your son. If you had only come to reminisce with me, I would naturally be very happy, but if you want to talk about what happened back then, then I've let you down, and I won't argue with you about what's right and what's wrong. If you want revenge, or if anyone else wants revenge on me, you can come at me. Shuo Yue was very decisive in her words.
”Shuo'er, I hope that you understand that everything I do is for your own good.” At this time, Princess Xia Ming already spoke with helplessness. Then, I heard Shuo Yue cry out in alarm, shout ”Mother” and became completely silent.