"Ahem, Your Majesty, do you still remember when Si Bei Tao Hua appeared at the Imperial Academy and approached the little princess?"
Wenren Yu coughed lightly, offering a timely reminder.
Upon hearing this, Helian Nie's face darkened even more.
**
Since the Wen family's downfall, both the imperial court and the imperial harem have become unusually quiet.
The Emperor has revoked half of the Wen family's military power. Now, with imperial power at its zenith, and the situation particularly tense, none of the court officials dare to provoke him.
Wen Changle committed suicide by poison. In Ronghua Palace, the other concubines were all as quiet as chickens, staying in their own courtyards and not daring to make a sound.
The most lively place in the harem was probably Yongqing Palace, where the adorable Sisi was located.
And then there's Liu Ruyan, who comes every day to treat Helian Ci's leg, chattering away, secretly reading storybooks and talking about handsome men with a certain Sisi.
Time seemed to fly by.
Before we knew it, it was early autumn, and Helian Ci's leg injury was slowly regaining sensation.
"Second brother, let me poke your leg a little, can you feel it?"
Under the willow tree in the courtyard, a little girl wearing a sky-blue dress embroidered with butterflies stood in front of Helian Ci's wheelchair.
With her chubby little fingers, she gently poked Helian Ci's leg, her little face filled with worry as she asked in a soft, sweet voice.
Yes, there is.
Helian Ci smiled and, after nearly a month of acupuncture and medicinal baths, his complexion had gradually regained its color.
"Oh, okay, then Sisi will give Second Brother a massage."
Helian Si used his little hands to massage several different spots. The pretty older sister said that he should massage the second prince's legs often so that the second prince could recover a little faster.
The little girl worked diligently and conscientiously, imitating Liu Ruyan's manner as she massaged Helian Ci's legs.
The Second Prince's legs are so thin by Daming Lake, like bamboo poles. From now on, all of Si Si's big chicken legs will be given to the Second Prince.
Seeing the little girl's earnest expression warmed Helian Ci's heart. He thought of how, after spring, he would be going to the border at his father's request.
The fingers beneath the cloud-patterned cuffs tightened slightly. Who knew when he would be able to return and see his timid little rascal again?
“肆肆”
Heartbroken and distressed, Helian Ci unconsciously murmured the little girl's name.
"Huh?"
Sisi raised her head, her grape-like, watery eyes blinked, and she gave a soft, sweet reply.
"If Second Brother goes to a faraway place and doesn't return for several years, will Sisi forget about Second Brother?"
Helian Ci pinched the little girl's rosy cheeks and spoke jokingly.
"Where is Second Brother going?"
The fourth prince, confused, felt that his brothers were all acting strangely these days.
The time before last, my eldest brother asked me, his little darling, whether I should choose my father or my eldest brother. The last time, my father asked me whether I wanted him or someone else to be my father.
Now, the second prince is asking Sisi if she will forget about him.
Uh, why ask this cute little girl such a weird question?
Father and elder brother are really strange.
"border."
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Helian Ci gave his answer: the little coward would find out sooner or later, so there was no need for him to hide it from him.
"border?"
Sisi furrowed her delicate brows. "What's the border? Is it edible? Is it delicious?"
The lotus flower floats in mid-air, legs crossed, while the chocolate crunches loudly as it's bitten.
"The border is a place where things don't go well, the kind of place where fighting breaks out."
Helian Si: "???"
It feels a little off, yet it also seems right.
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