Fu Mu began to teach her etiquette, poetry and books, and the palace maids told her stories about her father's wisdom and bravery. Foyou gradually understood that her father was an official, the emperor who saved her and her sister, and saved billions of people. She always felt that something seemed wrong, but she didn't know whether she should question it. She looked at Shenyou's timid and introverted look, and slowly stopped worrying about questioning.
——Some people say that Dad doesn’t like them.
Rumors can never be stopped. The emperor doesn't like her and Shenyou, the emperor hates the wives and concubines of the fathers, brothers and concubines who returned from the north, the emperor... no matter what, the rumors are always directly or indirectly related to Daddy.
Foyou sometimes wonders, is it true?
When my younger sister Yiyou was born, my father was so happy. People said that this name was a symbol of favor from the emperor. As for Buddha's blessing and God's blessing? Everyone knows that the current Emperor Zhao has the least respect for these gods and Buddhas. He has spent a lot of gold and powder on military expenses.
Before the birth of his younger sister Yiyou, there was the "Yiyou Gate Entrustment" and the "Battle of Yaoshan". When she was born, a general amnesty was declared. As for Foyou and Shenyou? When they came back, the emperor could not bear to see them and entrusted them to the residence of Wu Guojiu. Their arrival symbolized the national humiliation of Jingkang, mixed with the grief of almost the entire family.
Fuyou has always been immersed in anxiety. At first, she was afraid that "Daddy" would be as vicious as the men she had met. Later, she realized that Daddy would really hate them. Then Yiyou was born, and she knew that her worries had come true and also proved false.
Daddy really loves Yiyou, but he is also very good to himself and Shenyou. He will patiently coax Shenyou with gentle words, so that she can gradually forget the horrible memory imprinted in her mind; he will remember that he loves reading, and never mind whether she is reading "Zhenguan Zhengyao" or Fengyue Chuanqi.
Foyou often wondered, Daddy loved Yiyou, but how did Daddy treat her and Shenyou? She thought it was not love, but later she realized it was pity. Foyou didn't understand this kind of feeling at first, but it didn't stop her from using Daddy's pity to test it little by little.
She liked to drag Shenyou around with her father, and she was afraid that her father would abandon them again - this "again" was not sure whether it was because of her vague childhood memories, her years of wandering in the north, or the comparison with Yiyou, or perhaps a combination of both. Foyou almost subconsciously let her father notice their existence, but she had to admit that she was always happier with her father than with Pan and Empress Wu.
Daddy took them out of the palace to look for food according to the "Dongjing Menghualu" presented by Mr. Zhao. On the way, Foyou asked questions in a gentle voice. Sometimes Daddy couldn't answer, so he turned his head to look at General Yang. It is said that the saints are bright, but every time at this time, she always felt that General Yang seemed to know more than Daddy. When she looked over with her eyes lit up, General Yang would quietly step back behind Daddy.
Daddy also took her, Shenyou and Yiyou to see the gunpowder. There was a loud bang and Yiyou burst into tears. Shenyou was terrified. Foyou opened his eyes wide and his attention drifted to Daddy. She felt that Daddy had a kind of hidden pride about this, so after returning, she pulled Daddy's sleeve and asked why it was so loud. Daddy was really interested and talked a lot. Foyou didn't understand most of it, and was even more confused at the end, but she still said "ah!" "Oh!" "Is that so!" familiarly. Sometimes she glanced to the side casually and always noticed that Empress Wu was holding a book, with a look of wanting to say something but stopping.
But life is not always pleasant.
After my father appointed Yingxiang, that is, Yue Yun, as his consort, Yue Gong rode his horse through the palace, out of Xuande Tower, and returned across the Imperial Street with a large banner with the words "Serve the Country with Loyalty". Everyone in the palace knew about it that day. The palace servants congratulated her with friendly jokes. She had been taught by her mother-in-law for several years and had read some books, so she knew what it meant. So she nodded and smiled gently and dignifiedly, but she was panic-stricken in her heart.
Is Dad tired of her? Why did he decide her "place" so early? Is this Yue Yun very vicious? I heard that people with ambitions don't want to be a prince consort, so is he an incompetent idler or does he hate me?
——The most important thing is, will he treat me like those men treat the empress do and my sisters and aunts?
Foyou didn't ask. She was only about seven or eight years old and didn't even show any signs of fear, because this was her father's decision. Her father was the official who saved her. She was the eldest sister and wanted to be her father's eldest daughter who was most suitable for a princess. But soon, another thing that Foyou was worried about came up, and she immediately stopped caring about this.
Loss of chastity.
In fact, people have always talked about this. The emperor was captured, the minister surrendered, and the wife was humiliated. Those who should have died did not die, and were taken back, which was already complained about. However, she was only one or two years old when she left with Shenyou, and only five years old when she returned. Her biological mothers, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Jiang, both died in the north, so no one dared to complain about the official's daughter.
But this time, Foyou heard people say that his father was dissatisfied.
The two saints were so powerful that they were still respected as memorial archways. The noble families were just guests who stayed in the Jin Kingdom for half a year and were considered loyal patriots. The concubines and princesses were well-dressed and well-fed, and if they were captured they could at least survive. After their return, they were given good food and drink, a big house, and even servants.
What about the common people? Men were killed, women were humiliated, how many well-fed children became beggars after losing their fathers, how many women who lost their families became prostitutes, how many elderly people watched their children and grandchildren die in front of their eyes... Why? Is the emperor the emperor of the Zhao family? Is he the emperor of the royal family and the officials? Shaoxing Zhongxing is the emperor of the common people!
What was there for those concubines who cried and returned to the south to complain about? They were protected by Buddha and God, but they watched their mother and sister being humiliated. How could they be pitied?
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