Chapter 37 Extra: Shen Qi's Life
Before meeting Su Zhiruan, Shen Qi always felt that he would walk alone in the darkness, and then return to the darkness and tranquility.
His birth was not blessed, nor did he receive much care from his father.
The late emperor had many sons, but he only favored the youngest prince.
Even though Shen Qi's mother was the empress at the time and he was a legitimate son, he still could not resist the favoritism of the man he called father.
His father, the emperor, favored the imperial concubine at that time and their children more.
The previous emperor had more than ten children, and he even handed over their names to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then let his mother choose them.
During the one-year-old celebration party when he was a child, he got the seal, which should have been a happy event. However, he never expected that the man just snorted coldly, without much joy on his face.
Due to all the experiences he had in his youth, he never got any fatherly love, and his mother was only interested in palace fighting and wanted to get rid of other people.
As for brothers, without equal love from their parents, they naturally won’t be very harmonious. They will pretend to be nice to each other, have two faces in front of others and behind their backs, and they will come up with endless tricks behind the scenes.
Shen Qi, who grew up in an imperial family, yearns for an ordinary and warm life. He wants to live a life without intrigue, in harmony and freedom.
But his birth destined him to never have this idea.
Not only do they not receive enough care, they also suffer from countless exclusion and plots behind the scenes.
He even felt that everyone in the world was the same.
Selfish, hypocritical, artificial, ugly.
The empress dowager, who was still the queen at the time, wanted him to become the emperor and herself to take the position of empress dowager, so she was busy every day, trying to please the late emperor and fighting in the palace so that the concubines and the princes they gave birth to would be despised.
During that time, the late emperor was seriously ill. He knew what his mother wanted, and he also wanted to know what magic this throne had, with so many people vying for it and bleeding.
He thought so and did it.
She has means, ambition, ability, and is the daughter of a legitimate wife.
It was easy for him to get the throne.
Afterwards, Shen Qi eliminated all the brothers who wanted to get rid of him, holding a long sword in one hand and the jade seal in the other.
He became the new emperor.
After becoming emperor, he lived up to everyone's expectations. The entire dynasty was governed in an orderly manner. Everyone in the country praised him as a wise ruler who created a prosperous era.
But only he himself, in his dreams at midnight, thought of the question that he had thought about when he was young - is the throne really that good?
He seems to be in a high position with great power, above everyone else, dressed in fine clothes and well-fed, and surrounded by servants.
But in fact, he had to work hard all day long, and was urged by the Queen Mother to find someone to sleep with him at night.
All day long, he was like a puppet, a marionette controlled by others.
There is never a moment when he can truly let go of his pride and take a deep breath; there is no one partner with whom he can truly confide in and pour out all his troubles.
Originally, he thought that this would be his life, an ordinary one, dealing with state affairs every day and making people's lives better.
The Queen Mother was still urging him to have children all day long. He didn't want to see any of the beauties in the harem.
However, it was as if God suddenly heard his voice.
On an ordinary afternoon, he suddenly saw the little palace maid who was limping but continuing to clean the imperial study without saying a word.
Perhaps it was some strange coincidence, or perhaps he was just bored, he asked Xiao Fuzi, what happened to her
?
He secretly memorized the name in his heart.
For a period of time afterwards, every time he was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, he would always see her cleaning the study obediently, silently, but she had an unusual temperament, quiet and gentle.
It looks like a quietly blooming magnolia.
Perhaps his heart, which had been calm for a long time, wanted to break the routine, or perhaps he just wanted to get closer, and he paid more attention to the girl.
Many times, he would secretly look at her.
She has always been quiet and silent, but she is very serious about doing things. Even the smiling tiger-like Xiao Fuzi praises her hard work. People who work so seriously will indeed be liked by many people.
But his concern for her is not just as simple as doing things seriously.
That day when he was drunk, he suddenly had a crazy idea - he wanted to get her.
Afterwards, she said obediently that she wanted to stay with him.
From then on, Shen Qi fell step by step, developed weaknesses step by step, had people he wanted to protect, had the life and future he wanted, and had a warm and happy family, all of which were given to him by Su Zhiruan.
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Since ancient times, emperors have all been lonely and helpless. He has countless concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, but he only wants to stay with one person and keep this hard-earned little happiness.
During that period, when she saw other women approaching him and even tried to push him to others, Shen Qi's heart was beating like a drum. He was extremely panicked, fearing that she would dislike him.
He wanted to wake up, reach out and hug her tightly in the quilt, and he also wanted to reach out and hug his own moon.
In this life, he only loved her and their children.
* After Shen Qi passed the throne to Shen Xingzhi, he and Su Zhiruan went sightseeing every day.
Su Zhiruan jokingly described it as other people's children relying on their parents, but the two of them were the novel ones, relying on the children.
Although he didn't know what "parasites" meant, he roughly knew that it meant relying on children.
The third prince went out to make his way in the martial arts world. When Shen Qi and Su Zhiruan saw him again, he had become the leader of the martial arts world. He bought them the best villa and came to pay his respects to them with a smile every day.
Ever since Shen Xingzhi knew they were at the villa, he would come secretly every now and then, hoping that they would come home more often and not forget about them, the children, while playing outside.
Shen Xingyue also ran around and traveled with them.
The second son, Shen Xingshu, often wrote poems and lyrics on the theme of parental love, which amazed scholars and even passed down through the ages.
The fifth brother, Shen Xingshang, seemed to be born with a business mind. He took his prince's salary and did business incognito for eight years, making his business bigger and stronger. Later, he became the richest man in the world. He stuffed thick stacks of silver bills to Su Zhiruan who was traveling around, and ordered all the businesses, all the teahouses and restaurants he opened, to treat him with respect.
Su Zhiruan and Shen Qi did not think about getting anything from their child, but their child was with them for the rest of their lives.
Su Zhiruan stayed in this plane, but the system did not give her much time. After her hair gradually turned white, one warm afternoon, she felt her soul gradually rising, and she lay peacefully in a chair and fell asleep forever.
Shen Qi came in from outside with a bowl of osmanthus sugar. When he saw this scene, his eyes completely lost their light.
Before Shen Qi died, seven children stood by his bed, their eyes filled with sorrow.
Before his consciousness faded away, Shen Qi looked at a branch of magnolia that had appeared outside the window at some point in time.
He closed his eyes peacefully.
(End of this chapter)