Since Bo Heng and Daddy set out on the expedition, I have been lost like the three souls and seven spirits have flown with it. Today, Zhou Shuning came to play in the house, and I screamed before I could speak. "You're going to die, Sun Qixing, the dark circles under your eyes are so heavy."

I touched my eyes, and the bed had become bigger in the past few days, and I couldn't sleep well. Zhihong also laughed at my Highness for only half a month, just like having lovesickness.

"I haven't slept well lately, what are you doing all the time?" I replied to Zhou Shuning angrily.

"I think you think you think Zhou Boheng thinks, hey, it's really sour." Zhou Shuning continued to taunt me, I didn't bother to pay attention, and my thoughts drifted away again.

It was rare to hear Zhou Shuning let out a long sigh, lying on the table with a sad face. I was confused by her unusual behavior, and it was the first time I had seen her after knowing each other for so long.

"What's wrong with you, I've never seen you like this." I asked.

"Ah Xing, what do you think is true to a sincere heart?" Zhou Shu said sullenly, looking very sad.

I held my face and remembered the bits and pieces of me and Boheng. "It's just a sense of peace of mind. You laugh when you see him, and miss him when you can't see him. ”

Zhou Shuning turned her face, "Will that be happy?" ”

I replied without thinking: "That's natural, it's a happy thing to be happy." ”

Tears slowly gathered in Zhou Shuning's eyes, sliding down the bridge of her nose and onto the table. "It's happy when you're happy... That's the case, no wonder it is..."

I was so frightened by her abnormality that I quickly wiped her tears. "You, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Shuning buried her head in the crook of her arm again, sniffed and said, "Ah Xing, I'm so embarrassed." I was anxious by her inexplicable words, and hurriedly asked something.

"I proposed to Zhou Jilin, just at last night's family dinner."

I was a little stunned, last night I excused myself and said that I was sick and didn't go to the family dinner, why did such a powerful thing happen when I was not there. Zhou Shuning is really bold, and she actually proposed in front of so many people.

"Ah, why, and then?" I asked.

Zhou Shuning said with a cry: "I have always liked him, and I have liked him since I was a child. No matter what others say about him being cold and withdrawn, I just like it. ”

"For so long, I've been trying to create opportunities to meet him. Even if it's just a few more words to him, I'll be happy. Zhou Shuning sniffed hard, and I hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.

"I begged my father to go and tell His Majesty, but my father looked down on his mother as a foreign woman, and it was impossible to inherit the throne in the future. My father wanted me to marry somebody else, so I kept crying and fussing. ”

I remembered that as soon as I went back to the capital, I heard that Zhou Shuning was making a fuss at home, and it was for this matter. Zhou Shuning continued to babble.

"But two days ago I heard that he might be getting married, so I was anxious. Where can I take care of so much, I knelt down with His Majesty at the family banquet and said that I wanted to marry him. I thought that after so many years of getting along, he might agree. ”

Zhou Shuning cried out, and I patted her on the back again and again, signaling Zhihong to guard the yard and not let the idlers wait in.

"But who knows, he refused without hesitation." Zhou Shuning's cry was full of grievances, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for this stupid girl.

"I still want to fight for it, so I keep telling him all kinds of things we get along, but he said coldly, those are just things that you feel happy, I don't think there is anything to be happy about." Zhou Shuning was so choked that she couldn't speak intermittently.

Then he looked up, and his face was stained with tears. "Zhou Jilin, this bastard, big bastard! I don't want to like him anymore. ”

I tried to calm her down, "Okay, okay, I don't like him anymore." ”

After comforting for a while, Zhou Shuning stopped crying and returned home with red and swollen eyes. I looked at her lost back and couldn't help but sigh.

Ji Lin once helped me and Bo Heng in Lingyang, he is indeed a cold person, he is polite and alienated from everyone, and I don't know how Bo Heng played with him.

Zhihong said worriedly: "The county lord seems to be really sad and crying so much. I sighed softly, "There are a few more women who dare to have the courage to propose marriage in public, and she is condensed." But being rejected in public is also a big hurt. ”

Remembering that I also refused in public at the beginning, Bo Heng should have been very sad at that time. I got up and just wanted to ask Zhihong to prepare dinner, when the palace sent someone to say that Di Yuan wanted to see me.

Although I was a little surprised, Bo Heng was not at home, and Daddy was not there, so he was bored. And going around the palace is better than losing one's soul alone.

In the Yongle Palace, Di Yuan was casually dressed in regular clothes, holding a scroll and sitting on the dragon case. "The sons and daughters visit their father, and their father is healthy." Di Yuan raised his head and saw that it was me, and raised his hand to signal that there was no need to be polite. Immediately, all the servants in the hall retreated, leaving me and Di Yuan alone.

"Xiao Qi, my Yongle Palace has hidden many treasures in the world. Let your father take you around, and you have the right to accompany me, an old man. "Di Yuan's thirst-quenching illness is getting worse and worse, and he can't walk without crutches.

I said okay, and stepped forward to help Di Yuan to the dazzling shelves.

Di Yuan introduced the collection to me like a number of treasures, including the authentic works of painters of the previous dynasties, as well as the porcelain that had been lost to the people for many years. But I noticed that there was a portrait of a woman everywhere in the hall, but there was no picture of the woman.

But the long curly hair, the bell on the wrist. Isn't this my Auntie, I'm a little confused, I don't know why there are so many paintings of my Auntie in Diyuan's palace.

Di Yuan seemed to notice the gaze of my eyes, and said without concealing it: "Xiao Qi, do you know who this is?" ”

I was even more confused by Di Yuan's directness, the Son of Heaven secretly hid the painting of the dead wife of the courtier, what is this...

"This woman has no face, but Erchen thinks that she looks very much like Erchen's aunt." I said cautiously.

"Yes, it's your aunt, Tatyana." Di Yuan looked at the woman in the painting calmly, and his tone was flat as if asking me what I was eating today.

"Xiao Qi doesn't have to think about it, Lone only has respect and guilt for your mother, and has never wanted to defile her despicably."

I hurriedly knelt down, "Erchen has never thought of my father like this. ”

Di Yuan pulled me up and continued, "Xiao Qi still remembers your mother, how did she die? ”

I shook my head, and I couldn't piece together the beginning and end of that blazing night.

"At that time, you were still young, and it was normal for you to experience such bloody things and not remember." Di Yuan paused, "But Lone remembers that Lone has also felt guilty for more than ten years and can't forgive himself." ”

I looked at Di Yuan and didn't understand what the emotion in his eyes meant.

Di Yuan's eyes began to dim, as if he was beginning to recall the past. I listened silently, those past events that Daddy never talked about.

I have known your father since childhood, and then I was lonely and poor, so I could only go to work as a street seller, and your father went to work as a big soldier. At that time, our hometown of Luoman was close to the border between Yundu and Yanqi, so there were many Yundu people who came here to do business and live.

Lone will never forget the day on the street, when your mother's crisp voice stopped me and bought rouge head oil. The bright smile was more beautiful than all the scenery I had ever seen, and I always went there so that I could see her more.

After a while, Lone became friends with your mother, and she also learned her name Tatyana. Your mother said with crooked eyebrows, "It means a beautiful girl."

Then the world was difficult, and your father returned home. The three of us played around together all day, and gradually, Lone discovered that Tatyana was in love with your father.

Di Yuan suddenly stopped talking, I didn't know that it was my aunt that Di Yuan knew first. I handed Di Yuan a glass of water, moistened his throat, and Di Yuan continued.

It would be false to say that Gu had no affection for your mother at all, and your mother was a kind and resolute girl. Lonely was unwilling to express his heart to your mother in private.

But your mother said she really liked your father. Looking at her with a smile and a smile running towards your father, it is so bright and happy. So Lone decided to give up and fulfill them.

Later, the emperor was rampant, and the people were not able to make a living. Lone and your father, as well as many rebels, rose up. It took six full years to overthrow Emperor Yan and establish today's Yanqi.

But the difficulties in this are not what ordinary people can imagine, and the soldiers who accompanied the lonely soldiers ended up dead and injured less than five people, including your father.

But Lone made a fatal mistake by letting your father attack without figuring out the enemy's situation. fell into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, resulting in the tragic death of your aunt in the city.

Your aunt stuffed you and your brother into a water tank and desperately led the enemy away. When we finally found you, little you were held in your brother's arms, and you didn't know what was going on.

Tears flowed down Di Yuan's face, and my heart couldn't calm down for a long time. It turned out that my aunt passed away like this, and she didn't forget to protect me and my brother on the last journey at the moment of crisis.

I couldn't help but ask, "What about my aunt, didn't Your Majesty find her in the end?" ”

Di Yuan wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, and said unbearably: "I finally found it, but it's not a complete Tatyana." ”

My heart ached, and the tears could no longer be suppressed, and I slowly began to sob. I don't know how much A-Niang suffered, so that she didn't have a whole corpse.

No wonder every time A-Niang's sacrifice day, Daddy has to lock himself up and cry. No wonder whenever Daddy mentions Daddy, Daddy is always silent. It turned out that it was such a heart-wrenching pain that I didn't want to mention it again.

Di Yuan pressed my shoulder, "Xiao Qi, I've been living in guilt since that day. If you can't enjoy the present wealth with peace of mind, you can always dream of your mother. ”

My shoulders twitched, and I said with tears in my eyes: "A-Niang's departure, you can't blame it all." The root of it is that there is an emperor, and there will be all kinds of things in the future. It's not your fault, A-Niang sees you as a friend, and she doesn't want you to live in guilt all the time. ”

Di Yuan took a deep breath, "But Gu has no way to forgive himself. ”

After a while, Di Yuan quietly watched me calm down. "Tonight, the son of the minister Xie Father told the past and revealed the questions in the heart of the son for many years. Please also ask your father to spare yourself, the deceased is gone, and the living must always look forward. ”

Di Yuan limped over to the dragon case and sat down, and I helped him walk with me. "Later, in order to support the great cause, your father married the current Zhang family, and he owes your father too much."

I took out a handkerchief and wiped my cheeks clean and shook my head. "Daddy has never complained about Your Majesty, and for today's people, it is great that you have saved them."

Di Yuan nodded, "Xiao Qi, there is a military report coming from today, you can take a look." Di Yuan handed me a piece of letterhead. I took it respectfully, but after reading the contents, my hands trembled uncontrollably.

[After King Lingyang and General Sun marched to the border of Pilu State, they pursued the enemy army and were led into the land of quicksand, both of them lost their traces, leaving only three people to flee back desperately. 】

My whole body trembled, and the sharp pain in my heart seemed to tear me apart. No, it won't. Bo Heng promised me to come back safely. How so, how could it be...

"It's just a temporary disappearance, maybe they've escaped." Di Yuan looked at my six gods and no master and comforted.

I looked at the letter again and again, as if to see a hole. But it was still written about the disappearance of Daddy and Bo Heng, and the blood on my body seemed to be cold.

"Today, the court also informed everyone about this matter, and now that the court is in turmoil, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful in the near future. So summon you to the palace, let's go back to Wutong Garden for a few days. Di Yuan patted me on the shoulder, but I didn't listen to a word.

I knelt down heavily and said in an anxious tone: "Please ask my father and emperor to go to the border of Pilu and kill the traitor!" ”

"Nonsense! What border do you have for a daughter's house? Di Yuan was so angry that he slammed the book, and I looked him straight in the eye.

"Erchen knows how to use swordsmanship, and he saved the people when he was in Lingyang. Erchen is not afraid, if Boheng is gone, I will never live alone! I said word for word.

Di Yuan was so angry that he was about to say something, but suddenly the internal official Li Chong stumbled in from outside the door, and hurriedly bolted the door, and crawled to us tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is a mutiny outside!"