His calves were exposed to the air. The moment they came into contact with the cold air, Tang Nian gritted his teeth and started to shiver.
Why is it that the sun is shining brightly outside but it's so shady inside.
Xiao Yan looked at the jade-like calf with a bruise, and the surrounding skin was glowing with a faint pink color.
The muscles around the wound trembled slightly, seeming to express pain.
Tang Nian gritted his teeth, his brows filled with pain, and there were pale pink tears at the end of his brows.
"pain."
"Of course it hurts when you hit the floor. This is not the residence of the Empress Dowager, but the former emperor's pure concubine." Xiao Yan casually took out a porcelain bottle and gently applied the ointment to Tang Nian's injured knee.
"Chun Fei?" Tang Nian raised his head suspiciously. The person in front of him was just a personal guard. How could he know so many things about the royal family.
Xiao Yan saw Tang Nian's gaze and immediately explained: "I have been with the emperor since I was a child, so I naturally know all these things. Moreover, this pure concubine is not the emperor's mother-in-law."
Tang Nian opened his eyes wide: "Not the emperor's mother-in-law? Then, who is the emperor's mother-in-law?"
"Haha." Xiao Yan looked at Tang Nian sideways, "You seem to be very interested in the emperor's affairs? You..." Xiao Yan suddenly moved closer to Tang Nian, as if he wanted to see through him.
"Do you like the emperor?"
"...?!"
Tang Nian blushed and pushed Xiao Yan away, "Nonsense, nonsense."
"Look, I just said something and you blushed and denied it. It's normal to like the emperor! How many people in the entire palace are secretly trying to climb onto the emperor's bed!"
"You..." Seeing the playfulness in Xiao Yan's eyes, Tang Nian lowered his head inexplicably shyly and said timidly: "Not everyone likes the emperor."
"No, everyone? Including you?"
Tang Nian straightened his back unconsciously, "Of course, the Emperor is the Son of Heaven. I respect and admire the Emperor, and I have never had any transcendent feelings."
"Oh~" Xiao Yan said "I understand".
"Hiss..." Tang Nian grinned, Xiao Yan had already lowered his trousers, "Don't touch the cold water when you go back to the wound. As a medicine boy, you should know this, right?"
"I'm not stupid." Tang Nian said delicately.
Xiao Yan laughed twice and walked forward to Fengxiang Palace.
"Hey, don't go forward!"
"I don't call you hello, I call you, Xiao Yan."
"Xiao Yan? Xiao?"
Tang Nian was a little surprised. Is there anyone named Xiao in this palace?
"You don't recognize me?" Xiao Yan asked back.
Tang Nian also limped to follow and walked through the desolate corridor. Xiao Yan found a broom from nowhere and swept away the cobwebs around him.
"This Fengxiang Palace has been abandoned for some time. Back then, the pure concubine Mao Mao exchanged for the prince, and exchanged her child with the queen who gave birth at the same time."
"ah?"
Tang Nian realized that he had discovered something incredible. The palace in front of him was becoming more and more deserted, and there was not even a ray of sunlight.
"Xiao Yan, is what you said true?"
"Of course, the entire palace knows, but the emperor doesn't know."
"What about the emperor's concubine?"
"Dead. He died on the night he gave birth to the Emperor."
The further Tang Nian walked, the more frightened he became. The coldness inside was no longer something he could bear.
"Xiao Yan, let's go back."
"Are you scared?" Xiao Yan realized that Tang Nian's voice was trembling, and he quickly held his hand, small, and held him in his palm.
"Don't be afraid. After the queen died, Concubine Chun lied about having twins. She was also afraid that the late emperor would discover the emperor's identity, so she adopted her child to the empress dowager. Therefore, the emperor and the current regent are the same. A half-father relationship.”
"..."
Tang Nian felt that his world view had collapsed. No wonder the late emperor agreed to the regent to assist the emperor.
The relationship between the two of them is not that of uncle and nephew.
Rather, they are brothers who are both true and false.
"Do you think the emperor will have a good life with Concubine Chun?" Xiao Yan smiled and took Tang Nian to a well.
Tang Nian raised his head and looked at Xiao Yan, his bright eyes full of confusion.
Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and pointed to the well. The mouth of the well was deep and seemed to be connected to another world. A cold wind blew out from the well mouth, bringing with it the moisture and coldness of the well water, and Tang Nian couldn't help but shiver. He approached the mouth of the well and looked down, feeling dizzy. The well water was pitch black, as if it were swallowing up all the light, making people shudder.
Horrible legends about the well emerged in his mind. This well seemed to be a bottomless abyss swallowing all life.
"This is where Concubine Chun dropped the child." Xiao Yan's voice broke the silence, causing Tang Nian to snap back to reality. He turned his head and saw a hint of evil flashing in Xiao Yan's eyes, "That child was thrown into this well with his umbilical cord attached."
"..." Tang Nian trembled, wondering how Xiao Yan would know this.
"However, his fate is really great..." Xiao Yan smiled, showing his sinister white teeth, "It would be a shame for that bitch Chun Fei to die."
Xiao Yan stared straight at Tang Nian,
Xiao Yan suddenly laughed, with an evil curve at the corner of his mouth, "Do you know what is most indispensable in this palace?"
Tang Nian was confused and shook his head.
"secret."
Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and slowly traced it across Tang Nian's face, "For example, the current emperor is suffering from a hidden disease and cannot be treated humanely."
"What?!" Tang Nian's eyes widened and he looked at Xiao Yan in disbelief, "Impossible!!"
"This is true."
"There are three thousand beauties in the harem, but I have never heard of any concubine being pregnant! It's because that bitch, the emperor..." Xiao Yan seemed to be telling something insignificant.
It is true that there are no heirs in the harem. No matter what, no one dares to think that today's world is inhumane.
"Later, when the late emperor found out, he was already a completely different person. Under the guidance of Concubine Chun, the emperor was withdrawn, sensitive, and cruel... Everyone was afraid of him, afraid of him, but no one was willing to love him."
Tang Nian's eyes were filled with tears, "It's not like this, it shouldn't be like this."
As far as he knew, this was not the version at all.
The emperor was dissolute and immoral, had countless beauties in the harem, killed the king to usurp the throne, and killed his mother to seize his legitimate son.
But, the truth of the matter is actually this...
Tang Nian staggered and looked at Xiao Yan blankly, "How do you know this?"
An evil smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips, and he pointed at the hole, "I stood there and saw everything."
Tang Nian followed Xiao Yan's finger and saw that the hole was not big, but it was enough to accommodate one person. Tang Nian's heartbeat accelerated, as if it was about to jump out of his chest. He didn't know what to say, so he just stared at Xiao Yan blankly.
"Want to know more?" A playful smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips, as if inviting Tang Nian to explore this mysterious palace together.
Tang Nian didn't speak, just nodded silently. He wanted to know more, he wanted to know all the secrets hidden in this palace.
