Sheng Cen took Tang Qiyuan directly through the resplendent palace in front, and came to the Lan Palace in the backyard. This is where he, his mother and brother have been living. As long as he can remember, his father has been very less come over.
The Lan Palace is different from the front. There are flowers and plants everywhere. There are red and pink flowers beside the green lawn. There are a few little rabbits on the grass, and there are hammocks beside the flowers. It is full of life everywhere, and the outside The cold palace is not the same at all.
"It's so beautiful here!" Tang Qiyuan looked around, and couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw the hammock.
Sheng Cen bent his lips, "My mother did it all."
Tang Qiyuan nodded. He noticed that the terrain of the Lan Palace is very flat. Where there are stairs, there will be landslides beside them. It should be prepared for Sheng Xi who has inconvenient legs. There is a basketball hoop in the open space in the courtyard. It should be for Sheng Cen. From these details, it can be seen that Empress Xia is very caring and loves her two sons very much.
Tang Qiyuan followed Sheng Cen through the Moon Gate, and a man who looked like a housekeeper greeted him. He first bowed to Sheng Cen, and said respectfully, "Second Highness."
He looked up and saw Tang Qiyuan next to Sheng Cen, who was a little surprised. This was the first time Sheng Cen brought his classmates back, but he quickly put away his surprised expression, and nodded to Tang Qiyuan with a polite smile. , "Hi, young master."
"Hi, grandpa."
"What's going on today?" Sheng Cen looked at the housekeeper and asked.
The steward quickly replied, "Today, His Majesty brought Mrs. Zhenwei to the palace again, and the queen pushed His Highness out to bask in the sun, just happened to meet, Mrs. Zhenwei...speaking a bit harshly, and took the opportunity to talk about His Highness's legs, you too I know that His Majesty has always felt that His Highness's legs are embarrassing for him, so when he heard Mrs. Zhenwei's words, he immediately became displeased, and asked the Queen to take His Highness out of the house less in the future, so as not to embarrass him... "
The steward's voice became lower and lower, and at the end, he couldn't help sighing. He had worked here for many years and took His Majesty's affairs seriously, but he spoke lightly and had no ability to change anything.
Sheng Cen's eyes sank, he suppressed his anger and asked, "What else?"
The housekeeper went on to say: "After your Majesty finished speaking, the Queen took His Royal Highness back to the Lan Palace. Unexpectedly, Sheng Lian came again after a while, saying that His Majesty asked him to visit His Highness, and asked the two brothers to communicate with each other. It's cold, he stayed here for a while, didn't know what to say, and just left."
Sheng Cen pursed his lips, nodded and said, "I see, Uncle Xiao, go ahead."
The housekeeper looked at him worriedly, and wanted to comfort him, but when he saw Tang Qiyuan standing beside him, he didn't say much, just nodded and left.
Sheng Cen stood there for half a minute, calmed down, took a deep breath, and walked into the room with Tang Qiyuan.
Tang Qiyuan originally thought that Empress Xia and Sheng Xi must be in a bad mood, but when he walked into the room, he saw them arranging flowers and discussing in a low voice from time to time which flower looks good. They seemed to be in a good mood. Can't help but secretly surprised.
Empress Xia was wearing a beige sweater. She had kind eyebrows and a gentle face. Tang Qiyuan had seen her many times on TV. Now when she saw her in real life, she realized that she was even more beautiful than on TV, with a gentle body. The generous temperament is natural.
Although Mrs. Zhenwei's face is gorgeous, her temperament is much worse than that of Queen Xia. Mrs. Zhenwei's whole person's eyebrows and eyes are full of meanness. Only His Majesty has no eyes and has ignored Queen Xia for many years, and loves Zhenwei alone. lady.
Sheng Xi was sitting in a wheelchair next to Empress Xia. He looked a lot like Sheng Cen. Because he had to sit in a wheelchair all year round, he didn't go out and walk around very often, and he rarely basked in the sun, so his complexion was a little sickly white, not like Sheng Cen. Sheng Cen's facial features are so handsome, his face looks more like Empress Xia, and he seems to have a good temper.
When Empress Xia and Sheng Xi saw Sheng Cen coming back with Tang Qiyuan, they couldn't help laughing, they all looked at Tang Qiyuan curiously and surprised, their faces were full of joy.
Empress Xia first smiled, then put down the flowers in her hand, wiped her hands, and pushed Sheng Xi over, "Cen Cen is back, who is this little classmate?"
Sheng Cen briefly introduced: "Tang Qiyuan, I am at the same table."
"Hello, Queen, and hello, Your Highness." Tang Qiyuan saluted respectfully.
Empress Xia quickly took his hand, smiled and said: "There are not so many rules here, you can call me auntie."
Sheng Xi nodded at the side, looked at Tang Qiyuan and said with a smile, "You can call me big brother just like Cen Cen."
Tang Qiyuan glanced at Sheng Cen, who nodded slightly, "Listen to them."
"Auntie, brother." Tang Qiyuan called obediently.
Empress Xia and Sheng Xi immediately laughed, their similar faces were full of kindness and gentleness.
Sheng Cen squeezed out a smile, pretending to know nothing, and sat down on the sofa pretending to be relaxed.
Sheng Xi was sitting in a wheelchair, and smiled at Tang Qiyuan in a soft voice: "Cen Cen has never brought his classmates back, you are the first one."
Sheng Cen raised his eyebrows, "I have to clarify, I was afraid that he would continue to bother me, so I asked him to follow."
Tang Qiyuan looked at Sheng Cen and then at Sheng Xi. He felt that their relationship didn't look as bad as it was rumored outside.
"Don't bully Xiaoqi." Before Tang Qiyuan had time to retort Sheng Cen, Empress Xia gave Sheng Cen a look, and took Tang Qiyuan to sit down on the sofa.
After the butler served tea, they sat on the sofa and chatted for a while. Empress Xia was very gentle and took care of Tang Qiyuan. Sheng Cen sat on the side, and usually didn't speak much, but if the tea in front of anyone was empty, he would sit up and silently fill it up for everyone.
Tang Qiyuan sat for a while, and under the loving gaze of Empress Xia, she gradually relaxed and became less restrained.
"I'll cook by myself tonight, Xiao Qi, you stay and taste my cooking." Empress Xia stood up enthusiastically, without giving Tang Qiyuan a chance to refuse, she went straight into the kitchen.
Sheng Xi looked at Empress Xia's back and smiled, and said to Tang Qiyuan: "You can stay for dinner, I can tell that my mother likes you very much, she hasn't been this happy for a long time."
Tang Qiyuan looked at Sheng Xi and nodded, "Okay then, thank you."
Sheng Xi smiled, nodded, and slid his wheelchair to help Queen Xia in the kitchen.
After they left, the smile on Sheng Cen's face suddenly dimmed. He looked in the direction of the kitchen and frowned, and walked over with a cigarette without saying a word.
Tang Qiyuan hesitated for a moment, then walked out with him.
The sky outside did not know when it darkened, and the cold wind swept the ground in bursts, and the sky in the distance was billowing with thick clouds, and it looked like a storm was about to come.
Sheng Cen stood under the eaves, leaning against the wall, he took out a cigarette, the light of the lighter flickered on and off, he exhaled the smoke, the cigarette between his fingers flickered faintly.
Tang Qiyuan opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, walked over and stood beside him quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, Sheng Cen suddenly spoke, his usually clear voice seemed dry in the darkness, "They were afraid that I would worry, so they pretended to be very happy."
Tang Qiyuan nodded slightly: "Your brother and mother are good people."
Empress Xia and Sheng Xi, who don't fight and don't fight, will be very happy if they live in an ordinary family, but it's a pity that they live in the royal family.
Sheng Cen took a deep breath of the cigarette, and the night and his dark pupils almost merged into one. He looked at the moon rising in the sky, and chuckled softly, "Yes, they are all good people, but it's a pity that good people don't get rewarded... So Let me be the bad guy and just protect them."
"No, you have to be a good person. A good person can truly protect a good person." Tang Qiyuan suddenly became serious, and looked at Sheng Cen and said seriously.
Sheng Cen exhaled a puff of smoke, and asked noncommittally, "Do you know how my brother's leg was injured?"
Tang Qiyuan shook his head. This has always been a secret of the royal family. Sheng Xi injured his leg when he was five years old. He fell down and was injured, but everyone knew that the truth of the matter would not be that simple. Sheng Xi was the first prince of the empire at that time, and the whole palace paid great attention to him. There were many people who took care of him, and he would not be left alone at all. Climb up the wall and fall off the wall.
Sheng Cen took a puff of cigarette and said slowly, "It was the day I was born, my mother was going into labor suddenly, but my father received the news that Mrs. Zhenwei was going to give birth too, so on the way to the hospital, He left my mother and us, and changed another car to see Zhenwei. After he left, our car was in a car accident. My brother's leg was completely crippled. My mother almost died of dystocia, and so did I. cannot be born."
He paused for a moment, then sneered coldly, "Do you think there is such a coincidence in this world? Sheng Lian was only born a few hours later than me. If my mother, my brother and I were born that night I have been dealt with together, now, are he and his mother already the legitimate queen and the only prince of the empire?"
Sheng Cen's voice was filled with a bottomless chill, which seemed extraordinarily cold in the night. Tang Qiyuan touched his arm unconsciously.
Sheng Cen took out another cigarette and wanted to light it, but Tang Qiyuan stepped forward and grabbed it, "You already smoked one just now, don't smoke it."
Sheng Cen was annoyed and couldn't help frowning, "Give it back to me."
Tang Qiyuan took a deep breath, looked at him and said, "Student Sheng, I don't know if they really did what happened back then, and I don't know how bad they are, but you can't just because they are bad people Turn yourself into a bad person, what you have to do is to use them to alert yourself, don't let yourself become like them."
Sheng Cen was stunned, when suddenly it began to rain, the light rain trickled down the eaves, and the air was quiet for a moment.
His face was hidden in the shadows, he twitched the corners of his mouth, and said in an indifferent voice, "My father's blood flows through my body, maybe I will become as selfish and indifferent as him, or maybe I am a bad person in the first place. "
"If genes were really that powerful, you wouldn't be so bad at studying."
Tang Qiyuan sighed, feeling that the tablemate really thought too much. Although His Majesty's character was a bit poor, his grades back then were not as bad as his.