During the long night, everything became peaceful again. Only the chirping of insects could be heard vaguely in the empty night. It felt so lonely.
Zhuzijian wandered on the deserted street, alone with only the black shadow and the moon hanging high in the sky accompanying her, alone.
Although she had already expected that the reunion with her mother-in-law after many years would not be so peaceful, she also did not expect that it would be so chaotic.
The long-standing memories had long been buried deep in her heart, but now they surfaced like wild beasts, but they were so clear.
Eight years ago, Nolan Palace, the bedroom of Concubine Hua Yu.
Over and over again, low shouts spread throughout the huge hall.
"Someone is coming, someone is coming!" A pale little boy held his arm and shouted weakly on the bed.
Muffled shouts spread throughout the huge hall, but after a long time no one came to visit.
The little boy reluctantly got up from the bed, but as soon as he sat up straight, the pain in his abdomen suddenly hit him. The pain made his face turn red, and he couldn't scream because of his physical weakness.
He didn't dare to cry loudly, so he could only sob silently, but this tiny movement caused wounds on his body to hurt so much that he couldn't breathe.
"Hold it, Zhuzijian, hold it, you can do it."
Zhu Zijian, who was only eight years old at the time, clenched his lips tightly and slowly tried to get up from the bed.
After enduring the pain countless times, she finally stood up from the bed tremblingly and walked towards the door with difficulty, but these few steps were also so painful for her.
"Phew, I can do it, I can do it."
Zhuzi Jian secretly took a deep breath and silently counted the steps he took, one step, two steps, three steps, and finally reached the door.
She raised her purple and black arms and reluctantly opened the door, only to find that there was no one outside the hall.
"Why is there no one there? It seems that the only way to go to Ningmei Hall is to get the medicine in person."
Zhuzi Jian had doubts in his heart, and endured the pain on his body, trembling and swaying step by step. In this late autumn season, he was actually sweating.
‘Dip, drip, drip’
In this silent night, the sound of dripping sweat can be heard very clearly.
Looking at the Ning Lai Hall not far ahead, Zhuzi Jian mustered up his last strength.
Just when she was about to reach the Ningmei Hall, a familiar voice came from the dormitory next to her. It was powerful, deep and generous.
"Father, it's Emperor Father, Emperor Father is finally back!"
Zhuzi Jian's depressed mood instantly cheered up. He was so excited that he temporarily forgot about the pain on his body, and his pale face became radiant.
War was raging on the border of Lan Kingdom, and her father personally led the troops into battle. She had not seen her father for two years!
However, her excitement immediately disappeared when another familiar voice sounded.
The voice sounded like weeping and complaining, but also so decisive,
"Yu'er begged the emperor to grant an imperial edict to allow Zhu Zijian, the sixth prince of the Lan Kingdom, to go to Xuanyang Palace to practice and enter the palace at the age of eighteen. From then on, he would become a prince in white and stay away from the court disputes. Yu'er knew that what he had done was audacious and could not be tolerated.
Forgive me, I beg the emperor to issue an edict, otherwise Yu'er will have no choice but to die to apologize."
Zhu Zijian heard every word clearly, and she held her trembling hands tightly to calm herself down.
Sweat was falling drop by drop, along with her silent tears.
"The prince's swordsmen will go to Xuanyang Palace tomorrow to practice. They can only enter the palace when they are eighteen years old, and will be given the position of white clothes to garrison in Bincheng."
With this final order, the hearts of the childhood swordsmen who were already bruised and bruised were once again shattered.
Does her beloved father no longer want her?
Although Zhu Zijian has placed the memory deep in his heart, the memory will never disappear and will eventually be retrieved.
A wisp of autumn wind blew through the late autumn night, waking up Zhu Zijian from his lost thoughts.
Wishful thinking and luck are so ridiculous in the face of facts.
The mother-in-law's pale face, the lack of concentration in her eyes, and her demented behavior reminded her that nothing had changed in the past eight years.
The mother-in-law still hates her and her only child.
The long-lost heartache made Zhuzi Jian feel a surge in his body. This surge was unstoppable and burst out in an instant.
She couldn't hold it back for a moment, and spit out a mouthful of blood, and her body gradually relaxed.
At this time, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind Zhuzi Jian. With a wave of his hands, Zhuzi Jian's legs were taken off by the remaining force, and he knelt down directly on the ground.
"As a black soldier killer in Xuanyang Palace, you are not vigilant at all. If someone kills you to silence you, you will die many times without knowing it. Is this what your master and I taught you?"
Just when the black shadow was about to attack again, he saw the blood flowing out of the corner of Zhuzijian's mouth, and his anger disappeared in an instant, and he immediately pulled Zhuzijian up from the ground.
"Why are you vomiting blood again? Take the Muxi medicine first."
Zhuzijian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, took the Muxi medicine from Heiying's hand, and said respectfully: "Old Qi"
Qi Lao, the judge of Xuanyang Palace, the elder of Xuanyang Palace who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, is also her second master.
Mr. Qi's silver hair was spread over his shoulders. He was wearing a gray robe to cover his fat body. His eyebrows were short and slightly raised, the corners of his eyes were raised, and the wrinkles on his face were tightly connected. He looked at the pale and weak Zhuzijian with distress.
Sighed repeatedly.
"Didn't you say your breathing has improved? Why are you vomiting blood again?"
Zhu Zijian smiled and said nothing.
The masters had seriously reminded her that before she could fully learn to control her internal strength, she must not let her emotions go out, otherwise the internal injuries in her body would continue to worsen.
Unexpectedly, when I went to see my mother-in-law this time, I still couldn't control my emotions, which led to confusion in my breathing.
In order to prevent Mr. Qi from nagging, Zhu Zijian went straight to the topic. "Did Mr. Qi come with a mission for Zijian?"
Qi Lao sighed, took out a letter with a red circular seal from his arms and handed it to Zhuzi Jian,
"That's right, the new emperor of the Lan Kingdom is selecting a concubine. Your senior sister is about to enter the palace to select a concubine. The master has specifically asked you to personally escort your senior sister into the palace."
Zhu Zijian's heart tightened, she had a bad premonition.
"But Zijian has a holy decree and is not allowed to return to the palace before he is eighteen years old."
"So, you will escort her into the palace as the Black Sword of Xuanyang Palace. King Lan Guowei has also given permission. There will be half a year of palace etiquette training before entering the palace. The master ordered you to accompany Junior He to assist her.
Until the day I am chosen as my concubine."
"Why choose me?"
Zhu Zijian actually wanted to ask why he chose an abandoned son. A 'prince' who left the palace at the age of eight and grew up outside the palace has no ties to the palace anymore.
"You said you are usually very smart, why did you act stupid today? You will turn eighteen in two years, and then it will be the day when you return to the palace to inherit the throne in white. The reason why your master asked you to join Junior He
Entering the palace, I also want you to enter the palace as soon as possible to prepare for the future."
"Preparing for the future?"
Zhu Zijian's expression changed slightly and his eyes flashed.
"What future? What is the master's intention?" This chapter has been completed!