Although Chen Wanshan tried desperately to hide his feet, the palace guards pressed his legs tightly, making him unable to move, and his feet were exposed to everyone's sight-

Six fingers!

Chen Wanshan's toes are all six fingers!

Next to him, Si Xiuyuan didn't understand why he had to take off his shoes, he only felt that Gu Qinghuan was pretending to be a ghost, and the emperor was also making trouble like crazy, so he watched the guards take off their shoes and socks with cold eyes.

However, when he saw Chen Wanshan's feet and six fingers, his pupils shrank, and his expression changed!

Turning his stiff neck, Si Xiu looked at his feet from afar.

The feet are the same as ordinary people, and they are all five fingers.

However, both of his feet had a very obvious scar on the side of his little finger.

It was as if a piece of flesh had been cut from the little fingers of his feet.

Si Xiuyuan's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and his memory returned to many years ago.

At that time, he was just a few years old.

His mother was very kind to him, he ate and wore clothes without the hands of others, and his mother, who was one of the four concubines, helped him wash the bath, and it was like this for several years since he was born.

Only once.

When he was five years old, he accidentally fell into a muddy puddle because of his playfulness and got covered in mud.

His mother didn't like him to be playful, and he was afraid that he would be punished by his mother, so he asked his nurse to boil water and bathe him.

Unexpectedly, just two days later, this incident was discovered by my mother, and my mother was furious.

He hadn't seen his nurse since.

Not only that, but that year, he also experienced the greatest pain of his life.

I remember it was late at night.

His mother took him into the basement of the palace.

The basement is cool on a summer day because there are a lot of ice cubes placed there.

He was sweltering outside, and when he got to the basement, he was very happy.

However, unbeknownst to him, that was the beginning of pain.

His mother took off his shoes and socks and covered his feet with ice cubes.

At first, he was comfortable.

But it didn't take long for me to feel too cold, too cold.

He begged his mother to let his feet go.

But his mother, who had always loved him, followed him like a demon, pressing his feet in the ice, and staring at him with terrible eyes whenever he struggled.

He was so frightened that he didn't dare to disobey his mother, and let his feet freeze until he didn't feel anything.

After some time, he felt that his feet did not seem to be his own, and his mother finally spoke: "Do you feel it?" ”

He watched his mother touch his feet.

However, he was already frozen to the point that he could not help himself.

"Nope." He replied in a trembling voice.

When the mother heard this, she smiled with satisfaction.

In the dimly lit basement, he felt that his mother's smile was terrible, and the gentle mother seemed to be not alone!

The next moment, the mother, with a smile on her face, pulled out a knife from her arms.

"Soon enough."

His mother whispered to him, "Soon, you will no longer have any burdens, and as a prince, you will enjoy your noble and supreme life." ”

He didn't understand what his mother was saying.

Before he could react, his mother took the knife, swiftly and neatly—

Cut off the little thumb on his foot!

Left foot, right foot!

Although his feet were numb from the cold, he screamed in fright and cried bitterly when he saw the little fingers of his feet being cut off and blood spraying, revealing bright red tender flesh.

Then, he fainted.

I was stunned.

By the time he woke up again, it was noon a few days later.

When he opened his eyes, his mother was by his side, as gentle as she remembered.

But he still remembered his mother's smug and twisted smile before he fell unconscious, and he screamed in fright.

His mother covered his mouth and comforted him.

He cried, struggled, but to no avail, and finally lost his strength and was obediently held by his mother.

Although he fainted with fright that night, because the experience was so absurd, he only thought it was a nightmare.

His dependence on his mother still prevails.

"Mother, why did you cut off my toes?"

Finally, he couldn't help but ask.

The wound on his foot ached, and he couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the bloody scene that night.

"Because the average human foot has only five toes."

His mother said to him, "And you have one more than those people." ”

Yes, Mother was right.

His feet are all six fingers.

He thought that was the right thing.

Unexpectedly, he is different from ordinary people.

"It's a secret."

His mother whispered to him, as if she was afraid of being heard.

His mother's frightened expression infected him, and he became afraid.

Although he didn't understand what the six fingers represented, he subconsciously felt that this was an important secret that could not be known to outsiders.

"So, Xiuyuan, my child...... Forever and ever, you can't let outsiders know that your feet were once six fingers. ”

His mother whispered in his ear, "From this day forward, you, like everyone else, your feet, are five fingers. ”

……

Even after more than ten years, Si Xiuyuan still remembers his mother's fear, worry, and even ...... for him to be six fingers

Fear!

But Si Xiuyuan never understood what the six fingers represented.

Now, he finally understood.

Looking at Chen Wanshan's twelve fingers on his feet, he trembled, screamed, pushed away the guards who were holding him before, and wanted to snatch his shoes and socks back from the guards and put them on, wanting to cover the scars on his feet.

"This is not true! This is not true! ”

Si Xiuyuan wanted to snatch his shoes and socks, but in the end he was pressed to the ground by the guards, he struggled desperately, and yelled with red eyes: "I'm five fingers!" I'm not six-fingered! Father! I'm five-fingered! I'm not six-fingered! I'm five-fingered! ”

He kept repeating.

However, the emperor's eyes became colder and colder, and instead of showing pity for him, he had a little more ......

Hate!

Chen Wanshan sat on the ground like dead ashes, finished......

It's all over!

This secret has been hidden by him, by his cousin Concubine Shu, for more than 20 years......

Who would have thought that it would be known by an unrelated little girl?!

Chen Wanshan stared at Gu Qinghuan who was standing not far away, as if he was going to tear Gu Qinghuan apart!

But at this moment, a figure took a step to the side, intentionally or unintentionally, just in the middle of him and Gu Qinghuan, blocking his gaze from staring at Gu Qinghuan.

It's a word.

Yan Zhao was also looking at him, there was no pity in his eyes, not even a little mood swing.

Just like people, they are not interested in ants on the ground.

A look of charity is a great gift.

Chen Wanshan felt a great humiliation!

If it was in the past, how could you dare to look at him like this? !

He is the prime minister of the Dazhang Dynasty!

He is a hero of the Dazhang Dynasty!

Chen Wanshan yelled in his heart, he ...... Unwilling!

"Your Majesty! Wechen ...... Guilty of a capital offense! ”

Suddenly, Chen Wanshan broke away from the guards, knelt on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed desperately to the emperor, "But I implore the emperor to see Weichen's contribution to Dazhang's efforts in the past, and spare Weichen's life!" Do you remember that more than six years ago, Dazhang was restrained by foreigners because of salt, and was cut off by those greedy foreigners for hundreds of years? It's Wechen...... It was Weichen who researched the salt-making recipe and saved the entire Dazhang Dynasty! ”

Chen Wanshan kowtowed and his face was covered with blood, he raised his head, looked at the emperor with a pleading face, and cried: "At that time, you got the recipe, ordered someone to test it successfully, and after making the brine salt into table salt, Long Yan Dayue said to Wechen in person, Wechen has the merit of saving the country, and this merit can be worth a capital crime!" Your Majesty, do you remember?! ”

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