Chapter 275: Knowing

Although Bai Li said she was talking nonsense, Bai Ying knew that what she said was true. Because she herself also knew that the current little prince was fake.

Bai Ying looked at the baby girl in front of her, feeling a little dazed.

Sometimes, she would forget that she had given birth to a child.

Especially when the child was a tool.

This tool had to be a male child.

Therefore, giving birth to a baby girl was not allowed and could not exist.

As the baby girl was disposed of, she also forgot about it, except for the occasional recollection of the pain during childbirth.

Bai Ying pressed her hand on her abdomen, looking at the baby girl in front of her who was waving her arms and legs.

This was the real flesh that had fallen from her body, bringing her real pain.

So this was what she looked like.

The atmosphere in the hall seemed to stagnate but was broken by the baby girl’s babbling sounds.

The baby girl was kicking her legs and feet together. Bai Li’s arms were sore, so she put her down.

“Don’t eat this, you eat everything, you’ve grown so fat.” She muttered, snatching the cloth doll from the baby girl’s hand, “I’m the one who holds you every day, I’m exhausted.”

The baby girl did not cry because her doll was taken away, she continued to wave her arms and legs and babble, as if responding to Bai Li’s words.

Bai Ying quietly watched this scene. After a moment of shock, it seemed that there was nothing shocking about it. It might be because she had received too many shocks today, and her churning thoughts gradually began to make sense.

At that time, Wang Degui was supposed to dispose of the child but lost her. Zhang Ze said that Empress Jiang’s remnants had snatched the child away. Empress Jiang’s remnants.

No wonder, when her family was executed, Bai Li disappeared without a trace, then quietly came to the capital, and even came back to life, transforming into the Princess of Chu. It turned out that this was Empress Jiang’s remnants supporting her from behind.

Bai Ying’s gaze fell back on Bai Li, and she sneered, “It’s really not wrong at all that our family was convicted and executed.”

Bai Li looked up at her, “Second Sister, all in all, there are only two of us in our family who are Empress Jiang’s faction, the others are truly wronged and innocent.”

So what? Bai Ying slowly sat down and scrutinized her, “What do you want to do? Do you want to follow Empress Jiang’s remnants to disrupt the court and cause chaos in the world?”

Bai Li laughed, “Second Sister, you even dared to confuse the Li family’s bloodline, and you dare to accuse me?”

Bai Ying said indifferently, “Didn’t you say it yourself? You’re talking nonsense.”

Just now, Bai Li said that there was no evidence to prove that she was her sister. Then, Bai Li’s claim that she had confused the royal bloodline was naturally also baseless.

Don’t think that just because she was alive and had her child, she could threaten her.

“If you go and tell His Majesty these words.” She smiled, “Do you know what a great humiliation this is to His Majesty, what a great trampling on His Majesty’s fatherly love? In His Majesty’s eyes, you are the one who confused the royal bloodline, an unforgivable crime. I can have you and the Prince of Chu beaten to death with sticks in Hanliang Palace today.”

Bai Li nodded, “I know, I won’t do such a stupid thing.”

Bai Ying clenched her hands on her knees and gritted her teeth, “Then what do you want to do! Do you have to kill me, kill everyone in the Bai family to be happy?”

“That’s really funny, how did it become me killing the whole family?” Bai Li looked at her and sneered, “From childhood to adulthood, you always blamed me, blamed everything on me. In your heart, you don’t think you’re wrong at all.”

“My fault is probably that when you killed Mother, I didn’t throw you into the water bucket and drown you.” Bai Ying gritted her teeth and said, as she spoke, tears slid down, “That’s right, if it weren’t for you, Mother would still be here, Mother would choose a good son-in-law from the army for me, I would stay by Mother’s side, happily get married, have children”

Hearing these words, Bai Li’s face slightly darkened.

If Mother was still here, it would indeed be like this. Seeing the change in her expression, Bai Ying lowered her head to wipe her tears, her voice filled with longing.

“Not like now, I’m married far away, bowing my head and acting subservient, living a humble and precarious life, having to please my husband and endure the mistress’s disgust. For the past ten years, if I’m not careful, I would have died.”

Bai Li lowered her eyes and said coldly, “So in order for you not to die, you want the whole family to die?”

“What do you know!” Bai Ying shouted, “If I died, do you think the family could live? Do you know how suspicious His Majesty is? I accompanied him for more than ten years, I accompanied him through hardships and sufferings, but I couldn’t warm his heart at all, he always guarded against me, he was always waiting to convict me, evidence, what evidence? Does the Son of Heaven need evidence to want you dead? Being innocent is also being guilty! If I was convicted and imprisoned, could Father escape? Or would it be the extermination of the entire clan, everyone dying together!”

Bai Li stopped talking.

“Everyone dying together, dying in vain, for nothing.” Bai Ying looked at her and sneered, “But it’s different now, I’m still alive, and I’ll live well. In the future, when my son becomes the emperor, this world will also be our Bai family’s world. At that time, we’ll posthumously honor Father, Elder Brother, and those who have died, and promote the living and demoted members of the clan. My Bai clan will be resurrected and become a powerful and wealthy family. Isn’t this better? Do you have to have everyone die together, die in disgrace, turn to ashes to feel good?”

Bai Li shook her head, “I don’t think that’s good.”

“Then what are you still making a fuss about!” Bai Ying interrupted her and said in a low voice, “Ah Li! Don’t be foolish, don’t be manipulated by those people. Since you’re still alive, live well.”

Bai Li looked at her, her expression seemed a little disbelieving, “You want me to live well?”

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“If you want to live well, why would I want you dead?” Bai Ying looked at her with helplessness and annoyance, “Just like when I used to hit you and teach you a lesson, wasn’t it because you were naughty first! If you don’t seek your own death, if you live well, it’s a good thing for me.”

Bai Li looked at her without speaking, as if pondering whether her words were true or false.

“I don’t care what remnants you are, and I don’t care what those remnants are supporting you to do, Ah Li, you have to remember, you have to take care of yourself.” Bai Ying said, standing up and walking in front of her, asking in a low voice, “The Prince of Chu, does he know your identity?”

Bai Li looked at her and nodded.

“He knows and is still willing to marry you, which means he needs something, he wants to use your identity, then you let him use it.” Bai Ying said, sitting down and looking at Bai Li, “But you have to remember, don’t get yourself involved, you have to get benefits from it.”

Speaking of this, she smiled sadly.

“Even if he uses you to get rid of me, you must keep your position as Princess.”

“This way, in the future, our Bai clan will at least have a root of wealth and a lineage of power.”

“In the future, she”

Bai Ying looked down at the baby girl on the cushion beside her.

“And your children, won’t have to be like us, trampled on at will, having to desperately fight for survival, for wealth and honor.”

From the moment they left Hanliang Palace, Li Yu had been watching Bai Li’s expression.

Bai Ying and the Princess of Chu didn’t talk for long. Just as the emperor was talking about how to better coax the little prince to sleep, Bai Ying sent the Princess of Chu over.

Bai Ying’s eyes looked slightly red, as if she had been crying, while Bai Li’s face was somewhat wooden, as if she was lost in thought.

“What’s wrong?” the emperor asked curiously.

Bai Ying gently wiped her tears, “Hearing the Princess talk about how she and the Prince of Chu have been inseparable since childhood, I couldn’t help but think of our time in the fiefdom.”

Bai Ying was by his and Yang Yuan’s side at that time, actually like a maid. She was remembering her hard days. The emperor smiled, “It’s all in the past, it’s a happy day, be happy.”

Bai Ying smiled again and respectfully replied, “Yes.”

Then the sound of the little prince crying came from the side hall, obviously he had woken up. Li Yu hurriedly excused himself, and the emperor did not keep them any longer, bestowing gifts on them and letting them leave.

All the way, Bai Li had been in a daze.

Li Yu took Nannan from her arms and asked in a low voice, “Are you alright?”

He had been trying hard to listen, but there was no sign of anything unusual from the side hall, no shouting or crying, he didn’t know what had happened.

Bai Li came back to her senses and whispered, “I’m fine.”

“She recognized you, what did she say?” Li Yu asked in a low voice.

Bai Li smiled, “She, ah, invited me to share her wealth and glory.”

With the emperor’s coaxing, the little prince’s crying in the side hall gradually subsided.

Standing in the main hall, Bai Ying felt that her ears were also clearer. Her gaze kept looking at the layers of palaces outside. The figures of the Prince of Chu and his wife had long since disappeared. After a while, another figure slowly walked over.

“Inspector Zhang is here.” Bai Ying said as she watched him approach.

Zhang Ze bowed.

“His Majesty is accompanying the little prince.” Bai Ying said, turned around and walked inside, “Inspector, come in and wait for a while.”

Zhang Ze replied, “Yes,” and walked into the hall. Wang Degui winked at several eunuchs, and they immediately dispersed, guarding the side hall. Wang Degui personally guarded outside the main hall, listening to Bai Ying’s voice inside.

“Inspector, have you met the Princess of Chu?”

Zhang Ze said, “I have.” Then he smiled, “I just met her at the gate of the imperial city.”

Bai Ying looked up at him, “Doesn’t Inspector think she looks like me?”

Zhang Ze said, “Oh? Do they? Not really, she’s not as beautiful as Your Ladyship.”