Zhao Duo couldn't tell why, maybe it was the dagger that pierced into his body, maybe it was Qing Ting's hateful gaze, maybe it was the hell that Jing Ning said, all of this made him rise to a layer of panic from the bottom of his heart, Zhao Duo couldn't help but doubt himself, did he really do something wrong? His gaze was a little confused, and his memory seemed to go back to the winter when he was six years old.

The heavy snow is slowly falling, and the palace is covered in silver, which looks very beautiful. Many princes and princesses took advantage of the snow to come out to have fun, they were only six or seven years old, and the oldest was just nine years old.

But six-year-old Zhao Duo hid behind a big tree alone, looking at the princes and princesses who were smiling brightly with envy. He couldn't help but sniff and snickered his chilblain-infested little hand into his ill-fitting padded jacket. The padded jacket was a birthday gift for him when he was five years old, and it was hand-sewn by his mother, Jia Concubine, although it was significantly smaller this year, Zhao Duo still insisted on wearing it.

Because if he wanted to wear a new cotton jacket, Jia Concubine didn't know how many rolls he would have to suffer before he could get some cotton wool and discarded fabrics back from the Internal Affairs Office. He didn't want to see Jia Concubine's red eyes after being humiliated by the group of eunuchs.

At this moment, Zhao Duo felt that he was being picked up, and his eyes suddenly flashed with fear, but he gritted his teeth tightly and refused to make a sound.

"Yo, I'll just say where did such a cowering child come from in the palace, it turned out to be a bastard born from that cheap maid, no wonder it makes people feel humble when they look at their backs." The eunuch's unique shrill voice sounded above Zhao Duo's head.

Zhao Duo's immature face was full of humiliation and anger, but he didn't say anything to refute, because previous experience told him that rebuttal would only make him worse, and he could barely remember how many scars his body had been left on by these eunuchs.

Seeing that Zhao Duo didn't speak, the eunuch felt bored, so he threw him down, Zhao Duo didn't stand firm and fell face down in the snow, the cold snow covered his little face, at that moment he thought he was going to die, so he died in humiliation in the hands of a eunuch.

When he regained his breath and struggled to stand up, the eunuch seemed to remember something interesting, he bent down slightly and said to Zhao Duo: "Hey, I heard that the cheap maid had an affair with the guards guarding the palace gate, you can tell me about it, what kind of fornication law?" ”

Zhao Duo pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes were full of evil anger. The eunuch saw that Zhao Duo couldn't make a sound, and suddenly felt bored, kicked him hard, and then walked away.

Zhao Duo was kicked to his knees, and after the eunuch walked away, the tears finally fell uncontrollably, he tried to stand up, wiped away his tears, raised a smile on his face, and trotted all the way to the Qinghe Palace.

"Mother! I am back! I'm going to pick up some dry branches, and we're not going to have to freeze tonight!" Zhao Duo hugged the dry branches in his arms and ran into the house in a hurry, but when he saw the disheveled concubine and the guard guarding the palace gate, the smile on Zhao Duo's face disappeared, and the branch in his arms fell to the ground.

Jia Concubine didn't have time to tidy up her clothes before she pounced on Zhao Duo and stretched out her hand to cover his eyes.

"Duo'er is good, Duo'er didn't see anything." Jia Concubine's voice was full of despair and helplessness.

Seeing this, the guard picked up the thin quilt on the bed and draped it over Jia Concubine's body. He glanced at Zhao Duo with a complicated face and walked out slowly.

Suddenly, Jia Concubine's face changed, she felt that her palms were wet, it was Zhao Duo's tears, Jia Concubine slowly put down her hand, and unexpectedly saw Zhao Duo's red eyes, obviously a six-year-old child, but there was a hatred in her eyes, Jia Concubine finally couldn't help it anymore, she hugged Zhao Duo's small body into her arms, and cried bitterly.

Jia Concubine was originally a palace maid serving in front of the emperor, but the emperor drank too much wine that night, and she was fortunate to be, so there was Zhao Duo. But since then, the emperor has never pampered Jia Concubine, as if he had completely forgotten her.

Although Jia Concubine's appearance is beautiful, it is not worth mentioning in the palace of a hundred flowers, others saw that she had lost favor and snubbed her, and did not regard her as the mother of the main palace at all, and even the cheap maid of Xin Zheku dared to speak sour words to Jia Concubine.

The status of the biological mother is not high, and others naturally have no good face for Zhao Duo, and the palace people like to make fun of him the most, and often say something bad about the concubine in front of him. Zhao Duo would refute at first, but after a long time, he didn't bother to pay attention to those people, after all, he knew best what his mother was, but now he suddenly felt that he didn't know very well.

"The man just told me that you had an affair with the guard, but I didn't believe it." Zhao Duo's immature voice did not carry a trace of emotion, no sadness, no anger, as if it was simply saying a fact.

Jia Concubine cried even louder, she couldn't stop saying: "It's the mother concubine who is sorry for you, it's the mother concubine who dragged you down, and the mother concubine will definitely let you live a good life." ”

The young Zhao Duo shook his head, he gently pushed away the concubine who was holding him, wiped away the tears on her face for her, and her clear eyes were full of seriousness.

"Mother, I only hope that you will be well, and as for a good life, Duo'er will let you live, even if it is taken from elsewhere."

Jia Concubine was stunned for a moment, but she didn't think much about it, she was full of guilt and distress for Zhao Duo at this time, if it weren't for her low status, Zhao Duo would not have been bullied in the palace, obviously she was only a six-year-old child, but she had no innocence on her face. Looking at Zhao Duo in front of her, Jia Concubine silently made a decision.

That night, Jia Concubine was extraordinarily gentle, she held Zhao Duo in her arms, sang him a little song from her hometown, and the brazier in the room was crackling and burning, which was the branch that Zhao Duo picked up during the day.

Zhao Duo fell asleep in Jia Concubine's arms, with a faint smile on her lips, Jia Concubine looked at Zhao Duo's carefree sleeping face, her eyes unconsciously turned red, she carefully put Zhao Duo on the bed, and pulled the new thick quilt to cover him, which was the thick quilt she exchanged for her body today.

She took one last look at Zhao Duo, and the expression on her face was a little determined.

Zhao Duo woke up violently on the third watch, and he leaned to his side in a little panic, but he didn't feel the familiar warmth. Zhao Duo turned around, his eyes widened, it was a three-foot white silk, and the concubine in white was hanging on the beam of the room like that, her body was already stiff, and she looked very terrifying.

Zhao Duo's throat tightened, he wanted to cry, he wanted to call someone to save his mother, but the strength in his body seemed to be drained, he couldn't move, and he couldn't make a sound, he could only stare at Jia Concubine's corpse with wide eyes, until two days later, the guard guarding the door came to look for Jia Concubine, only to find that Jia Concubine's corpse had been spotted, and Zhao Duo, who was pale and red-eyed.