Soon, Zhou Jinchun, the ninth princess of the Zhou royal family who never showed up, was taken from the cold palace to Zhou Chaoyuan's palace.
When they arrived at Zhou Chaoyuan's palace, Zhou Jinchun didn't even dare to raise her head. She walked to the dragon bed, bowed her head and said, "I've met... I've met... my father..." with a fearful and submissive look.
In fact, Zhou Jinchun has no fluctuations in her heart. All her actions and expressions are all fake. She has been trained under her master countless times before.
Master told her that Master was the best at pretending to be weak and pitiful. As long as she listened to her guidance, there would be absolutely no problem.
Although Zhou Jinchun didn't understand why her master was good at these things, she believed everything her master said.
If Zhou Jinchun still had some thoughts about her father in the past, now she has completely lost it. The master told her that being born without nourishment is no different from an animal.
Since this father never raised her, she doesn't have to have any father-daughter feelings towards him. Everything she wants to have in the future can be achieved with her own hands.
After getting to know Master, she realized that the outside world was so big and magnificent. She wanted to stand on a high place to take a look at this beautiful and magnificent world.
On the bed, Zhou Chaoyuan was stunned the moment he saw Zhou Jinchun. He remembered that the child was thirteen... or fourteen years old. Why was he only such a small ball?
Because Zhou Jinchun had been exploited by the eunuch for many years, she had never had a full meal and her body was severely underdeveloped. Although she had been asking Xiaobai to help her nurse for many years, it was not easy to make up for the losses of more than ten years!
At this moment, Zhou Jinchun was dressed in a princess costume, completely like a child who had stolen an adult's clothes.
"Lift...raise...your head, let me...let me see..." Zhou Chaoyuan said word by word.
Zhou Jinchun slowly raised his head after hearing the words, his palm-sized face full of panic, his eyes as pure as a clear spring, looking at Zhou Chaoyuan with attachment and admiration.
It has to be said that Zhou Jinchun did learn the essence of pure white flowers from Chang Yue.
"Father...Father."
Zhou Jinchun called the emperor repeatedly, with a cautious and unfamiliar tone in his tone, which made Zhou Chaoyuan's heart tremble.
The moment he saw Zhou Jinchun, he thought of his former queen. Their facial features were so similar.
Zhou Chaoyuan thought that he and the queen should have been in love before, but when he thought about the queen's identity, he was not sure. Maybe the love back then was also mixed with calculations.
Speaking of the Great Zhou Dynasty, we must talk about the predecessor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
About three thousand years ago, there was a very powerful dynasty in Zhongzhou - Daqi.
The founding emperor of this dynasty was a tycoon who was rarely seen in thousands of years. With his own power, he was able to overpower all the sects and families in the entire Zhongzhou.
Zhongzhou is the center of the thirteen states. Its area alone is more than seven times larger than Yuzhou, which is the largest among the other twelve states. There are countless forces, large and small, in it.
Being able to subjugate the entire Zhongzhou with his own strength shows how powerful Emperor Taizu of Da Qi is. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the pride of heaven.
But Xiao He will succeed or fail. It is precisely because Emperor Taizu was too powerful and domineering that he offended too many people. When Taizu passed away, the Daqi Dynasty was in decline, so the entire Zhongzhou forces came together to attack.
The huge Da Qi Dynasty fell apart overnight.
But a emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. Finally, the descendants of the Qi family fled to Mianzhou under the escort of General Zhou Yuren and the remaining forces of the Qi Dynasty.
But who knew that in the end Zhou Yuren actually became rebellious and led his men to kill the descendants of the Qi family one by one in an attempt to occupy the legacy of the Qi Dynasty.
It is simply unimaginable how powerful the Daqi Dynasty was in its heyday and how rich its accumulation was. If we can get this legacy, it is not impossible to establish another powerful dynasty.
But the descendants of the Qi clan are not so easy to kill. The Zhou Yu people did kill all the Qi clan members, wiped out the entire Qi clan, and got the rich inheritance left by Taizu to the descendants of the Qi clan.
But he was cursed by the Qi clan. Although he had already cultivated to the innate realm, he had not even lived past fifty.
To make matters worse, according to the clan members of the Qi family who were killed, when they were in Zhongzhou, the Daqi royal family had already used the dynasty's national treasure to send a descendant of the Qi family out of Zhongzhou.
In other words, the descendants of the Zhou family must always beware of the revenge of the descendants of the Qi family.
Later, with the help of the remnants of the Daqi Dynasty, the Zhou family established Dazhou in Mianzhou.
Thousands of years passed in the blink of an eye, and the Zhou family had forgotten the existence of the descendants of the Qi family. However, one day, someone suddenly reported that the current queen and her younger brother, General He, were descendants of the Qi family.
The first reaction of Zhou Chaoyuan, who had just ascended the throne at that time, was that he didn't believe it. The queen was from the He family, the daughter of General He. She was the queen appointed by the late emperor himself. How could she be a descendant of the Qi family?
Moreover, the queen has been married to him for many years without any mistakes in her position. She is very affectionate with him and has a princess. How can she be a descendant of the Qi family?
Until Mrs. He came out to testify, he said that the Queen He Long and the young general He Heng were not her children at all, but General He brought them back from outside, and they were not even from the He family.
As soon as Mrs. He said these words, the whole Zhou Dynasty was in an uproar.
No one doubted Mrs. He's words, because General He had already passed away at that time, and all He Erlang had died in the battle. The family only had two descendants left, the Queen He Long and the young general He Heng. If the queen and the young general were They are really the descendants of the He family. It is impossible for Mrs. He to frame them like this and make the He family extinct.
At that time, Zhou Chaoyuan still didn't believe Mrs. He's words, so he proposed to invite Zhou Tian Jin Long Yi, a national treasure of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to have Zhou Tian Jin Long Yi come and predict the results.
But what Zhou Chaoyuan didn't expect was that after he proposed this verification method, the queen actually stood up and admitted her identity as a descendant of the Qi family, and then committed suicide on the wall of the palace.
Before committing suicide, she denounced Zhou's dishonesty, rebellion and rebellious ambition, which made Zhou lose face.
Later, General He showed up and single-handedly fought against many elders of the Zhou family. At the cost of serious injuries, he took away the queen's body.
Since then, Queen He Long and her ninth princess Zhou Jinchun have become taboo in the palace.
Seeing that the emperor was still in a daze, Xuan Meiren told Zhou Jinchun that the emperor was poisoned and needed ten drops of blood from the heart of a close relative to cure it.
"I wonder if the Ninth Princess is willing to give these ten drops of her heart's blood for Your Majesty?"
After hearing this, Zhou Jinchun kowtowed without hesitation and said, "It is my honor to be able to detoxify my father. I am willing."
Zhou Jinchun's loud voice finally brought Zhou Chaoyuan back from his thoughts.
"Did you... know that... ten drops of your heart's blood... would kill you..." Zhou Chaoyuan asked, holding his arms and half sitting up.
"My son... I know... I know that as long as I can save my father, I am not afraid of death." Zhou Jinchun said timidly but firmly.
Zhou Chaoyuan didn't say anything after hearing this. He lay down on the bed with a coo, and it took him a long time to say anything.
"Take...down...to get blood...and the rest of the people...step back."
"Yes, I am resigning!"
Hearing this, the other princes and princesses breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and then exited Zhou Chaoyuan's palace in an orderly manner.
My life was saved.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The imperial doctors also responded and took Zhou Jinchun down.
After Zhou Jinchun was taken away from the palace, Xuan Meiren saw Zhou Chaoyuan lying there motionless, looking at the bed curtain with blank eyes.
Half an hour later, Zhou Chaoyuan suddenly said to the eunuch beside him: "Go...go...see...the Ninth Princess..."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch responded and left quickly.
After about a cup of tea, the eunuch came back again. He bowed and said to Zhou Chaoyuan: "The blood has been taken from the heart, and the ninth princess has passed out. The doctor said that if she can't survive tonight, then..."
The eunuch didn't finish what he said, but Zhou Chaoyuan understood the meaning, and so did Xuan Meiren.
"Good... good... take care of her, and do my best... to treat her." Zhou Chaoyuan said in a calm tone.
At this time, Meiren Xuan said: "Your Majesty, let the ninth princess go to the concubine's palace. She is in danger now and it is difficult to send her back to the cold palace."
Zhou Chaoyuan stared at Xuan Meiren silently for a long time, and finally nodded with difficulty.
I'm afraid no one in the harem is willing to take care of such a big trouble as the Ninth Princess, but she is quite courageous.
In the blink of an eye, a few days later, with Zhou Jinchun's hard work, the imperial doctors successfully developed the antidote and asked Zhou Chaoyuan to take it. Now Zhou Chaoyuan's poison has been cured, and except for his face being slightly pale, there is no serious problem.
It was spread throughout the palace that the Ninth Princess was blessed with great luck and she was able to survive even after losing ten drops of her heart's blood. Although she was still unconscious, her life was saved.
In the past few days, Zhou Chaoyuan has not visited Zhou Jinchun once, nor even asked him a question, as if he did not remember such a person at all.
On this day, Zhou Chaoyuan was tired of dealing with memorials, so he invited Xuan Mei to accompany him.
He leaned on the chair tiredly and saw Mei Xuan coming in. He waved to her and said, "Come here, give me a massage."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Beauty Xuan said happily, then walked to Zhou Chaoyuan and gently massaged his temples.
Halfway through pressing the button, a young eunuch's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
"Your Majesty, the girl from Empress Xuan's side is here, saying she has something to report."
When Zhou Chaoyuan was about to speak, Xuan Meiren suddenly put her green-white jade fingers to his lips, "Your Majesty, have a good rest. I'll go out and take a look."
Zhou Chaoyuan nodded.
Xuan Meiren only went out for a while, and when she came back, she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Seeing this, Zhou Chaoyuan said: "If you have something to say, just say it and do it coquettishly."
Xuan Meiren then whispered: "Your Majesty, the ninth princess is awake."
Zhou Chaoyuan was stunned when he heard this and said nothing for a long time.
At this time, Meiren Xuan asked in a low voice: "I wonder what your Majesty's plans are for the Ninth Princess? Although the Ninth Princess... has a special status, she gave up half her life to save you, and then sending her to the cold palace... I'm afraid... is inappropriate. ."
In fact, Xuan Meiren knows that nothing happened to Princess Ninth from beginning to end. She has eaten Tai Sui meat just like herself. If Tai Sui is not dead, they will not die. Not to mention losing ten drops of their heart's blood, even twenty drops, that's nothing. have.
Tai Sui's flesh and blood is not only a magical medicine, but also a curse and a constraint.
When Zhou Chaoyuan heard this, he looked at Xuan Meiren and asked, "In my opinion, how should I arrange the ninth princess?"
Xuan Meiren pretended to be thoughtful for a while and then replied with a low eyebrow, "Why don't you... just leave the Ninth Princess in the concubine's palace."
"Oh?" Zhou Chaoyuan raised his eyebrows, "How could my beloved concubine think of this? As far as I know, the Ninth Princess is like a hot potato in the palace. No one wants to touch her. Why is my beloved concubine rushing to her?"
"Your Majesty, look at what you said!" Xuan Meiren shook Zhou Chaoyuan's arm in a coquettish voice, "They are them, and I am my concubine. The ninth princess saved your majesty. In my eyes, it is the same as saving my concubine. .
Moreover……"
At this point, Xuan Meiren looked aggrieved and said, "Your Majesty knows that I was injured earlier in the palace of the noble concubine... ah, it was Concubine Lan... and I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to have any children in this life.
Also, the concubine has a humble background and has been criticized in this harem. Now she is just an extra ninth princess with a special status, so what does it matter. "
After listening to Xuan Meiren's words, Zhou Chaoyuan smiled, "Then just follow what my concubine said."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Beauty Xuan threw herself into Zhou Chaoyuan's arms with a smile. Her delicate body and tempting fragrance made Zhou Chaoyuan's heart ready to move.
In the end, Zhou Chaoyuan couldn't stand the temptation of the beauty, and the two began to fight with fairies.
Everyone in the harem got the news that day. His Majesty recorded the ninth princess in the name of Xuan Meiren, and she never had to go back to the cold palace again.
Not long after this decree was issued, an old man with white beard and hair appeared in Zhou Chaoyuan's palace.
After Zhou Chaoyuan saw the old man, he smiled and asked, "Why does uncle have time to come to me today?"
The old man stepped forward and saluted Zhou Chaoyuan, and then said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, do you really want to take that child out of the cold palace?"
Zhou Chaoyuan suppressed his smile when he heard this, sighed deeply and said, "She saved my life after all."
"But your majesty, don't forget whose blood is on her body and who her uncle is! When He Heng left, he said that he would definitely come back to pick up the child!" The old man mentioned He Heng, his tone full of fear. .
"I know..." Zhou Chaoyuan pinched his eyebrows, "Are we still afraid of He Heng when we are as big as Zhou?"
He sometimes thought that if the child hadn't made it through, he wouldn't have been in a dilemma, but she just made it through.
"Don't forget, He Heng is holding Da Qi's national treasure in his hands. Our ancestor was injured by that thing back then, and his injuries still cannot be healed. He was only able to break through to the Xiantian realm back then, and now so many years have passed. Now, who knows how strong he has become." The old man continued.
"Perhaps He Heng has died outside?" Zhou Chaoyuan said, "He was also seriously injured when he left."
"Your Majesty, do you believe this?" The old man looked at Zhou Chaoyuan steadily.
Of course he didn't believe it. Zhou Chaoyuan sighed and said: "I have made up my mind, uncle, there is no need to persuade me."
"Then your Majesty, please take care of yourself!" The old man flicked his sleeves and disappeared in front of Zhou Chaoyuan.
(End of chapter)
