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Chapter 664 Extra 2—Sister (Li Xiao)

The name Li Xiao has gone through countless ups and downs, but Li Xiao's experience is exactly the opposite.

 Li Xiao's life was very short and narrow.

His short and narrow life was extremely uneventful. He could not have imagined that there would be a more peaceful and peaceful life experience in the world than his own.

 The person who gave him this peaceful life was his sister, Li Shang.

 A sister’s life was very unstable. She took away his name and the wind and rain that belonged to him.

He and his sister have known each other before they were born, so he and his sister should be the closest people in the world.

 He is very similar to my sister, but also completely different.

 The similarity is in appearance, and only in appearance.

 My sister is strong and strong, but he is weak. My sister has never been picky about food, but he always lacks appetite for ordinary food.

When he was three years old, he was lying in his mother's arms, half asleep, with the wind and snow blowing outside the window, and there was no charcoal fire for heating in their residence. The steward's aunt asked for it in vain, but was ridiculed and humiliated. After returning empty-handed, he cried and apologized to his mother. .

Mother did not complain or get angry, she still patted him gently. After a long time, mother slowly spoke, her tone was calm and straight, like the winter snow falling quietly outside the window.

 Mother said something called "the weak eat the strong".

This made the young Li Xiao feel anxious for a while. He was so weak, would he be reduced to food, would he be abandoned and thrown away?

But the truth is exactly the opposite. Because of his frailty, he received a lot of attention and favor from his mother, and a lot of protection from his sister.

 A sister has had a lot of strength since she was a child. This strength is not only in her body, but also in her eyes.

A sister is really good at protecting people. He enjoys her protection very much. She is as tall as him, but whenever he stands behind her, he always feels as if he has nothing to fear.

 He thought so when he was a child.

 When he grew up, he still believed this and became more determined.

From the age of six or seven, he and his sister gradually realized that they were different from other princes and princesses. Their residence was remote, damp, full of insects and ants, close to the elephant garden, and often had a pungent smell.

Li Xiao thought there was nothing wrong with this. He liked those docile elephants very much.

 A sister said that she also likes elephants very much, but if it is not good, it is not good, and if it is unfair, it is unfair.

 A sister also said that if others have it, they should also have it.

 He asked his sister, "How can I have it?"

My sister, who was also young, was also stumped, but she said seriously: "Let me think about it."

Although he hasn’t been able to come up with a solution yet, Sister A has already started to ask him in advance: “A Xiao, what do you want?”

 She looked confident that when she thought of a solution, she would get it for him immediately.

 He replied: "I want to be with my sister and mother all the time."

"This is simple." My sister was not satisfied with his answer: "Is there anything else?"

He then replied: "I want a whole box full of lychees." This way my sister would not have to give him her own.

“This is easy.” My sister sat on the corridor with her hands on her side, looking up at the dark night sky: “Wait, I will think of a way.”

"Think carefully about what else you want, and remember to tell me at any time." Sister A told him: "Ah Xiao, you have to follow me closely."

 This is something my sister often says. She said, let him follow her closely so that she can protect him.

Li Xiao likes to be my sister's follower, so he always agrees seriously. That time, after he nodded in agreement, he also asked his sister: "Sister, what do you want?"

 A sister was sitting on the fence, swinging her legs, and her eyes were bright: "I want a sword."

Sister said: "If I hold it, no one will dare to bully us anymore."

The seven-year-old sister doesn’t have a sword yet, and Li Xiao doesn’t know how to get one, so they are still being bullied.

From the age of five or six, Li Xiao has been attending elementary school classes with the princes, but he is in poor health and often misses classes. In addition, he likes to sit at the back and hopes that no one will ever notice him, because when those people do, they will bully him.

When class was over, he would always pretend to put away his pen and ink, until the princes had all left, laughing and joking, before he dared to get up. Whenever he was the last one to leave without being embarrassed, he would breathe a sigh of relief and feel that he had escaped. Tribulation.

 But not every time you can escape luckily.

 The person who took the lead in bullying him was the third prince.

The third prince’s original mother-in-law was an ordinary concubine, but since his birth, he has been raised by the eldest grandson’s empress and treated her as her own child.

 Children in the palace know how to distinguish between pros and cons from a very young age. Many princes, as well as the accompanying family members and princes, like to surround the third prince.

 Li Xiao did not.

 It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but he doesn’t dare.

Those people would always ridicule him as a sick young man like a broom star, and their mocking words and demeanor day after day were no less severe than when their fists fell directly on him.

Li Xiao did not dare to get close to the third prince. On the contrary, the third prince disliked him more and more. When he was angry occasionally, he would always vent his anger on the young Li Xiao.

Li Xiao was so scared that he even looked forward to the day when he would get sick and he would not have to go to class.

 Once, he was shaking with chills due to high fever. He cried and asked his mother if he could stop going to class.

My sister was standing by and saw that he was really scared, so she also helped him to beg his mother.

The mother's tone was always gentle when speaking to him, but her correction tone left no room for discussion: "You can't say such silly things."

 His mother told him that as long as he is the son of his father, he must go to school.

If he doesn't go, the father will completely forget about mother and son.

 In that case, they will be trapped here for the rest of their lives.

Li Xiao was frightened and desperate, and could only nod obediently with tears in his eyes.

The days that were extremely scary and seemed to have no end ended unexpectedly one day.

 One day, Li Xiao was teased by the third prince and others and fell into the water.

He was seriously ill. When he woke up, he saw his sister put on his robe.

From then on, he stopped going to class as he wished, and his sister took his place.

He was afraid that his sister would be bullied, but she always proudly told him that she had taught him a lesson today.

 After that, my sister always told him that the man named Chu praised her again, although he would also hit her with a ruler.

Li Xiao admires his sister even more. Mrs. Chu is the most strict, and her sister is really powerful.

A sister is becoming more and more like a boy, but Li Xiao will occasionally ask his mother in fear - will his father know? If you find out, will you punish your sister?

 Mother shook her head gently: "No."

  Don’t you know? Still not punished? Li Xiao felt that there was a hint of emotion in his mother's eyes that he couldn't understand when she answered.

 Then, they moved to a new residence, and his mother was promoted to a higher position. The palace officials sent him many rewards that he had never seen before. The food began to be diverse, the clothes were exquisite and soft, and there was no shortage of charcoal fires in winter.

Li Xiao knew that most of these things were won by his sister. Everyone said that his father liked the sister named Li Xiao very much.

Li Xiao increasingly felt that his sister was very powerful, but sometimes he was at a loss: "Sister, you became me, then who am I?" "I'm just pretending to be you." Sister, who had grown much taller, corrected him: "Ah Xiao, you will always be yourself, Li Xiao."

“What about you, sister?” Li Xiao asked again, “You always pretend to be me, so who will be Li Shang?”

A sister is pretending to be Li Xiao, but he is the real Li Xiao, so where did Li Shang go?

 A sister seems to be stumped by this problem. There are few problems that can stump her.

 With his sister, he couldn't care less about struggling with a mere problem. She was too busy and kept getting busier and busier, until one day he actually heard that she recommended that she go to the military to gain experience.

He went to find his mother-in-law, but she had no intention of stopping him.

 Twelve-year-old Li Xiao began to seriously think about his mother's thoughts and wishes for the first time.

Year after year, the reputation of the prince Li Xiao became more and more famous. My sister won one beautiful victory after another, the dragon looked happy and the court was excited.

The forces that were enemies of the Changsun family all surrounded my sister. Li Xiao knew that there was also lobbying and management by his mother and concubine behind this.

 While my sister was fighting on the battlefield, my mother-in-law never stopped making plans.

 The elder sister became the crown prince, and the concubine became the queen mother.

 The busy queen mother no longer pays attention to him as before, and he only feels relaxed. In the past, the queen mother's preference also made him feel ashamed of his sister.

A sister had long ago asked her father for permission to allow the frail and sick "Princess Chongyue" to leave the palace and build a palace to recuperate her body.

 Compared to the palace, there is undoubtedly more freedom outside the palace.

The servants who serve personally are all my sister's confidants, the nanny who teaches poetry and calligraphy etiquette is from my mother's queen, and the girl from the Duan family who serves as my companion is also a trustworthy person personally selected by my sister. He does not need to be restrained or disguised, and he only needs to Do what you love.

If it is said that he is lonely, he is not alone. The experience of being bullied when he was weak and thinking about his mother made Li Xiao prefer a life of solitude - or in other words, he prefers to live with his sister, but this opportunity is very small. few.

 When my sister was in Beijing, she would often visit him.

At that time, my sister would sit relaxedly on the stone steps. Duan Zhenyi sat next to her. He stood on the stone steps and listened to their conversation with a smile.

Young Duan Zhenyi always loved to make a fuss, and she was very energetic when she peeked at the script. However, when she was working as a female celebrity, she always dozed off endlessly, as if the needle and thread were sewn on her eyelids.

 Duan Zhenyi talks a lot. When her sister is not around, she always chases after him and asks her about things in the past and childhood.

 Duan Zhenyi is very afraid of ghosts. There is a side courtyard in the princess's house that she never dares to set foot in. Just because her sister said something nonsense that it was haunted, she became convinced and reminded him to be careful.

Duan Zhenyi is very good-looking, but she always says regretfully with her chin in her hand that compared to her sister and him, she is indeed a little bit behind.

During those years when he was called a teenager, Li Xiao heard Duan Zhenyi’s voice everywhere.

 Until one day, the voice said goodbye to him.

 Duan Zhenyi is going to get married, and she will be married to the Duke of Zheng in the Wei family.

It is a very good marriage.

 Li Xiao nodded without saying much.

The thoughts of youth are just like his quiet life.

 The bustle suddenly left the scene, making people who would not have been lonely feel a little lonely.

As spring turned to winter, looking at the small scenery in front of him, Li Xiao also began to want to go out and see what he could do for his sister. He knew that it would become more and more difficult for her after she became the crown prince.

It’s just that he occasionally thinks, even if he does go out, what can he do for his sister?

That day Yuchi told him that his sister had moved the intelligence organization to a restaurant, and even the Queen did not know about it.

After hearing this, he told Yuchi not to tell his mother, and then smiled and said, "Maybe I can be a cook."

Yuchi also smiled: "Your Highness can at least become a military advisor. It is not impossible for His Highness to be rich in knowledge and take charge of the affairs of the building."

 This is nothing but an empty assumption.

Li Xiao felt that he owed his sister a lot. Her sister acted outside as Li Xiao, but the real Li Xiao had never given anything. He had only lived under the protection of his sister for many years, but could not do anything for her.

But my sister said to him: "I took away your identity without your permission, didn't I?"

Li Xiao wanted to say that this was not my sister’s choice.

 How could my sister not know?

Sister A only said to him: "This is the best way. Everything is good now, and that's enough. Axiao, we are family members. We don't need to talk about our debts to each other."

 But it’s stormy outside.

 My father was ill. At first, everyone thought it was just an ordinary illness. After all, my father was still in his prime.

But Li Xiao was vaguely aware of something unusual. He suspected someone, and that person was his mother.

It was impossible for Li Xiao to betray his mother. His first thought at that time was to live as long as possible.

 As long as he is alive, he can cooperate with his sister at any time.

 Not long after, the father died.

 His body was already at the end of its tether.

 It was a winter rain, and young Li Xiao fell on the hospital bed and never got up again.

A sister secretly left the capital to handle matters under the order of her mother, and she should still be on her way back, but he couldn't wait any longer.

His life was silent and indifferent, as ordinary as water, but at this moment of his death, he had extremely strong thoughts.

In a daze, Li Xiao's eyes were completely dark, but a few stars flashed out, and he heard the voice of his young sister again in his ears.

—“Axiao, what do you want?”

 —“Axiao, you have to follow me closely.”

 Li Xiao can now answer what he wants.

Actually, my sister has already answered for him - he just wants to follow her closely.

He hoped that there would be an afterlife. He knew that he had never done any good deeds, but fortunately he had no faults. He wanted to have the opportunity to follow his sister, no matter what his origin, no matter what his status, no matter how difficult he was. Experience in exchange for such an opportunity—

He can exchange everything, but please leave him a healthy body so that he can follow his sister closely.

He has never had any greed in his life, and all his thoughts have turned into this one dying wish. I wonder if it is allowed?

As consciousness dissipated, the darkness in front of his eyes dissipated and turned into a piece of snow-white. The boundless snow-white distorted time, as if a long time passed by in a flash.

The last ray of thought was pulled, as if I heard a vague voice: "Is this your father?"

…What?

 “Do you want to fight me?”

…What?

 The white snow dissipates, and everything returns to boundless silence.

Heavy snow covered the entire capital city. In the backyard of Dengtai Tower, a young man held a stack of books and quickly came to a study room. He raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Master!"

Meng Lie's voice came from the study: "Come in."

 The snow is still falling, and everything is silent and unconscious, but the cycle of time never stops.

 …

ˆ Extra + 2

(Do you still remember Ning Ning’s fleeting thoughts when she named A Che? It’s not a reincarnation in the true sense, it’s probably just a wisp of obsessional soul flowing around~ But you can understand it any way you want.)

 The next chapter is about a wedding.