As he stepped into the palace gate, the first thing Feixing remembered was: "Remember, from now on, you have no past. You are just Feixing."
In the Buda language, "fei" means "to protect".
Feixing means "to protect the stars".
From this moment on, the meaning of his entire life was to exist for Princess Bufanxing of Nobu.
No one knew Princess Nobu better than he did.
He had accompanied her as she grew up.
When she was still in swaddling clothes, he had already been guarding her.
When she grabbed items during the coming - of - age ceremony, she grabbed snacks, and the first word she learned to babble was "pastry".
Feixing thought that she would surely be a glutton in the future.
Feixing worried about his career for the first time.
If the princess got too fat in the future and encountered danger, would he be able to carry her?
He had thought that the little princess would spend her whole life happily in the palace. However, an imperial edict for a political marriage shattered the little princess's peaceful life.
As a secret guard, Feixing naturally had to follow.
So when Aunt Luo came to take the sleeping princess away, Feixing showed up.
He would not allow anyone to harm the princess.
Aunt Luo was also from the palace and naturally knew the martial arts skills of secret guards. She only asked Feixing one question: "Do you obey the king's order or protect your master? If you obey the king's order, kill me and take Caixue back to the palace. If you want to protect her, let me take her away and let her live an ordinary life."
Feixing chose the best option for Caixue.
It was not easy for Aunt Luo, a woman, to take the princess on the run. If it weren't for Feixing's secret help, they would never have been able to evade the pursuers along the way.
Aunt Luo and the princess had already fled to Huangcheng, but the pursuers still traced them.
Aunt Luo had no choice but to plead with Feixing.
"Take the princess away. I'll lead the pursuers away."
"Secret guards are not allowed to show themselves in front of their masters. This is the rule."
"What's the use of your stupid rules at a time like this!"
Aunt Luo was furious.
Seeing that the pursuers were about to catch up, she had no choice but to dress the princess in rags, dirty her face, and make her look like a common beggar.
Aunt Luo left the princess at the door of an inn and left.
Feixing watched the little princess shivering in the cold wind and wanted to help.
But rules were rules. Feixing thought that he would never overstep the rules unless the princess was at the brink of death.
Feixing just silently guarded.
Only when the princess was asleep did he dare to show up, drop a bun into her broken bowl, light a fire for her, and cover her with a quilt.
But the princess, who had grown up in the palace, had never suffered such hardships. Every time, before she woke up, the bun and the quilt were stolen by other beggars.
Feixing chased after the beggars who stole the princess's things and beat them up. But when he turned back to look for the princess, he found that she was nowhere to be found.
Feixing waited in the dilapidated temple for several days, but the princess never came back.
Feixing felt extremely guilty.
He should never have adhered to the rules of a secret guard. He should have stayed by the princess's side.
He inquired around for several days before he got a piece of news.
The eldest daughter of the Zhao family had picked up a little beggar on the road a few days ago and taken her home as a maid.
The Zhao family...
Feixing scouted the Zhao family. After confirming that the little girl dressed as a maid, who had now changed her name to Caixue, was the princess, he felt relieved.
Feixing originally wanted to take the princess away.
But seeing that the princess was well - fed and well - dressed here and showing a smile that she hadn't shown for a long time.
The duty of a secret guard was to protect the master.
Making the master happy was his meaning.
Feixing thought for a while and knocked on the door of the Zhao family.
As long as the princess didn't know his identity, it wouldn't count as overstepping the rules, he comforted himself.
On the one hand, he wanted to protect the princess nearby.
On the other hand, he envied the princess.
The eldest daughter of the Zhao family was a kind - hearted master. She was loyal and treated her servants like family.
He also wanted to be a part of the eldest daughter's family.
...
In the Buda Kingdom,
Princess Nobu had actually brought back a son - in - law on her own.
The whole country was shocked.
Wasn't she sent for a political marriage? Was she so bold that she would be hated by the emperor of the Chen Kingdom?
The court officials were also in a panic and wrote to the new emperor one after another to stop this marriage.
Not being accepted by Caixue's "family", Zhao Luoming was very depressed. He was alone on the snow - viewing platform, letting the wind blow on him.
Zhao Luoming, a native of Huangcheng, was not acclimatized in the Buda Kingdom. In severe cases, he even had difficulty breathing.
"I didn't expect you to still be here."
Feixing appeared beside Zhao Luoming.
Now Feixing was no longer a secret guard. Because of his meritorious service in guarding, he had been promoted to a sword - carrying guard and could freely enter and exit the palace.
Zhao Luoming had always regarded Feixing as a rival in love. Facing the provocation of his rival, Zhao Luoming would of course not show any weakness.
"A woman's husband should follow her. Where Caixue is, I am. Why should I leave?"
Feixing sneered, "Yes, it's not the first time you've risked your life for the princess."
Zhao Luoming took two steps back and looked at Feixing warily.
"You're not going to kill me again, are you? Even if you kill me, you won't win Caixue's heart."
Feixing looked at him speechlessly.
Zhao Luoming was powerless. For Feixing, killing him would be more troublesome than killing an ant.
However, Feixing would not do so.
"I will never do anything to harm the princess."
This was a rule engraved in Feixing's bones.
Feixing would never overstep the rules.
Hearing Feixing say this, Zhao Luoming felt relieved.
After all, he would have to live in the Buda Kingdom in the future. Although Feixing had once harmed him, Zhao Luoming was magnanimous and didn't care about it.
After all, he really couldn't beat Feixing.
"Then let's shake hands and make up."
Feixing glanced at him and coldly refused.
"I won't do anything to harm the princess, but I don't have to force myself to be friends with someone I don't like."
Zhao Luoming: "To be honest, is it because of the princess that you hate me so much?"
Is it because of the princess?
Feixing couldn't answer this question.
Before he came to find Zhao Luoming, the king had talked to him.
Now that the princess was getting married and starting a family, he could retire, marry a wife, and live an ordinary life.
Feixing didn't want to live an ordinary life.
In others' eyes, being a secret guard was a tough job, but for Feixing, it was the best job in the world.
However, having been by Caixue's side for many years, Feixing naturally knew her concerns.
He looked at Zhao Luoming. Rarely lying, he now told a half - true, half - false lie.
"I only have the relationship of master and servant with the princess."
Zhao Luoming knew Feixing's temper.
He rarely lied.
Even when Caixue had asked if it was Feixing who had chased and attacked her, Feixing had admitted it without hesitation.
So, Zhao Luoming believed Feixing when he said this.
Feixing didn't expect that he could deceive Zhao Luoming so easily.
It seemed that he had learned some bad habits from the eldest daughter.
From afar, Caixue was running over happily.
Feixing knew what it was about.
An imperial edict from the emperor of the Chen Kingdom had come, annulling Caixue's political marriage contract.
Caixue could marry Zhao Luoming.
Watching Caixue smiling so happily, Feixing silently said in his heart:
Princess, your subordinate can only protect you one last time.
From now on, your subordinate will also go to live his own life.
May you always be well.