Meiqiang miserably uses herself as a substitute

, I had to turn around and buy candied haws.

Turning around, I recognized her.

Six years ago, I followed His Royal Highness to check Anyu in Lin'an, and I had a glimpse of this Miss Zhao. She later married Fan Xiaozhizhou and lived in peace for the rest of her life.

Cancan held candied haws in one hand, while tugging at my hair, looked at me and shouted, "Daddy, let's go."

Once I came back to my senses, I saw Cancan's eyes as bright as the night sky, and suddenly panicked.

I finally understand - these eyes are not like Aning, not like me.

But alone like that person.

— Your Highness.

I grew up in a poor family, the eldest in my family, with three younger siblings. My father owed debts in his early years and was beaten to death by debt collectors.

But those people refused to let it go. Seeing that there were so many people in my family, they actually thought of abducting them and selling them.

In order to protect the younger siblings, the mother was also beaten to the brink of death, and she never survived that night.

The next day those people came to the door again, I tried my best to protect them, but at that time I had never learned martial arts, and I didn't have enough food and clothing, how could I have the strength to fight those bastards?

We were sold to different families. I found an opportunity to escape, thinking in my heart that I must go to my brothers and sisters and rescue them.

At that time, I had nothing, I knew nothing, and just relying on this kind of saving people was useless.

I couldn't survive and almost died on the street.

Later, I met the master.

The master is from the palace and was ordered to come out to do things. He said that I have excellent bones and a talent for practicing martial arts.

He asked me if I would like to enter the palace to learn martial arts from him, and to be a bodyguard in the future to protect the princes in the palace.

I said yes without hesitation, thinking that if I learned martial arts, I would be able to save my brothers and sisters.

At that time, I never thought that I would become the bodyguard of the Fourth Highness.I never thought that my brothers and sisters would not be able to wait for me for so long.

His Highness asked someone to help me find my younger siblings. I waited and hoped for half a month, but only got the news that they had passed away.

That's right, they are not in good health, and after being sold to those people's homes, they do heavy work every day, how can they last for so long?

I locked myself in the room and cried, thinking of the pain and despair that His Highness felt when he heard the news of Mr. Bai's departure.

I forgot my duty, but His Highness did not punish me.I think it's because he knows what it's like to lose someone you love.

At that moment, I felt the same loneliness as His Highness.

Within three days, I cried so much that I forgot the time, and after finally accepting this fact, I will go to His Highness to apologize.

It was spring at that time, the courtyard was full of fragrance of flowers, and the sun was warm, shining continuously on His Highness and those eyes.

I froze in place, I didn't expect His Highness to stand outside the house all the time.

I forgot everything, forgot to kneel, forgot to apologize, forgot that I was in pain.

The wind lifted His Highness's blue hair, and the only thing I didn't forget was that after a parting, His Highness's eyes were brighter than before.

finally, I understand.

No one can do without despair.

But after despair, we still have to live.

Live stronger than ever.

The light in His Highness's eyes has never been broken since he was looking for Mr. Xie for seven years.

In the past seven years, I have never cried for anything.

After His Highness and Mr. Xie left the palace, I did not choose to leave.Up to now, I have only seen him once, and that was at the funeral of the third prince.

Six years ago, Red Tide people searched for many days, and finally found the body of the third prince in the lower reaches of the Qingnong River. At that time, he had broken his right arm, and his body was full of pits from being knocked out. personal.

All the ministers in the palace made a statement, saying that the third prince had intended to rebel, and his corpse should be discarded.

But that is the emperor's younger brother after all.

The emperor is different from the previous emperor. He studied literature and strategy, not martial arts.

I have questioned His Highness's choice.Can a person who is as ruthless as the emperor really be a good emperor?But if you think about it carefully, isn't His Highness a soft-hearted person?

He never severely punished me.

The emperor thought of his brotherly love, and in the end he held a funeral ceremony for the third prince. He did it according to the prince's etiquette, and the whole country was in an uproar.

At that funeral, I knelt before the coffin with many ministers.

I raised my eyes slightly, and saw Su Ci standing beside the emperor with the pattern of phoenix flowers on his forehead.

He is the person next to Mr. Xie, and he took the same path as Mr. Xie in the end.

What is his mission, I have never asked, nor have the right to ask.I only know that after two hours, everyone got up, and the moment I turned around, I saw His Highness and Mr. Xie.

I couldn't help trembling, rushed through the crowd, and chased after him like crazy.

His Highness turned around, and I saw his unchanging eyes with a brighter light.

At that moment, I was speechless for some reason.

"Your Highness..."

I knew that the voice was choked with sobs, and it was a call from His Highness.

Your Highness only said two words to me.

"Deaf, you can cry on days like this."

I uttered with difficulty: "Your Highness, I..."

"This palace is too cold, you can go."

My throat suddenly choked, and I couldn't make a sound.

I know the meaning of this very well. Your Highness is saying—don't wait, I won't be coming back.

I looked at the back of His Highness and Mr. Xie leaving, my feet seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and I didn't even have the courage to catch up.

After they left, the ministers saw me crying so terribly, and didn't understand when I had such a relationship with the third prince.

Seven years of tears seemed to pour out at that moment.

In front of the empty coffin, I was the only one kneeling on the spot, shouting over and over again: "Your Highness..."

"Daddy! Daddy!"

I retracted my thoughts in a daze and asked, "What's wrong?"

Cancan wiped my face with her little hand, and said comfortingly, "Why is there water on Daddy's face? Cancan wipe it for Daddy..."

I didn't expect to cry, and I didn't want to cry in front of Can Can.Miss Zhao was looking at me, maybe she thought it was strange that I was crying suddenly, I was startled, and quickly wiped away my tears with my sleeve.

"Daddy didn't cry, it's because it's too cold outside." As soon as I finished saying this, cotton-like snow fell from the sky.

Miss Zhao picked up his child, stopped looking at me, a passing stranger, and hurried home.

"Daddy is not afraid of the cold, so Cancan will warm you with his face." Cancan leaned over, wiping away wet tears with her tender face.

There was warmth in my eyes, and I couldn't help crying more and more.

There were more and more tears on the face, and Chancan couldn't wipe it clean, so anxious that she almost cried, "Daddy, don't cry..."

I raised my head, not to let Chancan look into my eyes, and kept saying, "I didn't cry, I didn't cry, Chancan is the little crybag."

"Look at the snow falling so heavily that it fell into Daddy's eyes."

Cancan was tricked by me and looked up at the snow all over the sky.She smiled tearfully, and held up the bunch of red candied haws. The snow fell on it and didn't melt immediately, adding a chill to the sweetness when she entered it.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and it was almost time for Ah Ning to wake up.I wrapped the clothes on Chancan tightly, and carried her towards home.

Looking at such a snowy day, I suddenly thought: "Cancan, do you know why you are called Cancan?"

Of course Can Can said, "I don't know."

She kept looking at me with her eyes open, waiting for my answer.

But I was like a child who just cried, still angry at His Highness's departure, and didn't answer charmingly.

Cancan became anxious, and struggled on me: "Dad, tell me quickly! Otherwise, Cancan will let those two older brothers help Cancan!"

I thought in my heart that Chan Can's temperament must have been learned from Aning, and she likes to bully me every now and then.

Also learned to move rescuers.

Few people came out in the snowy day, and the silence was almost silent. There were only a few people talking nonsense on the street.With a hint of puzzlement, I looked at the "two older brothers" that Charm spoke of.

Then, suddenly, I stomped my feet.

Cancan really panicked this time, the candied haws fell to the ground, and I heard her shout, "Daddy is crying again! Don't cry...Daddy..."

I know that no matter how much trouble Charm makes this time, I won't stop crying for her.

I will always remember the figure of that person.

This time, I didn't stop.

On the lonely street, there are only a few heavy footprints and a long-lost cry.

"Your Highness!"

The author has something to say:

——The timeline is six years after the main text——

Charm: vivid, beautiful meaning.

Bright smile: generally refers to a bright smile, Mingyue;

Ah Deaf used to see His Highness the Fourth Highness rarely smile, and he seldom smiled himself. He knew that such a life was hard, and hoped that Cancan could smile more and grow up healthy and happy.

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