Chapter 109. Red beans
I, surnamed Yan, am notorious. It's a great name!
Because long before I was born, the great master Xiuli was regarded as my extraordinary talent and extraordinary life, and I had the ability to influence the general trend of the world.
He didn't intend to make a noise, but the news flew into everyone's ears like wings.
So everyone knows that Fengli will give birth to a talented prince in the royal family, and he will inevitably take over the throne in the future.
This was a great event, but when I crawled out of my mother's belly, everyone who saw me was dumbfounded.
Because I'm not a prince, but a female doll!
This is sad for my father.
He blew his beard and groaned for a long time, and finally came up with a ...... Idea.
That is to ask me to pretend to be a prince.
My father tried every means to silence the people who knew that I was a girl, and from then on I became the chosen "son" who was given great hope.
At first, I didn't think there was anything wrong with pretending to be a male doll, but then I saw Qingdai and Bixi's beautiful dresses and wanted to try them too, but I couldn't help it.
It's just that I can't wear a skirt, and I can't cry my nose easily!
For as long as I can remember, they won't give me food whenever I cry!
At first, I didn't know why, but later I learned that it was my father's intention.
He said that the boy cried and cried all day long, and it was not decent.
When I heard Bixi say this to me, I almost couldn't hold back my crying nose.
It's true that a boy cries and cries, but I'm not a boy!
Then I got smarter, and after all, it was hard to endure not crying, so I learned a trick.
That is, when I want to cry, I bite the base of my tongue and open my eyes wide to prevent tears from staying.
I will use this method to save the emotions that I want to cry, and wait until the evening when no one is around, and then recall the grievances of the day, hide under the quilt and cry happily.
Every time I secretly cry, I am happy because I have once again managed to hold back the tears that did not shed in front of people!
Everyone says that my life is very expensive, but I don't feel it at all.
It wasn't until Mama Xu told me that I had been drugged or plundered many times since the day I was born.
Among the organizers behind the scenes, there are other palace maidens, ministers of the DPRK and China, and even neighboring countries.
So in the end, my father could only send the inner guards to surround the East Palace, and I was not allowed to go out for anything, and outsiders were not allowed to enter, and I could not be lifted until I was fifteen years old.
So I believe that maybe my life is really noble, otherwise how could so many people want to snatch me?
With the strict defense of Ouchi's guards, no one can harm me anymore.
The people who can enter the East Palace to meet me, except for the palace people elected by my father and emperor, are my teachers.
It is easy to learn daily schoolwork, but the hard part is to give satisfactory answers to the gentlemen.
For example, the way of government.
Many of my opinions are contrary to those of my professor, but in order to eat enough for three meals in one meal, I will give them a satisfactory answer.
Whether or not I actually take those answers to heart is another matter.
In addition to listening to my husband's lessons, I also took Xiu Li as my teacher, who was responsible for teaching me kung fu and piano skills.
Of all the coursework, these are the two things I want to learn the most.
I like to practice martial arts because of my talent. Master said that my physique is different from ordinary people, and I can practice internal strength twice as fast as ordinary people.
As for my interest in the piano, I think it's amazing.
When Master taught me to play the harp, he would teach me spells and how to send the living beings of the world with the sound of the harp.
Now I can control not only plants, but even animals at will!
I'm especially happy these days, because it's my seventh birthday in one day.
Actually, I'm happy not because my birthday is coming, but because I can see my mother on this day.
Didn't I say earlier that I often have to hold back my tears?
For the most part, I've been able to endure it successfully. But there is one exception, and that is when I think of my mother.
Although my father values me, he doesn't like my mother very much.
I lived in the East Palace, and I couldn't see her often, and my father wouldn't let her come to see me.
When I could see her, it was on my birthday.
In other words, I can only see my mother once a year, and I can't spend the night at my mother's place.
That's why I always think about my mother.
At its worst, as soon as I thought of her, tears could not stop falling.
My mother also misses me very much, so since I was born, every time I have my birthday, she will wear a red bean with a red rope for me.
She said that the red bean represents acacia, and I took this red bean bracelet with hers.
Now I have six red beans on my bracelet, and in a few days my mother will put on the seventh one for me.
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After lunch, I sent everyone away and walked around the courtyard to eat.
I sent them away because I really didn't like to be surrounded by a large crowd.
"Hey! Feed! ”
Someone?
I looked around, but I didn't see half a figure.
"Hey!"
The voice sounded again, shouting, but it was suppressed.
But I still haven't found anyone to speak up.
"Fool! I'm on it! ”
The man was a little angry.
When I looked up, I saw a man lying on the wall of the palace.
The reason why I never saw him was because he was dressed in crimson, which was similar to the color of the palace walls. is even more because his small body is extremely thin and uneye-catching.
"What are you seeing?! Come and help! ”
As he spoke, he turned around and worked for a while, and a ladder was handed in from outside the wall.
Who is he?
"Help me hold the ladder!"
He didn't wait for me to respond, and went down the ladder.
I don't know why I stepped forward to help him.
The ladder was so light and thin that it didn't seem to be able to bear much weight......
I looked up at the boy who was going down the ladder and guessed it was made for him.
He descended the ladder and stood in front of me, squinting at me with unscrupulous eyes.
"You're the Prince?"
I frowned, a little upset in my heart.
"Who are you to be so presumptuous? This place is the East Palace, and outsiders are not allowed to trespass! ”
He scoffed.
"What a girl, how can you learn so fiercely?!"
He...... How does he know I'm a girl?!
The people in this world who know that I am a daughter are only my father, mother, master, Qingdai, and Bixi.
I looked him up and down suspiciously.
"Who are you talking girl? I think you're more of a girl!
Your eyes and nose are so beautiful, how can you be a boy? ”
"Say it again."
His face suddenly darkened, like a dark cloud on the horizon.
Ooh! With such a big temper?
He didn't say a word, just stared at me all the time.
I was a little timid by his staring, but I still said coldly:
"Who the hell are you? What to do? ”
His expression softened.
"I'm Ah Ran, I'm here to bring you this."
As he spoke, he spread out his palm, and lying on the palm of his hand was a red bean with a hole drilled.
Red beans?
"Mother asked me to give it to you. And then! ”
He stretched his hand forward again.
Mother? I was still wondering, but I saw that he also wore a chain made of red beans on his wrist.
"Where did you get this chain?"
I grabbed his wrist as soon as I grabbed it.
One...... Two...... Three...... Four...... Five...... Six...... Seven...... Eight...... Nine.
Nine red beans, this knot is exactly the same as that of the mother's concubine!
He didn't even struggle, and let me count the number of red beans.
"Who are you? Have you seen my mother? ”
"I'm your brother, of course I've seen my mother!"
He replied simply.
"Brother? How did I not know there was such a brother as you? You lie! ”
Although I rarely see people outside in the East Palace, gentlemen often give me portraits of some people to help me get to know the royal family and the ministers of the court.
Gentlemen will even brief me on the important deeds of those people. But those people did not include the boy in front of him.
"That's because I grew up outside the palace and was only taken back to the palace a few days ago."
Is what he said true or false?
"Do you want it? Don't let me go! ”
He grew impatient.
I took a step back.
"I don't want it, you can go!"
"You! ……”
He snorted angrily and said:
"Don't pull it down! I think you've been in a cage for a long time, and you've been locked up stupidly! ”
After that, he ignored me and climbed the ladder again and got out of the wall.