Yan-daren entered the palace when he was seven, and as soon as he did, he became the personal bodyguard of the Little Emperor.
He went to school with the Little Emperor, and also blocked off the flashes and shadows of swords for the Little Emperor. He always kept the Little Emperor in his heart, for the Little Emperor was his master and the only person he needed to protect.
The Little Emperor gave him a jade pendant and leaned against him as he said, "A'Heng, you are my most important person. You can never leave me, okay?"
Yan-daren squeezed the jade pendant tightly and kept this sentence in his heart.
Later, he stayed with the Little Emperor for nearly twenty years, accompanying him every day and left and right. There were times he even thought he would follow the Little
Emperor forever, and the two of them would depend on each other for life.Until the Little Emperor chose an Imperial Concubine.
That night, for the first time in his life, Yan-daren felt like he'd been abandoned. The man he'd been guarding ever since he was a child
would now become another person's support.
He was very jealous.
He thought he might have been in love with the Little Emperor.
The youngest of the Little Emperor's nine brothers was the one Yan-daren had watched growing up. When Xiao Wangye was very young, he liked to stick to him and let him carry him. When he grew up, he would still follow behind his butt. He couldn't shake him off.
Although Yan-daren found it troublesome, he didn't hate it. Xiao Wangye was so frank and cute, he couldn't hate it. What's more, he had a
pair of brows and eyes that were very similar to that person's.After the Little Emperor got married, Yan-daren
volunteered to go to the frontier fortress in the battlefield, hoping to forget these feelings that shouldn't have come about.
However, wars were frequent in those years, and the situation was much more difficult than he had expected. A little carelessness would
lead to death.
In those days, he would receive letters from Xiao Wangye every month. The handwriting on the letters was majestic, but the contents were all boring and trivial matters, such as, the little calico cat in the palace had given birth to kittens, and that the neWw swallow in front of the door had built a nest.
At first, Yan-daren thought it was childish, but later, it gradually became his only color in the gray and black battlefield.
Sometimes, when coming back from the battlefield after narrow escape, he'd read those eloquent letters, and the gloom in his heart would unknowingly dissipate. He himself
felt it unfathomable.After the war ended, Yan-daren returned to the
capital. He hadn't seen Xiao Wangye in five years, and his soft and immature look from those days had cast off. However, he still loved
to stick to him.
Yan-daren no longer resisted like before. He Sometimes felt that Xiao Wangye was like a sun, with the power to warm people's hearts. It
let him, this unmovable iceberg, couldn't help but want to get close.
On the night of the winter solstice, Xiao Wangye asked him, "Do you like me?"
Yan-daren was taken aback. He had never thought about this question, so for a while, he couldnt answer.
He could hear his heart pounding in his chest, but he didn't know if this could be regarded as liking someone. If so, then what were his feelings for the Little Emperor?
He didn't think of it. All he knew was that his body beat him in making the choice.The next day, Yan-daren went to the palace and happened to meet Xiao Wangye's servant girl coming out of the Emperor's study. His heart
suddenly hung in the air.
All night, he knelt in front of the Emperor's study.
He begged the Emperor, "Since His Majesty has gotten what he wants, can Rui Wang-dianxia be released and given a way to live? I'll take him
and keep him away from the capital, and from henceforth, he'll no longer approach even half a step near the capital."
The Emperor's voice was cold and merciless, and he was very different from the gentlel Little Emperor in his impression. He said, "And if Zhen insists on taking his life?"
Yan-daren raised his head and looked straight at him. "Then Chen will do everything to protect him."
The Emperor sneered. "Oh good, so now you're treating him like how you did to Zhen in those days?"
Yan-daren took a deep breath and spat out a word, "Yes."
The Emperor was so angry. He threw the teacup on the table to the ground and yelled at Yan-daren, "Why? Did Zhen not treat you well! Zhen has never treated you unfairly ever since
childhood. And now, Zhen has even made you the Imperial Bodyguard Commander. For what reason must you take his side?!"
Yan-daren straightened his back and said calmly, "Your Majesty, you are now thebTianzi. In your seat, you hold ten thousand li of rivers and mountainsl, Accompanied by beautiful ladies in the harem, you will have children and grandchildren in the future."
"This subject has done his best for the
Emperor all these years. Even without me in the future, there will still be tens and thousands of people fighting for you."
"But Rui Wang-dianxia is different... He only has me."
The Emperor was quiet for a moment, and then asked in disbelief, "You... like him?"
"Yes."
Yan-daren heard the innermost voice in his heart at that moment.
The Author has something to say:
If you didn't guess about the cutie Pearl, then I will punish you guys to review scenes 43 and 50 [Class Adviser face]
Lizonka:... I really didn't guess it. No wonder Xiao Wangye has a new servant girl.
Lizonka: And omg, the Emperor is too much. How could he think of killing our little Wangye! He's innocent!
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