Tyrant Reborn

Chapter 069

The idea of ​​admitting the wrong person only flashed in my mind for a while, and then disappeared. I thought to myself, how could Zhuo Wenjing, such a smart person, admit the wrong person? Probably because I really forgot to know him when I was a child scene.

So I looked at him kindly and said: "To be honest, I really don't remember those things clearly, why don't you tell me, maybe I can still remember something."

Zhuo Wenjing smiled at me, without the slightest grievance in her eyes, I couldn't help but relax a little bit, stepped forward and grabbed his hand and said: "Although I forgot when I was a child, you can tell me to remind me, then I will never forget it again."

He watched his eyes light up, and then said in a low voice, "It's actually just a trivial matter."

Listening to him talking intermittently, the memory is very long and very real, but I feel a little cold all over while listening.This kind of cold is not as cold as the outside, it seems to be radiating from the bones.Intuition wanted to interrupt what he was about to say, but he didn't dare to say anything when he opened his mouth, so he could only listen to him quietly and continue to speak.

He said that he was only six years old that year. On a cold winter day, he was going to university. He followed his father into the palace to study with his third brother. Since it was the first time he entered the palace, he was shocked and surprised to see the majesty of the palace. Under the guidance of the inner eunuch, he walked slowly.It was just that when he was passing through the Imperial Garden, disaster struck. He saw two princes arguing, and one of them was pushed to the ground. Before the prince stood up and fought back, he was led over to salute. The two princes at that time were me and my fifth brother.

The person who was pushed down just now turned red when he saw him. Before he could greet him, he gave him a vicious look, then stepped forward and pushed him into the nearby lotus pond. The cotton padded jacket he was wearing sank when he entered the water. He only felt cold and painful all over his body, and his eyes could not be opened in the water. Then there was only a burst of crying in his ears, and then he lost consciousness.

After he woke up, he was already at the mansion. It is said that the imperial physician had come and knocked him. His father said that the reason why he was saved was that the fourth prince at that time, that is, me, cried so much that he brought the guards over. I was also seriously ill from the fright.

His father also told him at the time that he was originally chosen by his father as a companion for the third brother, but because of this unreasonable disaster, he was delayed.My father sighed a little when he said this. Although he didn't understand the deep reason at the time, he also knew that he had missed the opportunity.

Later, when his father asked him what happened in the palace, he said vaguely, and his father told him in a low voice at that time: "Even if this happened, you should pretend that it didn't happen. If someone asks you in the future What happened to you that day, you say you don't remember, understand?"

Although he didn't know why at the time, he nodded when he saw his father's dignified expression.It was a long time later that he heard that the fifth prince of the current dynasty had been adopted to a certain emperor's uncle, and all the eunuchs who had seen what happened in the imperial garden were gone.Of course, these were things that happened later, and he gave it up after listening to it with a slight smile, but at that moment, the shadow of that cry remained faintly in his heart.It was only later that he would always pay attention to things about the fourth prince, and gradually he seemed to be possessed.

"Of course, the so-called attention is not intentional. It's just that when you hear all kinds of things about the fourth prince, you will think of the fourth prince's life-saving grace at that time, and you can't help paying attention until you return from the battlefield and receive the invitation to the palace. The decree, I suddenly feel in my heart that these accumulated things over a long period of time seem to be too much, so I can't forget them." Finally, Zhuo Wenjing summed up lightly.

I pursed my lips after hearing this, then grinned and said, "That means that if someone else saved you back then, you would do the same?"

He was silent for a while after hearing what I said, and then said with a smile: "If there is no such thing, isn't it? Since he is the fourth prince, he will always be the fourth prince."

I hummed, then lowered my head carelessly, picked up the white jade teacup on the sandalwood table, and took a sip.The tea is hot, but the bottom of my heart is cold.

"Your majesty, what's the matter with you, your face is a bit ugly, is it cold?" Just as there was silence, Zhuo Wenjing asked.

I looked up at him, shook my head and said, "No problem, I was just thinking about what you just said."

After hearing what I said, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said, "It's just a moment of emotion, it made the emperor laugh."

I hmmed and didn't speak.

Actually, I remember that incident, because he was almost my childhood nightmare.

That year I had just turned four years old, and when my mother was not favored, I was wandering around the Imperial Garden and saw my fifth brother who had just lost his mother. He was about the same age as me, but his temper was the most disagreeable. The third brother was not with me. What he said in front of him, he dared to show me face.So when I saw his rare sleepy appearance, I stepped forward and said a few unpleasant words to him. The fifth brother was in a very bad mood at the time, and his face became even more ugly after hearing what I said, so he fought with me , I was negligently pushed to the ground by him, and when I was about to instruct the eunuch next to me to teach him a lesson, a strange child came. The child looked at us in shock. He lost face in front of him, so he stepped forward and pushed the person into the pool.

The fifth younger brother and the inner eunuchs were dumbfounded, standing there at a loss, and so was I. When I saw people sinking to the bottom of the water, I started to panic. When I didn’t know what to do, I sat on the snow. He began to cry, crying so heartbreakingly that he attracted the guards on patrol.

Then, my mind went blank for a while, I just remembered crying all the time, when the child was rescued by the guards, I stumbled and ran over to hold his hand, only to find it was cold.

This feeling terrified me, and I couldn't stop crying, so I had to cry all the time, crying that I had a fever in the middle of the night and lost my mind.

Later, the queen mother invited many Taoist priests for me, poured a lot of soup and medicine, and lay on the bed for about a month before I recovered.

Later, I heard no news about this child, and the fifth younger brother was adopted to a childless emperor's uncle soon after.

Those inner eunuchs, including those who served me, all became newcomers overnight. The truth that was circulated was that the fifth brother pushed someone into the water, and I cried and rescued him.

Many years have passed slowly, and I have forgotten many things.

It's just that those cold hands are always engraved in my heart, and it's always frightening to think about it by chance.

But I never thought that person would be Zhuo Wenjing.Hearing him say that today made me shudder.

If he knew the truth, I don't know what would happen.

Although I didn't want to know, I still looked up at him complicatedly and said: "Then these years, have you ever hated the person who pushed you into the water?"

Zhuo Wenjing was stunned by my words, then frowned, and finally said with a wry smile: "To be honest, after that day, my physical foundation was a little weak, and it took about a year of recuperation to gradually take effect. It’s a bit more hard work for ordinary people, every time when the heart is stagnant, the heart is naturally angry, but... After all, he is the king and I am the minister, and the fifth prince’s health is also very bad, and I also become an adult , I forgot about it. It’s just that I suddenly felt a little emotional today.”

What if the person who pushed you was not Fifth Brother but me?I asked in my heart, but I won't say it out loud. Sometimes, secrets should be secrets forever.