Li Chaoge couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard it, what kind of dynasty is this, there is even a high priest? In order to comply with the prophecy of the high priest, is it necessary to strangle a living child to death
Apparently, other people in the palace also felt that it was too cruel. The maid who spoke first knelt on the ground, her voice trembling: "Queen..."
"Respect your elders, and take the eldest son away. As for the one who was born later, let's assume that he has no destiny with me." The woman behind the screen paused after finishing speaking, and said harshly, "Bring water. "
"queen!"
"Hurry up, everything will be late when the king comes up in a while." Although the woman's voice was weak, there was a kind of resolute madness in her words, "My son is the destiny of heaven, and my son will be the kingdom of Kui." King of ? How can Xuan Ji compete with me?"
Li Chaoge didn't know? She didn't know why she had this kind of dream, since she didn't wake up, she just looked at it casually. But when she heard that woman's words, she suddenly became vigilant.
Kui country?? Did she hear it wrong? The woman called the queen said that her child is the king of Kui Kingdom
The servant girl had no choice but to go outside to fetch water. After a while, she came back with a copper basin, her hands were shaking, "Queen, here comes the water."
Through the screen, Li Chaoge vaguely saw a woman struggling to get up from the bed, holding a child in her arms, with fetal blood still remaining on her body. She put the child in the water basin, and kept her hands downward, as if she was going to drown him.
Li Chaoge couldn't stand it anymore, she wanted to stop it, but found that she couldn't move, as if restrained in place by an invisible force. Li Chaoge hadn't felt such a feeling of powerlessness for a long time. She felt a chill all over her body, as if she had been submerged in water, and then a sense of suffocation came.
The child choked on the water, paddled feebly in the water, crying like a kitten. The woman's hands began to tremble, and the maid couldn't stand it any longer. She knelt down with a plop, and said, "Queen, no matter what, this is your own flesh and blood. The palace is so big, where can't you raise a child? You can count him? It’s better to hand it to someone outside the palace than to drown him right now.”
The woman seemed to have lost her strength, and she was in a daze for a long time without moving. Seeing this, the servant hurried forward and snatched the child from Queen? The child didn't know that he escaped death, he coughed up two mouthfuls of water, and moved his fist, as if trying to grasp the hard-won heat source. Obviously he almost died just now, but now he was leaning on the servant girl's arm, grinning again.
The surrounding scene changed, Li Chaoge just blinked, and stood in a new palace again. This palace is far worse than the previous one. The palace is empty. As far as the eye can see, all the doors and windows are firmly closed. There is no decoration in the palace. Something was knocked over and fell down like a person.
Only children are afraid of being hit by debris. Li Chaoge walked in slowly, and sure enough, he saw a child sitting on the ground. This? The child looks to be about two years old. He looks like a pink makeup, and his features can be seen at a young age, but his skin is very fair, as if he has never been exposed to the sun.
There was no one in the hall, so he could only stay by himself. He knelt on the ground, and carefully touched the sunlight on the ground with his fingers, which was the only ray of light in the palace. He guarded the sunlight on the ground, every inch the sunlight moved, he moved forward with it? An inch, slowly, the sun set, and the last ray of light disappeared.
His eyes were pitch-black, as if they would glow in the dark palace, but at this moment, those eyes dimmed. He lowered his head, and at that moment Li Chaoge strangely understood his thoughts.
The sun is gone, and the long night begins again.
He obediently changed to another place to sit, and after a while, the door was quietly pushed open, and the food delivery person put the food box on the ground, but he didn't show up, and immediately closed the door again. He stepped forward to eat with staggering steps, and everything that was familiar seemed to have passed by many times.
People like Li Chaoge who were raised rough can't stand it. Who are his parents? How can they raise their children like this? He is only two years old, and his peers should have been running long ago, but he can't even walk steadily.
He couldn't lift the food box, so Li Chaoge approached, wanting to help him get things. When she touched the food box, Li Chaoge's fingers passed through the air, and the surrounding scene changed again.
This time, he has grown taller again. He is about four or five years old. The four or five-year-old boy couldn't be locked at all, so he quietly ran out from the crack of the door while the palace people were not paying attention.
He climbed over walls, climbed trees, and drilled holes all the way, as if he had rehearsed several times. He ran into the garden, as far as he had ever been before, and was in a very happy mood. Li Chaoge found that she seemed to be bound to this little boy. When he ran outside, she was forced to keep up, and the distance could not exceed one zhang. The palace guards who looked after him had long been left behind, but he was smart enough to avoid bumping into people, so he avoided them all the way. But he was too young after all, he forgot his whereabouts in joy, and bumped into a servant by accident.
The servant's eyes widened when he saw him. The servant quickly glanced back, lowered his voice, and yelled at the guards on both sides: "Where are the wild cats and dogs disturbing your son's study? Take it away!"
He was easily grabbed by the arm and could not move. The guards saw him drooping his eyelids and were about to leave with him. He didn't want to be sent back? Go, struggling hard. Once he goes back, he will never find a chance to come out again!
In the chaos, a soft and pleasant child's voice came from behind the bushes. Although the voice is immature, but the articulation of the accent shows the noble status: "Who is here?"
The servant tensed up all of a sudden, and he walked back with small steps, his voice cautious: "Back? Eldest son, it's just a wild cat."
"In the palace, even a wild cat is more noble than others." The child called the eldest son was obviously young, but there was a sense of deterrence in his words. Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows, this? It's not easy for a child, how old is he, and he knows how to hide words
That? Eldest Young Master seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and said lightly: "Bring him here."
"My lord..."
Inside? There was the sound of flipping over the bamboo slips, but the eldest son did not speak again. Li Chaoge saw the servants coming out dripping with sweat, and waved to the guards, motioning for them to let them down. The servant looked at the little boy in front of him, sighed softly, and said, "I'm going to take you to see the Eldest Young Master. You must be quiet after meeting the Young Master, understand?"
The little boy nodded. Although he was young, his instinct told him that these people in front of him should not be offended, even worse than Aunt Xiang who took care of him.
After the little boy was brought to the bush by the servants, Li Chaoge also saw the face of the eldest son. As soon as it came into view, Li Chaoge gasped.
exactly the same.
Sure enough, this little boy was the twin brother who was almost drowned at the beginning, and the eldest son in front of him was undoubtedly the twin brother who was favored by his parents and priests.
The little boy didn't react much when he saw the eldest son. He was young and had never looked in a mirror, so naturally he didn't know what he looked like. But the servants around? They all had strange expressions. The Eldest Young Master sat on the couch, glanced at him, and sighed: "It really is the same."
Everyone lowered their heads even more, not daring to answer. It was the first time for the little boy to see so many people in his life, and he was shocked by the scene in front of him, especially the person sitting on the couch, who was obviously about the same age as him, but far more leisurely and calm than him.
The little boy clenched his hands and asked, "Who are you?"
"Who am I?" The eldest son raised his eyes, seemed to think about it, and said, "According to the rules, you should call me Brother Wang."
The little boy stumbled and asked back: "Brother Wang?"
Except for Aunt Xiang and the attendant who guarded him, the little boy had never seen anyone else, had never read a book, never learned to write, and had no idea what "Brother Wang" meant. The eldest son saw that he had the same face as his own, but he looked ignorant. The eldest son looked uncomfortable, pointed to the book on his desk, and asked, "Do you know how to read?"
The little boy shook his head, he didn't understand this? What the beautiful young man said, but his instinct told him that he didn't know anything. The eldest son sighed: "I don't know how to read yet. Is it true that the queen mother raised you? You are like a cat and dog, locked in the cold palace?"
The attendant next to him? He was sweating coldly: "My lord..."
The eldest son has been intelligent since he was a child. He can read and write since he was three years old. He is usually calm like a child. But the servant still couldn't figure it out. The queen kept the news of the twins so tightly that even the king didn't know that when two children were born, how did the eldest son know that the queen hid a son
And he also knew that he was in the cold palace.
The eldest son patted the place next to the little boy, beckoning him to come closer, pushed Mo away with his own hands, and asked, "Do you have a name?"
The little boy was stunned. He stood on the ground, wanting to approach but not daring to approach. Seeing his expression, the eldest son already understood. He took a pen and slowly wrote a word "?" on the bamboo slips: "I originally wanted to teach you how to write your name, but the queen mother hasn't given it to you yet, so forget it. Are you Members of the Qin family should use the kingly way as their rope. What I teach you today is the word 'king'."
After the eldest son finished writing, he glanced at him and asked, "I'll only teach it once. Have you learned it yet?"
The little boy nodded slowly. Seeing his dull look, the eldest son threw the pen to him, and said without any hope in his heart: "Write one? Show me."
The waiter looked at him and wanted to wipe off his sweat. The eldest son is a child prodigy. He has been able to do anything since elementary school, so he naturally doesn't understand the situation of ordinary children. A wild child who seldom talks to people and has never touched a pen and ink, it is good if he can hold a pen, how can he be expected to learn to write after just reading it
But that wild child held the pen and actually wrote it out. His movement of holding the pen is very stiff, and his writing posture is not right, but the strokes of the word "Wang" are the same as what the eldest son wrote just now. The Eldest Young Master let out a sigh of relief, and said, "It's not stupid, it's much better than my? Several? Brother Wang."
The servant's eyes widened, obviously shocked. Li Chaoge was also very surprised. Reading? A child who was carefully raised by others may not be able to write with one stroke at the age of five, but he did it. Sure enough, they are twins, with the same appearance, and even the same intelligence
The little boy held the pen, unable to understand the situation at the moment. He doesn't know whether what he writes is right or wrong, Aunt Xiang sometimes doesn't like him acting too smart. He instinctively stretched out his hand, wanting to return the pen to the eldest son. But the eldest son avoided it indifferently, and said: "I never? Never touch anything used by others. I gave it to you. Take it back? Go ahead."
Holding the pen in his hand, the little boy was in a dilemma, not understanding what he did wrong. The eldest son lowered his head and continued to read the book? The little boy realized that the other party didn't want to talk, so he quietly stood aside. He tightly held the pen in his hand, and couldn't help but peek at the eldest son sitting on the couch.
The scene that he glimpsed at this moment today is a scenery that he has never seen before, including this handsome, intelligent, and dignified young man, it is a world that he has never been exposed to.
There were hurried footsteps outside, and a gorgeously dressed woman walked over quickly. Seeing the two of them, her pupils constricted.
The little boy was ignorant, and looked curiously at the beautiful and dignified woman in front of him. He also saw Aunt Xiang behind the woman. The eldest son stood up and saluted unhurriedly: "Mother's queen."
The queen regards the eldest son as her lifeline, but at this moment, she is staring at the people on the ground, unable to say a complete sentence for a long time: "You...how do you..."
"Mother's queen." The eldest son coldly cut off the queen's words, "Do you really think father doesn't know what you do? He is getting older, and there will always be a day when he can't hide it. Instead of letting Xuanji If your son grows up, it is better to let him out."
"But, you..."
The eldest son turned his head to look at the little boy. Children don't understand the eldest son's eyes, but Li Chaoge understood it all at once. The eldest son didn't want these words to be heard, so he pointed to the chessboard next to him and said, "This is my new white jade chess, take him down to play."
Here's the waiter, step forward and leave with the little boy in his arms. Li Chaoge wanted to hear this very much. The little evildoer, who is so wise and close to a demon, wanted to say something to the queen, but the boy was taken away, and Li Chaoge followed Piaoyuan irresistibly. The servant put the little boy far away on the stone table, and he sat on the stone, playing with the chessboard in his hand, very well-behaved. The breeze blew, and purple petals fell from the top of his head. Li Chaoge looked at the dense chessboard lines in the little boy's hand, and suddenly felt dizzy.
There seemed to be a muffled thunder in his ears. Li Chaoge opened his eyes suddenly, and just in time saw a chessboard in front of him. The rain of purple flowers rustled down, spreading a thin layer on the chessboard. Li Chaoge pressed her temples. At this moment, she found that she was still leaning on Gu Mingke's shoulder. He supported the window sill with one hand, and seemed to be asleep.
Will Gu Mingke fall asleep
There was another burst of thunder from the sky, and Gu Mingke suddenly woke up. He frowned, with his fingers resting between his brows, looking uncomfortable.
Li Chaoge looked at him and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"
Gu Mingke turned his head, saw Li Chaoge, and paused for a moment before realizing where it was. He turned his head and scanned the surrounding area to make sure that he was still in the palace. Li Chaoge fell asleep leaning against him just now, but Gu Mingke didn't want to disturb her, so he didn't move, and before he knew it, he fell asleep too.
Gu Mingke pressed the center of his eyebrows again, and said, "It's okay, I had a dream. Have you been awake for a long time?"
He was dreaming too? Li Chaoge didn't reveal his dream, but said: "No, I just woke up too. I've been pillowing on your shoulder, are you tired?"
Gu Mingke gently waved his hand, indicating that he was fine. He was not in a high mood, not because of Li Chaoge.
The maid came in to close the window, saw them, and hurriedly said: "Princess Sheng Yuan, son-in-law, you are finally awake. The queen was sleepy just now, and she was accompanied by Liu Lang to go back to rest. The queen saw that you were in a deep sleep before she left, so she didn't let you sleep." The slaves are waking you up. Outside? It’s thundering. I’m afraid it will rain soon. The servants are worried that the princess and the son-in-law will catch a cold. Fortunately, you are awake.”
Only then did Li Chaoge notice that the hall was quiet. She stood up, and seeing that Gu Mingke was not moving, she stretched out her hand to him and said, "Let's go, let's go back too."
Gu Mingke looked at her palm, feeling in a daze. He quickly came to his senses, he is Beichen Tianzun, and now he is performing tasks in the mortal world. The Kingdom of Kui has perished, and now it is the Tang Dynasty. This is the princess of the Tang Dynasty and his wife.
Gu Mingke took her palm, and the two of them held tightly as soon as their fingers touched. Without using Li Chaoge's strength, Gu Mingke stood up from the couch.
The palace maid saw her blushing and lowered her eyes. The relationship between Princess Sheng Yuan and the son-in-law is really good. Just now, the two fell asleep leaning against each other. Princess Sheng Yuan was pillowed on the shoulder of the son-in-law, while the son-in-law was leaning on the window to close his eyes. Both of them were picturesque, beautiful and purple The petals fell on the two of them, like a couple of gods. The maid didn't dare to disturb them. The queen came to see them and didn't have the heart to wake them up. Instead, she took Liulang Goro and a group of attendants and left.
Now, the two wake up together, and even go back to the palace holding hands.
Outside? It's windy and humid, and it's going to rain soon. The clothes of Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke were blown up layer by layer. When they returned to the bedroom, there were already bean-sized raindrops falling outside the corridor.
Along the way, Gu Mingke walked outside, blocking Li Chaoge from the wind outside the corridor. Li Chaoge wasn't very wet, but the edges of Gu Mingke's clothes were soaked. Gu Mingke went to the back to change clothes, and Li Chaoge also removed the hairpin and loosened his hair under the service of the maid. Li Chaoge took off the big-sleeved skirt outside, and went into the clean room to take a bath. When she came out in her middle coat, Gu Mingke also tidied it up.
It was already late at night, and both of them changed into snow-white jackets that were close-fitting. The maids arranged the bedding, brought candles, and asked, "Princess, son-in-law, do you need a vigil tonight?"
Li Chaoge's body became stiff, she quickly glanced at Gu Mingke, and said, "No need."
How the two of them slept today is still a problem. If one of the maids is kept under their bed, then no one will die. The maid clearly agreed, the princess and the son-in-law have a good relationship, so naturally they don't like other people keeping watch at night, the maid said: "The servant is outside the palace, if the princess and the son-in-law need water, just tell the servant to come."
Li Chaoge instinctively asked: "Water?"
Gu Mingke came over, pressed Li Chaoge's shoulder, and said to the maid: "I know? Got it. You guys go down."
The maid's eyes swept across Gu Mingke and then Li Chaoge, blushed slightly, bowed and stepped back. Li Chaoge realized later? After realizing it, he finally came to his senses.
After the nobles finished exercising at night, many of them would ask someone to bring water in, scrub them clean before going to bed. Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke didn't have this trouble, so naturally they never called for water at night, so Li Chaoge didn't realize just now, what water does she need
It turns out that this is the court lady? It means...
Worse still, she asked. Li Chaoge was embarrassed all over? Something was wrong, and Gu Mingke didn't expect Li Chaoge to be so daring to say it. He flicked out the candle, and the bedroom was suddenly plunged into darkness. Gu Mingke was dressed in white and stood in the darkness, saying: "There are people outside, please lie on the bed and make a show."
Li Chaoge nodded, climbed onto the bed numbly, and wrapped himself up with the quilt. After a while, there was a slight sound of walking next to him: "Are you not hot?"
Li Chaoge's eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, and he said angrily, "Can you see it?"
"Hush." Gu Mingke sat on the edge of the bed and whispered, "Keep your voice down." Li Chaoge was dizzy, he didn't know whether he was angry, hot or embarrassed. The Xinggong is different from the Princess Mansion, in addition to the maids they bring, there are also many maids from the Xinggong itself, so Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke can't sleep separately like in the Princess Mansion, they still have to put on a show.
Li Chaoge lay down for a while, patted the bed to Gu Mingke, and said, "Lie down, and wait for them to fall asleep before you act. Otherwise, you sit motionless by my bed, as if you want to murder me."
Gu Mingke was amused: "What are you thinking about every day?"
Even so, Gu Mingke lay down. He leaned against the edge, half an arm away from Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge also moved towards the wall silently. Although no one spoke, the atmosphere was very awkward.
Li Chaoge felt that this embarrassment could not continue, and rounded up the field: "It's not like we haven't slept in the same bed before, so don't be nervous."
There was silence beside him for a while, and Gu Mingke rang out with some patience: "Stop talking."
Li Chaoge thought she was kind enough to explain him away, but he thought she was too talkative. Li Chaoge turned around, turned his back to Gu Mingke and closed his eyes, not bothering to talk to him anymore.
Outside? The rain is knocking on the window eaves, and the sound is ding dong ding dong. I don't know where the fragrance of flowers floats into the palace. Li Chaoge wanted to rest and lie down for a while, but breathing in the light and sweet fragrance, he fell asleep without noticing.
She went back to the dream just now. That frail little boy has grown up again. This time, he put on heavy clothes, and the number of servants around him has increased a lot, but he still lives in the original cold palace.
Others called him "Second Young Master", but he lived alone in the cold palace, rarely went out, and almost no one came to see him. In the quiet palace, he was sitting in front of the table, the sunlight climbed up his fingers and cheeks, and then slowly disappeared into the west window. Day by day, he was reading a book, reading a lot of books.
This seems to be a picture with the sound cut off? During the long years of growing up, he has countless classics and memorized content every day. Sometimes in the dead of night, there would be a servant rushing over with a bunch of books in his arms, piled them in his case, and said in a low voice: "Second son, these books? The eldest son has no time to read them, you must memorize them by heart. If necessary, like last time."
He nodded silently, he didn't ask, and the servant didn't mention it, so Li Chaoge didn't know? Like last time, what exactly was it like
I don't know how long it has passed, but the boy with picturesque features is slender and tall, showing his good figure with broad shoulders and long legs. This day seems to be very grand, he put on a dark black clothes, with a ring around his waist, solemn and quiet gestures, standing there like a born nobleman. The attendant led him and walked towards a palace along the secret passage: "Second son, thirty or ten guests came today, and the four princes from all over the world came three out of four. Your Majesty attaches great importance to this discussion, and Kui Kingdom? Whether you become famous or not, it's all in one fell swoop."
The Second Young Master didn't say anything, and walked quietly in the dark and silent passage. The attendant continued to explain: "Even if the eldest son is born precocious, it is too much to learn so many things. After a while, the two of you will take turns to appear on the stage. When you go out, second son, you don't need anything but scriptures? Said, if someone asks you about your life, you should be quiet, and then the eldest son will find a way to smooth things over. This discussion is very important, and it must not be seen that you are two people."
The second son lowered his eyes, and said the only sentence Li Chaoge had ever said since he fell asleep for the second time: "I know."
Li Chaoge woke up from the dream, the tip of his nose seemed to still be filled with that cold fragrance. Li Chaoge sniffed and found that it was coming from around him.
She actually slept through the night. Li Chaoge blinked, and found that he was leaning against Gu Mingke's shoulder, his hand was still on his arm, and his breath was full of his breath. Li Chaoge clearly remembered that before she fell asleep last night, she turned sideways to face the wall, and the distance between her and Gu Mingke was enough to sleep another person. When did she roll over
Li Chaoge quietly withdrew his hand and moved himself back silently. She had never slept with anyone before, so she didn't know that she had a problem with rolling around. However, it's all for her to fall asleep. What's going on with Gu Mingke
He closed his eyes and lay quietly on the bed, his sleeping posture was upright and stable, his eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes. He looked beautiful and harmless when he was asleep, but his brows were slightly frowning, as if he was not in a pleasant dream.
What's up with him? Li Chaoge went over to sniff Gu Mingke's collar by a strange coincidence. She always felt that the smell was very similar to the one in her dream.
Li Chaoge wanted to smell it again, so he opened his eyes. The two looked at each other, and Li Chao was still pinching Gu Mingke's collar.
The two looked at each other for a long time, Li Chaoge let go of his collar stiffly, and said, "I just want to see what kind of fabric this is, don't you misunderstand."