When Mingzhen was ten years old, her parents died, and she was entrusted to Xiao Yu, who was six years older than her, to raise her.
The elder brother is gentle and considerate, and he takes care of everything from Mingzhen's hair style and hairpin, to meals and daily life, to the scent of bath beans for bathing.
Life is not rich, but it is also comfortable and happy.
But every time he wanted to go down the mountain, Xiao Yu would stop him for various reasons.
Whenever this happens, his elegant and gentle eyes will become dark and sticky, wrapped in strands of Ming Zhen, like a spirit in the mountains that chooses and devours people.
Mingzhen was a little frightened, but she still yearned for the bustle and popularity outside, and always planned to sneak down the mountain to play.
Until one day, Xiao Yu left without saying goodbye.
Mingzhen finally found an excuse and ran around wildly down the mountain. However, when she returned home after failing to find anyone, she found that the small courtyard was crowded with people.
She was welcomed back to the imperial palace in a daze. When she looked up from the main hall, she saw Xiao Yuxuan, wearing complicated clothes and wearing a crown, leaning leisurely on the highest position.
I heard from people in the town that the new emperor Xiao Yu killed his father, mother, and brothers. He was an out-and-out lunatic.
But she never thought that that lunatic would be the brother who tucked her in every night and tied her hair and painted her eyebrows with his own hands.
They have never been brothers and sisters.
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After entering Beijing, the new emperor Xiao Yuzhao announced to the world that he canonized his adopted sister Ming Zhen as the eldest princess of the country.
He still indulged her as before. Not only did he allow her to live in the palace for a long time and never kneel before the emperor, he even left a corner of the dragon chair for Mingzhen to lean on. He didn't mind her taking a nap or scribbling on his desk.
Mingzhen increasingly felt that the rumors were all fabricated and that her adopted brother was actually one of the best people in the world.
——Until she fell in love at first sight with the brilliant new top scholar.
That day, she stayed in Xiao Yu's arms as usual, acting coquettishly and begging him to marry her.
Unexpectedly, the always gentle brother turned down and not only crushed the cup in his palm, he even found an excuse to send the champion Lang far away to the northern border.
Everyone was frightened by the new emperor's impermanence, and Mingzhen didn't understand why her brother, who had been vying for her husband, could be so disgusted with the person she liked.
She was so angry that she packed her parcel and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, she was caught by Xiao Yu before she left the palace gate.
"How did that person deceive and trick Zhen Zhen into ruthlessly abandoning my brother?"
In the dormitory, Xiao Yu looked as usual, so gentle and calm that it was strange, but he forced Mingzhen to step back and fall against the dressing table.
In the bronze mirror, the emperor's eyebrows were dark, and he lowered his head and kissed her unbearable tears over and over again.
When Mingzhen was unconscious, she heard Xiao Yu's low voice: "... Zhenzhen, I regret it."
"Zhen Zhen, who I raised with my own hands, should always be with me, so how can I give it to someone else?"
She should take it back and hide it, so that she could only see herself and no one else, day and night.
Intention: Face your life positively.