They all say I'm a puppet

Fu Yu felt that all the blood was rushing to his head, as if it would overflow at any moment, but he still kept the same posture just now.Cheng Zhong was right, his mother was indeed murdered, but the murderer changed from Empress Dowager Xiao to Empress Dowager Chen.

But in fact, it doesn't make any difference to Fu Yu, because no matter which one they are, he has nothing to do with them. For him at this moment, it may be difficult to save his life.

Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Fu Yu calmly, and unexpectedly found that there was no trace of resentment on the child's face.Perhaps what happened today has caused this ignorant young man to fall into a deep panic, and he no longer cares about other things.After all, there is a mother who is not on the stage, and she was raised by an old eunuch, so I am afraid that she has no mind to think about anything else for a while.

That's fine, what they want is such a future emperor, who has no talent, no virtue, and no one to rely on.

She turned her gaze back to Empress Dowager Xiao, looked at Fu Zhao who was still huddled in the corner with disgust, and turned her head to look at her elder brother who had been watching all this with a smile.

The other party immediately comprehended her gesture, shook his head slightly, and casually directed behind him: "It's almost dawn, hurry up and send Empress Xiao and the First Prince on the road, so that the Queen Mother and I can go back to rest." His His tone was so relaxed, as if he didn't realize that his words would kill the two of them.

Or maybe he doesn't care about it at all.

Fu Zhao in the corner has been paying attention to the movement here. He listened to what this man said, and saw a guard walking towards him immediately, and couldn't help screaming: "Mother! Mother! What are they going to do?" ! Am I not the emperor! How dare they treat me like this?"

Fu Yu couldn't help looking towards that corner, he saw the boy who was not a few years older than him struggling desperately, but still couldn't escape the shackles of those powerful guards, who was picked up like an object and thrown away. To the feet of Empress Dowager Chen and his elder brother.

Empress Dowager Xiao, who was also controlled by the guards, burst out of strength from nowhere, pushed away the guards beside her, crawled over and hugged Fu Zhao in her arms.Fu Zhao curled up into a ball, buried his head in Empress Dowager Xiao's chest, and kept crying, "Queen Mother, I'm so scared."

Empress Dowager Xiao hugged her son tightly, slumped on the ground and looked up at Empress Dowager Chen: "Tomorrow morning, the courtiers will not let you go!"

Empress Dowager Chen took a step back, lifted the hem of her clothes, turned her back, and ordered lightly: "Do it."

His elder brother tilted his head, and immediately a guard took out a prepared ribbon and walked in front of the mother and son.

Fu Yu stared blankly at the mother and child being forcibly separated, and someone wrapped a ribbon around Fu Zhao's tender neck.He turned his head subconsciously, not wanting to watch what would happen next.But there was a hand on top of his head, forcing him to turn his head and look directly at Fu Zhao.

The man chuckled in his ear: "Look carefully, this is the only fate for a disobedient child." Fu Yu's hair stood on end, but she didn't dare to have the slightest resistance, she could only look at Fu Yu in a daze. The ribbon around Zhao's neck was tightened slowly, cutting off all his cries.On the other side, Empress Dowager Xiao's cries became louder and louder. She was held by two guards by the arms, watching Fu Zhao lose her breath bit by bit.

There is probably nothing crueler in this world than seeing one's own flesh and blood die in front of one's own eyes. Empress Dowager Xiao's desperate cries and curses at Empress Dowager Chen's brothers and sisters had no effect on those two at all, because the tight Then, the ribbon was wrapped around Empress Dowager Xiao's neck again.

Although Fu Yu had grown up to such an age, although his life was a bit miserable, he had never been so close to death. He watched two people die in front of him one after another, and one of them should be his only brother in this world in terms of blood.

But he can't do anything, because his own life is also in the hands of others, and that person is pressing his broad palm on the top of his head casually at this moment, acting intimately like a familiar elder.But Fu Yu knew that as long as he didn't agree with this person's wishes at all, that hand would immediately go down, and then twist his neck without hesitation.

These guards moved very quickly, and soon Empress Dowager Xiao lost her breath and fell softly at Fu Yu's feet.Fu Yu lowered her head just in time to meet her dull eyes, which were still full of fear and anger.Fu Yu clenched her teeth, but she still couldn't hide her panic and trembled uncontrollably.

The man who had been standing behind him seemed to have found something funny, pulled his shoulders to make him turn around, lifted Fuyu's jaw with one finger, raised his eyebrows and eyes and said to Queen Mother Chen: "This The child won't be frightened, right?"

Empress Dowager Chen glanced at Fu Yu impatiently, and replied: "It's fine to be alive, I don't care what kind of life it is." After saying that, she slowly approached Empress Dowager Xiao's body, and looked down at the corpse of Empress Dowager Chen. After a glance, the expression on his face froze for a moment, then he raised his hand and ordered, "Take care of it."

Immediately, guards came forward to drag Empress Dowager Xiao's body. Empress Dowager Chen watched quietly, before they left the hall, she suddenly said, "Don't let them die together."

The guard froze for a moment before responding: "Yes."

The door of the main hall slowly opened and then closed again. Empress Dowager Chen looked back and said lightly: "It's almost dawn, I'll go back to rest first."

Her elder brother curled his lips, and raised his chin towards Fu Yu, who was full of panic and panic, "Then what about this child, don't you care?"

The Empress Dowager Chen lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in her eyes: "I'll leave it to my brother. I'm tired and I'm going back to the palace to rest." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand, and immediately a servant stepped forward to hold her arm, and the group of people was mighty Leaving the hall in a hurry.

"Hey, we should go too." Fu Yu felt the man knock on the top of his head, turned his head and met a pair of dark eyes, he subconsciously took a step back, and heard the man chuckle, He turned his head and looked around the hall, "What? Want to live here? It's not impossible, but it's hard to say whether the original owner of this palace will come to see you at night."

Fu Yu subconsciously remembered the face of Empress Dowager Xiao just now, and felt that the chill was even worse, so she subconsciously took a step closer to that person, who raised the corners of his lips, and said to his subordinates: "Let's go, don't let me go!" Protect the Second Highness."

Changle Palace, since the founding of Nanxia, ​​has almost always been the emperor's bedroom.Even Fu Yu knew the meaning of this place.His unreliable father lived here for more than 20 years, and his brother, whom he only met once, died before he could move here. The intention couldn't be more obvious—they want the throne and the world.

And Fuyu is a tool for them to get all this. Even if he lives in this palace, even if he really wears a dragon robe and sits on a dragon chair in the future, he is just a puppet.

The sky had gradually brightened, Fu Yu subconsciously glanced back, and a thought arose from the bottom of his heart, maybe for him in the future, it would become a luxury to look at the rising sun as he wished.

The man whose name Fuyu didn't know stopped at the entrance of the main hall, turned his head and glanced in Fuyu's direction, and followed his perspective: "It's dawn, then send it here, Your Highness , you should rest too."

Fu Yu slowly retracted his gaze, bit his lower lip and lowered his head to look at his feet. He felt that the man walked slowly in front of him, followed by a slender finger to lift his jaw, and he was forced to lift up. At the beginning, I saw a face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

That face was so young that Fu Yu couldn't believe that this person was actually the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Chen.The corner of the man's eyes slightly raised, and he said softly: "Your Highness, there is no need to show such an expression as if you are facing a big enemy. After all, from today onwards, I can be considered your uncle."

Fu Yu stared at him blankly, not knowing how to respond, the man didn't mind, and continued, "It suddenly occurred to me that I haven't formally introduced myself to Your Highness." The man flicked his long sleeves, With his hands behind his back, the smile on his face slowly dissipated, "I am Chen Yuan." He took a step forward and looked into Fu Yu's eyes, "Your Highness, if I were you, I would firmly remember this name." .Because from now on, everything you will bear is because of this name."

After finishing the words, he raised his hand and gently touched the top of Fuyu's head, looking like a kind elder, then licked the corners of his lips towards Fuyu, turned his head and glanced at the gate of Changle Palace, and waved Waving: "See you at the Enthronement Ceremony, Your Highness." After speaking, he turned around and left without looking back.

Fu Yu has been standing in place, watching the man go further and further away.Until a guard behind him suddenly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late, let's go in."

It was only then that Fu Yu came back to his senses as if he had woken up from a start, and fixedly glanced at the guard, then turned around slowly, and walked forward without making a sound.The guard didn't take it seriously, and followed him until he entered the palace gate.

Someone probably cleaned it up beforehand, and there is no trace of its former owner in Changle Palace at this time, and everything belonging to the former emperor has been cleaned up, including those who served Emperor Yuankang.It is also because of this that this seemingly gorgeous hall looks extraordinarily empty and silent.

The furnace is lit inside the hall, and all the cold is isolated from the outside of the hall.Fuyu approached the heater slowly, and brought her stiff hand to it, the warmth slowly wrapped him up, Fuyu couldn't help but moved forward two more steps, as if this could put the Everything he experienced was driven away overnight.

But in fact nothing has changed. The guard left behind by Chen Yuan was still standing behind him and coughed lightly: "Your Highness, please rest early."

Fu Yu didn't move, just kept warming on the fire, when the guard got impatient, he suddenly said: "I'm hungry, I want to eat."

The guard obviously froze for a moment: "What?"

Fu Yu turned back slowly and glanced at him: "After all, according to your master Chen's intention, you still want to keep me until the enthronement ceremony. You don't dare to starve me to death in advance, do you?"

The guard frowned, stared at Fu Yu for a long while, finally raised his eyebrows, and curled the corners of his lips in an unclear manner, but turned around to help Fu Yu prepare food.

Fu Yu heard the footsteps behind her walking away slowly, but felt her legs go limp, and sat down in front of the stove.He huddled himself into a ball, buried his face in his knees.He was sleepy and tired, but he dared not close his eyes.Because he was afraid of seeing the tragic situation of Empress Dowager Xiao's mother and child before they died, and he was afraid of seeing the ribbon wrapped around his neck in his sleep, and he had no choice but to wait for death.

He has grown up in this palace for more than ten years, and there is not a day when he does not want to leave here. Seeing that it is about to be realized, but at the last moment, all previous efforts are wasted.He didn't dare to imagine what it would be like in the future, and he couldn't even imagine how long he could live.That Chen Yuan just now... He had a smile on his face all the time, but it made Fu Yu feel afraid. Maybe one day he would be executed by that man with a casual sentence like the Empress Dowager Xiao's mother and son.

"Squeaky." The palace door was pushed open, and the guard just walked in quickly, put a food box beside Fuyu, and said in a bad tone, "Your Highness, please have a meal, and then rest early."

Fu Yu raised her head without looking at the guard, stretched out her hand and dragged the food box in front of her, opened it and took a look.He probably knew that people like Chen Yuan would not treat Fu Yu harshly with food, so the food the guard brought was not considered perfunctory.Fu Yujian has never seen sweet and fragrant pastries, exquisite side dishes, and even a bowl of hot soup at this hour.

Fu Yu sat on the ground guarding the stove, and started to eat voraciously, regardless of whether the guard was standing beside him and looking at him.While eating, tears suddenly came out of his eyes, he raised his hand and wiped his face indiscriminately, stuffed a piece of pastry into his mouth, and blocked all the sobs, so that he wouldn't just be like this Cry out loud.

The guard was just surprised at first, but when he saw his eating and heard his barely restrained crying, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his lips, revealing a mocking smile.He has been with Chen Yuan for some years, and has seen all kinds of dignitaries. This is the first time he has seen such a prince - timid, cowardly, and there is nothing in his body that can be brought out on the stage.

Fu Yu couldn't know how the guard looked down on him at the moment, or, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.Since he was a child, he has experienced too many ridicules from others, disgust and even insults, and he has long been used to it.For him, it was not easy to be alive.

The door of the palace was pushed open again, and another guard came in, glanced at Fu Yu who was curled up in front of the stove, raised his eyebrows, and said to the guard who was standing not far away with his arms and hands looking at Fu Yu: "Hey, Xun Cheng, hasn't this man been delivered? There are so many people guarding the door, are you still afraid that he will run away?" He yawned as he spoke, "I've been tossing around all night, let's go, go back and rest .”

Xun Cheng glanced at Fuyu, then at the food box in his hand that was gradually empty, with a slight hesitation in his eyes, which was seen by his companions, and said: "Master Chen, as long as we send people in, guard the palace." Just don't let him run away. There is food and drink in Changle Palace, and you are afraid that he will die? What's more, it doesn't matter if he dies, isn't there an old guy in Leng Palace over there."

Xun Cheng turned his head and looked at his companion, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "That's right, if some people really want to do something, they have to think about whether that old guy can't stand it."

Fu Yu paused while eating, then slowly turned her head and glanced at the two guards, probably because of crying just now, the boy's original crisp voice became hoarse: "When can I see Uncle Zhong?" ?”

Xun Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Then, after the enthronement ceremony, His Highness will ask Mr. Chen himself." After speaking, he pulled the guard just now and put his arm on his shoulder, "Let's go."

The door of the palace opened and closed again, and a cold wind came in and hit Fu Yu's body, dissipating the warmth from his body a little.He put down the pastry in his hand as if he suddenly woke up, and turned around to look around the entire palace.There are probably many guards outside the hall, but he is indeed the only one left in the hall.Probably Uncle Zhong was the one to blame, or maybe the conceited Chen Yuan felt that Fu Yu was scared out of his wits and left him alone in this empty palace.

Fu Yu supported the ground with his hands before standing up.After all, it used to be the emperor's bedroom, even if it was evacuated, it was far better than the dilapidated palace where Fu Yu and Cheng Zhong lived.

The red candle illuminated the room brightly, and the melted candle tears slipped from the candle body, fell on the candlestick, and then slowly solidified.

Fu Yu was stunned, and finally couldn't help stretching out his hand, and tapped lightly on the drop of candle tears, but there was no warm feeling as expected.Fu Yu twirled his fingertips lightly and let out a low sigh.

If he had had the opportunity to sleep in such a palace before, he would wake up laughing even if he was dreaming.But now, he just felt overwhelmed.

He didn't know if Uncle Zhong was well now, and he didn't know what would happen when he woke up the next morning, whether someone else would die in front of him, or if it was just himself.

His previous hopes, all his previous assumptions, fell apart within this day.He just wants to live now, just to save his life and Uncle Zhong's life.

Fu Yu bit her lower lip lightly, leaned over and blew out the candle in front of her.The light in the hall gradually dimmed, and this long night finally came to an end.