Chapter 2: The Great Calamity
"Childe, childe, the slave is back!"
The babbling sound made Shen Xiyue frown.
Who was so bold as to make such a noise in her ear?
"Be quiet, my sister is resting, don't wake her up." Another familiar and long-standing voice made Shen Xiyue instantly uncontrollable and burst into tears.
Big brother, it's the voice of big brother.
She got up, lifted the slightly swaying curtain, and the moment the curtain opened, the young man turned around, and suddenly a slightly immature and familiar face came into view.
Sure enough, it's the eldest brother Shen Xinan!
The eldest brother was still a teenager, when he was still a carefree young man, he would team up with three or two friends, shouting to travel the world, but unfortunately, since he entered Beijing, he has never been able to get his wish.
Shen Xinan glanced at his sister, then immediately turned around and angrily scolded the little maid next to the carriage, "Cuihuan, tell you not to always shout and you don't listen, look, wake up my sister." ”
"I'm sorry son, I'm sorry girl, the slave knows her mistakes." The little girl confessed her mistake in a panic.
After scolding the maid, he turned back again, his starry eyes were full of distress, "Sister, if you don't sleep again, you will be so sleepy that your tears will fall, but don't go to the capital with swollen eyes." ”
Capital?
Shen Xiyue was shocked, her eyes crossed her brother, and swept everything she could see, this was a convoy, three or five carriages, the accompanying guards were all dressed in military uniforms, and the carriage was planted with a flag with the word Shen written on it, proving that it was the Shen family army that was protecting.
Zhou's mother, who was not yet old, had pulled Cuihuan into the distance, as if she was preaching.
The deepest memory is still the sweaty and bloody horse that is being trampled, this sweaty and bloody horse was rewarded by the first emperor to his father, and his father gave it to their brothers and sisters.
What's going on?
Is it time for her to dream of entering Beijing?
"Sister." Shen Xinan saw that his sister was in a daze, and gently flicked her head with his hand, "Do you know that you will be in the capital soon, you are overly excited, and you are stupid with joy?" I'll tell you secretly, my dad is at least a marquis, and then he has a big house to live in! ”
Shen Xiyue laughed at herself, it would be nice if she was really just a marquis, the first emperor should have been crowned more than a dozen dukes, but only six were sealed, and his father got one, how many people were not convinced, and even the eldest brother failed to marry the girl he liked, and he couldn't bear to wronged his beloved girl as a concubine, so he could only regret it to death.
"Sister? What's wrong? Was it noisy by Cuihuan's girl? Look at my brother and don't punish her! ”
Shen Xiyue didn't seem to hear it, and reached out in a daze to touch the forehead that was bounced, it was painful......
Isn't it a dream?
"Emerald Ring!" Shen Xinan saw that her sister was still stupid, and she was even more angry, and called the maid Cuihuan, who had taught her a lesson, over, "Don't bring the flowers and make amends to the girl!" ”
Cuihuan was so frightened that she was at a loss, and immediately handed over the Yingshan red with just vegetables, "The girl forgives her sins, and the slave knows her mistakes." ”
Shen Xinan took a large handful of Yingshan red, took out the best one and handed it to Shen Xiyue, "Sister, give it, your favorite Yingshan red to eat." ”
The boring hobby of childhood, only the eldest brother still remembers, Shen Xiyue instinctively reached out and picked a petal and put it in her mouth, and suddenly the sweet and sour taste filled the tip of her tongue.
"Childe, girl, the horse is almost fed, when will I leave?" Someone from behind the carriage came over for questioning.
Shen Xiyue looked at the person who reported it like a fool, he was his father's most powerful lieutenant, loyal and honest, because his father had a life-saving grace for him, he was extraordinarily loyal, but the first emperor disliked him more loyal to his father, so he found a reason to kill him.
"Let's go." Shen Xinan is full of pride and yearning for life in the capital.
Along the way, while the carriage was shaking, Shen Xiyue was in a daze, recalling the events of the year over and over again.
The first six dukes of the first emperor, and the three later ones, none of them died well, but there were many marquises, and there were also those who died, but they did not die too much.
If the crown prince had not died young, and if his father had received a lower title, would the tragedy have been avoided?
However, there are not so many ifs.
"Bang!"
The carriage seemed to be trapped in a pit, and under the action of inertia, Shen Xiyue hit her head on the wall of the car, grinning in pain.
It hurts!
Isn't it a dream?
In order to verify her thoughts, she pinched herself again, but it still hurt.
It doesn't hurt in dreams, isn't she dead?
Or, those grievances and grievances in the palace are dreams?
She was confused for a moment, unable to distinguish where the dream was and where was the reality.
However, a wave of eagerness rose from the bottom of her heart, no matter where it was, she didn't want the prince to die, and she didn't want her father to be used by the first emperor as a pawn between successful ministers.
I'm afraid she can't interfere in the prince's affairs at this time, but she can't do her father's affairs!
At this moment, Shen Xinan lifted the curtain and asked with a smile, "Sister?" How's the rest? There's a small town here, why don't we go get some hot food? ”
Shen Xiyue had this intention, did not hesitate, got out of the car, pulled the sweaty BMW that accompanied her, and walked towards the field by the roadside.
It is the busy season of farming, the rice seedlings in the fields grow lushly, this is the first stable year after the domination of the world, many refugees have also returned to their hometowns to farm, the first emperor has not yet ruled the world has formulated a series of plans to restore the people's livelihood, very important farming.
"Sister? The road is on this side. ”
Shen Xiyue turned around and smiled mysteriously, "Big brother, I want to eat water chestnuts." ”
"When you arrive in the capital, my mother will buy it for you, there is a field over there, and trampling on the field will be dealt with by military law." Although Shen Xinan is young and has never been on the battlefield, he also knows a lot of military regulations, and he is not like those gentlemen who bully others, he is a dutiful son.
Shen Xiyue shook her head, picked up the branches on the ground, and whipped them hard on the horse's buttocks.
"Big brother, the horse has run away!" Shen Xiyue shouted and followed behind the horse's buttocks, and also ran into the paddy field.
After running in, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, when he saw the seedlings, he pulled them out, pulled them out, and then stepped into the mud with his feet, which frightened Shen Xinan's face pale.
"Sister! You're in trouble! Come back! ”
The first emperor was originally just a simple peasant, only because he could not eat, only to uncover the uprising, the world has been famine for more than ten years, more people died of hunger than in the war, there can be a lush seedling here, it must be because of the seeds sent by the imperial court on the edge of the capital.
"What are you doing! Come out! ”
A man ran from the ridge in the distance, he ran in a hurry, slipped and fell, fell into the paddy field, and became a chicken in the soup.
Shen Xiyue's eyes were good, and she could see clearly, the person was wearing an official uniform, and he should be an official sent by the first emperor to restore the people's livelihood, just right, she was worried that no one dared to sue.
"Slightly!" She grimaced at the unknown official and continued to trample on it, and after a while, most of the seedlings were gone.