I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

After the thirty sticks were beaten, the stone steps of the white marble had already been stained with bright red blood.

The Jinwu guards put away their sticks and went into the hall to return to their orders.Xue Yan was the only one left, kneeling in front of the steps alone.

He lowered his head a little, panted for a moment, then stretched out his hand, and barely supported it on the stone steps.Jun Huailang subconsciously wanted to step forward, but saw that he was already supporting the ground and stood up slowly.

He suddenly remembered what Xue Yunhuan told him today.

When the city of Yan County was destroyed, he led hundreds of cavalry to deal with the Turkic army. Afterwards, the entire army was wiped out. He just crawled out of the dead, ran for thousands of miles, and returned to Chang'an.

He watched Xue Yan turn around and leave alone.He walked very slowly, staggering faintly, and walked a long way, but no one came to help him, only he seemed to be unable to stand still, and raised his hand to press on the white marble armrest of Panlong.

When Jun Huailang came back to his senses, there was only a dark red bloodstain in front of him.

In the education he received since he was a child, heinous people are all to blame.

But no one has ever told him that some wicked people have walked alone in desperation for many years in the long years that others cannot see, and no one has ever reached out to him.

He himself has long been used to it.

-

After the Jin Wuwei returned to his command, the banquet ended unhappily.Concubine Shu hurriedly sent Diancui, the eldest maid beside her, to support Jun Huailang and send him back.

Xue Yunhuan also hurried over with Jun Linghuan.Seeing Jun Huailang standing alone under the palace lantern, with pale lips, Xue Yunhuan was startled, and hurried forward: "They beat you too?"

Jun Huailang took another look at the bloodstain.There are already eunuchs carrying buckets to wash the stone steps.The blood stains faded under the washing of clear water and were easily wiped away.

"I'm fine." Jun Huailang came back to his senses and said softly.

Xue Yunhuan was still worried, and insisted on personally sending him back to Concubine Shu's Mingluan Palace.Even though there was such a big problem today, Jun Huailang and Jun Linghuan still have to move to live in the palace.

Mingluan Palace is luxurious and the location is excellent, it will arrive within a short while.

Jun Huailang raised his head in front of the palace gate, and he saw piles of gold and jade everywhere, even the brackets were carved with twigs of peonies and painted with gold powder.Bypassing the exquisite small garden in the courtyard is the main hall of Mingluan Palace, with four auxiliary halls in the front and back, connected by corridors.

After Xue Yunhuan returned, Jun Huailang and Jun Linghuan were led to the side hall on the east side.The side hall is the closest to the main hall, with windows facing the sun, and the earth dragon in winter is also connected to the main hall.

The night was dark, and Jun Linghuan began to doze off on the way.Not long after returning to the room, he fell into a deep sleep.Jun Huailang returned to his palace after she fell asleep.

The maids tidied up and washed him, and asked him to change his pajamas, then they all left.But Jun Huailang didn't feel sleepy, he lit the lamp alone, sat under the window, looking at the moonlight covered by the lights outside.

Perhaps he had never seen anyone being tortured before, so he was dazzled by the blood all over the floor, and for a moment he didn't know how to settle the old accounts of his previous life with such a person.

He thought, he needs to be quiet.

Just then, someone knocked on the door from outside.The palace maid whispered that Concubine Shu is here.

Jun Huailang walked over to greet her, and saw that Concubine Shu had already removed her makeup and hair, she was wearing pajamas and a brocade cape with fox fur, and walked in.

"You didn't sleep even after thinking about it. Did you get scared today?" Concubine Shu sat down by the window with him and said. "It's true, Your Majesty. What do you have to teach him?"

Jun Huailang knew that although his aunt was beautiful and domineering, she actually had no intentions and was very simple.Presumably she has been able to remain in favor all the time, not only because of the support of the family and the protection of the queen, but also because she believes what she listens to, which is quite easy for the emperor to fool.

Jun Huailang didn't say much, and said softly: "...I'm really a little scared."

Not because he was afraid of Xue Yan's appearance, but because he was afraid of the hearts of those people he had never seen in his previous life.

Concubine Shu raised her hand and smoothed his hair: "It's okay, here with aunt, you don't have to be afraid of anything."

Jun Huailang nodded and smiled at her.

"People and things in the palace are much more complicated than at home." Concubine Shu said. "You have always been a cautious child, so I don't worry. It's a pity that I don't even have a child yet, and you and Huan'er can't see your parents for so long."

Speaking of this, she lowered her eyes and sighed: "Although that woman Yi Jieyu's speech is annoying, she still said something right."

Jun Huailang was taken aback for a moment, remembering the words Yi Jieyu said lightly in the back hall of Yongle Hall today.

She said that there was a child by her side, even if it was not her own, it would be fine.

At that time, Jun Huailang felt that there were other meanings in these words, but people in the harem always make three turns in a sentence, so he didn't think it through for a while.It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized when he saw Concubine Shu's thoughtful appearance.

That sentence seemed casual, but it was actually very deliberate.She was reminding Concubine Shu that she could raise a son of another concubine by her side.

The previous Jun Huailang knew very little about the affairs in the palace, but it was indeed in this year that Concubine Shu raised a child of another concubine under her knees.However, Concubine Shu seemed extremely dissatisfied, and made a fuss, and sent the prince back not long after.

Jun Huailang tentatively asked: "You mean..."

Concubine Shu paused, hesitated and said: "I want to ask the emperor for a favor to raise a young prince in the palace. I am getting older, and I also want to have someone to rely on in the future..."

Speaking of this, she smiled again and said, "Your elder sister Diancui also persuaded me in the same way."

Jun Huailang knew that Concubine Shu had never been very scheming, so she always listened to Cui's ideas.He pretended to half-understand "Oh", but he was thinking about which prince Shu Concubine would raise under her knees.

The only princes in the palace who don't have a mother, and their birth mothers are humble, are Xue Yan and the seventh prince.The Seventh Prince was just born and hadn't been weaned yet, and his mother was a humble court lady. It was the best choice, and Concubine Shu would never object.

So could it be... Xue Yan was raised under Concubine Shu's lap in the previous life?

Thinking of Xue Yan, the dazzling dark red in the night light floated in Jun Huailang's eyes again.He quickly concentrated, forcing himself to drive the scene just out of his mind.

After recovering, he was a little surprised why there was such a ridiculous replacement.But before he figured out the reason for the replacement, his instinct told him that he should speak out to stop Concubine Shu.Xue Yan is extremely dangerous, and the emperor loathes him, keeping him by Concubine Shu's side will definitely do all kinds of harm but no benefit.

What's more, the most dangerous thing is that when Xue Yan came to Concubine Shu's palace in the previous life, Jun Linghuan was also here. It is very possible that Jun Linghuan provoked Xue Yan during this time.

Over there, Concubine Shu was still thinking for herself, and said to him: "The seventh prince is not bad. He is young, and his mother is not capable of raising him... What do you think, Lang'er?"

But Jun Huailang couldn't persuade Concubine Shu to give up her thoughts.

Although he was afraid of things from his previous life happening again, preventing Xue Yan from moving to Mingluan Palace would not solve the problem.

In his previous life, he thought that his family's fate was caused by his father being feared by others and Xue Yan's tyrannical behavior.But now it seems that there is clearly a hand behind them, manipulating the situation and pushing them to the direction of the previous life.

The seventh prince turned into the fifth prince inexplicably, his family became enmity with Xue Yan, his father and aunt died, and the Jun family was destroyed... Under the appearance of going smoothly, the coincidence was extremely weird. It was clear that someone pushed the Jun family off the cliff step by step without leaving a trace .

If he wants to find the person behind him, he has to follow the direction of his previous life to find his traces, instead of disrupting the other party's plan and bringing variables to himself.

"Of course it's good." Jun Huailang looked at Concubine Shu and smiled gently.

He didn't want to admit it, but there was another reason in his subconscious that also made him unable to say no.

That is, he still can't forget how cold the stone steps at the entrance of the Yongle Hall are on the mid-autumn night.

-

In a remote palace in the southwestern corner of the palace, the red maple outside the palace is like fire, wrapping the palace in a bustling manner, but the palace room is quite dilapidated, the vermilion paint is mottled, and most of the walls are peeled off.

A lone candle flickered in the main hall, illuminating the old palace with a gloomy and eerie look.

There were suppressed sobs, trembling violently, which merged with the beating candlelight.

At this moment, a voice came from the curtain of the bed. It was obviously hoarse, a little out of breath, but calm and lazy, with a coercion that cannot be ignored.

"Shut up when you cry enough, it's noisy," he said.

"I brought those dead men back from Yan County. Without my order, no one in your family will be touched."

It was Xue Yan.

He was lying on the bed, his back was exposed, the lines of his shoulders were smooth and vigorous, and his waist was curved with tenacity.It's just that his back is full of vertical and horizontal wounds, which looks particularly terrifying, exuding a strong smell of blood and pungent medicine.

Emperor Qingping didn't even announce to the imperial doctor that he used the wound medicine he brought back from Yan County.

He lay on the pillow, turned his head to the side and squinted his eyes, looking at the little eunuch who was lying on the ground, like a cheetah resting lazily.

This little eunuch was the one who broke the jade arrow today, named Jin Bao, who used to be a coolie in Yongxiang, and was assigned to serve Xue Yan personally.

He originally thought that it would be bad enough to be assigned to such an unpopular master who did not treat him well as a slave, but he did not expect this master to reveal his true colors and be such a frightening evil spirit.

Jinbao is just an ordinary person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, waiting to earn enough money in the palace, and then go home and buy two shops for himself to spend his old age.Unexpectedly, this evil god let his subordinates hiding in Beijing find his family members, and even used them as a threat to do things for him.

This master's own life is almost at risk, and if he does things for him, wouldn't he be the first to die!

Stretching out his head for a stab, retracting his head and the whole family would be stabbed. Jin Bao was paralyzed on the ground and did not dare to cry. He trembled and almost collapsed.

Why is his life so hard!

Xue Yan looked at him leisurely for a while, but saw that he was crying endlessly.He clicked his tongue impatiently, and said, "Cry again, and your brother will die tomorrow."

That is the only root of Jinbao's family!

A muffled whimper escaped from Jinbao's throat, and he swallowed a sob.

"You don't have any choice, why don't you take care of my business, maybe you can save your own life." Xue Yan moved his stiff shoulders and neck, which immediately touched the wound on his back, causing him to frown and click his tongue.

As soon as he frowned, Jin Bao's tears started to fall again.

"Okay." Xue Yan continued impatiently. "I know you're a waste, but I'm short of people right now, and I'm only using them for the time being. I won't ask you to do important things."

Jin Bao had no way out, and when he heard what he said, he could only sob and say, "Please tell me, Master."

Xue Yan said in a calm voice: "When I return to the palace, every time I am humiliated, someone will send a letter. You should go and see where the letter was sent."

When Jinbao heard it, it seemed that it was not too difficult.After all, there are only these few people in their palace, and they don't see each other when they look down, as long as they pay attention to it, it will be fine.

Jin Bao heaved a sigh of relief and quickly got up.Although he is timid, he is also clever. Now that his whole family is in the hands of others, he is naturally more courteous: "The servant will fetch water for you..." Then he started to get busy.

"Stop." Xue Yan said coldly, rubbing between his brows.

What an idiot.he thought.

Jin Bao quickly stopped, not daring to move.

"What was in the past, it will be the same in the future." Xue Yan reluctantly ordered, half warning. "If you are asked to do it, do it quickly, if you are not asked to do it, don't make your own claims."

Jin Bao nodded repeatedly.

"Get lost." Xue Yan didn't give him a word of charity.