The mistress is not a cannon fodder, the cold prince falls in love with her every night

In the dream, it was also raining heavily.

The cave where he and his mother lived has been flooded.

He stood in the rain helplessly, looking at the dark sky and earth with only raindrops falling, hitting the puddles on the ground, creating white puddles.

The strong wind swept the trees in the jungle like huge monsters, ready to swallow him up at any time.

His small body was already soaked by the rain.

After climbing out of the cave, he walked along the rugged mountain road, crying and shouting, "Mother! Mother! Where are you? Ji'er is scared! Mother! Come back soon!"

But there was nothing around except the whistling wind and the sound of rain.

The scene changed, and he was standing by a turbulent creek. The heavy rain overnight had caused the river water to swell rapidly. The creek, which usually flowed slowly, was now roaring like a giant dragon blocking his small body.

In the morning light, a woman's body floated down from the upper reaches of the river.

The woman's clothes were disheveled, and her body was covered with whip marks. The river water soaked the wounds, leaving them soft and white.

She held a palm-sized piece of meat tightly in her palm.

"Mother! Ji'er is scared! Mother, please wake up, mother..."

He grabbed his mother desperately, but no matter how he shook her or cried, his mother didn't respond at all.

The flowing water washed over his mother's body and swept her into the river. He tried his best to pull her out, but he couldn't.

I could only watch her body being swallowed by the muddy river water, and she disappeared from my sight in just a moment.

"mother!……"

"Mom is here! Mom is here! Brother Huan?"

A clear voice came to his ears, which made him feel at ease.

Huan Ge'er raised his head and opened his eyes. The man-eating dragon had disappeared. In the dim light, a kind and worried face appeared before his eyes, infinitely magnified.

Behind him was a man whose face made one feel at ease.

"Huan Ge'er? Wake up, are you having a nightmare?" Su Li sat at the head of the bed and hugged Huan Ge'er tightly.

As soon as she and Pei Heng entered the room, they heard Huan Ge'er crying and calling for his mother in his sleep.

His brows were furrowed, his whole body was tense, his hands and feet were waving helplessly in the air as if he was trying to grab something desperately, and he was crying bloody tears.

The two of them shouted for a long time before they finally woke Huan Ge'er up from his nightmare.

Huan Ge'er woke up with a dazed look in his eyes. After a while, he gradually regained consciousness. After realizing where he was, he finally swallowed his dry throat and said hoarsely:

"Mom, I want some water."

Su Li was stunned. Hadn't the child already called her "mother"? Why was he calling her "mother" again?

However, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately said:

"Well, I'll get you some water."

Pei Heng came closer and asked, "Brother Huan, are you having a nightmare?"

Under the dim light, Huan Ge'er moved slightly, half of his face hidden in the darkness. He slowly shook his head and said:

"It's okay, father. I've forgotten everything in the dream."

Su Li helped him up and drank some water, then touched his forehead and said:

"Don't be afraid, we are all here with you."

"Hmm!" Huan Ge'er closed his eyes.

The couple stayed with Huan Ge'er for a while until he fell asleep again, and then they quietly left.

As soon as the door closed, Huan Ge'er, who was pretending to be asleep on the bed, opened his eyes. In the darkness, a trace of indifference and resentment flashed in his eyes.

He said he had forgotten everything in the dream.

But in fact, not only did he not forget, he also remembered many things from the past.

Ever since he could remember, he and his mother had been homeless, wandering around, sometimes staying in a dilapidated temple, sometimes in a cave, and when things were best, they found an abandoned hunter's house in the mountains.

But you can't live in any place for long.

As long as someone shows up, my mother will take him and move overnight.

When he was five years old, he fell seriously ill. He had a high fever for several days and coughed day and night until his lungs were about to vomit. His mother took him to hide in a cave.

One day, my mother came back from outside with a wound on the corner of her mouth. But that night, she made medicine and minced meat soup for him.

For several days, he took medicine and drank fragrant minced meat soup, and his health finally improved little by little. But one rainy day, his mother went out and never came back.

At daybreak, he found her by the creek at the foot of the mountain...

……

He remembered that there was a butcher upstream of the creek.

When my mother and he first came, they were washing clothes by the river and were seen by a butcher. The butcher smiled wickedly and said that if my mother slept with him once, he would give her a piece of meat. If she slept with him every day, he would support both of them...

When he thought about how the medicine he had been taking and the minced meat soup he had been eating these days came from this, he lay down by the stream and vomited violently.

In the middle of the night, he set fire to the butcher's house.

The flames shot up into the sky, and the butcher's entire family perished in the fire, with no one surviving. The butcher, a filthy, fat man, was covered in fat and burned easily. Watching the butcher howling, cursing, and writhing in the fire, he felt an indescribable sense of relief.

When the butcher was finally burned into charcoal, he stepped forward and crushed him to pieces with his feet.

From then on, he wandered alone on the border, picking up food from garbage dumps when hungry and drinking mountain spring water when thirsty, until General Pei found him and took him back to Shengjing.

……

"Mom, Ji'er remembers everything."

Mother said that my father was a great hero, the eldest prince of the Great Qi Dynasty, Li Qian. His grandmother was the Empress Dowager, and his grandfather was the current Emperor.

Back then, my father was falsely accused of harboring his own troops and plotting rebellion. The Emperor was furious and ordered the Marquis of Zhenbei to capture him. Anyone who resisted would be killed without mercy!

My father did not resist and chose to surrender. The only condition was that he be given a chance to return to the capital and plead his case before the emperor.

But before they could return to the capital, everyone in the mansion fell to the ground due to poisoning.

That night, a huge fire broke out in the palace, burning everything to ashes.

Only my mother escaped the disaster because she was suffering from morning sickness and couldn't eat. She was protected by a loyal maid and wet nurse and hid in a well.

The fire burned for a whole day and night. When my mother climbed out of the well, the palace had become a charcoal pile.

When she went to the street disguised as a commoner, she heard rumors that her father, knowing that his rebellion had been exposed, chose to commit suicide to apologize, and also set fire to the palace.

The mother was heartbroken and wanted to follow him, but thinking of the baby in her womb, she had no choice but to endure the humiliation and escape from the border town among the beggars.

"Ji'er, you must always keep in mind the 137 lives lost in the palace. You must remember that your father is innocent. He is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and has never plotted rebellion! Ji'er, you must remember..."

Moonlight streamed in through the window sill, illuminating the room. However, Huan'er's face was dark, with only silent tears flowing.

He turned over and faced the bed.

……

Over the next few days, Su Li sent Song Zhi out to start buying servants. The new servants were all quietly placed in the General's Mansion. The General's Mansion had already begun quietly cleaning and decorating, waiting for the new masters to move in.

Pei Heng was not idle either. He went to Songhe Hall to visit the old lady.

Unexpectedly, the old lady was stunned for a while, then immediately nodded and decided to divide the mansion.

The old lady said, "Heng'er, forget about you. Grandma doesn't want to live here anymore. It's better for you to move out of the mansion so that those vicious people can't harm you in the future. If Grandma ever gets tired of them, she'll come find you."

Pei Heng smiled and imitated it to Su Li, who was stunned.

This old lady is so wise.

Such advanced thinking!

like!

The old lady nodded in agreement, and the Marquis had no more objections.

The matter of dividing the palace was quietly decided.

Su Li felt a little relieved, and spent the rest of her time taking good care of Huan Ge'er.