The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

Xiao Chengxu has a deep aversion, or rather fear, to dogs.

Being born a prince seems to be extremely noble at first. Compared with common people or peddlers, it is true. Princes are noble and precious, while princesses are like princesses. However, among the many princes and princesses, there are also distinctions of high and low, and not every prince can become a highly respected master in the palace.

At that time, the empress dowager was only a concubine, and had never been favored. Although she had a prince, the previous emperor had many sons and daughters, and the prince's biological mother was not a favored concubine. Therefore, she was naturally treated coldly and ignored by the previous emperor, and was not given too much attention.

In the palace, people tend to curry favor with the powerful and flatter. Once they find that the emperor's mind is not on Concubine Ke and the fifth prince, the people who serve them will no longer be dedicated. This phenomenon is not uncommon. Wherever the emperor favors, the palace people will respect them.

In addition to the negligence and perfunctory treatment of his servants, as well as the bullying and oppression from other favored princes and princesses in the palace, Xiao Chengxu was a nobody who could be bullied by anyone when he was young. He was a real punching bag, and other princes and princesses often bullied him in various ways.

In the royal family, the so-called brotherly love and mutual assistance is a huge joke.

Every additional brother or sister, especially every additional prince, means an additional stumbling block in the future.

Xiao Chengxu had no brother from the same mother who could protect him. Concubine Ke was a cautious person, which only made Xiao Chengxu submissive. Even if he suffered grievances and injustice, Xiao Chengxu could only choose to endure and swallow his anger.

It was not until Xiao Chengxu gradually grew up and began to show his intelligence and agility, and his superior civil and military skills, that he was not an ordinary prince. Gradually, he gained some attention and love from the late emperor. When he stood firm on his own, the other princes and princesses no longer dared to look down on him, let alone bully him at will. On the contrary, they changed their attitudes, showed kindness to him, wooed him, and warmly performed the drama of deep brotherly love.

When the late emperor was in power, there was a favored concubine in the palace. It is often said that a mother is honored by her son, and vice versa. The twins born to this favored concubine - the third prince and the fourth princess - have always been the late emperor's favorite princes and princesses. They have been arrogant and domineering since childhood, like two little bullies in the palace, specializing in bullying people.

Xiao Chengxu knew in his heart that he could not afford to provoke them, so he had always been cautious and careful, but even so he was still targeted.

The third prince likes to raise dogs very much. And the dogs he raises are not ordinary pet dogs, but three extremely ferocious, wild and difficult to tame Tibetan mastiffs. Whenever the third prince sees a prince he doesn't like, he will let them out to scare people.

Xiao Chengxu, who was only seven years old at the time, did not immediately present the revolving lantern to the Third Prince because he was favored by the Third Prince. Instead, he hesitated for a moment. As a result, this scene was seen as a hypocritical act by the Third Prince.

So the third prince not only domineeringly snatched away the revolving lantern, but also released the Tibetan mastiff to teach Xiao Chengxu a lesson.

Faced with a dog as unruly and ferocious as the Tibetan Mastiff with bared fangs, even many strong adults would retreat, not to mention Xiao Chengxu who was just a child. He was frightened to the point of turning pale, shaking all over, and almost fainting.

However, the more frightening thing was yet to come. Perhaps because of some kind of stimulation, one of the Tibetan mastiffs suddenly went mad without warning and began to attack the people around it crazily. It opened its bloody mouth, showing its sharp teeth, and pounced on a young eunuch, then bit his calf fiercely, biting off a leg alive. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and it was horrible to watch. The poor eunuch let out a shrill scream, which was creepy.

This sudden change shocked everyone, and Xiao Chengxu, who witnessed it all, was even more frightened.

He fell seriously ill and could not eat any meat or greasy food for three years. Every time he saw meat, he would recall the scene of the Tibetan mastiff biting people that day. The bloody and cruel scene made him feel extremely uncomfortable and he couldn't help vomiting.

From then on, Xiao Chengxu was filled with fear and disgust for dogs. Even though no one used dogs to scare him like the arrogant Third Prince did, the nightmare he experienced in his childhood was always deeply engraved in his heart, becoming a memory that could never be erased.

No one would believe that a king of a country would be afraid of dogs. However, this was the fact - Xiao Chengxu was really afraid of dogs.

This matter is little known to many people, and only a very few people around Xiao Chengxu know the reason.

Xie Yaoqing was originally unaware of this, after all, it was not a very glorious thing. Xiao Chengxu himself never mentioned it, and the servants around him did not dare to be smart and expose their master's shortcomings.

Initially, Xie Yaoqing only knew that Xiao Chengxu didn't like dogs. There was a cat and dog room in the palace. When she entered the palace one time, she happened to see a dog raised by a concubine of the previous emperor. The dog was docile and cute, which made her like it and wanted to raise a dog.

She first mentioned this to Xiao Chengxu, and Xiao Chengxu's reaction was predictable, he firmly disagreed.

At that time, they were newlyweds and full of love. Since Xiao Chengxu did not agree, Xie Yaoqing no longer mentioned the matter and completely gave up the idea of ​​raising a dog.

Later, by chance, Xie Yaoqing accidentally discovered that the real reason why Xiao Chengxu didn't like dogs was that he was afraid of dogs.

This time when she left the palace, Xie Yaoqing happened to see a dog that caught her eye. She bought it without thinking and decided to keep a dog.

Xie Yaoqing did not take Xiao Chengxu's dislike for dogs into consideration.

She is not raised in the Qianqing Palace, but in the Kunning Palace. What does it have to do with Xiao Chengxu?

Moreover, fear of dogs can be said to be a weakness of Xiao Chengxu. Maybe one day when Xiao Chengxu makes him unhappy, he can release the dog to scare him. He can't kill the king at will, but he can always vent his anger.

Xiao Chengxu frowned, feeling very unhappy about the dog Xie Yaoqing brought back. The dog brought back some unpleasant memories for him, making him feel extremely bad. He took a deep breath and tried his best to suppress the urge to ask the palace servants to throw the dog away.

It's just a dog. It's not like the palace is so big that it can't afford to raise it, right?

Xiao Chengxu comforted himself by saying that Xie Yaoqing didn't know about it, thinking that she might have just kept a dog on a whim and not intentionally.

Despite this, Xiao Chengxu's heart still could not calm down, and the presence of the dog made him feel irritated and uneasy.