Li Anyue smiled for a long time before stopping, "Lord Wang, do you have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

"Why did you mention him...... Shenyue Haoqing pulled her out of his arms and stared at her, the smell of vinegar filling the air.

"Don't react so much." Li Anyue silently rolled his eyes at him, "Because I think about it seriously, I don't know anything about you and want to know more about you." ”

"Do you really want to know?"

"Hmm."

Shenyue Haoqing thought about it and nodded, then hugged her and told her about herself.

is not the same as the intrigue of those palace disciples that Li Anyue thought before, Shenyue Haoqing's childhood was happy, at least much happier than other brothers and sisters who were also in the deep palace. Shenyue Haoqing's mother Concubine Xian is the eldest princess of Chen Guo, is a beautiful and gentle woman, with her sister married to Shenyue Cangting as a concubine, Shenyue Cangting is extremely fond of Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian can be said to be a collection of three thousand favors in one, Shenyue Cangting except for the daily court, after dealing with political affairs, most of the time is with Concubine Xian, for other women are ignored, even Concubine Xian's sister, who has not been named a virtuous concubine before, is extremely cold, The other concubines, led by the queen mother, were particularly hostile to Concubine Xian, but because they were favored by Shenyue Haotian, they had no choice.

"Although the mother concubine also felt that this would make the other concubines unhappy, and persuaded her father to accompany the other concubines more, but the father and the emperor have always had only one mother in his heart, so naturally he did not pamper the other concubines."

Soon, Concubine Xian became pregnant with the emperor's dragon species, and Shenyue Cangting was naturally very happy, and loved her in every way. But after Concubine Xian became pregnant, she naturally couldn't get close to Shenyue Cangting from time to time, and she felt guilty in her heart, so she tried every possible way to persuade Shenyue Cangting to pamper other concubines, and even turned him away. Shenyue Cangting had no choice, for fear of provoking her, so he no longer went to the palace every day to bother her, so that she could raise the fetus with peace of mind. When the other concubines saw this situation, they thought that Concubine Xian was no longer favored, so they gloated, and even went to speak coldly, and Concubine Xian endured it all, but then once, Concubine Xian's medicine was found in red medicine, which was the medicine that made pregnant women miscarry. Since then, the emperor has issued an order that if there is a trace of loss between the concubine and the child in her belly, she will be buried in the harem of 3,000. This order caused an uproar in the palace, and the ministers of the court also wrote to the emperor not to mislead the country because of beauty, but at this time, the Shenyue Cangting could not listen to the slightest advice, and he wanted to protect the thoughtfulness of the concubine and the unborn child. No matter what, from now on, no concubine dares to set foot in Concubine Xian's residence, and the children in Concubine Xian's belly were also born safely, two boys.

"Two boys? The prince still has a brother? Li Anyue silently counted in his heart, Shenyue Haoqing is the fourth prince, and Shenyue Haoxuan is the second prince, but the third prince has never heard of it or seen it. It seems that I have asked other palace people about this before, but they are all secretive and reluctant to mention it.

"Well, I also have a twin brother named Shenyue Haoyuan."

Shenyue Cangting is very fond of these two little princes, the two little princes not only inherited their mother's beauty, but also behaved very smart and well-behaved since childhood. The two children grew up happily under the love of their father and mother, because the Shenyue Court forbade other concubines to enter the palace of Concubine Xian, so the two children have never had contact with the children of other concubines, but because they have company, they are not bored.

Soon, nine years have passed, and the two children have grown up slowly, they look exactly the same, and they can only tell who they are by the clothes on their bodies, if the two are naughty and change their clothes, even Concubine Xian can't tell them apart. But the personalities of the two children are different, Shenyue Haoche is the elder brother, who inherited more of his mother's gentleness and kindness, while Shenyue Haoqing inherited more of Shenyue Cangting's silence, and spoke with a trace of coldness, as if he was hiding his feelings. The so-called happy families are all similar, but the unhappy families have their own misfortunes. A war broke out between the Tianyang Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom, and the Shenyue Cangting Imperial Court left the national capital in person.

"That night, my brother fell ill with a cold, and my mother was afraid that I would also be infected by my brother's disease, so she asked me to go to another room to rest, and she stayed in the room to take care of my brother. Because I have been sleeping with my brother since I was a child, I am suddenly a little unaccustomed, so I slept until midnight and woke up, going to find my mother and brother......" Shenyue Haoqing stopped as he spoke, and his voice became a little hoarse, Li Anyue knew that every time he felt uncomfortable, his voice would become a little hoarse, and he guessed that what happened next must have made him feel very uncomfortable, so he didn't urge him to continue, just silently held his hand and wanted to give him strength.

After a while, Shenyue Haoqing took a deep breath before continuing, "When I got up, I felt that the sky outside was much brighter, and I thought it was already dawn, and when I opened the door and went out to look, I saw that the room where the mother and brother were were on fire, I was startled, and my first reaction was to rush in, and I saw that the mother was lying on the side of my brother's bed, protecting my brother with one hand, and the beam in the middle fell down in front of them, I couldn't rush over, I could only shout loudly for my mother and brother, but my brother was sick and fell asleep, I couldn't hear my shout, the mother woke up after a while, and was stunned when she saw the fire around her, she wanted to hug her brother but didn't have the strength, so she waved me out, but I refused, crying while going over to pull them, and the mother quickly stopped me, at this time there were also palace people who found that the palace was on fire, and one of the relatives next to the mother rushed in to take me out, I didn't want to, so the mother said let me go outside first, and then she took my brother out, and she said to me with a smile: 'Qing'er, You go outside first and wait for the mother and brother', I could only cry and nod, and was carried out by the maid, but I watched the fire get bigger and bigger outside, engulfing the whole room, and I didn't see the mother and brother coming out of it......" Shenyue Haoqing's eyes were already full of tears, and Li Anyue was also very sad when she saw his uncomfortable appearance, but she cried before him.

Shenyue Haoqing's arms and calves were also burned by the fire, so she was taken to another room by the maid, "That maid is the maid brought by the mother concubine from Chen Guo, we usually call her Sister Yu, Sister Yu told me while giving me medicine at that time, from now on I can only live under a mask, and I can't show my face in front of others." I cried and asked why, and she said it was the only way to protect me. I asked her about her mother and brother, but she didn't speak, hugged me and cried for a while, and told me that only if I became a person that others disdained and made enemies, no one would harm me. From then on, I put on a mask and disguised myself as an ugly monster disfigured by fire. Just imagine, how can an ugly monster become the king of a country, even if he is favored by his father, he will not become a person who competes for the throne, and naturally no one will have any malicious thoughts about me. ”

When the Shenyue Cangting received the news that there was a fire in the palace and the death of Concubine Xian and the prince, they could not rush back in time when they were far away from the front line, until they drove the invading army of Qi out of the country and the two countries signed a ten-year non-aggression treaty before rushing back to the palace overnight, but even the first seven of Concubine Xian did not catch up. Shenyue Cangting was very sad, and then held a state funeral for Concubine Xian and the three princes, but it was still unspeakably painful, and he was seriously ill for more than ten days in a fit of anger, probably remembering that there was still Shenyue Haoqing, so he put away his grief and put more love on Shenyue Haoqing's body, but Shenyue Haoqing suffered a lot of pain, but during that time, he was not with Cangtian and became very withdrawn, and no one wanted to see him again except for his relatives.

"Why is there a fire? Haven't you checked this? Speaking of the fire, Li Anyue felt faintly uneasy.

"My father sent someone to investigate, but all the clues seemed to sink into the sea, and in the end, they were gone. But Sister Yu seemed to know something, but she didn't want to tell me, and she died of illness not long after. I've tried to investigate, but there's been no progress. ”

Although Shenyue Haoqing's personality has become withdrawn, Shenyue Cangting's love for him has never decreased, but has become more and more fond of him, and the other concubines also understand the stakes, so they rushed to ask the emperor to take Shenyue Haoqing as an adopted son, and even the queen mother also proposed it to the emperor. Shenyue Cangting was embarrassed, he knew that if a child did not have a mother by his side, he must lack a lot of things about maternal love in his heart, but he also knew that these women in the harem regarded their mother and son as thorns in the flesh in the past, and if Shenyue Haoqing was handed over to them, he would not be at ease in his heart.

At this time, Concubine Yuan stood up, she was still wearing a plain dress of filial piety, a hundred flowers on her head, and a pale face was still wearing mourning, but her facial features were still somewhat similar to Concubine Xian, which made Shenyue Cangting look a little lost. Concubine Yuan proposed to adopt Shenyue Haoqing for her sister, Shenyue Haoqing and this aunt have always been very close, Shenyue Cangting of course trusts this woman who is also very gentle and low-key on weekdays than other concubines, so she ordered Shenyue Haoqing to be her adopted son, and because of her gentleness and thoughtfulness, she was specially named a virtuous concubine, which may also be a kind of nostalgia for Concubine Xian.

Shenyue Haoqing grew up safely under the care of Concubine Xian, but Shenyue Cangting issued a death order to the people in the palace, and it was not allowed to mention Concubine Xian and the three princes again, and those who violated it would be killed. After learning the lessons of the past, the Shenyue Cangting later ordered a palace for Concubine Xian, and the palace maids in the palace were all allowed to enter the palace after the emperor sent people to investigate in every possible way, which is why before Li Anyue entered the Changchun Palace, Wu Yong was sent by the Shenyue Cangting to investigate his life history.