Chasing death and chasing north

After more than half a year, we still live in the Cangshan Palace.According to the previous assumption, Yuan Qi is now the regent and supervisor of the country after his younger brother. Although there were many headaches during the period, my life is still unprecedentedly happy and happy.This night, they also fell asleep together after having a good time, and just fell asleep, but Zheng Bingzhi called out in a low voice outside the curtain.

If there is no urgent matter, he won't do this. I settled the person next to my pillow, and carefully got up with my clothes on.

"What's up?"

"Prime Minister Xu, please see me."

"Please wait for him in the study."

"Yes."

I hurriedly washed and changed clothes and went out under the service of the maid, feeling very unhappy in my heart.This Xu Bo has been here no less than seven or eight times in the past four months, and it's not something he can't handle, and he insists on disturbing me.

As soon as I stepped into the study, I said in a bad tone, "Didn't I order Xu Qing to take advantage of the famine in Guanzhong?"

Xu Bo stood up, cupped his hands and said, "It's not about locust plague."

Seeing his serious face, my heart sank. "What's wrong?"

"The middle reaches of the Xunjiang River burst, and the long embankment disappeared."

I was horrified.The land on both sides of the Xunjiang River is fertile and prosperous, and more than [-]% of the imperial court's wealth comes from the middle and lower reaches. Once a disaster occurs, the consequences will be serious. "Didn't the reinforcement work be ordered last winter?"

Xu Bo said coldly: "Your Majesty proposed to build the mausoleum. Not long after the [-] civilians arrived in Xunjiang, most of them were transferred to Yangshan to build tombs. At that time, the minister gave a petition to protest."

This is true.At that time, I thought that there had been little rain in recent years, and it would be good if there were no droughts on both sides of the Xunjiang River. It seemed that the embankment could be postponed, but who would have thought that this year there would be so much rain.

"It's too late to say these things now. Open the government treasury and granary as soon as possible to relieve the disaster. Order the local officials to gather the victims along the road and move them to a nearby safe place. Let Yao Qing handle this matter."

Xu Bo stood still.

"What's wrong?"

"The locust plague in Guanzhong has almost exhausted the surplus food in the treasury."

"Then build the Yicang and collect food from the people."

"Your Majesty, do you think there is still money in the treasury to collect food?"

I looked at his gloomy face feeling inexplicable. "A few years ago, the national treasury still had 500 million silver. Could it be less than this now?"

"It's hard for Your Majesty to remember the past few years!" Xu Bo sneered, "There was a severe drought the year before last, Guanzhong had no crops, no taxes, and the official warehouse distributed money and food for relief. Last year, Your Majesty first built a paddock and spent millions of dollars to repair it. The mausoleum, the mausoleum has not yet been completed, so far the cost has reached 180 million taels of silver.

"This spring, the southern barbarians are attacking from the north. Our country mobilizes 20 troops to fight. Afterwards, we will award meritorious soldiers. It will cost no less than 200 million silver. A few days ago, His Majesty issued an edict to build a southern palace. How much silver and people's strength will be spent? Has Your Majesty ever calculated?"

No matter whether it was a meeting or a letter, I was quite impatient to hear his impassioned speeches with almost no change. I just said: "The matter has come to this, are you going to teach me to spit out the money? Then the Jiangnan Palace will not be built for the time being. Now, go back and clean up the situation.”

Xu Bo looked at me for a while, and said: "My father is nearly [-] years old, and he is sick. I beg your Majesty to resign and go home to fulfill my filial piety."

I sneer. "At this juncture, are you going to give up your pick?"

"I call myself a minister of the country. I originally wanted to follow the Ming emperor to rule the world, but now I realize that I think I am too high and can't do it. I implore your majesty to do it."

I laughed out loud. "You are finally willing to admit that I am not a Mingjun? This is a relief."

Xu Bo sighed, and said: "At the beginning of your Majesty's ascension to the throne, you worked conscientiously and devoted yourself to seeking the country. Even if you can't be called an invincible lord, you are still a diligent and wise ruler. However, what your Majesty has done in the past two years has really made the ministers feel disheartened."

"I didn't intend to be a Mingjun, didn't you know it from the beginning?"

"Your Majesty's stealing national treasures for personal reasons is not the right way. If you can go against the law and keep it right, then you may not have a good reputation for thousands of years. Who knows... Sigh."

He said regretfully, but I suddenly felt very tired, waved my hand and said, "You have a lot of regrets, but I am already full of ambition."

Xu Bo came over angrily, grabbed my sleeve, and growled, "Your Majesty wants to destroy himself, but have you ever wondered how innocent the people of the world are?"

"I...don't care about that much anymore." I pulled back my sleeves, raised my hand and patted the shoulder of my former comrade-in-arms, "You go, I will have a wise king after me, and if you still have the heart and strength, you can come out to serve the country again Serve."

"How can there be a Mingjun?" Xu Bo smiled wryly, and his tone was less respectful, "Those two princes are only middle-class talents, and they are good at keeping up, but they are far from cleaning up the mess in front of them. Tsk, why can't your majesty give birth?" What about a good son?"

I chuckle. "Do you really think that Yuan Qi and the others will succeed in the future? Do you know that in the twelfth lunar month of last year, someone led a dozen dead knights and rushed out of Jinming Pass in one breath."

Xu Bo was greatly surprised: "You mean Prince Yuanxi? You know his whereabouts like the back of your hand, yet you still let him go—" He stared at me for a long while, finally revealed a dazed expression, and sighed: "If I had known so, Why bother?"

I understand what he means, since the final position is still in the hands of the elder brother's lineage, the previous actions of usurping are simply nonsensical.I said with a leisurely smile, "If I hadn't made up my mind at the beginning, how could I have lived my life?"

"Forget it, I've lived with you this time. It's ridiculous. I thought I could show my ambitions, but you are such a soft bastard." Xu Bo's shoulders, which were always straight, drooped, and the vicissitudes of life The look suddenly made people look ten years older.

Only for this group of old brothers like him, I felt a little guilty in my heart, and was about to comfort me when Zheng Bingzhi knocked on the door.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is awake and looking for you everywhere."

"Look, I'm living enough." I pointed to the direction of the bedroom, smiled at him, walked to the door first and then turned around and said, "You, let's be content as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty is respectful." There was a faint trill in his words, and I didn't look back.

Maybe this farewell is forever.

The elder brother closed his barely wide eyes when he saw me entering the room, yawned and asked casually, "Where did you go?"

"Xu Bo just left."

"Oh, it's him again." There was a faint black shadow under his eyes—after staying in the palace, I threw away that mask, and since then I have shown my true colors.

"Yeah, but I won't be here again."

"Eh? Why?"

"He resigned, I agree."

He seemed to lose his drowsiness in an instant, and stared at me in amazement: "Are you talking about that Prime Minister Xu Bo?"

"There is no second one."

"Why, why?" He swallowed hard.

"Of course I don't want to do it."

He rolled his eyes, suddenly smiled, and said, "Are you annoying?"

"I couldn't achieve his wish, he gave up, and the monarch and his subjects fell apart."

He shrugged his eyebrows. "There's a lot going on recently, is he bored?"

"If I'm not annoying, he won't be annoying."

He knelt and sat up on the bed, wrapped his hands around my neck and looked at my face. The distance between the two was only an inch, and he said relaxedly after a while: "I didn't see that you were troubled, and your complexion is much better than when you were in the capital. .”

"The plague of locusts in Guanzhong, floods in the Xunjiang River, ground cracks in the southwest, and Beidi knocking off the pass. Just one of them can consume more than half of the country's power, but they come one after another. Do you think God is punishing my greed?"

Under my close watch, there was no expression of emotion other than a smile on his face, he just said lightly: "The fleeting time is unfavorable, there are always a few times in decades."

"Why do you have to meet me? Is it really not God's intentional punishment?"

He frowned slightly. "Why do you think so?"

"This kind of speculation is spreading everywhere in the world. The state government has repeatedly prohibited it, and more and more bad things are snowballing. I can't help but believe it."

"You...you haven't thought about it, maybe someone is deliberately spreading rumors?"

"The rumors didn't start today. My title as the emperor is not justified. There are so many eyes in the world. I always warn myself not to fail. Now it seems that I am still lacking in talent and powerless."

"It's so strange." He giggled, grabbed my arm, and his face was so low that people couldn't see his face clearly. "You are so gentle and powerful, and you have the power of the world in your hands. It is logical that only others are jealous of you. , but why don’t you even have the confidence of an average person?”

It was the first time I was pointed out such a problem, I thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Maybe, it's because you haven't given me confidence?"

"Me?" He pointed to his nose amusedly. "You mean me?"

"The thing I want the most, you have never given it to me for so many years." I put my hand on his left chest. Was there a sudden ups and downs for me for a while?

"Why?" He suppressed his smile, and the corners of his mouth raised with a hint of sarcasm, "I'm not a down-and-out scholar anymore?"

"Yes or no, it's not up to me to decide." I couldn't wait to end this topic, not giving him any time to think, and changed my cheerful expression and said: "By the way, didn't you say you want to take a cruise ship to see the scenery? Our building boat The tidying up has been completed, if the weather is fine tomorrow, how about getting up early and going out?"

He looked at me in a daze, and said, "That's good, but, can you get up?"

I followed his gaze to glance at the hourglass, and it was almost dawn.

"Forget it, sleep back in the cage, go after lunch, and rest on the boat at night."

I was about to call the maid to come in and change clothes, but he waved his hand and said: "A few people are waiting in front of you like chickens pecking at rice. It's so pitiful. I sent them to sleep. Can't you take off your clothes? Just know how to drink .”

I raised my arms and stretched them to the sides, and said shamelessly, "Then you take it off for me."

He glanced at me, his hands busy around my waist.After a long time, I saw a black head shaking slightly in front of my chest, and I felt a sense of satisfaction gradually becoming familiar in my chest.Whether it is true or false, for me, I really feel happy, as I said to Xu Bo just now, I should be content.

After all, the emperor's regular clothes are not as easy to take off as casual clothes, and the elder brother's hands are unlucky, so it took him a long time to take off the belt and a pair of accessories.He stood on tiptoe again and unbuttoned my collar.

Not long after, he clicked his tongue impatiently: "You don't know how to bend over? Are you proud of being tall?"

I leaned down as I said, and seeing the buttons being pulled at random by him, I shook my head and said, "Look, if I called someone, it would have been fixed already."

"It's just you, Jingui!" Finally started to untie the second button, and after a while he tugged irritably, and pulled the button off directly.

Seeing that he was staring at the button in his hand and did not respond, I suppressed a smile and comforted me: "The button is not sewn securely, and I will ask the Shangyi Bureau to nail it up tomorrow."

He stuffed the button into my hand: "Sew it yourself! Who told you to spit into my neck?"

I think it's funny, how many times we've been together, he still can't help being funny.Seeing his angry appearance, it's better to stroke his hair. "Okay, let's sew, where is the needle and thread?"

He rummaged through the box and finally handed the sewing box to me.

I have never done this job before, and it took me half a day to thread a needle, plus he was pointing at me blindly, although the buttons were nailed on, the crooked stitches almost spread over the entire neckline.

He looked at it over and over again, and finally came to the conclusion: "It's ugly."

I was annoyed to refute, but he lowered his head, flipped the button and laughed: "The Ninth Five-Year Lord does needlework, it's really neither fish nor fowl."

His expression was calm and gentle, and I suddenly had the illusion of folk couples sitting together and mending clothes at night.In the current situation, or in the past when they were doing things separately in the room, they looked up inadvertently, looked at each other and smiled when they made eye contact, and felt more fulfilled than when their bodies were intertwined.

He untied my braids and began to comb them lightly. His hands were raw, his strength was not very good, and his scalp was pulled and hurt from time to time—it didn’t really matter, I just cared about the serious face reflected in the bronze mirror, It seemed that he would comb my hair as a matter of utmost importance.

I would like time to stop at this moment and not move forward.

Such intimacy may be limited.

We lived on the Louchuan for more than a month, and the big boat traveled from north to south along the Feijiang River, another tributary of Qushui River.The emperor went on tour, cleared the homes of pedestrians on both sides of the strait and sailed for merchants, and local officials greeted and paid tribute, all kinds of rules went without saying.

Sometimes he would go fishing with me in a small boat in the middle of the river, and sometimes he would entertain himself with the qin. drill.

In the fifteenth month, when the lanterns first came on, the bells, drums and orchestras played together, and the neon clothes and feathers fluttered. He was very happy when he was surprised, and half drunk and half awake, he took me to dance with the music. I was not good at this way and tried my best to accompany me. , he laughed even more when he saw this.

Just as he was getting excited, Zheng Bingzhi reported that Ruan Changrong was waiting to see him.A few days ago, I sent Ruan Changrong to lead an army to suppress the civil uprising in ten counties in the middle reaches of the Xunjiang River.

I got out of the big cabin, and a slightly fat man in military uniform just got on the side of the ship.

"Is it done?"

Ruan Changrong glanced at me, bowed and said, "I met the leader of the civil rebellion. They are all honest peasants. The government expropriated too much and suffered natural disasters. They really couldn't survive, so they rebelled. In my opinion, the court still Huairou is better."

"In that case, just let it go and do it."

Ruan Changrong seemed unbelievable, looked up at me and was speechless.

I laugh. "Old Ruan, you think that I will force you to kill them all, which is in line with recent actions, don't you?"

Ruan Changrong's tense face relaxed, and he muttered, "I don't know what's going on with you."

"Think about it, you are also born in hardship, if I really want to kill the people, why send you there?"

Ruan Changrong looked at me carefully. "You suddenly did a bunch of stupid things. It's been rumored in Beijing that the emperor has lost his mind. Why do you seem to understand it now?"

"Maybe the stupid things in your eyes, to me, just want to taste the taste of pampering the one you love."

"Your Majesty, you are simply making yourself uncomfortable! I received a secret report from the scouts that Sun Yuanxi has gone to meet the new king of Beidi, and the other party intends to borrow troops for him to seize the world. Ding Yin's hidden guards are all-pervasive. You should have known about this ?”

I nod. "He entered the border the day before yesterday."

He patted his chest, "Although my old Ruan has gained weight from eating, he is still doing war work! Let me explain to my brother, what should I do next?"

"Nothing to do."

"What?"

"Don't engage in unnecessary grievances with him, it won't do you any good."

"You, you, are you going to give up your seat?" Ruan Changrong stuttered in shock, and didn't remember to use his honorific title.

I looked at the drunk figure wandering around in the big cabin, and didn't answer.

"You, you——you are so mad at me!" Ruan Changrong stomped his feet desperately, "If I had known that you were looking for that person, I would never fight the world with you!"

I laughed out loud. "If you don't follow me, how can you get so fat?"

Ruan Changrong said angrily: "In that case, just obediently be your emperor to me, and stop those things that waste people and money, so that the brothers can start well and end well, and enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of their lives."

"The paddock is because I want to hunt freely with him. The tomb is because I made a wish to be buried together after death. The Jiangnan palace is built because he said that the south is warm and beautiful. He has no sense of fairness, and should not have occupied this position.”

Ruan Changrong touched his waist, only to realize that the saber had been removed before he saw me. He clenched his hands into fists and said angrily, "I'm going to kill him now!"

I repelled the surrounding guards and said, "Brother Ruan wants to kill him, he must kill me first."

"You—ah!"

He spat unwillingly, turned around and jumped into the boat, and flew away like an arrow.The sound of silk and bamboo was in my ears, and I was fascinated by looking at the surface of the river reflected by the bright moon.

Xu Bo has already retreated bravely, while Ruan Changrong resolved the civil uprising, Lu Shuanghu pacified southern Xinjiang, and Yao Wen bestowed stability on the court—regardless of the merits of the founding of the country, with these actual achievements, they all persuaded me to do what I do now. Even if the dynasty changes, few of them will not There will be fear of life.

I flicked my sleeves and entered the cabin with a smile on my face.

"Why are you so happy?"

He came up to me and almost fell into my arms, his cheeks were dizzy and he smelled of alcohol.

"It makes me happy to have you by my side."

"Is this sweet talk?" He smiled foolishly, sliding his slender fingers across my face.

I grabbed his hand, pressed it to my lips and kissed him softly, "Don't leave me, okay?"

"...Huh?" He closed his eyes, perfunctory in a sleepy manner, and then came a light snoring sound.

Another half month passed, and the boat sailed back to the paddock.Sleeping until midnight, I felt a burst of heart palpitations, and woke up, half of the bed beside me had lost its warmth.

It felt wrong, my breathing suddenly became heavy, and I almost exhausted all my strength to get up, and kept telling myself that he was just going to the toilet, or he couldn't sleep and go for a walk.

In the outer room, Zheng Bingzhi and the two court ladies sat on the ground against the wall, their faces were calm, and they seemed to have fallen asleep.

"Come on! Come on!"

"Here!" The captain of the guard came to the front in response, and was surprised when he saw the situation inside the house.

"His Majesty?"

"Are there any abnormalities?"

"It's stable as usual, nothing unusual."

"Call Xue Fan over here."

"General Xue left the ship at the second watch and said he was going to the county government to contact the defense."

"Alone?"

"Bringing a personal entourage."

I asked the captain of the guard to prepare the light boat, and I called the guards who looked out at night to ask them where they were going.

Because I went on patrol, many ports along the Feijiang River were guarded, so I ordered people to light beacon fires, and all ports near and far immediately blocked the river. As long as they did not land, they would not be able to escape far.

About three or forty miles down the river, I vaguely saw a small boat approaching the reed marshes.I called a boatman and heard him say that the estuary here is narrow, and larger boats cannot turn it around. Further forward, there are winding water lanes with luxuriant water plants, which is a good place to hide.The boatman of the building boat was much more agile than the opponent, and it didn't take long to lean on it. The distance between the two boats was only a few feet.

I shouted loudly: "Xue Fan!"

The figure paddling opposite froze, and he stood up slowly, revealing a gloomy face in the dim light of the fire.

"His Majesty--"

"I know that when you traveled south with me in the second year of Yongchang, the prince sent medicine to save your widowed mother. I also know that if Yuanxi hadn't used your brother's family to coerce you, although you felt guilty towards the prince, you had no intention Betrayed me. Loyalty and filial piety are hard to balance, I don't blame you."

I turned to my elder brother without waiting for Xue Fan's reaction. He didn't show any anxious expression on his face, just staring at me quietly.

"You want to go?"

He nodded.

"What will you do to stay?"

He shook his head. "I'm just being hypocritical, you should have known."

The last puff of vitality rushed out from my chest, I forced myself to smile and said, "It really is."

Perhaps no matter how much he treats each other with all his heart, it will be difficult to erase the previous hatred. Perhaps he has no hope and can only rely on me.Thinking that his character has always been weak, I hope that the latter will come true every day.Although I was looking forward to it, I didn't have the slightest confidence. While enjoying the pleasure of staying with him, I couldn't help worrying whether this was a "sacrifice" made to relax my defenses.

He proposed all kinds of tricks to consume my prestige and national strength, and his intentions were very clear, and I still let him get whatever he wanted—I had no way out long ago, and this was the only goal in my life.I bet all my wealth, expecting him to be unbearable because of my persistence. If I win his heart, even if the world is turned upside down, I will have the courage to deal with it properly; It's time for my curtain call.

Now that the ending is unfolding in front of my eyes, I don't even have the sadness and disappointment I expected, and my heart is extremely numb.

Time passed in silence, and he became irritable, "Whether you let him go or not, you just say it."

"What if I don't let go?"

"Then kill me."

He didn't hesitate in his answer, and it was only then that I realized that my brother who was weak back then had actually secretly become firm under my nose.

"Let's go." I turned my back, not looking at the complicated emotions in his eyes.

"Your Majesty... take care of yourself."

Xue Fan finished speaking tremblingly, and the sound of the boat breaking through the water could be heard clearly.The cool breeze on the river is the coolest time in midsummer.Yesterday, the day before yesterday, and every day before this time, I slept with him in our arms, still asleep.

Now that I wake up from my dream, the road has come to an end.

end

He said he hated us mother and son, I don't know why.

He said he loves me, I don't understand.

At that time, he smiled and said that you are the future master of the Sun family, and you have been honored and favored, how can you understand what the concubine's children are planning.

I'm not that stupid, I can still guess what other people are thinking.

For example, Zhaolong, he wanted to replace Zhaoan in my mind, hoping to become the most powerful courtier after I ascended the throne, so he worked with others to provoke the relationship between me and Zhaoan.

Another example is Zhaohong, he and Liulang Qilang are not valued by their father, and their talents are mediocre, so they decide to rely on Zhao'an.

Except for him, I really don't understand what he thought from the beginning to the end.

"The world is bustling with fame and wealth. You are born with a golden spoon. Naturally, you don't know the hardships of others who are struggling to climb up."

He said these words to tell me that it was not perverse or unreasonable for me to end up in his forbidden situation.

Many years ago, he played the role of younger brother flawlessly, and no sibling has treated me more attentively.I took it for granted that brothers and sisters should respect each other. If I want to talk about repaying him, at most I can get closer to him.Being appreciated by his eldest brother means that he will have a better future than his younger brothers, I think that is enough.

Until I found that I had nothing stronger than him other than his status, and he showed some kind of ambition, I naturally thought that his spearhead was finally directed at the position of the crown prince—yes, finally, at that time I turned out to be loose sighed.Who would have thought that what he asked for from me would be such an unimaginable thing?

I have always believed that bonuses are sometimes, as long as they are picked when they are in full bloom, why bother to be obsessed with whom to share with in the coming year?I have never tasted what it is like to be crazy about a certain person for a long time, and I am not interested in knowing it, but judging from Zhao'an's appearance, it must be extremely painful.

When we were together, except for that matter where he liked to mess around, I also felt that he was really pitiful the rest of the time.If I was really just a country scholar, treated so sincerely by him, maybe, maybe...

"Qi Zou, Father, today's discussion is over."

In my mind wandering, I was pulled back by Yuan Xi's call, and found myself sitting on a high throne in the Golden Luan Hall, looking down at the officials with the autumn sunlight shining through the window panes.After all, this seat came back to me—it was really just a "seat" that's all.

"Back to the court." From the beginning to the end, I only need to say the word "retire from the court", and Yuanxi will deal with everything else.

Zhaoan usurped my throne and ascended the throne. Yuanxi found me, but he needed a good cover to hang people and punish crimes. Now that the great cause has been accomplished, I am another stumbling block for him.Fortunately, I am already familiar with the job of puppet.

After spending the first half of his life under the control of his father, mother, and younger brother, the rest of his life fell into the hands of his own son. If you want to blame the unfair fate, you might as well blame yourself for being incompetent.

Zhao'an and Yuanxi should live a vigorous life together, but if I were born in an ordinary family, I would definitely be able to live a much better life.

I went down to court and drove to Jingyan Palace.

The Jingyan Palace became more and more decayed. Over the years, the concubines around the father died one by one, and the palace people were only eliminated and never replenished.Yuanxi is not close to this grandfather, and I mentioned the matter of repair twice, but he didn't reply either.

The imperial doctor diagnosed my father as not long, so I went to talk to him for a while every day.We haven't seen each other for six years, he is very old, and when we meet again, it takes a long time to recognize who is in front of him.There was no scene of hugging and crying, as if after this catastrophe, all human feelings have faded away.

Today, my father also condemned Zhao'an as always, with fierce words.I always listened quietly, but for some reason I suddenly lost my patience and said, "If Erlang was the son of the concubine and I was the son of a concubine, so many things would not have happened."

Father was startled, and said, "How is that possible?"

"It's just that my aunt married you later, her family background is still good."

Zhaoan's mother's family background is not much worse than her mother's. When I am sensible, I sometimes wonder why her natal family is willing to marry their daughter to a father who already has a lot of wives and concubines.

"That beast is not my own, don't you know?"

I was stunned suddenly, and a tremor welled up from the bottom of my heart.

"His mother had a lover before marrying me. Because she was not innocent, her natal family degraded her and sent her to marry. On the wedding night, she explained the reason to me. I respect her righteously. Although I sometimes have intercourse with her to avoid others' criticism, But there has never been a relationship between a man and a woman. Later, when the little beast was born, her lover was killed at the border, so she gave up on me—even your mother didn’t know about this.” The father took a long breath before continuing: “ He didn't tell you?"

I was even more astonished. "Zhaoan, does he know?"

"When his mother passed away, I told him frankly that he could leave whenever he wanted to. Didn't he have a serious illness at that time, and I think it was also the reason. Later, he didn't mention that he wanted to leave. I pitied him when he was young, so I also Let it go.

"Some alchemists said that this beast's life restrains its relatives. I thought it didn't matter if it was not my own. Later, he made contributions to my court. I also believed that he knew his own background, so he would not dare to have the heart of disobedience... Who would have thought that because of this thought? Zhiren, was harmed by him to such a field!"

My father coughed violently as he spoke, and his whole body shook like a withered grass in the wind. I was still in shock and didn't have the heart to think about anything.

"I've never heard of him!"

My father glanced at me between coughs, and his contemptuous eyes seemed to say, "That must be because he knew that his words were ugly, so he simply assumed the name of my grandson's descendants."

No, no, he will definitely not care about it.He wished he wasn't my brother. If there was a way to remove the obstacle of "blood relatives", I don't believe he would care about such "small things" as being humble and changing dynasties.

After all, even after hearing these words, I couldn't help but relieve some of the heavy burden in my heart.It turns out that I don't have the same blood as his, so the guilt of incest doesn't exist...

Sun Zhaogong, what are you thinking? !There was a voice that sounded like a slap in the face. I was startled and hurriedly collected my mind.

Father stroked his chest, tremblingly took the teacup I handed over, and took a sip.

"Zhaogong, I heard that there is a man next to the little beast. He has an affair with him and is the most favored. You exiled his wife and children to the West Sea. How did you deal with that man?"

"... Yuanxi is doing these things, I don't know very well." I don't know how much my father knows, and I dare not look at him with my head down.

"Really?" Father put down the teacup and said, "Fortunately, the little bastard has been burned to death. He has a cold nature, so he won't show any kindness to the person next to him, and he can't cause any disturbances?"

"……Yes."

"I'm tired, you go and rest too."

"Yes."

I stood up and quietly exited the dreary inner room. When I reached the door, I heard my father sigh and spit out the word "evil barrier".As if being hit hard, I hurried away.

I got out of Jingyan Palace in a trance, got into the car, and after a short drive, a familiar slender figure came from the corner. After seeing my car, he knelt down on the side of the road with his entourage.

I got out of the car and walked up to her.

"See Your Majesty."

"Stay flat." I stretched out my hand to help.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bi'er shuddered and stepped back slightly.She is the only woman who was canonized as the new imperial concubine after I practiced Zuo, and according to Yuanxi's meaning, she may also be the last one.

The dazzling youth that overflowed her body two years ago made me yearn for it, but now that emerald green vitality has long since disappeared, leaving only the heavy and shining pendant on her head, showing the glory of being a concubine.

Zhao'an did not kill her, but was sentenced to the punishment of claustrophobia, so Yuanxi was relieved to let her deal with the embarrassment of the vacancy of the emperor's wife and concubine, and he did not have to worry about someone coming to snatch the big position he had not yet obtained.Bi'er's child is gone, and I am being cruelly punished. I am sorry, but it is difficult to face her who knows all kinds of pasts in Huifeng Garden, so the two sides don't meet unless necessary.

She was about to go to the Jingyan Palace to pay her respects, just after exchanging a few greetings that were neither salty nor bland, she looked behind me, her expression changed, she greeted the person who came, and then she left.

"My son, please see my father."

Yuanxi knelt down behind me. He performed these etiquettes to the point of exaggeration, and he also earned the evaluation of "the prince is benevolent and filial".It is customary for a son to respect his father, but everyone in the world knows that he raised troops to force Zhaoan to abdicate my throne, so he respects my useless father, which makes people very moved.

"My son is flat." I looked at him, not knowing what to say.I probably will never be able to get close to this son again. The fault is his, Zhao'an, and I am afraid.

"Father, where are you going?"

I don't know why I asked this question, looked at him blankly, and said after a while, "I'm going to the study."

"So that's how it is." A trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, "I thought my father was going to Huifeng Garden again."

"It's the same wherever you go." The place where the emperor would stay in the palace has the shadow of "him". Do I really want to move the capital to escape?

"My son has a question."

"what?"

Yuan Xi approached, and whispered in my ear: "How does the taste of the king's presence in the world compare with that of a female lying under a man's body?"

"..." Looking at his expression, I knew that there would be no good words, but I didn't expect such a straightforward sentence.

"Did you become addicted to being teased, so you refused to kill him several times, even with his current ghostly appearance, you are willing to commit yourself to him?" Yuan Xi said with strong anger, but his eyes looked away, It seemed that he was not reprimanding me but himself.

"The prince must speak with discretion. He is your uncle, and also the former monarch who voluntarily took the throne."

"So you go to 'serve' him every day? It's ridiculous. One came out and the other lived in. It seems that Huifeng Garden is really a place where dragons thrive."

"If you don't want to see us, pick a day, and I will pass it on to you."

"What a 'us'. Don't worry about hurting your body. Father, you can do it yourself." After finishing his harsh words in a low voice, he put on a respectful look, "I will take my leave."

"and many more."

"What is your father's instruction?"

"For your fourth uncle and the others, don't kill them all."

"Why?" Yuan Xi lowered his face, and in an instant his whole body seemed to be covered with barbs.

"After all, you also have heirs to inherit."

He couldn't maintain his old-fashioned expression any longer, and said angrily, "How do you know I won't have an offspring?"

I said lightly, "The princess is gone to the desert, isn't she?"

"Shut up! He's not some kind of concubine!" Yuan Xi yelled and walked away, forgetting all the salutes, and didn't say a word about why he was looking for me.

I want to laugh a little bit, no matter how good he is in the court, he is still just a 16-year-old kid.

After getting on the chariot, the servant holding the reins asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, are you going to the imperial study?"

I said, "Hui Feng Yuan."

Huifeng Garden.

"Brother!" Zhao'an called out in a childlike tone, running towards me without hesitation, stumbled on the way, then quickly stood firm and continued.

The left side of his face was as perfect as before, but the right side had ugly and uneven scars.The scar extends down to the neck and most of the arm.

That day, Yuanxi led a large number of troops to besiege the Cangshan Palace, and Zhao'an sent Zheng Bingzhi out with the edict of the Zen position, and set fire to the palace himself.When Yuanxi sent people in, the beam fell on him who was sitting upright in heavy armor holding a sword. It is said that he didn't say a word at that time.

Outsiders would say that Tao Xianjun committed suicide in the Cangshan paddock. In fact, he fell into a coma for two whole months. When he woke up, he became a six-year-old child who only remembered that his mother was sick and bedridden.

Maybe his mind was twisted after hearing what his father said on the night of his aunt's death.I didn't fulfill my responsibilities as a brother, my care was mere formality, I was always greedy for pleasure and neglected my duties, and I didn't fully appreciate my mother's painstaking efforts.As long as I have looked into Zhao An's eyes seriously, even just once, how can I not recognize his depression and abnormal emotion?

So God also punished me, how fair it is.

"Brother!" he