Chapter 207: The Past
How did Qi Man and Prince Hongxi roll on the bed after the most reluctance, there must have been a lot of efforts from the emperor himself, but when Xiang Xiaoyuan saw the picture in front of him that day, he was not as angry as everyone thought. She smiled and smiled, almost without the slightest mistake, which made Prince Hongxi's face and made Qi Man, who was originally provocative and lively, have nothing to say.
Xiang Xiaoyuan personally married Qi Man for Prince Hongxi and came back.
Xiang Xiaoyuan has a hot temper, and he has an exclusive desire beyond ordinary people in emotional matters, but in the end, he is also a person who cares about the general situation. In many things, he prioritized the priorities, and only silently swallowed the taste in his heart, for the peace of the Jin Dynasty.
Prince Hongxi was calculated by his own brother, and he was very disgusted with Qi Man, and he was so committed to Xiaoyuan that he felt even more pity for his wife. Instead of being estranged over this matter, the two became more intimate. But for Qi Man, who lives in the palace, the two of them just don't have this person.
It is also that everyone underestimates the means of the princess of Southern Xinjiang, or thinks that she is just a woman, and probably can't make any waves. Who knew that the jealousy of the woman was very terrible, and Qi Man couldn't stand the disdain of her beloved, but she spoke softly to other women. The Southern Xinjiang Kingdom was already good at using witch Gu, but she actually controlled Xiang Xiaoyuan and laid an extremely terrifying Gu worm on her. I wanted to use Xiang Xiaoyuan to control Prince Hongxi, but who knew that Xiang Xiaoyuan was a fierce person, she knew that the prince of a country, the future prince could not be controlled by a woman, so she simply left by herself, she already had a magical medical skill, and wanted to find a place to solve the Gu by herself, if it didn't work, it would be good to die outside.
Fate always quietly gives people a fatal blow, and Xiang Xiaoyuan's departure turned out to be a farewell to Prince Hongxi in the end. She still didn't solve the Gu in the end, and it didn't take long for someone to come to the door with Xiang Xiaoyuan's ashes, and that person was Mr. Baqi. Although Mr. Yaqi is older than Xiang Xiaoyuan, he can be regarded as Xiang Xiaoyuan's apprentice, and Xiang Xiaoyuan lived with Mr. Yaqi in the mountains before he entered Beijing. Xiang Xiaoyuan taught her lifelong medical skills, and Mr. Baqi inherited her medical skills and recognized her as a young master.
Prince Hongxi suffered a huge blow and was about to kill Qi Man, but the Empress Dowager Yide stopped him, and Qi Man said that as long as Prince Hongxi treated him well, the 100,000 soldiers and horses in southern Xinjiang could still be lent. But he was rejected by Prince Hongxi, and he was lonely and brave, and he took Xiao Shao, who was still in infancy, to go out to quell the chaos in person, leaving only a letter, saying that this emperor's position was not suitable for him after all, but before that, since Xiang Xiaoyuan had sacrificed for the overall situation, he always had to hand over this country to the emperor safe and sound.
How the crown prince who ruled the country and leveled the world took the lead in the rebellion of the eight kings and was invincible, there is a record in the history books. It's just that one of the tragic books of the war can't be recorded, and Prince Hongxi himself has paid a lot of price, in the last battle, he has captured the enemy, but at the last moment, he was surrounded by 100,000 soldiers from southern Xinjiang who were killed halfway, and the soldiers came for him. Prince Hongxi would rather die than give in, fought to the end, and finally died under the trampling of the chaotic army. And the little prince also died in that war.
But in fact, Xiao Shao did not die, long before that, Prince Hongxi had a premonition that Southern Xinjiang was likely to come to such a thing halfway. It was he who replaced Xiao Shao out, Li Dai Tao stiffened, and it was actually another baby who followed him. The real Xiao Shao was raised in King Jinying's mansion.
Although Prince Hongxi died, the rebellion of the Eight Kings was finally quelled in a tragic way by his desperate fighting style. The emperor ascended to the throne, and the battle for this troubled era finally came to an end. When the emperor first ascended the throne, the foundation was unstable, and Prince Hongxi's few old subordinates were also sacrificed during the rebellion.
And after the emperor sat on the throne, the first thing he did was to destroy the southern frontier country that caused everything in the first place. The emaciated camels were bigger than the horses, and the princesses of the southern frontier kingdom deceived people too much, so they demanded the blood of their land and people to pay for it. The southern frontier was destroyed, but the whereabouts of the princess were not found. And the dead will not come back to life.
Time gradually passed, the country of the Great Jin Dynasty gradually settled down, the old ministers entered the soil, the new ministers entered the court, and there were very few people who could recall the tragic seizure of the heirs, and everyone seemed to have a conventional belief that the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty were handed over to the current emperor by the first emperor, there was no Prince Hongxi, and there was no Princess Yuanrong, history only recorded the winners, and the sacrificed people always passed by.
But there are always people who remember that King Jin Ying is one. King Jinying and Princess Jinying are former subordinates of Prince Hongxi, and they are more of a close friend than subordinates. Prince Hongxi made a lot of friends, was righteous, and had great kindness with King Jinying. The Jinying Palace, which has always been a part of Prince Hongxi's power. Prince Hongxi entrusted Xiao Shao to King Jinying before the accident, he did not leave Xiao Shao in the palace, and also asked King Jinying to keep the secret of Xiao Shao's life experience, perhaps because he didn't want his flesh and blood to go the same way as himself. About born in the market, but a little happier.
King Jinying and his wife are really trustworthy, and they actually say that Xiao Shao is their flesh and blood. The two did not give birth to any more children after that, and they really loved Xiao Shao.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Shao grew from a babbling child to a cold teenager, but his identity was finally exposed one day. The people of southern Xinjiang seemed to be mixed into the capital, and they seemed to be the ones who knew about the incident back then, and Xiao Shao's side gradually became more and more assassins. And the people of southern Xinjiang seem to have discovered his identity, and at the same time, the emperor finally found him.
If it weren't for the death of Prince Hongxi, the current emperor should also be inherited by Prince Hongxi. The emperor has always felt guilty for killing Xiang Xiaoyuan and his brother by his unintentional actions, and for so many years he has thought that Xiao Shao has already died, and he doesn't want to find out that the person who died is actually living under his nose, so he naturally wants to cultivate Xiao Shao as a future prince. But King Jinying is on the same page with the emperor, and King Jinying abides by his promise to Prince Hongxi, and will never let Xiao Shao's identity be exposed, nor will he let Xiao Shao return to the palace. The emperor was furious, but he was helpless, Xiao Shao didn't know his background at that time. At this time, there were rebels in the capital and thieves, so the emperor gave King Jinying a problem, and did not give him a military talisman and asked him to quell the rebellion. I thought it was to use this matter to blackmail King Jinying, I didn't want King Jinying to go out of Beijing to quell the chaos that night, he thought that the person who was a confidant died, and the husband should die as he deserved, King Jinying was also a wonderful person, in this doomed war, he finally made an emperor, and he used a secret order to mobilize Jinyiwei to make a gesture of rebellion.
King Jin Ying died on the way to quell the rebellion, but the rebellion of Jin Yiwei in Beijing was boiling, and King Jin Ying used his life to protect Xiao Shao's secret. From then on, Xiao Shao was a chaotic minister and thief, and if he wanted to enter the court, there must be many resistances, and if the emperor wanted to make arrangements, it would not be so simple. What's more, Xiao Shao himself will not be willing. And those people in southern Xinjiang who are aware of it will inevitably be confused by this matter, even if it is a short time, it is enough for Xiao Shao to grow.
Princess Jinying revealed Xiao Shao's life experience and inventory, and on the second day, she committed suicide by hanging beam and followed King Jinying. Xiao Shao suffered a great change overnight, and the famous palace became a thief overnight, and his life experience was unpredictable. King Jin Ying and his wife treat him sincerely, and they have already formed a relationship that is the same as their own flesh and blood for so many years, but they suddenly found that their own parents are different, which is not shocking to him.
Jin Yiwei has always been under the command of King Jinying's mansion, but King Jin Ying is Prince Hongxi's person. These 100,000 Jin Yiwei are not so much left to Xiao Shao by King Jinying, but rather to the people who Prince Hongxi left to Xiao Shao many years ago. It's just that before that, Xiao Shao had never accepted Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei would not obey a little master for no reason. In those short years, Xiao Shao learned the art of killer from Canaan Mountain, grew rapidly, and finally won the approval of Jinyiwei and was able to use the token of mobilizing soldiers.
And the first thing he wants to do is revenge.
The southern frontier country is like a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, although the country has long been wiped out, but the remnants of the power have repeatedly tried to make a comeback. Qi Man's old subordinates were even more ready to move, waiting for an opportunity to move towards the Dajin Dynasty. Xiao Shao repeatedly went deep into southern Xinjiang when he was young, and he found out that there seemed to be an extremely mysterious force in southern Xinjiang, which was uniting those scattered southern Xinjiang people, although it seemed inconspicuous on the surface, but one day, their purpose would face the Great Jin Dynasty.
After Xiao Shao's words were finished, Jiang Ruan looked at him quietly. From beginning to end, Xiao Shao's expression was very calm, and his long eyelashes covered his eyes, making it impossible to see his emotions clearly. It seemed that he had a habit of not revealing his thoughts, or perhaps because he had been through enough in the past years that there was nothing to easily move him to pain now.
Jiang Ruan slowly walked to his side, stretched out his hand to wrap around his waist, no matter who it was, if he could feel some warmth at this time, he would always feel good. Xiao Shao's body stiffened, seemed to tremble, and slowly reached out to cover the Rouyi she was wrapping around her waist.
"Since you don't want to enter the palace to be the emperor, and he treats you like this, why bother with the affairs of southern Xinjiang." Jiang Ruan said softly: "You want revenge, you can't let it go, can you?" ”
"He" naturally refers to the Emperor, who seems to play a very unpleasant role in the whole thing. Maybe it's because of his position, but in Jiang Ruan's opinion, among the children of the Empress Dowager Yide, Prince Hongxi and the emperor are actually not suitable for the position of the Ninth Five-Year Honor, but Princess Yuanrong is calm, but unfortunately she is a daughter. Prince Hongxi is too soft-hearted and emotional, but he is suitable for being an idle son with a free attitude. And today's emperor is like a spoiled child, although he has changed a lot over the years because he is in a high position, he is still the same in his bones, selfish and willful.
"It's something they sacrificed their lives for, and I'm going to keep it." Xiao Shao said lightly.
"They" refer to Prince Hongxi and Xiang Xiaoyuan, or King Jinying and his wife, these two couples are Xiao Shao's biological parents and Xiao Shao's adoptive parents, but they all love him the same. Xiao Shao's words are not wrong, even if he doesn't come to sit in that position by his loved ones, he always doesn't want it to decline and be occupied by outsiders.
"Do you hate him?" Jiang Ruan asked. She is talking about the emperor, if it weren't for the emperor, Xiang Xiaoyuan would not have had an accident at the beginning, and Prince Hongxi would not have been disheartened and went out to quell the chaos with the mood of burning jade. If it weren't for the emperor, Xiao Shao's life experience would always be a secret, and he might just be the prince Xiao of Jinying Palace, just a young man with a slightly cold temperament. The couple may still be alive.
"It doesn't matter." Xiao Shao replied.
Jiang Ruan's hand paused slightly, and then he also smiled: "In this way, you are somewhat similar to me, I thought I was not worthy of you, but now I also feel ......." It doesn't seem to be that bad. You once said that you hoped to help me avenge me, Ah Shao, your revenge, I also wrote it down for you. ”
When she rarely called Xiao Shao "Ah Shao" gently, Xiao Shao was stunned and whispered "um". Jiang Ruan blinked, deliberately wanting to teach him not to be so heavy and immersed in those memories, so he said, "In this case, Steward Lin is probably not an ordinary person." He is your father's...... Old subordinates? ”
"He was originally a former court." Xiao Shao said: "After my father died, he entered the Jinying Mansion as a housekeeper and kept his name incognito. ”
Jiang Ruan was surprised: "Tanhua? ”
Speaking of which, Steward Lin's original name was Lin Wei, who was originally from a poor family, and was appreciated by Prince Hongxi, who spent money to fund him to enter the Guozi Prison. Tanhualang in his youth, personable, a young man in gorgeous clothes, and a young man in fresh clothes, and he was even a confidant with Prince Hongxi at that time. Prince Hongxi entrusted Xiao Shao to King Jinying before he died, and Lin Wei's family at that time had no relatives, so he simply broke off his official career, only saying that he wanted to resign and go into hiding, but he was incognito, and even took the potion of Mr. Baqi to change his appearance, and incarnated as Steward Lin, who has been taking care of Xiao Shao. Over the years, he seems to be unreliable, but he has silently helped Xiao Shao with many things in many cases. Where King Jin Ying and his wife were negligent, Steward Lin was very cautious. He is rich and rich, but he has to pretend to be vulgar and ignorant. No one would associate this crazy, long-winded and vulgar person in front of him with the handsome Tanhualang of the previous dynasty. Steward Lin subtly taught Xiao Shao many things in his own way, such a person cannot but be said to have great benevolence and great wisdom.
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For Shenma, I must take the exam in the morning, and I feel tired like a dog....