The prince is seriously ill

Three days later, the second prince, Xun Yu, was carried back to Liyang Palace by four eunuchs.

Xun Yu opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the sunlight pouring in from the hollow carved window.Looking around again, the pictures of ladies on the wall are still shy and half-hidden, the furnishings of tables, chairs and antiques are as familiar as in memory, and the soft sandalwood bed, brocade mattress exudes a faint fragrance of crabapple.Am I dreaming?I actually dreamed that I went home?I must be dreaming!He suddenly closed his eyes, let's do it for a while longer, don't wake up, at least don't wake up so soon, it will be that bloody and terrifying darkroom again.As if thinking of something, he frowned tightly, his long eyelashes trembling uncontrollably, and he clutched the bedding with both hands.

He suddenly smelled porridge, and then heard his stomach growling, as if he heard his mother calling Yu'er?He didn't dare to open his eyes at all, fearing that if he opened his eyes, he would return to the cold cell.What a beautiful dream, he wished he would never wake up!

"Yu'er, mother knows you're awake, get up and have something to eat." Concubine Xian patted his face lightly and said.

Xun Yu's eyelids moved, but he didn't respond.

"Don't be afraid, Yu'er, you've already gone home, this is not the prison guard, you lie on your own bed, if you don't believe me, open your eyes and have a look."

Xun Yu vaguely remembered that some eunuchs had thrown him into the carriage, and it stopped after a jolt. He vaguely saw the figure of his mother, but at that time he couldn't open his eyes at all.Yeah, I'm home, I'm out of that place.

He finally opened his eyes and saw a graceful face as expected.

Xun Yu was stunned, and sat up abruptly, ignoring the pain of the wound, scrambling and jumping out of bed, knelt down crookedly, with his head completely touching the ground, and tremblingly said: "The servant sees the concubine Xian! No, no No," he suddenly trembled, and changed his words in panic, "Xun Yu, my son, sees the concubine mother!"

Concubine Xian froze on the spot, leaning over to help him up, but just touched his immature shoulders, she saw him retreat like a lightning strike.Concubine Xian withdrew her hand in shock, her heart was hard to calm down, and after a while, she forced a smile and said: "Yu'er doesn't need to perform such a big gift, get up quickly."

"Thank you, Concubine Mother!" Xun Yu bowed, and then stood up staggeringly, with his head still lowered, not daring to look straight at all.

Concubine Xian signaled the maid to put down the porridge and go out.He had been starving for too long, and his whole body was covered with wounds, so he could only drink some liquid porridge.Watching him finish eating the porridge, Concubine Xian said softly again: "From now on, when there are no outsiders, we mother and son don't have to be polite. You still call me mother. When there are outsiders, you call me mother concubine. How about that?"

Xun Yu thought for a while, and finally nodded slightly.

Concubine Xian didn't know what he had experienced in the past few days, and she would never ask him.She only knew that his injuries barely healed after three full months of recuperation, and he never missed anything in terms of court etiquette in the future.

In March, the flowers bloom colorfully.

The warm sunshine shines on the earth, accompanied by a little breeze, catkins are flying all over the sky.

Xun Yu sat facing the sun, squinting his eyes slightly, holding a half-old book in his hand, as if he saw something incomprehensible, and stared into the distance in a daze.

"What are you thinking Yu'er?" Concubine Xian came over and patted him on the shoulder.

Xun Yu hurriedly closed his book and stood up, "Mother, are you here?"

Concubine Xian smiled and gestured, snatched the book from his hand quickly with sharp eyes, and returned it to him when she saw that it was an Analects of Confucius, "Why didn't you go to the Imperial College today?"

"Today, the emperor ordered the spring hunting, and the people from the Guozijian accompanied him. The child promised that the mother would not appear in front of the emperor, so I asked for a day off." Xun Yu said, his words were calm.

Concubine Xian saw his hidden loneliness, sat down next to him, and sighed: "Yu'er, do you know why mother doesn't let you appear in front of him?"

Xun Yu raised his head suddenly, knowing that he was referring to the emperor, he shook his head and said, "My child doesn't know."

Concubine Xian said seriously: "Mother asked you, did you steal the jade pendant of the Confucius family last time?"

Xun Yu stood up abruptly, and his tone couldn't help becoming serious, "I didn't."

Concubine Xian pulled him to sit down and looked at him steadfastly, "Of course Mother knows you don't, but do you think your father believes you?"

Xun Yu said sadly: "Father thought it was the child who stole it."

"Then did you explain it to him?" Concubine Xian said.

"The boy explained it, but the father didn't listen to the boy." Confusion flashed in Xun Yu's eyes.

"Have you ever thought about why your father didn't listen to your explanation? Is it because he thinks you are lying? No, he knows that you are not lying, and he knows that you did not steal the jade pendant, but he still wants to lock you up." Supervisor of Rituals, do you know why?" Concubine Xian's tone became cold.

Xun Yu looked at him in disbelief, his eyes widened in surprise, "He knows?" Seeing Concubine Xian nodding, he secretly lost his mind again, with complex expressions in his eyes, looking into the distance without focus.Mother said he knew the truth, did he really know that I didn't steal the jade pendant?But if he knew, why did he send me there?Didn't the person in charge of ceremonies say that he is my father?I get it, he hates me, he hated me from the first time he saw me, he sent me there because he hated me!Thinking of this, Xun Zhi couldn't help turning his eyes red, bit his lips and said, "Would mother hate children?"

Concubine Xian hugged him into her arms, "Mother will never hate you, you are right, your father just hates you, he is even the person who hates you the most in this world, he wants you to die!"

Xun Yu shrank back, with a trace of unwillingness in his eyes, and whispered: "Even if the boy becomes very powerful, he can answer all Mr. Chen's questions and beat those bad guys to the ground, and he won't like me." ?"

Concubine Xian pushed him to the ground, stood up abruptly, raised her eyebrows, and roared sullenly: "He will never like you, even if you become the most powerful person in the world, he won't like you either! You gave me this heart, how can you have illusions about him?" In the end, his voice was almost hoarse, and the disappointment in his eyes became more and more intense, "I want you to always remember that you are just a cripple who cannot be favored, Never forget all the injuries you suffered in the Prison of Rituals, he is the culprit!"

Xun Yu propped himself on the ground with one hand, and wiped his buttocks to the ground. He looked at the out-of-control Concubine Xian in astonishment, as if he didn't believe that she would push him down at all, his eyes showed panic, and his lips trembled slightly.He held back his tears, got up from the ground alone, wiped off the little sand and stones stuck to his palms, and without a word got into Concubine Xian's arms, hugged her tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Mother, Yu Erji Stop it, mother, don't be angry, don't push me away, and don't want me, Yu'er listens to mother in everything."

Concubine Xian hurriedly hugged him, tears streaming down her face, and patted his body, "Don't be afraid, Yu'er, Mother will never want you, you will always be Mother's good boy." It was she who was too impatient, he She was still a child, but she insisted on stripping the bloody truth in front of him and forcing him to accept it, which was too cruel for a child.But what can't be broken can't be built. If he doesn't understand this as soon as possible, he will still have illusions about that person.He must see clearly early in order to take precautions early.If he wants to live, he cannot attract his attention, let alone attract the attention of others.She suddenly thought of a very important thing.

"Yu'er, remember your mother's words. No matter where you are in the future, even in the Imperial College, you should talk less and listen more. No matter what Mr. Chen asks, whether you know it or not, don't take the initiative to answer it. If Mr. Chen When I ask you by name, you just say you don’t know, or that you have to come back and think about it before answering him.”

Xun Yu wiped away tears and looked at her, "Can't you answer even if you know the answer?"

"I know but I can't answer." Concubine Xian nodded solemnly.

"Why?" Xun Yu nestled in her arms with lingering fear.

"Yu Er, you are also nine years old this year, and you will no longer be a child from now on. Mother will tell you why today." Concubine Xian touched his head, "Mother asks you, your father loves the third child the most." Prince Xun Jin, what do you think every time you see Xun Jin?"

"Mother..." Xun Yu's eyes dodged a little. Every time he saw the third prince, he actually felt very uncomfortable. He hated him. He even wondered if his father would give half of his love to him if the third prince died. Him, he didn't want her to know his dark thoughts in his heart, so he faltered and couldn't speak.

Concubine Xian smiled clearly, "You know it even if you don't say mother, Yu'er is jealous of him, you are thinking that you are also a prince, why can the third prince gather thousands of pets in one body, no one loves you?" Love, is what mother said right?"

Xun Yu glanced at her carefully, seeing that she didn't mean to be angry, so he nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "The only child is mother."

"You see, people are jealous. If you are jealous of others, others will also be jealous of you. People can't see that others are good, let alone people who are not as good as themselves become better than themselves. Just like you, if you are In the eyes of others, he is just a disabled prince who knows nothing, but he suddenly becomes able to do everything and is worse than others. Do you think those who originally despised you can feel better? They will be jealous of you, and even wish for you You die. Yuer must know that the wood is more beautiful than the forest, and the wind will urge it!"

Xun Yu nodded thoughtfully, then said in a daze, "In this way, as long as the child is a worthless person, no one will think that the child is dead?"

"Is Yu'er willing to be a worthless person?"

Xun Yu shook his head without even thinking about it.

"What mother means is that Yu'er only needs to be a useless person in front of others, but behind others, you have to work hard to make yourself stronger. But in front of others, you have to act like a useless person!"

"Mother is telling the child to pretend to be a useless person?" Xun Yu blinked and asked.

"Yes, that's what mother means. You can't expose your bottom line to others, so that others will get rid of you quickly. On the contrary, if you behave like a useless person, others will naturally not take you seriously. If you don't take you seriously, you will be safe." Concubine Xian said.

Xun Yu understood what she meant.He was not a high-minded person in the first place, although he once wanted to show off in front of Mr. Chen to impress them all, but now it seems that he is very glad that he did not do that.Mother said that it would bring him death, and mother also told him to hide his strength and bide his time.

He thought he would have to tao for a long time, but when he was 12 years old, the most painful thing in his life happened, and his fate changed...