Chapter 19 Old People

Spring is quiet, and the night is long.

The imperial capital is forbidden, and the lights are just coming on.

In a corner of the cold palace, a candle is burning.

The three children of Jingyang Palace, who had just finished dinner, were lighting the lights and sitting opposite each other around the table, with serious expressions and a solemn atmosphere.

There was a chessboard on the table, with black and white pieces interlaced, and it was obvious that the battle was in full swing.

"Pah!"

As a piece fell, Yu'er's shoulders drooped weakly, and her face was full of disbelief.

"Ah, five stars in a row, Ah Xuan won again!"

Princess Ankang looked at the chessboard and clapped her hands happily.

Li Xuan pulled the corner of his mouth disdainfully, revealing one side of his canine teeth, without any mercy.

"Ah Xuan won three games in a row, so amazing!"

"Don't be discouraged, sister Yu'er, you are just one move short, if you hold on a little longer, you will end up in a draw."

Princess Ankang looked at the almost full chessboard, and her words of comfort pierced her heart like a knife.

Yu'er couldn't help but feel even more hopeless.

"It's okay that I can't beat His Highness, but I can't even beat Ah Xuan, I don't want to play anymore!"

Yu'er felt that she had been hit by a mental attack, she couldn't even beat a cat in Gobang.

Jingyang Palace was prosperous today, so they had a good meal in the evening, steamed a tray of steamed buns, and the pickled vegetables for dinner were placed on three plates for the first time.

The steamed buns made of high-quality white flour were big, round, white and soft.

Tasting the sweet and soft taste, the three of them ate too much unconsciously.

Princess Ankang should have rested at this time, but she was too full to sleep, so she played Gobang together.

Gobang has long been popular in this world, and is very suitable for young children who don't know how to play Go yet.

When Concubine Xiao was still alive, she taught them how to play Gobang and often took them to play Gobang.

Princess Ankang played Gobang much better than Yu'er, almost crushing them.

Just now, she used Ah Xuan's cat claws to push the chess pieces just for fun, but after a few moves, Ah Xuan started playing Gobang by himself.

In the first game, Yu'er didn't realize that her opponent had changed to Ah Xuan unconsciously.

But after she lost, when Princess Ankang told her that it was Ah Xuan who played Gobang, she didn't believe it at all, and just thought that Princess Ankang was joking.

This led to the second and third games.

Now, Yu'er believes that Ah Xuan beat her, but her mentality also collapsed.

"How can it be? How is it possible?..."

Yu'er asked herself again and again, but there was no answer except that she was more confused.

"Am I not as good as a cat with human nature?"

"Is Ah Xuan the real genius?"

Yu'er looked at Li Xuan in doubt, and saw the cat raised its head proudly, looking very arrogant.

"Huh, what are you so proud of!"

Yu'er thought indignantly.

Just as the three were playing Gobang, there was another knock on the door outside Jingyang Palace, which stopped their laughter.

"Why is there someone coming again?"

The three children had the same question.

Today's Jingyang Palace seemed to be particularly lively, with visitors coming one after another.

It's just that it's a little late now, who could it be?

There are clear regulations in the palace that people are not allowed to walk around at night, otherwise they will be severely punished if they are discovered by the inner guards.

Generally speaking, the lower the rank, the less likely they are to violate this rule.

Therefore, those who are still walking around in the palace at night are either nobles or not afraid of death.

Although there is still some time before the curfew, it is less than half an hour.

At this time, most people would prepare to rest and would not go out casually.

After all, the scope of the palace is not small. If you can't go back in time, it will be troublesome.

"Your Highness, I'll go see who it is."

Yu'er greeted and prepared to open the door.

Princess Ankang nodded and didn't say much.

Although they were in the cold palace, they were still in the palace after all, and there was basically no danger.

And Li Xuan also meowed, jumped out of Princess Ankang's arms, and followed Yu'er's back.

He was frightened by Shang Zongguan during the day, and he had to see who the person was before he could feel at ease.

"Ah Xuan, why are you going to join in the fun?"

Princess Ankang called out helplessly, and could only watch him disappear.

Li Xuan arrived at the door before Yu'er, and then lay on the courtyard wall to secretly see who was knocking on the door.

The person knocking on the door was a young eunuch in white clothes, wearing a black futou on his head, with a fair face, and looked about the same age as Yu'er.

"Why is he here?!"

Li Xuan was surprised when he saw who was coming.

He knew this young eunuch, and he was his "mentor".

"Isn't this the young eunuch from the Imperial Household?"

Li Xuan hid in the dark, not daring to show his head, and planned to wait and see what would happen.

Today was a strange day, and Jingyang Palace welcomed one strange guest after another.

After a while, the gate of Jingyang Palace opened and Yu'er walked out.

She held a lantern in her hand and shone it at the person knocking on the door, asking, "I wonder who it is..."

But halfway through her words, Yu'er froze in her place, even holding her breath.

The lantern stayed beside the young eunuch's face, and the yellow light illuminated the slightly immature face.

A gentle smile appeared on the young eunuch's face.

"Weishen, is it you? Weixian!"

Yu'er threw the lantern on the ground and excitedly stepped forward to touch the young eunuch's face.

It looked like it was not enough to just look at him, and he needed to feel him clearly before he dared to recognize him.

"Yu'er knows this young eunuch!?"

Li Xuan, who was observing secretly, was surprised. He didn't expect there was such a fate.

"What is the relationship between them?"

Yu'er seemed to have confirmed the identity of the person who came, and hugged him tightly with excitement.

"Why are you here, why are you here..."

Yu'er's tone changed from surprise to joy at the beginning, and now slowly turned into pain and struggle.

The little eunuch kept smiling from beginning to end, only his eyes gradually turned red.

He hugged Yu'er with his backhand and finally called out: "Sister, it's me."

"Weixian, Weixian..."

Yu'er cried bitterly and couldn't even speak.

Li Xuan, who was eavesdropping on the side, was stunned. This little eunuch turned out to be Yu'er's younger brother.

"Why, why did you also enter the palace?"

Yu'er looked at the white clothes on her brother and couldn't help feeling sad.

This proves that their family has no descendants.

Then why was she sold to the palace back then?

"Weixian, why did you enter the palace? Where are my father and mother?"

Yu'er wiped away her tears and asked the question she was most curious about.

The Deng family had only two children back then, one was Yu'er, and the other was Deng Weixian in front of her.

But life was hard back then, and the family couldn't afford to raise two children, so they sold Yu'er, who was two years older.

Yu'er was also lucky. She was displaced all the way, and was sold into the palace by mistake.

She was born with a clean background, looked good but not too dazzling, and was selected into the palace because of her good character.

Others were not as lucky as Yu'er.

Some died on the way, some were sold to brothels, and some were sold to villages in the mountains as child brides.

But Yu'er didn't expect that after she had endured so many hardships and finally adapted to the palace and forgot her original home, her younger brother suddenly appeared in front of her.

The younger brother is the root of the Deng family. His appearance here proves that the Deng family...

"Sister, my parents are gone."

"Now in this world, you are my only relative."

Deng Weixian said something shocking, and Yu'er was also stunned.

She thought she had no feelings for her original home, but when she heard the bad news, a corner of her heart still collapsed.

Thanks to the book friend Zhiyi for the reward.

Dong Dong Dong!

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