"I heard that Empress Dowager gave birth to a baby girl in Lenggong. King Xin, do you think I should be killed or kept?"

The emperor in the apricot yellow dragon robe was reviewing the memorial, while casually asking the man standing below him with his hands down.

The man was silent for a moment, then he knelt down straight, raised his forehead with both hands, and prostrated himself on the ground: "My minister thought that even though Brother Huang has no feelings for Huang's wife, that baby girl is his own flesh and blood after all. Life is terrible, What a child! Brother Huang, let her live."

"Oh? His Royal Highness Wang Xin is very benevolent and righteous." The emperor smiled inexplicably: "It's a pity that Xiao Min never married you as a wife back then."

The man's body trembled: "Your Majesty is serious. Back then, the younger brother and the emperor's sister-in-law could only talk a little better than others, and there was really no personal relationship at all."

The emperor's eyes were cold, and he stared at him for a long time, with a smile on his face: "I was just joking, why should the king of Xin be so panicked? It seems to be trying to cover up. Forget it, I don't want to pursue the past of the old millet and rotten sesame seeds. Anyway, that woman has been thrown into limbo, so why bother to hurt the feelings between us brothers because of her."

Seeing that the man was silent, the emperor paused and said, "But you and her are childhood sweethearts after all. I allow you to visit her once or twice in memory of your old relationship. By the way, ask her if there are any private soldiers hiding outside the palace."

"Your Majesty, the Queen's Wife would never do such a thing..."

"What do you know?" The emperor interrupted the man's words: "The Xiao family is a fierce tiger, and they have accumulated great prestige in the army. When they raised their arms, which of the three armies would not follow? What they said was more effective than me, the emperor, really. The wolf is ambitious, and his heart can be punished! Even if the tiger's teeth are pulled out, I am afraid that the Xiao family and the rest of the party have not been wiped out. If one day they make a comeback, how do I deal with it? Go tell Xiao Min and use her private soldiers hiding outside the palace , in exchange for her daughter’s life.”

The man smiled bitterly, but still said respectfully: "I would like to obey His Majesty's imperial order."

"Okay, you go!" The emperor waved his hand impatiently.

This younger brother of his is better than him in everything, and it's quite an eyesore.

"Yes." The man took a few steps backwards before turning around and leaving.

The dark wind howled, and the north wind rustled.In the cold palace, a drop of water turns into ice.The gust of wind mixed with strong rain poured down from the sky like a waterfall, as if to completely flood the whole world.

In the dilapidated palace lay a haggard young woman.

The quilt covering her body has already exposed balls of black cotton wool.

There were bloodstains everywhere on the bed, on the floor, and on her clothes.Beside her, wrapped in the best clothes, was her daughter who was born after nine deaths.

At this time, the baby girl was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, completely unaware of the storm outside.

Another gust of wind blew in, and heavy rainwater blew into the cold room through the dilapidated window, and it was about to fall on the baby girl.The young woman rushed over and used her body to block the rain.

However, the body that had just given birth was already extremely weak, and just this moment made her dizzy and almost passed out.

A pair of warm and strong arms supported her, and a voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar, caring and restrained, called out in a low voice, "Sister-in-law!"

Xiao Min turned her head in disbelief, and when she saw that elegant and handsome face, tears filled her eyes: "Chen Yi, it's you."

Chen Yi looked around, feeling like a knife was piercing his heart: "Brother Huang... how could he treat you like this?"

Xiao Min smiled "hehe": "Since ancient times, the Tian family has been ruthless. Birds do their best to hide their bows, and cunning rabbits are dead and running dogs, isn't it all like this? It's only my fault for being too naive, and our Xiao family for being too loyal! Jin, with all his heart and soul, blood stained the battlefield, many good sons died, never had a heart of dissent, but the result? He ended up beheaded all over his family."

Xiao Min gritted her silver teeth almost to pieces.She was originally a woman with a strong personality. When she learned that her father and brother were dead and her family was wiped out, she planned to go with them.It was the young life in her womb that kept her alive until now.With her blood-stained fingers, she gently stroked her daughter's delicate cheeks: "It's just pity for my daughter, she was born, and she will suffer so much with me..."

"Sister-in-law, Brother Huang already knew that this child was born, he..."

Chen Yi couldn't say the latter words no matter what.It is said that a one-night couple is a hundred days of kindness, and it is said that a tiger's poison does not eat its children.But his imperial brother, for the sake of the throne, has long been insane, using any means, ignoring family affection.

"What did he say?" Xiao Min asked coldly: "Could it be that he is forcing you to do something you don't want?"

Chen Yi closed his eyes in pain, his voice choked up: "He, he..."

Xiao Min licked the broken hair on her sideburns, her eyes were calm: "Tell me, he has done the most vicious and shameless thing in the world, what else can I not bear?"

"He said, let you use the private soldiers hidden outside the palace in exchange for this child's life." Chen Yi said with difficulty: "Brother Huang is really a soldier, if you really have hidden private soldiers, why would you be trapped in this place, why would you let him go?" Is this child going to suffer with you?"

"It's just because he is no longer a human. For the sake of the imperial power, he has long been turned into a jackal." Xiao Min sneered: "In the end, he will only become a real loner."

The rain outside the window became more and more urgent, and the whole cold palace seemed to be a lonely boat floating on the sea.

Xiao Min sat in a daze for a moment, turned her eyes to the man standing between the beds, and smiled sadly: "Brother Yi, I regret it so much, why didn't I fight desperately with my family back then, so that I let down your affection for me."

She covered her face with her hands, tears slipped from her fingers.

"Xiao Min, don't do stupid things!"

Chen Yi felt bad when Xiao Min called out the phrase "Brother Yi".He was too clear about her temperament, she was wanton and proud all her life, she would rather be broken than broken, and she rarely showed her weak side.

But it was already too late, a silver light flashed, and a sleeve knife pierced deeply into Xiao Min's chest.The corner of her mouth overflowed with blood, and she struggled and said intermittently: "I die, he is at ease...in exchange for Jingyuan's life...Brother Yi, please..."

Before finishing the following words, she fell softly into Chen Yi's arms.With incomparable hatred for this world and incomparable love for his daughter, he passed away sadly.

Chen Yi held her tightly in his arms, and couldn't control his tears anymore: "Min'er...OK, I promise you...I promise you everything..."

In the warmly scented bedroom, light gauze hangs low.

"Daddy, who is he?"

A very beautiful little boy about four or five years old carefully stretched out his finger and poked the little baby lying on the couch with big black grape eyes.Watch her stuff her tender little fingers into her mouth and suck hard.

The little boy was curious and joyful, and looked around: "Daddy, she looks really good-looking, is it the younger sister you brought back to Ye'er?"

Chen Yi smiled and nodded: "Yes, she will be your own sister from now on, you have to treat her well and don't bully her, do you hear me?"

The little boy nodded frequently, and looked at the young baby two by two, staring with big eyes.After a moment, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa..."

The little baby sucked his finger for a long time, and suddenly found that it was not enough to satisfy his hunger, so he became unhappy, opened his throat, and cried loudly.

The little boy was so anxious that he wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it. He kept circling in circles: "Daddy, my sister is crying, you should quickly think of a way to make her stop crying."

Chen Yi had never fed a child before, so he was dumbfounded.

At this time, the nurse on the side stepped forward, hugged the baby in her arms, and said with a smile: "The little princess is hungry, and I will allow this servant to feed her some milk."

After speaking, he turned and went to the tent.About two quarters of an hour later, the nanny came out again and handed the baby to Chen Yi and the little boy: "Look, is she not crying now?"

The little boy stretched out his short fleshy arms and was about to catch him, but his father slapped him away: "You are only a little older, and you are going to hug your sister. What if she falls?"

This blow was very hard, the little boy pursed his mouth, and there were faint tears in his eyes.

The nanny hurriedly smoothed things over: "It's also because the son likes his younger sister, which is a good thing. From now on, we should let the two of them get in touch more, so that we will have a deep relationship in the future and support each other when things happen."

As she spoke, she put the baby back on the bed and waved to the little boy: "Come and see, my sister is smiling at you."

The little boy wiped away his tears and ran to the bed. Sure enough, he saw the little girl dancing and smiling sweetly at himself.

The little boy stretched out his hand to fiddle with her little hand, but that little hand turned around and grasped the jade clasp on his wrist without saying anything.

"Come here," the little boy turned his head and ordered the maidservant standing in the room: "Bring the scissors and cut off my clothes from the arms. Be careful not to hurt my sister's hands."

The nanny was a little surprised: "Is the son actually going to use scissors to cut this dress? This is the Kesi material that was brought as a tribute from the south. It is worth thousands of gold. Even the imperial palace has few horses. Wouldn't it be a pity to cut it?"

"It's okay, no matter how good it is, it's just a piece of clothing. How can it compare to my sister Jingui? You can take it if you want it, why are there so many nonsense?"

The nanny cast her eyes on Chen Yi: "My lord, look..."

Chen Yi smiled: "Didn't you just say that you should let the two brothers and sisters cultivate their relationship? Ye'er is right, it's just a piece of clothing, as long as Jingyuan is happy, there is nothing he can't bear."

The maidservant came over with the scissors, the nanny took them, twisted up the little boy's sleeves, and felt distressed and helpless while cutting: "The prince and the son are too used to the little princess, aren't they?"

The little boy stuffed the cut-off sleeve into the baby's hand, squeezed her soft fist, and smiled broadly: "Sister, from now on, I will give you whatever you want."

He didn't know it, and it became a prophecy.This sentence is not only his greatest yearning in this life, but also caused him to lose his life.

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