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Chapter 467 Everyone has to grow up

Zhuonan had never seen anyone who was better at finding fun in misery and playing pranks on others than her.

"Of course!"

Under the dim campfire, the corners of Xie Zhao's mouth curled up slightly with a hint of cunning.

Half of her cheek was clearly light and dark in the light of the fire.

The perfect bone structure and skin are blended together in her body, showing her beauty to the fullest.

Especially when she smiled slyly, that kind of vibrant beauty made Zhuo Nan, who was used to seeing beauties from the Northern Dynasty, feel thrilling.

Xie Zhao smiled and whispered:

"If I hadn't learned to find joy in suffering after all these years, I would have worried myself to death."

Zhuo Nan was silent for a moment. Perhaps it was because Xie Zhao did not give him a bad impression, or perhaps it was because the atmosphere of the fire on the snowy night was just right, he suddenly felt curious about a person for the first time in a long time.

So he asked softly: "From what you said, girl, it seems that you have suffered a lot?"

"Whoa!"

Xie Zhao smiled and sighed.

"It's not really about suffering. In this world, who can go through life without experiencing a little bit of suffering?"

Zhuonan was silent for a moment as he recalled the complicated situation he found himself in as a child.

It is true.

Even people with noble backgrounds have unknown sufferings.

Xie Zhao was a person who could not sit still. Perhaps Zhuonan's questions brought back memories, or perhaps it was because she saw Zhuonan taking the initiative to chat with her about family matters, which was rare. Therefore, under the moonlight, she also felt like chatting for a rare time.

She half-closed her eyes, chuckled, and said:
"I'm used to it now. I've gotten used to many things. But to be honest, there was a time when I was most afraid of getting sick."

Zhuo Nan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he stared at her quietly in the darkness without making any expression.

He asked, "You said before that you were weak and sickly when you were young, so you must have suffered a lot when you were young."

Xie Zhao thought guiltily: Uh
She was weak and sickly when she was a child, so of course she was lying to him. But she was indeed weak and sickly now, so it was not an outrageous lie.

So, this guy immediately put away the slight guilt that had just arisen in his heart and talked nonsense half-truthfully.

“Let’s not talk about my childhood, but I have taken more medicine than I have eaten in the past two years.

For about a year, I had to stay in bed most of the time and rarely stepped out of my room. Even my meals were brought to my room by my friends. "

What Xie Zhao said was naturally what happened in the third year of Jing'an, after she was rescued by Ling Huo and Han Changsheng.

"I am my father's first legitimate child. My father loved my mother very much at that time. In addition, I was born somewhat 'likable', so I was favored by my father.

Oh, I forgot to tell you, I actually have a younger brother who is half an hour younger than me.

However, when I was very young, my elders sent me to another place to be raised. My younger brother has been raised by my mother since he was born. He is very cute, but we rarely see each other. "

Xie Zhao smiled faintly, with a hint of reminiscence on his face.

“Perhaps many outsiders would think that my brothers and sisters must be jealous of me because I am the one most loved by my father.

But only I know that I am actually very "jealous" of them - jealous that they can play outside, study, ride and shoot, and grow up carefree in the arms of their parents.

By the way, my younger brother was very attached to me when he was young. We didn’t need to go to school before he was three years old, and I still lived at home, so he would often come to my room to play.

Xie Zhao thought of her childhood with the emperor, and a trace of nostalgia appeared in her eyes. She herself didn't know what she was talking about.

Maybe I've been alone for too long, so I really want to find someone to talk to about what's in my heart.

When she got excited, she turned around and asked Zhuonan:

"What about you? Brother Zhuonan, do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Zhuo Nan paused for a moment, then said, "Yes."

Xie Zhao's eyes sparkled and he nodded seriously.

"Yes, most of our Handong families are prosperous, so it's normal to have some. How many brothers and sisters does Brother Zhuonan have?"

Zhuo Nan said truthfully: "My father has many concubines and heirs, but none of them are legitimate. I am also my father's illegitimate son. I have more than a dozen brothers and sisters from different mothers, but I only have one younger sister."

Xie Zhao was shocked.

"Your family is really a wealthy one. I am so sorry for your disrespect!"

As far as she knew, even in Yuwen Xin's family, there were only about ten brothers and sisters, both legitimate and illegitimate.

And this Master Zhuonan actually has more than a dozen illegitimate brothers and sisters.

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Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly as if thinking about something. According to the tradition of Handong in the Northern Dynasties, only legitimate sons could inherit the family property.

If the father of this Young Master Zhuonan did not have a legitimate son, wouldn't his huge family business have to be handed over to others?

Zhuo Nan said calmly: "The Handong tribe values ​​having many children and more blessings, and it is indeed true."

The people of Handong herded horses and sheep, and lived in extreme poverty in their early years.

Sometimes when we encounter natural disasters, man-made tragedies, or bad weather, life becomes particularly difficult.

This is also why, in the past few hundred years, the people of Handong in the Northern Dynasties liked to go to the south to loot and plunder.

It was not until the following decades in the Southern Dynasty, when gifted masters emerged from generation to generation, that the ferocious minions of the Northern Dynasty were somewhat restrained.

Later, as trade between the north and the south began, the lives of the people of Handong in the Northern Dynasty gradually improved.

Therefore, although the people of Handong in the Northern Dynasties had many children, not every child could grow up safely.

The family with the most grown-up sons will be looked up to by other families. This is not only a sign of many sons and good fortune in the Northern Dynasty, but also in the other three countries.

Xie Zhao smiled and nodded, saying, "If my father hadn't fallen in love with one person in his prime and his health hadn't deteriorated, I would probably have more brothers and sisters."

Zhuo Nan was slightly startled.

"Your father only has one wife, your mother. She is a rare and infatuated person."

Xie Zhao burst out laughing.

Her foolish father, Emperor Wei, did indeed favor only one person in his later years, but that person was not his first wife, Empress Xiaochun Xie Wan, but Imperial Concubine Bai.

"how is this possible?"

Xie Zhao smiled, his expression unable to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"My mother was a beautiful woman with a short life and passed away early. Although my father never remarried, he was surrounded by beautiful women. His favorite person was not my mother."

Zhuonan paused after hearing this, with a look of comforting and sympathy on his face.

"That's Miss Zhao's mother."

Xie Zhao scratched his head and laughed:
"Sir, you don't have to pity us. My mother probably didn't care about these things before she passed away."

Although her mother was posthumously named Empress Xiaochun by the late emperor after her death, and the posthumous title of "Xiao" and "Chun" was used, it can be seen that the emperor respected her.

But Empress Xie had been alone in the deep palace for many years during her lifetime, so I'm afraid she no longer cared about those false reputations.

Zhuo Nan was silent for a moment, then said in a sincere voice:

".Sorry, Miss Zhao."

Xie Zhao burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Well, there's nothing to apologize for. All my mother wanted was for her two children to be safe. As for other worldly possessions, she doesn't care much about them, and neither do I."

Xie Zhaofu remembered something again, and after a moment he whispered:

"However, my old man and uncles often say that I look a lot like my mother."

Zhuo Nan quietly looked at Xie Zhao's perfect facial features illuminated by the firelight. Her face looked particularly soft and angular in the night.

He nodded and said, "In that case, your mother must be a stunning beauty."

"Of course not! My mother is——"

Xie Zhao almost blurted out "the most beautiful woman in the Southern Dynasty in the past", but fortunately she stopped herself in time.

She laughed and held her forehead with her hand. Normally, she was not such a careless person.

But recently, perhaps because she was in a foreign country, she couldn't help feeling lazy and unconsciously said many things that she shouldn't have said in normal times.

Zhuo Nan was slightly startled and looked at him for a moment.

"You are the eldest daughter of the family and should be valued by the family. If so, why did you leave the family at a young age and even become a wanderer?"

She was her father's favorite daughter and her biological mother was the principal wife. Zhuo Nan couldn't understand why this woman had fallen into the state of being a wanderer on the grassland.

In the Northern Dynasties, the Han and Yong dynasties attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and most of the legitimate sons and daughters in the family were given special training and care.

Xie Zhao smiled nonchalantly after hearing this.

"I was not born to run a 'family business', and there are always various reasons.

Now my brother is the head of the family, and I can just wander around. If there is something going on at home, I will go back to help. I have been busy for so many years and I have finally made it through."

Zhuonan thought of his sister and couldn't help but smile.

"You two are both your mother's children. He was attached to you when he was young, so I'm sure you two should have a good relationship now."

Xie Zhao suddenly fell silent.

Zhuo Nan didn't hear Xie Zhao speak for a long time, and couldn't help but look up at him in surprise, but he was caught off guard by the silence in Xie Zhao's eyes.

Zhuonan knew what to do and didn't say anything else.

But after a while, Xie Zhao suddenly smiled and said, "Everyone will grow up, but my brother was really cute when he was young. The old man may have high hopes for him, so he has always been very harsh and strict with him.

Whenever he didn't do well in his studies, he would run to my room and cry, fearing that my father would check his homework.
I asked him what was wrong, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just buried his face in my arms until he fell asleep with sobs and hiccups. He was like a timid, pale little kid.

"Later, my family made other plans for me and sent me to another place to practice. I became addicted to martial arts. The world is big, and I have been hanging around outside for many years. Gradually, the number of times I went home to see him became less and less.

But every time he made progress in his studies, my father asked him what reward he wanted, and he always said he wanted to come to the mountains to see me. But my father was afraid that he would disturb my meditation, so he would not allow it. "

"Later, when I was a teenager, my mother was seriously ill during those years, and the family business was in turmoil. In order to improve my martial arts, I left my master's school early and began to travel all over the world."

Xie Zhao smiled, his eyes sparkling.

“Looking back now, those years were really tiring, but also very fulfilling!

Maybe I was too young at that time? A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, I don’t know what fear is, I held a high position, traveled far and wide, and really put out the “fire” at home gradually. "

Her eyes sparkled.

She didn't mention the life-and-death experiences she had in her youth, nor did she mention how many times she had already stepped half a foot into the underworld. In her memories of youth, her parents were alive, her siblings were in harmony, and everything was happy.

Zhuo Nan was puzzled.

"Then why are you and your brother?"

因何
Now the relationship is no longer close?

Hearing this, Xie Zhao shrugged indifferently, but the light in his eyes dimmed slightly.

".Because everyone has to grow up."

Thanks to Baozihutu roommate, Yuezhi, and Danyuanjunxinsiwoxinw for their monthly tickets~