HBWnovel Chapter 209 The Past (2)
Chapter 209 The Past (2)
King Xuanhuang doted on Baili Haoxuan and indulged him to the utmost. But every time Baili Haoxuan got into trouble, Baili Molan was always the one who was punished. However, Baili Molan had no complaints. She was indifferent by nature and only cared about Baili Haoxuan. Maybe it was because they were blood relatives from the same mother, or maybe it was because they were dependent on each other.
Although King Xuanhuang usually doesn't discipline or get close to Baili Molan and Baili Haoxuan, he loves them very much in his heart. He is busy with government affairs all day long, just to protect these two children under his wings and let them grow up healthy and worry-free.
Xiao Haoxuan grows up slowly while playing pranks, getting into trouble, fighting and teasing every day, and Baili Molan also grows into a graceful young lady while educating Xiao Haoxuan and cleaning up the mess for him.
That year Baili Haoxuan was seven years old and Baili Molan was fourteen years old.
(Jinlan Palace)
Baili Molan sat quietly in front of the desk, holding a book in his hands, reading intently. The hall was filled with the faint scent of incense, and the entire hall was silent except for the sound of turning pages.
Baili Molan likes quietness and likes to read and write alone in the palace, so there are no palace maids to serve him in the bedroom. Baili Molan has a sense of otherworldliness.
"Sister, sister, sister..." Baili Molan rubbed his temples helplessly, put down the book, stood up, straightened his clothes a little, and went out to greet her.
Baili Haoxuan still rushed in, but Baili Molan did not welcome him with open arms like he did when he was a child. Baili Molan stood in front of the door to greet him with a faint smile.
"What's going on, my good brother has gotten into trouble again, hasn't he?" Baili Molan teased Baili Haoxuan with a bit of mischievous cunning.
"Sister, if I come to see you, does that mean I'm in trouble? Don't look down on me." The seven-year-old Baili Haoxuan has grown tall and is a head taller than most children of the same age.
"How many times have I told you? You have to call me sister. Sister is not something a prince should call me. Do you understand? Be true to your words and actions." Baili Molan said earnestly. Baili Haoxuan always lives casually, not particular about details, has a bad temper, and cannot stand restraint. He fools around all day long, and no one can control him.
Because he was not controlled by anyone, and the imperial aura in his bones still lurked in him.
However, Baili Haoxuan is the crown prince of a country. He cannot live as he pleases and must be cautious in everything. In the future he will shoulder the mission of a country and tens of millions of people. The burden is so heavy.
In her heart, she didn't want Baili Haoxuan to bear too much burden, he should have a good childhood; but unfortunately, reality is always cruel, they have no choice. This is the helplessness of the imperial family, how can ordinary people understand the helplessness behind the high and mighty honor.
"Sister, I don't like to call you Imperial Sister. We are so unfamiliar with each other, isn't it better to call you Sister?" Baili Haoxuan walked to the table and sat down. He had his own considerations. He was not really a naughty child who was ignorant of the world. He would also call King Xuanhuang "Father".
However, he just relied on Baili Molan and regarded her as a mother, sister and confidant. He didn't want the word "imperial sister" to freeze everything between them.
Baili Molan glanced at Baili Haoxuan, her little face still a little childish, her handsome eyebrows knitted tightly, thinking about it, Baili Molan felt sad. However, she had to fulfill her duty as the emperor's sister.
Baili Molan walked over, sat down opposite him, sighed, and said earnestly: "Xuan'er, you were born different from others. We were not born in ordinary families. You are the prince of Xuanhuang Dynasty and the future emperor. You shoulder the fate of a country. You can't mess around. In the future, the people will watch your every word and action, and even your every word and action is related to the fate of the country. You must be a good emperor, otherwise how can you be worthy of Xuanhuang?"
"Why? Is the prince destined to be different from ordinary people? Is the prince destined to have no life of his own? Is the prince destined to be emotionless and cold?" Baili Haoxuan yelled in confusion. He was not yelling at Baili Molan, but at all the helpless fate.
"Yes. Xuan'er, you should do so, and you must do so. The emperor is ruthless and should not have feelings." All this was too heavy, but she put all this heavy pressure on Baili Haoxuan.
"Sister, I don't want to talk about this." Baili Haoxuan turned his head away. Baili Molan left his seat and walked up, half squatting in front of Baili Haoxuan, and grabbed the pair of medium-sized hands.
She smiled gently and said, "Xuan'er, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I shouldn't have said such things to you. Can you forgive me?"
"Sister, it's Xuan'er who is making trouble." Baili Haoxuan lowered his head and said apologetically.
"Let's not talk about this. Why did Xuan'er come to see his sister?" Baili Molan changed the subject.
"A man named Yan Zinuo came to the upper study room today. Who is he? Is he my study partner?" Baili Haoxuan asked puzzledly.
"Yan Zinuo? Sister has never heard of this person." Baili Molan shook her head.
"You don't even recognize your sister?"
"Ah."
"That's it."
"Xuan'er, you wouldn't..." Baili Molan took a look at Baili Haoxuan's smug look and knew that he was fooling around again.
"Whoever dares to talk back to me, I will have him tied up and exposed to the sun in the imperial garden!" Baili Haoxuan was still arrogant and domineering. He didn't have the innocence of a seven-year-old child. Perhaps he was only a spoiled and naughty child in front of Baili Molan.
"Xuan'er. You're making trouble again." Baili Molan's newly-felt sympathy and guilt were angered again by Baili Haoxuan's misbehavior.
"Sister, I'm not kidding. He actually said that this prince is a piece of rotten wood that cannot be carved. He is extremely naughty. He spoke ill of me and slandered me intentionally. This small punishment is not excessive."
"Xuan'er, a ruler should be tolerant. It is a blessing for a country if its subjects dare to speak out. Do you like those flattering people? Listen to your sister, help him put him down, and apologize in person." Baili Molan said seriously. Although she is a woman, Baili Molan knows a lot. Maybe as a member of the imperial family, she has to be sensible too early, or maybe it's because she has to mature early to educate the child in front of her.
"I don't want it." Baili Haoxuan refused.
"Xuan'er, are you not going to listen to your sister now?"
Baili Haoxuan had no choice but to give in, put Yan Zinuo down personally, and apologized as Baili Molan said. Because of this incident, Baili Haoxuan and Yan Zinuo became close friends, of course, this is a later story!