In the blink of an eye, it has been three years since Xiao Qingyu died, and in the past three years, Ye Ningxiang has gained greater power by relying on the support of the curtain and the Daming Moon Palace. Although Zhou Yin was loyal to Ye Ningxiang on the surface, he colluded with Xiao Qingyan and others, King of Wu, and planned their rebellion step by step.

However, what is more amazing is that the situation of this dark tide has been running smoothly and steadily, and the country is also thriving under the guidance of Ye Ningxiang and the auxiliary minister.

Time can fade hatred, time can heal scars, and ten years is enough time for the people who left the past to forget the hatred of Da Rui's annihilation, and forget the pain of the destruction of their homes and the separation of their relatives. Under Ye Ningxiang's best efforts, Da Rui and Qianli have been integrated to the greatest extent, and Rui has truly achieved the unification at the national level.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the largest festival in the country, the Wanhua Festival, was introduced to the country.

Ye Ningxiang is a person who has left the country, and she is very familiar with this Wanhua Festival, but she also seems to have some indescribable emotions, so after hearing that the people of Yingdu began to prepare for the Wanhua Festival, she also ordered the Internal Affairs Office to prepare well, so that the palace of Rui can also have this grand festival of the country.

Since Xiao Qingyu passed away, it seems that the palace of this Rui Kingdom has not had such a grand festival for a long time, and the people in the palace are ecstatic when they hear such news, and they are almost day and night preparing for a grand event that is rare in several years.

However, there is one place that is an exception, the Longhua Palace where Xiao Chengyong lives has no intention of celebrating the festival at all, and it is as cold and deserted as ever.

Although Xiao Chengyong is the emperor, he is a crippled child who can't speak, can't walk on his legs, and has just turned ten years old. No one will pin their hopes on him, and no one will risk being an enemy of Ye Ningxiang to get too close to Xiao Chengyong.

Probably living in such a cruel environment since he was a child, Xiao Chengyong, who has suffered all kinds of hardships, has not been knocked down, and has always lived alone in the palace.

On the tenth day of the first month of May, Ye Ningxiang held a banquet in the Chongming Hall to reward the civil and military officials who worked hard for Da Rui, and ordered the palace people to plant different kinds of colorful and fragrant flowers throughout the palace.

This kind of grand event that can enhance good feelings, Ye Ningxiang naturally will not give Xiao Chengyong a chance to participate, so when everyone is participating in the Wanhua Festival in Chongming Palace, Xiao Chengyong is staying alone in Longhua Palace.

But at this moment, his mood is extremely happy, because the slaves and maids who are watching him have gone to the Chongming Hall to help, but he is rare and free, if his legs are no different from ordinary people, he can walk around the palace alone without scrutiny, or simply escape from the palace and see the outside world.

"Who are you, and how are you here alone?"

Out of nowhere, a pleasant sound like a copper bell suddenly reached Xiao Chengyong's ears, which made his heart suddenly startled. Xiao Chengyong hurriedly turned around and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a girl who was slightly older than him smiling at him not far in front of him.

The first time he saw a child who was similar to him talking to him, Xiao Chengyong almost lost control and answered the girl's words directly. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Xiao Chengyong swallowed his saliva, looked directly at the girl, and didn't say a word.

"Why don't you speak?"

Xiao Chengyong shook his head and pointed to his mouth again, implying that the girl was mute.

"Are you...... Dumb?"

Xiao Chengyong nodded.

"Ah, that's right. ”

The girl's face was lost, and she looked at the boy's crippled legs, and the girl's face sank a little, as if she was deeply sympathetic to the little boy's plight.

"But it's okay, you're still alive, you still have friends, you have people who love you. ”

Xiao Chengyong lowered his head and shook it vigorously, as if he tried his best to deny the girl's words.

"Don't you have friends?"

Xiao Chengyong nodded.

The girl was startled at first, then showed a sweet smile like a flower, walked to Xiao Chengyong's side, grabbed Xiao Chengyong's little hand very presumptuously, and said, "My name is Gu Xiaomei, if you don't mind, let me be your friend?"

I didn't expect this little girl who suddenly appeared to be so purposeless, not afraid of offending the powerful and taking the initiative to approach him and care about him, Xiao Chengyong was stunned for a long time and didn't react.

"Why don't you?"

Xiao Chengyong shook his head and wrote on Gu Xiaomei's palm: Be friends with me, you will suffer.

Gu Xiaomei looked at Xiao Chengyong puzzled, only to see Xiao Chengyong nodding very firmly.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid, my dad will protect me. But I don't know your name yet!"

Xiao Chengyong continued to write on Gu Xiaomei's palm: "Xiao Chengyong." ”

Since Xiao Chengyong's brother accidentally drowned, Xiao Chengyong no longer has any playmates, a person in the world of adults and deceitful for six years, and now suddenly a bosom sister came out of nowhere, although Xiao Chengyong didn't say it, but his heart was beautiful, and he couldn't wait to let this young lady live in Longhua Palace day and night, and be his companion.

However, things will never develop according to his imagination, these two children will also play in Longhua Palace for a while, and someone from Longhua Palace will come, or the person Xiao Chengyong is most afraid of seeing, Ye Ningxiang.

However, Ye Ningxiang was followed by the person Gu Xiaomei wanted to see, her father Gu Liancheng.

"Daddy!"

I saw Gu Xiaomei screaming, and then ran into Gu Liancheng's arms. This Gu Liancheng is really a daughter slave, he picked up Gu Xiaomei, who was already twelve years old, and spun around in the air, as if telling the world: Look, my Gu Liancheng has such a beautiful daughter!

However, the excessive behavior of this beloved daughter was immediately poured a large basin of cold water by Ye Ningxiang.

"This palace has never heard of Lord Gu marrying, but I didn't expect Lord Gu to have a daughter who is more than ten years old!"

This Ye Ningxiang is really his Gu Liancheng's nemesis, he hasn't changed at all for more than ten years, he always likes to choke him with words, and he always chokes on him, so that Gu Liancheng can't find the words to fight back. Gu Liancheng frowned, pursed his mouth, put Gu Xiaomei down, and said coldly: "I just have a daughter who is more than ten years old, and Da Rui's laws don't say that you are not allowed to have a daughter if you don't get married!"

For a person like Gu Liancheng who has two brushes and is willing to be sincerely loyal to her, Ye Ningxiang didn't want to be angry too much, so she smiled and said: "Your daughter looks very well-behaved, it's really your blessing that you can have such a daughter!"

Escaped from the palace privately, his life was in danger, he was kidnapped by Xiao Qingyan, threatened Ye Ningxiang, and Mu Xize saved people

Gu Liancheng glanced at Ye Ningxiang with little respect, and without waiting for Ye Ningxiang's permission, he pulled Gu Xiaomei out of Longhua Palace. However, before leaving, Gu Xiaomei glanced at Xiao Chengyong very meaningfully, as if hinting that Xiao Chengyong and they would meet again soon.

Xiao Chengyong is a child after all, even if he contacts Gu Liancheng's daughter privately, he will definitely not be able to do anything to resist her Ye Ningxiang. So for this incident, Ye Ningxiang didn't blame Xiao Chengyong, but just sent the minister's congratulatory gift to the emperor to Longhua Palace, and left first.

In the next half a month, Xiao Chengyong always thought about the young lady who suddenly appeared and seemed to care about him. What did the meaningful look in her eyes mean when she was separated from him?

This night, Jing Guan Xiao Chengyong had already laid down on the bed, but his head was full of Gu Xiaomei's shadow, and just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden sound of objects in his room passing through the air.

Xiao Chengyong was so frightened that he almost opened his mouth, screamed, quickly got up, lit the candle, but saw a delicate little girl standing in front of him, this girl was the Gu Xiaomei he thought about day and night.

"Xiao Chengyong, do you dare to be presumptuous. ”

As she spoke, Gu Xiaomei half-squinted her eyes and showed a sly smile, as if she was going to take Xiao Chengyong to do something bad.

"In the past two days, the Queen Mother went to Anyou Temple and is not in the palace, so we can take this opportunity to do something that you have never done in your life. ”

The strong curiosity in his heart and his trust in Gu Xiaomei made Xiao Chengyong nod and agree to Gu Xiaomei without the slightest hesitation.

"It's just your leg ......"

Xiao Chengyong shook his head with a smile, and stood up without the help of external force at all, although he was still a little lame when he walked, but he was like two people in the wheelchair before.

"Can you stand up on your legs?"

Looking at Gu Xiaomei's surprised appearance, Xiao Chengyong seemed to have a sense of accomplishment, and responded while smiling: "Hmm." ”

"You...... You can talk, you deceived me!"

"You're the first person I've been speaking for in six years. I'm really sorry I lied to you before. ”

In the end, they are all children, Gu Xiaomei didn't ask Xiao Chengyong too much why he did this, and Xiao Chengyong also showed his truest side to his new good friend.

In the second half of the night, when the palace guards were asleep, Xiao Chengyong followed behind Gu Xiaomei and walked in concealment all the way to the palace gate.

Gu Xiaomei came prepared, took out a rope with an iron hook from her waist, and when the iron hook was hung on the top of the palace wall, Gu Xiaomei grabbed Xiao Chengyong, and the two jumped on the palace wall, also with the help of the power of the rope, the two jumped to the other end of the palace wall, outside the palace.

The first time he went out of the palace, the first time he enjoyed the scenery outside the palace freely, even though it was in the middle of the night when there was no one around, Xiao Chengyong was so happy that he almost lost his mind, dragging his legs that were not very agile and kept running around the streets of Yingdu.

Seeing that Xiao Chengyong, who had been suppressing himself and hiding himself at a young age, was finally free and unrestrained to do what he wanted, Gu Xiaomei's heart was full of achievements, and she ran around like crazy with Xiao Chengyong.

In early summer, the night in Yingdu was quite warm, and after a period of madness, the two dragged their tired bodies, found a shelter from the wind, and snuggled up to each other in the open air to sleep.

Probably because last night was too tossed, the two of them slept in the open air for a long time before waking up. But when they woke up, they were all shocked, for there were seven or eight of them standing in front of them, several of their big strong men. The brawny men glared at them with fierce eyes, and they still had long knives in their hands.

"You...... Who are you? Do you know whose daughter I am, I ...... I've practiced martial arts!"

These people didn't mean to retreat, but walked closer to them, and the wicked smile on the corner of their mouths revealed that they were going to do something evil to Xiao Chengyong and Gu Xiaomei.

Gu Xiaomei just wanted to speak, but she felt a numbness in her neck, and her eyes were pitch black, and she lost consciousness. Xiao Chengyong saw that Gu Xiaomei was knocked unconscious by a silver needle flying from nowhere, and he couldn't care about the secret he had hidden for a long time, and shouted: "Little sister!"