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12 years ago.

In the 11th year of Qingyuan in Great Yin, the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, the midwinter, and the new year is approaching.

Zhongyang, the imperial city of Jinting.

The servants in the imperial city hurriedly passed by the narrow corridors, not even having time to raise their heads to say hello. Everyone was busy preparing for the Chinese New Year banquet in the Inner Palace of Great Yin tonight. It is different, it is said that Emperor Qingyuan Feng Yu has already drafted an edict, and plans to enshrine the new crown prince with a great seal at the family banquet.

Everyone knew well that the announcement of the family banquet was just a formality.The emperor doesn't have many princes, and he has already chosen his eldest son, Feng Xie, to inherit the throne.

When Feng Xie was six years old, the emperor sent him to Hengzhou, the most enlightened state in the twelve prefectures of Great India, where he received the most advanced education in astronomy, calendar, martial art, etiquette, etc. India makes a perfect heir.Feng Xie stayed in Sudi for six years, and was not taken back to Dayin until the end of this year—the eve of his 12th birthday.

Now that he has only returned to the court for a few days, Feng Yu can't wait to hold a family banquet for the crown prince, and even his name has spread in the palace.The emperor invited the best feng shui master in Dayin, and set the word "Chengyang".

It means...the future successor of Great India, the most brilliant sun.

Therefore, for such a family banquet, no one dared to slack off, and everyone raised their spirits.

Just after the time passed, it suddenly snowed in Zhongyang, the sky was gray and white, and the road in the middle of Jinting Imperial City was soon covered with snowflakes.

Two people came from the gate of the imperial city stepping on the snow, one was dressed in the uniform of a palace guard, and was about [-] years old, the other was wearing a vermilion brocade cloak and a dark purple flowing pattern robe, the long cloak The complex pattern is pierced with gold thread on the top, and the dark pattern of the dragon can be seen hidden, making it even more luxurious.

Young Master Jinyi still had a childlike face, his hair was tied up with a golden crown, and eight pearls were placed in his bun. The luxurious clothes complemented his delicate face like frost and snow, adding a bit of heavy pressure to his whole body.

Even so, he looked like he was only in his teens, and the middle-aged guard who was a head taller than him bowed to hold the umbrella for him, and the two walked towards the Shenglong Hall in the middle of the Jinting Imperial City.

Naturally, this person was the rumored crown prince who had just returned to Zhongyang, but the crown prince had just stepped on the long steps in front of the Ascending Dragon Hall when he was attracted by the children waiting in the corridor in front of the hall.

Those children looked to be the same age as him, most of them were dressed in expensive dogwood brocade and gold hairpins.Feng Xie lived in Su for six years and rarely saw people of the same age. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help asking: "Xiao Chen, who are these people?"

Xiao Teng is the head of the Parrot Guard, and he was ordered to follow Fengxie to Sudi six years ago as his personal protection. When he heard any questions, he bowed his head and replied respectfully: "Your Highness, this is from several big families in Zhongyang. My son, today's New Year's Eve, came to the palace to receive the reward."

"We were in school together when I was five years old, and I seem to have met them a few times..." Feng Xie glanced at them, and muttered to himself, "I just can't remember the name... I haven't seen the shorter one, is it?" Which family?"

The child Feng Xie pointed at was out of tune with the people around him, he was only wearing an ordinary brocade robe, although this robe was not cheap, it was a bit shabby after all among the children of the three great families.

The child wearing this brocade robe is a head shorter than the people around him, and his hair is full horns. Presumably, he is also much younger than them.Feng Xie stared at him intently, frowned slightly, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Xiao Teng looked in the direction of his fingers, and just happened to see a child from an aristocratic family reaching out to pull the child's hair knot on the left side.It must be that the attack was not serious, and the child was pulled so hard that he took a "hissy" breath, but even so, he didn't say anything, just stood quietly on the spot, and continued to lower his head and pull the corner of his clothes.

The kid from the aristocratic family must have found it funny, he laughed with the people around him, and stretched out his hand to pull his hair knot on the right side.Feng Xie frowned slightly, touched a sign from his waist, and swung it with his wrist, hitting the hand of the aristocratic child.

"Hiss, it hurts, it hurts—" the child of the aristocratic family wailed, subconsciously reached out to take the sign, turned his head and cursed, "Who is so short-sighted, I don't know—"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the words on the sign in his hand, and his face turned pale.

Because there is only one big seal on this brand, with a gold-plated dragon pattern, and four characters engraved on it - Yuci Chengyang.

The children of the surrounding aristocratic families all knelt down, and their voices came one after another: "Greetings to His Highness Chengyang."

Xiao Teng bowed to the side and saluted, and said in a low voice: "In the Imperial City of Jinting, you must not make mistakes."

The aristocratic kid who bullied him just knelt on the ground tremblingly, not even daring to lift his head, but respectfully raised the sign above his head.Feng Xie didn't even look at him, and reached out to take the sign, but his eyes were fixed on the kid who was bullied just now and didn't kneel down with the crowd: "What's your name?"

The child wore two round hairpins, his pupils were deep and bright, his eyelashes were very long, and he looked white and soft, very pleasing.But he shook his head at Feng Xie indifferently, and instead of answering, he asked, "Then who are you?"

Xiao Teng snorted: "This is His Highness Chengyang, don't be rude."

"It's okay," Feng Xie turned his head to stop, and continued to ask patiently, "You know who I am now, so you can always tell me your name?"

The child looked at him with beautiful eyes, but still pursed his lips and said nothing. Xiao Teng reminded him: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is still waiting for you."

Feng Xie had no choice but to turn around, and was about to leave when he felt someone grabbing the hem of his clothes from behind.

He looked back, just in time to see the child grabbing the corner of his scarlet cloak, calling out in a low voice, "Brother Prince..."

Feng Xie's eyebrows turned cold: "What did you call me?"

The child didn't care, he just pulled his clothes and didn't let go, and he didn't raise his head when he spoke, only his voice was stubborn: "The emperor's uncle told me that if he saw you, he would call you brother prince, I never misunderstood the person." stop?"

Xiao Teng turned pale with fright, Feng Xie was taken aback when he heard the words, but couldn't help laughing lowly, brushing his cold hand over his warm cheek: "I didn't admit my mistake, it was me."

"My name is...Chu Shao..." The child finally raised his eyes, and stared at him without avoiding, with a softness in his eyes, "Shao, who is so young, my mother said that my father gave it to me, but I don't know what that means either."

"It's the son of King Lie..." Xiao Chen suddenly realized, and then explained in a low voice, "After King Lie died in battle, His Majesty was merciful and always cared about the princess and the son, but the princess refused to live alone after all. Yue Shi committed suicide... the son himself is alone and helpless, his majesty must have been worried, so he was admitted to Zhongyang."

It took a lot of twists and turns for Emperor Qingyuan to ascend the throne, but thanks to the full support of Qi Zhao, Wei Xu, Zhou Shengqian and Lie Wang Shen Wang, especially General Tiance General Shen Wang who was known as the "Sky Eagle of Yin" back then.After succeeding to the throne, Qi Zhao, Wei Xu, and Zhou Shengqian became dukes, and gradually became the three major families occupying Zhongyang. to the east.

Nine years ago when the northern border rebelled and there were no generals available in the court, Shen Wang invited himself to go out to fight. Although he put down the northern rebellion, he died in the northern border and never came back.

The princess was just pregnant before he left for the expedition, but she couldn't even see the child again.The concubine deeply resented King Lie's move, and even let the son take his mother's surname, but no one in the world knows that the king and his wife are deeply in love. He committed suicide by drinking poison and went with King Lie.

"Shaohua...is the most precious thing in the world," Feng Xie said in a low voice, "Your father must like you very much."

He got up, glanced to the side again, and sighed: "Get up."

Only then did the noble children dare to raise their heads, and took a sneak peek at the world-renowned Highness Chengyang. Feng Xie saw that they were about the same age as him, so he didn't criticize them harshly, he just said: "Jinting Imperial City, everyone must be careful Be cautious in your words and deeds, the son of King Lie has come from afar, so take care of him more."

His status is noble, his speech is mature, but he is born with picturesque features, like a fairy in the sky.Although several people had contact with the princes before, but they had never seen such a person before, so they had no choice but to say yes.

Xiao Teng said on the side: "Your Highness, let's hurry up."

Feng Xie let out a soft "um", still feeling a little uneasy, so he turned to Chu Shao and said, "Ah Shao, go back and wear thicker clothes, if there is something to do..."

He hesitated for a moment, and said: "Then I came to the Prince's Mansion to look for me, do you understand?"

Looking at the little prince like a snow jade dumpling, he always felt that there was something he had forgotten, so he shook his head helplessly and walked away.

Xiao Shizi tugged on his cloak reluctantly, and it took a long time to let go, the snow was getting bigger and bigger at some point, and after walking a few steps, they could no longer see each other's figures.

At the beginning of the 12th year of Qingyuan, Zhongyang had the biggest snowfall since the capital was established.

In that heavy snowfall, the most famous Crown Prince Chengyang in the history of Great India met for the first time the fearsome but notorious General Zhehua.

At that time the crown prince had not been officially registered as crown prince, the general had never even entered the Xuanjian camp, the snow was so clear and white, neither of the two hands had been stained with blood, and their feelings were too pure to be mixed with any filth.

But that... is the beginning of life.