Chapter 36 The Origin of Tourmaline

I didn't expect that Bixi's life was so tragic, this poor child

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Since Liang Shaojun left that day, Su Siman giggled several times in the second half of the day, and his face turned red like two crisp red apples, and his whole body looked bright.

In the evening of that day, several eunuchs came to the Qingyan Hall and sent the tribute purple incense burner to the incense storage pavilion. Su Siman was extremely happy. When the slaves smelled such a big movement, they also ran to see the bustle. Their faces were like flowers blooming, and they couldn't help saying congratulations to their masters, which made Su Siman very happy.

The purple incense burner is exquisitely made and unique in shape, embedded with the pearls of the Western Regions, and the drawn pattern is not owned by the local area, and the exotic characteristics are very obvious. In particular, the lady with an incense burner carved on the surface of the stove is not usually seen. It has a few distinctive features, with an obvious outline, a high nose and thin lips. From the shape to the pattern, the whole incense burner reveals a strong exotic style. Although this is the case, it is indeed a skillful thing that makes people happy.

When the palace eunuchs dispersed from the room, Susman held his cheek and looked at the incense burner.

"Bixi, do you think the prince has been abnormal recently?" Su Siman asked as if talking to himself.

"What is the princess thinking about? His Royal Highness is probably regretful. He used to be too bad for you, but now he realizes his mistake and wants to make up for it. This is a good thing, princess, don't think about it. The tourmaline stopped tidying his clothes and turned his head and said happily.

"I always feel a little unsteady, as if I were dreaming, not very real."

"Princess, don't think nonsense and have fun secretly. The maidservant looked at the prince and didn't seem to have been working hard for a while before she suddenly remembered that she was good to you. Besides, there is nothing wrong with being a husband to treat his wife better. Don't think about it to scare yourself." When he said this, the tourmaline had closed the wardrobe, walked to Su Siman, squatted down and looked up at his master. The eyes are as clear as water, full of blessings to the people in front of them.

"Bixi, you are so kind." Su Siman breathed a soft breath and felt that the messy thoughts in his heart had been driven away a lot.

"That's because the princess is also good to the tourmaline. If the tourmaline is not good to the princess, isn't it ungrateful?" Bixi opened a pair of shiny eyes and smiled innocently.

"I will definitely find a good home for you in the future." Su Siman touched her soft hair and said seriously.

"Don't marry the tourmaline. The tourmaline will serve the princess all his life."

"Stupid girl, what nonsense are you talking about? My daughter's family is going to get married." Su Siman laughed softly.

"The princess has really changed a lot." The tourmaline sighed.

"So do you think I have become better or worse?"

"I can't say. Anyway, it's different from before, but Bixi prefers the current princess." A delicate smile appeared on Bixi's face, her little face was a little red, and her eyes became more and more shiny.

"That's it. How can a good-hearted person like this princess treat his girl badly? I will definitely find a good person for you in the future. If you like which prince, tell me so that I can be your matchmaker. Su Siman said with a serious face, looking at the little red face of the tourmaline and laughing hard.

"Bixi has been serving the princess since she entered the palace at the age of nine. She has regarded the princess as the only relative in the world, so she did not leave the princess to marry." Bixi blushed, but her tone was very resolute.

"In the future, when you meet your destiny, you won't say that. But your heart is rare, and I will always remember it. Su Siman was half serious and half joking, and then thought of something and asked, "Bixi, didn't you say that your hometown is Yongliang? How come there are no relatives?"

"The princess didn't know anything. The maidservant has lived with her mother and brother since she was a child. Although she was very miserable, she was also happy. Such a living situation changed dramatically when the slave was five years old. The father, who I don't even remember his appearance, sent someone to find his mother and took us home. Although my mother is the nominal wife, my father thinks she is pale and never looks at my mother, and is very cold to me and my brother. Several aunts and half brothers look down on us. We were bullied there. Several half brothers didn't like me and my brother and often bullied us. In order to protect me, my brother often fought with them. For this reason, I don't know how many times I have been beaten by my father.

"My brother was regarded as a thorn in his eyes by several aunts because he was the eldest son of the family, and he was repeatedly harmed by them. In the end, my brother was killed by them. My mother was so angry that she couldn't afford to get sick and soon left. The two best people in the world who treated me were killed by them. At that time, I thought that it was really hard to live, but I just died. But I can't die for nothing. Even if I die, I have to avenge my mother and brother, so I added some * to the meal and killed several aunts and half-brothers. I stabbed myself in the chest and lay in front of my mother's grave waiting to die. At that time, he was too young and strong enough. In addition, he stabbed in the wrong direction and did not die, and was caught back by my father. Originally, I thought my father would definitely kill me, but he didn't, so he asked the doctor to treat me. Later, I learned that the amount of medicine I put was too light to poison them at all.

"I also know that if I have done such a rebellious thing, I'm afraid my family can't tolerate me anymore. So when my injury got better and my father announced that he had separated from my father-daughter relationship with me, I was not surprised at all. I have no other relatives in the world. Tourmaline has always regarded the princess as the only relative. If even the princess dislikes Tourmaline and wants to drive the Tourmaline away, Tourmaline really doesn't want to live..."

Speaking of this sad past, Bixi's tears fell down, and he couldn't stop looking back on his sad face.

"I'm sorry, Bixi, I... I don't know..." Su Siman was a little panicked. He never thought that Bixi's life was so pitiful. He poked her pain this time and wiped another handful of salt on the wound in her heart.

"It's not the princess's fault. It's the maidservant's bad life and doesn't do the princess's business. In fact, the fact that Bixi can serve the princess in his life has felt that it is a blessing for several generations, and he dares not have other extravagant expectations. I just ask the princess not to think that the tourmaline is a cruel and poisonous woman, and don't give the tourmaline to others. As long as he can serve the princess, Bixi has nothing else to ask for. Bixi grabbed Su Siman's hand tightly and choked. His two slender shoulders trembling, obviously his heart fluctuated greatly.

"Bixi--" Su Siman choked and lowered her voice, gently wrapped her head around her, pillowed her knees, and her heart was mixed for a moment, which was very unpleasant.

What a heartbreaking child.

Bixi cried for a long time and slowly stopped crying.

Su Siman's heart hovered with a question at this time. Seeing that her mood gradually stabilized, she carefully considered her tone and asked, "Bixi, why did you enter the palace again and learn good martial arts later?"

Bixi sighed slightly and wiped his tears from his eyes. "I have been living on the street, living a hungry life, and living by begging along the street. If it hadn't been for the rescue of good people, I would have almost died on the roadside. I was also afraid of that kind of life. Thinking that my mother mentioned before she was born that she still had relatives in the State of Chu, so I took the token she gave me before she died and came to the State of Chu to join my relatives.

"At that time, I knew that my mother was a rich girl from a high family. She ran away from home in order to be with her father. Grandpa and grandmother had only one son and one daughter. When they heard the news of their mother's death, they almost cried. Alas, after that, I lived at my grandparents' house. They treated me very well, and I gradually came out of sadness under their care. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. In less than a year, my grandparents passed away one after another, and my uncle inherited the family business. He treated me well, but my aunt hated me very much, because my grandfather assigned part of the family's property to me before he died, so she held a grudge.

"She wanted to kick me out, but she was stopped by her uncle every time and didn't succeed. My aunt often quarreled with my uncle for my affairs. I always felt very embarrassed when I was caught in the middle, but there was nothing I could do. At that time, the maid of honor was recruited. Every family with a face must send a girl of the right age to participate in the election. My uncle's daughter, who is the same age as me, is also on the roster. My uncle was reluctant to send his daughter to the palace, so my aunt encouraged my uncle to go to the palace for my cousin. I thought that maybe only when I entered the palace would I not cause any more trouble to my uncle, so I agreed to enter the palace and meet the princess.

"As for practicing martial arts, it is also thanks to the Empress Dowager's mother. The princess has been sick since she was a child, and the queen went early again. The empress dowager has always been very good for the princess. The princess was bullied by other princesses and princes when she was young. The empress dowager could not take care of the princess at any time, and she was worried about the princess. Seeing that the maidservant was skillful, he ordered the maidservant to protect the princess's safety, and the princess in the palace was allowed to teach the maidservant martial arts. I think that the maidservant is indeed predestined with the princess, otherwise how could she go all the way from Yongliang, thousands of miles away to the deep palace of Dachu?

"It seems that there are many things that have been destined for a long time." Su Siman was ethereal and said to himself in a low voice. She thought of her inexplicable time travel. Perhaps, this was also predestined to have a completely different life in another space, destined to meet some people, and destined to break free from some entanglement.

"Princess, what are you thinking?" Seeing that she was distracted, Bixi looked up and asked.

"Nothing. By the way, tourmaline, do we have any spices here? Su Siman shook his head hard, trying to drive away the distractions in his mind.

"It doesn't seem to be. It's used up." Bixi thought for a moment before answering. Sometimes the master's words were really unresponsive.

"Then you can go to Sigongtai to get some spices, but you can't leave this incense burner empty." Su Siman smiled.

"Yes, the maidservant is going." The tourmaline stood up, and his mood had calmed down and regained his former brilliance. A breeze went out of the door.