Chapter 30: The Queen's Worries

  Originally, my father and mother's story was like this. My father originally had a crush on Empress Dowager Auntie, but unfortunately, the gentleman had feelings, while the lady did not. My father was heartbroken for a long time because of this. Later, my grandfather arranged for my mother to marry my father, who initially resisted but eventually married her anyway. After marriage, he remained cold towards my mother until later, when Emperor Uncle ascended to the throne and asked my father to serve as an envoy to a neighboring country. Emperor Uncle requested that my mother accompany him on this trip, fearing she would be too lonely if left behind in the palace, also hoping to foster their relationship. On the way back, they encountered assassins, and my mother was stabbed while saving my father, nearly dying from her injuries. Afterward, my father felt extremely guilty and treated my mother with great kindness upon their return. The two gradually fell in love until my mother became pregnant. Only then did she discover that my father had always loved his older sister-in-law. From then on, my mother refused to see my father and never forgave him. Due to her pregnancy and previous injuries, she was depressed throughout, causing the child to be malnourished even before birth. The baby passed away shortly after being born. My mother went mad afterward but surprisingly returned to normal upon seeing me. However, it seemed that many memories of my father were forgotten by her, or perhaps she simply chose not to recall anything related to him.

  "Oh, I see," I asked my father after hearing the story: "Dad, do you love Mom or feel guilty towards her? Is it that you loved her, or because you felt guilty for causing her to lose the child and eventually go crazy?"

  "No, not guilt, I love her." My dad was so excited. "My feelings for the empress are a kind of infatuation, an childhood dream, but Minmin, I really love her, from the day she married me and I lifted her red veil, I knew I had fallen in love with her. She is always so calm, so good, so gentle, it's my fault, I shouldn't have treated her like that, I should have been honest with her from the start. I really love her. The child is gone, seeing Minmin like that, I'm also heartbroken to death... Alright, these past ten or more years, I've lived a really exhausting and painful life." After finishing speaking, my dad collapsed onto the chair. "So sad."

  "Dad." He walked over, wanting to comfort him, but didn't know how to start.

  "Fei Xue, I've always wanted to thank you. If it weren't for you, Min Min wouldn't have spoken a word to me in over a decade. It wasn't until you came along that she started talking to me again, even if it was all about you. Still, I'm really happy."

  "Ugh, look at this, this is what happens after falling in love. Hmm, I've decided - I don't want to fall in love. If I do fall in love, it'll have to wait until after we return to the 21st century. For now..."

  "Dad, I have a way to cure mom, but I need your cooperation." Dad looked at me and asked me to continue, "Tomorrow morning, I will put mom under hypnosis. As for what hypnosis is, I'll explain it to you later. Tomorrow morning, you must make sure everyone in Fei Xue Garden leaves. Without my order, no one should make a sound within ten zhang of 'Fei Xue Garden'. Can you help me with that, dad?"

  "En... Then tomorrow, hide in my room early, don't let mom find out, got it? And I didn't call you out, so you can't come out, okay?"

  "Good," everything is ready OK, waiting for tomorrow's arrival.

  I didn't expect my dad to be so efficient, and the next day, sure enough, except for Dangdang and Xiaodezi, there was no one else to be seen, of course, except for my mom, me, and that hidden dad of mine.

  "Mom, will you play a game with Xue'er?" I asked my mom with a pout.

  "My mother said to me gently, 'Xue Er wants to play what?' I took the bait, 'Play hypnosis.' 'What is hypnosis?' I pulled out a chain with copper bells and said, 'Mother, look at this chain, keep your eyes on it.' Indeed, my mother's eyes followed the chain. 'Mother, you are very tired now, you want to sleep, close your eyes, you are very tired, need a good rest.' 'I'm so tired, I need a good rest.' Slowly closing her eyes, then I said again, 'Tell me what your name is?'"

  "My name is Yang Shu Min," "Where are you from?" "I am from Huang Lin," "Am I married?" "I'm already married" "Who did you marry?" "I married Duke Shu Lie Wang." "Do you love your husband?" "I love him, but he doesn't love me." "Is there something in your heart that no one knows about, yet you want to find someone to talk to?" "Yes, I want to tell my husband Shu Lie, I love him, but I've wronged him, it's all my fault, I didn't protect our daughter well, it's all my fault. I really miss the days when we went to Chao Xian country together, I miss...our child..." My queen is speaking with tears in her eyes, and I feel so sorry for her.

  "Alright, you're not sleepy now, you've woken up. Now slowly open your eyes." So she slowly opened her eyes, and was puzzled to find tears streaming down her face. I lied to her that it was because I had told her a touching story that moved her to tears.

  I wonder what Father will think when he hears this hiding in his room?——