There was the sound of babbling and babbling reading in the study room, and the Tai Tuo, who stood with his hands behind his back, looked seriously at the prince and princess who shook their heads. Although he was old, the emperor who respected him very much still taught the royal heirs the important task handed over to him.
There are not many royal heirs. There are only six princes and princesses in total.
A few accompanying readers who couldn't sit still just opened their mouths without making a sound, thinking that the Taifu didn't pay attention, and secretly threw small notes at each other, discussing with great interest where to go to play after leaving the palace.
The Tai Tuo who is good at teaching young children suddenly turned around and called out their names with a sullen face.
"If you guys don't recite your books well, you will all be punished by me!"
The accompanying readers who were caught all stood up obediently, and then went to stand outside Shang's study in desperation.
The Shang Study Room, which was no longer disturbed, was quiet again. The Taifu was explaining the scriptures to the prince and princess, when he suddenly heard the accompanying readers who were punished to stand outside whispering enthusiastically and laughing loudly.
Taifu angrily pushed open the door and reprimanded them sharply.
"You guys stand up for me! Don't talk!"
Seeing him coming out, the accompanying readers who were gathered together hurriedly stood in a vertical row against the wall, staring at each other and daring not to speak again.
Therefore, Taifu saw the little doll who was surrounded by them just now.
The little doll was pink and jade-carved, with big watery eyes and black and clear skin, and his skin was soft and smooth. He was wearing two lovely buns, and he was wearing a peach-colored thin dress with frost-coloured collar. The word "Chen" is embroidered with gold thread.
Tai Tu's face changed slightly.
He is the bird of the prince.
The royal family surnamed Yuan sits on thousands of miles of land and holds tremendous power, but the Tai Tuo who has served three emperors knows that there is a tacit secret among the royal family.
The ancestor of the Yuan surname who established the dynasty once took a Miaojiang woman as his concubine. When he was young, he favored the harem, but when he got bored, he abandoned it and let the Miaojiang concubine cry day and night.
Later, in order to win back the emperor's heart, the woman from Miaojiang used her own family's secret technique to cast a voodoo on him, forcing him to rely on her own blood in order to survive, thinking that by doing so, she would be able to regain her favor.
But when the arrogant emperor learned that his weakening was a method used by the Miao Jiang woman, he immediately ordered her to be executed, and used her blood to dispel the gu for himself.
The Miao Jiang woman died with hatred. Her relatives far away in southern Xinjiang were filled with grief and anger after learning what the emperor had done. The whole family spared no effort to avenge the Miao Jiang woman with the ultimate forbidden technique.
They cursed that the descendants of the emperor Yuan surnamed must rely on the blood of the world's most yin physique to survive after they grow up, otherwise they will gradually weaken until the descendants are cut off.
People with the most yin physique in the world are really rare, even if they exhaust their whole life, they may not be able to meet them, and the slim hope is like a big wave washing the sand.
The emperor who had been banned had no time to drag the Miao Jiang girl's family out to flog the corpse, so he had to quickly send countless people to search for the most yin person in the world.
The forbidden technique began to take effect after the death of all the relatives of the women in Miaojiang. The emperor's strong body gradually weakened, and soon he was dying on the sick bed. He continued his life with Tianshan snow lotus and thousand-year-old ginseng all day long.
Just when he had been desperately holding on for a month and couldn't take it any longer, the guard in charge of the search killed several horses and finally brought back a woman with the most yin physique in time.
The woman is a village woman in the mountains, unaware of the catastrophe that she and her descendants are about to face.
After the emperor drank her blood, he recovered day by day. For the sake of his descendants, he accepted the village woman as a concubine, and forced the captured Miaojiang people to perform some voodoo techniques. They are all yin constitutions.
The village woman behaved crudely, and her appearance was inferior to that of the most inferior maid in the palace, and every time the emperor saw her, he would think of the hatred he had been calculated by the Miao Jiang woman's family, and he was also full of disgust towards the village woman.
Therefore, he called the village women and their descendants the same "eunuchs" as "sparrow people", and they were imprisoned in the deep palace as a secret existence to continue the lives of their descendants.
Like a weak bird in a cage.
To be human without being treated as human.
Normally, the royal family with the Yuan surname would exhaust the blood of the male sparrows and reproduce the next generation of sparrows with the female sparrows.
Perhaps it was because the blood of the royal family was integrated into the Yin constitution, and each subsequent generation of sparrows got better and better in appearance, and even this generation is even worse.
I heard that there were three sparrows this time, and the most beautiful of them was the little doll who was assigned to the prince.
It's a pity it's a man.
Tai Tu couldn't interfere with the deep-rooted secrets of the royal family, but he couldn't help but feel pity for the innocent village women and descendants.
As if sensing that his gaze was full of love, the delicate little doll looked up at him timidly and asked in a childish voice.
"Uncle, I'm lost, can you take me back?"
Although he looked ignorant, the little baby's articulate words were quite clear and he was very polite.
The Tai Tuo's love for him was even stronger, so he bent down and said kindly.
"Uncle is a little busy now, let the palace servants take you back, okay?"
Upon hearing the palace man, the little baby quickly shook her head like a rattle, with a hint of resistance showing on her pink face.
He ran towards Taifu and hugged his leg tightly, then raised his head and begged him limply.
"No palace man, uncle, can you take me back?"
Although the blood of the royal family flows through the sparrows, due to the extreme aversion to the sparrows by the ancestors, the status of the sparrows for generations in the palace is extremely low, and even the eunuchs can bully them at will.
The Taifu's heart softened into a puddle of water when he was stared into by his big black eyes, and he couldn't help but reached out and stroked his head.
At this time, the princes who found out that the Tai Tuo had been away for a long time and didn't come back began to feel restless. The most mischievous third prince sneaked out half of his head from the door of the Shang study, and was dumbfounded when he saw the strange little doll. Then he pointed to the word "Chen" on the collar of the little doll and shouted in surprise.
"It's the prince's elder brother's sparrow!"
The royal sons and daughters of the Yuan family knew about the existence of sparrow people since they were young, but they would not have contact with them until they were adults.
So what the third prince said made the princes and princesses inside couldn't help running out of curiosity to look at it, and surrounded the little doll.
Even the most expensive little princesses were not as good-looking as the doll in front of them. They pinched the little doll's soft face for a while, and tugged at the clothes on him while they were full of interest.
The child's attack was not serious, and it soon left a sharp pinch mark on the baby's white and tender face.
The fourth prince couldn't help muttering in a low voice.
"Why is he more delicate than Sixth Sister? I just pinched him lightly."
The sixth younger sister who was named had heard about sparrows from her mother and concubine, and only knew that they were the most humble people in the palace, so she was very upset when she heard that she was compared with sparrows, she pouted and pushed the restless little doll hard , and then said arrogantly.
"I am the most honorable princess in the world, how can he be qualified to compare with me!"
Seeing that the sixth younger sister was angry, the fourth prince quickly changed his words to comfort him.
"That's right, that's right, Sixth Sister is a real princess, no one can compare to Sixth Sister."
Caught off guard, the little doll who was pushed fell to the ground. After staying there for a while, his eyes slowly filled with watery tears, like crystal clear pearls rolling over his snow-white cheeks. It looks more transparent and moist.
He didn't cry like other children, but with bushy eyelashes hanging down like a feather fan, he was sobbing and choking softly, as if he was trying to hold back but couldn't, his red nose looked pitiful.
The prince and princess stared at him blankly, suddenly felt a strong sense of guilt in their hearts, and couldn't say anything for a while.
Afraid that a conflict was about to arise, the Tai Tu hurriedly drove them all back to the Shang's study, while pondering in embarrassment how to arrange for this lost little doll.
After he urged the prince and princess back to their seats one by one, he found that the sobbing little doll had also followed in. He was anxiously pulling at the corner of his clothes as if afraid of being left behind, looking uneasy and obedient.
Walking to the right of the Tai Tuo in the middle is the fifth prince who is a compatriot with Liumei and his mother. He just saw Liumei get angry because of the little baby and wanted to help her vent her anger, so he grabbed the little baby by the back collar and pulled him away. He pushed hard towards the prince who was sitting upright in the first row, and said with a laugh.
"Where is your prince brother, don't pester Taifu."
His strength was so reckless, the pushed end of the little baby bumped into the Prince's back, the hard touch made the little baby burst into tears.
He was at a loss, sobbing and yelling ignorantly.
"Prince... Brother Prince..."
He was hiccupping from crying, and his milky voice was full of fear, uneasiness and grievance, and unconsciously tightened the crown of the prince's clothes, not daring to let go.
In these malicious looks, apart from the kind Taifu, only the prince who had never glanced at him remained silent.
As the only son of the empress, the prince who had been placed with high hopes since he was a child lived up to the expectations of everyone and showed extraordinary talent early on. He was young and mature, with a deep mind, quite similar to the current emperor, so he was established as the prince when he was young. No one can shake his supreme status second only to the emperor.
The other princes and princesses are usually a little afraid of this over-mature elder brother, because he is indifferent and alienated to everyone, like a hard rock, without the slightest warmth.
Even when they couldn't help running out to see the sparrow just now, the prince just continued to study without moving his eyes.
So the fifth prince pushed the little baby over to embarrass him on purpose, because everyone thought the prince would ignore him at all.
The prince who was hit by the soft body turned his head to look at the wet little doll, his deep eyes fell on the word "Chen" embroidered with gold thread on his neckline, and his brows frowned a little.
The Taifu, who knew the prince's temperament well, hurried over to make a rescue, planning to take the bewildered little baby outside and hand it over to the palace servants to take care of.
The moment he touched the little baby's soft hair, the prince suddenly pulled the little baby away from the Taifu's hand, then looked at him with serious eyes and said.
"This is my sparrow."
The youthful eyebrows still had a bit of greenness and immaturity, but the sharp eyebrows were already filled with a compelling aura.
Although he was sitting and looking up at the Tai Tu, the Tai Tu had the illusion of being looked down upon for no reason, and his back shivered.
The prince's tone was flat, but the Taifu could realize his imperceptible emphasis.
This is my chick.
mine.
At a very young age, he had an absolute possessive desire for his belongings. The Tai Tuo was stunned for a while before he realized it, and asked tentatively in embarrassment.
"The prince looks at this sparrow..."
It seems that from the atmosphere of their stalemate, the prince who is expressionless is the most effective person to speak. The little doll who grew up watching him timidly looked at him with wet black eyes, showing a cautious expression in a fawning manner. With a smile, he yelled softly.
"Brother Prince..."
The prince stared straight at the dimples on his cheeks, and after a long silence, he held him and sat down beside him.
Each couch is very spacious, more than enough to accommodate two young children.
Seeing that the prince had turned his eyes back to the book again, the Tai Tu knew that this was his decision, so he stopped asking, and continued to teach Confucian classics with a clear cough.
The little baby is still too young to sit on the couch and can't see the books on the table. He sat nervously for a while and found that no one paid attention to him anymore. His tense nerves relaxed, and he was in a daze after a while. fell asleep.
When the chicken pecking rice's head almost hit the hard corner of the table, the prince reached out to cover his forehead, then silently turned his head to his side.
The little baby unconsciously grabbed the corner of his clothes and fell asleep with his head tilted, and rubbed him dependently.
The prince's stiff body slowly relaxed imperceptibly.