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Let him see how much you have changed. "

"You have become full of calculations, you have become like him..."

"It's a pity that in the last life Lin Shu didn't live long enough to watch you change. Jingyan, if he lived long enough to become emperor, you would treat him like I did to Lin Xie...year after year. When he gets discouraged, he will betray you."

"Shuai Lin is seriously injured and still sits in the west, and Marquis Yan has also returned to Jinling. They are still guarding your world."

When Emperor Liang heard Lin Xie's serious injury, his eyes widened slightly, his lips moved, and after a long time, he asked another sentence.

"You already asked Jing Yu to return to Beijing?"

"No."

"The matter of the position reserve has not been resolved... He will be suspected of fighting for the position when he comes back. You have thought about it for him." Emperor Liang laughed twice in a dry voice, "It's just that you are the crown prince now. Lin Xie, Lin Shu and the others also support you to give up your position, but Jing Yu, a dead-headed person, will definitely not accept it, so what are you going to do?"

"...My son said that he will not put the eldest brother of the emperor in a dilemma."

"You will let yourself disappear into the world. I have no sons, and the three princes you keep in the capital are all worthless. At that time, no matter whether you are a leader or a virtuous person, you will be King Qi in terms of popularity and talent. It is justified... You have learned Changsu's wise plan." Xiao Xuan raised his finger and shook, "But you can't threaten me—the reason why Qin Banruo is afraid of you is because she thinks that you can even abandon yourself, let alone you. She cares about the lives of other people, if you threaten the life of Huazu and her casually, she will recruit everything."

"That's because she doesn't understand you. In your heart, there are too many things that are more important than your own life...and there are so many people you care about in this world, how can you be willing to die? Death is just a move when you have no way out That's all."

Emperor Liang stretched out a finger like dead wood, and pointed lightly at Jingyan, "You have missed one thing, Jingyan."

"The emperor hates your scheming, but as a father...he wants to let you die." Emperor Liang shook his lips, and his words just now had exhausted his strength, "I will write an imperial edict, abolish Take your crown prince position, and make Jingyu the emperor."

"But the crown prince is the crown prince, the lord of the East Palace, and he cannot be abolished except for serious crimes. Tell me, what crimes have you prepared for yourself..."

"Assassinate brother."

Emperor Liang suddenly raised his head, "What did you do to Jingxuan?"

Jingyan smiles lightly, the current him doesn't care about such misunderstandings.

"The concubine Yue murdered my elder brother, and the concubine Yue sent someone to tamper with brother Yu Wang's carriage when he was exiled... My servant did not report the knowledge."

Emperor Liang was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded, "That's right, Jingxuan's temperament, as long as he is thrown into the mud, he can't stand up again without help, and you won't touch him with your arrogance. "

"It turns out...it was really her who killed Jing Huan."

"..." Jingyan didn't mention other things he found, for example, a blow needle was found on the horse bone that fell off the cliff, and that day, because the carriage he was riding in was damaged due to the bumpy mountain road, King Yu shared with the princess. Take one.

It is true that Concubine Yue harmed people, and Qin Banruo is dead, it doesn't matter whether the emperor knows about these things.

"I know Yueshi too well. She is ruthless, but not smart enough. When calculating others, she always forgets to leave room for herself...you are the same."

"Have you made up your mind that if you know the truth and don't report it as an accomplice, even if you survive, you will not be able to return to Jinling. I understand Jing Yu's character. Although he is lenient, he will not forgive you for such a felony. "

"King Qi came to the throne. You are a person who has established the throne. The people around him will definitely not tolerate you. Even Lin Shu, Lin Shu has his stand, and may not help you."

"Lin Xie, Jing Yu, and Lin Shu are all self-proclaimed high-minded people. What you have done has long been at odds with them... Do you know all this?"

"……Yes."

Emperor Liang laughed, followed by a cough that hollowed out his heart and lungs.

"I mistrusted the villain back then, harmed Jing Yu, Lin Shu and Lin Xie... In the last life, I could do too little. In this life, I gave him the throne and returned them a pure and benevolent king. He Qing Haiyan's world can be regarded as repaying the debt."

"I made everyone's wishes come true...but what about you?" Emperor Liang's voice suddenly trembled, "Jingyan, are you willing to forgive father?"

Jingyan silently looks at the old man in a dragon robe with a hunched back in front of him.

In fact, he doesn't have to wear a dragon robe. In Jingyan's eyes, Xiao Xuan has always been the emperor.

It's just that as a father, he is too far away from Jingyan, far before Xiao Jingyan's world collapsed in his last life.

Xiao Xuan will probably never understand that feeling. The child who has never experienced conspiracy and death, framed and tricks lost his best friend and brother overnight, and the world has changed. The only father he can rely on is the one who started everything His persistence and struggle resulted in 11 years of exile and neglect.

He knelt down, hesitated for a moment, and took the old man's thin and cold hand.

Said softly, "My son has also fulfilled his wish."

Emperor Liang was taken aback for a moment, and then let out a long sigh, "You go... I have to explain something to Gao Zhan."

----

Emperor Liang wrote two imperial edicts with his own hand. When he abolished the prince's one, he stopped writing when he wrote the word "not fraternal". wrote a copy.

At the same time, there was also a long letter. After writing it, Emperor Liang asked Gao Zhan to hold his hand to hold the pen steadily.

"Gao Zhan, you send the two edicts to Jingyan... As for this letter, you must keep it close to you, and hand it to him at a safe time after Jingyu ascends the throne."

After seeing the old eunuch weeping and carefully putting away the letter, Emperor Liang lay back on the bed with peace of mind.

In two lifetimes, he has not done anything for this son, they are no longer like father and son.

In the end, he realized that after taking off this dragon robe and being a father, he could do too little for his son.

He murmurs, "Jingyan, I will return your brother to you."

"Father can help you, that's all..."

----

Jingyan took the imperial edict from Gao Zhan, only opened it to look at the letter from Emperor Lixin, and said to Gao Zhan, "In order to save my father from being troubled by his illness, I don't need to report my expedition or the battle report from the front line. "

Gao Zhan took another look at the edict in Jingyan's hand that he hadn't read before, and after hesitating for a moment, he responded respectfully, "...I understand, Your Highness, please rest assured."

The night before the expedition, the crown prince walked lightly at night without bringing anyone with him, and knocked on the door of Yanhou's mansion.

Both Yujin and Jingrui followed Lin Shu's army to the Beiyan battlefield. At this moment in late autumn, the sound of falling leaves in the cold night can be heard endlessly, making Yanfu even more deserted and quiet.

As expected, Hou Yan was at home, dressed in black, with a pot of hot tea prepared, he seemed to be drinking himself, but he seemed to be waiting for someone.

"Mrs. Han just came here. She brought her son to Jinling to settle Xia Jiang's matter, and then sent him to the battlefield. She was relieved, but worried. No matter who it is, as long as it is determined, it can be settled. But you can't be 'concerned'."

"I guessed that His Highness might come, but I don't know whether it is a matter or a concern that you will entrust to the old man." When Yan Hou spoke, he was still looking at the future emperor of Liang Liang.

He never felt that he could see a person more clearly if he was close to the distance, but he couldn't help but look at him like this.

If it is used as a metaphor, Xiao Jingyan is like a bottomless pool of water. Everyone in the world thinks it is because the water in the pool has become muddy, but if you go to the edge of the pool and pick up a handful, you will find that the water in the pool is as clear as jade.

The young man in front of him has only spent more than 20 winters and summers in the world. For a prince, although his experience has not been smooth, there have been no big waves, but what kind of opportunity can make him so unpredictable? of?

Like tonight.

Yan Que guessed that he would come.

But Yan Que didn't know what the prince wanted him to do.

There is still a dying emperor and three useless princes in Beijing.

Like an endgame.

Even at this time, every child and every step can't go wrong.

Both he and Jingyan know that asking Yan Que to come forward to stabilize the chaos in the capital is a game that Jingyan must take at this time, but whether this move is right or wrong, at this moment, even Yan Que himself cannot give an answer.

"What is the prince afraid of? If you are afraid of chaos, although I am not a general, if you give me 5000 people, I can keep Jinling from chaos."

"If you are afraid that the government will be unstable, the six ministers carefully selected by you, His Royal Highness, are all capable talents. With them, the court will not be chaotic."

"Or." Yan Que paused, scrutinizing Jingyan's reaction with interest in his eyes, "What are you afraid of is that the East Palace will be in chaos while you're away from Beijing?"

"It's said that Hou Yan observes people in detail, sees their reasons, their causes, and their safety. I'm here today, and I want to ask Yan Hou a word." Jingyan didn't answer the question instead.

He stood there, like an unbending plum tree, proudly and uncontested, "Qi Wang Xiao Jingyu, who is more worthy of a big responsibility than me?"

Yan Que remained silent for a long time.

In the past, when the Three Kingdoms Alliance was broken by one person, every word that was uttered was a sharp knife that cut off the alliance.

He knew that no matter what name he said at the moment, it might have the same weight as that at that time.

"If he were to change places, His Royal Highness King Qi would never ask this question."

"As a king, you should always discipline yourself, not blame yourself.

Also the next edict.

Some people think that they can't make mistakes, while others think that they can't make mistakes.

Same error.

Some will take it as a lesson, others will take it as their own sin. "

Yan Que didn't know what kind of reaction this answer would bring.