Chapter 184 Finale
After my brother lived with us for a while, the prince came again one day.
I am very worried that my brother will be taken back by the prince again.
Because we just helped Aunt Annu get over the pain of losing her son two days ago, I always thought that she could live a happy life. I didn't expect that the arrival of the prince would disrupt this hard-earned peaceful life.
When my father and mother saw the prince, they were also very shocked, because the last time the prince came to take their son away, he only sent someone instead of coming alone. This time he came alone. Did something big happen in the capital again?
My father and mother quickly welcomed the person in.
"Your Majesty, please take a seat. Why didn't you send someone to inform us before you came so that we could pick you up?"
After the prince sat down in our yard, he asked where my brother had been.
"Where's my son? I need to see him and tell him something. It's not convenient for you to be here."
Father and mother were worried that what the prince meant was to take their son back home, and once he was taken back, they would never see him again.
Perhaps such daily bumps and jolts will cause considerable harm to my brother's body and mind. After all, he has become accustomed to such bumps and jolts, but this is also what we see on the surface.
My mother replied, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, the child has gone to school and I don't know when he will be back. When he comes back, you will be able to see him. Please be patient and wait."
What are you saying? I don’t know when you’ll be back.
In fact, A'niang knew it. He wanted to see if the prince had the patience to wait. If he did, he could see his child. If he didn't, he wouldn't be able to see his child.
The prince stayed in this courtyard temporarily.
When the child got out of school in the evening, he finally saw his son. He came to apologize to his son. After all, the harm he had caused to the child in the palace some time ago was immeasurable. He knew that his excessive words would definitely cause a lot of harm to the child's heart. He came today to apologize and tell the child a piece of news.
Three days after the child left the palace, his royal brother recruited him into the palace.
When he saw his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time under the gold coins, he smiled.
"Third brother, my mother has talked to me. If I still can't have a child, she said she would make your son the crown prince. If something happens to me, or a hundred years later, your son will be the ruler of all people. Are you willing?"
The Third Prince didn't know how to answer. Although he wanted to sit in his position very much, for the sake of his country, he gave up sitting on that position.
He now just wants to live an ordinary life.
He knew that even if he agreed, his son would not agree. He knew his own son well and he never wanted to sit in that position from the beginning.
After all, once you sit on the throne of the crown prince, you have to live in the palace, and it is not easy to leave the palace.
However, he also wanted to ask his son's opinion, so he did not directly answer his royal brother, but said.
"My brother's kindness, we know that I have to consider this matter. After all, this matter concerns the country and the people. It is a serious matter. I also want to thank the Queen Mother for her kindness."
Maybe the Queen Mother is the little bitch. After all, the death of their mother is closely related to the Queen Mother.
But things have changed. Even in heaven, my mother would not want me to be blinded by hatred. He also doesn't want to seek revenge from the Queen Mother. Now he is just a small prince and cannot take revenge at all.
Forget it, since my son is in that countryside, I might as well go find him.
Even if it's just to ask for his opinion or to visit him, it would be fine, after all, he is my own son and we are related by blood.
When the brother saw the prince at night, he felt a little resistant. He was afraid that the prince was coming to take him home. He had been accustomed to the life in the countryside and really didn't want to go back to the life of luxury.
So after dinner, the father and son chatted in the yard.
I don’t know what the prince will say to my brother, and I don’t know if I can still see my brother when I wake up from a sleep?
"Son, just as Fenghuang expected, your uncle wants to make you the crown prince. After all, the queen has not given birth to a child yet. The queen mother is extremely worried and eager to have a grandchild. She hopes that you can move into the East Palace and become his crown prince. Are you willing to go back? If you are willing to go back, we will set off in two days. Otherwise, I will have a hard time reporting to your father if I go back."
"Father, you should understand. I have told you very clearly that I will not go back. Even if what you said is true, I will not waver in my determination to stay. If I were greedy for glory and wealth, I should have lived that kind of life when I first returned home, and I would not have wanted to come back again and again. I don't want to be involved in the court. Since ancient times, brothers have killed each other because of a position. I don't want to live such a life. Father, if you sent me to the palace, have you ever thought that I would be more uncomfortable than not being in the palace? After all, I have to think about what to say and what to do. If I accidentally do something wrong, I will be scolded. If I say something wrong, I will also be scolded. It is too tiring to live like that. Instead of this, it is better to live a rural life. I originally grew up in the Third Master's house. You did take care of me for a while when I was a child. I am also grateful to you and mother for giving me life. At that time, I wanted to decide the rest of my life by myself. I have grown up. In a few years, I can get married and have children."
"What if you get married and have children? We can never meet again. If you don't want to go back with me, I can only tell your uncle that you were seriously ill and passed away. I have to play a full role. For your safety and for a better life, I can only go back and face it all by myself. If you regret it now, it's not too late. I can take you back to face it all."
"I don't want to. Even if you put on a complete show and they believe it, what can they do? I can only live in this small mountain village for the rest of my life. I live quite well in this small mountain village. They love me and treat me very well. In life, there are always gains and losses. I gave up some things, but gained the most precious emotion in the world, which is family affection. Only family affection is the only thing that should be preserved in this world. Father, if you are tired of that kind of life, you can dismiss the servants and close the palace. It would be nice to come to this small mountain village to spend the rest of your life."
The conversation between father and son ended tonight.
Two days later, the prince said goodbye to everyone and set out on the journey back to the capital alone.
…
Time flies, and several years have passed in the blink of an eye.
My brother and I have grown up.
I have also reached the age where I should get married.
One day, my brother suddenly knelt down in front of my father and mother.
He said to A Niang firmly: "A Niang, you can't marry my sister to someone else. If you marry her to someone else, what should I do?"
We were all there at the time, and I was a little stunned when I heard this.
My brother and I have no blood relationship. Doesn’t he love me like a brother since I was a child?
This is impossible. I have always treated him as a brother since I was a child.
If he and I were really together, then wouldn't I have to treat him as a husband in the future, which I could never accept.
So when I heard what my brother said to my mother, I ran out.
Father and mother stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. After all, although they could decide on their brother's marriage, his brother still had his biological father.
There is a difference anyway.
After I ran out for a while, my brother noticed me and we chatted a lot by the river.
"Do you know why I have been unwilling to return to the capital for so many years? It's because you and I have a friendship that grew up together. You and I are not biological siblings, but I just like you and want to stay by your side to take care of you. I am your brother, but I can also be your husband in the future. I will be filial to my father, mother, grandparents, and my biological father should agree."
"Brother, don't you understand? But I have only treated you as a brother since I was a child. Although we are not related by blood, we are just siblings in the eyes of outsiders. Do you want outsiders to laugh at us? You should find a girl who really likes you. Although my father didn't say it, I understand what he meant. He is not used to such absurd things happening to us."
As a result, the person standing in front of me, who I grew up with and could be considered my childhood sweetheart, asked me: "Do you like me?"
This made me not know how to answer for a moment. I like her, I really do, but I have never thought about it that way. I have never thought that one day I would be able to be with someone I grew up with, so it is not something I dare to think about too much.
But he seems to really like me. Should I agree to him? What if I agree to him and our parents don’t agree? What should we do then?
This matter has been put on hold for the time being.
A few days later.
My brother brought back a man, his biological father.
When I saw him now, the prince had aged a lot.
When I grew up, I finally figured it out. Our parents are the ones who gave us life, and we must be filial to them no matter what. However, my brother has been staying with us all these years, and he has only exchanged letters with his biological father. For this old prince, this is too cruel.
Today I am finally going to stand on the old prince's side and give him some advice.
So I asked him out, and we both went to the river again.
"I remember what you said to me last time, and I've figured it out. If we can get our parents' blessing, I'm willing to be with you for the rest of my life. If your biological father disagrees, then you should go back with him. After all, you've grown up with us. It's been more than ten years since you were born as a child and came to my mother's side. In these ten years, you've only been with your biological father a few times. This is the most inappropriate thing for a child to do."
He was deeply touched by my words.
He looked at me in disbelief. He thought that if I didn't understand these things before, you would definitely not be willing to let him leave.
We were going to go back and face our parents.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, my father, mother and his biological father did not rest either.
The two of us knelt in front of the three elders.
He said: "Please ask my father, mother and father to let us be together. I will take good care of Xiaole, love her all my life and make her happy."
In fact, my parents didn’t know that he would have such thoughts. They have always thought that the relationship between us is only brother and sister, and there is no other emotion mixed in. Ever since he said that, my parents have been worried.
If it was just a whim of his, then it would ruin my life. If what he said was true, then maybe it was possible.
Marriage is always a serious matter.
So my parents were very nervous.
However, if the two children really like each other, my parents should agree. But if his biological father does not agree, it will be useless.
"You don't have to look at me. I agree. The happiness of the children is my greatest happiness. I hope you can be happy. I will also be worthy of your mother in heaven."
We were shocked.
He immediately kowtowed to his biological father and agreed that after we get married, he would follow his biological father to live in the capital for a while, so as to accompany his biological father and show his filial piety.
…
We got married a few days later. Although many people in the village didn't understand, my grandparents said that if two children truly loved each other, they should not be separated.
After we got married, I changed the way I addressed him and started calling him by his name.
After staying at home for a few days, he followed the prince to the capital.
My title is legitimate, but I can only go secretly. After all, in the prosperous area of the capital, the prince has already announced that his son has died. If we go like this now, we must be careful. If the people in the palace find out, we may be charged with deceiving the emperor and implicate some innocent people.
Originally, my parents wanted to invite the prince to stay for a while, but the prince was a noble man after all, and he couldn't get used to that kind of country life.
So my husband and I had to set off to accompany the prince back to the capital.
After more than ten days of hard work, we finally arrived in the capital. We lived in the palace and I enjoyed a life of luxury for a few days.
I also cooked a sumptuous meal in the palace and prepared it for my father-in-law.
The prince was very satisfied with the food I cooked. He even praised me, "Your father and mother have brought you up very well. You have such good cooking skills. If you open a small shop, it should be possible."
I didn’t think so much about it at this time.
After we went back, we just thought about it and actually opened a small shop, and our family lived a stable life.
I have finished writing here.
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