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Let's talk about the Yue Kingdom again. Three days ago, when the assassination of King Chen was reported back to the country.

On Wei Yan's first seven days, Zhou Ji stood in front of the coffin, looked at the headless corpse, squeezed his eyes, and two turbid tears rushed down his face.

"His Royal Highness, please enter the incense!"

Burning incense and prostrating again and again at the Zhou Festival, facing the mourning hall, raised the hem of his clothes, and knelt down squarely, "My nephew will definitely find out the murderer for my uncle, show his head to the public, spread it around the world, and announce it to the world, to avenge my uncle! "

Now, with the double death of father and relatives, the only thing missing is... the national mourning.

Zhou Ji was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard someone coming on horseback outside the door, and kept saying, "Excuse me! Excuse me!"

He turned his head and asked, "Why are you so flustered that you don't even care about uncle's courtesy?"

The messenger seemed to hesitate, and stood on his feet, not daring to speak.

Zhou Ji said: "Say!"

"It is said that a lunatic brought the head of General Polu to seek refuge with His Highness King Chen..."

"My God! This must be the villain who murdered Old General Wei Yan!"

"What must it be, it must be!"

"Sure enough, he went there for the sake of future and wealth, so he killed someone, and fled to Chen Guo. It's really hateful! Today is still the first seven days of Old General Wei..."

Zhou Ji ignored the others, and said with concentration: "And then?"

The messenger said again: "When Chen Guo was jubilant, that madman suddenly drew his sword and stabbed Chen Wang, but after a lot of struggle, he finally died in the hands of Chen Guo's soldiers. It is said that he even destroyed his appearance, The appearance of the death is extremely tragic, and now it is being exposed by Chen Wang at the mouth of the city."

"What?! Which side is this lunatic on?" Everyone was confused and didn't know why. If it was said that he killed Wei Yan and went to seek refuge with King Chen for the sake of wealth, it made sense, but he was actually in the court again. Assassinate King Chen, what happened?Two-faced?Or is it the type to offend both sides?

Zhou Ji suddenly felt very sick, his stomach was full of sour water, and his delicate eyebrows were tightly drawn together.

Self-destruction of appearance... The appearance of death is terrible... The corpse is exposed on the market...

Song Huai...is he actually such a loyal person?Didn't even leave his name, just to avoid implicating him?In vain, I still wondered with the heart of a villain whether he and the queen mother are conspiring against me, I... I am in vain!

"His Royal Highness!"

"His Royal Highness!"

Everyone saw that Zhou Ji's complexion changed drastically, his face was full of pain, and his eyes looked desperate as if he had been cut by an inch.

He dragged his heavy steps, brushed aside the crowd, and stumbled out, his strength seemed to be exhausted, leaving only a soulless body, he stepped on the horse's stirrup, and slumped on the horse's back weakly, "Drive !drive!"

Ma Tong was human, so without further ado, he carried Zhou Ji back to the palace steadily.

"What's the matter, His Royal Highness? Could it be that he can't stand the blow after hearing that the head of my uncle was dedicated to King Chen?"

"Stupid donkey! Idiot! From my point of view, His Highness the Crown Prince sent over to assassinate Yishi Chen, and the death of Wei Yan is probably a trick His Highness the Crown Prince gave to King Chen."

People chattered, and soon changed Song Huai's name from "madman" and "villain" to "righteous man", but now, they still don't know who that person is, how dare they have such great courage , but willingly disfigured and anonymous, forgotten by the world.

When Zhou Ji returned to the palace, the autumn wind was blowing and the sunset was red. He was leading an old horse and walking along the palace path.

Song Huai's death and Song Huai's righteousness have deeply shocked him. It turns out that there is really a kind of person in this world who can live purely for his promises and loyalty, regardless of other things, and can "waste" his life and courage "unscrupulously".

At least, he can't.

Or rather, no one could make him die.

As he walked, for some reason, he came to the outside of Cangwu Palace, which was the palace where his mother used to live. He never let people clean it, for fear of destroying the original harmony. Dissipated day after day until he could no longer hold on to it.

He also didn't know whether what he wanted to grasp was hatred, or the very few loves.

Mother, you left me a book before you died, let me put away remaining hatred, avoid coquettish anger, and reform myself, change my love, stop falling in love with passing water, turn back from the sea of ​​bitterness, and realize Lan Yin early, but how can I change my regrets?I hate!I really hate it!

I hate my father, I hate Song Chunyang, I hate Wei Yan, I hate this world, I hate all people and common people. In fact, I hate you the most!

You know that you are just a foot-washing maid, you know that you are a sin slave, why do you want to do everything possible to get close to the father, why do you want to give birth to me?

You know, the one who looks down on me the most is not the wife and son in the palace, but you.

"Mother, mother, why do other younger brothers can play slingshots with their father, but I want to practice swords here?" When he was young, he looked at his mother and asked timidly.

His mother had a stern face, her eyes were almost the same color as Xue's, and she didn't show any warmth at all, which made him shiver and tremble, "Because your mother is not a noble girl from Pingcheng, but a family who committed a crime and was confiscated into the palace to wash her feet. Sin slave of the servant girl, if you don’t learn well and don’t do your best in everything, what else can you use to compete with others? Who will remember your existence?”

At that time, he couldn't understand these things, so he just pouted his lips, unable to hold the sword in his hand, and begged, "Mother, I'm cold..."

"I can't stand a little bit of suffering, how can I practice swords well?" Mother shouted, took the long sword in his hand, and smashed the long sword in his hand to the ground, with his blood still on the sword.

"Mother..." he cried, there was a scratch on his wrist, and blood flowed out glaringly.

"Don't cry! If you don't practice well, just kneel here for one night!"

Tears splashed on the snow, and the warm tears melted the snow, but they couldn't melt the mother's cold and hard heart.The blood on the wrist bloomed on the pure white ground, coquettish and dazzling, full of brilliance.

Gritting his teeth, holding back his tears, he held the long sword in both hands, and began to perform clumsy and youthful moves.

"Raise your hands a little higher, limp, are you dancing?"

"Don't cry, you look like a mourner, how could your father like you?"

……

At the age of 15, he was crowned prince by the courtiers. After the canonization ceremony, he hurried back to the palace to congratulate his mother.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... .

Many times, he also secretly shed tears behind people's backs. At that time, he hoped that someone would come to comfort him, but the reality would always let him know how ridiculous his expectations were.Since I can't be the one being comforted, I should comfort others occasionally.

At that time, he still had good thoughts in his heart.

He walked over, squatted down, and asked cautiously, "little girl, why are you crying?"

"I...I...I broke the Queen's pipa string...that is her favorite...if she sees...she will definitely kill me...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

It turned out to be a trivial matter, Zhou Ji followed her back, and said gently: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the queen mother is the most talkative, I will go to plead for you, she will definitely let you go."

"Empress? You are—" the little maid panicked.

"I am His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." He raised his eyebrows and said these words briskly. After he finished speaking, he felt that he was unsteady, not dignified enough, and not in line with his mother's usual teachings, so he couldn't help scratching his head again. .

"It turned out to be His Highness the Crown Prince. This servant has seen His Highness the Crown Prince!" The little maid's expression of being saved gave Zhou Ji a sense of accomplishment.

"Let's go, let's find the queen mother." Zhou Ji pulled her up.

"Let me tell you, the queen mother is actually only four years older than me. I usually only regard her as my sister. She is the best person to speak up. No matter what I do wrong, she will protect me and speak for me , has always been soft-spoken, never swearing at others. Don't worry, with me as your guarantee, she won't do anything to you." Zhou Ji used words to ease her heart, and the prince wanted to Treating people generously, he did a good job, didn't he?

"His Royal Highness..." The little maid seemed to be about to say something.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing, this servant is just thinking how can I thank His Highness the Crown Prince if I can really escape punishment. This servant is best at making tea on weekdays, why not make a good pot of tea for His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Ah."

When they came to the palace, the queen mother hadn't come back yet, so the little maid breathed a sigh of relief and brought a pot of tea, "His Royal Highness, please wait a little longer, please drink this cup of tea first."

"She's a clever girl. That's fine." Zhou Ji smiled, feeling a sense of satisfaction in helping others, took the tea she handed over, raised his sleeve to cover his lips, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Good tea, very fragrant." While saying this, he buried his head in the crook of his arms, feeling drowsy, planning to sleep for a while.

After sleeping for a long time, he felt dizzy. When he opened his eyes, there was a burst of hissing in his ears, which made his heartstrings tense.

"Beast! You beast!"

Zhou Ji struggled to open his eyes, and saw a woman with bare breasts and breasts beside her, hugging the quilt tightly, crying very sadly, "Madam Jiang?"

"You beast! A beast that kills a thousand knives!"

Zhou Ji was startled, and realized that something was wrong, he moved his body outside, and a little cold wind was poured in, and he was shocked to realize that he was also undressed.

He opened his mouth and exhaled greedily, not knowing what to do.

The door slammed open with a bang.

"You son! How dare you set your mind on your concubine, it's really treason!" There was a sound of heavy footsteps, but it was the father, who held a knife and broke the bed with a wave of his hand, and was about to attack him.

Zhou Ji fell to the ground, his head was buzzing. The unsophisticated he hadn't realized that it was a conspiracy. Say a few nice words to open the solution.

Song Chunyang stopped Yue King's sword, "My lord, it's all the concubine's fault. If the concubine didn't invite my sister to play chess today, and if the concubine came back a little earlier today, then His Royal Highness would not mistake my sister for a concubine." ..."

"Then the one being humiliated at this moment is you!" Yue Wang said angrily, his anger rose three feet high, and instead of falling, it increased.

Even though Zhou Ji was young and ignorant, he still felt that something was wrong with what his mother said, and he was suspected of getting darker and darker, "Father, today, the minister is just visiting the queen, and he doesn't know anything else, let alone do such a thing." A behavior that disregards the principles of human relations! I hope my father and king will clearly investigate!"

"Clearly observe? I can't be more clear than you! With your appearance, how do you deserve to be the crown prince of a country? Come on, I will call all directions to abolish his crown prince!"

Zhou Ji sat there stiffly, his face was ashes, and his body was like sifting chaff.

"No!" The queen mother came in at this time, "If Ji'er's position in the East Palace is abolished at this time, wouldn't it be the same as making the scandal of the royal family public? How can I preserve the face of my royal family?"

"... Then you will be demoted to the land of Bashu, and you will not be allowed to return to the court for the rest of your life."

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I don’t know how to write the next scene, let’s start with some memories