Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

The tenth prince Xie Yongyan looked at Xie Ze nervously, then looked at Jiang Xin who was standing next to him, then he clenched the bun in his hand, lowered his head and remained silent.

He was hungry, so he went to the kitchen to steal some food. But he was afraid of being discovered, so he found an empty room and ate secretly.

He had often done this before, but he didn't expect that someone would come into this shabby house this time.

Even though Xie Yongyan was still young, he knew that stealing was wrong. But when he heard the always serious brother Xie Zewang asking him, he was at a loss for words.

But even if he didn't say it, Xie Ze could probably guess about 70% of it.

Xie Yongyan's biological mother was a maid in the Queen's Palace. One day, the Emperor stayed in the Queen's Palace. The Queen was ill and unfit to serve him, so she asked her trusted maid to serve the Emperor on her behalf.

But no one expected that this palace maid was so lucky. She became pregnant after just one time and was promoted by the emperor.

The queen was unhappy and didn't like this palace maid very much.

Later, no one knew what happened, perhaps because she did not take good care of the fetus during pregnancy. Not long after giving birth to Xie Yongyan, the palace maid's body was always weak. One night, she was killed by a cold.

And the tenth prince Xie Yongyan, from that day on, became a child without a mother.

In the palace, a child without a mother sometimes lives worse than a slave.

Xie Yongyan grew up in the Queen's Palace until he was four years old. Except for his wet nurse, no one paid attention to him. Even if he took the initiative to talk to the servants, the servants did not dare to pay attention to him as they had been instructed in advance.

When he was five years old, Xie Yongyan moved into the prince's residence.

The wet nurse always said that when he went to the prince's residence, there would be many children like him, who would play with him and talk to him a lot.

But when he arrived at the prince's residence, he found that there were many children of the same age as him, but still no one wanted to play with him.

Not only that, his brothers were even more annoying than the servants in the Queen's palace. They would deliberately knock over his bowl, trip him up, and then laugh at him for being a motherless child who couldn't even eat or walk.

He didn't like the prince's residence, but there was nowhere else to go.

Unlike other princes, who could stay in their mother's palace when they were young, the queen threw him out impatiently like throwing away garbage, and he could only live in the prince's residence.

He didn't have a mother to cook for him, so he could only wait for the prince's meal time every day. If someone knocked over his meal, he would go hungry for the whole day. He went to the kitchen to steal food because he was too hungry to bear it, he didn't mean to be a thief.

Xie Yongyan lowered his head and looked at the half-remaining bun in his hand. For some reason, tears started to flow uncontrollably.

Xie Ze & Jiang Xin: "..."

The little Tenth Prince now knew what it meant to be embarrassed. He felt very ashamed and could not help but want to defend himself. He sobbed and said, "I'm sorry, hiccup! I seldom cried before, hiccup!"

When his wet nurse was around, he would cry in front of her. Now that he was in the prince's residence and his wet nurse hadn't been transferred to another place, he knew that even if he cried, he would be laughed at by others. He hadn't shed tears for a long time, and he didn't know what happened today...

Probably because the person standing in front of him was Brother Xie Zewang.

He knew that Brother Xie Ze also lost his mother when he was young. No, Brother Xie Ze was even more pitiful than himself. He didn't even have a father, but he grew up to be such a powerful man.

Xie Yongyan had seen this prince brother at the dinner party. He didn't give face to anyone, no matter if it was the Second Imperial Brother or the Fourth Imperial Brother. When he got angry, he dared to scold anyone. But the imperial brothers still had to be respectful to him.

In the heart of little Xie Yongyan, Brother Xie Ze Wang is the person he admires the most, and he really wants to become a person like Brother Xie Ze in the future.

But now, his brother the king has seen such a shameful and terrible side of him. The brother the king is so powerful and strong, he must hate crybabies the most. He will be hated by the brother the king.

When Xie Yongyan thought about being hated by the person he admired the most, he cried even harder, tears falling like crazy.

"..." Xie Ze's face was dark. If someone who didn't know the situation saw this, they might think that he and Ashin were bullying a child. He immediately frowned and said unhappily, "Stop crying!"

Xie Ze had never had much patience with people other than Ashin, and this somewhat fierce tone immediately frightened Xie Yongyan into silence, and he looked up at the two of them pitifully.

"..." Jiang Xin saw that the wound at the corner of the child's mouth was still bleeding, so he quickly pulled his Highness and whispered, "Your Highness, he is injured. He needs to see a doctor."

Although the wound is not big, he is a child after all, and his body is not as good as that of an adult. Even a small wound requires more attention.

Moreover, the child looks dirty except for the bruises on his face, and I don’t know if he has any injuries under his clothes. It would be better to find a doctor to check him out.

Xie Ze frowned, then picked up the kid and said to Jiang Xin, "I'll take him to the Imperial Hospital."

"Yeah." Jiang Xin curled his eyes and followed his prince out of the yard.

Xie Yongyan was flattered when Xie Ze lifted him into his arms. He was so stiff that he dared not move. After a long while, he glanced at Jiang Xin who was following him and whispered, "Thank you..."

*

When he arrived at the Imperial Hospital and was examined by the imperial physician, it was discovered that the boy had suffered a lot of injuries. There was almost no healthy flesh left on his body.

Although Xie Ze didn't bother to care about the fights between the princes, he couldn't bear to see a child being bullied like this.

Moreover, in his previous life, this kid had helped him, so he owed Xie Yongyan a favor. Thinking of this, he turned cold and told the imperial physician: "Let him rest in the Imperial Hospital these days. Just tell the truth to the prince. I will report this to His Majesty."

"Yes." The imperial physician naturally did not dare to refuse and responded hurriedly.

Seeing that his Highness had made all the arrangements, Jiang Xin looked down at Xie Yongyan who was lying obediently on the bed. He couldn't help but rub his head, and said gently with his eyes bent: "You stay here, take care of yourself, don't worry, the Highness will find a way to deal with the rest."

Xie Yongyan clutched the quilt tightly. He had never felt such warmth since he could remember.

He really wanted to beg his brother the king and this gentle older brother to take him away from the palace. He didn't want to stay in this place anymore.

But in the end, he just lowered his head and said sullenly, "Okay."

The prince and his elder brother have been very good to him. They brought him here to treat his wounds and promised to report the matter to the emperor. His situation should be better in the future, and he must not take advantage of it.

Seeing Xie Yongyan's obedient look, Jiang Xin couldn't help but rub his hair again.

The tenth prince looks three points similar to his prince. When he looks at this child, he can't help but think about what his prince looked like when he was a child.

But his temper should be different. I heard from Ah Fu that his Highness was quite fierce when he was a child. The princes would at most just gather together and ignore him, and no one dared to bully him.

"Ah Xin, let's go." Xie Ze ordered the imperial physician. Seeing that Ah Xin was still taking care of that brat and smiling at him so beautifully, he suddenly felt a little jealous. He came over and grabbed Jiang Xin's hand, urging him to leave.

"okay."

The imperial physician watched from behind as the two men left, hands clasped together, and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Of course he had heard about what happened in the court yesterday. He didn't expect that these two people would start walking around the palace hand in hand today. As expected of His Royal Highness the Wise King, he really didn't care about other people's opinions at all.

Turning around and seeing the Tenth Prince still looking at the two men's backs eagerly, the young doctor who had just joined the Imperial Hospital sighed and couldn't help but comfort him: "Don't worry, Your Highness. When His Majesty knows about this, he will definitely not let others treat you like this again."

The tenth prince twitched his lips, lowered his head and said dryly: "Yeah."

It was good enough that he was no longer bullied. He needed to eat more and grow up quickly. In the future, he would ask his father to let him join the army as early as possible like his brother did. This way, he could leave this cold place earlier.

*

Xie Ze and Jiang Xin had no idea what Xie Yongyan was thinking. After leaving the Imperial Hospital, they went to the emperor again and reported the matter to Emperor Kang Yuan.

Although Emperor Kang Yuan was famous for his kindness and never liked the harem to form groups to bully the weak, he was an emperor after all, with a lot of affairs to attend to and so many children to take care of, so it was impossible for him to take care of everything.

Moreover, the Tenth Prince was just the child of an unpopular palace maid, and his attention to this child was indeed limited.

But no matter how much you don't care, this is still your own child.

Upon hearing that other princes in the prince's residence were punching and kicking the Tenth Prince, mocking him and even not allowing him to eat, Emperor Kang Yuan became furious. He immediately ordered the secret guards to investigate the matter thoroughly and issued an order for the Imperial Hospital to make sure the child was well raised.

After this incident, Xie Ze and Jiang Xin lost interest in continuing to stroll around, and the two of them walked slowly out of the palace.

"Your Highness, in the last life, was the throne passed on to the Tenth Prince?" After getting on the carriage, Jiang Xin asked his own Highness curiously.

The scenes in dreams were sometimes not very clear, and were also very jumpy and confusing. He made this guess only because the Tenth Prince appeared more often than others.

Xie Ze did not intend to hide it from him, and nodded and said, "He is quite capable and has no hostility towards me. Moreover, he promised to bury you and me together after my death, so I made a will to let him inherit the throne."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Ze paused and said, "He should have done so."

In fact, at that time, several princes knew that he had no son, and they all tried their best to please him, wanting to inherit the throne from him.

He was too lazy to distinguish who was sincere to him and who was fake, or rather, they were all fake.

The only thing he cared about was to be buried peacefully with his Ah Xin.

But even such a thing is fraught with difficulties.

The royal family would not allow him to be buried with a man in the imperial temple. While he was alive, he might be able to intimidate them, but what about when he died? When he died, those people could completely disregard his wishes and throw his Axin away somewhere unknown.

He was afraid. He was afraid that Ashin was too far away and he would not be able to find her on the road to the underworld.

In the end, he chose Xie Yongyan.

It was not because of anything else, but simply because everyone felt that his Ah Xin was a disaster, and even after his death he was still confusing him. They all petitioned him to quickly dispose of Ah Xin's body, and preferably grind the bones and scatter the ashes, so as to avoid getting deeper into trouble.

Only Xie Yongyan once submitted a memorial, objectively stating that his Axin was not a flatterer who seduced the lord, and also wrote that Axin had made contributions in improving the catapult and deserved a honorable burial.

He felt that Xie Yongyan had good intentions towards Ah Xin, and if he let Xie Yongyan take charge of burying the two of them together, the other party would probably be willing.

Jiang Xin didn't know there were such twists and turns. Seeing Xie Ze recalling the unhappy things in his previous life, he subconsciously lay on his Highness's lap, rubbed his waist like a spoiled child, and said with a smile: "Then your Highness and I were actually together in our previous life.

We will be together for the rest of our lives.”

Xie Ze was stunned when he heard this, then he held Jiang Xin's hand tightly and responded gently: "Yeah."

The end of the year is approaching, and Ashin's catapult is almost completed.

The first issue of the Capital Monthly should be printed before the New Year.

In this life, he wants to be happily married with Ashin, and get married in a dignified manner with everyone's blessings.

In this way, a hundred years later, he and Ashin can be buried together openly, and no one can say anything bad about them anymore.

Xie Ze leaned over and kissed Ashin on the forehead, chuckled and said, "This year, Ashin and I should have a good New Year."

Of course, it may be a good year for them, but not necessarily for others.

Thousands of miles away in the western border, an elderly couple and their children were traveling all the way to the capital.

"After living in the Western Territory for so many years, I'm worried that I won't be able to get used to it when I return to the capital." The old woman smiled at her master while sitting in the carriage.

The old man was not as kind as the woman. He looked quite imposing without even getting angry. Hearing this, he said calmly, "It will be more comfortable than the Western Territory after all. What are you worried about?"

"Yes." The old woman nodded obediently, and then continued: "The children are not young anymore. When we return to the capital, it's time to find them marriage partners."

"Well, when you get back, walk around more and pick out some for them."

"That's natural." The old woman responded, and then as if she remembered something, she casually mentioned:

"Speaking of which, Tingting's child should be grown up now. A few days ago, I heard from a merchant from the capital that Jiang Zhengchu's second wife murdered his eldest son, which caused the child to be unable to speak since childhood. In fact, he was not born dumb.

Jiang Zhengchu was dismissed from his post because of this, and most of the Jiang family’s property was confiscated. I wonder how the child is doing now?

When the master heard her mention the Jiang family, his face immediately darkened and he said coldly: "When we go back, we can secretly inquire about it. If he is not doing well, just send some money to help him. There is no need to spend any effort and there is no need to recognize him.

He is from the Jiang family and has nothing to do with my Lu family."