He was the eighth attendant I changed this year, and it was only to punish him for his noisy and self-righteous behavior that I brought him back to Mingzhiyuan. I thought that within a few days, he would be on his knees begging for mercy in my cries and cries like everyone else. But I didn't expect him to unknowingly become the minion who can stay with me for the longest time.

I should hate him, because he's not as quiet and obedient as the other minions. When he is told to do things, he will always be very noisy and repeatedly argue, so he is extremely reluctant to carry it out. Strangely, he does it well every time.

He was ugly and unkempt, and he was unkempt all day. The expression is unexpectedly rich, and the happiness or disgust is all written on the face, and it is not hidden at all. It seems incompatible with the atmosphere of the palace where everyone wears masks and lives under protective colors, but they still stubbornly survive in Mingzhiyuan.

He also lacks the consciousness of being a slave, does not know how to please his master, and acts according to his natural reactions. For me, for Liu Yuxin, he is like an ordinary person. They would even throw me to the ground and scold me severely, completely ignoring the possible consequences. However, such a person will unexpectedly be extra enthusiastic about a lost child.

At the same time, he is very greedy for money, and usually desperately collects money whenever he has the opportunity. But I didn't see where he spent his money, and he was still wearing a washed white blue cloth gown, so everyone privately said that he was stingy. But I saw that he gave the baby's belongings to the mother and son who had just met.

He is also a man full of contradictions: he is very clever, and he can easily solve the problems of the master in the Bofu Academy; He is also quite adaptable, and can always be very witty to resolve difficulties and emergencies. But he is very stupid, and often does unreasonable stupid things. I once said I wanted to send me a wish! I said that my wish could not be fulfilled, but she said that it was because my voice was too low for the gods to hear, so she must have no problem with me!

He thinks weirdly and acts absurdly, but it doesn't matter. Because compared to the spies sent by those people, such a strange person is much safer, not easy to be controlled, and will not pose a threat, so let him stay in Mingzhiyuan for the time being.

This morning, when I was practicing calligraphy in the study, I heard a noise outside the courtyard and learned that the cherry blossom courtyard where my mother lived before was on fire. When I hurried there, the house was in flames, and everything my mother had left behind would be burned to ashes in the fire, and everything would be over......

was about to turn around and go back to Mingzhiyuan, but saw a young man in Tsing Yi rushing out of the house with a person in his arms. His clothes were burned by the fire, and he looked extremely embarrassed, but his eyes were clear.

When he found me, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Royal Highness, Xiao An rushed into the fire just now and fainted, can you please let the people from the Si Qing Department quickly diagnose and treat me?" ”

Only then did I realize that what he was holding in his arms was Bajie, and his eyes were closed, full of traces of fire burns, and I was slightly shocked.

I sent someone to invite the best doctor Wang Tai in the Siqing Department, and I asked the young man to return to Mingzhiyuan with Bajie.

After Dr. Wang examined Bajie, he stopped talking. I saw that his face was different, so I turned away from the others and asked him to reply alone.

"Master, you can know that the eight precepts are ......" Imperial Physician Wang's expression was very hesitant.

"What about him?" I replied with my lips, but I didn't want him to continue, because I was afraid to know that it was not going to be a good outcome.

"Bajie is a girl." He finally made up his mind to say it.

This answer, which was so much unexpected that I didn't expect, made my mind go blank for a moment. On the surface, he said quietly: "I know this, I instructed it." Heal him well, and come to me in the study when you're done. ”

I pushed the door open and went out, instructing the guards that no one was allowed to step into the room without my orders.

In fact, I found out that there were too many suspicious points in Bajie, and I also sent someone to check his details, but I found nothing. only said that he had no father and no mother, and he was transferred to Rongnan by his teeth, and it was too blank. And he himself claims to have amnesia, and he never talks about the past. I'm cold by nature, and since he doesn't want to say it, I naturally won't ask, and I'm fine. It's just that what I never expected was: that scoundrel, Bajie, who gags all day long, turned out to be a woman!

For the first time, it felt like things were out of my mind!

After a while, Imperial Physician Wang came to me in the study and told me that Bajie had woken up and that there was no major problem except for the serious burns on his legs.

I want the Imperial Physician to keep his mouth shut, and not to reveal anything about today's events to anyone! I went to visit Bajie in the guest room, because I had to meet her before I could make a final decision!

She lay weakly on the **. As soon as I saw me coming, I sat up with a lost expression and half leaned on **, I just wanted to ask her why she wanted to dress as a man, but I didn't expect her to speak first and comfort: "House...... Burn, don't be sad! ”

"It's okay, it's clean if it's burned." I replied with a tired look in my eyes.

What was I expecting? People are gone, so what's the point of leaving these objects behind? It's just a reminder that it's a lie that will never come true...... In this way, it is quiet even after burning.

"Don't say that," she tugged at my sleeve, her eyes flickering with mist, and said urgently, "You love that house more than anyone else, and it has your most cherished memories!" Don't wipe it out yourself, it's too miserable! ”

She's a weirdo! Generally speaking, if the parties themselves say that there is no problem, don't ordinary people give up? Why did she have to dig deeper? Do you have to break the hardest shell of man and expose his fragile side?

And I, the son of the world, I have no feelings, so I won't be vulnerable.

"So what? It's all burned, and that lie is just self-defeating! It's all over as if it never happened! I replied coldly.

"It's not over," she said, pulling something out of her bosom and putting it on my hand, with an excited look on her face, "the agreement still exists!" So you have to wait for your mother as agreed! She'll definitely be back, and I'll take care of the rest! ”

I looked at what she had given me, and it turned out to be a cherry blossom branch! The young man said that Bajie rushed to the house by himself, is it ......

"You rushed into the fire just to break the branches of this cherry blossom!?"

"Hmm!" Her face was covered in black ash, and she grinned happily: "I have a way to make the cherry blossoms bloom again!" When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, your mother will definitely come back as promised! So you must not give up hope! ”

I seem to hear the sound of something crumbling in my heart......

The day after the incident, I gave Imperial Physician Wang a sum of money to return to his hometown to retire, announcing that he had resigned. Everything doesn't matter, Bajie is Bajie, a slave of the palace, my close male attendant!

For this fire, Bajie is right. What I think in my head is contrary to what I think in my heart. Although reason tells me that the fire in Sakurapai-in Temple doesn't matter, I just need to be calm and calm. But in my heart, I actually mind it very much, so much so that I secretly sent a privately cultivated secret guard to investigate the truth.

And it turned out to be exactly what I expected: the fire was not accidental, it was deliberate. The masterminds behind the scenes are the concubine who has always been kind and kind and the princess Jin, who is known for her virtuous and virtuous virtues!

Because I was annoyed that I was unruly at the family banquet on the Moon Festival, I quietly sent someone to burn the cherry blossom courtyard clean, which not only taught me a lesson, but also made me break my thoughts about my mother from then on.

Although the courtyard was reduced to ashes, I was still alive. Those thoughts have taken root in my heart and lingered in my bones. As long as people live, there is hope, and there is the possibility of changing their fate! Should I also change my fate?

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Two months later, Bajie's injury was almost healed, and she mysteriously asked me to go to the second cherry blossom courtyard with him.

To everyone's surprise, at the insistence of his father, Sakurape-in was not razed to the ground, but retained the appearance of today's remnant rock wall. No one understands his intentions in doing this, and it is probably another manifestation of his whim.

I looked at the charred ruins and didn't understand what Bajie wanted me to do, but she couldn't hide her excitement and pointed to a corner of the courtyard and said, "Master, go and see what it is?" ”

I looked closer with suspicion: I saw a sapling that had been neatly cut down into the shape of a stump, the cut surface was neat and smooth, and on the bare trunk there was only a new shoot showing a tender green color.

Seeing that I was still puzzled, Bajie smiled and shouted at me, "This is the cherry blossom tree that was burned!" The grafting was successful and survived! I'll just leave it to me, right? Originally, the best autumn grafting was in September, but now it's October, and I'm still a little worried that I won't miss it, but fortunately, the temperature in Rongnan is high, and I finally didn't break my promise! ”

"Grafting?" It's a word that fits his usual style of behavior – always confusing.

"It's a way to grow plants using other trees as roots and using grafting or xylem budding!" He himself probably knew that what he said was obscure, scratched his head, and explained again: "You can understand that the dead cherry blossom tree borrowed the corpse and resurrected the soul on this rootstock!" ”

She's really incredible! I don't understand where she learned so many strange arts at such a young age!

Ignoring my shaking eyes, she said to herself, "You know? Each flower has its own flower language, which is used to represent certain feelings and wishes. I just remembered that the flower language of cherry blossoms is: life, happiness and never give up for a lifetime, and the law of fate is the cycle! He took my hand and placed it on the sapling, "The vanished cherry blossom tree has returned, so you can't give up the happiness you want!" ”

The sun was shining brightly that day, and the golden sunlight shone on her body, as if it had coated her whole body with a layer of golden light, warm and dazzling.

I looked at her for a long time, and finally said, "Bajie, I'm leaving." Go to Chaoxi Valley to worship the old man of Qingxi as a teacher, and learn the art of war, martial arts, and strange techniques. My father has agreed, and he will set off the day after tomorrow. ”

"The day after tomorrow?" She was stunned for a moment, and then complained, "Master, why didn't you say it earlier?" I'm just saying that it would be hasty for me to prepare. But forget it, I don't have anything to prepare, two clothes and a small bag can hit the road! But......" she tilted her head as if she was distressed about something, "this cherry blossom tree is alive, and it must be taken care of." I still need to explain carefully to Su Chen and Tang Ning......"

"You don't have to go." I interrupted her chatter.

"Why?" He looked very surprised: "Doesn't the attendant have to follow the master closely?" Why don't I have to go? ”

Why? Because I can't take you there. Since I was a child, as long as I cared about something, it would disappear. Mother is like this, Sakura-i-in is like this, so ...... I don't want you to be the same.

But that's not to say I care about you, it's just that I'm used to seeing you.

I don't want to lose anything anymore, and I can't stand the feeling of being forced to accept it without being able to do anything about it. I want to be strong! Strong enough to change everything, powerful enough to manipulate your own destiny at will!

So, I had to leave and go to that place where I could be strong. And Bajie, you must stay, because once someone finds out that I treat you differently, I will definitely bring you death!

Those two women will never allow me to have my own henchmen! Your rebellion saved your life, and the whole palace knew that the prince had a disobedient servant, and it was this that became a guarantee of your safety. But now, I don't have the confidence to get along with you as before. Not only because I know that you are a woman, but also because I know too much about you that I don't want to know.

But these, there is no need to let you know!

"Because the old man Qingxi only likes handsome people, if you go, you will only be beaten and thrown out of the valley!" I said half-truthfully.

She had a toothache on her face, "Master, are you changing your way to praise Xiao for his unsightly appearance, is it unsightly?" ”

I looked at her coldly and didn't answer.

After a while, she sneered and said: "Everyone has a different level of appreciation, maybe the old man Qingxi has a unique eye, and he just thinks that I am lively and cute, and I have a different flavor?" Seeing that I still didn't react, she whispered a little deflated: "Is that little one still in Mingzhi Garden?" If I go back to the Division and redeploy, I'm afraid that if I am transferred like Su Chen, I won't have a chance to take care of Sakura......"

I deliberately wanted to see her worried expression, and I didn't reply to her until the day I left: "You just stay in Mingzhi Garden and wait, someone will come every day to check whether you have cleaned the garden spotlessly, if you find that you are lazy and tired, you will be severely punished!" ”

"Master," she said, with a sad face, "does the garden want me to clean it alone?" I'm worried that this place might become a haunted house in the future. ”

I knew she had something to say, and I didn't want to ask, but I wondered why she said it, and I asked, "Why?" ”

She said with an exaggerated expression: "Mingzhiyuan is so big, ordinary people can't clean it even if they don't eat or drink and clean it for three days." But the slave is a conscientious and responsible person, and will definitely work tirelessly to complete the work. It's just that in the long run, I'm afraid I'll die of overwork. But don't worry, the slave will live up to the master's instructions, even if I turn into a ghost, I will come to the garden to clean up every night! It's just that I'm a little worried about whether this will cause frightening to others. After saying that, she pretended to be sad and lowered her head.

I said expressionlessly, "Bajie doesn't need to worry, I will ask the Heavenly Master to subdue you then, so you can do it with peace of mind!" ”

When she heard this, she looked at me with her mouth wide open, and was dumbfounded.

I don't think I've seen this funny expression for a long time......

I patted her on the head and said to her, "Take good care of Sakura, you said you would leave it to you, don't be untrustworthy." ”

She listened to the haze just now, her face was bright, and she replied loudly with a smile: "You can go with confidence, when you come back, you will definitely see the cherry blossoms blooming!" ”

I stared into her eyes, which seemed to shimmer brightly......

I have a hunch that such a person will one day leave me unconsciously. So I want to stop that! Even if she is very committed to it, then I want her to give me a promise, a promise that she can't leave.

I turned away without letting her see the sly smile on my lips......