Chapter 20: Candy as a child
Lixiao looked at the moon outside the window, and his thoughts drifted back to the year he was five years old......
That year, he was escorted to Beijing as a proton.
At a young age, he left his parents and came to this dangerous palace thousands of miles away.
Although he didn't know what proton meant at the time, he guessed from the way others pointed at him that he should be very unpopular.
Those kings and nobles bullied him, gave him cold rice and vegetables, and mixed them with sand.
He didn't know what he had done wrong, he just lived in horror every day.
He went to the old emperor in tears and complained about the crimes of the children.
Although the old emperor reprimanded them on the surface, he did not make any substantive punishment, and those children understood that the old emperor acquiesced to their approach, so they intensified their efforts, and even punched and kicked each other when it was serious.
Due to the connivance of the old emperor, those palace maids and eunuchs also became sluggish.
The things that the king of Dingbei sent to Xiao Lixiao were all ignored by those subordinates, and they also lied that the king of Dingbei and his wife had never sent anything to him, and they didn't even have a letter from home.
Xiao Lixiao felt at that time that it was boring to live, his father didn't hurt, his mother didn't love him, and the people around him could bully him at will.
The mother clearly said that his father and the emperor were brothers who had died, and he just came here to live for a while, and the emperor would definitely treat him well.
And this is the palace, good food and accommodation, a good place to enjoy happiness.
But why is all this completely opposite to what my mother said?
Little Lixiao couldn't figure it out.
He could only bow his head fiercely, bury his face in his knees, and weep quietly in the endless dark night.
On his sixth birthday, the emperor unexpectedly prepared a luxurious birthday banquet for him.
The palace maids and eunuchs who only bullied him on weekdays seemed to have changed as if they had changed, and they rushed to serve him to bathe and change clothes, put on new clothes for him, and carried him to the banquet with luxurious steps.
The naΓ―ve Xiao Lixiao thought that the emperor had finally opened his eyes, and the kind of beautiful life described by his mother was coming!
However, reality gave him a heavy blow to the young man.
He still remembered that behind the old emperor stood a man with a black scarf covering his face.
The man's figure was very rickety, and his back was arched high, and he looked like a shrimp.
He took out a delicate little box and handed it to the old emperor, who then gave it to him.
The old emperor said that it was a birthday present for him.
But when Xiao Lixiao opened the box with joy, he only saw a crimson insect "whoosh" into his hand, and then disappeared.
He didn't know what it was, but he felt that his whole body was getting hotter and hotter, as if it was about to burn.
The old emperor hurriedly beckoned people, saying that he was going to take him to see the imperial doctor, but he turned his face and took him out of the palace, through those lively streets, and left him in a secluded alley.
The young Lixiao was covered in sweat, shivering in the goose-featherlike snow in the capital, calling the heavens and the earth not spiritual.
He thought that his life was about to end in this ice and snow, but suddenly he heard a young voice say: "Daddy, there seems to be someone there!" β
He only saw a little girl like a porcelain doll poking out a small head, and she passed out completely.
When he woke up, he found himself lying on a large warm and soft bed, and although the surroundings were unfamiliar, there was an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
He only felt more comfortable than ever, like ...... Regained a new lease of life.
"Are you awake? Which family are you from, and why are you so sick? What about your parents? β
A young man asked softly.
Behind the man stood a heroic young woman and a little girl of five or six years old, both of whom were very happy to see him wake up.
"I ......"
Xiao Lixiao opened his mouth, not knowing what happened to him, so he could only close his mouth in frustration.
The young woman stepped forward and poked the man and said, "He's still so young, you ask so many things at once, where did he answer?" Don't talk about him, even a girl who can speak well may not be able to answer. β
The little girl pouted: "I can!" β
"You can be a fart!" The woman said disdainfully, and then gently stroked Xiao Lixiao's face and said, "It's really a sin, such a good-looking child is willing to lose it!" If you don't have a place to go, why don't you stay at my house and be a child husband for Yunting. β
"Mother, what is a child husband?"
"Your future husband!"
"Okay! I have a husband! β
The man raised his forehead: "Are you so hasty to figure out his origin?" In case ......"
"What in case? He's a little kid and so cute, what's the problem? β
"It's beautiful and can't be eaten as a meal!"
"Why can't you eat it as a meal? Why do you think the old lady has taken a fancy to you? β
The two of them quarreled with each other, and the little girl was not surprised, and happily clapped her hands and coaxed aside.
Little Lixiao looked at the little girl stupidly, and couldn't take her eyes off it anymore.
A few days later, Chinese New Year's Eve arrived as scheduled, and the whole capital was bustling.
The adults were busy putting up lights, and the children were playing together in groups.
"What are you hiding in your arms?"
Several children surrounded Xiao Lixiao.
"It's mine, it's none of your business."
Xiao Lixiao said coldly.
But he was very thin at that time, and he was no match for those children at all, and he was pushed to the ground by them, and the candy in his arms was also scattered on the ground.
"Where did you get the sugar?" The bad kids rush up and snatch the candy, but they still won't let him go.
"Does it have anything to do with you? Give me back the sugar! β
"If you don't pay it back, you won't pay it back! You have what it takes to grab it! Briefly! The bad boys grimaced as they said and ran backwards giggling.
"Stop!" An immature female voice sounded.
When the bad children saw it, their faces suddenly changed: "Why is she here?" β
Xiao Su Yunting stopped the group of bad boys domineeringly and said, "You dare to bully my people?" Give me back what you stook! β
"Just a few pieces of broken sugar, your father is so rich, just buy it again!"
"I just want the candy in your hand!"
"I don't give it! You have the ability to rob it! If you dare to do it, I'll tell your mother! β
"You!" Xiao Su Yunting choked, and then turned domineering and revealed: "Make a price." β
The bad kids looked at each other and didn't know how to answer for a while.
Xiao Su Yunting didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, she threw out a handful of golden melon seeds: "Is it enough?" β
The children's eyes were straight, and they secretly laughed in their hearts that Su Yunting was really a fool, she could buy ten sugar water shops with all this money, and she actually only needed these dirty sugars.
"Deal!"
The bad boy was afraid that she would regret it, so he quickly dropped the candy, picked up the golden melon seeds and ran.