Chapter 329, Self-narration
In the box, Daohua leaned against the window with her arms folded across her chest, looking at the street with a stern face, as if she was keeping people at a distance.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Yeyang was silent for a moment, then walked over and sat down.
Having not heard any voices for a long time, Daohua slowly turned her head to take a peek, but as soon as she turned around, she met Xiao Yeyang's gaze. She felt embarrassed as if she had been caught peeping, and immediately asked in a timid tone, "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a beautiful woman before?"
Xiao Yeyang's eyes flashed with a smile, and the corners of his mouth turned up as he said with a smile: "I have seen it before. Forgive my humble eyesight, I didn't realize before that our Miss Yiyi is actually a pretty lady."
Daohua didn't expect Xiao Yeyang to say that. She was stunned for a moment, then looked over angrily.
Is this guy teasing her?
Have you become more courageous?
Not wanting to lose face, Daohua snorted coldly, "Then you don't have eyes."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang nodded in agreement, then looked at the rice flowers and said with a smile: "It's growing now."
Daohua frowned again and looked at Xiao Yeyang in confusion.
What medicine did this guy take wrong?
Aren’t you here to apologize?
At this time, Defu walked in with his body bent and his head lowered, put down the tea tray, and left silently without saying a word.
Xiao Yeyang stood up and poured two cups of tea. He picked up one and handed it to Daohua: "You've been watching the dragon boat race for a long time. I think you must be thirsty. Come and have a cup of tea!"
Daohua glanced at Xiao Yeyang, pouted and walked over, took the teacup and sat on the stool. Then she raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Yeyang, as if to say, "Just say what you want to say, she's all ears."
Xiao Yeyang didn't say anything. He walked over to her and sat down. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I don't think I've told you about my family background yet, have I?"
Daohua was really surprised this time.
Before she could say anything, Xiao Yeyang spoke again.
"When I was very young, my father and mother divorced. It was a huge incident, and my father felt humiliated, so he took out his anger on me. From then on, he refused to see me and showed no concern for me at all. He only favored Concubine Ma and his eldest son."
"After my mother left the palace, I not only lost my mother, but also my father."
"The servants in the palace are used to flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. When I was five years old, I had an argument with Xiao Yechen, and he pushed me into the lake. If the imperial physician hadn't arrived in time, I would no longer be in this world."
"Because of this, my uncle knew that I was not living well in the palace, and since he saw that my father didn't care about me at all, he took me to the palace to be educated."
"I thought I could live in peace, but after I went there, I found that life in the palace was even more difficult than in the prince's mansion."
Daohua listened silently, and the anger in her heart had long disappeared, replaced by pity and heartache.
How difficult would it be for a five-year-old child to live in a place like the palace where there are complicated and diverse forces and without the protection of his parents?
She had heard more than once or twice that Xiao Yeyang was an unruly and bad-tempered person when he was in the capital. She didn't understand why that was the case before, but now she finally understood.
In ancient times, divorce for women was an extremely bad thing, especially when it happened in the royal family.
As the child of the person involved, Xiao Yeyang must have been subjected to many strange looks from others since he was a child, right?
Growing up in such an environment, it would be strange if he didn't rebel.
Xiao Yeyang continued.
"Fortunately, my uncle and the queen mother were quite nice to me. Plus, I wasn't someone to be trifled with. I gradually built up a reputation in the palace, and slowly, no one dared to mess with me anymore."
When he said this, Daohua clearly felt that Xiao Yeyang's tone had become a little colder, and there was a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"The Jiang family is the Empress Dowager's family. Cousin Wanying is her great-niece. She often goes in and out of the palace with Madame Jiang to see the Empress Dowager."
"Although I study with the princes, they are not willing to play with me because of my mother." When he said this, a sneer appeared on Xiao Yeyang's lips.
During those years, he heard too many slanderous words about his mother in private. It was also from then on that he buried his hatred for his mother in his heart, blaming her for all the misfortunes and sufferings he had experienced.
Now think about it, those who slandered my mother had such vicious intentions.
Not only did it alienate the relationship between him and his mother, it also alienated the relationship between him and the Guo family, and it was destroying him.
You know, in the past, anyone who dared to mention his mother in front of him would be beaten up by him, even the prince was no exception.
For this, he was often punished by his uncle the emperor.
If he hadn't been kidnapped that time, if he hadn't met Daohua, he thought, he would never be able to get over his hatred for his mother, nor would he be willing to get over it.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yeyang turned to look at Daohua. Only then did he realize that this guy was looking at him with a distressed expression, and his eyes couldn't help but soften.
Daohua couldn't help wanting to comfort this child who had no father or mother to love him. She reached out and patted his hand on the table: "Xiao Yeyang, everything is over. You are such a good person. Your future must be bright."
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua's hand that was comforting him, and instinctively stretched out his other hand, directly covering that hand, and asked, "Do you really think I'm good?"
Seeing him like this, Daohua didn't think much of it, just thinking he was seeking approval, and nodded immediately: "Well, although he has a bit of a bad temper, there's nothing particularly wrong with him in other aspects. He's quite good."
After saying that, she wanted to pull her hand back, but she felt Xiao Yeyang's grip was a little tight, so she gave up.
Damn, this is a poor kid.
Xiao Yeyang held Daohua's hands with both hands and couldn't help rubbing them gently.
At this moment, all he could think about was how soft Daohua's hands were and how he should have held them earlier. There was no trace of the resentment and gloom he had felt when he talked about his childhood experiences before.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang was silent, Daohua couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?"
Xiao Yeyang was stunned for a moment, looking at Daohua in confusion: "Huh? What happened later?"
Daohua: "What happened between you and Jiang Wanying later?" She took advantage of his daze and pulled her hand out.
Seeing Daohua pull her hand away, Xiao Yeyang had a look of regret on his face. He hadn't grasped her enough yet: "I went to pay my respects to the Queen Mother. Sometimes I would run into my cousin Wanying. We became familiar with each other after this."
"She was frail and sickly, so others didn't dare play with her, and I was annoying, and we were both ostracized. But when we met, we would talk a few words, and our relationship was pretty good."
After saying that, he looked at Daohua carefully, and seeing that there was nothing unusual on her face, he continued.
"I was supposed to pick you up on the third day of May, but my cousin Wanying had an asthma attack, and I was so busy looking for medicine for her that I forgot about picking you up."
As time went on, his tone became weaker and his voice became lower.
(End of this chapter)
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