"Father!" Seven-year-old Yuan Chunwang cried, "Don't leave me behind!"
On the long road with no end in sight, there are refugees who are also long and see no end. Some can still walk, while others fall on the side of the road and never get up again.
The ground was sallow, and there was no green in sight. Even the grass roots buried deep in the soil were dug up and eaten by people. In the end, people turned into beasts. A few refugees staggered towards Yuan Chunwang, saliva overflowing from the corners of their mouths. , as if they were not in front of a person, but a lamb born in vain.
Just when Yuan Chunwang was extremely frightened, a scrawny woman suddenly rushed out from behind them, picked him up and ran away.
"Mother!" Yuan Chunwang cried while hugging her neck.
"You... why did you bring him back again?" an equally scrawny man sighed, "we can't live by ourselves, can we still take care of him?"
Along the way, the man secretly abandoned him five times, but each time he was brought back by the woman. The kindness was not rewarded in the end, the man finally stole it by himself, and the woman stumbled all the way to the capital holding him, but unfortunately contracted an epidemic, when she was dying, she held his hand and said: "After I die, you go Find your father."
Yuan Chunwang was stunned: "Dad?"
"I'm not your mother either." The woman coughed twice, "Yongzheng was hunted and killed, hid in a farmhouse, and gave birth to you with the daughter of that family... child, you are not an ordinary person, you are an elder brother. ah!"
Yuan Chunwang was speechless in shock.
"Pity your mother's life. After Lord Yongzheng went back, no one was sent to find her. How can she be a woman and bring a child to remarry? I had to give you to me." The woman took out a string of sandalwood beads from her arms. The bracelet, shaking his fingers, slowly put the bracelet on Yuan Chunwang's wrist, "Take this, go to your biological father, and let him..."
Before he could finish speaking, his hand dropped.
"Mother!" Yuan Chunwang pushed her, she didn't move, no matter how Yuan Chunwang cried or shouted, she never opened her eyes again.
Fearing that the corpse of his adoptive mother would be eaten by the desperately hungry refugees, the young Yuan Chunwang, with his two small hands, dug a hole in the earth and buried his adoptive mother.
After that, he stepped into the city gate with a pair of bloody hands down.
The gates of the city are easy to enter, but the gates of the Forbidden City are difficult to enter. After a lot of hard work, he finally found a well-dressed nobleman and agreed to send him to the palace.
Unexpectedly, that person was his uncle. After failing to compete with Yongzheng for the throne, he has always held grudges, and after discovering the other side's shy son left in the folk, for some dark reason, he actually sent the nearly seven-year-old child to the purification room, and dropped the knife in his hand. , Yuan Chunwang changed from a little elder brother to a little eunuch.
Then, he was sent to the elder brother's office to serve his half-brother, the eight elder brother Fuhui.
Yuan Chunwang not only lost his lifeblood, but also lost the red sandalwood rosary. Without this token, he could not tell Yongzheng his identity. Then again... Even if he still has this rosary in his hand, Yongzheng Will he recognize a little eunuch as his son again
He could only serve as a servant, quietly waiting on the side, looking at Yong Zheng holding Fu Hui with envy, and teaching him to write hand in hand.
"I don't want to write anymore!" Fu Hui mischievously threw the pen away, "Huang Ama, I want to ride a horse!"
After he finished speaking, he jumped down from Yongzheng's lap, ran to Yuan Chunwang, pointed at him and said, "Hurry down, I want to ride a horse!"
Yuan Chunwang was stunned for a moment, and the eunuch behind him pressed him to the ground involuntarily: "Eighth brother is going to ride a horse, you didn't hear me, get down!"
Why? He is the son of the emperor, am I not the son of the emperor? A surge of anger rose in Yuan Chunwang's heart, and he was about to get up, but he felt his back sinking, and it was Fuhui who was riding on his back.
Fu Hui laughed and shouted: "Huang Ma, look, my son is riding! Drive! Drive! Run faster, hurry! Hurry!" Yongzheng laughed loudly: "Fuhui, be careful, don't fell!"
Yuan Chunwang gritted his teeth and crawled on the ground, bowing his head deeply, lest they see the pain and hatred on his face.
As Yongzheng's favorite son, Fuhui lived freely and without any scruples. He used Yuan Chunwang as a horse all day long, and was accustomed to his silence and obedience. He thought that a real horse had the same temperament. fell.
"How do you all take care of the eighth elder brother, a bunch of trash!" Yong Zheng lost his temper in the elder brother's office, pointing to the palace maid and eunuch kneeling on the ground, "Pull it down, each person is responsible for thirty!"
Yuan Chunwang was also among them.
Clap, clap, clap, the stick fell on the meat, and there were screams around him, but he clenched his fists and took it without saying a word.
At night, Yuan Chunwang limped into Fuhui's room, stared at Fuhui sleeping on the bed, and then smiled.
He hasn't laughed once since his adoptive mother died.
Today was his first time laughing. It was gorgeous and eye-catching, like a colorful poisonous snake. It was born in the conspiracy and cunning of the Forbidden City. Then he quietly walked to the window, hula, and opened the window. The cold wind came in from the outside. , Fu Hui behind him coughed.
Yuan Chunwang smiled and opened all the windows in the bedroom...
"After Fuhui died of illness, I and the other servants were sentenced to the Xinzhe Warehouse." The candle was dimly lit, half of the candle was broken. In the flickering warehouse, Yuan Chunwang gently stroked Wei Yingluo's hair. Whispered, "I don't regret it, I just hate it."
Hate the eighth uncle, he lost in the fight for the throne, and he vented his resentment on a nearly six-year-old child.
Hate Yongzheng, his own son was standing in front of him, but he turned a blind eye.
Hate Fuhui, everyone is obviously a brother, but forced him to be a bull and a horse.
"...What I hate most is this ridiculous world." Yuan Chunwang suddenly burst out laughing, with a lingering gloom in his laughter, "What did I do wrong, why are all the misfortunes befalling me! Mingming They are close brothers, with the same blood flowing on their bodies, all of them are high above, but I am on the ground, becoming the lowest servant in the world!"
There was a tear in Wei Yingluo's eyes.
She actually woke up halfway through and kept her eyes closed, listening to Yuan Chunwang tell about her unknown past.
"Yingluo, the way of heaven is unfair, the world is ruthless, if you don't want to be a mermaid, you can only hold a knife!" Yuan Chunwang looked down at her and smiled softly, "But don't be afraid, my brother will protect you, because you are me, I am you, this In the world, only you and I are as miserable, and only you and I can warm each other and sympathize with each other."
After speaking, he lowered his head and gently kissed the teardrop on her face.
Wei Yingluo was taken aback.
I didn't open my eyes before, and now I don't even dare to open my eyes.
She could only continue to pretend to be asleep and let the other party put her lips on her eyes. Those cold lips gradually took on the temperature of her tears.
Little did she know that Jinxiu had found her in the warehouse, and by coincidence, she stumbled upon this scene, and she was stunned in front of the door, her eyes filled with uncontrollable jealousy.