When Xiao Jiaojiao got married, the crippled king stood up and pampered her.

The room is located near the window.

Xiao Chu Nuan set up a table and piled it with various books she brought.

You can see heavy snow falling outside the window, and the house has an antique feel.

She also specially placed a pot of dug ice flowers on the table inside the window.

The flowers that bloom in winter, the small yellow flowers, appear unusually warm in this winter.

"Come and sit here. Today I will teach you how to read and the Tao Te Ching, which you must learn to be a king."

Upon hearing this, Di Changyuan walked over.

However, he did not sit side by side with Xiao Chu Nuan, but instead carried his chair to the side of the table, keeping a distance from her.

Until now he still doesn't trust her, or rather, he doesn't trust anyone in the world and won't get too close to others.

Little Chu Nuan didn't mind and continued to teach him how to read.

Di Changyuan learned very quickly and could remember almost every word he was taught once.

Even if he couldn't remember, he would take notes for himself.

In the middle of the night, I close my eyes and recite it silently.

As for the Tao Te Ching, Xiao Chu Nuan specifically picked out a sentence to talk about:

"The reason why heaven and earth can last long is that they do not produce themselves, so they can live long. Therefore, the sage retreats from himself and puts himself first, puts himself outside and survives. He does not have a selfish attitude, so he can achieve his selfish goals."

She asked: "Have you ever observed what is the longest-lasting thing in the world?"

Emperor Changyuan frowned. Although he had never left the palace, he had looked into the distance and into the palace.

Many people died in this palace in various ways.

But the stones, stone walls and even the mountains in the palace have been standing for who knows how many hundreds of years.

Little Chu Nuan patiently persuaded: "The world is full of changes, and we humans can only live for a few decades.

Only things like heaven and earth, and rocks, can exist for hundreds or thousands of years. "

She began to talk about the key points: "This is because these objects do not have too many emotions, such as joy, anger, sorrow, fear, or shock, so they will not cause too much harm to your body.

Excessive emotions can kill people.

Brother Chang Yuan, you don’t want to die of illness before you have accomplished what you want to do when you grow up, right? "

Di Changyuan frowned.

He never thought about this problem...

If you think about things or have the wrong emotions, will you not live long?

Little Chu Nuan added: "This is just one of them.

The second is that, for example, these mountains and stones, they just exist silently, providing trees, oxygen, resources, stones, etc. for human mining, etc.

But they never resent human beings, and never boast about how much they have done, how much they have gained, or how much they have given.

Nor will they always harbor resentment because of some things that happen to humans."

"Of course~"

Xiao Chu Nuan changed the subject and said, "It's not that I won't take revenge, but if I want to be a good emperor, I have to be as open-minded as possible and care about the people of the world.

Do not put your own interests first or selfish desires first.

Your heart should be like mountains, rivers, and lakes, able to accommodate the heavens and the earth, the people, and all things in the world."

When Di Changyuan heard this, he couldn't help but sneer:

"Emperor Xiaozhan obviously doesn't fit this logic, yet he can be the crown prince.

And the Emperor..."

The tall, majestic, mountain-like father in my memory was not like this.

"So~" Xiao Chu Nuan lowered her voice and said:

"Di Xiaozhan may not be able to become the emperor and inherit the throne. He will definitely not last long!

And that guy...he's the same~"

Emperor Changyuan's dark eyes moved.

She is just a little girl, yet she dares to say such outrageous words.

But her eyes were as clear and pure as crystal, sparkling with a firm and bright luster.

Little Chu Nuan looked him straight in the eye and said, "Just study hard.

I will become a more powerful and greater person than them in the future!"

She started to make promises and talk about those words in the Tao Te Ching that were suitable for Di Changyuan, brainwashing him constantly.

Emperor Changyuan didn't believe it.

Every day he would secretly take time out to quietly consult Feng He.

But every time Master Feng said something exactly like what little Chu Nuan said...

That girl, who knew so much at such a young age, actually didn't lie to him.

However, Di Changyuan still did not let down his guard.

Every time I was studying, eating, or doing things, I always kept a distance of one or two meters from her.

Even when he went to sleep at night, he would secretly place a dagger under his pillow.

He is waiting.

The devil will show his fangs one day.

He doesn't believe that there are really good people in the world, and therefore he is in a tense state every day, like a wolf in the dark.

Cold comes and summer comes.

Spring passes and autumn comes.

Ten years passed in a flash.

In the past ten years, little Chu Nuan either talked back to Lady Xi or Nanny Qiong, so no one talked to Di Changyuan anymore.

Whenever anyone came to bully Di Xiaozhan and others, she would use some small toys to drive them away, and Di Changyuan was never bullied again.

Little Chu Nuan also used the Chu family's money to bribe many palace servants, so the food and clothing expenses in Fufeng Courtyard were never short of money.

Every day she taught Emperor Changyuan to study in Fufeng Courtyard, covering almost everything from the Four Books and Five Classics to the Art of War, the Thirty-Six Stratagems, astronomy and geography.

But even if it's only ten years.

Di Changyuan still hasn't let down the vigilance he had developed since childhood.

Countless times in the middle of the night, he had nightmares, dreaming of those people bullying him and hurting him, dreaming of animal cages and poisonous snakes, dreaming of his closest mother deceiving him and using him...

I also dreamed that the little girl with a beautiful smile suddenly became ferocious and vicious.

"Hahaha! I knew you would have a relaxing day! Hahaha! Come and see, everyone, he really believed me. Look how stupid he is!"

A bad childhood often needs a voice to heal.

Six years of abuse is also the most critical moment in character development.

This year, Di Changyuan was 17 and Chu Nuan was 16.

One or two new log cabins have been built in Fufeng Courtyard using wood.

One room for Di Changyuan and one room for Chu Nuan.

It's winter again, and it's snowing heavily.

Early in the morning, Chu Nuan was squatting in the yard making a snowman. She was wearing a white cloak, and her face was delicate and cute, as if she had endless energy and brilliance.

When Emperor Changyuan came out of the house, his sky-blue brocade clothes gave off a sense of misty distant mountains.

Having not experienced much abuse, his complexion and temperament are more noble and his face is more refined.

There was no need to pretend to please others, and the gentle and elegant feeling he had in his previous life also faded, replaced by more coldness.

Standing under the eaves, in the falling snow, there is a feeling of being alone on ice and looking at the moon.

It seems like no one can ever enter his world.

Especially his pair of long eyes, which were sharper and more penetrating, as if they could see through everything at any time, with indifference and scrutiny towards the whole world.

Chu Nuan had long been accustomed to his cold appearance and called him:

"Come quickly and look at the snowman I made."

A string of cartoon ducklings squatting in a row look particularly cute and healing.

Di Changyuan just glanced at it and showed no interest.

Over the years, Chu Nuan took him to plant flowers and grass and watched the sunset and sunrise.

But the strange thing is that Di Changyuan is like a stone that can never be warmed up, and he is not interested in anything.

It seemed that he always felt that the whole world was malicious, and even a flower might jump up and bite him.

It seemed that the psychological trauma caused by his biological mother Xi Meiren, the person he trusted the most, was so severe that he suffered from stress.

The only things that interested Emperor Changyuan were books, strategies, and ways of governing the country.

Chu Nuan didn't force it. She stood up from the ground and brushed off the snow on her hands.

“After studying book strategies for so long, why not put them into practice today?

How about starting with Di Xiaozhan?"

Di Xiaozhan is Di Changyuan's most hated enemy.

He even always thought that she was sent by Di Xiaozhan's party.

If she helps to get rid of Di Xiaozhan, Di Changyuan's doubts will be dispelled, right?

And Di Changyuan narrowed his deep eyes.

It's been ten years.

Is she finally going to take action?

He wanted to see what she was up to.