biography

Yinhu lay upright on the bed, lifeless.The emperor stared at his pale face, feeling his heart gradually getting colder.

For the patients, every minute and every second is suffering before the gate of hell, and for the awake people, every minute is a heart-wrenching pain.

Yinzhen vaguely remembered that the eighth younger brother was not in good health in the two years before he was ten years old, and often lay on the couch with a headache and brain fever.At that time, the fourth elder brother was the adopted son of the imperial concubine Tong Jia, while the eighth elder brother was just an unfavored elder brother who had not yet won the favor of his father.Therefore, the identities of the two are still quite different.If Yinhu hadn't been praised by his master the first time he entered the Shang's study, Yinzhen really hadn't paid special attention to this little-known younger brother.

In the 32nd year of Kangxi, the extremely cold winter days in Yinzhen's memory, the nights were long and the days were short, the days that elder brother said were the most difficult.It was in this season that Yinhu suffered a severe cold and almost failed to survive.

In the past few days, whenever Yinzhen came back from the Shang Study Room, he always made a detour to visit his eighth brother at the West Fifth Institute, and when he passed by the back wall of Chuxiu Palace, he could always see a woman dressed as a concubine looking at Elder Brother from afar. .This woman is the eighth elder brother's biological mother, Wei Shi.

Whenever Yinzhen came to visit, as long as Yinhu was awake, he would ask the fourth brother Wei where he was standing and what he was wearing today.In the Qing Dynasty, there were many examples of mothers being cheap and sons being expensive. Countless princes left their mothers after they were born, and there were not many princes who could not forget their birth mothers like the eighth brother.

And it was this short ten-day visit that allowed the two young elder brothers to establish a rare friendship.After getting acquainted for a while, Yinzhen lost those scruples, and would directly get into his younger brother's bed except for his shoes and socks, and the two of them chatted and chatted, warm and comfortable.

This period of youth gradually faded away with the growth of the two princes in the following decades.It was so light that even the two of them could hardly remember it.

But today, it is still the Forbidden City, but it is a different palace, and even a different season.The emperor tightly held the cold fingers in his palm, watching Fang Ruo spit out the medicinal soup that Fang Ruo fed in spoonful by spoonful.Yinzhen panicked, as if the person who could uncover the dusty history had drifted away, and it was hard to return.

The emperor suddenly kicked off his shoes, got on the couch, lifted the quilt and hugged Yinhu in his arms, as if only such a close fit could make Yinzhen feel Yinhu's faint anger.

Fang Ruo turned sideways, and quickly wiped away the tears with the emperor behind his back, and then came over to wrap the emperor and nobles in bedding.

That night, the emperor hugged Yinhu in a puzzled way.When he saw that he was cold, he took his own body temperature to warm him up, and when he saw that he was hot, he took the cold cloth handed by Fang Ruo and applied it to his forehead.Again and again, until the middle of the night, Yinhu was still silent, and I don't know if it was better or worse.

The summer nights are getting shorter, and the sky is already glowing white just after Yinshi.Yinzhen leaned on Yinhu's shoulder, and with his weak breath, slowly fell into a haze.

In a daze, Yinzhen only felt that he was walking on the dark palace road, and it took him a long time to regain his thoughts, and he finally saw a figure in front of him.The stone blue robe, black braids, the man is neither far nor near, but he can't see his face, and the aura emanating from his body is the one the emperor is most familiar with.

"Old Ba..." Yinzhen subconsciously chased after a few steps, but felt that the man was going faster and faster, as if he was about to disappear into the mist at any moment.

"Old Ba!" Yin Zhen hurriedly chased after him, and was about to grab the sleeve of the opponent's robe, but he was dodged by the man and disappeared.The emperor immediately stood on the empty palace road, and there was no one among the red walls and golden tiles.

"Yinhu!" No matter how many times the emperor called, there was no return, no hope.

Yinzhen walked down the wall dejectedly, this road was very familiar, just like walking on the palace road countless times every day.But it is so strange, unlike any palace in the Forbidden City.It was long and boundless, with no end in sight, as if all the dark tides and coldness submerged in this long forbidden palace had gathered on this long and narrow corridor.

"I won't allow you to die."

"I won't let you go."

……

A sound came out from the emperor's throat, and finally turned into a roar. Yinzhen kicked and kicked the high wall and forbidden wall almost madly, trying to break through the towering defense line, and see that figure again, even just a glance.Yinzhen felt that he still had a lot to say to Yinhu, and wanted to ask him if he remembered the childhood when he fell asleep on his feet, if he remembered the young days when he rode a horse outside the Great Wall, and if he remembered living behind a wall brotherhood.

However, the palace walls were cold and hard. Even if the emperor exhausted his whole body strength, he only got the disappointment of sitting in a corner in the end.

The Ninth Five-Year Honor, the body of the Ten Thousand Vehicles, no longer stands above the court hall.Once the Son of Heaven, above the Ten Thousand People, at this moment, he is just an ordinary person who cannot be loved.

After a while, a deep call permeated from all sides of the palace wall, whispering, "Your Majesty...".

Yinzhen raised his head abruptly, trying to find the source of the voice, but he couldn't find anything after all.

"Who is it?" The emperor stood upright, with his hands behind his back, the fog in front of him gradually dissipated, but there was still nothing at first glance.

"The Emperor has Gu Tianen, please come back." The voice was gentle and powerful, and every word and every word was really audible.

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. After all, the emperor is a dragon among men. He was still in a dreamland but still had a bit of sober will. He saw Yinzhen hold his breath and say, "I don't know where the fairy family is, but please return my eighth brother." .”

"Hahaha..." The laugh sounded like an old man, and he didn't know where the immortal was. He just smiled and said, "Where are the eight kings? There is one nobleman."

Yinzhen's eyes dimmed for a moment, but he still didn't give up. Just as he was about to open his mouth to take a further step, he suddenly saw the sky and the earth change color, and the palace wall in front of him collapsed instantly and fell into darkness.

Before the emperor could think about it, he heard the sound of "fourth brother", from far to near, like thunder.

The emperor sat up immediately, and Fang Ruo, who had just brought in the water, was so frightened that he almost dropped the basin by mistake.

Suddenly Yinzhen's eyes lit up, and he looked around, only then was he sure that he was trapped by a nightmare.

But the person in his arms moved his head and muttered to himself in an extremely uncomfortable way.

Yinzhen hugged him closer, but couldn't hear what he was mumbling.

Fang Ruo was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurried forward to kneel beside the bed and said urgently, "Your Majesty, Master is about to wake up."

Liangui showed signs of waking up, and Ye Yuan was the first to receive the letter from Imperial Physician Liu. I saw the two imperial physicians rushing in from the side hall of the outer courtyard to ask for pulse.

Yinzhen had already moved to the soft chair beside the bed, quietly waiting for the imperial physician's conclusion, only to see Ye Shisheng and Liu Yuduo exchanged glances, and then they wiped the sweat from their foreheads almost at the same time.

Ye Yuanjuan went to the emperor and said, "With the protection of the emperor Longwei, the nobleman is out of danger."

After hearing this, Xu Zhen asked doubtfully, "Really?" The group of imperial physicians were still submissive just now, and they only said that it all depends on good luck, but now they have made a guarantee.

Liu Yuduo quickly took a step forward and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, although Liangui fell into a coma, his pulse has calmed down, neither floating nor sinking, fluent and powerful, and he is out of danger."

After the imperial physician left, the room returned to tranquility, and Fang Ruo changed Yinhu's coat again.Sitting aside, the emperor felt that the pain in his dream just now was still in his heart, but the gradually unfolding face in front of him was so clear.

The emperor asked softly, "What did he say just now? Did you hear it?"

Fang Ruo tucked the quilt for Yinhu, seeing the strange expression on the emperor's face, he could only reply instinctively, "Go back to the emperor, just now the imperial physician Liu said that the nobleman was dreaming, and his mouth was broken and unable to form words, but the servant girl I can hear a few words called my mother."

"Oh..." Yinzhen sighed softly, muttering silently, "It's hard for him, he has been in the palace for more than half a year, but he is homesick."

Fang Ruo also felt strange when he heard that, there are few people who don't miss their relatives when they enter the palace and leave home.But Fang Ruo was always by Yinhu's side, but he rarely heard him mention his family.But the emperor Ruo Ruo naturally could only answer properly, "There is only Er Niang in the noble family, so naturally he misses his family."

"You can hear him called my fourth brother." The emperor suddenly looked at Fang Ruo with burning eyes, which surprised Fang Ruo.

Fang Ruo naturally knew that the current emperor was ranked fourth, and he also heard that Madam Liu, who was in charge of the bedchamber, said that nobleman Wan would occasionally call him "Silang" when he was alone.But the words in the mandarin tent in the boudoir, the servant dare not say anything, so he quickly shook his head and said, "The servant is dumb, I haven't heard the nobleman say that."

"Oh..." The emperor beat the eggplant like frost, his eyes suddenly lost their luster, and his gaze returned to Yinhu's face again, and he looked at it for a long while, until more than half an hour passed.Su Peisheng called out in a low voice at the door of the inner bedroom, "Your Majesty, it's three quarters of Yin time."

Yinzhen responded and waited for another cup of tea before ordering Fang Ruohao to accompany him.

The emperor was tired and embarrassed that night, but state affairs were the most important thing after all.Yinzhen knew very well that if the time for the early discussion was missed due to the falling into the water of a nobleman, the Guarjia family's reputation would be hard to recover.So even though there were thousands of doubts in his chest, he went back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to change his clothes.

But for Yinhu, the night was indeed icy cold and chaotic.

From the moment she lost consciousness in the water, Yinhu only felt that her whole body was soaked in ice, as if there were thousands of ice balls piercing herself, causing a pain like suffocation.

Then there was another wave of scorching heat, like being trapped in an iceberg and being scorched by a furnace fire.

After enduring several waves of torture, Yinhu finally sank into the darkness. This feeling was very familiar to him, and the last night in the clan's mansion was also so dark.When the darkness took away all the pain, Yinhu felt as if he was floating above the Forbidden City.

Bits of memory flashed before my eyes like a fleeting shadow.The self-satisfaction I had when I was a teenager and the sinking of the halberd when I was in my prime, and finally I was discouraged and had no more thoughts.When the deadline came, Yinhu slowly closed his eyes, no matter how many times he watched it in that life, it was nothing more than that.

"Emiang, my son is going to accompany you now." This was almost the last thought in Yinhu's mind, and then gradually sank into the endless abyss.

However, the darkness gradually dissipated. After an unknown period of time, Yinhu felt a low voice rustling in her ears, "Eighth brother...Yinhu..."

"I won't allow you to die!"

"I won't let you go."

……

Fourth brother, you really linger.

When Yinhu opened his eyes, the sun was already shining brightly.The emperor had finished his business all morning, and was leaning on the bed watching Yinhu.

"Emperor..." Yinhu moved the corners of his mouth with difficulty, his voice was very hoarse.

Such a small voice, but the emperor heard it clearly.Yinzhen felt a stagnation in his heart, how he hoped that this person could call out the "fourth brother" he wanted to hear the most when he woke up.But he didn't.

Yinzhen still clearly remembered that in that dreamlike illusion, the unfathomable voice said, "Where are the eight kings? There is one nobleman."

The eight kings are not here, only the nobles.Why is this life so absurd.

"My fourth brother." The emperor put his hand on Yinhu's forehead. Even a high-ranking emperor would have such a wish, a wish to deceive himself and others.

Yinhu's big dim eyes seemed to have been looking at the emperor for a long time, and finally he squeezed out two words with all his strength, "Your Majesty."

Yinzhen hugged Yinhu's forehead, leaned against his eyes, almost pleading, "Call me fourth brother."

Yinhu ignored him, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep again.

The emperor didn't understand that in the hearts of his subjects, he was the emperor first.In the last ten years of Yinhu's life, there was no fourth elder brother, not even a father-in-law, only the emperor.