Qi Huang

When Xie Xuan returned to Rongchun Palace, only the big maid at the door came to greet her.

Most of the princes were raised under the knees of their biological mothers, and some of them were taken care of by the queen mother herself, and those like Xie Xuan, whose parents didn't love their mothers and went to see the King of Hades early, were like wandering spirits in the palace.

At first, Xie Xuan was forgotten in the cold palace where her biological mother lived before her death, and fought with the eunuchs for food all day long.Sometimes he was so hungry that he couldn't sleep, he would get up to pick the peach blossoms in the yard, and chew the petals to satisfy his hunger; or occasionally, a kind palace lady passing by would offer to feed him a piece or two of pastries when he saw his face sallow and emaciated; Xie Xuan was unwilling When eating bad food, pick out those smelly things, and use white sugar to accompany hard rice to fill your stomach.

Although the eunuchs raised him, they did not treat him well.If something goes wrong while serving and you are punished, you will vent your anger on Xie Xuan when you come back.They ranged from verbal humiliation to severe blows and kicks.It seems that only by stepping on the soles of the noble princes will they gain a slight sense of superiority.

Xie Xuan never said much, in the eyes of the eunuch, he was like a submissive little mute.

One year there was a grand banquet in the palace. The emperor passed the gate of the palace in a sedan chair, and suddenly heard a scream from the cold palace, and hurriedly called for people to check.

The palace people just don't want to look at it, they almost scare their heart and lungs out.I saw the corpses of two eunuchs lying horizontally on the steps, their clothes not covering their bodies, with criss-cross wounds on their faces and bodies. feet.

"Hey, what's going on!"

He turned around and left, wanting to stop the emperor so as not to spoil the eyes of the Holy Majesty, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of Xie Xuan who was crouching in the corner trembling.

Xie Xuan, who was just in his early tenth year at that time, seemed to have never grown up at all. He was as thin as a stick, with a sallow complexion, no different from a shriveled monkey.

Only then did the emperor remember that he still had such a prince.Sitting upright in the sedan chair, he said coldly, "Raise your head."

Xie Xuan flinched slightly, and raised her eyebrows to reveal a pair of blue eyes after hearing the emperor's words.

"The eyes are lively." The emperor seemed to be taken aback for a moment, "What's your name?"

Xie Xuan: "No name."

The palace man immediately reprimanded: "I don't know etiquette! I have to say it back to His Majesty!"

The emperor stretched out his hand to stop him, but he didn't care.Instead, he seemed to be interested, leaned over and asked him gently: "Then what do people call you on weekdays?"

"Hey, hello, you."

Xie Xuan paused, remembering something, "There is one more thing, I don't know if I can say it."

The emperor smiled and said, "I promise you to say so."

Xie Xuan then said: "I heard people say that my concubine mother calls me Xing Lan."

"The courtyard is empty and the grass is covered with dew in autumn, and the sky is full of stars at night when the moon sets." The emperor nodded, lay back on the chariot again, and said, "Dequan."

"Your Majesty..." The eunuch named Dequan understood instantly, and said anxiously, "This...in case..."

"Do I even have to ask the Queen Mother first when dealing with my own prince?"

The emperor, who was still mild just now, turned cold for a moment, Dequan sighed twice, and left after taking the order.It's just that the bodies of the two eunuchs were still lying in the courtyard, he hesitated for a moment, then heard the emperor speak again: "What's the matter with those two eunuchs?"

The guards outside the cold palace were startled, thinking that the emperor wanted to punish them.Even if the cold palace eunuch who no one cares about and whose life is as cheap as a mustard dies, they will not notice it.Just as she was feeling anxious, the emperor added another sentence: "Xing Lan, I am asking you something."

Xie Xuan was obviously a little embarrassed, but he still replied obediently: "They are robbing a lady who doesn't want a hairpin, and they started fighting after robbing. I am in the inner courtyard, and they are like this when I come out."

The emperor did not speak.

After a while, he returned to his initial indifference: "Dequan, dispose of the corpse."

Since then, Xie Xuan was taken away from the Leng Palace by the emperor and fostered in Rongchun Palace.This action of the emperor caused waves in the palace like silent stagnant water. Some people who were a little vigilant would think about the significance of the action of the emperor, and some people only cared about scoffing at this prince of unknown origin.

But no one knew why two eunuchs died by coincidence in the courtyard on the day the emperor passed through the gate of the cold palace; no one knew where the pearl hairpin that caused them to fight in vain was.

Seeing Xie Xuan standing in a daze at the entrance of the courtyard, the maidservant of Rongchun Palace glanced at his embarrassed appearance, showing a little disgust.But she still dutifully played the role of a good servant: "Why did your little Highness come back so late? You even got hurt all over your body. Your empress will feel distressed when she sees it."

Xie Xuan came back to his senses, and also accompanied her to perform: "It's nothing, I was wiped by an arrow in the martial arts field. Don't tell the concubine mother, lest she be sad."

The master of Rongchun Palace is Concubine Rong, and the emperor adopted Xie Xuan to her. Firstly, he felt pity for her being weak and childless, and secondly, he was worried that she would lock herself in the palace all day long, causing more illnesses.There are many children in the hospital, so they are more angry.

Apart from the favored tenth prince, the only prince still living in the palace today is Xie Xuan, who has just turned 15 years old.The emperor was sick all over, and his descendants withered. Most of the princes died before they were born.

It's just that Xie Xuan's life experience is really unlucky, and no one is willing to accept it.Concubine Rong herself is indifferent and doesn't respond to this, but the maid who is in charge of everything can't see her mother being wronged.

However, the master didn't say anything, so the maid naturally didn't dare to overstep her authority, she just treated the palace as too many small creatures that only use chopsticks.So even if he saw that Xie Xuan was injured right now, he had no intention of helping to deal with the wound.

Xie Xuan didn't care about it.In his previous life, he had no ambitions. He had been hungry for more than ten years, and his only wish was to have enough food every day.Whether it is true or not, it has nothing to do with him.It is precisely this attitude of being full of food all day long that his reputation as a "trash prince" can spread throughout the streets and alleys of Bianjing.

Once reborn, I don't want to waste my energy on insignificant people.

He doesn't need anyone by his side, he only needs himself, and he only believes in himself.

The two pushed and pulled a few words, and the big maid let him go back to the house.The spring day in the palace was a bit early, the coolness had not yet faded, the charcoal fire in the house was burning weakly, and the warmth was better than nothing.Xie Xuan sat against the bed for a long time, until sleepiness hit him, and he fell into a drowsy dream.

In the dimness, the nightmare who had been visiting for many years in the previous life quietly came to the door.

Xie Xuan dreamed for a while that he had just been promoted to the throne, and a group of courtiers stared at him. He was manipulated like a puppet, and he could not control his life or death; His hand said that he still missed the thirteenth prince Xie Xuan, who was not very usable, but was gentle and smiling when he saw everyone.

The dream was grotesque, and someone scolded loudly in the hall.

"My Great Zhou has this king, and he will die in three years!" After speaking, he grabbed the ground with his head, and blood splattered everywhere.

Someone rose up and stormed into Ziluan Hall with a thunderbolt.

"The tyrant Xie Xuan is still captured!"

In the dream, Xie Xuan's chest heaved and heaved, and there was a trace of sadness after being furious.

"What's my crime! What's my crime!" He roared angrily, "I purged the court, rectified the chaotic party, exchanged blood and tears for internal and external stability, what's my crime?!"

He didn't want to be emperor at first, he just wanted to spend his life in peace and stability, but fate pushed him to the cusp.He struggled, but was forced to put on a cold-blooded heart in the tide, and since then he has been facing the world far away.

Everyone knows that Emperor Zhou Li was cruel and heartless, and killed innocent people indiscriminately, but they didn't know that he was also a young man with a spring face.

I also dreamed of March in Yangzhou, new fires and new teas, poetry and wine taking advantage of the time.

Xie Xuan woke up from the cold.

To be precise, I can't even fall asleep.At the end of the night, a trace of coolness penetrated into the spleen and lungs, he looked down at the ashes in the stove, worried that he would be frozen to death on the first night after rebirth, and decided to go out to find a way out.

Compared with the Rongchun Palace in early spring, it was even worse than in winter. When Xie Xuan walked out of the room, it was still dark.Since he was unattended, he was extremely free to enter and exit the palace gate, and no one cared where he was going.

The lamps in the palace have been lit up like grains of fireflies.Xie Xuan didn't go far, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow standing beside the screen in the corridor.

He was startled, almost drew his sword and stabbed it.

Then he realized belatedly that he was no longer the emperor who could carry a sword with him.After seeing who came, Xie Xuan patiently stepped forward and saluted: "Mother Concubine."

"Yeah." Concubine Rong nodded indifferently.

Relatively silent.

Concubine Rong was indifferent by nature, even if the emperor came, there would be no unnecessary expression on her face.Xie Xuan stood for a while, but before she could speak again, she turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait." Concubine Rong said suddenly.

Xie Xuan: "..."

He had no choice but to turn back again, with a gentle smile on his face: "What other orders does the concubine mother have?"

Concubine Rong raised her hand and handed over a wooden box: "You take this."

After all, without waiting for Xie Xuan's reaction, she turned around and entered the house.The wooden box was about the size of two palms. Xie Xuan opened it suspiciously, and found that there were wound dressing items lying quietly inside, gauze veils and hemostatic powder were all available.

Xie Xuan didn't take care of the wound on his hand very carefully, but just washed it hastily to prevent the blood from sticking to his palm.He walked out of the palace gate with the box, picked and picked inside, saw the neatly folded gauze, and sneered slightly.

After a while, he passed by the water pavilion at the entrance of the palace, and threw the box into the water.

The destination Xie Xuan was going to was very clear, he quickened his pace, and almost reached it before it completely darkened.

This place is close to the Wenxuan Gate, and then you go out of the palace. On weekdays, officials will live here for a while.They usually come and go to the palace frequently due to political inconvenience, so they stay here, and usually don't stay for too long.

There are exceptions to everything.

Tonight, the wind in the palace is calm, and the government affairs in the palace are light and simple, so there is no one here.Only the courtyard where people lived all year round was lit with a lamp.There is a clear breeze in the courtyard, and the moonlight and the pond colors intersect.

Xie Xuan stood in the courtyard, her thin body seemed to fall down when the wind blows.But he just stood there, even though he was thin, he still had a certain posture in his gestures.

When Xiao Ling heard the announcement from his servants and slowly opened the door in a wheelchair, he saw such a scene.With a calm expression, he didn't say a word about what happened in the martial arts field during the day, but said indifferently: "What's the matter?"

Xie Xuan bowed politely: "Sir."

In terms of status, Xiao Ling is his teacher, the ruler of heaven and earth, his relative and teacher, and making big salutes is the embodiment of knowing etiquette.But Xiao Ling's eyes were not disturbed: "Students are over early, there is no teacher here."

"That's natural." Xie Xuan followed the good advice.

He smiled, and changed his voice: "So I am not here today to see Mr., but to see Xiao Ling. As for why I gave such a big gift...of course...I will offend you later, so I have to give the big gift first. "

Xiao Ling seemed uninterested: "Oh?"

Xie Xuan: "I'm worried and gloomy tonight, and my mood is hard to calm down. I wonder if my husband can lull me to sleep?"

Suddenly a cold wind blew through the courtyard, and no one spoke in the silence.Not far away, the fish in the small pond wagged their tails and passed under the leaves, creating a wave of water.

Xiao Ling's face was expressionless, and he didn't even frown.

The next moment, the door slammed shut, causing the fish in the pond to run away.Xie Xuan stood at the door, almost being slapped head-on by the door.

The author says:

Xiao Ling, you are finished!How dare you hit your wife in the face!