Concubine Rebirth: Your Highness, I am sick

Chapter 10 The Prince's Scars

As long as he left Xingyun Palace, King Mu would not miss any woman in the back house.

In the study, he picked up the pen three times in a row, and finally threw the pen on the paper angrily.The huge ink ball fainted, as deep as a dark cloud.

An elegant middle-aged man walked to the desk, picked up a pen, put it gently on the pen holder, and said slowly: "Your Highness, the pen and ink are innocent."

King Mu's usually indifferent and calm eyes revealed unspeakable sadness at this moment.

"It's almost New Year's Eve." There was no joy of New Year's Eve in his tone.

The middle-aged man said: "As soon as the snow stops, it will become lively outside."

But King Mu didn't care if it was lively outside: "Bai Chuan, have you ever been to Huaizhou? The wind and snow there are a hundred times worse than in the capital."

The middle-aged man's name was Chu Baichuan, he was King Mu's aide and his friend.When King Mu mentioned Huaizhou, he knew that he couldn't let go of Princess Yongshou who was married far away.

"After the snowstorm, the capital will usher in spring. The same is true for Huaizhou. If you go further west, it will be the same for Xichang. No matter how long the winter is, after the new year, spring will come. Don't worry too much, Your Highness. The princess is smart and kind. To be able to settle down in Xichang Kingdom..."

"I don't need such consolation." King Mu shook his head, "It's always been in spring and summer when we go west. But this time, the envoys from Xichang arrived in Beijing at the beginning of the month, and at the end of the month they wanted the princess to marry far away, and they couldn't even wait until the end of the year. It's a humiliation. They were sure that the father would be tolerant, and a danwan belongs to the country, so they gave Daliang Chao a resounding slap in the face."

Chu Baichuan smiled wryly: "But, Your Highness is still going to see her off."

"The two elder brothers are making excuses in every possible way. Yongshou and I are siblings, and we are obliged to look back. If there is no prince to marry, Xichang Kingdom will look down on Yongshou even more, and she will still suffer after all."

The crown prince and King Qing were busy inviting favors in front of the emperor, who would leave the capital at this juncture to do such a thankless and shameful thing.

"Your Highness understands in his heart. No matter how sad you are to marry, you still have to marry in the end. All Your Highness can do is to try to gain some space. Your Majesty..." Chu Baichuan paused, and continued, "The Majesty has a kind heart and a natural nature. Forgiveness, the world is peaceful on the surface, but behind this peace is tolerance to foreign enemies and ignorance of internal corruption."

King Mu knew that Chu Baichuan's pause was just a change of nice wording.If you are more polite, the emperor is now content with pleasure and pampering adulterers. If it weren't for the Daliang Dynasty with an efficient cabinet;

"Bai Chuan, you are a sensible person. However, I don't believe it. Around the two brothers, there is no one who understands."

Chu Baichuan said: "Beside them, there must be someone who sees deeper and farther than me. It's just that what they have to consider at the moment is not these things. They can't sit on that dragon chair. All the far-reaching things are meaningless, just like His Highness today. , more than enough heart but not enough strength.”

King Mu was thoughtful.

"His Royal Highness may be worried not only about the princess's far-off marriage, but also about facing the crown prince and King Qing. How should you deal with it?"

The crown prince and King Qing are fighting openly and secretly, and it can be said that they are evenly matched. King Mu, who is ranked third, is in a very delicate situation.The two elder brothers not only hoped to win him over, but also guarded against him in every possible way. King Mu was deeply troubled by this.Emotionally, he was more inclined to the prince. However, Queen Qing's momentum and dangerous behavior made him more cautious.

"Those who know me, Bai Chuan."

Chu Baichuan felt that the atmosphere was heavy, so he chuckled: "Behind the crown prince is the ancestral system and the empress dowager. Behind Prince Qing is the real power and the emperor. I think His Highness, you can't hide, you can't avoid it."

dodge?King Mu sneered: "Heh, since I was ten years old, I have never thought of avoiding it."

"Oh? When His Highness was ten years old, which master did you listen to and suddenly realized?"

King Mu's eyes dimmed, and his voice became low: "No matter which famous teacher, it's not as good as the bloody reality. Saying thousands of words is not as good as one thing."

Chu Baichuan couldn't understand for a while, and looked at King Mu suspiciously.

King Mu looked back at those years, his usual calm expression gradually became sad.

"When I was ten years old, I was tired of staying in the palace, so I stole the clothes of a young eunuch, and sneaked out of the palace in the vegetable cart of the imperial dining room... I wandered around the capital for three days. Then These three days are the most carefree three days in my life. Even the air is free, I would rather beg for food from people on the street than go back to the palace to eat these delicacies.”

Chu Baichuan laughed and said, "It turns out that His Highness was also so naughty when he was young."

A joke didn't dispel the bitterness on King Mu's brow.

"Yeah, too naughty. There is a price to pay for being naughty. Three days later, I was found by the guards and brought back to the palace. The reprimand of the emperor, the tears of the concubine, these are not important. I found that everyone around me Gone, those court ladies and eunuchs who served me since childhood, my best playmates, all disappeared..."

Chu Baichuan was secretly startled: "Could it be..."

King Mu lowered his eyes: "It was only later that I found out that they were all dead. Because they lost me, they were all killed with sticks, and none remained. It is said that the land in front of the gate of the court stick prison has not been washed for three days. Clean. Too much blood...too much..."

"All of this is because of my willfulness. From then on, I became clear that I am not only Qin Yan, but also the third prince of Daliang. My every move, every move, every word, and every action will be followed by someone. Luoluo, sad and joyful. Such a fate cannot be resisted or avoided."

Mu Wang's handsome face gradually returned to calm from sadness.It's like talking about someone else's past.

This is what he looks like in normal times, calm, neither sad nor happy.Chu Baichuan knew that the scars that Princess Yongshou gave him were hidden.When he remembered his destiny, his usual calm returned.

"Your strength is the princess' real reliance." Chu Baichuan said.

King Mu also agreed with this.The folks still pay attention to the power of the natal family, and royal marriages are no different.

He shook off his troubles, remembered that Chu Baichuan also had a precious daughter, and said, "Baichuan is willing to enter my palace, isn't it because of the girl?"

Chu Baichuan smiled ashamedly: "Thanks to His Highness, it's finally settled down now."

"Chinese New Year is coming soon, and these girls are going home, what is Ying'er's plan?"

Chu Baichuan came from a medical family, but he himself was reluctant to study medicine, but his precious daughter Chu Ying was promising and was admitted to the female medical camp.If it wasn't for his daughter, he would not be willing to be restrained in the capital.He usually lives in Prince Mu's Mansion, and he doesn't have a place to settle down in the capital. If his daughter wants to go home, she must have a "home" first.

"Your Highness has a heart, and it can always be settled anyway, but it only takes about ten days."

King Mu knew that he was very upright, even if there were difficulties, he would never confide in them.

"The small courtyard in Xijia Lane has been empty for a long time, and the princess always thinks that there is no popularity there. Let Ying'er tidy up and use it as a place to stay, which can be considered as a peace of mind for the princess. That's it."

Chu Baichuan thanked you.But he knew in his heart that he was not worrying for the concubine, King Mu said this deliberately, because he didn't want to be grateful.

(End of this chapter)