Chapter Twenty-Two Memories One
"What does it mean?" She widened her bright autumn eyes, her face was still calm, but the pale color, the panic in her eyes, and the urgency in her tone all revealed her inner heart.
"What do you mean, don't you know?... The evidence of your father's bribery in the hands of Ning Guifei is fake. It's fake. Whether it's Ning Wang or Yan Wang, their power in the country of Muxuan is enough to cover the sky with one hand. If they want to teach someone a lesson in the court, they don't need to use these things at all. You can go find your so-called sister to verify it yourself."
In the biting cold wind, it was a low and clear word by word, but in that cunning smile, the picture twisted bit by bit in sight.
As if in a trance-like state, I lost my soul and fell softly onto the cold ground, my gaze scattered.
"Why..."
She had suspected it. That bright red seal, the exclusive seal of the right prime minister, her father's seal. Her father who was always loyal to the emperor and adhered to the norms, how could he do such a thing? At that time, her hand holding the evidence was shaking like that, and her face was full of incredulity.
But that letter, those evidences were taught by him personally...
Why. Why...
Cold tears rolled down her cheeks in big drops, splashing small water flowers.
Hao Gege... what's going on...
"Miss——" Zi'er exclaimed and immediately ran over
"Why... you actually ask me why." The tone of resentment grew heavier, suddenly raising the volume.
"I'd rather ask why. Why is it that my family has been reduced to this state because of your father, yet you can still stand there with a straight face, while I'm forced to grovel on the ground like a dog, begging for people's pity?"
Xia Zi Li simply stared blankly and stood still on the spot, ignoring her words.
It turns out... it turns out... pain is this kind of feeling, she smiled bleakly, with a heart full of bitterness.
"Miss——"
Xia Ziying, you're satisfied now, this is what you hoped for, what you wanted to do, and this is the result...
The plum blossom forest in Xiangfu, once had petals fluttering like a sky full of flowers.
Under the lush branches, a light purple shirt, skirt fluttering in the wind, a face that can rival hers for perfection, with just one gentle glance, many charms are born.
If it's said that Xia Ziyu's beauty is as elegant and refined as an orchid, then Xia Zihan, her illegitimate younger sister, is a ravishing rose that everyone fawns over, though thorny, yet tenderly alluring, with a fatal attraction that no man can escape.
He is a man, so his heart sank with her, and also sank...
His eyes always followed her, filled with warm and gentle smiles, tender gazes that were as soft as the March breeze in Jiangnan, and fine rain that nourished all things.
And every time he looked at her like that, Xia Ziyou, who was standing beside him, only felt a slight tremble in her heart. Unintentionally, she turned to see Xia Ziyao's mouth curved into a smile, with a pair of silken eyes looking at her with a hint of mockery, full of self-satisfaction. Especially when she saw her painful expression, the mocking smile grew even more pronounced, and every time that smile pierced her heart like a needle, her expression would instantly turn desolate.
And he, as if intentionally ignoring the dimness in her eyes. Brother Hao...
This sister was brought home by her father when Xia Ziyou was five years old.
She was the darling of the family from a young age, enjoying her father's doting love. Perhaps it was because her mother had passed away early that her father transferred all his love to her. Her father would often hold her in his arms on the pear-wood chair in front of the gate at sunset, with a melancholy expression, and press his head against her small neck, whispering softly. Every time this happened, she knew that her father was thinking of her deceased mother again. Her father had once cried out for her mother's name, sobbing quietly without any dignity as a high-ranking official, burying his tears in her hair, and saying "I'm sorry" to her, sorry... What was he sorry about? She didn't know...
