As soon as the sunlight was swallowed by the night, Xiao Ciyu and Chen Lanxi quietly left the imperial city from Xuanwu Gate and headed straight for Chen Mansion.

Xiheyuan where Cui is located was dilapidated and desolate, and there were few people guarding him. If there were secret guards exploring the way in advance, it was almost effortless. Xiao Ciyu took Chen Lanxi directly into the courtyard wall and hid in the bamboo forest behind the main house.

"Have Chen Cangxu been here today?" Xiao Ciyu spoke lightly.

"Report to Your Majesty, no." After a moment of salvage, the secret guard took the initiative to add, "However, the great manager of the Shen Mansion came here today. I guess there is something important to give me."

"Master in charge?" Xiao Ciyu raised his eyebrows, "What was Cui's reaction after he left?"

"This..." The secret guard was a little embarrassed. "At the beginning, my subordinates saw that she was very happy, and even had the ability to dress in the mirror. But later, she suddenly lost interest and just lay on the bed so depressed, until now."

Such a big gap is really confusing.

The secret guard couldn't find a suitable adjective, so he could only tell them all the truth.

After hearing that he gave such a long string of replies, Xiao Ciyu was not angry. His slender feather eyelashes drooped slightly, and he fell into a moment of thought: "Happy... I feel sad..."

"It seems that she has figured it out." Xiao Ciyu bent her lips, "We are lucky, let's watch the show first."

I was happy probably because she thought she could get favor. As for why she lost interest later, it was probably because after calming down, she finally remembered that Chen Cangxu could not let her out easily.

After getting along for the past twenty years, she should have a good understanding of what kind of person Chen Cangxu is.

…

Xiao Ciyu guessed it well, and Cui did guess it, so he showed all the despair he looked like now.

She always understood what kind of person Chen Cangxu was.

When she was excited when she heard the good news, she couldn't help but have more ideas in her heart. If her daughter didn't go there, she secretly sent her to the palace to be a concubine because of a shameful scandal. How could she be as good as Shi's daughter who was favored in the palace?

Visiting her because her daughter got married?

Chen Lanxi did not fall for a day, so she didn't believe that Chen Cangxu would come here to visit her, the person who would block his future.

unless…

"Ha..." Cui suddenly showed a self-deprecating look.

She lifted the quilt and covered herself in it for a long time, staring at the endless darkness, letting Yan's tears flow.

It was not until her tears dried up that she lifted the quilt in a daze, wiped the tears on her face, sat back in front of the dressing table, and began to organize herself bit by bit.

"So... am I like this?" Cui stared at herself in the mirror, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

In just a few months since she moved here, her beautiful face that was properly maintained no longer existed.

Instead, it is a haggard and spiritless face.

She was left to this place and lost everything. Power, beauty, money... She had nothing, and her legs were a little unsuccessful because the wounds left by Chen Lanxi last time were not treated in time.

This was what she once hated the most, she was old and mediocre.

And what causes all this is...

Cui gritted his teeth, and hatred suddenly burst out in his eyes.

Perhaps because there is something hidden in my heart, Cui’s sorting is particularly simple and neat.

After dressing up, she didn't do anything else, just sat down in the same place, waiting silently until Chen Cangxu came to the door.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Chen Cangxu, who was looking around the room, saw Cui Shi who was motionless in front of the dressing table, and couldn't help but frown: "What are you doing over there?"
Chapter completed!