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Chen Feiqing asked back: "Do you two really think so?"

"Chen Feiqing!" An Guohou reprimanded, "After going out for so long, I know how to smile!"

Chen Feiqing stopped talking.

An Guohou slowed down, and said again: "If you have to ask clearly, I will explain clearly to you today. Since ancient times, it has been cunning and dead, and now that Yao is completely dead, it will be the next turn. us."

Chen Feiqing thought for a long time before saying: "He is not such a person."

An Guohou shook his head: "I'm not telling you to turn against the emperor, and he really didn't do it out of selfishness. On the contrary, he just knows what to do as an emperor. The queen mother is his mother, and he can still do it. Hand, it's even more so for you and me. He is the emperor, and what outsiders say will be nothing more than anecdotes after thousands of years. For you, it is a good opportunity to be passed on as a minister."

Seeing that Chen Feiqing was still hesitating, An Guohou felt a headache: "I think you are stupid. Still don't understand? The Yao family is going to die, and the strength of An Guohou's mansion will also be greatly damaged. This is the purpose of the emperor. Anyone with a clear mind Even the emperor would not be willing to see a bowl of water tilted. So I ask you, how seriously ill is he? If he is going to die next month, do you believe that you will become a world-famous sycophant this month? He You can't touch the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion, and you don't want to touch the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion. Maybe it's because of your old man's temper when you were young, maybe it's because of your idea of ​​friendship, but he must make you unable to become a second me. Only in this way, he Only in this way can we rest assured that the next emperor will not be like him and be coerced by important ministers so that it is difficult to stand up."

Chen Feiqing was silent for a moment, and said: "This is all your guess. First, the Yao family is gone, and the strength of the Anguohou Mansion is also greatly damaged. Then what will the next emperor depend on? Second, where will the next emperor come from?"

An Guohou was so angry that he slapped him hard on the arm a few times: "I raised a fool!"

Chen Feiqing looked at him aggrievedly: "Every time you don't tell me anything, you still think I'm stupid."

An Guohou was so angry that he calmed down instead: "The next emperor can still rely on An Guohou's mansion, but it will be difficult for you to win over the hearts of important court officials. And there will be a next emperor, but the emperor didn't tell you about it."

Chen Feiqing asked: "Who?"

An Guohou said: "Who do you care? There must be one."

Chen Feiqing asked: "Don't you know who it is?"

An Guohou glared at him: "Do you think that we are the only one who is hiding it from you? We are also hiding it from each other. So I say you are stupid, can you just let others say what you say? You have told you since you were a child, and you have said it." Ten thousand times, half listen to what others say, and half think about it yourself, even your own parents have to do the same, why don't you listen!"

Chen Feiqing said unconvincedly: "You still told me that there is no doubt about the employment."

"Who did you use? Are you using someone now? You are being used by someone." An Guohou rubbed his forehead.

Chen Feiqing asked again: "Then suppose there is already a candidate for the crown prince, and the emperor wants to eradicate the Yao family and suppress our family. Does he want to pass the throne to King Ning?"

An Guohou sneered: "Congratulations to the young master whose mind has finally caught up with the emperor five years ago."

Chen Feiqing: "..."

An Guohou said: "Although he didn't say it, I can see that he has considered it this way. But King Ning is impossible, because the first emperor has already cut off this road."

Chen Feiqing was startled.

I don't know what happened today, An Guohou sighed at Chen Feiqing: "This is the end of the matter, there is no need to whitewash the peace. You have many questions in the past, so let's ask them all together today. After asking, you will knew."

Chen Feiqing asked: "You just said that King Ning..."

An Guohou said: "Prince Ning was still the prince back then, and he and the late emperor were both hot candidates to succeed to the throne. Do you think his scandal was accidental?"

Chen Feiqing looked at him in surprise: "Did the late emperor do it?"

An Guohou said: "It's a smooth sailing. In the beginning, it was true that foreign secret agents approached Liang Yu on purpose—oh, Liang Yu was almost a fool like you at that time. But anyway, he knows a little more about military affairs than you do. Take a look. You are not even as good as him."

Chen Feiqing: "..."

After An Guohou scolded Chen Feiqing, he continued to talk about the past: "But the first emperor soon discovered the clues of the subtle work. He just didn't plan to tell Liang Yu, and just watched Liang Yu fall into it step by step."

Chen Feiqing had mixed feelings for a while.He always thought that King Ning had a deep relationship with the first emperor, so King Ning was very kind to the emperor.

He thought about those rumors again: "I heard that Dad, you are also related to this matter."

An Guohou was silent for a while, and said, "Yes."

Chen Feiqing hesitated to speak for a while: "You deliberately exposed King Ning in order to help the late emperor, didn't you?"

An Guohou didn't speak, it was acquiescence.

Chen Feiqing suddenly didn't want to ask anything.His father told too many truths today, especially the phrase "It's not a bad thing not to know a lot of things".

He suddenly wanted to see King Ning.

He suddenly remembered that Fu Nansheng once said that the ranger he saw when he was young was King Ning.

In fact, Chen Feiqing didn't really believe this sentence at one time, because the knight in white clothes walking with a sword that Fu Nansheng said at that time was not like the King Ning that Chen Feiqing saw.

Chen Feiqing suddenly thought that there seemed to be many people who were not like the people in her eyes, and she didn't know why.

After a while, Chen Feiqing asked, "Does King Ning know?"

An Guohou said: "I don't know if he knows, but you'd better not let him know."

Chen Feiqing remained silent.

An Guohou said again: "I'm telling you this to let you know that you today are King Ning at that time. The emperor and the first emperor are father and son, and their natures are in the same line. The method used by the first emperor is now used by the emperor again, so That's all."

Chen Feiqing said: "I can't compete with him for the throne."

An Guohou asked back: "Isn't it possible?"

Chen Feiqing was startled: "Father, you really want to—"

"Shut up!" An Guohou scolded, "I'm protecting myself! How many people can die well after being an official like this? I don't want to be emperor, but I don't want to sell my life for the rest of my life until I get old and ruin my family!"

Chen Feiqing hesitated, but did not say what was in his mouth.

But An Guohou said for him: "Do you want me to resign from my old age and return to my hometown? I sued, and after a few months, did the emperor agree? Did the queen mother agree? They didn't agree, and they didn't agree because of this. I gave Lao Tzu another piece of land."

Of course, Chen Feiqing knew that it would be difficult to dispel Biren's worries even if he retired from his old age and returned to his hometown as an official.Who knows if this is returning home or a deliberate attempt?Maybe he promised to retire and return to his hometown, but before he returned to his hometown, he would wear a yellow robe on the way.Since ancient times, good generals have never seen gray heads. Apart from dying on the battlefield, many of them died in officialdom.

But he still didn't want to believe that the emperor would do that.

Speaking carefully, it's not that he just believes what he says, but he first believes that he will not be a person who likes to control the government and coerce the emperor to make his officials, and secondly, he believes that the emperor understands him.Therefore, there is no need for the emperor to do that.

An Guohou sneered, "People's hearts can change."

Chen Feiqing is more willing to believe that a bad heart can change for the better, but not a good heart can change bad.

An Guohou wanted to beat him.

Chen Feiqing asked him again: "You said these things to me today, what exactly do you want me to do?"

An Guohou looked at him for a long time, then suddenly heaved a long sigh, put his hand on his shoulder, patted him lightly, and said in a rare kind tone: "I just think what your mother said is right. When I grow up, I shouldn't and can't treat you as a child anymore."

Chen Feiqing looked at him in surprise: "Father?"

An Guohou said: "I have been very strict with you since you were a child, because other than that, no one will treat you like this again. The royal family who are more noble than your father will win over your father, and those who are lesser than your father will flatter your father." , they will only hold you and spoil you, it is best that you can be a playboy and torture yourself to death."

Chen Feiqing nodded: "I know."

But An Guohou shook his head: "They still succeeded. Maybe I did something wrong too. In short, you have become what you are now."

Chen Feiqing hesitated and said: "You said that I can ask anything today. I have always wanted to ask, what are you dissatisfied with me?"

An Guohou said: "You have asked enough questions."

Chen Feiqing stopped asking, turned around and planned to go out.

At this time, An Guohou said behind him: "What I'm not satisfied with is that if I tell you to leave, you will leave, and if you don't ask, you won't ask. The room is full of weapons, so you can't just take one and try if you can." Beat me and force me to answer you?"

Chen Feiqing turned her head, looked at her father in surprise, and explained after a while: "I just don't think it's necessary to do this kind of thing."

An Guohou said: "You cater to other people's ideas too much."

Chen Feiqing said: "I don't think so, and I have never deliberately catered to anyone. Everything I do is what I think is right."

In the unnamed temple on the outskirts of the city, there are not many cigarettes, and the monks do not do morning classes. They are scattered in the yard sweeping the floor, or teasing cats and dogs, or sitting under the eaves basking in the sun and reading a book, a few birds Jumping on the branches.

Chen Feiqing arrived as promised, climbed the long steps, stood in front of the temple gate and looked around, but did not see King Ning who invited him.

Three days ago, King Ning sent someone close to him to send him a letter, saying that he was invited to come here today.

Chen Feiqing really wanted to see King Ning.He heard what An Guohou said yesterday, and he always felt very uncomfortable in his heart.King Ning was not an open-minded and easy-going person, but he was very kind to Chen Feiqing since he was a child, and Chen Feiqing often regarded him as half of his teacher.

Chen Feiqing stood for a while and looked back from the courtyard. It seemed that someone was about to be shaved in the hall. A man was kneeling there with disheveled hair, and an old monk was chanting scriptures beside him.

"Is the almsgiver busy?" Seeing him standing there for a long time, a sweeping monk came over with a broom and asked him.

Chen Feiqing smiled: "Yes, a friend asked me to meet here."

The sweeping monk sized him up again and asked, "Is your surname Chen?"

Chen Feiqing nodded: "Yes."

The sweeping monk said: "Your friend said that if you come, you will go to the main hall."

Chen Feiqing was a little puzzled, but didn't say much, just nodded slightly to the monk, and then walked towards the main hall.As he walked, he looked at the man kneeling there, guessing wildly in his heart that this figure was not King Ning, nor could it be that King Ning invited himself to watch the shaving.

When he got closer, Chen Feiqing suddenly came back to his senses and called out, "Xiao Ding?"

The man kneeling there didn't move.

Chen Feiqing stepped into the hall in twos and threes, bowed embarrassedly to the elderly monk next to him, and went around to look at the man's face.

If it wasn't Lu Ding, who else would it be?