"What did you say?"

Shen Xiyue muttered in a daze.

Murong Xuan looked at her with a thoughtful expression: "Tell me about why you forgot about me."

Shen Xiyue blinked, her peach blossom eyes sparkling with a hint of coquettishness, and the cool itch on her face made her unable to help but hide: "How could I forget you?"

Murong Xuan paused and said slowly: "When I first met you, you were only eight years old... You always liked this jade pendant at that time. If you didn't forget me, how could you forget it?"

"Ah? Have we... known each other for so long?" Shen Xiyue's mind was a mess. Why did she always feel that what Murong Xuan said was so familiar, but she couldn't remember anything.

She even doubted whether she was drunk and dreaming.

Just as she was thinking about it, a pair of warm and dry hands touched her face, and she couldn't open her eyes. As she felt sleepy, a warm and charming voice sounded in her ears:

"Yes, you promised to marry me a long time ago."

When she fell into a deep sleep, a jade pendant was stuffed into her palm.

When she opened her eyes again, it was bright and it was already a new year.

Shen Xiyue just felt dizzy. She clenched her palm and raised the jade pendant in front of her eyes. The words that popped into her mind when she was half asleep and half awake suddenly resurfaced in her mind, making her unable to tell the truth from the false.

She no longer felt it important how she had forgotten that memory; she just felt fortunate.

Look, in this new life, God is kind to her, allowing her to set things right, including her marriage with him.

This is really the best gift I received in the New Year.

......

It was only the fifth day of the New Year and King Yao was about to leave the capital.

No matter how reluctant Concubine Qi was, she had no choice but to disobey the emperor's order and hurriedly prepare more luggage for her beloved eldest son, so that her son, who had never suffered, could live a more comfortable life in Jingchu.

Emperor You'an had complicated thoughts. Although his anger had not yet dissipated, he still had some father-son feelings for King Yao. After hesitating for a while, he came to see him off in person.

Concubine Qi cried and scolded Princess Yao:

"Jiang, when we get to Jingchu, you must put Yao'er first in everything. You must taste the food to see if it is poisonous before giving it to Yao'er. Gu... Alas, Gu is a good child, but it's a pity that she can't go with you. If Yao'er has a girl he likes, you must marry her to him... In short, you must take good care of Yao'er."

Princess Yao Jiang was furious when she heard this. Why was her life so cheap? Was she going to be treated like this?

But in front of the emperor, she had to say: "...Yes, mother taught me, and your daughter-in-law knows it."

"What's the use of just knowing? You have to do it well!" For some reason, Concubine Qi became so angry when she talked to her daughter-in-law. She couldn't help but rebuke her and then threw herself into Prince Yao's arms and cried.

Prince Duan stood woodenly beside Concubine Qi, watching coldly as his mother cried until she was about to faint. He never said a word, and even felt a little secretly happy in his heart.

Oh, aren’t you partial to the eldest brother?

Cry, cry, have a good cry. From now on, you will no longer have the chance to be partial to me.

In the end, Emperor You'an couldn't bear it anymore, so he pulled Concubine Qi up and asked her to stand beside him.

But because Concubine Qi was angry, she kept crying and never said a word to Emperor You'an, which made Emperor You'an look more and more impatient.

The prince's health had finally gotten better these days and he was able to go out, so he came in person to see his brother off.

"Big brother." The prince had a kind face and smiled: "Brother, don't worry about going to Jingchu this time. I will be by my father's side and do my best to be filial to you, cough cough cough..."

Prince Yao looked disgusted when he heard him cough, but he had to pretend to care for him naturally: "Your Highness, you should take good care of yourself."

Murong Xuan sighed with frustration and said slowly: "Thank you for your concern, my brother. I should take care of my body, but my brother is leaving for his fiefdom, so I have to come and see him off..."

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Prince Duan and said, "Fourth brother, from now on, my eldest brother has gone to his fiefdom, my second brother doesn't like to go out, and I am not in good health, so please pay more attention to my filial piety to my father."

After saying this, he seemed to be unable to stand and leaned on Mao Ping beside him, making it even more unbearable to look at him.

Prince Duan, who was originally watching from the sidelines but was suddenly pulled in, asked: "?"

What the prince said was obviously normal, but why do I always feel like there is something weird about it?

Prince Yao's expression also froze. He first looked at Prince Duan strangely, as if thinking about something.

Although the prince said this out of filial piety, if you think about it a little more deeply, you will find that after he left, the most sought-after prince in the capital suddenly became Prince Duan!

Then the look he showed towards Prince Duan became alert and angry.

Although he had never taken this younger brother, who was born to the same mother, seriously before, but after all, this younger brother was indeed a prince, so it was possible that he did not have some thoughts about him!

King Yao even had an epiphany and couldn't help but start to suspect whether the fourth brother had done something to cause him to be demoted in name only and sent to his fiefdom.

Otherwise, how could he dare to look at him with such blatant mockery when issuing the imperial edict!

Oh, it must be!

Bitch, I underestimated him in the past!

King Yao's mind kept turning, why didn't he realize earlier that the fourth brother was such a two-faced bitch? !

Now that I am about to leave Beijing, won't I have to watch helplessly as the Fourth Brother snatches away the power in the court that I have worked so hard to build up, and watch him take away my position?

How can this be good?

Before he could figure it out, Emperor You'an said, "It's almost time, let's set off. When you get to Jingchu, you must be diligent in government and love the people, and benefit the local people."

King Yao's steps seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and he couldn't move even a step.

Even if he leaves, he has to find a way to severely suppress the fourth brother!

His mind raced, he looked up at Concubine Qi whose eyes were swollen from crying, and suddenly he had an idea.

Although he was leaving, his mother was still in the capital. The fourth brother had never been liked by his mother since he was a child, but he always wanted to get her love... This was simply an opportunity that came right to his doorstep!

So Prince Yao knelt down in front of Concubine Qi with a plop, very sincerely.

Jin Gui knocked his head heavily on the ground, his voice trembling: "Mother, I don't know when I can come back after I leave. I kowtow to you!"

How could Concubine Qi bear to see this situation? She rushed over to help the man up.

Prince Yao took the opportunity to grab Concubine Qi's arm, and with tears in his eyes, he whispered in her ear: "Mother, now only the fourth son is left by the emperor. Remember to urge him every day and ask him to plead for me. Only then will the emperor call me back to accompany you and honor you!"

Concubine Qi blinked her eyes, and felt that her sinking heart suddenly saw light again. Even at this time, her eldest son's filial piety was still so touching!

She grabbed King Yao's arm, her eyes burning like fire: "Yao'er, don't worry."

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