Brother (II)

The rain stopped, and it stopped.

The eldest prince took advantage of God's nap and hurriedly entered the palace.

It stands to reason that the adult prince is not allowed to enter the palace, and he has to open the palace outside, which is the rule of the previous dynasty. But the Holy Emperor only found a few good assistants to govern the world at that time, and the good assistants who helped him take care of the backyard were already bedridden and dying, so outside the palace, under the leadership of Guo Jinghui and the prince Xu, after a series of changes, almost everyone had land to plant, and every household had grain and grass. The Holy Emperor was troublesome and didn't understand this, and his mind was on the queen at that time, so all the systems in the palace remained the same.

Therefore, the adult emperor is not allowed to have a residence in the palace, and he is not even allowed to enter the palace without an edict.

In addition to the underage children and the Holy Emperor, as well as the guards who have to strictly implement the shift change system every half an hour, there can only be eunuchs and palace maids in the palace at night. Of course, there are also ministers who have urgent matters to do.

But when it comes to the Holy Emperor, this rule is not so strict.

The eldest prince also retains a residence in the palace, and he is the only prince who can still live in the palace after reaching adulthood.

Since he became an adult, he spent most of his time in the south, and occasionally returned to Chang'an to nest in Fengming Pavilion, and the Holy Emperor did not let him open the mansion alone, let alone give him any title to send him.

Therefore, he can occasionally enter the palace to live, and the Holy Emperor doesn't care about him.

Anyway, there are no concubines in the palace, only palace maids, and occasionally a few palace maids accidentally have a relationship with the Holy Emperor, even if they give birth to children, there is no good end.

The only concubine was forced by the four great families at that time to be established, and after giving birth to the second prince, the concubine also "died unexpectedly".

Therefore, the most humane place in the entire palace is the towering nine-storied pagoda, in which sleeps a woman who lives forever in the heart of the Holy Emperor.

When the eldest prince entered the palace, the palace when he was a child had already been replaced by him, so he could only go to live in a small house next to Xiande Palace.

Hyundeok Palace, a palace that has been empty for a long time.

Originally, according to the name of the previous dynasty, the queen's palace should be called Kunning Palace, but the Holy Emperor didn't care about this. He didn't have thousands of pen and ink in his belly, and he didn't have any beautiful words at that time, and he didn't have time to go to the Hanlin Academy to ask a few scholars, anyway, he thought that his queen was virtuous and virtuous, so he directly changed it to Xiande Palace.

The owner of the Xiande Palace has long slept in the nine-storied tower, but this place has been kept as it is, every day there are palace maids and little eunuchs to clean, and the Holy Emperor will occasionally come to inspect it, he wants to make sure that this place is clean and beautiful, so that his queen can wake up to see familiar places and have a familiar feeling.

A small building has been erected next to the Xiande Palace, which is the residence of the eldest prince in the palace.

The guards and eunuchs all knew, so the eldest prince entered the palace all the way unimpeded.

But today, he didn't walk in the direction of Xiande Palace, he walked towards Moyang Palace.

Moyang Palace, the palace of the little prince of the Xuanyuan Holy Emperor today, the palace of Xuanyuan Rende who was praised to the sky by the Hanlin Academy and civil officials.

As soon as the eldest prince arrived at Moyang Palace, he suddenly remembered the thunder in the sky, he looked at the front of the palace, the little eunuchs were listless, the palace maids were also drowsy, and the guards didn't know where to go, but he didn't have time to think about this at this time, so he walked towards the room where a child's figure was reflected in the window.

When he reached the door, the little eunuch and the palace maids were suddenly startled, and were about to speak, but they saw the faces of the people in the light of the lights.

They all opened their mouths wide in horror, waiting for their eyes to watch the prince who was in the middle of the sun gesture to them with a "shhh", and they also cooperated to prevent their voices from coming out.

In fact, he hadn't seen this brother a few times, and several times he was a little annoyed by those officials, so he looked at this younger brother from a distance. There was nothing out of the ordinary, just like an ordinary child, except that he thought this younger brother was cuter. Probably because most of the blood is the same, he inexplicably has a good impression of this younger brother.

His heart was also a little nervous, and he was pounding, what should he say first when he went in?

You can't just say as soon as you enter, what time are you going to study at the Hanlin Academy tomorrow, my brother is going to kill you.

It's not that he can't say this kind of thing, but he can't say it to a child.

Actually, he also understood that this was the opportunity given to him by Zhannan.

If he kills him directly tonight, it will be more convenient; this is also a test for him, if he really does this, will he be Xuanyuan Chi someone? Subject to people, and not his dog and sycophant, he didn't say it, the eldest prince naturally won't do it.

Besides, he was already a little resistant to this matter.

He paused at the door, took a deep breath, looked up, and finally pushed the door open.

Although he is still young, he can also see that he must be a sword-eyed and star-eyed young man when he grows up, but he is gentle and elegant.

Xuanyuan Rende was startled by the sound of pushing the door, and suddenly looked up from the table full of books and looked at the person who came.

There was a surprise in his eyes at first, then he tilted his head to look at the eldest prince who was smiling lightly but was a little embarrassed, and then there was joy in his eyes, and he immediately shouted: "Brother." ”

The eldest prince's heart warmed.

Not to mention that Zhan Nan didn't ask for it, even if he asked him to solve this threat tonight, with this "brother", he would let his younger brother spend this night peacefully.

The eldest prince was slightly stunned and stood in place.

He hadn't heard the title "brother" for a long time, and when Xuanyuan Hui'an was still there, she would often follow behind her like a little heel, and sweetly call herself "brother".

I don't know if Liu Chenglang's bastard boy took good care of her, this is his father, his mother and the baby in his heart!

When he became sensible, he no longer called "father", but changed to "father", and added the word "emperor" to any title, which gave him great power, but he lost his human touch and warm feeling.

Since the moment his father put his mother in the nine-story tower, his father has become his father, and only Xuanyuan Hui'an's little girl still calls her brother as always.

But when Xuanyuan Hui'an left, no one called him like that anymore.

Although there are many brothers and sisters, they all bow their heads and respectfully call him "Brother Huang".

No one has ever called himself a brother like this brother, with a little shyness, nervousness, and hope in his eyes.

Looking at the eldest prince who was stunned in place, this Xuanyuan Rende opened his mouth timidly, and he was still a little scared.

"I'm sorry, brother. No, no, no, the emperor...... Brother Huang. ”

The eldest prince came back to his senses, sighed, walked over, stroked the head of Xuanyuan Rende, who was trembling a little, and said, "Let's call it brother!"

Xuanyuan Rende's eyes lit up, he was a little happy, and nodded heavily.

The eldest prince sat down next to him, looked at the books piled up on the table that were taller than Xuanyuan Rende, and asked, "Do you read books every night, or do you have too much homework assigned by those gentlemen in the Hanlin Academy?"

Xuanyuan Rende shook his head, closed the book he had read before, and then supported his face with his hands.

Seeing that he didn't want to answer this question, the eldest prince changed the question.

"By the way, I haven't met you a few times, how can you recognize me?"

When Xuanyuan Rende heard this, he smiled mysteriously, then stood up, walked to the bed, and under the surprised gaze of the eldest prince, got out of bed and took out a picture scroll.

The picture scroll used by the royal family is naturally not ordinary, but the content of the painting makes his heart warm.

On the fine rice paper, there are several figures that can only be seen in human form, and the painting is indeed unsightly, but the inscription below is very beautiful.

Family.

When the eldest prince looked at it, he saw a person with a hat who occupied the largest place, and there was an extra word "father" on his face, and next to the person with the word "father" written on his face, there was also a person composed of a wooden stick and a circle, and the word "big" was written on his face...... In the far corner, there is a small black dot with a small "I" next to it.

Xuanyuan Chi's heart didn't know what was pricked, and it hurt a little.

"I always wanted my brothers and sisters to come and see me, but slowly, they all had to move out of the palace, so I could only draw and record them, but the gentlemen didn't teach me to draw, and every day they either asked me to read the words of "Zhihu Ye", or told me how to help the world and the people.

He scratched his head and said with a smile: "I can only rely on memory, remember the appearance of my father and mother, and draw a deputy family according to the appearance of the most gentle lady in the world described by my mother, I thought that writing and painting were similar, but I found that it was much more difficult to get started, so I could only mark them on their faces, but I will not forget their appearance." ”

There were tears in the eldest prince's eyes, and he wiped his eyes.

"Can you give this to my brother?"

Xuanyuan Rende's head shook like a rattle.

"No, I'll give it to you, I won't have anything to do when I'm bored in the future, and I won't have anything to stare at in a daze. ”

Xuanyuan Chi struggled to squeeze out a smile.

"You can play with the little eunuch!"

Xuanyuan Rende lowered his head and pursed his lips with a sullen look.

"What's wrong?"

"They don't play with me and laugh at me. ”

Xuanyuan's eyes were full of doubts.

"For as long as I can remember, my mother and I have lived here, and the house is huge, and the officials will respect us. But those fathers-in-law are very fierce, they always say that I am a wild seed, and they don't care about us except for three meals a day. ”

A hint of anger appeared in the eldest prince's eyes.

"Later, when my mother was sick, I knelt and begged them to go to the doctor, and they promised it, but after a long time, my mother fell asleep forever, and there were worms on her face, and the doctor did not come. ”

In the end, the father finally appeared, he killed so many fathers-in-law, but the mother couldn't come back.

Xuanyuan Rende lowered his head, and there was a faint sound of sobbing.

"And then?" the eldest prince patted him on the shoulder, being a qualified listener.

"Later, my father would come to see me from time to time, but no one played with me, and the little eunuchs just didn't sneer. ”

The eldest prince sighed lightly.

"You should tell your father or me!"

Xuanyuan Rende shook his head.

"My father must be very busy to manage so many people and let them live a good life, so I won't bother him, and brother, I have heard that you are amazing, galloping on the battlefield, white robes and silver guns, and those who see it are terrified. You are all people who do great things......" Xuanyuan Rende scratched his head, laughing with tears.

Suddenly, the sound of "coo-goo" came out, and Xuanyuan Chi looked at Xuanyuan Rende, who pointed to his stomach, a little embarrassed.

"Let the little eunuch bring some food!"

Xuanyuan Rende shook his head.

"It's been a long time since I've let them send it, and in the past, there were some inexplicable things in the things that were sent. ”

The anger on the eldest prince's face flashed away.

"And how did you fix it?"

Xuanyuan Rende smiled mysteriously, beckoned, and whispered a few words into the ear of the eldest prince.

A look of surprise appeared on the eldest prince's face and nodded.

One big and one small calculated the right time and went out of the window, and the little eunuchs and palace maids didn't notice it.

The two of them went to the imperial dining room as thieves, and Xuanyuan Rende looked around the imperial dining room with ease, and finally whispered to Xuanyuan Chi: "There is nothing else, only eggs, and some cold rice, probably the leftovers of those cooks." ”

The eldest prince thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know how to cook?"

Xuanyuan Rende scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

The eldest prince was about to speak, but heard the younger brother reply: "I am a good cook, but I am afraid that someone will find out." As he spoke, he made a "shhhhhhhh

The eldest prince leaned down and whispered, "It's okay, I'll help you watch it." ”

"Good!"

Xuanyuan Rende found a pile of firewood in the corner, got a flint stone from somewhere, and began to make a fire.

After a while, the eldest prince standing at the door heard the sound of ding ding dong, he thought about it, turned to look at his younger brother who was seriously frying rice, and with a wave of his hand, a light curtain surrounded him, and the sound was gone.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Rende was going to do well, he waved his hand, and the light curtain disappeared.

Xuanyuan Rende walked out with two plates of rice, and the two princes squatted at the door of the imperial dining room and ate fried rice that almost everyone could afford.

After eating, Xuanyuan Rende brought his brother's empty plate.

Xuanyuan was stunned.

"What are you doing?"

Xuanyuan Rende rolled up his sleeves.

"Wash the dishes, so they don't notice. ”

Xuanyuan stood there in a daze, watching his younger brother wash the dishes.

In the end, they went back the way they came.

After seeing his younger brother smiling on his lips and lying on the bed contentedly, he was ready to leave through the main entrance.

"Brother, will you still come to see me?" asked Xuanyuan Rende suddenly.

"Yes. Xuanyuan Rende's face was full of happiness.

"By the way, shouldn't you retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, they're minions after all. The eldest prince asked suddenly.

Xuanyuan Rende sat up from the bed, and there was a light in his eyes.

"My mother said that as long as you are good to the world, the world will be good to you. ”

"So you don't care about them. ”

Xuanyuan Rende scratched his head and said, "Actually, I will also persuade them and tell them the truth that Mr. Hanlin Yuan taught me." ”

The eldest prince stared at him.

"Am I wrong?" Xuanyuan Rende said in a low voice with a little fear in his eyes.

"That's right. The eldest prince said softly.

With that, he turned away.

"Brother, when are you coming to see me. ”

"Tomorrow. The eldest prince's heart was very entangled, but in the end he still said these two words.

"Okay, then I'll go to Hanlin Academy tomorrow, can my brother come and see me off?"

The eldest prince nodded, did not dare to look at the younger brother, and turned to leave.

......

When he arrived at the gate of Xiande Palace, he saw a familiar figure.

He is not surprised, this person is normal here, because his father will give him the right to enter the palace every time he goes out, there are no concubines in the harem, not to mention, he is also old, so there will be no difference, of course, what is more worthy of respect and reassurance is the character of this old man.

"Have you seen that brother of yours?"

The eldest prince nodded.

"Did you know about him?"

Guo Jinghui shook his head.

"I don't often go to the palace, I don't know at all, and he doesn't say anything, or you went today, I only knew about these things. ”