Outside the window was gray, Xia Yan sat on the ground holding the gold medal, staring and weeping silently.Under Han Mengliu's gentle reassurance, she finally gasped for breath one after another, her body trembled, and she cried "Woooo".Han Mengliu cared for his younger brother like an elder brother, and cared for his child like a father, covering the back of his head and pressing him into his arms.

The downpour blurred Xia Yan's crying, and after a long time he finally raised his head, sniffed his nose with red eyes and said, "Thank you, brother Meng." He stared out of the window with a blank expression, and muffled in a tone that was still crying: " It's still sunny in the morning."

Han Mengliu patted his head and sighed: "Yes, that's how it is in the sky, there are always unpredictable things." After going out for a while, he brought back a big bowl of hot and thick ginger soup.

Xia Yan sat at the table holding the big bowl, put her lips on the edge of the bowl for a while and then put it down, "Brother Meng, do you know when my mother's death date is?"

Han Mengliu said: "According to the swordsman, the ambush happened on the first day of May in the 25th year of Jianping."

"Jianping 25, the first day of May?! That's the day I go back to the palace!" Xia Yan's face changed, and he recalled, "When Cheng Xi came to propose marriage, I knew I was not a girl, and I didn't want to lie to him. I wanted to refuse, but Tan Xiang suddenly told me that I was the prince, and for some reason had to hide my identity temporarily and pretended to be his granddaughter. He also said that Cheng Xi and the others knew about this, and that the purpose of getting married was to help me return to the palace. I think since they all planned to Okay, I agreed. But after we got married, I found out that Cheng Xi's behavior was not quite the same as Tan Xiang said. I asked Tan Xiang, but Tan Xiang only said that there was still an inside story, and told me not to be impatient. He also said that if he acted rashly, Not only me and the Tan family would be in danger, Cheng Xi and the others would also be in danger, so I continued to bear it. But as time went on, I felt more and more wrong, and made up my mind to ask Tan Xiang for an explanation. Tan Xiang shied away a few times, and finally finally Songkou, ask me to meet at a residence in the north of the city on the first day of May of that year."

"I went on time, but there was no one there. After waiting for a long time for Tan Xiang to come, there was still Jing Xiang with many guards! At that time, Jing Xiang looked at me very wrongly, and Tan Xiang looked like he was about to cry , said "Thank God I haven't made a big mistake" and left with Jing Xiang. I waited for a long time with the guards, Tan Xiang and Jing Xiang finally came back, knelt down and called me His Highness. I was very dazed, and then they I took it to change into men's clothes, and met Cheng Xi in a hurry, and then entered the palace."

"Father came to see me and said that I was born to an orphan girl he met by chance on the West Expedition Road, but the West Expedition was so busy that he couldn't stay, so he quickly broke contact with the orphan girl. He also said that the orphan girl I passed away not long after I was born. Before my death, I asked someone to take me to Beijing, and finally handed me over to Tan Xiang. But my identity has no proof, and Tan Xiang didn’t dare to face the saint directly, just in time for his granddaughter to die young. I was brought up as that girl at a similar age. After more than ten years, Tan Xiang finally found all the evidence, and the father knew that there was me. The father also said that the name Tan Yan was taken by Tan Xiang Well, Tan Xiang was kind to me, so he didn't change my name, he just removed the female side, and gave me the square white silk red maple handkerchief, saying it was my mother's relic, and then announced it to the world the next day. "

Han Mengliu frowned and said, "That part of my life experience is full of loopholes."

Xia Yan let out a "hmm" with distressed expression on his face, "But I was very confused at the time, and I didn't think much about it at all."

Han Mengliu nodded to express her understanding: Xia Yan was closed since she was a child, with little experience. After a long time of confusion, she suddenly learned that she had another identity, and was in the huge turmoil of deceiving Cheng Xi and separating from him. It was difficult to wake up.He thought about it again, and said: "It is reasonable to speculate that Tan Ying should have wanted to take you to see your mother that day."

Xia Yan: "!!!"

"But your mother didn't go to a residential house, but to the woods in the suburbs of Beijing. It can be seen that there was a mistake in the connection to the news. Then... Tan Xiang couldn't find your mother, or when she found her, she had already been murdered. I was worried about you. You were also killed, so I immediately explained to the emperor together with Jing Xiang, welcome you back to the palace."

Xia Yan thought about it: "In this way, Prime Minister Tan knows all the ins and outs of the matter best, and Emperor Father and Jing Ying should have learned about it later. But why did they fabricate a fake life experience to lie to me? Why did Prime Minister Tan ask me to come and let me go?" I go back to the palace?"

"Fabricating your life experience is definitely not to make you sad, not to make you fall into hatred, and to help you avoid enemies." Han Mengliu said, "As for why you have been raised in the Tan residence as a girl, I am afraid that only Prime Minister Tan and you Mother just found out."

Xia Yan was still puzzled, "But if Concubine Ligui really sent someone to kill my mother, why didn't she suspect me before, and didn't take any action until recently?"

Han Mengliu said: "Perhaps she didn't know your mother was pregnant back then, or even if the emperor visited your mother, but she just felt that your mother was a threat. Or maybe there were other festivals between your mother and Concubine Li. Furthermore, the emperor changed your life experience when he announced to the world, and he did not respond to the murder of your mother. He has treated Concubine Li Gui the same all these years. She won't act rashly towards you."

Xia Yan understood, and said: "It seems that the matter of my mother still needs to be investigated carefully, maybe not only Concubine Li, but the queen is also suspicious." After thinking about it, he eagerly held the bowl tightly, "But why didn't the father be your mother? Redress? Is mother so unimportant to him?!"

Han Mengliu's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "The emperor's mind is not as simple as just redressing his grievances, he likes to play chess."

Xia Yan was taken aback.

"People play chess." Han Mengliu sat at the table, resting his chin, drinking tea slowly, "Chess skills are even more unfathomable, and you can lay out a long and twisted formation casually, one ring after another, and the fog is hard to come by." You see him not saying anything on weekdays, and you think he thinks this way, but later you find out that he actually thinks that way, and it takes a while before you suddenly realize that his real meaning is yet to come." Disdain With a smile, "I followed his way before, but fortunately..." The disdain was gone, only a little helplessness remained, and no more words.

"Brother Meng, you are so smart and know how to teach." Xia Yan looked at Han Mengliu, took a sip of ginger soup from the bowl, and said, "Father is very powerful if he can rule the world."

"You admire him?" Han Mengliu asked.

"I..." Xia Yan expressed distress.

He had heard of many deeds of Emperor Jianping when he didn't know his background, and he did have admiration for such a hero who established the current prosperous Daqi; later he knew that it was his father, and he was indeed shocked and excited. Joy; however, after returning to the palace for two years, he felt that he didn't like Emperor Jianping a little bit, but he didn't hate him either. It's hard to describe that kind of complicated emotion.

"Don't worry," Han Mengliu said again, "No matter how unfathomable the emperor is, he loves you children deeply."

"I love the prince's brother deeply, not including me." Xia Yan said aggrievedly.

Han Mengliu smiled, "He also tortured Xiao Zhao'er severely."

Xia Yan curled her lips, "That's for the sake of training the elder brother of the prince. For the beloved son of the parents, it is far-reaching."

"Exactly." Han Mengliu nodded, "So I think His Majesty must be playing another difficult game of chess this time."

Xia Yan picked up the bowl and drank a few big sips, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he drank to the bottom of the bowl, and said: "I can't guess, and I don't need to guess. No matter what chess he wants to play, I just do what I want and what I should do." Now that my life experience is confirmed, there are still questions about what happened to my mother, how Concubine Li harmed her, what the Queen did, and what Prime Minister Tan and the others did to welcome me back to the palace ...Well, the last point should be clear, but I can't ask him now...Brother Meng, I still have some merciless requests."

"Some?" Han Mengliu showed that you are really rude.

Xia Yan was a little embarrassed immediately, Han Mengliu stopped teasing him, and said with a smile: "But it's okay to say."

"Oh." Xia Yan prayed sincerely, "Brother Meng, I would like to ask you to introduce me to some talented people, teach me the disguise technique and a killer move. And in the future, please take care of my guards In all directions."

Han Mengliu roughly guessed what he was thinking, and asked with a frown: "Are you really going to do this?"

Xia Yan clenched his hands tightly, his flickering eyes became firm, and he nodded vigorously.

Han Mengliu looked at the void and was silent for a moment, then persuaded again: "Cheng Xi is a good man."

Xia Yan lowered his head and twitched his fingers together, but after hesitating several times, he could only say: "Maybe we...are destined or not."

"Don't give up." Han Mengliu closed his eyes and sighed, then opened his beautiful eyes, showing an encouraging look, "I think no one can persuade you, but you need to know that everything has a turning point, as long as it hasn't happened, there will be no change." What is destined. For example, Xiao Zhaoer and I, two years ago, even if we were drunk and dreaming, I would never dare to think about today."

Xia Yan thought about it seriously, nodded convinced and said: "I understand. Thank you brother Meng for helping me all the time, especially helping me figure out my life experience, letting me know my mother's grievances, and giving me the opportunity to be a son What should be done." Standing up, he knelt down solemnly again, "Brother Meng, please accept my worship." Kowtowed upright.

Han Mengliu originally wanted to back away, but in the end he followed Xia Yan's wishes and accepted the gift.

In the heavy rain, Xia Yan resolutely bid farewell.

Outside the prince's mansion, he was wearing a coir raincoat and holding an umbrella, showing his white face from behind the rain curtain, smiling sincerely at Han Mengliu, "Brother Meng, your name is Xiao Zhaoer, brother of the prince, you two have such a good relationship, I really envy you. "

Han Mengliu said firmly: "You will also have your own happiness."

Xia Yan nodded, accepted the thousand and one instructions, turned around and walked into the rain.

He refused the sedan chair, at this moment, he didn't want to go back to the palace, he didn't want to see anyone, he just wanted to walk alone, be quiet and think about it.

The capital is desolate in the rain, the streets are gushing with trickling water, the business of the shops is cold, and pedestrians are in a hurry.

Such a scene is still novel to him. Looking back, the experiences of going out are countless, and traveling alone is even rarer.

The coolness soaked into his heart, and all the confusion and entanglement that had haunted him for more than 20 years were swept away. He has firm goals and persistent beliefs, but there is only one thing that he can't let go of.

So now, let it go.

Walking outside a courtyard wall in the east of the city, he put down his umbrella, found sundries everywhere on tiptoe, and struggled to climb in from the wall. When he fell to the ground, he fell hard, rolled in muddy water, and got up. , raised his wet sleeve and wiped his face.

This is the back garden of a house. Although it is lonely in winter, all kinds of flowers will bloom in spring, which are fragrant and beautiful.There is a small pavilion in the depths, surrounded by flowing water and bamboo forests, which is just right for summer vacation.

Walking outside is the main house. He still remembers the layout of the house, the arrangement of objects, and even which clothes are placed in which cabinet. Unfortunately, the door of the house is locked, so he can only lie on the window and try to take a look.

The courtyard was the same as in the past, he sat on the stone table and stone bench and fed the birds, and got to know Ah Bai.

On the left side of the courtyard is the residence of the servants, and on the right side are the laundry room, warehouse, kitchen...

The front yard is open and the screen wall is magnificent. He still remembers the feeling when he walked in here with Cheng Xi holding his hand.

This is their newlyweds' house, now deserted, having been alone in the sun and rain for two years.

Will continue to live like this in the future.

The heavy rain was pouring down, Xia Yan was drenched all over, his hair stuck to his face, he looked around and smiled, but his eyes were red.

Squatting beside the flowerbed in the front yard, he used his fingers to draw Cheng Xi's little figure on the extremely soft ground, and his eyes blurred when he smiled.

Tears and raindrops hit Cheng Xi's body one after another, until the lines gradually lost their shape, and Cheng Xi disappeared bit by bit.He quickly pressed his hands to the ground, but he couldn't stop the unstoppable passing. In the end, he could only helplessly raise the back of his muddy hand to wipe his eyes, and wept loudly under the cover of the rain.

"Last, last time to say..."

He whimpered in despair.

"Cheng Xi...I, I like you..."

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