"My little brother and I were born like this. Brother Wang and the second brother have really suffered a lot. Brother Wang's biological mother is the wife of a small county magistrate."
"Huh? Madam!" Zhou Ranzhuo thought Xia Jingyan had said something wrong and wanted to remind him.
"Ranzhuo, I'm right. She was the wife of Mr. Li, the magistrate of Lan County, who was convicted of treason back then. Her real name was Chu Xinke. Later, she became Li Xinke. She was brought in in a small sedan chair.
In Prince Xia's Mansion, I became my father's concubine." Xia Jingyan gritted his teeth.
"Mrs. Chu changed her surname to Li, could it be because..."
"You are not mistaken. My father was touring Lan County and fell in love with Mrs. Chu. My father was lustful and forced Mr. Li to recognize his wife as his sister and marry her into the palace as the eldest daughter of the Li family. Later,
In order to eliminate the scandal, my father convicted and executed the nine clansmen of Mr. Li. In fact, Mr. Li is an honest and good official."
"What about Mrs. Chu? Didn't she come forward to explain?"
"Mrs. Chu fell in love with Mr. Li, and heard that Mr. Li and his son were also killed. She wanted to reveal the truth and then commit suicide. However, she found out that she was pregnant at that time, so she could only endure it for the time being. Later, she gave birth to the baby
For the sake of Brother Wang, she did not disobey her father and chose to commit suicide."
Xia Jingyan let out a long sigh.
"What about Lord Marquis?" Zhou Ranzhuo asked.
"The second brother is his long-awaited legitimate son, but he really had high hopes. He was beaten and scolded every day, making the second brother study hard in civil and martial arts. The second brother then fell into the root of the disease, and it was all because of him beating him!"
He tightened his fist.
"Ranzhuo, do you think the second brother's temper is very strange now? It is good and bad sometimes, especially when he is in court, he often quarrels with officials?"
Zhou Ranzhuo thought for a while, and it was true that Xia Jingxuan got angry and scared a group of officials crazy. But once the officials stayed away from him, Xia Jingxuan's expression became very aggrieved and regretful. He stretched out his hand, but he couldn't hold anyone back.
In the end, people can only call themselves sick and leave first, and their backs will always be lonely.
"Yes, Lord Marquis always leaves first." Zhou Ranzhuo nodded.
"That was also caused by my father. Later, my father passed away. My second brother grew up with Brother Wang and wanted to be kind to others. However, the shadow left by my father was too great. My second brother wanted to change, but sometimes
I still can't control it, and I can only leave alone in the end. Ranzhuo, every time it rains heavily, go to the second brother's deep lock pavilion and take a look. You will find that the second brother will huddle in the corner and say nothing.
It’s like being trapped in darkness.”
"Why is it a rainy night?"
"Because the second brother's biological mother, Mrs. Yu, could no longer endure the long-term torture and hanged herself in the room on a rainy night. The room where she committed suicide was the Shenzhuo Pavilion where the second brother now lives. Once, Brother Wang
I wanted to move him to a different pavilion, but the second brother was still unwilling. He just wanted to watch and torture himself..."
There was another long silence.
"Actually, my father doesn't care about everyone around him, whether it's the three wives he is marrying, or his concubines like Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Chen. He gives up when he gets tired of playing with them. How many times did my father have in his life?
None of the ten women survived him. They either committed suicide or died in depression, or were given death. In short, there was no good outcome."
Zhou Ranzhuo didn't know what to say, so he could only hold Xia Jingyan's hand and give her a shoulder to rely on.
"My mother was his last woman, and it was he who ordered the poisoned wine. My mother was right, but when my father got sick and knew that he was not going to die soon, he wanted to drag my mother to be buried with him, so my mother was buried with him.
On my first birthday, I was given poisoned wine. In the evening, my father also left. Emperor Yuan! He actually said that I lost my parents on the day of my birthday, so I was an unlucky person. It was I who killed them! If it weren't for my king
Brother, if I stop him, Emperor Yuan will probably kill me..."
Xia Jingyan raised his head and looked at Zhou Ranzhuo with tears in his eyes.
"Ranzhuo, if I hadn't been lucky, I probably wouldn't have known you alive..."
"Yan'er, it's all over." Zhou Ranzhuo held Xia Jingyan tightly in his arms and kissed her forehead.
"Later, Brother Wang came to the throne and treated everyone in the house kindly. As the eldest brother, he coaxed us to sleep every day. He was obviously tortured himself, but he pretended to be happy, busy with government affairs and taking care of us at the same time.
We, how many years have passed before we got better."
Xia Jingyan wanted to say one more thing. She didn't know how much impact it would have on him if Zhou Ranzhuo knew about it. She blurted out:
"This is our home, and a few years ago, the Nanjiang Zhou royal family..."
"What?!" Zhou Ranzhuo suddenly said in shock.
"It's about the genocide in Nanjiang, Ranzhuo, and the demise of the Zhou Kingdom. When those assassins mentioned the Zhou Kingdom before, I was really shocked." Xia Jingyan said.
"Yan'er, are you afraid that the Zhou people will come back for revenge?" Zhou Ranzhuo said with a wry smile. He wanted to hear what Xia Jingyan thought of the Zhou people.
Is it...that he wants the Kingdom of Zhou to perish?
Xia Jingyan shook his head, "Ranzhuo, I'm not afraid."
Zhou Ranzhuo looked back at her, "That's right. The prince has great power and military power. So what if the Zhou Kingdom is destroyed again..."
Zhou Ranzhuo smiled, also laughing at himself.
But Xia Jingyan didn't think so. When Zhou Ranzhuo said this, Xia Jingyan found it strange.
"Ranzhuo, how can you say that? The Kingdom of Zhou is also a place where all people live. If wars break out and all lives are lost, wouldn't it be the fault of our royal family?" Xia Jingyan said softly.
Zhou Ranzhuo's complexion changed.
"Yan'er, do you really think so?"
"Of course, Brother Wang will be like this too. Those of us who are officials and kings, shouldn't we think about the people?"
"But when I saw it... I heard people say that the prince and the marquis also participated in the battle of Yihe..."
"That is also the father. He wants to exercise the courage of the king and the second brother, forcing the king and the second brother to open their eyes and look. Mrs. Yu is behind the army. The father said that if the king and the second brother don't look, he will
Brother Wang and the second brother have no choice but to kill Madam Yu immediately, Ran Zhuo, they don’t want to, but they can’t do anything..."
Only now did Zhou Ranzhuo know everything.
No... it's not what Xia Jingsheng and Xia Jingxuan wanted... So what should we do? Are they at fault? What should he do...
"Brother Wang and his second brother were also very sorry about the Nanjiang incident. Brother Wang said that he could not stop his father and could only watch Yihe's corpses littering the fields. Later, the late emperor gave Nanjiang to the Xia family as a fiefdom. It was really ironic.
, We still dare not go to our fiefdom to take a look. We are not afraid of the Nanjiang royal family coming back. We are only afraid that they will be resentful and resentful that we failed to protect them, and we are even more afraid that the people of Nanjiang will hate us..."
Zhou Ranzhuo's heart felt like a knife was being twisted.
"Yan'er, I'm sorry, I don't know these things. When it comes to the Xia King, I..."
"It's nothing to do with Ranmao. He who doesn't know is not guilty." Xia Jingyan didn't know the pain in Zhou Ranmao's heart. She smiled, "I heard these things from my wet nurse. I didn't know about this kind of thing before. It often made my brothers unhappy.
.”
Zhou Ranzhuo felt strange, so should he inflict his hatred on the Xia family on the Xia family? It was all hatred and pain.
"Ranzhuo, do you still remember that I once told you that I was also afraid of the dark? In fact, my brothers and I were both afraid of the dark, so when we were young, we crowded into Brother Wang's room and slept together. But as we grew up,
After all, I am a girl, and it is really not suitable for me to stay in Brother Wang's house any longer. Brother Wang then found a personal maid for me. My second brother happened to have rescued Chao Ya and came back. Chao Ya looked at her demureness and was about the same age as me, so she
I separated from my brother only after entering Yuqing Pavilion."
"Yan'er, if you are scared, you can get into my bed and I can protect you!" Zhou Ranzhuo became playful again and tickled Xia Jingyan.
In fact, he wanted to cover it up and didn't want Xia Jingyan to see his sadness.
At this time, Xia Jingyan calmed down and laughed with Zhou Ranzhuo.
"Don't worry Yan'er, I won't mention it again from now on." Zhou Ran hugged Xia Jingyan tightly.
Anyway, who wants to mention him? He will get angry if he mentions him!
"That's good." Xia Jingyan wiped away her tears, pulled Zhou Ranzhuo's collar and kissed his lips.
At this time, a wifeless man named Gu Mingyun happened to pass by. He stood at the weapon area in front of the competition platform and picked up an arrow. He tilted his head slightly and clearly saw this "crittal attack".
At this moment, Zhou Ranzhuo and Xia Jingyan had just finished sleeping. They looked at the scenery in front of them, and then they saw Gu Yun.
Their eyes met in a very awkward manner, and the smiles of the three of them froze.
After a while, Gu Yun showed no expression and pretended not to notice. He raised his bow and arrow and looked up at the sky. He sighed that the weather was really nice today. When he was done, he ran away knowingly.
Zhou Ranzhuo and Xia Jingyan looked at each other, couldn't help laughing, and hugged each other. In silence, they redeemed each other,
The underground palace is so dark that you can't even see your fingers.
"You little bastard is not dead yet! What do you do for food!"
"Sir, spare his life. He is dead or not, but according to our plan, the dead man will tell the story of the Zhou Dynasty! The Xia family will definitely be vigilant!"
"Be careful! You don't know that Zhou Ranzhuo is a good talker! He can talk better than anyone else! Hurry up, tomorrow, tomorrow is Zhou Ranzhuo's hunting day, send someone, just send the one who is in charge of the underground palace.
I'll screw him to death!"
"But... Sir, once Gao Qi comes out, I'm afraid we won't be able to bring him back after Zhou Ranzuo dies. Gao Qi was captured by the late king and his men who sacrificed hundreds of lives..."
"I don't care! At worst, call someone first to add some medicine to Gao Qi's diet today, and then we'll poison him immediately! Do you hear me?"
"Yes Yes……"
The young man searched to the deepest part of the underground palace. There were layers of thigh-thick iron railings, the sound of rattling iron chains in the cell, and the sound of huffing and puffing breathing. The young man breathed a long sigh of relief, grabbed the wine bottle on the side and shook it.
After drinking a few sips of wine, he called on his brothers to hold up torches and get closer step by step.
A pair of glowing red eyes suddenly opened, two hands grasped the railing, and the "monster" let out a roar.