Prince Changping actually never encountered any hardships.
For Prince Changping, if something happened to the prince, he would not be able to see his father, and it would not matter if he could not see him. He was still his eldest grandson. The late emperor named him a prince before his death. His younger uncle, the sixth prince, became the emperor and held him in his hands.
Cherish it more.
And he still lives in the East Palace.
It's not that he thought life would always be like this, he just felt that he didn't have to think about the future for the time being, and he didn't expect that there would suddenly be no future.
Compared to when he was five years old, the eleven-year-old Prince Changping already knew what death was. The young boy looked at the spring-filled heaven and earth, at the tall and golden man beside him, and then at the dark attendants scattered around, tears streaming down his face.
Sliding down the face.
"If my mother knew," he tried to remind, or threaten.
Huo Lian smiled and glanced at the foot of the mountain: "Your Highness thinks I brought you hunting, doesn't the princess know?"
Prince Changping's hand holding the reins was shaking.
"Does Your Highness think that my escort means safety?" Huo Lian said, shaking her head with a smile, "Who am I, Huo Lian? Your Highness may not have heard of it in the palace, Yin Bing, Yin Division, Soul-Seducing King of Hell, when you see me,
It means unknown, it means death."
Yes, he was in the palace and often by the emperor's side. He could clearly feel how much the emperor valued Huo Lian and would not let Huo Lian leave easily. This time Huo Lian personally escorted him. He really thought it meant that his uncle valued him.
care.
Little uncle——
Prince Changping's tears flowed even more fiercely.
"It's uncle." He spoke again.
Huo Lian shook her head and interrupted him: "I want to call you Your Majesty."
He was no longer the prince who was raised by his father and looked like an idler, nor was he the uncle who carried him to pick fruits, dig out bird's nests, and squat on the ground together to watch the ants.
Prince Changping held the reins and did not dare to say a word, and did not know what to say. He just kept crying.
There are shrill bird calls deep in the mountains, and countless birds fly out of the jungle and hover in the sky.
Huo Lian raised her eyes and extended her hand to Prince Changping to invite him: "Your Highness, it's time to start. Go quickly."
Not to mention a child, even adults couldn't bear this. Prince Changping was trembling all over. He didn't want to say anything to beg for mercy, and he knew that begging for mercy was useless, so he just shook his head.
But shaking your head can't stop what Huo Lian wants to do.
"Then let me do it." Huo Lian said, flicking the whip in her hand with these words.
The pony ridden by King Changping was frightened and ran forward with a neigh. The young boy on the horse also broke the tight string and screamed. He whipped his whip randomly to urge the pony back.
He wants to go home——
He wants to find his mother——
He doesn’t want to die——
The panicked pony and the young boy ran in the opposite direction.
The guards who stood solemnly stamped their horses, but Huo Lian raised her hand to stop them.
"I'll do it," he said, turning the whip gently in his hand, and the horse moved forward like the wind.
In the bright mountains and fields, black people and black horses are like a whirlwind. In the blink of an eye, they catch up with the ponies and young boys who are running around and crying. When people face life and death, although they are frightened, they burst out with courage and whip their horses into the wild.
Lian beat her away, threw away the riding whip, and took down the bow and arrow——
The eleven-year-old Prince Changping also learned archery when he was learning riding. The emperor did not neglect his education at all. He hired very good teachers who were also very strict.
The young boy's archery skills were not just a show-off, but also at a critical moment of life and death. The soldiers and guards who stayed aside clearly saw the young boy shooting sharp arrows, and some couldn't help but rush forward.
Even though it is a little immature beast, it is still very troublesome to show its teeth and claws, and it is not easy for the governor to deal with it alone.
"No need." The soldier next to him said, "I heard Zhu Chuan say that the governor was best at traveling alone when he was in the Northern Navy. He once ran to the barbarians alone. What do you think he did?"
The soldiers and guards of the Ducha Division were selected from various armies, but there was no Northern Navy. Huo Lian rejected the people who chose the Northern Navy at that time, except for Zhu Chuan, who was his entourage.
So I don’t know much about Huo Lian’s past, and I’m curious after hearing this. Is she going to the enemy territory alone?
"Are you planning a sneak attack?" one person asked.
The deeds of the champion are the dream in every soldier's heart.
However, the champion's surprise attack on the enemy's territory is not something he can do alone.
The soldier who spoke earlier laughed: "No, no, if that happens, the governor will not be able to come back." Then he said, "The governor drove more than 20 horses back."
Although it was not a record like that of the champion, it still made the soldiers present exclaim. This was more difficult than capturing twenty enemies.
Horses are inherently spiritual animals and are difficult to control, not to mention that the barbarian people are extremely good at raising and taming horses.
Huo Lian was able to control horses back from the hinterland of the wilderness.
Twenty horses!
"That's really a fortune!" they couldn't help but cheer.
The previous soldier was also very proud: "So don't worry. With the Governor's abilities, there is no need to worry."
After saying this, everyone looked over and saw that Prince Changping's arrows had passed by Huo Lian one after another. Huo Lian was sitting on the horse without moving, only waving her whip lightly, running briskly around Prince Changping, and then
As he ran, the pony that was running around unconsciously followed his direction.
"Look, don't worry." The soldier from before continued.
The others nodded, but did not cheer, and their smiles gradually disappeared. They looked at the young man relaxing on the horse with complicated eyes.
The man who once was able to drive more than twenty army horses from enemy territory was now driving an eleven-year-old child to his death.
I don’t know why this scene makes people feel weird. Is it funny? Sad?
Funny and sad are not the emotions Duchasi should have.
The soldiers and guards stopped laughing, lowered their raised brows, and regained their composure, watching in front of them as Huo Lian and Prince Changping disappeared into the mountains.
Prince Xuanwen's palace was filled with noise, with people running and horses neighing, mixed with the wailing of the maidservants, all rushing towards the princess's place.
The former Crown Princess, now Princess Xuanwen, was sitting in the hall dressed in fine clothes, her face looking very haggard.
Hearing the noise coming from outside, the princess who was sitting upright scolded: "Shut up, don't even cry."
The maids who came in were so frightened that they immediately stopped crying.
Footsteps followed, and a group of black-clothed soldiers came slowly. The leader, Huo Lian, was holding a young boy. Both of them were covered in blood.
"Prince Changping was hunting as a birthday gift to express his filial piety and accidentally fell off the cliff." He said, shaking his head and sighing, "After all, the mountains here are not a royal hunting garden. They are full of wild animals. Your Highness is young and inexperienced, so he suffered this misfortune.
"
Princess Xuanwen stared at Huo Lian's fair face with cold eyes.
"Don't Governor Huo have any responsibility?" she asked word by word.
"I have done a good job." Huo Lian said lightly, "Fortunately, I arrived in time and rescued His Highness who fell from the cliff. It's just that His Highness's feet were stuck in the gap of the cliff and he couldn't be rescued."
Princess Xuanwen was stunned when she heard these words, and then her chest heaved violently: "You, you mean, you are still alive?"
Huo Lian took a step back: "He is still alive now, and he will have to see a doctor for treatment next."
Before he could finish speaking, Princess Xuanwen stumbled towards him, and her tense body fell limply in front of Prince Changping.
Only then did she see that although the little boy was covered in blood and unconscious, his chest was heaving.
"Ye'er, Ye'er." Tears welled up in her eyes and she called out.
The comatose little boy heard his mother's call and murmured subconsciously. Although he was weak and silent, his lips could be seen moving and his head was shaking.
Still alive, alive.
She had no hope of surviving.
She was not a five-year-old child who knew nothing about the world. When she saw Huo Lian escorting Prince Changping back, her heart became cold.
Who is Huo Lian? There is a knife in His Majesty's hand, a knife designed to do dirty things. The knife will be stained with blood as soon as it is taken out of the sheath.
In fact, this knife has always been hanging in my mind.
The brother-in-law who almost grew up in the Prince's Palace is no longer someone she can treat at will, so when the emperor said that he wanted the child to stay in the East Palace, she agreed without hesitation. During this period, the child wanted to live with her because he wanted his mother.
, and was scolded severely by her.
Which mother in the world doesn't want her son, but she can't. If she wants her son and mother's family to be safe, she must be obedient.
Unexpectedly, Huo Lian still came to the door despite being obedient.
Ever since Huo Lian came to visit, she had not closed her eyes again. She waited and waited. She waited until she said she would take her son hunting last night, and then waited for her son's body——
It turns out there is still a glimmer of hope!
The boulder weighing on her heart was lifted slightly, and Princess Xuanwen burst into tears and laughed again, shouting urgently: "Come, come, call the doctor quickly."
The palace servants inside and outside stood motionless as if they were dead.
Princess Xuanwen looked at Huo Lian, her eyes blurred by tears.
"Call the doctor," Huo Lian said, "so as not to endanger your life."
As soon as he finished speaking, people inside and outside moved around in confusion, crying and shouting, and the whole palace returned to life.