It was already late at night, and the lady in the clothes was already asleep. There were some strange noises outside the window from time to time. The locusts that were missing the net were swallowing the green leaves in the yard, which also reminded Li Xiu that the locust plague outside was still continuing. Thinking that the various crops in the fields outside were swallowed by endless locusts, Li Xiu could not sleep.

It was almost midnight, but Li Xiu was still not sleepy. Finally, he got up from the bed and came to the yard wearing clothes. The moonlight was very beautiful today, and the semi-circular moon hung obliquely in the air, making it impossible to see a few stars in the entire night sky.

"Huh?" As soon as Li Xiu arrived in the yard, he found a few rays of light coming from the corner of the yard, as if there were candles lit. This made him stunned for a moment. Who would light candles in the corner of the wall in the middle of the night?

With the confusion in his heart, Li Xiu walked over quietly. As a result, when he approached, he actually heard a woman's whisper. Coordinating with the night around him, it made people feel chilling. Even Li Xiu was a little hesitant at this time, wondering if he should go back and call someone?

But at this moment, Li Xiu suddenly found that the woman's voice was very familiar, which made him feel bold. He walked over gently again and found that the candlelight was emitted from behind a rockery in the corner of the yard.

At that moment, Li Xiu walked gently to the rockery, then poked his head out and looked back. He saw a woman kneeling there in a small open space behind the rockery, with two candles lit up in front of the woman, and something seemed to be standing in the middle of the candle, but I couldn't see clearly for a while?

Although the woman's back was facing Li Xiu and the sky was dark, Li Xiu was so familiar with this woman that he recognized her at a glance. He couldn't help but walk out and said, "Yuechan, what are you doing here?"

The woman kneeling there was Yue Chan. Li Xiu was naturally familiar with his personal maid. In fact, when he heard the voice of his speech just now, he had already suspected that it was Yue Chan. Now it seems that he was not wrong.

"Master..." When Yue Chan, who was kneeling on the ground, was also startled when she heard Li Xiu's words. She stood up with a panic look on her face, wiped the tears on her face, and wanted to cover the candles and other things on the ground, but it was simply futile.

Li Xiu stepped forward and was surprised to find that in addition to the candles, there was a small tablet on the ground. Because the light was a little dark, Li Xiu couldn't see the words on the tablet for the time being, but there were a few fruits in front of the tablet, and there was even a plate of fried locusts, which seemed to be tribute to someone, but it was a bit strange to use locusts to pay tribute to them.

"Yuechan, are you... celebrating your relatives?" Li Xiu looked at the things on the ground and asked Yuechan hesitantly. He knew that Yuechan's life experience could not be seen, especially her father. Could it be that she was celebrating her father?

"Yeah!" Since Li Xiu had seen it, Yue Chan also gave up the idea of ​​hiding it. Moreover, in this world, the only person who could make her believe it completely was Li Xiu, so she nodded gently, but there was a little panic on her little face.

"It is human nature to miss your loved ones, and you don't have to hide it!" Li Xiu also spoke softly at this time. He was very sympathetic to Yuechan's life experience, but the matter had already passed, so he could only comfort Yuechan for a few words.

"Thank you for your understanding. I suddenly thought of my mother today, so I wanted to quietly pay tribute at night. I didn't expect to wake up the master!" When Yuechan said the last, she couldn't help but salute Li Xiu apologetically. She thought that her voice was too loud, so she woke Li Xiu up.

"Haha, I was not awakened by you, but I couldn't sleep by myself. I wanted to come to the yard, but I didn't expect to find the lights here, so I came over to take a look, and I happened to find you here." Li Xiu explained with a smile.

When he said this, Li Xiu stepped forward and took two steps. Only then did he see that the tablet in the middle of the candle was clearly written "The position of Xiao Qinshi in Xian" which made him stunned again. The so-called "Xian Bi" is actually a beautiful name for the deceased mother, and the Xiao Qinshi behind it obviously refers to a woman, that is, Yuechan is here to pay tribute to her mother, not the father Li Xiu just thought.

"Your mother..." Li Xiu hesitated for a moment and finally asked. He only knew that Yuechan's father died at the hands of Li Yuan, but he had never heard her mention her mother, and he didn't even know that she had passed away, so he asked.

Yuechan's tears had not yet dried up at this time. When she heard Li Xiu ask about her mother, her little face also showed a look of sadness. After a while, she spoke softly: "If you can't sleep, can you listen to me tell a story?"

"Of course, let's sit down and say what?" Li Xiu also saw that Yue Chan's expression was depressed, as if he wanted to find someone to talk to him, which made him nod immediately. Then he walked forward and pulled her to sit down on the rockery next to him. At this time, a gust of night wind blew, stirring up Yue Chan's hair on the forehead. A few strands of hair were stuck to her face by her tears, which looked a little distressing.

Yuechan stretched out her finger and lifted the hair on her forehead behind her ears. Then she looked at the tablet not far away, and then said softly: "Once upon a time, there was a girl whose mother was a humble mother and was taken as a concubine by a county magistrate, and then gave birth to her. The county magistrate had a wife, several concubines, and many children. Therefore, almost no one paid attention to this girl at home, and even his father almost forgot that he had such a daughter."

"Later, the world was in chaos, and the county magistrate took advantage of the situation and established a considerable kingdom in one fell swoop, and established himself as emperor. In this way, the little girl naturally became a princess. However, even if she was a princess, she was still not as good as her brothers and sisters, and no one would notice her. Later, another powerful country attacked the county magistrate's country. The county magistrate could not defeat the other party, so she had to surrender, and the family was also escorted to the capital of the enemy country as prisoners of war."

"When the county magistrate surrendered, the palace was in chaos, and countless people wanted to escape. The little girl's mother was also preparing to take her out of the palace, but in the end she failed. She had no choice but to make up an ordinary palace servant, hoping to escape. The mother and daughter were inconspicuous in the palace, and there were too many people who escaped that day, so no one cared about them at all, and in the end they did not find their identities."

"However, what they didn't expect was that the general of the enemy country locked up all the palace maids in the palace and was preparing to give them to the emperor of the enemy country as a gift. The girl's mother was worried that others would recognize their mother and daughter, especially the identity of the girl, so she thought of a good idea, that is, let the girl eat desperately..."

When he said this, Yuechan's nose suddenly became sore and tears could not be stopped. At this time, Li Xiu also sighed lightly. As long as he was not blind, he could see that Yuechan was actually telling her own story. The emperor who was born as a county magistrate was her father Xiao Xian. He had speculated about these before, but it was the first time that Yuechan told him openly.

Yue Chan shed tears for a while, and finally continued to preach: "Because the war in the south has not yet settled, the palace maids could not be sent away for a while, so they were locked in the garden on the side of the palace. Every day, someone delivered food. The girl's mother gave her all her food. In addition, she tried her best to find food that could be eaten, frogs, snakes, locusts, etc. As long as it could be eaten, she was forced into the girl's mouth. Even if she couldn't eat it, she had to eat it, and she would go to bed after eating..."

When Yuechan said this, her body couldn't help but tremble slightly. Although the matter had passed, it still left an indelible shadow in her heart. Even if she just thought about it, it seemed that she would return to that desperate time again. This also made Li Xiu feel pity. He stretched out his arm and gently held Yuechan in his arms.

Yuechan did not resist Li Xiu's actions, but instead placed her head on Li Xiu's chest very obediently, feeling his solid chest, which made her finally get rid of her fear, and her body slowly recovered from her stop trembling.

After a while, Yue Chan said again: "During that period, the girl's mother seemed to be crazy and tried hard to let the girl eat anything she could eat. As a result, in just a few months, the girl really doubled her weight and her whole body changed a lot. If she was not a very familiar person, she would not recognize her at all. Later, her father and brothers and sisters were all executed, but she was not recognized, so she finally escaped, and all of this was thanks to her mother!"

"Then...what later is her mother?" Li Xiu finished hearing Yuechan telling this "story". After a while, he asked again.

"Diet!" Yuechan said with a sad expression at this time, "Just the night before they were about to be escorted to the capital of the enemy country, the girl's mother climbed onto the wall of the palace and jumped down from it. Because she was worried that someone would recognize her identity and thus implicate the girl's true identity, she chose to end her life. Before jumping down, she even scratched her face so that others would never recognize her!"

At the end of the day, the tears on Yuechan's face could not stop flowing down, which made Li Xiu feel even more distressed. He immediately hugged her trembling body tightly in his arms with both hands and said softly: "If you want to cry, cry, don't hold it in your heart and hurt your body!"
Chapter completed!