Meiqiang miserably uses herself as a substitute

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This is also the meaning of Shen Lihan's last sentence "there is one last step left for his mission".

Xie Yan gave the right talisman to Xiao Fei, which represented the military power of the next emperor of Dachu. A suitable "king" was the last result Shen Lihan wanted, so Xie Yan's mission was really completed. 】

Ah, I have said a lot, these things seem to have not been clearly written in the text, so I will talk about it alone (should be clear, shivering jpg.).

The plot may be a bit fast in the later stage, but what I wanted to write at the beginning of this article is actually two people with different "pressure" and status, who met in the turbulent court situation, tortured each other, cuddled with each other, and experienced many ups and downs After seeing myself clearly, the story of coming together.

Now that we've come together, it's time to end.What I think in my heart is "salvation", I don't know if I have written it... Everyone can look at it according to their own understanding, and you will be happy as you please.

Accidentally wrote too much orz, anyway, the text is over here, thank you for your support, love you all——

43. Chapter 43

When Xiao Ling woke up and saw the person lying beside him, he was still in a daze whether this was a dream.

Now that the two are together, many things have changed compared to when they first met.He had waited too long for this moment, and seven years had made him more cautious about something that was right in front of him.

In the past seven years, some people are still the same as they are in their hearts, while some... are gone forever.

Xiao Zhan has had an inexplicable liking for Wu since he was a child. The smell of soldiers and halberds always arouses uncontrollable excitement in his heart.

He is like a born warrior, he was born to ride a horse and fight on the battlefield, so that more people can see the fierceness in his eyes.

Fighting for the crown prince in the palace is not his favorite way of life, and his heart has never been here.

When he was six years old, the imperial grandmother had not passed away.At the queen mother's birthday banquet, Xiao Ran followed the instructions of his mother and concubine. The queen mother saw that her grandson was sensible, and specially ordered the emperor to reward him.

Emperor Mingde bestowed a sword named Long Xiao.

At that time, the relationship between Xiao Ran and Xiao Ran was not bad, the battle for the throne had not been involved, and the two brothers had a deep affection.

That's why after the incident in Yunxue Mountain, Xiao Lan was sad and drank alone by the lake.

The young Xiao Li has a stable heart, but he couldn't move his eyes when he saw the sword named Long Xiao.

... want it too.

"Ji'er, Ji'er."

The young Xiao Zhan came back to his senses, only to notice that everyone was looking at him.He froze for a moment, and said in a childish voice: "Grandmother."

The Empress Dowager smiled kindly, seeing his eyes fixed on him, she jokingly asked, "Does Li'er like it too?"

Xiao Li opened his mouth to say yes.When the words came to his lips, he paused.

The Queen Mother laughed and said: "Zi'er is still young, so I can't play with this thing. When I grow up a bit, Grandmother will ask your father to give you a sword, okay?"

Feeling lost, Xiao Zhan lowered his eyes, trying not to let others see his disappointment, and said, "Zi'er, thank you, Grandmother."

The birthday banquet was held as usual, and after that, various families presented treasures to celebrate the birthday.Xiao Zhan returned to his seat and squeezed his palms.

"Fourth brother, fourth brother!" Xiao Ran took advantage of her mother and concubine coming forward to offer a gift, and secretly called Xiao Ran from below.

Xiao Yan turned around without knowing why.

Xiao Ran grinned at him, shook his sword, covered his mouth and said: "You wait until I finish my homework next time, and come to play with you."

Xiao Yan was taken aback.

"I don't know how to play with swords. The Taifu said that I have bad bones and can't practice martial arts." Xiao Ran squinted at his mother and concubine, and seeing that she was about to finish offering, he hurriedly said: "Since you like it so much, show me the dance next time." Well, okay..."

Before finishing speaking, Xiao Ran's mother and concubine turned around and came back. Li Xiao Ran immediately sat upright and grinned at her mother and concubine.

Mrs. Liu gave him a sideways glance, as if she was reprimanding him for not being so ridiculously rude at his birthday banquet, and he should learn to restrain himself.

Xiao Yan grabbed his sleeves, thinking about what Xiao Ran said just now, seeing the man barely sitting upright, he answered him in his heart: yes.

After the birthday banquet, Xiao Yan kept thinking about going to play with Xiao Ran.But Xiao Ran was strictly controlled by his mother and concubine, and he could only go out to play once in two or three days.

In the past two days, Xiao Yan secretly read the exercise books in the palace, once he read them so engrossed that he was almost discovered by the Taifu.

The Grand Tutor said that there was a rule in the palace that the princes had to learn literature first, and then they could not start practicing martial arts until they were seven years old. At this time, Xiao Li was still eight months away from seven years old.

After Xiao Ran fooled around with the Taifu, he sneaked to Xiao Ran's residence.

The guards at the entrance of the hall refused to let him in, so he turned a corner and sneaked onto the wall using the method he read in the book.

The first time I tried, although it took a lot of effort due to lack of proficiency, I managed to slip in.

At that time Xiao Ran was sitting in the study in a daze, the words on the paper were crooked, and the ink was scattered everywhere by him.

The mother and concubine went out to do errands and told him to finish his homework before eating.But Xiao Ran was not the material for this, he became sleepy after reading a book, and he didn't have the patience to practice it.

Xiao Ran poked a hole in the window, looked in quietly, saw Xiao Ran's painful appearance, and lightly patted the window.

Xiao Ran turned his head and saw a figure outside the window, "Who?"

Afraid that he would call for guards, Xiao Ran hurried to the front door and opened the door, "Brother Huang."

Seeing that it was Xiao Zhan who came, Xiao Ran immediately put down his pen and said with a smile, "Fourth brother! You have come to save me!"

Xiao Li nodded, made a silent gesture, and soon his eyes fell on the Longxiao sword in the room.

Xiao Ran walked up to him and said, "Fourth Brother, save me, and I will give you this sword."

"Ah..." It's true that Xiao Zhan wanted this sword very much, but it was a gift from the emperor, how could he give it to others so easily?

Xiao Ran handed the sword directly into his hand, and said with a smile: "The sword is for you! Fourth brother, my concubine mother is not here, please take me away quickly, I don't want to stay in this house for a day."

"Uh..." Xiao Li glanced at Long Xiao in his hand, stared blankly at Brother Huang in front of him, and said, "Okay."

Xiao Ran doesn't know how to climb walls, so Xiao Ran can only take people away from the main entrance.The guard stopped the two of them, wondering: "Your Highness Fourth? Why are you in there..."

After they stopped him just now, didn't he already leave?

Xiao Zhan ignored them and pulled Xiao Ran to leave.

The guards refused to move away, Xiao Ran was too frightened to look at them, and kept silent.

The guard was a little embarrassed: "Fourth Highness, Concubine Liu has an order, and Third Highness can't..."

"He's done." Xiao Zhan said coldly.

The guard was stunned.

Xiao Yan raised his eyes and looked at the two people, "Father told me to take my brother to the palace, are you going to stop me? Are you listening to Father or Madam Liu Fei?"

"This..." The two guards were flustered by Xiao Zhan's words, but looking at the appearance of the Fourth Highness, it didn't seem like they were lying.

What's more, if you falsely spread the emperor's words, you will be punished. They thought about it in their hearts and said, "Your Majesty the Fourth Highness will make amends."

Xiao Ran clenched Xiao Ran's hand and looked back at him.Xiao Ran was so frightened that he trembled slightly, and met Xiao Ran's eyes in a daze.

Xiao Yan said, "Let's go."

Ever since he saw Xiao Yanwu sword once, Xiao Ran felt that the study in the study room was very boring.

After she escaped and was discovered by Mrs. Liu, Xiao Zhan was called to her.

Mrs. Liu is a cruel person. For the sake of power, she can even use her own child, let alone someone else's child.Facing Xiao Yan, Liu's heart is not soft-hearted.

It was Xiao Zhan who found Xiao Ran first, and it was Xiao Zhan who committed the crime and took Xiao Ran out in the name of the emperor.All the crimes are on Xiao Zhan.

Liu can see that the emperor loves Xiao Zhan the most, and has long been dissatisfied with him on weekdays. This time, as long as he is guaranteed to be alive, he has found another name to vent his personal anger.

Xiao Zhan's mother and concubine died early, and there was no one to protect him. He had to rely on himself for everything, so he also developed a stubborn temperament.

Xiao Zhan falsely passed on the emperor's will, and Emperor Mingde did not protect him this time.

But during the beating, he didn't make a sound, until his consciousness gradually became blurred, and then he let out a few muffled hums from his throat.

Xiao Ran broke in suddenly, and pleaded: "Royal father! It's my fault for letting my fourth brother go! It's my fault!"

He blocked Xiao Zhan, the guards were afraid of hurting him, so they didn't dare to strike again.

Mrs. Liu stood beside Emperor Ming De, and when she saw Xiao Ran barging in, her face darkened immediately, pointing to the guards chasing in, she said: "I told you to look after the third highness, what are you eating? Take it back, Your Highness! You are not allowed to eat until you have finished copying the "National Policy"!"

Several guards were scolded and came up to pull Xiao Ran.

But Xiao Ran knelt down on the ground, crying and grabbed the corner of Liu Shi's clothes, "Mother Concubine! You told Father Emperor not to beat the fourth younger brother! Mother Concubine! I will learn from you, I... I won't go out to play secretly again!"

This appearance of Xiao Ran lost the air of a prince, and made Liu's embarrassment in front of the emperor. After teaching such a son, Liu only felt annoyed, grabbed Xiao Ran's lapel, and looked at the guards: "Deaf?! My palace Said to take the Third Highness back!"

"Mother concubine! Mother concubine don't want..." Xiao Ran was taken back, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't overcome his fate, he cried loudly, and the noise reached Emperor Ming De's ears, "Father, please! Let the fourth brother go... Father Emperor..."

After Xiao Ran was taken down, Liu squeezed out another smile, "Your Majesty calm down, but he..."

Emperor Mingde waved to the guards, signaling that they don't need to fight any more.

The smile on Liu's face was slightly restrained, puzzled: "Your Majesty?"

Emperor Mingde called someone to call the imperial physician and took Xiao Li away.After everyone left, he slightly raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu was scorched by his gaze, and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty..."

"Satisfied?" Emperor Ming De's tone was cold, and he snorted, "I beat you, but I begged for mercy. Why, do you want to make a fuss before you stop?"

Liu's face turned pale, and he knelt down on the ground with a plop, "Your Majesty