Springtime in All Seasons, third floor, study.
As soon as he entered the study, Yuan Yao let go of the Ninth Prince's hand, rolled up his sleeves, and reached his chubby little hand into the fish pond. He probed the stones a couple of times and pulled out the blood jade talisman.
The Ninth Prince reached out and took the jade talisman.
His eyes and brows were as cold as ice.
Yuan Yao didn't dare to breathe loudly, waiting to be scolded.
The old man, with his slender fingers, lightly touched the lifelike eagle: "Little Yao'er, tell me, do you think those people want to use the military tally to exchange for the position of general with the emperor of Xiqiu, and then attack Daqi?"
Yuan Yao nodded obediently: "Yes."
"Heh..." The Ninth Prince scoffed.
Looking at the Ninth Prince's expression, Yuan Yao couldn't help but ask, "Father, do you... know the Chishan Army?"
"Of course." The Ninth Prince's expression was indifferent: "I once fought a battle with them."
What?
The Nine Thousand Years Old actually fought against the Chishan Army?
Then, wouldn't the Chishan Army be their enemy?
In her hand, she was holding the enemy's military tally?
Moreover, once they took it, it lasted for several months!
Looking at the blood-red jade talisman, Yuan Yao felt it was blindingly bright.
Fortunately, she didn't have the jade talisman on her person.
Fortunately, Danji didn't rush to retrieve the jade token to serve the Xiqiu Kingdom...
"Little Yao'er," the Ninth Prince suddenly called out to her.
"Father?" Yuan Yao looked up.
The Ninth Prince took the jade talisman and handed it to her: "This jade talisman is not a military talisman."
Once, its other half was in my hands.
ah?
Yuan Yao looked puzzled.
The Ninth Prince slowly said, "This piece of blood jade was once a token."
I made a promise to each of them: if one day she is willing to leave the abyss, she should bring me half of this jade.
But later, she turned the token into a military tally and betrayed me.
How ridiculous, ha…
Yuan Yao remained silent.
Who would have thought that the origin of this jade talisman was like this?
Under the dim light, the Ninth Prince's eyes reflected the firelight as he examined the jade talisman in his hand, as if looking through the talisman at its former owner.
Yuan Yao hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Father, the person you're talking about... is it Feng Xun's mother?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the Ninth Prince looked at her and said, "Yes."
Is it really Feng Xun's mother?
Yuan Yao was surprised, but also incredibly curious.
What kind of past did the Ninth Prince and Feng Xun's mother have?
The fire of the Eight Trigrams burns fiercely.
Looking into Yuan Yao's bright eyes, the Ninth Prince sighed softly, a rare occurrence for him: "You little dumpling."
Every time I think you're about to cause trouble, you always manage to surprise me.
surprise?
Isn't tonight going to be a fright?
"Father, Yao'er doesn't understand." Yuan Yao looked at the Ninth Prince with a blank expression.
The Ninth Prince raised a slight smile, raised a hand, and gently patted Yuan Yao's head: "The Chishan Army suddenly disappeared into thin air a few years ago."
They were originally active on the border between Daqi and Xiqiu, and were skilled in ambushes and raids. If the emperor of Xiqiu were to acquire them, they would inevitably become a scourge for Daqi in the future.
Now that I possess the military tally, I have a way to eliminate this hidden danger.
Is this even possible?
Yuan Yao opened her eyes wide and looked at the Ninth Prince: "Father, Yao'er has done a good deed, right? Then... will you still punish Yao'er?"
"Punish?" The Ninth Prince flicked her with his index finger. "Of course I'll punish you. If I don't, you little dumpling will never learn."
Yuan Yao stuck out her tongue: "Yao'er accepts the punishment."
The Ninth Prince gently patted her head and said to Ying, "Arrange for someone to take this jade talisman to find the person who gave the talisman to Yao'er and locate the 30,000 Red Mountain Army."
Remember, you must handle this matter before the Kingdom of Xiqiu does.
"yes."
Ying took the blood jade and disappeared into the night.
Only the father and daughter remained in the study.
The Ninth Prince asked in a calm voice, "Haven't you always been curious about my journey with Feng to find his mother?"
Yuan Yao tilted her little head up: "Would Daddy like to tell me?"
The Ninth Prince gazed at the flickering candlelight, his eyes dimming: "That year, I was thirteen. My entire family was executed. My mother threatened to kill herself if I were to exchange myself for Xie Ning..."
The fourth prince had long been jealous of me. After capturing me, he humiliated me for half a month, and then threw me, barely alive, into the cold palace...
In the Cold Palace, it was Princess Liuyue who saved me…
Princess Liuyue?
So, Feng Xun's mother was named Liu Yue?
What a lovely name!
The Ninth Prince continued, "The Cold Palace lacks food and clothing, let alone medicine. In order to help me obtain medicine, Liu Yue had no choice but to injure herself..."
When Liu Yue and Jiang Xian entered the Cold Palace, they were too young to even write their names.
After I recovered from my injury, I began to teach my siblings to read.
We depended on each other for several years, eating wild vegetables and drinking snow water, and then, my master finally found me.
I left the Cold Palace with my master, concealed my identity and joined the army, until I earned military merit, returned to the Cold Palace, and released Liuyue and Jiang Xian..."
The Ninth Prince's tone was remarkably calm.
He downplayed the hardships and grievances he had suffered in the past.
It was clearly his experience, but it was told like someone else's story...
Yuan Yao listened, her heart aching terribly.
She didn't dare to imagine it at all.
The Ninth Prince was originally a favored son of heaven, but he was abandoned by his family, and then he was brutally humiliated by his enemies for half a month...
How much effort did it take to survive?
"Father..."
Yuan Yao's eyes were slightly red as she hugged the legs of the Ninth Prince.
Looking at the little figure hanging on his lap, the Ninth Prince chuckled: "I haven't even cried, so what do you have to cry about?"
Yuan Yao tightened her small hands and asked in a trembling voice, "Father, won't you allow Yao'er to feel sorry for you?"
"You little dumpling..." The Ninth Prince sighed and picked her up.
Yuan Yao nestled tightly against him: "Father, what happened next?"
later?
The Ninth Prince pursed his lips: "Later, Jiang Xian became the emperor."
At that time, the Great Qi was in turmoil, and the Western Qiu Kingdom also repeatedly invaded.
Liu Yue once accompanied me to the battlefield. Back then, when she was still a prince, the emperor of Xiqiu took a liking to her and sent someone to request a marriage alliance...
On the night the envoy seeking marriage entered the Great Qi, Liu Yue came to find me late at night...
She said that if I was willing to marry her, she would accompany me to the battlefield and drive the Kingdom of Xiqiu back.
Everyone knows I am a eunuch, so how can I marry her?
How should the world view and treat a princess of a nation who is married off to a eunuch?
Besides, I haven't avenged my great grudge yet...
Half a month later, Liu Yue was married off to the Western Qiu Kingdom, and for the rest of her life, she never returned to her homeland, Da Qi…
After speaking, the Ninth Prince's eyes trembled.
The study was so quiet that only the sound of burning candles could be heard.
Yuan Yao blinked, only to find that her eyes were incredibly sore.
She looked at the Ninth Prince: "Father, do you love Princess Liuyue?"
like?
The Ninth Prince gazed intently at the little figure in his arms: "How can someone like me love another?"
No!
That's not how it works!
This shouldn't be!
Yuan Yao looked at the Ninth Prince with heartache: "Father, so what if you're a eunuch? Father didn't become like this by your own choice."
Father, you also have the right to love someone.
Looking at the little girl with teary eyes, the Ninth Prince gently wiped away her tears with his fingertips: "Hmm, Little Yao'er is right."
“So…” Yuan Yao mustered her courage and asked, “Father, do you love Princess Liuyue?”
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