How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

An indescribable emotion spread in his heart. Xie Chengze clenched the blood-stained letter and looked through the other letters. Among these letters, the age of the paper was clearly visible. He quickly found the newest letter at the edge, quickly opened it, and saw the time and content inside.

[August 23, the 78th year of Jian'an.]

Good news, the peace document with the Xiongnu has been signed, thanks to the gunpowder you made. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I was able to scare off the Xiongnu with your imagination. Your reputation has spread throughout the military camp, and everyone admires you very much.

I don't know if I'm being overly sentimental, but maybe you still remember the promise you made when you were young, saying that you would come to the border to find me. ** said that you were weak and never left the palace. I guess it was because of you that you helped me in this way so that I could return to Beijing to see you.

If not, it doesn't matter. It's natural for feelings to fade after ten years. As your brother, I won't force you. I just wish you good health and happiness.

Well, I lied to you. I hope that after I return to Beijing, I will not be too estranged from you. If you dislike me, I will feel bad and will simply return to the border to avoid seeing you.

Maybe I have some childish thoughts, I wonder if you will laugh at me, but, fortunately, you can't see these letters. ]

The letter in his hand fell to the ground, Xie Chengze's mind was filled with thoughts and he felt a little lost.

It turned out that Xie Shoujun had been writing letters to the original owner for the past ten years.

Although every word was ordinary, the emotions revealed between the lines moved him deeply.

The emotions of a few years of childhood could actually last so long. Thinking of how Xie Shoujun took care of him in Liaozhou and the special treatment he received in the palace, Xie Chengze suddenly felt guilty like a thief. He quickly stuffed the letter back into the envelope and stuffed all the letters on the floor back into the wooden box.

Putting the wooden box back in place, Xie Chengze remembered that he seemed to have never received a letter from Xie Shoujun, let alone any birthday gifts.

What about the letter?

What about birthday gifts?

Is it that the inherited memory is not complete, or... was it intercepted by someone?

"Wuhen?" Xie Chengze shouted, and the next moment, Wuhen fell from the sky, "Your Highness."

Xie Chengze looked up at the top of his head, "...Why did you climb up to the beam?"

Wuhen said calmly, "Well, it's convenient for blinding someone's eyes when they lift the tiles to peek."

Is he talking about Sheng Shi Huai...

Xie Chengze coughed lightly: "...Okay, I want to ask, did you know that my brother sent me a letter and a birthday gift? How come I don't remember it at all?"

Wuhen paused, "Your Highness, do you want to know?"

Xie Chengze looked at him doubtfully, "Of course."

"Although there is no evidence, the answer is obvious. They must have been..." Wuhen was about to say who it was when there was a knock on the study door. The voice of a palace maid came from outside, "Second Prince, it's time for dinner. The First Prince asked this servant to take you back to the main hall."

His words were interrupted. Xie Chengze looked at the sky, picked up the textbook papers on the desk, and handed them to Wuhen, "Let's talk about it later. Go give these to Su Qinghe first and ask him to copy a copy."

"Yes." Wuhen took the textbook and climbed out of the window.

Xie Chengze took another look at the wooden box, then walked out of the study and said to the palace maid, "Lead the way."

……

Dinner has been prepared. Although it is not a sumptuous meal, the home-cooked dishes are delicious.

Xie Chengze had been overusing his brain recently, so his appetite inevitably improved. He started to overeat again, but was severely stopped by Xie Shoujun, "Wu Ji went back to Cheng Huan Palace to get the medicinal porridge. Drink that later."

Xie Chengze wanted to act coquettishly to get away with it, but when he thought of those letters, he finally put down his chopsticks and said obediently, "Okay, I'll listen to my brother."

Xie Jinyu on the side ate his meal naturally, without any doubt as to why Xie Chengze needed to drink the medicinal porridge, which aroused Xie Chengze's suspicion.

According to Xie Jinyu's character, he should have immediately asked him why he wanted to drink the medicinal porridge and whether he was feeling unwell, but he did not ask. This showed that he probably knew that he was unwell and knew the specific problem.

But how did he know this? He had obviously kept this matter very secret.

Xie Chengze bit his chopsticks and suddenly asked, "Brother Huang, I remember when I was a child I asked you to write to me, why didn't you ever write to me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Chengze saw Xie Jinyu's body stiffen slightly, and even the outstretched chopsticks paused in mid-air for a moment, and then pretended to naturally drop it to pick up the food, put it in his mouth and slowly chewed it.

No matter how calm he was, his slow movements betrayed him.

Xie Chengze smiled slightly.

It is indeed your boy.

Xie Shoujun didn't expect why Xie Chengze would suddenly ask such a question, especially under such an abrupt situation. He was surprised and said, "I wrote you a letter, didn't you receive it?"

"No, you didn't even give me a birthday gift. I thought you had forgotten me, my royal brother." Xie Chengze continued, pretending to be aggrieved, but his eyes were always observing the expression of Xie Jinyu beside him.

Xie Shoujun frowned, "I clearly sent you a birthday gift, but you never replied. I thought you didn't like it..."

"How is this possible! I don't know how much I've been looking forward to my royal brother's letter!" Xie Chengze slammed the dining table angrily. The noise was so loud that both Xie Jinyu and Xie Shoujun trembled all over.

He said viciously, "Damn it! If I find out who stole the letter and birthday gift my brother sent me, I will skin him alive!"

Xie Jinyu lowered her head and sipped her tea. "Maybe it wasn't stolen, but lost along the way?"

"It shouldn't be lost every time." Xie Shoujun shook his head, "The post station in Jian'an is not so useless."

"Humph, there must be someone with bad intentions!" Xie Chengze said unhappily, "Or maybe they have a paranoid and perverted possessiveness towards me, and are jealous of you writing to me, so they intercepted all the letters!"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Xie Jinyu started coughing violently. Seeing that both of them turned to look at him, he quickly raised the teacup to moisten his throat and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay, I just choked accidentally."

Xie Chengze and Xie Shoujun then withdrew their gaze.

"So..." Xie Shoujun thought of something, and a dark light flashed across his eyes, "Actually, you also wrote me a letter, but you lost it too?"

Xie Chengze: Ah...

This, this...it seems that the Second Prince has never written a letter to Xie Shoujun, but Xie Chengze still said confidently, "I wrote it, it must have been stolen!"

lie.

Xie Jinyu said secretly in his heart.

He clearly had never written to Xie Shoujun.

"I knew you would write to me." Hearing the answer he wanted to hear, Xie Shoujun's eyebrows softened, and he touched Xie Chengze's hair lovingly, "It's okay, as long as he knows that you are thinking about me in your heart, I will be happy."

As for the person who stole the letter, he would find out sooner or later. If the other party intended to harm Xie Chengze, he must get rid of him.

After finishing their meal, the three chatted for some time before going to the bedroom to rest.

There was no kang in the Wude Hall, so Xie Shoujun had someone boil some hot water and took a bath first. After the hot steam warmed up the room, he let Xie Chengze go in to take a bath.

Xie Chengze boiled the water for a while and then came out. Hearing the sound of water when he stood up, Xie Shoujun and Xie Jinyu, who were sitting at the wooden table, stood up at the same time.

Xie Shoujun glanced at Xie Jinyu, and saw Xie Jinyu take the lead to walk behind the screen, picked up the underwear to change, and said to Xie Chengze, "Second brother, I will help you."

Behind the screen, Xie Chengze heard his voice and huddled back, "No, I want my brother."

Xie Jinyu paused while handing over the clothes, then took another step forward, raised her hand to the edge of the bathtub, and said with a smile, "Brother is already lying down."

Xie Shoujun, who was standing next to the wooden table, said: …

I can hear it!