I wanted to embrace my master and return home

"Your Majesty, the astrology shows that there is only one scourge of destiny, and the needle dial moved restlessly that day, pointing at the direction where the fourth prince was born." The national teacher said: "The prince in front of me, I can't see it, but I can't see it." The official can assure you that the astrolabe will not go wrong, and that His Majesty's removal on that day is indeed a disaster of destiny."

"Could it be... is it really a coincidence?" The king looked at Chang Guan'er, as if he wanted to see the bottom of his heart from his eyes.

Chang Guan'er kept hearing about "destiny disaster star" and "monstrous spirit". He had also read some idle books and knew the meaning of the word "disaster star", so he felt extremely complicated.

Although Chang Shenyue was cowardly, she was not stupid in her mind. Hearing the conversation between the king and the teacher, and thinking of the scene when her son was born, her whole heart was chilled, and the blood in her whole body was drained.

The lord of the country looked at her frightened look, and he didn't have the mind to interrogate her at all. He claimed to be a wise king, and he had never tortured anyone except the criminals, so the old maids brought out by the Huanyi Bureau were just waiting for the trial. They were interrogated separately, and the confessions were consistent, and there was nothing suspicious about Chang Can'er's identity.

After being warned by the people in the inner palace, the old maids received some rewards and were sent back to the Clothes Bureau, while Chang's mother and son were placed in a side hall of the harem, waiting for canonization.

It was the first time in Chang Guan'er's life that he lived in such a nice dormitory. The walls were made of pear blossom wood, with a pleasant fragrance. The bed was three times the size he used to sleep on. He smelled the warm fragrance of grace, and the warm fragrance in the tent continued slowly, and he changed his shabby sackcloth into a fine brocade robe.

Chang Guan'er has never seen anything outside, and it is the first time she wears such a luxurious body that she dare not even imagine. Apart from being dreamlike, she also feels the joy of getting rid of her mother's pain.

But A Niang didn't look happy, since she returned to the dormitory, she has been out of her mind, as if she couldn't hear what she said, the exquisite food was placed in front of her, and she didn't move.

Before the lights were turned off at night, the mother dismissed all the servants and sat by the bed alone, looking at her son's face by the candlelight.

His child is not at all like her, so good-looking, so outstanding, and clever in mind, unlike her, who is cowardly and dares nothing all his life.

"Aniang, are you scared?" Chang Can'er touched his mother's forehead with concern, but was taken aback by her cold body temperature.

After a closer look, I found that Chang Shenyue's face was so pale that it was unusual for ordinary people, but there was restless exploration in his eyes, as if he wanted to see him clearly from the inside out.

He had seen this look on the face of the king during the day.

"Aniang, do you also think that I am..." Chang Guan'er didn't understand why those people would put such unlucky words on him when they saw him, why even his mother suspected that he was something out of nothing... ...Bane?

Could it be, does he really have any secrets?

But since childhood, hasn't everything been safe and sound?He didn't kill anyone, and he wasn't injured in any way.

Chang Shenyue's eyes seemed to be not just suspicious, but a kind of struggle and humiliation. She looked at him for a long time, with tears in her eyes, as if she had made up her mind: "Can'er, why don't you go with Auntie..."

"Aniang, where are we going?" Chang Guan'er asked in surprise.

Chang Shenyue didn't answer, she just shed tears silently, looked at him after a long while, her eyes were soft and gentle: "Can'er, go to sleep..." She helped her son cover the quilt, gently touched his head, turned and walked to the other side. bedrooms.

Unexpectedly, this was the last time their mother and son would meet.

The next day, Chang Guan'er was woken up by a scream. He sat up from the bed almost instantly, threw off the quilt and rushed to the place where the sound came from. He saw a white strip hanging from the beam of Chang Shenyue's bedroom. Chang Shenyue's body was hanging in the air, motionless, her face was so pale that there was no human color.

Auntie is dead.

This is the first time Chang Guan'er saw a dead person. It was his mother, the mother who brought him up. The mother is a very timid person. She was so frightened that she couldn't sleep all night. What kind of courage did she have to let such a cowardly woman end her own life with her own hands?

It turns out that this is what A Niang meant by "go". Could it be that A Niang has also moved her mind and wanted to "go" with him?

Chang Guan'er cried so hard that his heart felt as if someone had punched a hole in his heart. Fear and sadness came together, making him breathless. He was not yet ten years old this year, but he witnessed his mother's death with his own eyes.

If he wanted to exchange this magnificent palace at the price of losing his mother, he would rather return to the dilapidated courtyard.

Even though he was so sad, A Niang's look of doubt, humiliation, and struggle planted a seed in his heart from now on.

A Niang left a letter to the effect that she had given birth to the prince for many years and made the prince suffer in the backyard for many years, but she had selfish intentions to keep the prince by her side for the rest of her life. Take your own life, and pray for the prince and His Majesty to atone for your sins in the sky.

The king read the letter, he learned about Chang Shenyue's life experience, and found that although she was not a lady from a wealthy family, she was born as a concubine daughter of a scholarly family, so she was considered polite and courteous. Disappeared, I didn't expect that she looked cowardly and incompetent, but she was also a loyal person, extremely kind.

It's just that once Chang Shenyue died, the news spread throughout the inner palace, and there was a lot of discussion in all the halls, and some restless concubines wanted to send someone to question the old maids in the clothes bureau. The reputation in the palace was influential, so he obeyed the proposal of the personal eunuch and executed all the maids in the Huanyi Bureau, and then concealed the matter from the outside world.

At the time of the execution, the lord of the country couldn't bear it, so he secretly went to the Huanyi Bureau in person, wanting to comfort the innocent maids, and told them that their mother's family would be blessed with wealth and honor for the rest of their lives. Unexpectedly, he saw a The very calm woman was Ruan Tao'er who spoke neither humble nor overbearing that day.

"Why don't you cry? Are you not afraid?" The king was a little surprised.

Ruan Tao'er was silent for a while, looked up at the lord, and said calmly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant has known Mrs. Chang for many years, and is willing to go down to accompany my sister. The only thing I can't bear is His Royal Highness."

"Oh?"

"Although His Royal Highness has not lived as well as the other princes in the palace since he was a child, with rough clothes and fine food, he grew up under the care of his servants and sisters. We treat him like our own child. He has no relatives overnight, and the slaves have their own hearts." I can't bear it, His Highness is still a child, His Majesty is blessed, but cannot take the place of a mother, May His Majesty find a virtuous mother to raise Guan'er, so that he can grow up safely."

Although this girl is a low-level servant, she was born with the same innocence as Chang Shenyue, she was so eloquent, and she was neither humble nor overbearing before she died. You can."

Ruan Tao'er's body trembled, and she looked up at him in disbelief, and there were already scattered corpses lying around her.

I thought her destination was also the glass of poisoned wine in front of me, but I didn't expect that God would show mercy and replace her with a glass of fine wine...

Not to mention Ruan Tao'er escaped to death, she was named Mrs. Ruan, and Chang Guan'er was put under her name to be raised. She sat in the dormitory of the Dialan Huadong, holding Chang Guan'er in her arms, and said with red eyes: "Those In [-], I often dreamed that my elder sister, mother, and son would become imperial concubines, and I would be the most powerful palace maid by her side, protecting you all."

"I didn't expect all the hardships to come. Now I am the only one living in this palace and sitting in this position."

Chang Can'er's throat was extremely sore and her body was weak, so she said hoarsely, "Aunt Tao, am I... the disaster star?"

Ruan Tao'er was taken aback, quickly covered his mouth and said: "Don't talk nonsense! You are not a disaster, you are Aunt Tao's only concern in this palace, you can't be stupid like your mother!"

"But, I killed the aunts in the clothes bureau, my mother, and our family." Chang Guan'er twisted his sleeves tightly and said helplessly.

Ruan Tao'er didn't expect this to be something that a ten-year-old child could say. She was speechless for a while, and then said after a while: "Don't think about it, your mother has caused you to suffer for many years because of guilt, not because of you. No one in the palace will say those strange words, you have to grow up well and not be depressed, understand?"

Chaoyang's surname was Gao, and Chang Guan'er was changed to Gao's surname from then on, but the small character of Guan'er didn't look like a prince's name, and the ruler couldn't think of anything else, so he took the word "Motang" for him in advance, Gao Motang.According to the seniority of birth, he is the fourth prince. It can be said that except for the prince, he is older than the other princes.

Because of the late start, it was difficult for the smart bird to fly, so Gao Motang was taken to Taifu's school, where he and the prince were taught by Mingqing.

"In the years I've known you, I often feel that you must be something different. I didn't expect to see you for a few days, and you are already the Fourth Prince." Ming Qing held the scroll in his hand and looked at the completely new "child" standing in front of him.

"Brother Ming..." Chang Guan'er tugged at the hem of his clothes uncomfortably.

"You can't call it that in front of outsiders. Your Highness is the master, and the lower officials are ministers. Now we have one of the superiors and one of the lower ones. I hope that the Fourth Highness will not blame the lower officials for being rude in the past." Ming Qing was half joking and half serious Dao, the smile is as gentle as ever.

Chang Guan'er heaved a sigh of relief. Although he has changed, Brother Ming is still Brother Ming. He said seriously: "No matter what my status is, you are still Brother Ming, and I am still Guan'er. From now on, you can't be alienated from me. .”

"Pfft, I got it, Guan'er." Mingqing was amused by him, and as usual, tapped his head lightly with the book.