Hearing that Concubine Liang mentioned Zhou Xianyu, her words were full of pity and unbearability, Xiao Jinxuan's heart immediately tightened, knowing that she shouldn't ask more, but she still couldn't help the worry in her heart, frowned and asked slowly:

"Niangniang, what do you mean by this, His Royal Highness is a royal nobleman, he has been extremely noble since birth, plus his great military achievements, and your protection, I think there should be nothing to do, but let him worry about it."

As soon as she heard this, Concubine Liang sighed, and then slapped Xiao Jinxuan's hand twice, and the pity in the depths of her eyes became even stronger.

"What you see Jin Xuan is only the glorious side of Yu'er now, but you must not know what he experienced when he was a child. But it's no wonder, after all, that past incident is the biggest pain in Yu'er's heart, he values you so much, I don't want you to know, the other side of his weakness and helplessness. ”

Feeling Xiao Jinxuan in the palm of her hand, the warm hands of the right person are already cold, and a thin layer of sweat is oozing, Concubine Liang looked at each other, still calm face, but she knew very well in her heart that this Miss Xiao Si did not show such calmness.

And just hearing that Zhou Xianyu's past was not smooth sailing, Xiao Jinxuan's hands were already nervous, and Concubine Liang only then understood why Zhou Xianrui wanted to promote this marriage so much.

This Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianyu have a deep relationship, and they call Concubine Liang, a lady who has lived in the deep palace for a long time and has seen all kinds of things, and she can't help but be a little moved.

Immediately, Concubine Liang took a sip of tea, and did not take Xiao Jinxuan's silence to heart, so she told Zhou Xianyu's past Shanshan.

Speaking of Zhou Xianyu's past, I have to mention his biological mother Concubine Rou first.

In fact, Concubine Rou is not from the Great Zhou Kingdom, but the princess of the Great Liang Kingdom, named Huangfu Yingyue, and later the two countries formed an alliance, and the Great Liang married this princess to Emperor Ming in order to show his sincerity, which led to the later Concubine Rou.

Although Concubine Rou is the princess of Daliang, because she is not a concubine, after coming to Da Zhou, she was only divided into a third-grade concubine.

But Emperor Ming loves her very much, and it can even be said that the love of Emperor Ming's life is Concubine Rou.

At the beginning, Concubine Rou was known as the first beauty of Daliang, and after Emperor Ming saw the other party for the first time, the king of a country was completely conquered.

Even despite the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty, Emperor Ming spent a lot of manpower and material resources, before marrying Huangfu Yingyue, he artificially dug out a lake in Changping City, and named this lake after the other party, and this is the origin of Yingyue Lake today.

Later, after Huangfu Yingyue was welcomed into the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty, until she died, it was all three thousand ** love in one, and the six palaces were unmatched.

In this huge palace, she and Emperor Ming have been dependent on each other for several years, living an almost monogamous life, and this is also the happiest time for Concubine Rou, and Zhou Xianyu was born at that time.

Therefore, Zhou Xianyu's childhood was spent in the extreme love of his father and mother, and this state lasted until he was five years old, but it completely changed without warning.

Among the hundreds of kingdoms in this strife and war, the three most powerful countries, in addition to the Great Zhou and the Great Liang, are the Beirong Kingdom that stands on the snowy region.

Between countries, there has always been only eternal interests, when Zhou Xianyu was five years old, that is, in the twenty-seventh year of Emperor Ming, the Liang who was allied with the Great Zhou suddenly defected, and attacked the Great Zhou together with Beirong.

The Great Zhou was attacked by the two major countries, and there was no preparation in advance, and the city was immediately captured countless times, and the war was urgent again and again.

As the Xiao family army of the Great Zhou Tiger, it has always guarded the Beirong frontier, and it is beyond the reach of the attack of Daliang, plus the invading division of Beirong has to resist, and it is impossible to spare troops and horses to support for a while.

At this time, the Great Zhou Dynasty fell into an extreme panic, and after losing the battle with Daliang one after another, there were ministers who shirked their responsibilities and pushed all these faults on Concubine Rou's head.

And bluntly said that Huangfu Yingyue was a fine work deliberately planted by Daliang for many years, and the reason why Da Zhou was defeated like a mountain was the result of the other party's ventilation report, and asked that Concubine Rou be removed from the title rank and beheaded the sacrificial flag in front of the three armies.

Emperor Ming loved Concubine Rou, and he was a woman he deeply believed in, and he did not betray him, but as an emperor, he could do whatever he wanted.

With the abolition of Concubine Rou and the call to suppress her to the sacrificial flag, it was already the time when all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty responded, and what Emperor Ming could do was to send Concubine Rou into the cold palace, so as to alleviate the anger of the people in the government and the opposition, hoping to save the life of his beloved.

But Huangfu Yingyue, in addition to being unique in talent and appearance, is also a woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and values love and righteousness.

And now she has become the princess of the enemy country of the Great Zhou, but Emperor Ming still believes in her, and tries her best to stay together, Huangfu Yingyue is moved, but also does not want her beloved husband to compete with the Manchu Dynasty for her.

Therefore, Concubine Rou was in the cold palace, forced to die, forcing Emperor Ming to release her, and then she came to the top of the imperial city, stood on the city gate, and said goodbye to Emperor Ming one by one, and jumped off the city wall with a smile.

And Zhou Xianyu, who was only five years old at the time, hurried to the city gate after learning that his mother was in danger, and he witnessed the scene of Concubine Rou jumping off the city tower.

Crying and running to Concubine Rou's side, Huangfu Yingyue, who was already dying, was reluctant to say goodbye to Zhou Xianyu, and closed his eyes with tears in the corners of his eyes, and died.

At that time, Emperor Ming and Zhou Xianyu, the father and son, felt that the sky had fallen, especially the young Zhou Xianyu, who was in the palace, had nightmares, and his originally lively and active personality also became timid and wooden.

As for Emperor Ming, the loss of his beloved, full of anger made him decide to drive the expedition in person, for three years, countless small countries were also swept into the war of the three major countries, and finally the Great Zhou lost two cities, and finally with the natural danger, the army of Daliang was dragged to death.

On the side of the Xiao family's army, as the war with the Beirong Kingdom gradually gained the upper hand, a steady stream of troops began to push to the battlefield on the side of Daliang.

It was only at this time that the war reached a stalemate, and Emperor Ming saw that the situation was stable, so he returned to Changping from the front battlefield.

The three-year campaign has offset Emperor Ming's thoughts about Huangfu Yingyue a lot, but as the most injured Zhou Xianyu in this tragedy, he suffered the bullying and insults of the harem concubines and the palace eunuchs during the time when the mother concubine died and the Ming Emperor left the palace.

A child does have no grudges or enmity with anyone, but who made his biological mother the only concubine in the harem for many years.

Those concubines who spent their years because of this, but were not gracious, naturally vented all their jealousy and hatred on Zhou Xianyu's body.

During that time, although Zhou Xianyu was a prince, he lived a life that was inferior to pigs and dogs.

Not only was he forcibly dragged out of the palace and lived in a ruined palace with broken walls and tiles, but the original life of fine clothes and jade food was replaced by pig food and rags.

Not counting the hardships in life, his body and mind were also bullied and humiliated during that time, especially those young concubines who were of low rank and had no hope of being ** in their lives.

In the three years that Emperor Ming left the palace, he had to beat and insult Zhou Xianyu almost every day to have fun and vent his anger.

Not only did they throw Zhou Xianyu into the chiseled ice water lotus pond for 39 days, but they also forcibly pulled off all the clothes on each other's bodies on snowy days, so that the young Zhou Xianyu lay on the broken grass mat, frozen and stiff and purple.

And Zhou Xianyu for these, from the beginning of the crying and panic, to the later silent endurance, in fact, at that time, his heart was also undergoing distorted changes.

Now Zhou Xianyu hates women, even to the point of avoiding snakes and scorpions, which is inseparable from this painful experience when he was young.

And when Emperor Ming came back, he saw that his favorite child had been so abused, and in his anger, he almost washed nearly half of the harem in blood, as long as it was Zhou Xianyu who pointed it out, Emperor Ming would not hesitate to execute the other party.

Zhou Xianyu, who was only eight years old at the time, stretched out his fingers and looked at the concubines who were pointed out by him and begged for mercy in horror.

At that time, he made up his mind that he would work hard to become stronger in this life, not let anyone control his fate, and he would also use his ability to protect all the people he cared about from harm.

A full hour has passed, and Concubine Liang will also show Zhou Xianyu, and the most unbearable past is all over.

Looking at Xiao Jinxuan, who was sitting opposite her, her brows already locked in one place, Concubine Liang smiled helplessly, and then said:

"Do you know, at that time, the emperor gathered all the concubines together, and the people who were ordered by the royal child would never be able to live, and in the end, this child stretched out his hand and pointed at me, and the palace was really frightened by him at that time, and his whole body trembled."

Xiao Jinxuan, who was embarrassed because of Zhou Xianyu's tragic experience, glanced at Concubine Liang in surprise when she heard this, and then thought for a while, she said with speculation:

"His Royal Highness, now so filial piety to you, I think his designation is not because you have abused and humiliated him, Jinxuan feels that when the king is young, he will be raised by his mother under his knees, even if this decision is the last consent of Emperor Ming, but I am afraid that it is inseparable from His Royal Highness itself, do you have the grace to save him when he is in trouble."

Xiao Jinxuan is not a sentimental person, but Zhou Xianyu is the person she cares about, and what happened to the other party is so similar to when she was in Meizhuang in her previous life, even more miserable than the abuse she suffered.

For a while, the past in my heart has been hooked up, and people who have not experienced the misery of childhood cannot understand the pain.

Therefore, under empathy, Xiao Jinxuan felt very uncomfortable, not only feeling sorry for Zhou Xianyu, but also sad for her bumpy fate.

And Concubine Liang saw Xiao Jinxuan, just thinking about it, she broke the truth of the matter back then, and immediately Concubine Liang liked her a little more, and felt that the other party was not only stable, but also very smart.

"Yes, Jinxuan, you guessed right, when Yu'er was in trouble, I wasn't even a concubine, just a little concubine, although I pity him, but I don't have the ability to shelter Yu'er, so I gave him when I was free, and quietly sent some dry food to eat, but I didn't expect this child to keep this little bit of kindness in my heart, and my current position as the fourth concubine, others say that I am expected to be, and the saint is only divided, but in fact, this palace knows in my heart that this position is actually obtained by Yu'er for me."