Liu Huafei

"Go? Where does His Highness Prince Ji want to go?" A cold voice sounded, Yuan Qi got off his horse and walked over with a calm expression.

Nianhua looked at the horse and the sedan chair, opened his mouth and pointed at Yuan Qi and said to Cheng Zihan, "You two go shopping together?!"

In vain, he was worried that Zihan would be bullied in Prince Rui's mansion. It turns out that he can get along like a fish in water wherever he is, so he went shopping with him in a sedan chair.

Nianhua looked at Cheng Zihan in front of him, puffed his mouth, and felt a little uncomfortable, as if the cat he raised was taken away by someone else.

Cheng Zihan saw that Nian Hua's expression was different, so he patted his cheek: "What are you thinking about?"

Yuan Qi walked up to the two of them, and cast a condescending glance at Nian Hua: "So it's Young Master Nian. What is Young Master Nian doing in this King's Rui Palace instead of staying in the palace to serve the Emperor well?!"

Nianhua glared at him, ignored him, took Cheng Zihan's hand and said, "Zihan, I'm leaving the palace soon, when the time comes, I'll pick you up and live with me, okay?"

When Cheng Zihan heard this, he looked at Nianhua with sparkling eyes, and nodded with a smile on his lips.

On the contrary, Nianhua felt a little embarrassed, touched the top of his head and said: "But I will be working with dead wages then, and I'm afraid you will only be able to live the lives of ordinary people with me."

"I'm happy." Cheng Zihan pursed his lips, looking a little embarrassed.

Nianhua looked at Cheng Zihan's exquisite face, and the hostility and injustice between his brows when he first saw him had long since disappeared. At this time, he was like an exquisite and flawless precious porcelain, making people just want to treat him carefully and gently. treat him.

They looked at each other affectionately, while Yuan Qi's face darkened a long time ago, and he pulled Cheng Zihan's hand and said angrily, "His Royal Highness, don't forget what you promised yourself!"

Cheng Zihan lowered his eyelashes, twitched the corners of his lips, and said in a low voice: "I will not break my promise. Besides, my promise is not to your Highness King Rui, but to my conscience." He looked up at Yuan Qi as he spoke.

Yuan Qi was at a loss for words for a while, snorted, and walked towards the mansion angrily.

Nianhua asked curiously: "What promise? Zihan, did Yuan Qi force you to do anything?"

Cheng Zihan looked into Zhu Hong's gate and shook his head: "He didn't force me to do anything." He said and took Nianhua's arm: "This is not a place to talk. Come in with me first."

Nianhua responded, followed Zihan into Prince Rui's mansion, and before leaving, he gave the little soldier with a paralyzed face a hard look.

As Nianhua walked, she frowned and looked at Cheng Zihan suspiciously.Could it be that Zihan and Yuan Qi really have any previous relationship?It doesn't look like he has a bitter hatred for Yuan Mutian.

Cheng Zihan led Nianhua to the outside of an exquisite small courtyard, and several guards outside the courtyard saluted Cheng Zihan respectfully.

Cheng Zihan walked in front, Nianhua looked around, the environment here is really good.

"I didn't expect King Rui to be very kind to you. I was afraid that he would bully you." Nian Hua said.

Cheng Zihan smiled slightly, with a gentleness rarely seen in the past.

"Sit down." Cheng Zihan brought Nianhua to the inner room, told Nianhua to sit down, and asked his servants to serve iced sour plum soup to relieve Nianhua from the heat.

Cheng Zihan sat across from Nianhua, and looked at Nianhua with his chin in his hand for a moment.

Nianhua rubbed her nose in embarrassment: "Look what I'm doing."

"I just suddenly remembered what you looked like when we first met." Cheng Zihan bit his lower lip and thought for a moment, "Back then you really looked like a delicate beauty, unlike today, you are a handsome young man It's been so long, I almost forgot."

At this moment, the servant brought the drink, Nianhua picked it up and drank a large bowl in one go, heaved a long sigh of comfort and said: "What are you doing back then, it's all black history."

"Because I didn't really dare to look back on the past until now. In the past, I only dared to look forward, think about the future, and think about hatred, but I never dared to stop for a moment and look back at the road I have traveled." Cheng Zihan Picking up the soup bowl, her white fingertips gently stroked the patterns on it.

Nian Hua listened to his words that seemed to be full of vicissitudes of life, but for a moment she didn't know how to respond.

"Have you heard that I feigned surrender and killed several generals of Xiao Guo?" Cheng Zihan continued.

Nianhua nodded, this was something he didn't dare to mention in front of Cheng Zihan before.

"The generals I...killed back then were Yuan Mutian's confidants and Yuan Qi's friends." Cheng Zihan's eyes became a little far away, as if recalling the long past, "At that time, my father, the king, Beng, I was ordered to lead our Ji people to guard the city gate until the day when I could no longer hold on, I handed over the letter of surrender to Yuan Mutian. It was King Rui who brought a few generals under his command to pick me up , to promulgate to my people the Anmin decree after submitting to the Xiao Kingdom. King Rui was still young at that time, and he was not as old and treacherous as he is now. When I was a prince, I had a little talent and reputation. Lady with pen and landscape. Yuan Qi seems to love my paintings, so he was not very wary of me on the road. At that time, I was only full of hatred. I knew that my country was too small, and it was impossible to defeat Yuan Mutian's cavalry army I just want to fight to the death. If I can catch his only younger brother, maybe I can bring a glimmer of life to my country. Even if I fail, even if I can't hurt Yuan Mutian, I will let his strength be greatly damaged. A taste of what it's like to lose a loved one."

Cheng Zihan's hand holding the porcelain bowl became tighter and tighter, even his fingertips turned white.Nianhua held his hand worriedly.Cheng Zihan smiled at him, and continued: "At that time, this land was not the only country that was dominated by the Xiao country. At that time, there were many small countries, and the Xiao country was only one of the stronger ones. All countries were not peaceful. There are wars everywhere. Even at the border between Xiao State and Ji State, there are many bandits and bandits fleeing from nowhere. Yuan Qi led his men to protect me all the way to Xiao State. After crossing an old mountain At that time, we met another team. You should be able to guess that those people were arranged by me before the surrender, the last elite of our country. Yuan Qi led his men into a bitter battle, and lost most of the troops he brought. I hid in the deep mountains for a few days. Later, when the two armies met again, the two generals protected me behind me, struggling to support me, and I walked behind them..."

"Okay, Zihan, don't talk about it." Nianhua stopped him.

Cheng Zihan raised his face to look at him, there were no tears on his face but it seemed that his whole body was weeping, even his voice trembled a little.

"I just want to fight for one last chance for my country. I have always told myself that I did nothing wrong. But I can't forget to this day──the two generals looked at each other at the last moment when Wan Jian pierced their hearts. My face. I always remember, I try to forget but I can’t forget, when I was starving and freezing in the mountains, it was they who gave me food and blankets, and said with a smile that their bodies were strong and not afraid of the cold Not too hungry...I ended up with their blood on my hands and watched them fall at my feet. I..."

"Okay, Zihan, stop talking!" Nianhua walked up to Cheng Zihan, hugged his face tightly in his arms, stroked his hair and said in a low voice, "You are not wrong, none of you are wrong."

"Then... who was wrong?" After a while, Cheng Zihan's voice came out muffled, "I originally thought that I would bury these things in my heart and never talk about them. Hatred, humiliation, I can slowly forget it. As a result, it only gradually... rotted and festered, and every emotion and scene became clearer, becoming a nightmare that I dreamed back at midnight every night."

"Zihan..." No matter how eloquent Nianhua was, he didn't know how to comfort her at this moment.

You are for your country and your people, so it is only right to kill those bad guys?If such a reason could comfort Zihan, he wouldn't have been suffering for so many years.

The war with the Ji Kingdom was initiated by Yuan Mutian's army of the Xiao Kingdom, but if Yuan Mutian hadn't fought everywhere, the wars and turmoil in the countries on this continent would have ended in just a few years. Such troubled times are unknown How long will it last, and where will there be the peaceful scene of peace in the world today.Good people or bad people, right or wrong, are not so easy to identify at all.

"Zihan, you just have different positions, and you are not wrong." Nianhua frowned and said, "You have been tortured for so many years, and how much you feel sorry for those two generals should be worth it."

Cheng Zihan still buried his head in Nianhua's arms, moved for a long while, and said softly: "But even if I know what will happen today, if I go back to that time, I will still do it...I think so, if at that time I If they didn't succeed, if they killed me, wouldn't I have to suffer for so many years and bear all the things I can't afford..."

Cheng Zihan's voice gradually became crying, Nianhua could only hug him tightly, and didn't say anything more.What Cheng Zihan needed at this time was not comfort, but listening.Maybe he still needs others to blame him and punish him for the crimes he committed, so as to make him feel better, but how can he be willing to do so? !

Cheng Zihan's trembling shoulders gradually stiffened, and he gradually calmed down.He raised his head from Nianhua's arms, his big eyes were red and swollen, with some tiredness after crying.

Cheng Zihan was a little embarrassed, and gave Nianhua a hard look.Nianhua wiped the corners of his eyes with the soft sleeves of his underwear, and sat down on the side again. "Then what is your promise with His Royal Highness King Rui?" Nianhua asked again, thinking of that incident again.

Cheng Zihan took another piece of ice and put it in the bowl, sniffed and said, "Recite scriptures and keep vigil in front of the tablets of the two generals."

"It's been so many years, why are you still guarding your spirit?" Nianhua frowned, "Is King Rui making things difficult for you?"

Cheng Zihan shook his head: "King Rui was also seriously injured by me back then, so he should be angry with me. But what he did made me feel relieved. Today he took me to the mansion of two generals to visit their families."

Nianhua rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then snorted heavily: "There is nothing to show courteousness to, either rape or steal! This King Rui is very cunning, Zihan, don't be fooled by him."

"His Royal Highness Ji Wang is just a fish under the knife now. Is there any need for this king to deceive him?!" A voice threatening anger sounded from outside, Nian Hua looked up and saw Yuan Qi striding in, with a face on his face. He had an angry look on his face.

"Nianhua, I don't know what my brother is planning to let you run around outside. I have already sent someone to notify my brother, you wait for him to come and get him!"