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It rained heavily for a whole day, and there was no moon or stars in the sky, only black clouds covering the sky and the moon.

Liang Changxi was getting old and not in good health, he was impatient to wait, he frowned and looked at the little eunuch in front of him, wanting to finish this last matter as soon as possible, he said to Jing Yan with a smile: " This child is small in stature, so it must be convenient for him to come in and out in the future, how does the First Prince look?"

Under the heavy rain, even Liang Changxi, who had seen Qiao Yu several times before, couldn't recognize the face of the little eunuch in front of him.

The chunky servant followed Liang Changxi's words and answered repeatedly, "This is the most proud child of our eunuch's office. He is young, well-mannered and well-behaved. Grandpas like it very much. Usually, he is reluctant to take out the eunuch's office." This time, I heard that I will serve the First Prince, so I chose it specially."

Jing Yan casually glanced at the few people under the steps, and his eyes casually passed over the shivering little eunuch who was drenched in rain.

That was his little servant, Qiao Yu.Standing in the rain, he was completely soaked and embarrassed.But probably because of her natural appearance, even at this time, even the eyebrows and eyes are delicate, the black grape-like round eyes reveal a slight light, and the corners of the eyes are red, looking innocent and pitiful.Qiao Yuzheng raised his head slightly, looking up at Jing Yan, the two small dimples on his cheeks were really filled with rainwater, which was very moving.

Jing Yan's heart trembled.

But when he turned his head again, his expression didn't change at all, it was still indifferent, and he didn't even respond to a word.

In fact, Qiao Yu didn't dare to look up, but was forced to look up.He was terribly afraid in his heart, along the way, and even in the past few days, he lived in fear, for fear of being exposed.Now being slapped on the face by the icy rain again, his legs trembled, but he didn't even dare to move.

Qiao Yu has never experienced such hardships since she was a child.

He was born in Qiao's family in Longnan. He was a noble family for many generations.His father is the only son of the previous generation of the Qiao family. He was awarded a Jinshi at the age of 16. His mother, Feng Jiayi, is the eldest daughter of the Feng family. , became a princess.In this way, Qiao Yu was held in the palms of the entire Qiao family since he was born. Although his parents didn't care much about this child, his grandmother loved him very much. It's a boy's way of raising.

Probably because of her natural personality, Qiao Yu was raised like this, but she was only spoiled and soft-tempered, she would burst into tears after being reprimanded by her parents, and she was jokingly called by her grandmother the little weeping bag of the Qiao family that is rare in a century.

But the fate of the Qiao family finally came to an end. When Qiao Yu was nine years old, one day in the spring, he followed the whole family up the mountain to worship incense and worship Buddha. hands of the disciples.Only Qiao Yu coveted the apricot blossoms in the temple, climbed to the apricot tree, and met the host. The host laughed at him because he had the roots of Buddha and wisdom, and if he had to recite sutras for Qiao Yu all night, he escaped disaster.

He survived, but he no longer had his grandmother, nor his Qiao family.

This matter spread to the palace, and Qiao Yu's aunt, Concubine Feng Gui, took him in, and cried in front of Emperor Yuande that the little nephew of his sister's family was young and pitiful, and wanted to be raised by him, but within two weeks Tian made an excuse and sent it to the queen's palace.

Qiao Yu was young, and a child with no power and influence, so he probably wouldn't have any great prospects in the future. The palace people didn't shy away from him, and whispered a lot of private things in the palace.For example, the past events in the boudoirs of the three women, Empress Chen, Feng Jiayi, and imperial concubine Feng Nannan.It turned out that Empress Chen had been married to Qiao Huai'an, the only son of the Qiao family since she was a child.As for Feng Jiayi, she was secretly appointed as the Crown Princess. Feng Nannan was a concubine of the Feng family, her reputation was not obvious, and no one knew about her at that time.Unexpectedly, at a spring banquet for appreciating flowers, someone broke into the private meeting between Feng Jiayi and Qiao Huaian. .

Later, Empress Chen lost her engagement and was conscripted into the palace, and the Feng family sent Feng Nannan in again.As soon as Feng Nannan entered the palace, he went straight to Qingyun, and was quite favored, until now.

Everyone in the palace secretly guessed, no matter what, for Empress Chen, the old incident was difficult to settle.

In fact, Qiao Yu didn't quite understand these things, he only knew one thing, that is, his mother seemed to have a grudge against the empress, and if he went to the empress's palace, his life would be difficult in the future.

Qiao Yu begged his aunt not to send him there, Concubine Feng Gui leaned on the rug, fiddled with the roses she had just picked, and asked the maid beside her to wipe his tears, and said with a light smile, "Xiaoyu, this is what your mother owes you." If the debt you owed is not given to the queen, what should I do if the debt falls on me?"

He knew there was no other way.

At that time, Qiao Yu was only nine years old, and he was curled up in bed struggling to think about his future. He was no longer the favorite of his grandmother, and when he entered the Eastern Palace, he might have to shrink his tail and behave like a grandmother. Like the ones sung in the operas I like to watch, I don’t have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, and I have to be beaten three times a day.The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, and the more he thought about it, the sadder he became, and he fell asleep crying.When I woke up the next day, the pillow seemed to have been soaked in rainwater, and it was more than half sunken.

He was afraid that people in the palace would laugh at him, so he secretly took out the pillow, put it on tiptoe on a high wooden frame, fell down, and cried for a long time, but no one knew about it, and no one knew about it. people comfort him.

When Qiao Yu's eyes were swollen and he saw the empress tremblingly, the empress did not bully him, but gave him delicious cakes and sweet soup, and asked the little maid and eunuch in the palace to play with him.

Qiao Yu was very grateful to her.

So when the empress asked him if he would like to be the prince's attendant, Qiao Yu immediately agreed.

Knowing that the crown prince treated her well, Qiao Yu helped him catch a cage of fireflies the first time they met, and even wiped away his tears.The crown prince knows what kind of cakes Qiao Yu likes to eat and what games he likes to play. He will never dislike Qiao Yu as a spoiled and pretentious little crying bag, with a pretentious temperament like a paper tiger. Ask yourself.

It was too early to wake up to study with him, Qiao Yuren had a lot of naps, and often fell asleep listening to the tutor's class, his small head was bit by bit, and he looked pitiful, Jing Yan always helped him cover it up in front of the tutor.Tai Tu was a very kind and eccentric little old man, and he also liked children like Qiao Yu, but he still frightened him, saying that if he was his own student, the ruler might break in the palm of his hand.Not only in the morning, but at night when Qiao Yu was doing homework with the prince, she also dozed off. Jing Yan just smiled when she saw it, and then hugged Qiao Yu to the bed and covered her with a quilt.The nanny who watched Jing Yan grow up would sigh, saying that Qiao Yu is a very blessed child.

Qiao Yu was mischievous and couldn't concentrate on reading. The prince would take time to hold Qiao Yu's hand and teach him to write, read, draw and play the piano. He also restrained him when he was naughty, but never let others bully him.Only the closest people in the East Palace knew that Qiao Yu's words were sometimes more effective than the prince's, such as when it was time to serve lotus seed tremella soup or old duck green bamboo shoot soup for lunch.

Qiao Yu thought it over, the crown prince treats him well, and he will follow the crown prince for the rest of his life, and will not be separated no matter what.

Until the East Palace was banned.

Although he is naive, he is not really stupid. He knows that if he really follows what the prince said, and hides for a few days honestly, and then reveals his identity in front of the emperor, he should be rewarded and return to Longnan to live a free life. up.

But that way, from now on, he will never see the prince again.

When his grandmother passed away, Qiao Yu couldn't die with him, but it's different now.When he heard in the eunuch's office that a young eunuch was to be recruited to serve the eldest prince, he thought ignorantly that he was going to accompany his prince. No matter what, he would go after the prince. This was his only chance.Qiao Yu had a hunch in her heart that if she didn't seize this opportunity, she might be separated from her grandmother and never see the prince again.Therefore, Qiao Yu summoned up the greatest courage in his life, squeezed out from the crowd, risked his life, got in front of the steward, and begged for this errand.

If someone finds out that he was originally a servant of the prince, he is afraid that he will be crowned as a traitor and a traitor, and he may even lose his life.

But here, as soon as Qiao Yu saw the prince, she only dared to look secretly, but the fear these days seemed to have vanished.

Perhaps because Jing Yan didn't answer, Liang Changxi wiped the water seeping from the hair crown, and the little eunuch next to him quickly stepped forward and knelt down, took a handkerchief and carefully wiped his palms clean, there was some urging in his words , said: "You have been watching for so long, are you still satisfied with this child?"

Jing Yan carried the old lantern and pushed the door in. Hearing this, he turned around, the bean-sized flames flickered and danced on his fine linen clothes, and there was a little sarcasm in his voice, which finally revealed a little bit of what he should have at this age. Childish, "What does it matter if you look down on me or not?"

According to the rules in the palace, he can no longer call himself "solitary", but there was no one to stop him, because the deposed prince has already fallen to this state, and this mistake is really nothing.

Liang Changxi turned a deaf ear to it.

Jing Yan turned his head and asked, "What's your name?"

Qiao Yu was startled, she woke up from her usual memories, she didn't dare to look up, she was afraid of being spotted by the people around her, so she could only glance at the corner of the prince's clothes in the distance from the corner of her eye, as if she had some courage in her heart, stumbling to the ground He replied: "My slave is called Liangyu."

Liang Changxi looked at him coldly, "Then why don't you hurry up and follow your master in, is it possible that our family will bow down five times and buckle up three times?"

Hearing this, the chunky servant felt cold in his heart, and couldn't resist kicking Qiao Yu's knee from behind, "How can someone who doesn't know etiquette learn the rules? It's embarrassing for our eunuchs."

Qiao Yu's slender body was shaken, and she knelt down in the rainwater in front of her. After a long time, she got up again. Regardless of the pain, she limped onto the steps and followed Jing Yan. behind.

Jing Yan never looked back.

Liang Changxi was certain that this hard work was finally over, and he stopped being polite, and sent the little eunuch at the side to give him a casually packed bedding, and said with a smile: "It's raining heavily today, so I can only wrong the eldest prince for one night. When the rain stops tomorrow, the Taifu Supervisor will send over the things from the Taiqing Palace, which must be in line with your wishes."

In fact, Qiao Yu didn't quite understand the meaning of what they said, but when he saw Jing Yan, his eyes were full of his crown prince, and he entered the door half dragging and half dragging the bedding with his small and weak arms. There was a heavy and long sound, and Qiao Yu quickly turned her head to see that the door had been closed tightly, without a single gap, not even a gust of wind could blow in.

But there was still a faint voice.

Qiao Yu pressed against the door, and heard the familiar sharp and rough voice seeming to be flattering, and then the unknown eunuch said, "I don't understand your stuff? Pick out the one who has the least money and rules. Next time, if you don’t do things like this, it’s time for your eunuchs to change their managers.”

Afterwards, the words became blurred, and the footsteps gradually faded away, leaving only one sentence, "Bah, what a bastard, a pariah who died of old age in the Taiqing Palace, and he was picky, which caused grandpa to be scolded."

Qiao Yu heard these words clearly, his face flushed with anger, the eunuch dared to scold the prince, and wanted to scold him back, but he couldn't climb over the wall, and his voice was not loud, so he kicked him in anger. Open the door, tell the people outside not to be so complacent and arrogant.

He heard the other party scolding the prince, which was more grievance than himself being dragged by the fat eunuch by the ear, and he couldn't bear it.

But Qiao Yu didn't have much strength, and he didn't kick the door. His toes hurt first, but he almost leaned back and fell to the ground. He rolled along with the burden that was less than half his height. Willing to get up.

Jing Yan stood on the last step under the eaves, the hem of the linen robe was soaked in water, he should have been embarrassed and desolate, but he looked no different from the steady clothes he used to wear, he was not tight He asked slowly, "Liangyu, why are you here?"

As soon as Qiao Yu heard his words, she had long forgotten the grievance and anger just now, she raised her head and smiled, but the tears in her eyes did not disappear so quickly, and they were full of water, "I am the attendant of His Highness the Prince, the Prince is here Yes, Xiaoyu is coming."

Jing Yan turned around slowly, walked up to Qiao Yu, saw the joy in the child's eyes, but didn't reach out to help him.