Same light

Alfred walked into the room, crushing the icy starlight.

Xiu slightly adjusted his sitting posture, but Alfred didn't speak to him, but went to the window first and pulled the curtain tightly.The starlight was cut off, and he returned to the door in the dark.

With a "click", the door was locked by Alfred from the inside.

After finishing all this in a leisurely manner, he opened his mouth and said, "Do you have something to tell me?"

"No." Xiu said, "On the contrary, I advise you to think about how to explain it after you are arrested."

Alfred asked: "Why, are you going to characterize this as my plan?"

Xiu asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?"

"The crown prince really spared no expense to suppress me in order to condemn me." Alfred said, with no emotion in his words, "Oh, it's not just you who paid the price, the servants who came with you and All the guards are injured, you know that, right?"

"I know." Xiu said.

Alfred said: "Prince, do you know what I hate the most about you? You are hypocritical and cruel. Everyone thinks you are a good crown prince who loves the people like a son. In fact, in order to achieve your goals, you will do whatever it takes to achieve your goals." , even if the price is the lives of innocent people on a planet, and the method is to make those who are loyal to me suffer the flesh and blood that could have been avoided. But these are not the reasons why I hate you."

Xiu looked towards the door.

In this dark room, he could barely see the hazy figure of Alfred, and even the air seemed to become hazy.

"I hate you because that's what I've become," Alfred said.

Xiu's heart moved, in the darkness, he no longer needed to look solemn, and there was a sadness on his face that no one could see, but only he knew.

"What happened?" he asked.

For a second, Xiu had a feeling of time and space confusion. In the darkness, he seemed to see Alfred, who was still a boy. He was already taller than Xiu, but no matter how big or small, he still liked to come to find him. Big brother confides.

At that time, as soon as Xiu saw his face, he knew that something was not going well, and he often asked him helplessly——did something happen?

Then, the young Alfred would start to complain about his sufferings. Xiu didn't like others to get close to him, but he was always different to his only brother. Sometimes in the end, he would allow Alfred who was taller than him De hugged his arm and acted like a baby, and sometimes, he would pat his brother's arm to comfort him.

For Xiu, who is always self-sufficient, this is a rare moment of color in the background of his pure white and cold life.

Today, he asked this question again, and got the same answer as in previous years.

"Too many things have happened." Alfred, who has grown up, said, "As you can see, I have also learned hypocrisy and calculation. At first, I thought you were terrible. Now, there are so few In the dead of night, I started to feel terrible about myself. You know what? Just because of a wild guess, I figured out a way in a few seconds, and then implemented a plan in the next few minutes to scam my last Relying heavily on the blood of my subordinates; as soon as I gained power, I beat my allies over and over again, lest they take the credit for being arrogant, until the people who could have easily joked with me spoke respectfully to me; Taking advantage of the horrific massacre two years ago, it was clearly not my order back then, and now I am telling a big lie to the whole universe in order to gain credit..."

As he spoke, he approached Xiu's bed. They couldn't see each other's expressions, only blurred figures, and the loss of vision made their emotions more indulgent.

"When I get along with people now, I first think about whether they will make me betray me, and then think about whether they have value. I have lost the ability to trust. Do you know what you have done to me? I am like a Like a psychopath, doubting this and that everywhere!"

Alfred took a deep breath, leaned over and approached Xiu, and said word by word: "Now, let me ask again, is there anything you want to tell me?"

He is doubting.Xiu understood it almost immediately.

You don’t need to see body language and expressions clearly, Xiu really knows Alfred too well. After all, this is the child he taught alone, the child entrusted to him by the mother who held his hand before dying of dystocia.

Alfred was too close, their breaths were intertwined in the darkness, Xiu closed his eyes, and remembered that 21 years ago, he was also close to the newborn baby in this way, feeling his fresh breath.

At the same time, his mother was bleeding profusely, and her life was passing by rapidly. She knew she was helpless, so she dismissed all the doctors and nurses, and wanted to entrust her last words to her sons alone.

Naturally, it is impossible to say this last word to a newborn baby, even though the other one is not yet seven years old, she still squeezed Xiu's little hand with difficulty, and tried her best to say the words clearly: "Help him to that position, Xiu ...You must...send your brother to that position...promise me..."

During the few months when his mother was pregnant, Xiu had actually promised this many times, but he still said seriously like the first time: "My queen, I promise you, I will definitely do it."

"Good boy." The queen's breath suddenly weakened, she looked at the little baby, and said softly with tears in her eyes, "Good boy, say it again, tell me again..."

"I promise you, queen mother." Xiu repeated to her as she wished, "I promise you will send my younger brother to that position, protect him for the rest of his life, and be loyal to him. Before that, secure the position of prince for him. I will listen to the teacher..."

Amidst the childish voice of a child, the queen closed her eyes and never opened them again.

Although the life of the first queen was short, it can be called a legend.She was born in a viscount family, but she was only the lowest rank among the nobility, but because of her beauty, she was chosen by the prince to marry him as the princess, and she flew to the highest branch all of a sudden.It's a pity that she didn't have a child until the prince ascended the throne and became the emperor. At this time, the emperor's mistress became pregnant.

The dream turned into a nightmare, but God favored this woman once again, and she was found to be pregnant very quickly. Not only that, she gave birth two months prematurely due to poor health. Although she became pregnant later, her son became the eldest son , the son of a mistress who was born after that can only be ranked second.According to tradition, and in order to quell the public's discussion of the emperor's indiscretion, this child, Xiu, was established as the crown prince at birth.

The queen who was born in a small clan really gained a firm foothold in the royal family, and she became pregnant again six years later. At that time, everyone thought that her future was stable, but who would have thought that she would lose her luster in this childbirth.

When she left, she should feel at ease, right?Meditate.

The world is impermanent. I don't know if she has ever worried about such a scene. The little prince has grown up. Not only did he and his teacher not give up the position of prince to the little prince, but they joined hands to put her little son to death.

Xiu Ren allowed himself to be in a trance extravagantly for a while, and under Alfred's solid gaze, he slowly said: "No. I don't have anything to say."

Alfred's breathing was obviously heavy, he was silent for a moment, and said: "It's okay if you don't want to talk today. From now on, I will move here and serve as the prince's personal servant. We have plenty of time to chat."

"I don't need anyone to wait on me." Xiu said, "Turn on the light and go out."

Not only did Alfred not leave, but he got closer, and said to him almost face to face: "Prince, you still think I was a child, and I'm up to you to drink around? It's up to you whether you want it or not."

Seeing that it didn't make sense, Xiu directly stretched out his uninjured hand to push him away, but Alfred grabbed his wrist.

He has a standard body and has received systematic fighting training since he was a child. He is capable of fighting any ordinary adult man, but what he meets at this time is a man who has inherited the top genes. No matter how hard he tries, he can't break free. .

Alfred restrained his uninjured arm with one hand, pushed forward in the dark, and pinned Xiu to the bed.

The tip of his nose moved slightly, and he smelled the faint fragrance on Xiu's underwear.It was the scent of calming perfume specially prepared in the prince's bedroom. It was cold, luxurious and calming.Alfred seldom entered Xiu's bedroom, but this smell was still in his memory.

"You smell so sweet." He murmured in Xiu's ear, wrapped his neck with him, and sniffed against the back of his neck.

Changed his complexion.

"Alfred, I am your brother!"

"Come on, we all know you have a little secret, don't you?" Alfred smiled, and touched Xiu's tight neck with his lips even more vigorously.

Xiu seemed to have been electrocuted, and pushed him away with a burst of strength.

Alfred was driven back two steps by the inertia, but did not continue, but raised his hand and turned on the light.

Xiu's hairstyle was messed up, his collar was undone during the dispute just now, and when the lights were bright, there was still a fright and anger on his face that hadn't disappeared for a while.

"Go away." He said coldly.

Alfred also sneered, he took a step back, and gracefully gave a standard farewell ceremony.

"Then good night, Your Highness. I'll serve you breakfast again at dawn."