Dongyin

? In the blink of an eye, seven or eight days later, the sky in Liangcheng finally began to clear up.

In winter, it gets dark early and people go to bed early.At Caixu, the Prince Liang's mansion was surprisingly quiet.Because of the military parade on the second day, there were still some things that had not been arranged, so Duan Hong left Su Jiali in the Nuan Pavilion to discuss.

The lights in the cabinet were dim, I don't know if it's because of the busy government affairs these days or because of Zhuangji's illness, the atmosphere is extraordinarily heavy.After talking for less than half an hour, Duan Hong felt overwhelmed.

Seeing Duan Hong's frowning and tired expression, Su's family said politely, "Your Majesty has been working day and night these days, and there will be a military parade tomorrow. I will leave the rest to the minister."

"Alright." Duan Hong nodded, seeing Su's family going down, he suddenly asked, "What has Zheng Yu been doing these two days?"

"Back to Your Majesty," Su said politely, "King Zhao only speaks arrogantly, but there is nothing unusual about it."

"I heard that he killed two servants in the yamen two days ago, why?"

"It seems that the two messengers said something that shouldn't be said, which annoyed King Zhao..."

Duan Hong's eyes changed, and he asked coldly, "Then what happened to that little maid who was poisoned to death yesterday?"

"This... I'm afraid I didn't do things well"

"Not doing things well!" Duan Hong patted the case, suppressing his anger and said, "Well, Zheng Yu, it seems that if you don't give him some color, he will fly into the sky!"

"Your Majesty," Su Jiali hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, please calm down. According to the current situation, we must first stabilize Zhao State before surrendering Chen, so as to avoid the loss of life."

"Your head has been bitten by a donkey, how can Liu Cun have any intentions to surrender?" Duan Hong stared at him coldly, and then felt that the words were too much, so he said softly, "My intention is that after the military parade tomorrow, Send troops to attack Chen."

What? !Su Jiali was taken aback, and it took him a long time to tidy up. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a charming smile, and then a woman in red swayed in.

Several people were stunned, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, the woman straightened her face and said happily, "The concubine has seen Your Majesty, Lord Su."

Su Jiali glanced at her, the color was ugly.

Duan Hong said to him, "This is the proprietress of Yanyu Building, Liu Ruyan."

Su Jiali didn't answer and said he would leave.

Liu Ruyan sneered and said, "These officials and lords just look down on people with dog eyes and snobbish eyes!"

"Who told you to wear such red clothes?" Duan Hongdao, "Is it possible that adults still have time to watch your real and fake scenes? What's going on in Huayang recently."

"..." After a while, Liu Ruyan whispered, "No."

Duan Hong's eyes fell on her face, and he raised his voice slightly, "No? Liu Ruyan, you said she had ulterior motives and I brought you into the mansion, now you tell me?!"

"I..." Liu Ruyan's expression became flustered, and hesitatingly said, "I just got bored outside and wanted to come in and see her..."

It's fine to lose her face in front of King Zhao, but... Duan Hongzheng was about to get angry, a little eunuch rushed in, knelt down in front of Duan Hong, and said sadly, "Your Majesty, the prime minister...he..." Unfinished, sobbing.

Duan Hong's anger was extinguished in an instant, and she seemed to have fallen to the bottom of a thousand-foot-deep cliff. She sat on her seat blankly and froze.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Those people called to themselves for a long time before Duan Hong came to his senses. She hurriedly changed her clothes and rushed to see Zhuang Ji for the last time.

The cold wind outside was biting, the hands of the eunuch who turned on the lamp were shaking with cold, Duan Hong followed behind him without thinking about anything, but the scene of Duan Yu crying and calling for her when the side concubine passed away inexplicably appeared in his mind .That was the first time she felt the true temperature of the word 'death' in her own life. Although she didn't hit it off with the side concubine, the scene was miraculously remembered to this day, even more profound than Duan Chun's death.

But right now, Duan Hong can't tell what he feels. Compared with the ignorance of the concubine's death and the fear of Duan Chun when she passed away, now she is more of a kind of heaviness that conforms to the destiny, and the heaviness is poured directly into the soul, making her Every step she took felt extremely difficult.

Finally arrived, the main hall was full of servant girls, and Duan Hong vaguely saw Bai Yan standing in the middle.Duan Hong smiled at her, and immediately stepped over the threshold, but Bai Yan hurried over to meet her and held her hand.

"You came so early, why didn't you wait for me?" Duan Hong smiled in a trance, his mind was empty, and his partial vision was exceptionally clear. There was a trace of fine lines, and she could see the deep worry in her eyes, but she just couldn't think of anything.

Two servants came out in a hurry to invite her in, and Duan Hong followed them in. It happened that several ministers bowed their bodies and wept, and Duan Hong looked to the end at a glance.There was a man with all white hair reclining on the bed, and Su Jiali was standing at the end of the bed, wiping away his tears.

That person Zhuangji?In her impression, he didn't have so many gray hairs. How did he become like this in a few days?Duan Hong slowly sat down by the bed in disbelief, staring blankly at the aging man in front of him, could he be the one who talked about soldiers and horses a month ago?

Thousands of thoughts rushed into her heart, and all kinds of words choked in her throat. Duan Hong just sat there blankly until a withered hand covered the back of her hand.Zhuang Ji touched her, shook his head with difficulty, and sighed lightly.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are common sense in the world, and there is nothing to be sad about.Duan Hong read his meaning, his heart was sore and he couldn't help but burst into tears, he just choked up and said, "You, do you have anything else to say?"

Zhuang Ji dozed his eyes, Su Jiali covered his face and knelt down beside the bed, bursting into tears.Zhuang Ji closed his eyes again, and after a while, he said with all his strength, "Su Qing is an upright official, a man of integrity, civil and martial arts... are all extraordinary, I want to pass on the position of prime minister to him, what does your majesty mean? "

Duan Hong couldn't speak, instead he shook Zhuang Ji's hand and nodded.

Tears dripped onto Zhuang Ji's hands, and instantly a gust of heat rose into his eyes, and somehow his vision also began to blur.His whole life was as if iron was cast into copper, no matter how painful it was, he never frowned, and the last time he cried, he didn't know if it was when he was a child.But at this time, Zhuang Ji suddenly remembered the scene when Duan Chun was dying and holding him tightly.

It turned out that this is the feeling of pity.

He closed his eyes and nodded contentedly, letting tears flow.

Duan Hong only held his hand, weeping unceasingly.After an unknown amount of time, Zhuang Ji's weak voice came to her ears, and she hurriedly looked up.Seeing that Zhuang Ji's lips were starting to turn blue, and she was opening and closing her mouth unceasingly, she hurriedly leaned over her ears, her voice was extremely soft:

"Hong'er, when your father passed away, he taught you the word 'forbearance'. Now, I want to tell you another word, that is 'benevolence'..." After speaking, he let go.

At that second, Duan Hong was shocked.The servants in the room held their breath and pricked up their ears.

Finally, Duan Hong straightened his body slowly, fixed his eyes on the screen, and said, "Prime Minister, you're dead."

Suddenly, the whole room burst into tears, and the sound was deafening.Duan Hong seemed to have lost his soul, passing through them one by one, and walked outside.

Said that Bai Yan was fidgeting outside, not knowing where to put her heart.Suddenly hearing loud cries, her heart skipped a beat, and before she had time to cry out, the maids and eunuchs of the foreign servants fell to their knees one after another, crying loudly, "The Prime Minister is dead".The cries went from near to far, and within a moment, the entire Prince Liang's mansion rang together.

A generation of heroes passed away like this, no matter how powerful a person is, they are no match for life and death. Bai Yan felt sad and sighed. Many things that happened recently seemed to remind her deliberately: life is short and you must enjoy yourself in time. What should she do? good?She was struggling secretly, and she caught a glimpse of Duan Hong walking out from the corner of her eye.

Hong'er... Bai Yan was about to cry out, but held back.She noticed Duan Hong's heaviness, just like wearing a heavy chain on his feet.Zhuangji's going west has dealt a huge blow to her both in terms of government affairs and selfishness.Duan Hongsheng is stubborn and doesn't listen to others' persuasion. I hope she can cross by herself, and the sky will be sunny after the rain.

Duan Hongxu stepped out of the door, the attendants outside hurriedly wanted to follow, but Bai Yan stopped him.She followed Duan Hong step by step, but unexpectedly found that her steps became more stable.

"Yan'er, don't follow me, go back and rest."

This is probably the first time Duan Hong asked her to go, Bai Yan was startled, forced a smile, looked into her eyes pretending to be relaxed and said, "Are you not sending me?"

"I..." Duan Hong avoided her gaze.

Bai Yan didn't wait for her to hesitate, stepped forward to grab her arm, and pulled her back.Duan Hong refused to get up, and slowly followed suit. About half a stick of incense left, Bai Yan suddenly asked, "Now that the prime minister is going west, what are your plans for the future?"

"What... plan?" Duan Hong stopped and looked at her suspiciously.

"A long time ago, I was thinking that life is just a few decades in a hurry, and that wealth and vanity are nothing more than a mirror after all. Many things that have happened recently have made me feel deeply. Do you want to live?"

What does this mean?Duan Hong met her eyes, full of surprise.

The two looked at each other for ten seconds, and finally, Duan Hong turned his head away, but said nothing.

"Hong'er! I know you're not happy at all. I've never seen you smile for so long. Let's get out of here together, shall we?"

"No!" The voice was not loud, but it was extremely firm, which made Duan Hong himself stunned.

"Why not?" Bai Yan couldn't help being a little excited. If Duan Hong was unable to be independent because of her father's expectations and arrangements in the past, but now that Zhuang Ji has passed away, why is she still in a cocoon?

"Yan'er, I was too ignorant before and only cared about my own feelings. Now, my only wish is to fulfill the wishes of my father and the prime minister..."