The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Chapter 1016 The unbearable pain in the boy's heart

The reason why Shi Anxia guessed that it was the ninth prince Xiao Jiu was because she heard that Wei Yuzhi and Xing Mingyue had also come to the Duke of Heguo's Mansion.

Xiao Jiu had a good relationship with Wei Yuzhi and others. Of the top three in the martial arts exam, four left Beijing, and now only Wei Yuzhi and Xing Mingyue are left in Beijing.

Moreover, Xiao Jiu had established a residence outside the palace and was not subject to palace rules. Ever since he returned to the capital with Emperor Mingde after personally collecting lost territory, he had been a frequent visitor to Wei's residence.

When Wei Pingting mentioned this person, she suddenly became a little sad. She lowered her eyelids, and her eyelashes cast a light shadow on her porcelain-white face. "Alas, Zhu Tou Jiu is always unhappy. No matter how you coax him, he won't be happy."

The one who came to visit An Xia was indeed the Ninth Prince Xiao Jiu.

At this moment, outside the Xia Shi Courtyard, the Ninth Prince Xiao Jiu was standing quietly under a tree. The spring light shone through the gaps in the green leaves, casting tiny rays of light on his dark purple brocade robe.

His once round face is now angular, and his eyes have a calmness and restraint that is inconsistent with his age. He is no longer the boy who once smiled and called himself a "pig-headed fool".

In Shi Anxia's eyes, Xiao Jiu was still a child, so she asked Dong Xi to invite him to Xia Shiyuan for a chat. Wei Pingting tactfully avoided him and went to talk to her sister.

"Xiao Jiu greets the Imperial Sister." The young man had grown a lot taller, and his shoulders and back were as straight as a pine tree when he saluted.

There was a hint of hoarseness in his voice due to voice change, and his eyes, which should have been innocent and carefree, were filled with an inappropriate twilight.

He was ashamed and felt embarrassed to see his sister for having such a brother.

He originally didn't want to come, but because he missed his prince consort, he felt that he should come and see his sister.

Xiao Jiu tried his best to calm himself, but the moment he saw his imperial sister, he couldn't help but choke with sobs.

At first, Shi Anxia didn't know what kind of injustice he had suffered, "Ninth Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Jiu burst into tears, "Royal sister, I really want to be a charcoal seller."

Shi Anxia: "..."

She had never expected to hear such a sentence. But in an instant, she understood it.

To admire a person is to regard that person as a teacher, a brother, a friend, and a beacon of light in life.

Suddenly one day, the bright light went out before my eyes, and from then on, I fell into darkness.

The boy became gloomy and fearful, and often burst into tears in his dreams at midnight.

Xiao Jiu is just such a person. He has a natural admiration for his son-in-law.

Since he knew that the prince consort was a charcoal seller, he tried every means to get close to him. Later, when he saw the prince consort beating the Wan people on the polo field and defeating the archery god in the archery competition, this worship reached its peak.

He repeatedly requested to follow his father and his husband to lead the army in person. At first, Emperor Mingde refused.

But Xiao Jiu not only pestered his father, but also the prince consort, and tried hard to beg and assure them that he would not cause trouble for anyone, and that he would obey orders, abide by the rules, and fight wherever he was told.

The son-in-law acted as his guarantor, and Emperor Mingde agreed.

The battle to recover the lost territory saw many heroic deeds, but there was no trace of the Ninth Prince.

The reason is simple, Xiao Jiu has no chance to go to the battlefield. He is the personal guard beside the commander Cen Yuan.

The so-called personal guards are responsible for doing tasks such as serving tea and water, making beds, and drawing blueprints.

Cen Yuan said, "If you don't like it, go back to your fiefdom and be your idle prince."

Xiao Jiu said from the bottom of his heart, "I am happy to do so."

What's there to be unhappy about following the charcoal seller?

That was the happiest time of his life. He stayed with his husband all day, eating and sleeping with him.

The prince consort used a sand table to explain military strategies to him, and would also ask him to write a strategic deployment before the battle began.

After he finished writing, the prince consort would review it point by point, telling him where he had considered everything carefully and where there were omissions.

Xiao Jiu gradually understood that in addition to winning a battle, one must also win it at the lowest cost.

Only a commander who truly values ​​the lives of his soldiers can make his soldiers follow him until death.

Some people in the army were talking about how the Ninth Prince followed the commander all day long, and they were probably trying to gain military merit.

Xiao Jiu was not annoyed after hearing this, but worked even harder. He got up before dawn every day to polish Cen Yuan's armor until it was shiny; he stayed outside the tent late at night, ready to be dispatched at any time.

As a prince, he truly fulfilled the duties of a guard.

At the same time, he was also very proud that he, like Tang Xinghe and others, was a student of the prince consort.

The tragedy of that day still replays in Xiao Jiu's dreams.

The incident with the prince consort happened right under his nose.

At that time, he also wanted to rush to save the prince consort's life like Mo Baoer, but he was held down by four bodyguards.

The guards had received orders from the commander-in-chief not to let the prince be in danger.

The prince consort didn't let anything happen to the prince, but he himself lost his life.

The whole country celebrated on the day the army returned home.

Xiao Jiu was mixed in the triumphant team, listening to the people cheering, but tears blurred his vision.

This victory took away the person he admired and trusted the most.

The young man felt unbearable pain in his heart.

Now that his brother had done such a ridiculous thing shortly after the death of the prince consort, Xiao Jiu just felt a tightness in his chest.

The imperial sister is the person the prince consort loves most in his life!

He knelt on one knee, feeling extremely guilty, "Imperial brother apologizes to the Imperial sister on behalf of the Emperor."

Shi Anxia bent down and reached out to help him, but she found that the boy's arms were stiff. She sighed, "It's not your fault, why are you apologizing?" Suddenly, she said in a deep voice, "Get up, you represent the face of the royal family."

Xiao Jiu then stood up with his head down, "Is the emperor disappointed?"

Shi Anxia was silent for a moment, then led him to a seat and said calmly, "These are all adults' affairs, you don't have to worry about them."

Xiao Jiu said stubbornly, "I am not young anymore." After a pause, he added, "My sister is not old either."

Shi Anxia looked at the boy's clean but gloomy face, and still hardened her heart and did not tell him that the prince consort was still alive.

Neither of them dared to touch the topic of the prince consort, and fell into a strange silence for a while.

In the end, it was Xiao Jiu who spoke first, "Royal sister, I want to leave for Tiema City, is that ok?"

Shi Anxia was surprised, "Huh? What are you doing in Tiema City?"

Xiao Jiu looked up and asked, "Why did the emperor go to Iron Horse City?"

Shi Anxia's mind raced, "I'll go there and wait for the prince consort to come home."

"Me too," the boy said with red eyes, smiling for the first time, "I'm going to wait for the charcoal seller to come home too."

Shi Anxia: "..."

"I can also help you take care of the children." The boy asked casually.

Shi Anxia's heart skipped a beat.

The last person who said this is now imprisoned in the palace! No one should ever ask me to take care of my child again, it sounds scary.

The boy was serious, "The children should have been raised by their father, but..." He didn't want to talk about the sad things, so he changed the subject and said, "I used my life to protect the children until they grew up."

"But you have the responsibility to protect more people." The person who said this was not Shi Anxia, ​​but the emperor who had been standing at the door at some point.