Chapter 56 The whole person is glowing!
Zhao Zize closed his eyes slightly, letting the cold wind whistle past, like a slap in the face, crisply hitting him in the face.
For a moment, neither of them spoke. The snow was unusually quiet, with only the cold wind and the occasional bird calls on the branches.
There was a rustling sound in my ears, which became less and less.
Zhao Zizhe closed his eyes and smiled bitterly in his heart.
It’s better to leave.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a little girl standing not far away holding a blanket. The blanket was so thick that it covered half of her face.
"You...didn't leave?" Zhao Zize asked in a trembling voice.
"No, I'll get you a blanket." Xihe came over with the blanket in her arms, covered Zhao Zize with it, and wrapped it tightly. "Who told you not to get up?"
The little girl squatted in front of Zhao Zize, her chin resting on her hand in a daze.
After a moment, he suddenly said, "Fifth Brother, are you going to lock yourself up just because you broke your leg?"
While picking up the blanket, Xihe remembered the description of the fifth prince in the original book.
Emperor Jingyuan did issue an order that no one could visit the Fifth Prince without being summoned, but...this order was actually requested by Zhao Zize himself.
He drew a circle on the ground to make a prison.
The dark color in Zhao Zize's eyes gradually faded, returning to indifference, but if you look closely, you will find that hidden beneath the indifference is endless pain and self-abandonment.
"Xihe, do you know how important a pair of legs is to a man?" Zhao Zize spoke calmly, a rare moment. "I can only watch them ride horses, shoot arrows, gallop across the battlefield, and discuss state affairs in the court. But what about me..."
Zhao Zizhe's voice was extremely hoarse. "I can't even stand up. Since I was born, they have treated me like a fragile vase. I can only watch with envy as they go to school, go out together, and run around freely. I can only stay in Min Yi Palace and live a miserable life. Countless times! Countless times, I wanted to kill myself! End my own miserable life!"
Xihe pursed her lips and said in a deep voice, "But Fifth Brother is still very strong and survived, isn't he?"
Zhao Zizhe suddenly laughed miserably, "Strong? This is simply a huge joke!"
All the strength in his body seemed to be drained away. "Xihe, I live not for myself, but for my father!"
"Because of father?" The little girl blinked and didn't react for a long time.
"That's right!" He slowly sat up straight and spoke word by word, "I am the only shame in his heroic deeds, so I must live, live well. As long as I live, he will always have this stain! I want him to remember for the rest of his life how my mother died! And how I became what I am now!"
Xihe thought for a long time before finally figuring it out. She uttered something with great difficulty, "Fifth Brother, you hate Daddy."
"Shouldn't I hate him?" Zhao Zize revealed a smile uglier than crying. "My mother was murdered by the late queen, and he remained silent. I broke my leg, and he took advantage of the situation and locked me up. Xihe, I ask you, shouldn't I hate him?"
Zhao Zizhe seemed to have used up all his strength, and shouted out the words that he had kept hidden in his heart for many years.
Xihe leaned over and leaned on Zhao Zizhe's shoulder. After a pause, she replied, "But Fifth Brother, maybe Daddy loves you."
Zhao Zizhe seemed to have heard a joke. His eyes wandered for a moment before returning to silence. "Impossible."
"Why not?"
Xihe remembered that Emperor Jingyuan had once told her the truth that had been buried.
The one who killed Liu Zhaoyi was not the late queen, but her cousin, Concubine Hua De, who was favored by the emperor at that time.
When Emperor Jingyuan found out the truth, Concubine Liu could no longer hold on. Without her testimony, it would be impossible to convict Concubine Huade.
Later, the former queen passed away. The Hua family did not want to lose another imperial concubine, so they traded half of their family property and the position of a border guard with Emperor Jingyuan to save Concubine Hua De.
In order to protect the border, Tianshuo fought for too long, and the entire country was basically an empty shell. In order to preserve the country's destiny, Emperor Jingyuan agreed to the Hua family's request.
But he never forgot about Liu Zhaoyi. In the third year after Tian Shuo recovered, he found a reason to secretly execute Hua Defei.
Perhaps because he felt guilty towards Zhao Zizhe, when he proposed to stay in Minyi Palace and not go out, Emperor Jingyuan agreed to his wish.
Xihe remembered the slightly dejected look on Emperor Jingyuan's face when he talked about this. He said, "Xihe, Daddy is not a good father. He once abandoned you in the cold palace and was not kind to your brothers and sisters. When I wanted to make amends, I found that you were the only one left by my side."
Emperor Jingyuan's endless love for Xihe was, on the one hand, because he really liked this child, and on the other hand, he turned his guilt towards his other children into love and placed it on Xihe.
"If you have time, go visit your fifth brother more often. Maybe he'll feel better."
Xihe always remembered what Emperor Jingyuan said, so no matter how cruel Zhao Zize was to her, she would not abandon him.
Zhao Zizhe hugged the blanket and remained silent for a long time.
After a long moment, he said in a hoarse voice, "So, Father... doesn't he think I'm a disgrace?"
Xihe shook her head seriously, "Daddy never felt that way. Instead, he felt that he was too late to deal with it and hurt you."
Although Emperor Jingyuan did not love these children very much, he never disliked any of them.
Zhao Zhinan treated the brothel like his own home, but Emperor Jingyuan didn't say anything. Instead, he took action to punish those who had ruined Zhao Zhinan's reputation.
"Then why didn't he come to see me?" Zhao Zhinan had been holding a grudge against Emperor Jingyuan for several years. It was like a string that had been broken for too long and suddenly broke. He just felt exhausted.
Xihe thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he thinks you don't want to see him."
These two father and son are more twisted than each other.
If one is not allowed to come, the other will really not come.
Each felt that the other hated him.
"Fifth brother, how about I push you to Yuanyang Palace now? I think Daddy has finished discussing it." Xihe made a suggestion, quite eager to try.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Zize shook his head, "Xihe, I... am too embarrassed to see my father, and my legs..."
After all, these legs are Zhao Zizhe's biggest concern.
"What if these legs are healed?" Xihe suddenly pulled back the blanket and stared at the legs intently.
As the warmth disappeared, a cold wind suddenly blew in, and Zhao Zize couldn't help but shiver.
Then he gave a bitter laugh, his expression slightly dejected, "It's impossible. The experts at the Imperial Hospital have already made the decision. It's impossible for me to recover in this lifetime."
"He can't do it, but I can!"
Xihe has confidence in herself. Besides, if she can't cure the disease, she still has the medicine pavilion and the sacred tree in her hands. She can put them all together and she doesn't believe that the disease can't be cured!
Zhao Zize looked up and met the little girl's smiling eyes, his pink lips slightly raised.
She had her back to the sun, the warm sunlight bloomed behind her, and her whole body was glowing!
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