miscalculation

On the way back to the palace, Xiao Qian couldn't help thinking about the past. He was reported to be raised by Concubine Ji Shu when he was a child.He had heard the rumors from the palace people since he was a child, knowing that his mother was killed by the Queen Mother, so every time he saw the Queen Mother, he was terrified.Concubine Ji Shu treated him extremely politely, although she didn't inquire about his health, she never treated him badly.It's just that he has always been humble and polite, Xiao Jue teased him several times when he was a child, but he just kept silent.

Xiao Jue took pleasure in teasing him, until one time, for some unknown reason, he hid behind a rockery and burst into tears following the sound of a waterfall.Unexpectedly, halfway through his crying, Xiao Jue also found the rockery, his small face was apologetic, and he was so frightened that he started to cry on his own. He was busy coaxing him, but forgot that he was sad.

He doesn't remember that time, since when, every time he sees Xiao Jue, he feels close, he just thinks it's because he grew up together.Until he was 19 years old, his father gave him a palace lady.At that time, he didn't understand that there were many maids in the Companion Linju, so why did the emperor bestow a special court lady for no reason.

He didn't realize it until night, when the maid undressed and was about to go to bed.He already knew that most of the people in the palace were like this, but when he saw him, he didn't know what to do, so he drove the maid out and took off his clothes to take a bath.In the dream that day, Xiao Jue was always there. When he woke up, the bedding was all dirty, which made him panic and panic.At that time, he avoided Xiao Jue for fear of not being able to make it in time, but Xiao Jue was so anxious that he made a big fuss in his bedroom.

He still remembers that day, when his father sent No. 2 maid to come, and was about to undress him, Xiao Jue rushed out before he could stop her from going out.Seeing that the court lady was disheveled and his own clothes were in addition to the outer robe, he smiled slightly and pushed the door out.

At that time, he instinctively wanted to chase Xiao Jue back, but he couldn't understand why, it was obviously Xiao Jue who was messing around, breaking into his bedroom without following the rules of etiquette.With this thought, he began to blame himself again, when did he have any respect for Xiao Jue?

Thinking of this, at that time he hurriedly put on his robes, then went out to search, but he did not see him in several places.It was late at night and the dew was heavy, and he didn't dare to disturb the people in the palace. He didn't find Xiao Jue at the rockery until the fifth watch.

What he never expected was that when Xiao Jue saw him, without saying a word, he pushed him on the rockery and kissed him frantically.He refused several times, but in the end it was difficult to push him away, Mingming is better than Xiao Jue, and his strength is not inferior to him, so why can't he push him away.When he came back to his senses, the two of them were entangled with each other, without distinguishing each other, and then Xiao Jue was already hugging him like crazy, the two were tightly attached to each other, only heard him calling big brother one after another.

"What are you doing? Let go." Those were his first words when he woke up.

"I just want to hug you, didn't you kiss me just now, big brother?" He really didn't dare to look at Xiao Liang's face at that time.

"We are brothers, this is absolutely impossible." He still remembers his voice trembling.

"If that's what you're thinking, why did you chase me out just now, and why didn't you push me away? You didn't mean what you said, obviously you also care about me." Xiao Jue's tone was so sure that it scared him.

"We are princes, and we will get married one day." He just said so lightly.

They hugged each other until dawn, and then they separated, and then he returned to the palace, and saw that the maid given by the emperor was still there, so he left her behind.If you refuse again and again, I'm afraid my father will become suspicious.For this matter, Xiao Jue did not know how many times he made a fuss.

There were a lot of people in the palace, and they kept talking to each other, and never violated the rules, because he was afraid that if he really reached that point, he would never be able to turn back.

Xiao Qian is completely awake now, let's just treat it as a dream.As for that person, no matter what he wants, he must keep Xiao Jue safe.

As he thought so, the carriage had already entered the palace gate, and he was about to turn back to Banlinju, but Eunuch Zhang stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a decree to announce you to Liyuan."

He frowned, but followed after all.The note in his arms had already been torn by him and put in his sleeve.At this moment Xiao Qian was startled, did the emperor already know?No, if it was Emperor Father, he couldn't just pass a note.

Li Garden is a forbidden place in the palace, no one is allowed to get close to it, so why would Father invite him to Li Garden?He was very puzzled, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he followed him to this mysterious courtyard.

He entered alone and saw Xiao Yi sitting there waiting for him.

Xiao Qian stepped forward to salute, and said: "Father and emperor summoned my son and minister, why?"

"Qian'er, sit down." Xiao Yi poured a glass of wine and handed it to him.

Without saying a word, Xiao Qian raised his glass and drank it, and then coughed again and again, which made Xiao Yi laugh.

"It's so useless, how can we get married, it must be drunk by your younger brothers?"

Xiao Qian saw him being so joking, so he said: "The younger brothers know that I don't like drinking, so they wouldn't play tricks on me."

After hearing this, Xiao Yi remained silent, stood up suddenly, walked to the pear tree in front of the pavilion, sighed deeply, and asked, "Qian'er, do you know how many brothers your father has?"

"I naturally know that my father has three elder brothers, but it's a pity that my uncles all died when they were young."

"I am the youngest son of the first emperor. The three elder brothers are outstanding in martial arts. Your great uncle died in battle, your second uncle died trying to protect your grandfather from poisonous arrows, and your third uncle died at a young age."

Xiao Qian couldn't help being very surprised when he heard Xiao Yi bring up these old things for no reason, he just wanted to ask, when Xiao Yi continued to say: "Do you know why this Li Garden is a forbidden area of ​​the imperial palace?"

"My son doesn't know."

"Qian'er, come here."

Hearing this, Xiao Qian walked under the pear tree and saw that there were tears on Xiao Yi's face. He was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, thinking that his father knew about the matter with Xiao Jue, which made him lose his composure.

"This is where I first met your mother." Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi said such a sentence, "At that time, I didn't know who she was."

"Isn't she a palace lady with a low status?" Xiao Qian thought it was because of Xiao Jue, but when he heard him talking about his mother, he was very shocked.It's not that he never asked about his mother when he was a child, but every time Xiao Yi kept silent.

"You should know that your mother was killed by the Queen Mother."

"My son knows."

"Then do you know where your mother's bones are buried?"

"My son thought that my father would be buried properly."

"Hahaha, it was indeed buried properly. Under this pear tree is where her bones are buried."

Hearing these words, Xiao Qian turned pale with shock. He never thought that this tree actually hides such a secret.

Xiao Yi went on to say: "You must be very surprised why I want to bury your mother here."

"Father made such an arrangement, there must be a deep meaning, and I only hope that Father can speak clearly about this matter." Xiao Qian looked at the pear tree, the tears in his eyes could not stop streaming down, and soon wet the skirt of his clothes.

"Your mother was originally the princess of Xiliang Kingdom. When the first emperor captured Xiliang City, she had escaped. She knew that there was no hope of restoring the country, so she sneaked into Jiangling with the intention of assassinating me. I was the crown prince at the time. There is no other heir to inherit the throne."

When Xiao Qian heard about it, he continued: "Could it be that the father fell in love with her at first sight, that's why she couldn't kill you, that's why she had a son...and then she was discovered by the queen mother, that's why she died?"

"It was true that she was given death because her identity was exposed, but you guessed wrong. It was only because the late emperor died of illness on the way back from the victory. Pretend to be Luanjia, and enter the palace first. Your mother thought I really returned to the palace, so she came here to assassinate me. This house was originally inhabited, but someone else."

Xiao Qian was surprised and asked: "Who lives here, why has it never been mentioned?"

"Your mother thought I was still living here. She came here to look for me after she came in. She didn't expect to see a person who looked exactly like me, so she mistook him for me. That person was really moved by your mother. It was kind words and kind words to each other. Your mother had a plan, so she pretended to have a secret relationship with that person and became pregnant. She thought that she was pregnant with the dragon seed, and the royal blood would have Xiliang in the future."

Xiao Qian became more and more strange when he heard it, what's going on, could things still change?He intuitively felt that the follow-up of this matter would be very bad, and he became suspicious.

"I found out about this when I returned to the palace. Only then did your mother realize that she had identified the wrong person. She raised a knife and was about to kill herself, but was dissuaded by the man, and then both of them knelt in front of me. Your mother said, I just blame her for admitting to the wrong person, avenging the wrong person, and now she is in my hands, and she died without complaint. The man begged for mercy, saying that no matter what, he hoped that I would let this child go, and spare their mother and child's lives."

Xiao Qian trembled all over, and asked: "Father, could it be that... Qian'er is not of royal blood?"

"No, you are of royal blood!" Xiao Yi said, "The person who is exactly like me is your Uncle Three Emperors."

"What? Didn't you just say that he died young?"

"He is my twin brother. Because the royal family's twin boys are very unknown, the first emperor announced that the son died when he was born. He was supposed to be executed. At that time, the queen mother had just given birth, and she begged the first emperor to let him go. Fate. He was weak and sick since he was a child, just like Liang'er now. I have always been close to him since childhood. At that time, when the first emperor passed away during the war, my confidants ordered him to pretend to be me in the palace, so as to delay until I wiped out those rebels. I didn't expect your mother to encourage him to rebel after finding out that he was not me, but he refused to obey. This time your mother raised a knife to threaten suicide, but I was captured."

"Father, how did you deal with it then?"

"At that time, the confidant ministers said that the twin boys were unknown and should have been put to death long ago. Now that this happened again, the crime of collaborating with the enemy was unforgivable. When I was in a dilemma, the man only smiled and said to me, I hope I will take good care of it. You mother and son, hit the wall on the spot and committed suicide. Before he died, he asked your mother if he really loved him, and your mother hated him for deceiving him, and she denied it. Poor him, he can't rest in peace when he dies."

Xiao Qian never thought that there was such a secret about his life experience, he felt great grief, and immediately vomited blood, so frightened that Xiao Yi hurriedly helped him up.

"Qian'er, Qian'er!" Xiao Yi was in a hurry, and wanted to summon the imperial doctor, but Xiao Qian stopped him.

"Father, tell me quickly, what's next?"

"After your father died, your mother was depressed and unhappy. I know she said she was never emotional, but in fact she had secretly agreed with her heart. I had no choice but to give you a name, so I called her my maid of honor when I was away. Jiayuan The queen didn't know about this. She was just pregnant with your second brother at the time, and she felt sad. She thought that I was still greedy for beauty in the midst of my filial piety. Convince her well, but she was so sad that she left me after giving birth to your second brother. This is a later story. At that time, after your mother gave birth to you, she begged me to bury her in this pear tree Excuse me, because she met your father for the first time under this tree. I only advised her to have a good life, but the queen mother hated her for lying to your father, so she took advantage of me to go out and killed her with a stick."

After Xiao Qian heard it, he burst into tears, his voice was very sad, which made Xiao Yi startled.

He took Xiao Qian into his arms and said: "Since I was a child in the imperial palace, I have seen too many fratricides, but I was born in the emperor's family, but I have a brother as sincere as your father. I have always hoped for you You can be like him, with the beauty of the moon. After you get married, I will give you to go to the land of two lakes, to be an idle prince, and stay away from the court."

"Father..." Xiao Qian looked at Xiao Yi's expression, hesitated to speak, always felt that he still had something to hide from him, so he stopped talking, "Thank you, Father."

The author has something to say:

The ages have been changed, making Xiao Liang fifteen and Xiao Qian twenty-one. I really don’t want to write about ages that are too young. Although the ancients married early, I always feel that writing like this is an underage crime.