After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

When he woke up again, he was lying on a simple wooden bed, still in severe pain.

His heart sank, and when he thought of the scene he saw in a quick glance last night, he naturally knew what had happened.

He felt empty inside, with a faint pain in his chest, but he knew that his mother was not to blame.

His voice was hoarse as he called out, "Mother..."

For a long while, he could only hear a faint echo of his own voice, and no one responded to him.

Fu Jiuli endured the severe pain and took great effort to prop himself up and sit up.

He found himself in a simple hut. In addition to the wooden bed he slept on, there was another equally simple wooden bed and an old cabinet with a corner missing.

Just as I was wondering, a handsome young eunuch wearing eunuch clothes walked in from outside.

The young eunuch looked quite young, his voice still childish. Seeing him sit up, he said happily, "Are you awake? I'm Xiao Fuzi. What's your name?"

Fu Jiuli frowned: "Where is this?"

Xiao Fuzi explained: "We are in Simajian!"

"In the palace?"

"Yes!"

"Why am I here? Where is my mother?"

Xiao Fuzi scratched his head, looking innocent and honest: "I just went on duty this morning, and Eunuch He told me that you will be living in the same room with me from now on. As for how you got here, and where your mother is, I don't know!"

Fu Jiuli had his first full meal in half a year. Although it was just a simple meal, it was already a delicacy in his eyes.

He didn't know how his mother sent him to the palace. When his wounds healed a little and he was able to walk, he went to look for the eunuch He mentioned by Xiao Fuzi.

Eunuch He explained, "I met your mother while I was out on business. She kowtowed to me and begged me to take you in. I thought you were quite good-looking, and since our Simajian was short of someone, I brought you back."

"Now that things have come to this, let's do our best in this Sima Supervisory Office! There may be no delicacies, but we certainly won't starve."

"Then my mother...is she okay?"

Fu Jiuli remembered that his mother was starving to death last night. His eyes were slightly red, and he wanted to know but didn't dare to know.

Eunuch He sighed, "She's dead. She must have been holding on for a long time. After I agreed to take you away, she collapsed and was no longer breathing."

Fu Jiuli's tears fell from her eyes.

Eunuch He just patted him on the shoulder, sighed and left...

......

"The moment I learned of my mother's death, I, like you, didn't want to live anymore. I felt like my life had no meaning..."

"But my life was bought with my mother's life, and I paid a huge price for it."

"I also promised that little girl that I would study, pass the imperial examination, and become a high-ranking official. Now I can't pass the imperial examination, but who says that eunuchs can't study or become high-ranking officials?"

"From that moment on, my life was no longer lived for myself, but for the two most important people in my life."

That day in the pavilion, Fu Jiuli, the chief eunuch in charge of the Sima Bureau, spent an hour telling Xie Heng about this past event.

Then I asked him, "Is there anyone in this world who is extremely important to you?"

He nodded honestly: "Yes, my mother."

Fu Jiuli asked again, "Does she want the child she gave birth to with so much effort, the child she hid and protected for so many years, to commit suicide and die with her?"

Xie Heng was silent.

At that time, it had been two years since my mother passed away.

In the past two years, he studied with the Grand Tutor and learned to read and write, and learned to handle state affairs from his father, the Emperor.

It's impossible to be as naive as before, saying things like, "If she really wants me to be safe, she should come and talk to me herself."

It would be impossible for his mother to come and tell him in person again.

But he also knew that his mother had only two obsessions in her life, one was his father, and the other was him.

If he really committed suicide, my mother would surely die with regrets...

So after that conversation, he began to look at the world with his heart, began to live with his heart, and gradually discovered the loveliness of this world.

Therefore, in his heart, Fu Jiuli actually saved him twice.

......

When Prince Li told him about his past, he actually did not mention the name of the little girl who was like an angel in his heart, or where she came from.

However, ever since the news that the young general Shen Beiyue, the heir of Nanyang Marquisate, was a girl spread throughout the capital a few days ago, Xie Heng had guessed it.

The daughter of a wealthy family who died unexpectedly eight years ago, a mansion in the capital that provided free porridge during a severe drought, and a childhood sweetheart...

All right.

Combined with Prince Li's reaction to Shen Nanxing, what else can't be guessed?

Why would Prince Li, who never meddles in other people's affairs, worry about the execution of a prostitute? Why did Shen Nanxing's foot injury heal so quickly? And why did he suggest to his father that Shen Nanxing's mother be granted the title of First Rank Consort?

The answers to these questions are obvious.

He did all this for Shen Nanxing!

But since the girl from back then is still alive and has asked to marry him, why did he refuse?

After refusing, he couldn't bear to see the other party and Prince Jing getting along well, so he proposed to go to Liangzhou to deal with the flood...

It was a job that I snatched from Prince Jing.

On the one hand, you can avoid seeing it and feel no pain, and on the other hand, you can still provoke Prince Jing. You're killing two birds with one stone, right?

Childish or not!

Xie Heng really couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and he couldn't help but attack King Li.

"She is such a brave woman, why don't you try harder?"

"You're just a coward!"

Xie Heng glared at Fu Jiuli angrily.

Over the past eight years, although Li Wang's power and status have continued to rise, Xie Heng could tell that he was not happy.

In Xie Heng's memory, he had never even smiled.

He lived for those two women with just one breath in his mouth.

Now that the person he cares about is still alive and has even taken ninety-nine steps toward him, why won't he take even one step forward?

You're actually going to retreat?

But after he shouted those words, the man's face didn't even show a ripple; he remained as indifferent and aloof as ever.

After waiting for a long time for him to speak, he said...

"Your Highness still has time to daydream? It seems that Grand Tutor Xu has not assigned enough homework."

“Cold wind!”

"I'm here!" A black shadow appeared in front of Fu Jiuli at lightning speed.

Fu Jiuli said calmly, "Go tell Grand Tutor Xu that the Sixth Prince's schoolwork will be doubled from now on."

"Yes!" Leng Feng appeared as he had done before, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Xie Heng's eyes widened, and he pointed at him angrily: "Fu Jiuli, I care about you!"

"You clearly like Shen Nanxing, so why won't you accept her?"

"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. I don't like Princess Jing."