[Comprehensive] It is not easy to be abandoned

Since that palace search, I went through it several times in succession, many times, but still no results, and Wan Zhen'er also calmed down.Although I don't know what the search is, but since the second prince Zhu Youji died of an inexplicable illness the next year, everyone has paid more attention to and nervous about Xiao Youtang. Thanks to Zhang Min, he carefully reminded everyone to have time to deal with it. .

As he got older, Xiao Youtang was also sensitively aware of the dangers involved, and never cried, which also made everyone worry a lot.

However, as the age grows, the difficulties that come with it also increase.

For example - Enlightenment.

The prince should be enlightened by the world's great Confucian and learned man, but now, the existence of Youtang is a secret carefully concealed in the Forbidden City, except for a limited number of people, he dare not let others know.Not to mention inviting everyone.

"Wu Niangniang, I will leave this child to you."

Although he had expected it, when he actually held Youtang's hand, Namin still felt heavy. He looked down at the well-behaved and docile child, his face was reflected in the clear and pure eyes like a deer, and even the soft curve of the corner of his mouth was clearly visible. : "I will try my best to teach you." Teach you to be a qualified prince, a qualified future monarch.

The soft voice is the same as before, "What a good boy", "I will take care of you", "Don't worry, I'm here"...

His heart immediately settled down.

But with a firmness that has never been seen before, sonorous and powerful.

Youtang raised his head and watched earnestly, then suddenly freed his hand, stepped back three steps and knelt down, kowtowed earnestly: "Niang Niang."

All three people in the room are clear about the profound meaning and the ceremony of apprenticeship.Namin couldn't help laughing, and bent down to help him up: "It's really smart, but from now on, just call me your mother." He took his little hand again, and said goodbye to Xi'er with a smile, and the two turned away. "You have to write down this road carefully. In the first three days, I will pick you up and send you back. After that, you will have to go by yourself. How to avoid the eyes of everyone, how to travel safely , it’s up to you.”

Youtang nodded vigorously, looked around, and wanted to keep this road firmly in his heart.

Seeing him like this, Namin smiled with satisfaction.

"Wu Niangniang, he is still so young, let him... If something goes wrong, just..." When hearing about Namin's plan for the first time, Ji Xier looked at her worriedly, hesitating to speak.For more than three years, she has always carefully hidden Youtang in the Anle Hall, not even daring to tell him to leave the gate, for fear of causing death, but now, she heard that he was asked to travel independently, although An Le Hall is not far from Leng Gong, and there are few people around, so there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents.

"Xi'er, we can protect him for a while, but we can't protect him forever." Namin sighed softly, shook his head and said, "If you are really worried, when he goes out, we just follow behind quietly, but in case Can’t let him find out, otherwise, how can he grow up?”

"But he's only four years old..."

"You have to keep in mind that he is the third prince, the only prince of the emperor."

Namin couldn't help sighing again, she didn't understand Ji Xier's worries about gain and loss, but if she remembered correctly, in two years, Youtang would be made the crown prince, and she would face Wanzhen The son's many means, a little carelessness, is the disaster of death.Instead of suffering in the future, it is better to mature earlier.

"Niangniang..." The long sigh in the ear made Youtang a little more cautious and uneasy, but he didn't do well enough to disappoint the empress?

"It's nothing, you don't understand yet. When you get older, you will understand." Namin came back to his senses, suppressed the pity and sentimentality in his eyes, smiled and stroked his head, and responded softly.

The big hand held the small hand, zigzagging along the road, avoiding the patrolling guards, avoiding the eunuchs coming and going, and arrived at Na Min's residence.Youtang is no stranger to this place. Every time there is something in his memory, he will hide here, on the roof beams, in the cellar, wherever he can hide. Once he arrives at this yard, his heart is much more at ease. .

"It's dark in the room, help me light the candle together." Hearing Namin's order, Youtang quickly stopped looking around, ran over, watched her take out the fire book and lit a candle, listened to her He smiled and said, "It's really a good habit. No matter where you go in the future, you must clearly know what is around you—even if it is a familiar place, you should be like this. Can you write it down?"

Youtang nodded shyly: "Remember it." Although he has been here many times, every time it was because of hiding, but he had never been to this main house. He would look around, purely out of curiosity, but He didn't want to be praised by the empress, which made him blush even more embarrassingly.

"It's just that next time, you can't be so straightforward, without any cover-up." Namin added, lit an oil lamp and another candle, and then handed him the candle in his hand, " Be careful and light the rest."

Youtang nodded, took it as he said, and lit one carefully. Looking back at her, seeing her smiling and beckoning him to continue, he hurriedly lit the second one.Namin stood aside, watching him carefully hold the candle and light up the rest of the room one by one. Finally, holding the candle that was handed to him at the beginning, he walked up to him and asked, "Have they all been lit?" Didn’t any of them drop?”

Youtang was taken aback for a moment, then turned around to look for it again, but couldn't find anything missing, and unconsciously showed a little dimness on his small face: "I can't find it."

"It's all lit up, so naturally I can't find it."

"Your Majesty clearly meant to say..."

"I said yes, so you think there is?" Namin smiled and interrupted his entanglement. This child grew up in a state of anxiety, and has a sensitive and slender temperament, so it's hard for him to lose self-confidence. , took the candle from his hand, couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder, and encouraged him softly, "Everyone makes mistakes, my lady, I am also an ordinary person, and there are always things that I remember wrongly. , at this time it is up to you to remind the empress, you will not disappoint the empress, will you?"

Seeing his eyes lit up immediately because of his own words, the smile on the corner of Na Min's mouth became more gentle: "Then, my little prince, can you tell me now, how many oil lamps and how many candles are there in this room?" ?”

Youtang was startled, and looked back at the shadowy oil lamps and candles, and after a while, he hesitated and said, "About a dozen."

Na Min gently shook his head and said: "There are 21 lights in total, five oil lamps, and sixteen candles." As he spoke, he walked to the nearest one and blew lightly, the flame swayed twice and then went out , she went to the next place.The light in the room dimmed little by little, Youtang counted silently in his heart, stared blankly, until the whole room was left with only the last one on the table, which was also the one in his hand at first.

The windows of the room were half-closed, and the door was also half-closed. It was an extremely dark room, and it was even more so.When the whole room was lit with candles, it didn't feel dark, but now, with her little by little movements, the light faded little by little, and the darkness followed like a shadow.Youtang was afraid of the dark at first, but now he is even more disturbed. He couldn't help but take a few steps forward, trying to run to Namin's side, but he saw her standing in front of the only remaining candle, and the dim yellow light fell on her. His face was gloomy and uncertain, and even his expression was hard to see clearly.

He couldn't help but took a few steps back.

Youtang was terrified, such a lady was so strange, so... couldn't help turning his head and running out of the house, when he opened the door, the light outside made him gasp firmly, and the oppression in his chest improved a lot.But before he finished adjusting his breathing, he heard Namin calling him in the room, so he couldn't help turning his head.

There was only one candle left in the whole main room, its light flickered stubbornly, and in the flickering candlelight was the empress's face as calm as water.

Seeing him turn around, Na Min chuckled lightly and raised her hand, as if to extinguish the last candle.

"Mother--"

Youtang didn't know where his strength came from, and rushed into the room like flying, rushed to Namin, just about to speak, but saw her raised hand slowly lowered, turned around, and took a lampshade , covered the last and first candle.

"Your Majesty, you didn't intend to extinguish it?" Seeing the candle flames dancing in the lampshade, even though it was faint, it still exudes warmth, Youtang grinned, looking at Namin with a little bit of embarrassment in his eyes Shy, as if he was apologetic and guilty for wrongly blaming the empress.

Namin shook his head; "If you don't stop it, I won't stop. And it will naturally go out."

Youtang froze for a moment, the smile on his face froze there.

"Third prince, you need to understand that if you don't work hard and fight for it, how can you keep what you want to keep? This candle is still lit here because of you, not me." Namin looked at the candle calmly. He spoke calmly, which made Youtang froze.

Gradually, there was light in the deer-like pure eyes, still clear and bright, but with a firm light different from usual.

Namin smiled gratifiedly, bent slightly, looked into Youtang's eyes, and said: "This is the first lesson I teach you, don't give up on yourself because the light is too weak, and don't give up on yourself because of others. Deny and doubt yourself. You are Daming’s third prince, remember this, my third prince.”

Youtang slightly straightened his thin back, nodded earnestly and said: "I have written down the teachings of your empress."

I will not disappoint my mother.

At this time, although Youtang understands somewhat vaguely, he still doesn't understand the deep meaning here.It wasn't until a few years later, when he really faced it alone, that he understood why his empress taught him the first lesson in life in this remote cold palace, this dim main room.