Chapter 132 The Inexplicable Past
Chapter 132 The Inexplicable Past
Song Chengyi was carried back to Kunning Palace when he was about three years old.
Because he was born without breath, he was considered a dead baby and thrown out of the palace. Fortunately, an old woman who retired from the palace took him home to raise him.
It was Yu'er, the maid of honor next to the empress, who was out of the palace during her break to do some shopping. After she happened to see his very similar appearance to Zhu Chenghong, she immediately asked the old man for his specific information and confirmed that he was the real one who was thrown out by them three years ago. Only after seeing her little master did she secretly carry him back to the palace.
When she just found out that her own son was not a dead baby and had lived outside for three years, the queen was actually struggling hard inside. One was the baby she had spoiled as her own son for three years, and the other was her real son.
Back then, she gave birth to a dead baby and the emperor's favorite concubine was watching her outside, so she had to ask someone to find the Nan Wang Wangfei who happened to be born in Beijing on the same day.The two were sisters who had a very good relationship before they got married, and it happened that the princess gave birth to twins, so the servants sent immediately went to hug one of them, pretending that she gave birth to a normal son to consolidate their status.
But it's only been three years now.There is also a coincidence like a joke in the sky, Nan Wangfei's son is exactly the same as her son.Now that she has found her real son, she can return her son to King Nan and let her real son return to her side.
However, what is ridiculous is that Song Chengyi is indeed alive and was carried back by someone, but his body is in a weak state and may die at any time.
And the future prince of Ming Dynasty must not be a tuberculosis man.
Zhu Chenghong must not return it, but in this case, Song Chengyi's whereabouts will become a problem.
Because the two look very similar, and they are still children, but Yu'er, who is familiar with Zhu Chenghong, can still see Song Chengyi's problems at a glance.If Song Chengyi was allowed to stay outside, more people would definitely notice him in the future.
Once the queen's actions three years ago were discovered, it would be a clear crime of deceiving the emperor.
Therefore, since the child has been brought back, it must not be sent out for others to discover.
Everything was already on the right track, but Song Chengyi's sudden survival was the biggest surprise.However, his physical weakness still cannot replace Zhu Chenghong's position.
In fact, the queen also knew that the best way was to turn him into a dead baby.Let things go wrong right to the end.
Although she realized this very clearly, she still couldn't bear it.After all, it was a piece of flesh that fell from her during her pregnancy in October, the son who was truly connected by her blood.
Then there is only one way.
Just hide Song Chengyi and prevent other people with evil intentions from seeing him.
Even if he was discovered, the queen would suffer unpredictable disasters, but she still chose to protect her children to a certain extent.
So from then on, Daming's empress began to become weaker.
Countless precious medicinal materials were transported to the Kunning Palace, and outsiders all said that the emperor had a deep affection for the empress.
But only a few cronies of the queen in Kunning Palace know that those medicinal materials will only be used on the real little master who is hidden in the dark by them.
Song Chengyi has always known that his mother's empress has a ostensible son named Zhu Chenghong, but he really saw Zhu Chenghong half a year after he was brought back to Kunning Palace.
He was not a real child at all, the soul in his body was already a mature person.So when the queen asked people to fill his study with books to amuse him, of course he could easily understand the text on it.
But precisely because Song Chengyi can read and even know almost all the characters here, the queen's requirements for Zhu Chenghong are also constantly increasing, and he has already started to learn to read and write.
She likes to compare the two children, and the more she compares, the more she feels that Zhu Chenghong is a bit incompetent.
Song Chengyi saw Zhu Chenghong in a daytime. The little prince who loves to play by nature heard from somewhere that there was a medicine jar child prodigy in his yard, which caused his mother to be more strict with him, so he escaped from the study during the daytime. Go directly to the yard where Song Chengyi is 'closed'.
Not many people know of Song Chengyi's existence, and he has always been self-disciplined to make people feel at ease, so there will be no one in his yard except for meals and treatment time.
When Zhu Chenghong got in through the hole by the wall exceptionally smoothly, Song Chengyi was half lying in the middle of the yard basking in the sun, with pastries and tea at hand.
He was awakened by Zhu Chenghong's rustling voice when he came in. When he looked up, he saw a child who looked the same as him and was dressed luxuriously, but unexpectedly dirty.
At that time, Song Chengyi's body was really poor. When he sat up, he felt uncomfortable in his throat and lungs and coughed.
This startled Zhu Chenghong, thinking that his presence made him uncomfortable, so he ran over quickly: "You, are you okay?"
His hands that had just touched the dirt were dirty, leaving obvious fingerprints as soon as he touched Song Chengyi.
Song Chengyi finally regained his composure, afraid of scaring the child, and slowly suppressed his cough: "Why did you come here?"
"I want to see the child prodigy." Zhu Chenghong said honestly.
"Prodigy? Did you see it?" Song Chengyi asked.
Zhu Chenghong nodded: "It looks the same as me."
"I'm not a child prodigy." Song Chengyi laughed.
"Is there anyone else here besides you?" Zhu Chenghong looked around.
Song Chengyi shook his head.
"Then what I'm looking for is you!" Zhu Chenghong said firmly.
This was the first meeting between the two, and it was also the turning point when Zhu Chenghong and Song Chengyi began to change at the same time.
After learning that Zhu Chenghong was under a lot of pressure due to his own reasons, Song Chengyi also realized what was wrong with him, and tried his best to make himself like other children, so as not to let the queen notice his difference.
At the same time, he also began to teach Zhu Chenghong a lot of things.
He can't learn it outside, and if he can't figure it out, he will sneak into the yard to find Song Chengyi to study with him.
The name of the eldest prince's genius gradually spread, and he was deeply loved by the emperor, which made the empress very satisfied.
The fact that Zhu Chenghong always went to Song Chengyi was discovered very quickly, but Zhu Chenghong knew that he could not tell Song Chengyi's affairs after Song Chengyi's suggestion, and kept this matter as a secret.
The queen simply let the two live together, so that Zhu Chenghong would not have to drill into the hole every time.
Of course, this is without outsiders.
Once other people come to Kunning Palace, especially when the emperor comes.Zhu Chenghong is definitely the only prince in Kunning Palace.
And Zhu Chenghong has always done a good job in this regard.
Seeing that the relationship between the two is getting better and better, Song Chengyi's body is getting worse and worse. No matter how many natural talents and earth treasures, he can't delay the decline of his body.But in the same way, because of Zhu Chenghong's presence, Song Chengyi didn't want him to be surprised, and every time he coughed badly, he didn't want to be caught under the quilt by him.As a result, others thought that his health had improved and he only had a slight cough.
Song Chengyi and Zhu Chenghong were both eight years old when Yu'er found out that he would cough up blood.It happened that the master of Shaolin Temple, who had some friendship with the queen in the early years, entered the Forbidden City. The other party was also quite accomplished in medical skills, so he covered Song Chengyi's face and let him see.
Seeing this, the master talked with the queen for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that Song Chengyi should be sent to Shaolin Temple for recuperation and treatment.
So the days when Song Chengyi and Zhu Chenghong really got along in the palace were actually only five years.
But during the few years when he was cultivating in Shaolin Temple, Zhu Chenghong often slipped out of the palace to see him.
Song Chengyi also met Wuhua during those few years.
The first time they met was in the Baihua Pavilion on the back mountain of Shaolin Temple.It is said to be flowers, but in fact, you can only see wild flowers that can be seen everywhere on the mountain.
Because of poor health, Song Chengyi rarely left his yard too far, but that time the weather was really good, and he was not so uncomfortable and weak, so he went to the back mountain without telling the little monk who took care of him.
Wuhua was still young at that time, and she was only a lay disciple without a shaved degree.He sat in the center of the Baihua Pavilion with a guqin in front of him.Probably because he heard Song Chengyi's footsteps, the young man turned his direction and nodded to him like a little adult, but he didn't stop his movements.
Since he was playing the piano in this deserted mountain forest, Song Chengyi was afraid that he didn't like others listening to him playing the piano.Although he looks young, he is also afraid that he may have the taboo that his own piano can only be heard by bosom friends.After seeing him nodding his head, he was relieved, knowing that this was probably regarded as his approval, and he finally got here, and he didn't want to go back without doing anything, so he went straight and sat on the side seat of Baihua Pavilion .
In fact, Wuhuaqin art was already outstanding at that time, but Song Chengyi, who had not yet grown up, could not appreciate this aspect, and fell asleep after listening to it for a while.
When he woke up again, Wuhua who played the piano had already left, but he was covered with an extra coat.
With light sandalwood on his clothes, Song Chengyi thought he was the young master who brought Shaolin Temple to pray, but now he is not sure.
Later, I met again by chance in the Shaolin Temple, only to find out that he was a lay disciple of Master Tianfeng.Because Wuhua was obsessed with learning various skills at the time, the matter of not stepping out of her yard was no worse than that of Song Chengyi who was forced to do nothing.Therefore, their first two encounters were indeed due to fate.
Wuhua was really beautiful and delicate when he was young, and they were the only two companions who had long-term living in Shaolin Temple and still had hair. Song Chengyi was indeed interested in him.But for a long time, even if a piece of Wuhua's clothes walked around Song Chengyi's side, the two of them could only be regarded as nodding acquaintances.
They have been together for a long time, although they are naturally familiar with each other.But it was when Song Chengyi ran out of free lifespan when he was ten years old that he really became friends and started to communicate with each other, when he first came into contact with the mission of heaven.
The first task, in order to make the tasker familiar, is not too difficult, even Song Chengyi's first task target is not even a human being, but a little dirt dog.There are many dogs on the mountain behind Shaolin Temple, and that is the thinnest one.
The one who made the wish was a little girl who came to Shaolin Temple to pray with her parents. She saw the puppy being bullied by chance, and hoped that someone would take good care of the puppy and prevent it from being abused by other dogs.
However, there is plenty of time to complete the Heavenly Dao mission, but as long as the wisher is still alive, the time limit for him to contact the wisher to accept the mission there is very short, especially if the mission location is nearby.But Song Chengyi just couldn't find the little girl who made the wish to start his first mission.After all, he was a child, and after making an appointment with her, he never made the appointment.
Time was running out, so he searched for the little girl according to the identity and background of the little girl given by Heaven, only to learn that their family moved yesterday and did not disclose to anyone where they moved.
The old woman who told Song Chengyi about this didn't look like a bad guy, but also looked a little anxious, so she could only vaguely point in a direction, indicating that they should be going in this direction.
Song Chengyi couldn't find the little girl after all.
He didn't even receive the mission, let alone complete it.The disease-ridden body fell ill again at a critical moment.When he was sent back to Shaolin Temple, he was already in a state of exhaling more breath and less intake.The blood he coughed up was enough to fill the wooden barrels of the young disciples carrying water at the foot of the mountain in Shaolin Temple.
The monk who knew his identity in Shaolin Temple had also sent someone to notify the queen.
When Wuhua came to see him, it was the most embarrassing time when there was only half a day left in the time limit.The bedding was changed twice, but the blood in his body kept gushing out through the trachea as if he could not stop coughing.
The delicate-looking young man sat beside Song Chengyi with cool sandalwood, and they seemed to be from two worlds for a moment.
At that time, Song Chengyi was already in darkness and couldn't see anything, but when Wuhua touched his hand to feel his pulse, Song Chengyi held his hand subconsciously.
He only vaguely knew whose hand he was grabbing.
"You are in pain." The strength in Song Chengyi's hands was uncontrollable, but he was not weak because of the illness, instead, it was like a flash of light, which made Wuhua, who was already a martial arts practitioner, feel the strength in his hands.
Wuhua stared into Song Chengyi's eyes, and continued to calmly say, "You are asking for help."
Song Chengyi's coughing had stopped, but blood kept gushing out.He opened his mouth, but made no sound.
"If you don't say anything, no one can save you." Wu Hua ignored his dirt and touched his face soothingly, "What can I do."
Song Chengyi stumbled and told Wuhua that he was looking for the little girl, and that he had to see her within two hours. After fulfilling her wish to take care of the puppy, he almost fainted.
After Wuhua listened quietly, he didn't ask anything. Knowing that there was not much time left, he used his internal strength to break free from Song Chengyi's hand, even if he fainted.
"I'll try."
He left after saying four words, and indeed helped Song Chengyi find the little girl and brought her to Shaolin Temple within two hours.
It wasn't until Wuhua helped Song Chengyi complete the first mission that his life could be saved.Even when Song Chengyi was recovering from illness, he directly helped him solve the puppy matter.When he woke up, he already had two months more lifespan, and there was also an organization called Dark Whistle that could help him complete his mission.
It was a gift from Zhu Chenghong, who was already His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the palace.As soon as he heard about his accident, Zhu Chenghong disregarded everything, disobeyed the emperor and empress, and ran to Shaolin Temple in clothes.Although he stayed with him for a while and was quickly arrested by the enraged queen, she also helped him build a secret post that belonged only to Song Chengyi, expressing that he did not want similar things to happen again in the future.
After that, Song Chengyi did the task much more smoothly and easily.
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In the past, Song Chengyi couldn't figure out how a powerless lay disciple like him could find the little girl within two hours, but no matter how he asked about this matter, Wuhua would just laugh and not talk about it.
After a long time, I understood it after thinking about it.
Behind Wuhua, there is Nangong Ling who can also be regarded as the young master of the Beggar Clan.In order to save Song Chengyi's life, he should have faced the risk of being discovered and went directly to Nangong Ling, who had been hiding his relationship, for help.
Every time Song Chengyi recalls the past, he actually thinks of Wuhua at that time.And I often think that if he didn't know that he was Wuhua when he was ordained later, and he was warned by heaven not to change the plot, they would definitely be friends for life.
No... Although there was a lot of time in the middle, but after going through a lot of things now, Wuhua will indeed be his friend for life.
Just as Song Chengyi at that time would never have imagined that as the main mission target, Chu Liuxiang, whom he deeply tabooed and even decided not to contact, would stand beside him and kiss his lips almost reverently.
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