Chapter 162: King Qi's Past
After all, who would go to great lengths to cling to a concubine who is not favored? It's not those concubines who are not favored and can't give birth to children, in order to chat about the boring life in the harem, they talk in groups of three or two from time to time......
After all, in their eyes, although Concubine Wen is not favored, she also has a son by her side, and she will not be miserable in the second half of her life.
But even so, Concubine Wen's life is not much easier than theirs.
Since King Qi was sensible, he knew that he was different from others, and he was also different from King Liang and others. Although he was canonized as a prince by Emperor Chengwu because of his identity, his treatment has not changed much......
He has known how to hide his emotions since he was a child, and as long as he doesn't show it, he or his mother can be safe.
He clearly recognized this when he was a child.
At that time, he was really in a dilemma, his mother was not favored, and he was not valued by Emperor Wu, although he was a prince, but he was less than the top, more than the bottom.
And when he was a child, he didn't know what it was called, he had always been the same as King Liang in riding and shooting, but in terms of academics, he had great talent, and Mr. at that time had been praising him, which made his self-esteem when he was a child greatly satisfied.
But this, in the eyes of others, is an eyesore. At that time, King Liang, although he was still young, already had careful thoughts in his heart, although he was not as good as King Qi, who was a few years younger than him in his studies, he was very happy for King Qi on the surface, but he was already resentful in his heart.
But on the surface, he pretended to be a brother and a brother, and in this way, he fell into the trap of family affection that he had woven unsuspectingly.
On that occasion, when Mr. arranged for each of them to go back and write an article, because of the kindness shown by King Liang, he believed it, and told him all the experience of the article he had written, but the next day, Mr. called his father and criticized him fiercely in front of him, saying that he was not right-minded and the article he had done was very rebellious.
At that time, he didn't know what was going on, and because he couldn't stand the wrongful and innocent abuse, it was convenient for Mr. to argue, and he was scolded by Emperor Chengwu, saying that he did not respect the teacher.
But he was very aggrieved at that time, and he did not back down at all.
And when Mr. saw that he was so stubborn, he handed over "his" article to Emperor Cheng Wu and let him look at it, but he didn't expect Emperor Cheng Wu to see it, he was even more angry, and tore up "his" article, and let him slap him, scolding him for being narrow-minded, and having all kinds of words, if it wasn't for King Liang's intercession, I am afraid that I will wait for more than confinement in the future.
At that moment, in addition to the confusion, grievances, and anger about this matter, I also felt warm that King Liang could come out to intercede for him at that time.
But later, he knew the truth at that time.
It turned out that everything was done by King Liang, and it was he who secretly changed his articles, took his articles as his own, and privately told Mr. about his experience in the articles, but those were all inquired about by him from his side.
And his own article was prepared by King Liang at the beginning, in order to frame him, and he deliberately came out as a good person, put himself on the moral high ground, and pretended to intercede for himself, in fact, everything was arranged by him.
At that time, he knew that he wanted to question, but so what? He's no longer a child of a few years old, and, even if he does, who would believe it? After all, King Liang at that time was already a favored prince, and his mother was also favored.
As an unfavored and powerful prince, what do you do to fight for King Liang, maybe it will attract his jealousy as before, but let yourself fall into a predicament......
After all, the King of Liang at that time was not big, and the means could be so vicious, although the means were not clever and immature, but today's King Liang is definitely not comparable at that time.
If King Liang was a cunning fox when he was a child, then now he is a python full of poison, with just a light bite, it can make people highly poisonous, and there is no way to live.
Therefore, King Qi, who "grew up overnight", is even more likely to hide his thoughts, not letting others know his true thoughts in his heart, and showing that he is not interested in that position.
Of course, at first, his brothers didn't believe it, because they didn't think he could be so indifferent, after all, that position represented the supreme power, the man of man
Later, he finally tried to make himself a "transparent person" among all his brothers, and when others thought of him, they knew that he was a prince who was not a prince, and he seemed to be detached from the world, and he did not touch any mundane things.
Gradually, he also felt that he was like this, because wasn't his mother the same? He is the son of Concubine Wen, so shouldn't his biological mother who follows him be like this?
Just when he was spending his time in a daze, Xin Yan's appearance broke the "real" atmosphere he had always created for himself.
She awakened her true self with her own hands, and he didn't care about anything like that.
It's not that he is obviously good at school, but he has to pretend that it is difficult to understand what Mr. is saying.
He obviously wants to be taken seriously, but he has to pretend that he is indifferent to his feelings.
He clearly wants to do what he wants to do, but he wants to refuse.
He obviously didn't want to see the disgusting faces of their brothers, but he wanted to follow them to make a scene, this was not him, not his original appearance.
The last thing he wants is that he is powerless to protect the person he loves, and sees his biological mother being ridiculed by other women, and she can only sit and laugh with her.
He has a sincere heart, wants to make a career, and wants others to remember him......
The appearance of Xin Yan made his dusty self burn again.
King Qi still couldn't believe it, at that time, he still scoffed at Xin Yan's letter, and thought it was some kind of deceptive thing or someone's prank, but Xin Yan showed him the ability to believe it.
He is such a cautious person, and because of a few short letter exchanges, he will fall into it out of control, which makes King Qi feel too ridiculous when he thinks about it now. If it's a trap, then he may be doomed.
But the possibility of a belt type is quite remote. If Xin Yan didn't show enough strength, King Qi would never believe it, and besides, King Qi was not a stupid person, so how could he not think of these possible traps?
However, in the subsequent conversation, King Qi really found that Xin Yan's insight and her mind were definitely beyond the reach of others. What's more, it's like a deep pool, making it impossible to see the depths.
It's like she asked him to avoid his edge, deliberately pretending to ignore the government and politics as before, but in fact, she secretly planned to plump herself up.
Moreover, he also passed on a lot of news to him, so that he could grasp some unknown news.
But King Qi is still puzzled why Xin Yan chose himself as the person he assisted. Why is it not suitable for King Liang, King Rui, King Xiang, or even King Jing...... Why is it him, a prince who was born low, far away from the court, and is not favored.
This doubt has always existed in his heart, and he wants to know it from his mouth one day.
And King Qi felt that now was the time.
King Qi stared at Xin Yan, the woman in front of him was dressed in a plain and elegant dress, with only a white hosta pinned to her hair, her skin was white and beautiful, and people who didn't know it would think that this woman was a young lady.
King Qi said with a smile: "Speaking of which, this is the first time this king has met the two of you alone, although we have known each other for a long time, but we have not seen each other's true faces, it is really unbelievable!" ”
Xin Yan raised his eyebrows: "His Royal Highness King Qi said so, it seems to be the same." It's hard to believe what it's like today. ”
Who can believe that the two have communicated countless times in letters, that is, they have understood each other's thoughts and people, but they have never even seen each other, so they can be so heart-to-heart and plan great things together, I am afraid that there are few people throughout the ages.
"Originally, Xin Yan would take some time to meet His Highness, but now although it is advanced, the plan between you and me has not changed, and His Highness does not need to worry......"
King Qi said frankly: "Miss Xin's work, I am naturally relieved!" ”
Xin Yan noticed that King Qi's self-proclaimed name had changed, and knew that he was also making his position clear now, treating her as his own, not as a prince, but as Song Yi.
Since this is the case, Xin Yan will not live up to his kindness.
"Your Highness can believe in Xin Yan so much, how could Xin Yan "disappoint His Highness?" Your Highness doesn't need to be polite, just call me by name. ”
"Since you say so, I'm not welcome. However, I have always had a question in my heart, I wonder if you can answer it for me? ”
Xin Yan said: "Your Highness, please speak." ”
King Qi paused and said, "I haven't understood all along, why did you choose me?" Why me? ”
Xin Yan looked directly at King Qi's eyes, she understood King Qi's thoughts, he wanted to know the reason, to know a reason that had been bothering him for many years!
Xin Yan smiled: "Is this answer important to His Highness?" ”
"Yes!" The unhesitating answer gave Xin Yan a glimpse of King Qi's determination, which was a little different from the past.
"If you really want to say the reason, it is probably that Your Highness has a relationship with me." Xin Yan said.
King Qi was puzzled: "What is the word fate?" Obviously, this answer made King Qi not satisfied, what he wanted to know was not such a vague answer.