The princess is so powerful that the fish pond is full of people

Chapter 1072 I Don't Ask My Mother to Love Me

“From childhood to adulthood, it has always been like this. Every time I come back from the palace, you would pull me into the house and cry about how badly my father treated you, making me indignant and want to seek justice for you.”

and then?

What kind of peacemaker are you playing between me and my father? Whom am I standing up for? For myself?

Xue Wan originally didn't want to bring up these things, but after leaving Qingyu Pavilion, she was not afraid of the hardships she endured under her father's command.

Over the years, she has endured a lot of hardship in her pursuit of success.

Even compared to Qingyu Pavilion, under her father's tutelage, she was often reprimanded by him under the guise of teaching.

She just doesn't take it to heart.

Over the years, the Xue family has not given her the warmth of a home.

She naturally wouldn't allow the Xue family to hold too much of a place in her heart.

But she was learning slowly. Her father didn't teach her; she just watched how her father and brothers did things.

She can just follow along and learn.

She also has His Highness. After His Highness ascends the throne, the world will be vast, and there will always be a place for her.

She was willing to live a slow, quiet life under the noses of these people.

These people are not willing to let her go so easily.

"How can you speak to your mother like that? I am your mother. If I hadn't developed health problems after giving birth to you, I wouldn't have had trouble conceiving again."

"Your father doesn't neglect me either, spending his days lingering in those wretches' rooms in the backyard. It's all your fault, how dare you question me like this!"

As Fang Yucheng spoke, he raised his hand and slapped it at Xue Wan's sweaty face.

Xue Wan simply tilted her head back to avoid it.

“Mother, I am no longer the child you could slap at will when you were unhappy. I will fight back.”

"Would you like to give it a try, Mother?"

Xue Wan leaned down, staring at her mother with a dangerous look in her eyes.

"Didn't Mother want to adopt a child from a collateral branch to raise as her own?"

Xue Wan's voice was very calm; no one could understand the torment and pain she had endured over the years.

"Mother, go ahead and see how long that child can live."

In a place like the Xue family, a den of dragons and tigers, one would never have survived to adulthood without some extraordinary abilities.

None of her brothers and sisters are vegetarians.

Xue Wan still remembers hearing her mother's complaints and seeing her father's indifference and inaction.

When he wanted to go to the backyard to find his father's concubines and avenge his mother, he overheard his father's concubines and mistresses talking about his mother.

"Madam Fang is really a good-for-nothing. She even used her own daughter, but she still couldn't win back the master's heart."

"Isn't that right? The master used to value Xue Wan so much, but she ruined it all and caused the father and daughter to drift apart."

"She herself is just a daughter. Xue Wan has the ability to catch the eye of the young prince, and judging from how much His Majesty dotes on the young prince, she will probably only have one child with the young prince in this lifetime."

“After the young prince ascends the throne, the Xue family will be able to rise to a higher level with Xue Wan by their side, but Fang Shi doesn’t see that.”

"But even a simpleton has her advantages. If she were smart, would we sisters still be living such good lives?"

"That's true. If we replace her with a smarter one, my daughters' lives will probably be worse than Xue Wan's."

"Let's keep her here for now. Let her make a fuss. The more she makes a fuss, the less the master will like Xue Wan as well."

“I’ve heard that His Majesty intends to open a girls’ school. Tonight I will go and beg my master to send my daughter there. I’m destined to be a concubine for life; my daughter cannot follow in my footsteps…”

Xue Wan was no longer a child at that time, and had seen a lot of things in the palace.

She still can't forget that day when she didn't make a scene, and she can't accept the fact that her mother might not love her.

He returned to his mother's courtyard in a daze.

I could see my mother standing at the gate of the courtyard, eagerly waiting.

At that time, she still harbored illusions, thinking that her mother was waiting for her at the door because she was afraid that she would be bullied.

At the time, she was thinking that her mother was timid, so she would protect her more.

The mother's tantrums were simply a way to gain the father's favor, which is understandable.

As long as she maintains a good relationship with the young prince in the palace, her mother's future will definitely be a hundred times better than that of the concubines in her father's harem.

With that thought in mind, she finally calmed herself down and walked up to her mother.

"So? You went and made a scene? What did your father say? Did he punish you for those concubines?"

Looking at her mother's anxious gaze, Xue Wan suddenly wondered if her mother was worried that she would be punished by her father, or if she was worried that her father didn't take the matter to heart at all.

They wouldn't even bother to ask a single question.

For the first time in her life, she lied to her mother.

“When I went there today, my father was there. As soon as I opened my mouth, he blamed my mother for not raising me well and said he would come to see my mother tonight. I didn’t want to stay any longer, so I came back.”

Fang Yucheng's eyes widened when he heard this.

"How could I have given birth to such a stupid child? Aren't you usually the one who argues with your father the most? It's clearly his concubines who are bullying us too much, how could you just come back like this?"

Xue Wan still remembers the terrifying look in her mother's eyes that day, filled with disappointment and anger towards her.

It didn't look like he was looking at his own child, at least not like how His Majesty would look at the young prince.

It was more like looking at the servants in the mother's courtyard who had displeased her.

I feel like my mother's next words would be: "So stupid and clumsy, if it weren't for Wan'er catching the eye of the royal family, I would remember that I would have sold you all off today."

Every word and phrase was about her, but none of them were for her sake.

"Is my mother disappointed in me? But I did exactly what she taught me to do."

The Xue Wan of the past didn't understand, but the Xue Wan of that day did.

"No, you are your mother's only child, and she will support whatever you do."

"But Wan'er, when your father comes tonight, just pretend to kneel in the courtyard. That way, your mother can explain herself to him, okay?"

Seeing the faint glimmer of light in her mother's eyes, Xue Wan once again went against her own wishes and nodded in agreement.

That night, her father didn't come. She knelt in the courtyard until the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), but no one came to wake her up.

It was the rooster's crow that told her it was getting late.

She then noticed that the lights in her mother's yard were off.

Her mother didn't know if she had forgotten about her or if she wanted her to kneel all night so that she could give an explanation when her father came to ask the question the next day.

Xue Wan got up and went back to her room. Without even changing her clothes, she lay down to sleep.

From that day on, she finally understood.

There really are mothers in the world who don't love their own children.

She never dared to hope that her mother would love her as His Majesty loved the young prince.

The love of an emperor is priceless, but His Majesty's deep maternal love for the young prince is something he cherishes dearly.

Her mother treated her worse than the concubines in her father's backyard treated their children.