That year, Xiuheng was thirteen years old.
At a noon that was so ordinary that it could not be more ordinary, Wenying hurriedly returned to Mu’an Palace.
“Big Prince, big things are not good.”
Xiuheng stopped reading ancient books and asked slowly, “What’s wrong? You are the most steady on weekdays. Why are you so panicked today? What happened? But something happened on the front line?”
At that time, Xiliang and Jin State met with each other due to national border issues, and the people on the border were in dire straits and were in great pain. Xiuheng once asked the Emperor of Western Liang to go to the front line in person, but was rejected by the Emperor of Western Liang because Xiuheng, as a prince, should not have put himself in danger.
How ridiculous. Since his mother was killed, the Emperor of Xiliang has only focused on Xiuhuang. If he really encountered any unexpected problems on the front line, whether it was natural disasters or man-made disasters, some people might wake up in a dream. If one competitor is missing, why not?
Xiuheng remembers that when he and Xiuhuang were still young, they were also brothers who loved each other. At that time, Xiuhuang always pestered Xiuheng. When Xiuheng went to class with the Taifu every day, Xiuhuang came to Mu’an Palace and waited for Xiuheng to come back. At that time, Xiuhuang was young and snoring. When Xiuheng returned to Mu’an Palace, the most common thing he saw was that Xiuhuang was lying on the desk and was sleeping, and he kept muttering “Emperor Brother” from time to time.
When spring is warm and flowers are blooming, Xiuhuang wants to fly a kite, so Xiuheng will make a kite for Xiuhuang himself. Xiuhuang was afraid of sleeping alone, but refused to sleep with his mother. So Xiuheng asked the Emperor of Xiliang to ask for instructions and came to sleep with Xiuhuang every night, and spent one lonely and dark night after another with Xiuhuang.
On a summer evening, Xiuheng took Xiuhuang out of the palace, went to the suburbs to catch fireflies, and waited on the mountain to watch the sunrise. In autumn, the bleak autumn wind blows. In the imperial garden, Xiuheng risked being scolded and climbed up the tree to pick the fruit he had never seen before for Xiuhuang. The winter in Xiliang is very cold, and Xiuhuang is weak and prone to wind and cold. Xiuheng reminds him to wear more clothes every day, teach him martial arts, and strengthen his body.
Everyone in the palace said that the brothers fell in love with each other, which was really a model for royal brothers, but these things no longer existed overnight.
Xiuheng lost his mother when he was very young. He didn’t remember her mother deeply. He only remembered that one day he encountered her mother vomiting blood. After a few days, her mother went there. Later, Xiuhuang’s mother was very happy to treat Xiuheng, and Xiuheng also regarded her as her mother.
But Xiuheng never thought that the person he regarded as his mother was the murderer who killed his biological mother.
That day, Xiuheng escaped morning class and secretly went to find Xiuhuang, but accidentally heard a secret.
“Son of the Emperor, for you, the mother secretly poisoned the first queen and would lose her mother