Purple Eyes - King of the World

The extravagant banquets under the emperor, the concubines who pretended to be static, and the officials who were pompous and decent, I no longer have the appetite to enjoy the food and wine.

My seat is right in front of my father, he seems very happy today, he drank a lot of wine, looking at all the decent princes, maybe that kind of joy is understandable.

"Huan'er, have another drink with me." He raised his glass drunkenly and said to me.

"Father, I really can't drink anymore, so please forgive me."

"One last cup."

"Father, my son feels a little unwell, so I'm leaving now."

"Okay, you go and rest first."

My scalp was a little numb, but it was important to escape now, so I nodded obediently, and I left in a hurry.

I left the birthday banquet as if fleeing. In front of me was a plum blossom forest. It was already early winter, and the plum blossoms were in full bloom. I feel uncomfortable, I want to find an exit for me to escape, but where is the exit?

"Juanhuan." A clear male voice sounded from behind, with intimacy.

I turned my head and saw a tall man standing under the plum blossom tree. His white long gown was not stained with dust. Under the plum blossom tree, he looked elegant and elegant. His eyes were as fresh as the sky after the rain.

That man's handsome face, wheat-colored skin, and clear breath had already made me a little heartbroken, but the prince's golden crown on his head made my thoughts dim. He was another prince. Maybe it was the recent encounters. There is a kind of disgust for these princes.

"Juanhuan!" The prince in white called out again when he saw that I didn't respond.

Great fun?Are you calling me?I frowned. After so long, I didn't even know my own name.

"Juan Huan, you look a bit unwell today, could it be that your father is embarrassing you again, or someone is bullying you again." The concern in the eyes of the man in white was so genuine that I was a little at a loss.

"Juanhuan..." The voice was indescribably comfortable, and the prince in white stretched out his slender fingers to caress my cheek: "Poor Juanhuan, I have suffered." The pity and distress in those eyes made me tremble a little .

I pushed him away and asked: "Is Juanhuan my name?" I have heard that my father thinks I am Huaner, so it should actually be Juanhuan, Juanhuan, there is no joy, it is really appropriate.

"Are you okay." His fingers stroked my forehead, a little cold, a little wet, but very comfortable to the touch.

"No, I just accidentally fell and bumped my head, and I'm a little confused." I tried to prevaricate.

"Hey~" The prince in white took a long sigh: "You are always like this. You are obviously being bullied, but you always worry about it in your heart. When you are sad alone, you don't want others to know. I am not someone else. I am Your second brother, after so many years, you are still like this."

We looked at each other quietly for a while, and neither of us spoke again. The tenderness and warmth in his eyes was exactly what I longed for. It turns out that there are not only those beasts in this palace.

The flow of time seems to be still, we are excited in the gaze of each other.

At this moment, a long sword glowing with cold light was placed around his neck, I suddenly woke up like a dream, looked up, it was Fengxiang.

Feng Xiang must have regarded him as the scum of the palace who wanted to belittle me.

"Stop! Don't be disrespectful." I said to Fengxiang.

Feng Xiang looked at me in surprise, but still put down the sword in his hand.

"This is my attendant, named Fengxiang." I said to the second brother who was standing opposite.

A sharp long sword was placed on his neck just now, but there was no trace of fear in his eyes, he was still calm, this man is not simple, I said silently in my heart.

"I've heard that, people in the palace say that you are inseparable, as expected." The second brother said calmly, I understood what he was referring to, and my face immediately blushed.

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. Jue Huan, let's have a good rest." Seeing that my face was blushing, Brother Erhuang saw that a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned and left.

"Feng Xiang, find out this person for me." After he walked away, I said to Feng Xiang.

"Master, you!" There was doubt in his eyes, but he did as he did.

The hustle and bustle of the day finally settled down. I sat on the soft bed of the Luoyun Temple, slowly sipped tea, picked up the teacup and took a sip, the golden yellow with a touch of fresh green, the smell of Shifeng Longjing It was as good as I remembered, and even better.

I am waiting for someone.

When the night was dark and the moon was half-curved, he really came back in a hurry.

"The second prince, Ming Ge, is the empress's son-in-law. He has a gentle temperament and outstanding literary talent. Many people in the court admire him. His two uncles are the prime minister of the court, and the other is the powerful general Dingbei. Everyone wrote a letter to change the second prince to be the prince, but the emperor has not agreed until now."

Feng Xiang half-kneeled at my feet and reported to me the news I checked today: "But I have always suspected that this meek second prince actually has other ambitions behind him. He has a team that only obeys himself in private."

I smiled lightly, which prince has no ambitions, except me, a useless waste, who still occupies the seat of the prince, but it seems a bit strange to come to comment on things, so the second prince seems to be the most promising The person who hopes to succeed me as a puppet to become the prince, but his performance in the plum blossom forest during the day seems to have a good friendship with the former prince. What is his plan to get so close to him?

"What's the matter, Master, are you alright?" Feng Xiang asked worriedly when he saw that I hadn't spoken for a while.

"It's okay, you can sit on it." I changed several positions on the bed, but I still couldn't find a comfortable position, so I whispered to him, "Help me to sleep."

His face was still red, and his wheat-colored face had turned to copper.

He gently put me on the bed.

"I will protect you from any further harm," he whispered.

I was startled, protect me, does he mean that kind of protection? It's not just the kind of protection a guard gives to his master, although he doesn't think he can protect me with his ability, he's still quite moved.

Those amber eyes looked deeply into mine, as if to let me know his determination.

I close my eyes, no matter what, I am very relieved that someone is doing this for me.

I thought he was just talking, but after a few days I knew he was not just talking.When Prince Yao was hunting, he broke his leg, and he is still lying on the bed. When Prince Jing was spending the night in Huajie, he was beaten black and blue by a group of masked men who suddenly appeared, and he dared not go out for many days.

It happened to be these two people, and I have a feeling that this is not just a coincidence.Who would do this for me? I really can't think of anyone else except Fengxiang.And he can do it, I'm afraid it's not as simple as a little palace guard.

***

"I've been staying in the palace for so long recently, it's so boring, let's go out for a walk tomorrow." I said to Fengxiang, and we went out of the palace together to Yanmiao Lake by the Phoenix Mountain in Gyeonggi.The lake is quiet, the mountain breeze is light, and there are green and heavy mountains on both sides. A small boat swings between the green mountains and green waters, so it's really carefree.

In the evening, the blood-like setting sun turned the lake water into faint red.Fighting on the boat, the mountain wind blows, the long hair is flying in the wind and entangled with his body, watching the red sunset into the water, the magnificent beauty moved me, a kind of pure peace rose from my heart rise.

It was getting dark gradually, and we started to row back.

Swinging down from the lake, the front seems to be full of joy and excitement, with colorful lights floating on the lake, and candle lights flickering like stars in the river.Shining on the faint lake water, there are waves like flowing gold.

The warm atmosphere infected me, and I felt as if I could be happy so easily. "What day is it today? It's so lively." I asked Feng Xiang beside me.

"Today is the Lantern Festival, doesn't the master know?" Fengxiang said to me, I looked at the vivid and colorful lanterns of different shapes by the lake, and thought that it was almost the same as our Lantern Festival.

"Want a lantern?" He may have seen the longing in my eyes, and asked softly.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"You stay on the shore first, I'll go shopping, and I'll be back soon, don't walk around." He told me, as worried as if I was a child.

I stood there, looking at the gorgeous light of a lake, and the jubilant scene behind me turned into a scene of a folk movie. When I was young, I loved watching the one who played the emperor in a dragon robe, because it was too far away from life, and we knew it was fake.

Now it’s like walking into that drama. I’m also an actor wearing a costume and singing, or maybe this is just a dream I had. When I wake up from the dream and come back to reality, I still have to go to work and deal with piles of reports. .

Just as I was dreaming, a shadow behind me covered me, and I felt a chill in my back.

Turning around and looking, it was Prince Yao and Prince Jing, with unfriendly expressions, and a group of people behind them, the whole place was dark, as if they were looking for revenge.

My heart was pounding, I stepped back, and within a few steps I was already at the edge of the lake.

Prince Yao's legs were still covered with wound medicine, he approached me, reached out and grabbed my hair, and pulled towards him.

"Come to swim in the lake. Brother Prince is so excited. Where's your loyal dog? Finally let us catch you and leave you alone." He motioned to the group of people behind him: "Beat, beat me to death, I don't know Good or bad guy, our brother is interested in playing with you to save face, don't be shameless, let you taste the good fruit you planted today."

Countless pairs of vicious eyes stared at me, bright machetes were held up in their hands, sticks, knives and guns clustered into a wall of sharp blades.One knife, one knife slashed on my body, the pain, the blood kept flowing, and I fell...

I fell on the ground like an animal and slid forward with bloody hands and feet, with every inch I moved, more blood flowed down...

I can't fall down. In front of me, there is my hope, the love I long for, but my head is so heavy, and my whole body is full of scars and pain. Both fierce eyes, this is real life, maybe I have been in pain like this, but the pain at this moment is so real.

My arms have been worn bloody by the gravel road, and I climbed forward while holding onto the ground.I must live.

Maybe I'll die, but that doesn't matter to me anymore.I have to go down every step I climb, countless figures are shaking in front of my eyes, black and golden stars are flickering, and the illusion appears in front of my eyes.

I heard the crowd still jubilant, they saw the scene of me being beaten, but no one would take a second look, because I was just someone else to everyone, and others were just others to me, just looking at me It is also to appreciate my painful appearance, which may be the only thing I can entertain everyone now.

Knife, dazzling silver, blood, dazzling scarlet... pain... no end.

Longing for an end, whether it is hell or heaven, the world is the most painful, if living is equal to endless endurance, what kind of redemption do you pray for?

The indifference, the suffocating indifference, the warmth I long for is just an illusion, it disappears in an instant, like a dream at night, like the fog in the morning, those illusory and unreal happiness, but I am desperately chasing after them , the last thing you get is a cloud of smoke that disappears without a trace.

Maybe the front is the end, no matter which door leads to heaven or hell, I will accept it, because the real hell is the world, I see those dark red, those blood, those knives and sticks, those indifferent and numb eyes, those people, they swallow me up...

Suddenly it was quiet, so quiet, I couldn't hear the sounds of killing and shouting, I couldn't hear Feimi's misty singing, all kinds of psychedelic colors flickered in front of my eyes, and there was only blank space in my mind.

All movements slowed down, all sounds stopped, the knife fell, and blood dripped.Dark red blood.

Lying on the ground, I felt my consciousness slowly withdraw from my body. At this moment, I heard a loud sound of horseshoes. Is it my hallucination?

Looking up, I saw a group of knights in black riding towards me on black horses. The leader of the man in black with his hair fluttering in the firelight was extremely handsome.

He galloped to my side, hugged my bloody body in his generous and strong arms, and surrounded me with warmth.

The flashes of swords and swords in the distance continued, but I only saw his gentle eyes, and he held me tightly in his arms, as if everything around us had nothing to do with us, as if we were the only ones left in this world.

Fengxiang, you have come to save me, I looked at him with a smile, at this moment he seemed exceptionally handsome and majestic, exuding such a domineering aura like a king.

Fengxiang, are you really just a bodyguard, are you just willing to be a bodyguard?I don't think it's that simple for you.Being able to bring such a large group of his own troops here in a short time, such power must be beyond the imagination of ordinary people.Is it the phoenix flying in the nine heavens?Who is your real identity?

After I was taken back by Feng Xiang in a daze, I couldn't remember anything. What happened to the two princes in the end, I don't want to know, my mind has been hanging on Feng Xiang, who is he?What is the expectation of hiding by my side like this?

He can protect me, I don't doubt this at all now, but the uneasiness in my heart has gradually expanded. I don't like that I am the one who is used in the trap, and this feeling makes me feel very depressed.And the last thing I want to think about is that Feng Xiang is the one who uses me. If this kind of warmth is also fake, it's really terrible.

Maybe the injury was too deep, I have been in a coma these days, but I can always feel a pair of burning eyes staring at me, a pair of gentle hands touching me, I seem to be floating in the clouds, sleeping in a ball Inside a ball of soft cotton wool, consciousness is a little fuzzy.

Someone was kissing my body, what started as a light peck like a butterfly turned into a deep, wet, hot kiss.

I frowned, opened my eyes reluctantly, my vision was a little blurry, but I could already clearly feel the familiar breath, what exactly do I want to get behind his tenderness?

I still try my best to open my eyes and look into those amber eyes, which are so clear but so hot, I am confused why he can have such clear eyes, I seem to be trapped in a peach blossom-like confusion , can't get out, can't tell, I'm looking for the exit like crazy, I'm running like crazy, but no one can tell me where the way out is, just like no one can tell me what's real and what's fake of.

Falling down on the bed, feeling his heat, a deep and real depravity rose in my heart.

"Master~~"

"Don't call me master!" I turned my face away, not wanting to look at his clear eyes, which were obviously fake but could be so fiery and clear, which made me uncomfortable.

"Then... Huan'er." His voice was nice.

"Don't call me Huan'er!"

Misty and Suspicious

"What's wrong with you?" Feng Xiang held my face and forced me to look into his eyes, which were full of genuine concern.

"Can my feelings change anything? Such a humble me." A faint sarcasm overflowed from my mouth.He understands what I mean.

"How can you say that?" He looked at me in surprise.

"How long are you going to keep it from me, and treat me like a fool?"

His eyes were full of heartache: "It's not like that, really, I also have to say something."

"Enough!" I pushed him away and sat up.

He didn't say anything more, he fell at my feet, dressed me obediently, tied my belt, and put on my shoes. His amber eyes raised up from time to time, watching my expression, as if he was afraid that I would say anything again. What are you talking about.

When I walked out, I found that I was in a place with green mountains and green waters that I had never been to before, with small streams and waterfalls, green mountains and deep streams, a very beautiful scenery.I was walking in the hanging corridor on the cliff, the mountain wind was blowing my thin body, and it was a bit chilly, before I said anything, Feng Xiang quickly chased me out, and put on the warm fox fur cloak for me, As a bodyguard, he is very conscientious.

"Let's go back to the palace tomorrow." I stood in the mountain wind and said to Feng Xiang behind me.

It was a deep dark cave, but I would rather go back to that deep place where the bottom cannot be seen.It makes me more nervous here, I don't know if the palace like a tomb can be called "my home"

"Yes." Without further questioning, he just nodded respectfully.

***

Only when I returned to the palace did I know that during the few days when I was away, great accidents happened in the palace. Prince Yao and Prince Jing were both poisoned and died. The corpses were picked up from the smoky lake. He vomited blood with anger.

When I went to see them, their corpses were placed in the mourning hall of Baiting. They were rotten and smelly. I studied medicine, pressed my nose, and opened their hands to look. His skin was dark purple, it should be the same kind of poison.

I asked the chief eunuch of the palace, and said that they were fished up from the lake the day after they taught me a lesson, and they were already soaked to a bad shape, which meant that they had already been murdered that night.

I turned around and stared at Feng Xiang fiercely, my eyes were full of reproach, but Feng Xiang seemed to know nothing.

what are you pretending

It's good that you saved me, I wanted you to protect me, but I didn't ask you to kill them.

There is nothing wrong with you hating them, but why are you pretending to be innocent? !

"His Royal Highness, it's not good!"

A palace lady came to me in panic: "Your Majesty is unconscious due to a strange poison, go and have a look."

My heart jumped violently, and an ominous premonition rose in my heart.

I turned around, glanced at Fengxiang, and hurried to Xianglong Hall.

In Xianglong Palace, the man was lying weakly on the bed, his already pale face was now even more ashen, his life was so fragile, like a candle in the wind, it would go out when it blows.

Although he treats me like that, after all he is my relative, I am the closest relative I only know, my hand trembles a little, I hold his hand with loose and wrinkled skin, it is my father, I feel wet Something slid down my face.

"You are crying!" The man opened his eyes, raised his arms with difficulty, and wiped the tears from my face.

He was smiling, even though he was so weak, he was still smiling at me reluctantly.

"Father!" A strange warm current suddenly rushed through my heart, and I pressed his wrinkled hands to my face with some excitement, and shouted the most intimate words to me.

"It's okay, dad is okay." He smiled reluctantly, as if he liked me calling him dad.

I took his hands, those wrinkled, flabby, stick-like hands, white spots as big as soybeans, dark purple-black, I raised my head in surprise, and turned to look at Feng Xiang who was waiting at the entrance of the hall , he stood there motionless.

is it you?You are so cruel!

Father closed his eyes weakly and fell on the bed.

"Your Majesty is tired, it's time to rest." The imperial doctor pulled me away from the side: "Your Highness, let's go out first."

It's raining again, the early winter rain brought tiny ice particles, and it hit my face with slight pain. I stood in the rain for half an hour, like a statue, Feng Xiang still followed me closely behind.

I can't believe it, I looked up at the dark and rainy sky, the rain was flowing into my eyes, a little blurry, I was so sad, lost, and even more disappointed, I couldn't believe that the person I trusted the most actually lied to me.

"You go!" I closed my eyes and let the rain drip down my wet face and hair.

There was still no sound behind him, and he hadn't moved.

"Go! Do you hear me? I never want to see you again."

"Don't you believe me?" Feng Xiang's voice was deeply hurt.

"Go!" I shouted loudly, "I let you go, and never let me see you again!"

There was no sound for a long time, a burst of footsteps followed by silence, only the sound of raindrops falling.

I stood alone in the rain, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it hit me. I hugged my head and fell to my knees on the ground, which was full of mud and rain.

On those cloudy and rainy days, I have been hiding in the palace. On the day that Prince Yao and Prince Jing were buried, I did not go, and no one said anything to blame me, but I have never been able to let go of it, although I have no way to prove it. , I always feel that their deaths are more or less related to me, and I feel uncomfortable like a fishbone stuck in my heart.

The second prince Mingge who often comes to see me brings fresh fruits, tonics, and wine. On clear nights, we often drink all night long. Maybe they are a little bit depraved, but I can often feel his kindness. The burning eyes are staring at me, and often inadvertently touch my body vaguely, either touching my fingers when holding the wine, or touching my shoulder when bending over, Then there was an embarrassing silence.

There were two people who looked at me so fiercely, one has been sent away by me, and now I don’t know where it is, that person is Fengxiang, a person I used to like, who was deeply hurt when he left in the rain that day The heartbroken eyes are still in my heart, like a brand, I can't forget, often dreaming back in the middle of the night, thinking of those times when he was with him, now it has become a luxury dream.

The other one is my royal father, he is still lying on the bed, and only occasionally opens his eyes.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has woken up and wants to see you." A court lady hurried up to me.Every time he opens his eyes, he must see me. This is already known to everyone in the palace.

Walking into Xianglong Palace, the maid closed the door of the main hall behind her. In the main hall, only a bean-like oil lamp was lit. Under the grayish-yellow light, the pale man was lying weakly on the bed, and I was beside his bed. Sitting down, took his dry and loose hand.

The dim yellow light of "Huan'er" shone on his face, and those eyes suddenly opened, and on that pale face, those eyes suddenly shone brightly.

"You're here." The pair of dry fingers stretched out like firewood, as if trying to grab me, I leaned over and leaned over, he pulled me and fell on him, my face pressed against his chest, I could hear his feeble heartbeat.

"I know my days are not long." The old voice rang in my ears: "Actually, my father has no regrets in this life. Glory, power, country, beauty, I have everything. This world should be enjoyed. Enjoy everything."

His voice was very deep: "Up to now, I just worry about you."

"My child, my beloved Huan'er, I know that you have been unhappy all these years. Even as a prince, you are often bullied by the emperors and emperors with your cowardly character. How can you be the emperor in the future? ah."

I lowered my head and didn't speak. I didn't expect him to think so much for me. I always thought he was just a fatuous and lustful man.The genuine love and care in his eyes, as well as his expectations for me made my heart sore.

"Your concubine mother was once the woman I love the most in my life." His eyes suddenly drifted far away, as if immersed in the rosy memories of yesterday. "That woman from the southern country who is as weak as a narcissus, was sucked away by her soul from the first time I saw him."

He never talked to me about my concubine mother, I sat up and listened to him.

"She is a very beautiful woman, not only because of her alluring face, but also because of his gentle personality, as long as she smiles, even the peach blossoms in spring will lose their color." The royal father showed rare tenderness Demeanor: "She was originally just a beauty offered by Nan Zhu Guojin to seek peace. Since she entered the palace, I have exclusively spoiled her."

"Then what happened later, why did Concubine Mu throw herself into the well, if you really love her as you said?"

"Because I fell in love with another person." The royal father's expression suddenly became strange, as if he was even paler, but his eyes were so hot, as if they were flickering like flames in the wind, faint but bright and radiant. I feel cold.

"Another person? What kind of woman can make you abandon such a gentle and beautiful concubine mother, causing her to be so sad that she decides herself."

I feel a little sad and indignant, for that woman I have never seen before, just her miserable fate and the kind of vague involvement make me full of curiosity and sentimentality for her, a woman who was given to the enemy country as a gift , How flexible is it to survive in a foreign land, and dedicate your life to such a man, but in the end he was abandoned tragically.

"That's not a woman."

"It's not a woman, is it a man, father, you!" Still can't accept that father forced the gentle mother and concubine to death for a man.

"Not even a man, just a child."

He stared at me with burning eyes: "That child has been different from ordinary people since he was born. Others say he is the reincarnation of a demon, but I think he looks really beautiful. I hugged him who was just born, his pair of eyes The purple crystal-like eyes looked at me, and I was already caught in that vortex."

"No, it's impossible, it's not true!"

I sat up from the bed and stepped back step by step.

"Impossible, this can't be true!" I covered my face and rushed out of Xianglong Palace, it turned out that I was the one who caused my mother and concubine to throw herself into the well.Outside Xianglong Hall, it is pouring rain, and the rain is pouring down on me. Why is this happening? When will I be able to get out of this trapped demon swamp.

Night, pitch black, boundless deep black.

The rain, pouring, kept falling.

My clothes were wet and stuck to my body. I opened my arms and looked up at the dark rainy night, but I couldn't see anything. Why is it raining all the time?Where is my way?

In a white cloud, an extremely beautiful woman slowly walked towards me with a gentle smile on her face.

"Huan'er" she was calling me, she opened her arms to hug me.

Her soft hand stroked my cheek: "My poor child, suffer."

"Mother, I'm so sad, tell me how to live, this world is too scary, it's so dark, I can't see anything, it's so dangerous, it's like stepping on the edge of a knife."

"Huan'er, my child." She bent down and said to me, "You have to know that for vulnerable people like us, the way to survive is like water."

"Like water?" I looked at her puzzled.

"The highest goodness is like water. Water is good for all things and does not compete with it. Because it does not compete with it, no one in the world can compete with it."

"Is it the principle of using softness to overcome strength?" I asked her.

"Yes, Huan'er is so smart. When you were young, I didn't let you learn martial arts, but I let you learn literature for the same reason."

"Don't you blame me for the father's matter?" I suddenly remembered what the man said in Xianglong Palace, and it still haunts me like a nightmare.

"Stupid child, how could I blame you!" She stroked my forehead and the hair that fell on my forehead: "I only blame myself for not being able to protect you, or for being succeeded by your father, my child, poor Huan'er ’” Tears welled up in her big, beautiful eyes.

An anxious look suddenly appeared on her face: "I can't accompany you anymore, be careful yourself."

"Mother, don't go!" I tried my best to grab her sleeve, but it was empty. I sat up from the bed, my head was still covered with cold sweat, and I was gasping for breath. It turned out to be a dream.

***

"Your Highness, get up and have a bowl of snow fungus and bird's nest porridge." My personal maid Xiaoxiao helped me up and said softly.

After drinking the porridge with snow fungus and bird's nest, I fell on the bed again, Xiaoyan sat down beside my bed, and covered my scorching forehead with an ice towel over and over again.Her fingers are very greasy and slippery, like goose fat, and the cold fingers soaked in ice water feel very comfortable on my forehead.

"Little frown." I called her softly in a drowsy state.

"Your Highness, are you feeling better?" She asked me considerately, her voice was soft and gentle, like petals falling in spring.

I closed my eyes and took her hand to cover my hot face, muttering a poem.

"I remember the first time I met the little frown, the double heart word Luo Yi, and the pipa strings said lovesickness. At that time, the bright moon was there, and it once returned under the colorful clouds."

"What are you muttering about, Your Highness?" I looked up and saw that Xiao Yan's face was flushed, and a rose-like pink appeared on her fair and delicate face, which was really cute.

"I'm reading a poem, it's written by a small frown." I said to her with a smile.

"Your Highness is sick like this, and you still have the heart to make fun of him." She said softly.

I leaned over and coughed again.

"Your Highness!" Xiao Yan supported me with concern.

"It's okay." I stretched out my arm to stop her hand that was about to press my forehead.

As soon as Xiaoxiao helped me to lie down, a palace maid came in outside to report: "The Second Highness has come to visit His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Let him come in." I said to the court lady, now that my father and I are both ill, the second brother is alone in supporting the important affairs of the court.

The tall, fair and elegant man sat down beside my bed and looked at me with concern. Those eyes were so gentle, as if they could melt into water.

"Second Emperor Brother" I called him in a low voice.

"Juanhuan, I heard that you were caught in the rain again." His voice was full of pity: "Why are you so careless? There are so many accidents in the palace now, several younger brothers have accidents, and even the father is in a coma. I don't wake up, you are my father's favorite son and my favorite brother, if something happens to you, in the future..." As he spoke, there was water in his amber eyes, which made my heart tremble .

"Not in the future." I can't bear to see him like this. Among the many princes in this palace, he is the one who treats me the best. I can't bear him to worry about me. The court affairs are already enough for him to worry about. , I can't help you like this.

"You, you always abuse your body like this, which makes people feel distressed." He stretched out his slender and white fingers to stroke my forehead: "You must learn to be kind to yourself."

"Brother Second Emperor!" Hearing him say that made me feel even more sour. No one in this palace had ever said such a thing to me. The long-lost warmth filled my heart instantly, and I stretched out my hand to hold him tightly hands on my face.

"Okay, I won't say much, I still have some things to deal with, this court..." He sighed: "It's fine if you don't say anything."

When Second Emperor Brother left, his eyes were full of reluctance. He said he would come back to see me when he was done with work, and he ordered someone to bring my favorite fresh fruits and snacks to Xiang Wan.

I lay on the bed for a few more days. Brother Erhuang sometimes came to see me and chatted with me until very late. That evening I lay lazily in the golden silk brocade quilt, watching the sunset by the window, my little frown came Tell me: "Your Majesty wants to see you."

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I lay on the bed for a few more days. Brother Erhuang sometimes came to see me and chatted with me until very late. That evening I lay lazily in the golden silk brocade quilt, watching the sunset by the window, my little frown came Tell me: "Your Majesty wants to see you."

My heart sank to the bottom of the valley with a "boom", and sometimes I couldn't hide even if I wanted to.

I slowly sat up, and the little frown was half-sitting on the edge of my bed, dressing me, her cold and smooth fingers gliding over my skin, the inner shirt, the coat, carefully dressed me one by one, I looked at her serious face, such a good girl, she wasted her whole life in this palace serving me, a useless person with no real power, it's pitiful, she wasted her life like this.

I couldn't protect myself, and I only thought about it for others, so I couldn't help but sigh softly.

Walking into the Xianglong Palace, which I didn't intend to step into in this life, under the dim oil lamp, I saw that pale and thin figure lying on the bed, and my scalp felt numb for a while.

"Huan'er, you're here."

He opened his eyes weakly, and I went to his bed and sat down, he was as dry as a tree