CHAPTER XVI
My name is Aixin Jueluo Bomu Bogol, and I am the eleventh son of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and the younger brother of the current emperor Aixin Jueluo Fulin.
Since I was a child, I was raised with my brother Fulin by Empress Xiaozhuang Wen, the emperor's mother. On weekdays, the queen mother treats the royal brother very strictly, and only Anan, who is the same age as me, has always been by my side. In fact, the royal brother and the queen mother treated me very well, but I couldn't stay with my mother often to share the family, which was also an irreparable regret in my childhood.
When I was six years old, my brother, who was only one month older than me, ascended the throne as emperor, and my mother also changed from the imperial concubine to the imperial concubine, but my mother still stayed in the Yilan Palace and avoided me until I reached the age of fourteen and participated in the coming-of-age ceremony.
The sun was shining and soft, shining golden in the spring day. Eniang was dressed in a crescent white flag costume, elegant and simple. The hair was pulled up casually by a hairpin, and a few strands of hair scattered on the forehead fluttered slightly in the wind. She stood quietly outside the door of my dormitory, and smiled when she saw me come out, her eyes curved like a crescent moon, soft as a spring breeze.
"Guoguo," E-Niang's voice was as gentle as I remembered when I was a child, and the years did not seem to criticize E-niang, her face was still as warm as jade under the golden sunlight, which made me feel like a dream for a moment. I watched the pale apricot petals fall on Eniang's shoulder, and after a long time, I struggled to suppress the excitement and excitement in my heart before I stepped forward, trembling my hand and gently brushing off the residual flowers on her shoulder.
"E-niang," I called softly, afraid it was just a dream.
"Hey," E-Niang replied with a smile, raising her face and rubbing her cheeks with her hands, which was cool. "My son is finally an adult." Eniang's eyes were shining, and after seeing her joy when she saw me, I finally couldn't help crying with joy, and I couldn't help myself for a while. Among them, there is naturally the joy of finally meeting each other, but there are also years of loneliness and grievances that have nowhere to confide.
This day was my coming-of-age festival, and I had never been so happy after I hurriedly walked through all the rituals, and after all the rituals were roughly walked, E-Niang and the imperial brother accompanied me to move to the palace that the imperial brother had specially repaired for me in Beijing. Although I no longer live in the palace as an adult, I can often go to the palace to see my mother, which is undoubtedly my best gift of poetry and books.
Since then, my life seems to have ushered in a bright day. I'm not interested in politics, but I'm very obsessed with poetry and writing. Since I was able to visit my mother as much as I wanted, I was even more diligent in riding and shooting, often wandering around the school field and the woods on the outskirts of the city.
On this day, as usual, I took Anan to wander around the woods on the outskirts of the city, wanting to hunt some hares and pheasants and practice my hands. The trees in the woods are lush and green, and the emerald color is intoxicating. Almost at the same time, Anan and I spotted a gray rabbit crouching under a tree, as if leisurely basking in the sun.
"Lord Wang, Anan will not lose to Lord Wang again this time." Anan looked confident, pulled out his bow and arrows, and swore to fight me.
"Oh? If you lose later, you don't have to think about this month's monthly salary. "As I spoke, I put the arrow on the string and drew the bow." The words "one, two......" had not yet been shouted, but a sharp shout mixed with the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and the gray rabbit was frightened, and he didn't know where to hide it. I was stunned for a moment, and before I could put away my bow and arrows, I saw a sturdy horse carrying a frightened girl with a panicked face, and galloped past me.
"Help!" Apparently, it was the horse that was frightened. Hearing the girl's cry for help, I hurriedly threw the bow and arrow in my hand to Anan and drove the horse to chase after me. But the other horse's horse was running too fast, and even a man like me, who was good at riding horses, could not catch up for a while.
Seeing the cliff ahead, and the frightened cries of the girl in my ears, I was in a hurry, and I stabbed the horse under me with the dagger hidden in my boots, and the neighing of the horse was incessant, and the speed did increase. Seeing that I was about to catch up, I kicked the horse's back and jumped on the red horse's back, took the reins from the girl's hand, and strangled the horse's neck in the bumping, although the speed quickly slowed down, but seeing that the horse was about to rush off the cliff, I had to exert all my strength, the horse was strangled by me and raised its front hooves, I took the girl in my arms and fell off the horse's back, but my back was hurt by the gravel on the ground.
"Shhh "Lieyun, are you alright?" I sat up and watched her shush the horse, a little angry, "Hey, I said this girl, I saved you kindly, you don't even have a word of thanks, do you only know that you care about your horse?" ”
"Oh, do you know, this horse is the treasure of my Amma's heart, if it has a good case, I can't go home and explain it." She still didn't look at me, just rubbed her hand against the horse's forehead and muttered endlessly. Dumbfounded, I got up from the ground, dusted off my body, and turned back to look for my Anan.
At this time, the girl grabbed the corner of my clothes from behind, "Thank you for saving me regardless of the danger." I came back to my senses, met her big eyes, and said impatiently, "No thanks." I raised my leg and just took a step, but she stopped in front of me: "Can you tell me your name?" On that day, I will thank Your Excellency today for saving your life. ”
"Forget it, what power do you have to repay me?" I was a little dismissive, which made her a little unconvinced, and when she retorted to me, her cheeks bulged, but it was a little cute. "Do you know who my Amma is? He was the great general Dong E Eshuo. If you have a problem in the future, just ask, I will definitely ask my Amma to help you through it. I laughed and said nothing, but she thought I didn't believe her, and her face turned red with anger. Seeing her like this, I walked up to the horse, patted the horse's back gently, and said, "This horse's name is Lieyun, and it was given to General Dong E by my Ama personally." So, I knew who you were from the beginning......" I looked at her stunned expression with a little amusement, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.