Fanfiction 3: The year has begun again - Narkissos
"Serve your parents with filial piety, and be kind to your children. Be gentle, honest, respectful, frugal, and modest. Do not be overbearing or arrogant, and do not flatter or deceive. The ancient teachings are the model, so you should abide by them."
"Although I am not very smart, I will still accept your advice."
This was the last conversation between the imperial officials and Foyou on the day of her coming of age. After the ceremony, the two concubines congratulated her, the crown holder and the crown praiser thanked her, the eunuchs congratulated her, and the rest of the officials congratulated her, and the ceremony continued in the usual manner. The ceremony for the eldest daughter of the Zhao official to come of age lasted a whole day.
Foyou knew that Daddy didn't really like these complicated rituals. When the reclusive Grandmother (Empress Dowager Zheng) mentioned this to Daddy, she and her sister Shenyou were sitting quietly beside them playing with parrots. During the break, she glanced over and saw that Daddy was frowning subconsciously.
Fu Mu said that coming of age is one of the most important moments in every young lady's life.
So she left those ignorant little beasts behind, lifted her skirt and walked to her father, looking up and asked, "Daddy, will you come to my coming-of-age party?"
Daddy laughed and hugged her and said, "Why wouldn't you come?"
——This is a promise, Foyou thought.
Later, Foyou also performed the canonization ceremony and the descent ceremony. When she thought of this scene, she slowly realized that even if she didn't say it, her father would still hold a descent ceremony for her. Even if he didn't, it was because her father thought it was too cumbersome, not because he didn't like her.
But the fifteen-year-old Foyou was never sure. She seemed to have been living in fear and anxiety, from childhood to adulthood, from north to south.
When the people in the palace mentioned the three princesses, they all said that the eldest princess was elegant and dignified, the second princess was restrained and virtuous, and the youngest princess was pure and bright. Foyou wrote these twelve words on paper, and when he saw the big words, he felt that they were clearly saying that she was dignified, Shenyou was cowardly, and Yiyou was innocent and lively.
Foyou felt very satisfied.
She was actually precocious. When she was five years old and just brought back home, she heard the older palace servants gossiping about how the two princesses were suffering, but she thought she would forget about it in the future, after all, she was still young.
Foyou held Shenyou in his arms and pretended to be asleep, thinking: How could I not remember? Even Shenyou remembers.
It was true that she didn't remember the days in the palace. All she remembered were the skinny and strong hands of the eldest lady, the hoarse and gentle words of comfort from Lady Jiang, and the desperate and sad looks of her sisters and aunts. She and Shenyou watched the men with long beards and long hair coming and going with the clear and lonely eyes of a child, listening to the sharp cries and insults one after another. She gradually became weak and wept submissively until she could no longer make a sound.
Foyou didn't know what they were doing, she just felt scared and terrified. Her elder sister was with her at the time, crying along with her, hugging her and Shenyou tightly, murmuring "no" and "no".
She didn't know what her elder sister didn't want, nor did she know whether her elder sister was as scared as she was, or was she afraid that she was scared. Later, her elder sister just cried, but no tears came out. Foyou hesitated for a long time, and whispered to her elder sister: "It's okay, Foyou is not afraid."
The elder sister burst into tears again. She put her face close to hers and taught her pitifully, "This is wrong... God bless you! You should be afraid!"
The older sister who taught her to be afraid finally made her really scared that night.
Those men broke into the laundry house, but unusually, they did not look for others, but asked people to come directly to them. The eldest sister was pressed by the men and cried, and the eldest empress shouted at the side: "She is only eight years old! Eight..."
What's the use? The empress staggered after being hit, and then another man pressed on her. Those men must have been very heavy, so heavy that the empress couldn't bear it, so she took the broken pottery bowl on the ground and stabbed it into the man's throat. Then the courtyard was in chaos, and the empress, Jiang Niang and others were like that man, and then the sister and brother were the next to move.
When the man pointed the blood-soaked knife at the youngest Foyou and Shenyou, he was finally stopped by someone. She vaguely heard someone's voice: "Only two little princesses are left?"
Foyou slowly turned his eyes away and looked at Shenyou. His sister's eyes were wide open, and her face was filled with fear and shock.
My sister seemed to have lost her soul from being frightened.
They live better than before.
She and her younger sister were moved into a separate small courtyard, and soon two older sisters moved in. It was said that they were originally palace servants, who were there to serve her.
Foyou quickly accepted these facts, and also accepted that people kept coming to the courtyard to look at her and Shenyou and to curse them. Once, a man called "the fourth prince" happened to run into the man who cursed and scolded him. From then on, the courtyard became much quieter. Before leaving, the fourth prince looked at her with a shake of his head and sighed, "Your father..."
He didn't finish his words, but Foyou was not curious. She just lowered her head and thought that the robe he was wearing looked really good and must be very warm.
But the two palace maids who called her and Shenyou "Your Highness" seemed to think that the word "your father" was extremely important, so they would often tell her that their father was the official in the south, that he had defeated the Jin people, and that he would take them home.
Foyou didn't care about these things, she just listened, remembered, and then smiled. She knew that the palace maids liked this, and when they saw this smile, they would caress her braids with pity and hug her, just like her sister and the empress in the past. Until one day, the palace maid said that she could live in this courtyard because of her father.
That daddy is really awesome. It was the first time that Foyou responded to the palace people, while Shenyou next to him lowered his head in a daze.
The palace maid laughed and then sighed.
Daddy is really awesome.
Foyou soon realized this fact. After she and Shenyou were sent back to Tokyo, they adapted quickly as usual. At first they lived in a big house, and soon they lived with Pan Niangniang. But she quickly realized who was the real master.
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