Since the gentle girl disappeared from the prince's side, the prince has never been seen smiling. He is an introverted and stubborn person, and even if the pain deposited in his heart is more and more painful, he will not expose it to the outside. Smiling with that girl, making noise together, sitting barefoot in the small pavilion by the mirror lake, snuggling together in the evening, watching the lights of the town go out. However, since the girl left, there was no expression on his face, as if the woman had taken his soul away, and now all that was left was an empty shell.

But after meeting that foolish guy, the prince's smile gradually increased, although it was only like a twitch of his facial muscles, but from the corners of his mouth that he tried to raise it, I could tell that he was indeed laughing, even if sometimes the stupid big grandstanding clown-like behavior was not funny at all.

I remember that on the first day that man first came, several guerrilla generals who had already known that this guy who dared to treat the Seventh Prince as a fool were punished here and deliberately came to the barracks to have fun with him, but before he could make a move, he was thrown into the dung pit one by one like chickens. He's such an open-mouthed guy.,But.... It's still clever, sometimes it's a good thing to be clever, but people who are too clever don't live long.

"It's great," Xiao Rang, who was dressed in green clothes, threw the armor in his hand that marked the identity of the guerrilla general to the ground, and stared coldly at the person standing there making nonsense, "I don't know if you want to buy my account?" ”

"You..." The stupid big eyes that were about to get angry suddenly froze when they touched the helmet, and they pointed cautiously as if they couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd: "You... want to let me out?" ”

"There are no idle people here." I replied coldly, turned around and walked away, not looking at him again. Unexpectedly, the next moment he took a salted duck and came to me to set it closely, saying that I am really a living Bodhisattva who went down to save people from suffering, and said that there are a lot of adults who did not care about him, otherwise he will definitely have to clean the pit for a lifetime, and finally said that only I am the head of the horse is Zhan to worship me, and so on, etc., his whole person belongs to the kind of short-sighted guy, listening to him patting his ass is like being poured into a bowl of porridge mixed with half a pound of sand, I really don't know where he learned this. When I told him that there would only be two people who would look forward to the future, that is, the prince and the emperor. He complained to me with a bitter face, saying that the young man in the white robe was too fierce and he was a little scared, so I immediately glared: "Do you still want to clean the latrine?" Hearing my threat, he immediately shut up. This kind of guy, in my opinion, has brute strength all over his body, and nothing else, I really don't know what the prince likes about him. As much as I really want this guy to stay here all the time, it's not enough for the sake of him being a pretty heavy meat shield, so I can only let this not very reliable guy return to the team.

Even though I was an old acquaintance with Lord Liang of the household department, when I saw him again, I still found that he was a little uneasy. I don't know if it's because I'm too preoccupied, I always feel that at least half of the people in that alley are staring at us. After noticing the sharp gazes that seemed to have swept past here as if nothing had happened, the beads of sweat on Lord Liang's forehead fell straight down like those of a man who had been stuffed into a room with a few charcoal braziers burning on dog days. Although he is not a military attaché, it is really rare for him to be scared to such an extent. Almost instantly, I understood his hardship, how could other people put the eyeliner around him have to take into account his identity as a member of the household department from Yipin, but if those people were sent by the emperor, it would not be so easy to send away, you know, he, who was in charge of grain, was promoted from Yipin or from a small squire by the emperor, maybe it was because he saw that this person was loyal and honest in the position of squire for more than ten years, and he would not be promoted early. Maybe he didn't want to see a person who could remember the account books buried in the pile of official documents, or maybe it was just because he lacked a good ear in his hand to report his every move to him regularly, in short, if it weren't for the emperor's golden words, he would probably still be doing a small bookkeeping under the fat head and big ears of the boss.

"Lord Xiao, you have hurt me," Lord Liang lowered his voice insincerely, and suddenly spilled a little full of water when he picked up the teacup, and at the moment when the little two who stayed aside didn't notice anything unusual, he quickly erased a few words on the table.

I quietly picked up the teacup and tasted it, although I didn't know what kind of tea this was, but as long as I looked at the blue water, the faint aroma of Tingting, and the sweetness and bitterness of the entrance, I sneered in my heart, it was really a big deal, probably this tea was also a tribute taken out of the palace in a hurry, how could the tea stall of an ordinary small household get such a good tea to entertain guests, maybe the people on this street moved out of the palace, just because they were the people around the Seven Princes, Just because the prince had to take the tiger talisman that I don't know how many people envy this time, just because the emperor still can't rest assured of him! The man who comes back from the battlefield with a scar every time, can't find even a trace of family affection in the eyes of these people? Seeing this, the pain in his heart was probably ten thousand times more painful than those deep and bone-deep wounds.

"Good tea, really good tea, to be honest, I've never drunk such a good tea." I smiled and stared at the floating leaf, as if I didn't know Liang at all, although I knew that this little trick could not fool anyone at all.

"You already know everything?" Halfway through the writing, Lord Liang suddenly cut off his words: "I'm here to ask for food and grass." ”

"This...," Lord Liang's face now looks more like a half-ripe bitter gourd, "There is a fixed amount of grain and grass allocated from above, and it is said that there will be two months of grain for the army of 100,000 people, no matter how much, no matter how much, I have no problem, you don't know, I still have ...

"Besides," Lord Liang seemed to let go, "I heard that you haven't taken a step forward for so long?" This is not the style of the seventh master, I heard that there are already several old ministers who want to join him, you and I are also old friends, if it wasn't for the seventh master's action, my wife Xiaozao was imprisoned and froze to death, although I can't help you this time, but if I wake up, I just want to fight for this life, the army will be pulled out quickly, if the emperor is really angry, and then there are those who usually look at him and are not used to slandering, the seventh master will really ・・・・・・ this time"

"What do you really want?" A heavy voice walked out of a nearby shop with a hint of disdain, and when he trembled and touched the face that was not angry but mighty with his eyes, Lord Liang knelt down as if he had suddenly made a swing, "Your Majesty,"

"Get up, look at your useless look," the man in only a gorgeous silk shirt showed even more disdain at the moment, if it weren't for the fact that the guy who was crawling at his feet had always been obedient, he would have had this guy who almost shook his old bottom out of prison a long time ago.

"Don't get out of here!" The foreman of the guards who followed the emperor snorted roughly, and several guards in civilian clothes immediately came over and carried Lord Liang out.

"You're that Xiao Rang?" After staring at me for a while as if he was going to look carefully, the emperor suddenly let out a long sigh and said out of nowhere, "He still doesn't want to see me?" ”

"I don't know," I tried my best not to show any wavering expression from my slightly trembling body, and even if I couldn't see the face of the man on top, I felt as if the whole sky was about to fall, as if there was not a man in front of me, but a flying mountain, and that mountain was about to weigh heavily on me.

"You are really trusted by him, so many things are entrusted to you to do, it seems that if he leaves, the position of the general will be your ・・・・・・ sooner or later"

Is this trying to woo me? Or is it just a trap? Regardless of whether he was testing me or not, I could only use a voice that could hear my heartbeat to answer with courage and humility: "The lives of my subordinates were saved by the Seventh Prince." His subordinates would never dare to betray the emperor, but they would never do anything unfavorable to the prince. ”

"Are you afraid of death?" The voice suddenly changed coldly, as if it instantly froze the air around it.

"If you are afraid of death, you will not fight with the prince for so many years!" I jerked my head up, glaring at him as if I didn't want to survive at all. Perhaps having followed the Seven Princes since I was a child, my sympathy for his plight has been deeply rooted in my heart. When the prince was such a young child, he was sent to the border camp by this man who gathered the power of the world, what repeated military exploits, what triumphant return, I used to see some rude men on the school field tearing off their clothes than scars, I thought that kind of thing was ridiculous, but now I would rather let this father see those huge and ugly scars on his son's body, each of which is proof that he escaped death. Others thought he was blessed by the god of war, but only I knew that he was also an ordinary person, a person who would bleed and hurt when cut by a sword.

"Bold!" Sure enough, the palace guards all stared at me with a look at the dead, and I thought it was amused to me as if they were on the verge of a great enemy drawing half of their swords. Probably seeing the sarcasm on my face, the leader's personal attendant glared, and casually whipped the horse whip in the coming tense: "You still dare to laugh?!" ”

"Stop!" The emperor's voice was not loud, but it made people feel frightened. I don't know if it was the majesty of an emperor, I can only say that now I suddenly regret it, because that person's eyes are indeed soaked with a strong killing intent.

"Get up," the man sitting on it looked at me deeply again, and suddenly smiled: "Sure enough, the person he chose, it's really like him when he was a child." ”

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the expression on the face of the high-ranking person is always a little lonely when he says the last sentence, but it rarely shows a kind of softness.

"When was the Seventh Prince young?" I was stunned, I had never heard anyone talk about the prince when he was a child, not even himself.

"He was only four years old," said the Emperor as if he were pleased to speak to someone, "and his mother had just died. Yi'er's body is already weak, and she is bent on giving birth to a son despite my opposition, how can she be so arrogant and arrogant, how can she let others see her jokes. The birth was not going well, and when the palace maid who came out to report the news knelt down towards me with a pale face, sobbing loudly and saying those incomprehensible words, I couldn't wait to rush in immediately and pull out all those stable women and cut them down. In the end, fortunately, there was Imperial Doctor Li's medicine to save both of them. ”

The emperor's slightly aged face did not show the slightest ripple, but the slightly twitching corners of his mouth and the hands that had been clenched tightly made people feel the excitement in his heart. It is always said that this monarch is ruthless and ruthless, but now I have discovered that this man who holds the world in his hands also has an unknown side, and it is precisely because he is so cold that he cannot express his feelings at all, so even in the eyes of those close to whom he trusts, he is a ruthless monarch.

"I really feel sorry for her, she's still so young, she's still a child, pinch her fingers and count, then I can be her father, but I just like her, I like her so much that I don't dare to let her be hurt in the slightest, but it's because I favor her too much that I agreed to her request so vaguely, just for a son who will come sooner or later, I almost killed her!"

"She is the most beloved woman in my life, and I don't want to see her suffer a trace of grievance. Before the nurse could take my son out, I rushed into the warm pavilion in the back room, but she seemed to be asleep, and did not react to my words at all. After the imperial doctor asked for the pulse, I found out that she had suffered a lot of vitality in order to give birth, and she would never be able to give birth in the future... Even if she doesn't have a son at all, I'll find one for her! But she would have to endure so much for that child・・・・・・"

"That child is very healthy, babbling and humming every day, the milk of the nurse in the palace is enough, only ten months before it weighs like a ripe winter melon, the child, naughty is very naughty, when he doesn't come out, he will toss in his mother's belly every day, and after coming out, he doesn't sleep all night. In order to take care of him, Yi'er even lost her face. ”

"Yi'er's health is not good, when she first came to me, she often coughed, there are always a few seizures a year, every time she will cough in the dark, that is really anxious, but the doctor can't find a problem and can't prescribe medicine, she is so uncomfortable every time she leans on my arms while coughing, laughing, laughing even tears are about to flow out, after laughing, I continue to cough, I don't dare to put the bowl of medicine mixed with rock sugar pear juice too far every time, several times in order not to let her see so hurriedly hide behind me, As a result, when I went to court, I always found a wet ・・・・・・ behind my buttocks" Speaking of this, the corners of the emperor's eyes were a little bit of crystal, and those guards were all standing far away, and they couldn't hear what we were talking about. For the first time, I felt some sympathy for this man, it turned out that, at least, he still had a love in his heart for the lady he had never met, and his hatred for this person gradually faded a lot because of what happened to the prince.

"She would always laugh and laugh in the crook of my arm, pestering me like a mischievous child to tell her jokes. I go through those folk miscellaneous records every night and night, or ghosts and ghosts, she is like a lark, as long as you chirp in his ear, she will be happy like a child who has won some kind of treasure. Really, there were so many rare treasures from Goryeo, but she only liked the small shell that fell from the tribute to decorate it. There was a hint of warmth in the man's eyes, as if it was the happiest moment of his life.

But since she had the child, she was no longer interested in the little things that would have made her happy. Small clothes, children's embroidered pockets, herb sacs to ward off evil spirits, and all kinds of toys made as long as she can think of have become her most obsessed with things. With the child by her side, even every time she couldn't help coughing, she would gag her mouth with a cotton handkerchief, for fear of making a little noise to wake up the child. I asked her to leave the baby in the care of the nurse, but she just wouldn't listen. ”

That year, her health was even worse due to the heavy snowfall, and she often broke out in a cold sweat all night long. She began to have a fever, her forehead was frighteningly hot, and her hands and feet were cold. I have hired countless doctors for her and cut off countless heads, but she still has no improvement. At first, she was just a little weak, but then she couldn't get a drop of water, and even the hours of waking became less and less, and more often she was talking nonsense, she couldn't see me at all, but she kept holding my hand and asking me to promise her to take good care of Min'er. On the last night, she suddenly grabbed my hand, trying to get close to my ear little by little, but she couldn't make any sound at all, watching her staring straight at Min'er's sleeve, I suddenly put Min'er in her arms as if she understood what she wanted to do, but she still tried so hard, pulled my hand over, and then as if she had exhausted all her strength, she stuffed Min'er's little hand into my warm palm. ”