Yuan Cheng knew since childhood that his sister was an extremely simple and sentimental person.
As for this point, it is both good and bad.
For example, compared to the eldest prince who is always cold-hearted and cold-faced, the princess is always more popular with everyone in the palace.
Whenever a palace maid or eunuch coughed in front of her, she would take note and have someone send medicine to them.
Every month, she would sneak out of the palace to help out at the porridge distribution organized by her mother.
She would pick up any kittens and puppies she met outside and bring them back to Changchun Palace. The palace was almost full of them, so she asked her father for an unused palace.
Another example is Yuan Heng, who is incompatible with him.
Yuan Cheng could see from the beginning that Concubine Shu and his mother were not on good terms.
But my sister didn't seem to notice this.
When Yuan Heng was born, she ran to Linhua Palace eagerly to see the newborn.
Fortunately, Concubine Shu was in premature labor and fainted after giving birth to Yuan Heng. No one in Linhua Palace cared about the brother and sister who sneaked in during the chaos.
Yuan Cheng didn't want to come. He was just the emperor's younger brother, and he would definitely not be as pretty as his own sister.
But Yuan Zhao pulled him to Yuan Heng's cradle.
It's strange to say, Yuan Heng has been crying loudly since he was born, but after seeing Yuan Zhao, his crying gradually subsided and he even smiled.
The nurse on the side said, "It seems that the little prince likes Her Royal Highness the Princess very much!"
Yuan Cheng snorted and moved closer.
As a result, when Yuan Heng saw him, he burst into tears.
Yuan Zhao was laughing so hard that he bent over, and he liked his royal brother very much.
She also asked him, "Brother, I look a bit like you..."
"A bit like me, isn't it?"
Yuan Cheng was just thinking in his heart: This silly sister has the same father as the emperor, of course she looks like him.
But no matter how much he resembles us, he can't compare to us. We are siblings with the same father and mother!
Later, as Yuan Heng grew up, he became more and more attached to Yuan Zhao.
Whenever he paid respects in the palace or on other occasions, as long as Yuan Zhao appeared, Yuan Heng would follow him and Yuan Zhao like a little tail.
Even though Concubine Shu's face looked a little embarrassed, he still foolishly stayed beside the two of them.
Oh no, to be more precise, it was next to Yuan Zhao.
He, the royal brother, is just a by-product.
The emperor was happy to see the brothers and sisters getting along harmoniously, so he told Concubine Shu to invite Yuan Heng to Changchun Palace more often.
After that, Yuan Heng became even more outrageous and stayed in Changchun Palace all day long.
Not to mention Yuan Zhao, even the Queen Mother's attention was diverted a lot by him.
Yuan Cheng sometimes mentioned to Huo Yan resentfully that it was time to let the boy start his education with his uncle.
If I had school I wouldn't be so idle.
Huo Yan just curled his lips and chuckled, then suddenly suggested to him,
"Why don't you go talk to His Majesty and the Empress and ask them to let the princess come to the Imperial Academy to study with Duke Shen..."
Yuan Cheng thought this was a good suggestion.
But later he found out that he had fallen into Huo Yan's "trap" a long time ago!
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For a long time afterwards, Yuancheng would occasionally recall those days.
He suddenly realized that it seemed to be the most fulfilling moment in his life.
Both parents are around, brothers and sisters are in harmony, and good friends are around.
But when did things start to take a turn for the worse?
It was the year he began to discuss politics. His mother was seriously ill, and only Zhao Zhao stayed by her side day and night.
It was the year when his mother passed away. He was enlisting in the northwest and did not even see her for the last time.
It was the year of the Battle of Wind Valley. The good brothers who had lived and died together lost all their loved ones in an instant and fell into despair.
When he hurried back to the capital, his sister, who had always been innocent and lively, fell seriously ill for no apparent reason. After waking up, she seemed to have lost her soul.
It was when he learned without warning that his sister was to be married to a man with no family background that he had a big quarrel with his father.
It was his father who warned him that love was never a factor in the marriages of royal family members.
It was Zhao Zhao's marriage that saved Huo Yan's life and his position as crown prince.
It was the sadness in her eyes that he occasionally saw when she and Huo Yan looked at each other.
Not wanting to let Wei Shaoqing's efforts go to waste, Zhao Zhao voluntarily gave up everything in the capital and went to Yangzhou.
The relationship between the brother and sister becomes increasingly distant as time goes by.
It was because he was deeply involved in government affairs that he believed in the "illusion of happiness" created by Yangzhou.
It was one day that he learned that Zhao Zhao was seriously ill and there was no way to save her.
It was the Witchcraft Rebellion, and perhaps he shouldn't have investigated it.
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When the imperial edict of death was delivered, he knelt on the ground and looked back at his not-so-long life, repeatedly pondering which step he had taken wrong.
The queen mother passed away, the younger sister married far away, the brothers became estranged, the best friend was far away in the northwest, the father and son turned against each other...
Why exactly?
He never figured out the answer until his death.
He drank the poisoned wine and died in a sea of fire.
He actually has a lot of people and things that he cares about.
His legacy, his beloved wife and young son, his sick and unconscious sister...
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What Yuancheng didn't know was that Dacheng was engulfed in war for many years after his death.
Nearly ten years after his death, Duota, the king of Northern Qiang, unified the three kingdoms of Dacheng, Northern Qiang and Nanyue.
The story of the destroyed Dacheng nation still appears from time to time in the mouths of storytellers in restaurants:
"In the 127th year of his reign, Crown Prince Yuancheng was sentenced to death due to a witchcraft scandal.
The following year, Emperor Xuan, despite opposition from the court, appointed his grandson Yuan Xuan as the Crown Prince, making him the heir to the royal family.
In the 129th year, Emperor Xuan died and the Crown Prince succeeded to the throne."
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