Merged with the big devil who came through the book

I don't want the emperor's appreciation, I just want to protect you.

The next scene is in an empty hall.

This is the place where Concubine Hui, Jiang Ruchi's biological mother, died.

Ten-year-old Jiang Ruchi was dressed in filial piety, with a sackcloth on his head, kneeling with a haggard face in the empty hall to keep watch.

It was late, it was pitch black outside, only two rows of candles were lit in the main hall, the wind blowing in from the window kept shaking, and the shadows on the ground trembled slightly, everything looked eerie.

In the jade coffin in front of Jiang Ruchi, Concubine Hui was wearing a gorgeous black shroud embroidered with golden phoenix, with a brocade handkerchief of the same color covering her face.

Rooted in the custom of Dayu, the coffin can only be sealed before it is buried in the earth, and the coffin is not allowed to be covered during the mortuary, so that the soul of the deceased can come and go freely.

In the same way, the windows and doors of the main hall of the mortuary are not allowed to be closed, and it is only necessary to ensure that the four sides are wide open.

If the deceased is honorable, the face should be covered with a Jinpa, so as not to disturb the soul of the deceased.

In mid-autumn, the weather was already cold at night, Jiang Ruchi only wore a plain white brocade robe, and the sackcloth on the outside was not warm at all, and now he was shivering from the wind blowing from all directions.

Before the reunion festival came, his mother and concubine had passed away, and he had nothing to rely on in the palace since then.

Concubine Hui had a very close relationship with the emperor, but after Jiang Ruxun’s biological mother, Concubine Li Gui, became favored, Concubine Hui’s favor gradually diminished. Fortunately, there is still the status of concubine. The emperor did not love her enough, but respected her more Therefore, few people dare to do anything to her on weekdays.

Under the protection of his mother and concubine, Jiang Ruchi was able to grow up safely, and it was also because of Concubine Hui's virtuous and virtuous nature that he was raised to be gentle, refined, and indifferent to the world.

The Ph.D. students of the Pope's sons discussed in private that in terms of knowledge and potential, no one could match the second prince, but he was too meek and did not have the dominance of an emperor.

Fortunately, although the eldest prince is slightly inferior in knowledge, his bearing and strategy are exactly like His Majesty's. If he becomes the crown prince in the future, there will be no struggle for power and the royal family will be at peace.

The empress had no children, and the three princes were all born to noble concubines. According to Dayu's tradition, everyone is qualified to be a prince, but Jiang Ruchi has never coveted the throne.

He just wants to live peacefully, be an idle prince, serve his mother and concubine well in the future, solve some court affairs for his elder brother, and do his best as a royal child, that's good.

Unexpectedly, the mother concubine did not give him this opportunity, she left before he had time to grow up.

Jiang Ruchi's face was pale, he bit his lower lip tightly, trying hard not to cry.

"Second Highness."

A soft call came from the door, and Jiang Ruchi looked up, and saw 12-year-old Sui Xingzhou running over with a cloak in his arms, wrapping the thick cloak around his body.

"Is it freezing?" Sui Xingzhou wrapped him into a ball, carefully touched his cheek with the back of his hand, and asked distressedly.

The cloak carried Sui Xingzhou's body temperature, which brought endless warmth to Jiang Ruchi. He felt that his frozen heart seemed to come alive again.

"Brother Xiaochuan, why didn't you leave the palace?"

Sui Xingzhou grabbed the seam of the cloak and smiled: "I knew you were going to keep watch, so I wanted to come to accompany you. Later, I hid in the small garden and didn't go out. I just went to your bedroom and took the cloak before sneaking over."

"If you stay in the palace without incident, you will be punished if you are caught." Jiang Ruchi was worried.

Sui Xingzhou sat cross-legged next to him: "Don't be afraid, just punish yourself. How can I let you stay here alone at a time like this."

Jiang Ruchi looked at him, a slight smile appeared on his frozen face, and soon disappeared.

His two round eyes slowly condensed tears: "Brother, my mother and concubine are going to feel uneasy—"

"Stop talking!" Sui Xingzhou covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "You don't want to live?!"

Jiang Ruchi's tears fell on the back of Sui Xingzhou's hands, they were hot at first, and then became cold in an instant.

"Don't think about things you shouldn't think about, Second Highness, so that the imperial concubine and empress will really feel uneasy." Sui Xingzhou helped him wipe away his tears, coaxing him softly.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew over, and the brocade handkerchief covering Concubine Hui's face in the jade coffin was blown up and fell to the ground.

Jiang Ruchi immediately got up to pick it up, but because his knees were numb from kneeling for too long, he couldn't stand up all of a sudden, and fell into Sui Xingzhou's arms.

"Don't move, I'll pick it up."

Sui Xingzhou helped him pick up the brocade handkerchief, and Jiang Ruchi had already stood up, and limped to the jade coffin, intending to cover Concubine Hui.

But he lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Concubine Mu's face.

He didn't know why, but he was timid in his heart, and he hated himself for being so timid.

"Don't look." Sui Xingzhou reached out to cover his eyes, "I'll do it."

Jiang Ruchi shook his head and pulled his hand away: "I'll do it."

He took a deep breath, stood on tiptoes, and carefully covered the Jinpa on the face of the concubine.

Sui Xingzhou could tell that Jiang Ruchi was very scared, his eyelashes were trembling, and his hands were trembling. After the other party put on the brocade handkerchief, he immediately helped him close the cloak.

"It's okay, Second Highness."

A sense of sadness welled up in Jiang Ruchi's heart, he suddenly turned around and hugged Sui Xingzhou, tears that he could barely hold back just now fell down in big ones.

"Brother Xiaochuan, I don't have a mother anymore."

In the huge court, people's hearts are sinister, and the only person who really protects him and will never hurt him is gone.

Sui Xingzhou was half a head taller than Jiang Ruchi, he hugged the thin young man tightly in his arms, and said firmly in a youthful voice: "Second Highness, I will guard you for the imperial concubine and empress, and will always protect you !"

Another scene is in the courtyard of the Hall of Yuying.

Princes who have reached the age of ten have to leave the residences of their mothers and concubines and move to live in the Palace of Yuying. Originally, the eldest brother Jiang Ruya was also here, but he just got married not long ago and left the palace to build a mansion. Now he is only 13 years old. Jiang Ruchi and Jiang Ruxun live here.

It was spring at this time, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and the willow branches were swaying lightly. Jiang Ruchi was reading a book under the tree, when he heard a series of hurried footsteps, looked up and smiled happily: "Brother Xiaochuan!"

Sui Xingzhou is 15 years old, and he is a head taller than Jiang Ruchi, but he is not big enough, with the frailty of a young man.

He was sweating profusely from running, and when he saw Jiang Ruchi, he said excitedly: "Second Highness, I was selected by Yiluan Division, and I will soon be trained, and I will soon become a royal guard!"

Although he is the son of Jijiu, he did not follow literature, but devoted himself to martial arts. He once made his father very angry.

Fortunately, Mr. Sui has many sons. Sui Xingzhou has three older brothers, all of whom were from the top three Jinshi. He really couldn't hold back the youngest son, so Mr. Sui let him go.

"Great!" Jiang Ruchi said happily, "Your kung fu is so good, you will definitely be appreciated by your father in the future."

Sui Xingzhou thought in his heart, I don't want the emperor's appreciation, I just want to protect you.

"Master taught me a new set of sword skills, let me show you the dance!" He said excitedly.

"Okay! By the way, you wait."

Jiang Ruchi hurried into the room, took out a sword later, and handed it to Sui Xingzhou with a smile: "A while ago, my father and emperor tested my homework, and I was very satisfied with my answers. When I was rewarded, I asked what I wanted. I remember you liked his sword when you were young, so you asked for it for you."

"Do you still remember?!" Sui Xingzhou took the sword, looked at it carefully with joy, and pulled out the sword with a "shua", "This is really a peerless weapon! Thank you——"

Jiang Ruchi immediately interrupted: "Hey, thank you for what, hurry up and show me the sword dance."

"okay!"

Sui Xingzhou put the scabbard on the stone table, rushed the river like a gallop, and began to dance the sword.

His footsteps are light, his figure is dexterous, and his swordsmanship is smooth and flowing. Although the sword is not sharpened, it is full of strength under Sui Xingzhou's dancing, and it cuts off a lot of willow leaves that have just grown. The wind drifts slowly in the air.

Jiang Ruchi watched Sui Xingzhou dancing his sword, and felt that there was the most beautiful picture in front of him.

One was dancing the sword, the other was admiring. No one noticed that Jiang Ruxun quietly entered the yard.

He is also thirteen this year, tall and thin, and has a good appearance, but compared to Jiang Ruchi's honest and kind face, he seems a bit treacherous.

At this moment, the corners of Jiang Ruxun's mouth twitched, and he secretly smirked, and moved closer to Sui Xingzhou without hesitation.

Fortunately, Sui Xingzhou found him quickly and quickly retracted his sword, but he didn't retract it in time, and cut through the sleeve of Jiang Ruxun's upper arm, several layers in a row, directly exposing the flesh, almost scratching the skin.

But Jiang Ruxun was not happy anymore, and yelled, "Oh! Sui Xingzhou! Did you do it on purpose?! Are you going to kill the prince?!"

Sui Xingzhou was stunned, and Jiang Ruchi hurried to check on Jiang Ruxun's injuries. Seeing that he was not bleeding, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Third brother, this was an accident, how about second brother accompanying you with a set of clothes?"

"It scared me to death!" Jiang Ruxun said seriously, "How can you just accompany me to put on clothes?! Second brother, are you being selfish? Sui Xingzhou, you are just spoiled by pampering, relying on your good relationship with my second brother , deliberately targeting me!"

"I have no such intention!" Sui Xingzhou hurriedly apologized, "It was just that I was negligent, please make atonement, Your Highness!"

Jiang Ruxun refused to let go: "No! I must have an explanation today!"

"What happened?"

Jiang Ruchi knew that his younger brother was used to being pampered, and he loved to bully others. This time, he would have to spend some effort to persuade him against Sui Xingzhou. Who knew that Cheng Yaojin was killed halfway, and the concubine Li Gui came.

Concubine Li Gui missed her son, so she just came to visit her, she bumped into this unexpectedly, and saw that her son's upper arm sleeve was torn so big, she immediately flew into a rage: "Who dares to hurt my son?!"

"Concubine Mother!" Jiang Ruxun threw herself into Concubine Li's arms and cried loudly when she saw someone coming to support her, "It's the second brother...he bullied me and let his dog scratch me on purpose! Otherwise, there will definitely be blood!"

Taking care of Sui Xingzhou was not as exciting as taking care of Jiang Ruchi. Jiang Ruxun immediately changed his tune and blamed his second brother instead.

Sui Xingzhou became angry when he heard it. He threw the sword on the ground, knelt down and said to Concubine Li: "See the imperial concubine! This matter has nothing to do with the Second Highness, it is all my fault!"

"No!" Jiang Ruchi immediately knelt down, "Imperial Concubine, this was an accident, not anyone's fault!"

"You hurt my son like this, how dare you say it's right?!" Concubine Li Gui had long seen Jiang Ruchi's displeasure, and snorted coldly, "Of course it's wrong for a dog to bite a person, but the animal is ignorant, so it must be the master's instigation! Ruchi, Xun'er is your younger brother after all, how dare you lay such a poisonous hand on him?!"

Jiang Ruxun added fuel to the side: "Concubine mother, he dares to do this now, won't my son be killed by him in the future?!"

"The Second Highness has a kind heart and never intends to hurt the Third Highness!" Sui Xingzhou yelled worriedly.

Concubine Li raised her hand, and slapped him hard with a "snap" sound: "Master is talking, do you have the right to intervene?!"

"Xingzhou!" Jiang Ruchi saw the finger marks floating on his face, and knew how hard the slap was, it hurt as if he had hit his own face.

Sui Xingzhou's eyes were flushed, he gritted his teeth, kowtowed and said: "This matter will be borne by me next time, I beg your imperial concubine to forgive me!"

Jiang Ruchi stood in front of Sui Xingzhou on his knees, and begged Concubine Li, "It's not his fault, if you want to blame it, blame me! I gave him the sword, and it's my fault!"

"Ru Chi, don't blame me for being strict with you." Concubine Li Gui said coldly, "Since your mother passed away, you have been lacking in discipline. Now I will teach your son for your mother! Somebody, hit me!"

The servants following Concubine Li agreed in unison, went into the room and dragged out the bench, found the board in the utility room, they didn't dare to touch Jiang Ruchi, so they could only say: "Second Highness, please!"

Jiang Ruchi knew that he couldn't escape this punishment, so in order to appease Concubine Li Gui and Jiang Ruxun to give up, so what if he was punished himself.

You are the prince, so the servants will take it easy.

So he got up slowly and lay down on the bench.

"No!" Sui Xingzhou kneeled in front of him, and said in pain, "Second Highness, it's not your fault! Concubine, empress, you want to punish me, Your Highness is weak and can't stand the board!"

Jiang Ruxun said with a smile, "Hey, you are still so loyal to protect the Lord!"

Concubine Li Gui said coldly: "Then fight together!"

The servants lifted Sui Xingzhou onto the bench, bound his hands and feet, and when they were ready, they started fighting together.

The board hit Jiang Ruchi with a "boom" and "boom", and the pain was in Sui Xingzhou's heart. He couldn't feel the pain in his body at all, and kept looking at him with his head tilted, so suppressed that all the veins on his forehead burst out!

He hates himself for being incompetent!He said he had to protect His Highness Second Highness Zhou Quan, but now he caused the other party to be beaten together with him!

Jiang Ruchi is actually very afraid of pain. When he was a child, he was doing handicrafts, and his fingers were cut by scissors. His mother and concubine had to coax him for a long time. He is not good at swordsmanship, riding and archery.

Now it was the first time he was hit with a board, even though the servant's hand was much lighter, when he landed, he still felt that his skin was ripped apart, and his scalp was numb from the pain.

But he knew in his heart that Brother Xiaochuan couldn't be worried anymore, it's nothing for a man to suffer, he must hold on!

Hitting the board really hurts... Tears flowed out uncontrollably, what should I do...

Knowing that Sui Xingzhou was looking at him, Jiang Ruchi turned his head away to prevent the other party from looking at his face. He gritted his teeth and said nothing. Anyway, he won't die, just stick to it!

The eunuch outside the door suddenly shouted: "The emperor is here!"

"What are you doing here?! Stop!" The next moment, the emperor appeared at the gate of the courtyard, frowning at the scene in front of him.

It was Jiang Ruchi's servants from Yuying Hall who ran to pass the message, so he got the letter and came to take a look.

Hearing the emperor's anger, the servants immediately stopped playing the board. Sui Xingzhou heaved a sigh of relief, and fixedly looked at Jiang Ruchi. Jiang Ruchi turned his head with difficulty and smiled at him.

Although he was in so much pain that he couldn't speak, he still wanted to reassure his brother Xiaochuan.

Concubine Li Gui immediately wiped away her tears and elaborated on the matter, but the emperor did not believe it.

He knew what kind of child Jiang Ruchi was. As for Sui Xingzhou, of course he also knew very well.

Then he saw the sword on the ground, and he also remembered that Jiang Ruchi begged for this sword at that time, it seemed that it was for Sui Xingzhou.

There must be something wrong with two children who have no problems with their conduct and are suddenly accused of such a big mistake.

"Okay, Xun'er just scratched his clothes. Is this the case? It's not too much for boys to get hurt when they play and play. What's the point of crying?!" The emperor glared at Jiang Ruxun. Xun immediately lowered his head in fright.

The emperor looked at Concubine Li again: "Chi'er is a prince after all, if you make any serious mistakes, you can tell me, and I will definitely reprimand you. You dragged him to the stool like this, it's too embarrassing for him. Already!"

"The concubine knows her mistake! The concubine dare not do it anymore!" Concubine Li quickly admitted her mistake, for fear that the matter would affect her son.

The emperor put his hands behind his back, looked at Jiang Ruchi and Sui Xingzhou who were lying on the bench, and said to the servants in Yuying Hall: "Okay, help your master in quickly, and ask the imperial physician to have a look."

He knew that the servants who were playing the board didn't dare to use their strength, and there should be no major accidents, so he didn't ask any more questions, so as not to appear too partial to Jiang Ruchi and make Concubine Li even more grudge.

The emperor left, Concubine Li Gui followed, Jiang Ruxun naturally did not stay in this courtyard, and left in a fit of anger.

The servants of Yuying Hall hurriedly helped Sui Xingzhou and Jiang Ruchi, and carried them into the house, and some people rushed out to ask for the imperial physician.

After some fuss, the imperial doctor determined that they had only superficial injuries, prescribed Jinchuang medicine, and told them to rest more.

The servants couldn't help saying that they stripped off their trousers and applied medicine, so they couldn't wear their clothes for a while and had to dry them for a while.

Jiang Ruchi had never experienced this. The 13-year-old boy was so ashamed that he buried his face in the mattress and was always embarrassed to look up.

Sui Xingzhou grieved, lying on the side and looking at his red ears, secretly laughing.

Such a gallop, so cute.

The author says:

Hee, cute little prince——