When I met as a child (Qin Zhi) 1
The chilly wind blew through the lonely air, rolling up lonely fallen leaves, and the blue sky hung low.
In the sky, it was the high and desolate long chant of the goshawk, which resounded in the sky heartbreakingly, and under the Xiao wall, the small and lonely figure seemed to be a lonely bird in the group, looking back, there was only a few outlines of Xiao Ran.
The five-year-old Seventh Prince dragged his dirty body mixed with blood, stretched out his bloodstained hand to hold on to the palace wall, and slowly walked towards a ruined cold palace.
Although the name of Yinghua Hall is good, it has not left him a little happiness, from birth to the present, he is destined to be reduced to other people's playthings, from the beginning he can not expect himself to live a little better, a little better.
The palace is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones.
Every day, every corner is constantly playing out cruel stories of cannibalism.
Everyone who lives here must maintain a clear head, a quick response, a dark scheming, and even pretend to be crazy and stupid. Otherwise, the next moment, you will become a nail in the eyes of others and eat in your mouth.
The door of the Yinghua Hall was gently pushed open, and the hall was quiet, as if entering a no-man's land.
The small figure avoided some obvious places, walked towards a small courtyard, and entered a hut.
It didn't take long for his dirty body to be cleaned up, and even his clothes were changed, and the rough cloth grinded against the simply treated wound, and a slight stinging pain came from the wound, penetrating the bones.
After hissing a few times, the Seven Princes grinned on their beautiful lips and showed a beautiful smile, which made the world darkly discolored.
The beauty of the Seven Princes is a legend in this harem, not like the emperor, let alone his biological concubine.
When the dynasty has not established a throne, the eldest prince is the greatest authority in the harem, and the most noble among the princes, but this son is not from the queen, but is the emperor's favorite concubine.
But Concubine De's limelight has long overshadowed the lord of the harem, and there is a faint upward trend, and even with it, the eldest prince is higher than the three princes of the queen.
In this harem, there is no one with the least status than this Concubine She, who is almost like being beaten into the cold palace.
So even the seven princes were treated unfairly, obviously they were smooth and smooth until the age of four, and his mother and concubine also sat on the concubine throne well, but now she ended up like a deposed concubine.
The fate of this mother and son is not one of them.
Like them, the harem has long been flooded.
In this harem without sympathy, their lives are more difficult and painful than they imagined.
For many days and nights, Concubine She thought about dying, and for the sake of her children, she couldn't give up on herself. No longer soft-hearted, no longer preserving her pure heart.
If you want to live in such a place, you must have the means, and your heart must be ruthless enough.
In order to survive, they can throw away anything.
Concubine She found out that her son had been too long, and she would not have delayed it for so long, could it ......
Concubine She, who was sitting in the hall, suddenly felt flustered, feeling that something cold was flowing through her heart, the child was almost killed by the eldest prince when she was four years old, if she hadn't been one step earlier, she was afraid of ......
Now the emperor no longer cares about their mother and son, and lets them be cheap.
"Mother."
It was when Concubine She was panicked and couldn't help herself, she only heard her son's low voice from outside the hall.
Although the Seventh Prince had already cleaned himself up, there were still a lot of bruises on his beautiful face, and there were many new wounds on the corners of his mouth, and a fishy smell could be faintly smelled from his body.
Concubine She's nose was sore, and she hugged the child with red eyes, and the child was held firmly, and she couldn't help but snort cold.
The force was too great, and the wounds on his body hurt.
"My poor deacon, it's all the fault of the mother, it's the mother's concubine who harmed you like this, the mother's concubine is useless......"
If it weren't for her kind thoughts, how could this child suffer so much?
Now that their mother and son have been beaten into such a cold palace, how can they turn over again? It's impossible to hope for.
"The Mother ......"
"Deacon, the concubine won't let others bully you anymore, absolutely not."
"I can take good care of myself, and my mother is not sad." The small palm gently wraps around the adult's back, gently soothing.
Now his only obsession is the mother concubine in front of him, the mother concubine has suffered a lot for him, and when she was four years old, she almost lost her life for him.
Because of that serious injury, his body is not as good as day by day
Tang was tormented for the rest of his life.
"Let the concubine take a look," Concubine She choked, gently letting go of the Seventh Prince and turning his body.
"I'm fine," the pale little face showed a soft smile, and in order to reassure Concubine She, he deliberately took a few steps.
Concubine She secretly wiped her tears, where would she let him torture herself again, "Don't move, let the concubine take a look." ”
Concubine She's health is not very good, but compared to her son, she is already excellent.
Look at the Seventh Prince again, Concubine She has even blocked her throat, and she can't go up or down.
Seeing that Concubine She was about to cry again, her little hand stretched out her hand, and there was still a smell of blood on it, but this hand was extremely clean, and even his smile was clean and gentle.
Ever since he was four years old, this smile has been following the child, whether it is painful or sweet.
Concubine She's heart ached, and she secretly vowed to let her son walk to another height again, so that he could stand in front of people again, instead of hiding in a dark corner and licking his wounds all day long at a young age.
There are many big and small wounds on the body of the Seven Princes, old and new.
failed to turn Concubine She, the Seventh Prince had no choice but to let her pull his clothes, crying and giving him superior medicine. He knew that in order to ask for this bottle of medicine, his mother did something that even the lowly slaves had never done, and knelt down to beg those eunuchs who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and even some lowly palace maids did not treat his mother as a concubine.
In the evening, the Seventh Prince still had a high fever.
Maybe it's because the willpower is too strong, and the high fever goes away quickly, but it can surprise Concubine She enough.
Near, she was about to lose her son again.
Some people's eyes and words can put their mother and son to death.
The emperor of the previous dynasty seems to have long forgotten the existence of their mother and son, and the Yinghua Palace is not a cold palace, but it is more chilling than the cold palace.
As long as you pass through this place, even the bones are soaked in the cold, such a place, although unknown.
The Seventh Prince can still have the posture of going to the study, but there is a shortage of daily necessities, which is inferior to ordinary minions.
The body was still a little hot, but the seventh prince still insisted on going to the study, and Concubine She persuaded her several times but still couldn't persuade her.
With such an identity, there is no reason for him to be sick.
He will not be rescued when he suffers, there will be no doctor to see him when he is sick, there will be no food and clothing, and no one will send him, and he can only get some cheap things from those princes in normal times, but it is such a simple thing, he must exchange it for a great price.
Just like now, in order to get a steamed bun for his mother, he secretly hid it in his arms.
But it was still discovered, such a steamed bun is not worth fighting at all.
The eldest prince couldn't get used to it, and called on the princes and eunuchs around him to insult, and sometimes he was used as a live target for them to shoot, and accidentally injured him, and there would be laughter from the side. He is like a plaything in the eyes of the princes, he can kick and beat as much as he wants, he is really not as good as a cheap slave.
And these are not the most excessive, forcing him to drink human urine, being stepped into the mud is even more common, let him learn to bark as a dog, and ride him as a horse...... There are many strange tricks, which tortures him almost every day, and as time goes by, he can completely let go of it, and the dark things in his heart become more and more courageous.
He hated, hated the father who watched coldly in the previous dynasty, and he used to think that he could do his best to get his approval and let him see himself.
Once, however, he was whipped by the great prince, and the high emperor passed by with a lukewarm word and left.
"It's useless, it's my child."
Is such a ruthless emperor the father he wants to please? How could that cold-blooded man be his father.
Useless?
Then he will show you useful, and let you see whether Qin Zhi is useful or wasted.
With the torture of the eldest prince, his heart became more and more stoic, the smile on his face became more and more gentle, and the eldest prince hated to see this clean smile more and more.
No matter how much the eldest prince smeared, he couldn't erase this clean smile.
He didn't die, but he continued to be tortured.
One day the eldest prince will no longer beat him and humiliate him, that is a miracle.
"Big brother, this waste, just secretly hid a steamed bun again, his useless mother even has to eat for her son, both of them are waste."
The second prince relied on himself to be close to the eldest prince, and his speech was extremely ugly and sarcastic.
The eldest prince and the second prince are about the same age, and their mothers and concubines are close to each other, so they are in the same party.
Therefore, what the eldest prince does, the second prince must follow.
Over time, they took pleasure in bullying this seventh brother every day.
When the eldest prince heard this, he couldn't help but hook his lips and smile, and looked at the clean face of the seventh prince, his face sank at the moment, and he shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, the seventh prince is stealing, and you should quickly teach this prince a hard lesson, so as not to make the same mistake in the future." ”
The eldest prince gave an order, and the *** next to him immediately stepped forward to hold down the seventh prince, and the second prince took the short whip soaked in salt water handed over by the eldest prince, and used his nursing strength to whip the seventh prince who was pressed to the ground.
With a whip, the salt water soaked into the flesh, causing extreme pain.
But the child who was pressed to the ground had a strange gentle smile on his face when the whip was whipped down, and the more it hurt, the more gentle it became.
The eldest prince has been frightened by the smile of the Seventh Emperor for the first time, and at that time last year, he almost killed this Seventh Emperor brother. At that time, the Seventh Emperor Brother was frightened because of this smile, and now every time I see this imperial brother's smile, I will unconsciously think of ghosts and gloomy ones.
The eldest prince immediately became angry, snatched the whip from the second prince, and slapped him fiercely where his skin and flesh turned red.
Whip after whip, and the flesh and blood behind him were already blurred.
Almost every few days, he had to suffer from flesh and skin.
Today seemed to have passed a little, and his forehead sweat kept coming out, but his pale little face still maintained his sinister smile, so clean that it didn't seem to be stained with any impurities.
All the qiē around him are gloomy and there is no light.
When the eldest prince was panting, he spat at him hatefully and left arrogantly.
And the three steamed buns he stuffed in his arms were finally saved, perhaps because his smile was too frightening, so even the eldest prince began to feel terrified.
When the eldest prince left, he couldn't help but speed up the pace of his feet.
In the huge space, only a bloody body lay there quietly, and there was still breath.
Each time, he was beaten half to death before he stopped.
But each time, he did not allow himself to die.
How much stoic does a five-year-old have to endure the pain and torture, and his body has already begun to break down.
In the distance of the child, there was a child who was the same as him, compared to the Seventh Prince lying on the ground, the child was much more energetic.
He pursed his lips and ran to him with a few bottles of good medicine, trying to reach out to help the weak child, but found that he didn't know how to help the person up.
Then another child ran out from behind and whispered to the man on the ground, "Are you alright?" ”
Where does he look like he's fine?
But the precocious Seventh Prince could only laugh, and even lost the strength to speak.
"My name is Fan Yao, and I won't hit your ......," the last child whispered with some fear.
Because of the appearance of the child on the ground, even adults will be shocked when they see it, let alone a child who is also four or five years old.
The first child to come was a little heavier than Fan Miao, but he was still too frightened by the bloody man in front of him to speak.
"I, I have some medicine here, I stole it from home, I, we'll put a wound on you." He automatically counted Fan Yu next to him in it.
This child is the sister-in-law of the Shen family, Shen Xian.
The man on the ground blinked, smiled and thanked, "Thank you, I will remember you." ”
When Shen Xian saw him stretch out his bloodstained hand, he couldn't help but shrink back, almost shaking off the medicine bottle in his hand.
seemed to see through his fear, and the person who couldn't get up on the ground smiled gently, it was good that he didn't laugh, and the smile made the two people squatting in front of him scared.
The hand still took the medicine in Shen Xian's hand with difficulty, and then smoked the cold air, and slowly crawled out a few steps, his face was already pale as if he had been coated with a layer of white powder.
Fan Yu hesitated, and finally reached out to help him gently, but the child's strength was not enough at all, and the people on the ground almost fainted in pain.
After trying a few times, Fan Yu raised his quiet eyes and looked at Shen Xian next to him, "Come and help him." ”
Shen Xian suddenly came back to his senses at this time, and it took a long time to step forward and grab his other intact arm.
The child who was lifted up was placed between the two, although he was numb and painful all over
It was he who gritted his teeth, but with a smile on his face, he thanked the two of them: "Thank you." ”
The Seven Princes are obviously much more mature than these two children, and both his patience and behavior reveal a calmness that does not match his age.
"You can put me in a safe place, and the place behind is not something you can go through, so as not to make the eldest prince hold a grudge, but I am afraid that you will suffer."
Speaking of which, among the three people, the youngest is still the Seventh Prince, but the things that come out of his appearance are all mature.
When the two children heard his words, they were a little frightened.
Because the eldest prince's tortured appearance was really terrifying, but compared to the terrible appearance of the eldest prince, they found that the smile of the seventh prince was more uncomfortable for them, and after looking at that smile for a long time, they would feel chills all over their bodies.
said that he was afraid of the eldest prince, but it was better to be afraid of the smile of the seventh prince.
Obviously stained with bright red blood, but with a clean and dusty smile on his face all the time, such a child is not said to be another child, even adults will feel weird and terrifying.
Shen Xian and Fan Xian really listened to his words, and left him in a remote place according to his wishes.
The Seventh Prince leaned against the cold wall and slowly fell asleep, or it was correct that he was unconscious.
No matter how powerful it is, it's a child, and even adults may not be able to resist it.
In a coma, the corners of his mouth are used to raising a good-looking arc, as if he needs his disguise to save his life in his dreams, and it reminds him that he can't relax, once he loosens, it will be a fatal thing.
In his dream, he was awakened by a movement.
The child's gentle black eyes opened without warning, although there was no sharp color, only gentleness, but at that moment, it made people have the illusion of being in an ice kiln.
Concubine She wiped her red and swollen eyes, almost blinding her eyes from crying for her son.
"The Mother ......"
His voice was almost inaudible, but Concubine She felt that she heard it, and the tears in her eyes fell loudly, and she could almost use it to wash her face.
Lying on the simple cold couch, a gentle smile appeared on his face, "Mother, my son is fine," the voice was still inaudible.
Concubine She cried even more, "Don't speak, hurry up and heal the injuries on your body, and the mother concubine will go to the emperor and beg him to give you a few days of leave, and give you a ...... imperial doctor."
The little hand tightly grasped Concubine She, who was about to get up and beg the emperor, and the child smiled and shook his head, "Don't beg him, mother, the child can do it." I'll get better soon, so, don't go ......"
He almost shouted, barely audible.
Concubine She looked at it, almost collapsed, pressed the blockage of her throat, and her voice with a crying tone was almost inaudible, but she said words to comfort him, "Okay, the mother concubine will not go, the mother concubine will not go...... You're going to get better, are you hungry? The concubine made you some porridge. ”
Enduring the pain on his body, the Seventh Prince nodded, and subconsciously didn't ask where the rice came from.
The mother will always have her way, but ......
The Seventh Prince, who had drunk the porridge, fell asleep again, and Concubine She couldn't hold back herself anymore, so she ran outside the hall and cried loudly.
Deacon is also his son, why, why do you treat them like this?
Let them live like this, let a child suffer these pains.
Concubine She is unwilling, she wants revenge, she wants them to see that she Concubine She is not so easy to mess with.
As if thinking of something, Concubine She squinted her resentful eyes, pinched her pale hands, and left quickly in one direction with great determination.
In a drowsy state, the Seven Princes woke up from their sleep, woke up from the nightmare several times and fell into a weak sleep, and so on until dawn, he moved his aching body weakly, and then looked for the figure of the concubine in the palace, and found that the concubine who was supposed to be in the palace was gone.
The drowsiness of the Seventh Prince seemed to wake up all of a sudden, and he remembered what Concubine She said last night in a daze, and his heart jumped.
"Mother concubine......" The hoarse voice couldn't be far at all, and she could only drag her throbbing body out of the hall step by step.