God of War ran away with the ball after remarrying

The night was dark and the north wind was blowing.

There were two pale-colored lanterns hanging at the gate of Xie's house, making it look even more deserted and desolate.It used to be full of people, but now it is empty, which shows that Feng Shui takes turns.

Xie Heng pushed open the heavy gate and walked all the way until he reached Madam Xie's yard.Because of the previous ban, Madam Xie's yard also looked very desolate, and no one even cleaned up the fallen leaves and dust in the yard.

He pushed open the door of the bedroom, and Mistress Xie was sitting on a chair and being served by a maid to soak her feet, which was her perennial habit.Being the mistress of a wealthy family, her temperament and habits are hard to get rid of.

"Mother is well, my son is back." Xie Heng walked slowly to Mistress Xie, knelt down respectfully and saluted. "It's the son's unfilial piety that hurts the family."

Madam Xie looked up at Xie Heng, then raised her hand to signal the maid to leave.She cleared her throat and said, "It's okay, you can get up first."

"Thank you, mother." Xie Heng stood up expressionlessly.

"Ask whatever you want. It's uncomfortable to hold back. I'm afraid there will be a quarrel when I see His Majesty." Madam Xie said softly.She seemed to have been prepared in her heart, she was not afraid of Xie Heng's questioning, she was ready to tell the whole story.

"Then... Thank you, mother, for making it happen." Xie Heng's eyes were fixed, and he seemed to have already guessed, and this time he came here just to confirm. "I want to know my life experience, I want to know what happened back then."

This time in prison, he should have received the same treatment as Chu Ning, but he didn't.The guards in charge of the sky prison were very flattering to him and almost responded to his requests. Although the things in the prison were not as good as his usual food and clothing, they were as good as those of some petty officials.

This had to make him suspicious.

Now the emperor is not only suppressing Prince Duan, but also Prince Yan. If the two popular candidates can't get into the emperor's eyes, who else can get into the emperor's eyes?

"You are indeed not my own child." Mistress Xie let out a long breath, her eyes far away. "You are the child of Xie Qingwan, daughter of the Xie family, and His Majesty."

Xie Heng stared blankly, this answer was already expected by him, but it still surprised him when it was confirmed.

"Back then, my husband, that is, your uncle was just a small official in the court. At that time, the concubine was the prince's concubine, and called girls of the right age to enter the palace to enjoy the flowers. His majesty immediately fell in love with Qingwan, and then called her In the palace, he was directly named Zhaogui, and he was very fond of him. Ever since I got Zhaogui, I have never been to other harems."

I'm used to calling my parents all the time, but suddenly I can't react when my uncle Xie Heng is mentioned.

"At that time, it was the Empress Dowager who held the real power. The Empress Dowager could not be loved by the late emperor, and felt that the Xie family was humble. The emperor should not show favoritism to the harem, so she tried her best to make things difficult." The mistress of the Xie family sneered. "Mr. Zhaogui endured humiliation, and the emperor cared for her in every possible way. After entering the palace for five months, Mr. Zhaogui had a happy pulse for one month."

The favorite Zhaogui has a happy pulse, and the emperor is naturally happy, but he is also worried that the queen mother will not tolerate Zhaogui.Originally, the emperor wanted to confer the title of Concubine Zhao, and after giving birth to a child, she would be promoted to Concubine, but the Queen Mother also blocked her.

The emperor didn't know how many schemes he blocked for Zhaogui on weekdays. In order to keep Zhaogui and his child, the emperor deliberately let Zhaogui go to the palace to raise a baby.

"My husband also told me to protect Qingwan back then. However, the queen mother is still too powerful. Even if she moved her to the palace, the queen mother still succeeded." Mistress Xie shook her head helplessly, even her eyes were a little moist. "In the end your mother died in childbirth, but fortunately you survived."

"Difficult childbirth...and died?" Xie Heng subconsciously repeated.

"The Empress Dowager bribed the guards purchased by the palace to put medicine in your mother's diet. Although we strictly guarded against death, some of them got involved and only saved you."

"At that time, you were also weak and almost couldn't be rescued. When His Majesty heard the news, he immediately canonized you as the Seventh Prince, and announced your death in public. Then he gave me a secret decree, asking me to come back a few months late, and thank you The youngest son of the family will be raised."

"So after your mother passed away, I came back two months late and said that you were my child in October, which saved you."

"Since that's the case...I'm not the child of my parents...Why did my parents let me inherit the Xie family?" Xie Heng was a little puzzled.

"Although you are not my own, I have raised you since I was a child, and I have regarded you as my own son. Your two elder brothers are not as good as you. If you make a wrong step, the whole family will be overthrown." Madam Xie looked at Xie Heng, "But you It's different, you are smart and capable, and you are the child of the person His Majesty loves the most, so he will naturally miss the old love. Moreover, since your mother passed away, His Majesty has attached great importance to the Xie family, and this has become the Xie family that is now in power. "

"The glory of the Xie family came from your mother, from you, and naturally it will be handed over to you."

"It's just that now... Your Majesty probably doesn't want you to be a courtier. You are the child of the person he loves the most. He has reserved the title and token of the Seventh Prince for you. Perhaps he has made a decision 20 years ago." Mistress Xie took out an exquisite jade plaque from her bosom and handed it to Xie Heng.

A four-clawed golden dragon is engraved on the jade plaque, and the birth date of the Seventh Prince is engraved on it.This is a royal keepsake that every prince will make when he is born.

Perhaps from that time on, the emperor was ready to recognize Xie Heng and come back.

"I've told you everything I know. You can go to the palace to see His Majesty. But remember, how to choose is your own decision, and no one else can interfere with you." Mistress Xie looked very tired , she clapped her hands and asked the maid to come in and help her to rest.

"Mother!" Xie Heng shouted subconsciously.

Madam Xie waved her hand, but said nothing.

Xie Heng knelt on the ground again and kowtowed before finally turning around and leaving.

Madam Xie looked at Xie Heng's leaving back, but finally shook her head without saying anything.

After leaving Xie's house, Xie Heng went straight to the palace.At this time, the palace should have released the key, but it has been waiting for Xie Heng to enter the palace.When the guard on duty saw Xie Heng coming, he brought him directly into Zichen Hall.

At this time, dozens of lamps were burning in Zichen Hall, illuminating the whole hall as bright as day.The emperor was still sitting in front of the desk, but instead of reading the memorial, he was painting.

In the painting is a gentle and beautiful woman with soft and affectionate eyes and a slight smile.The emperor looked at the painting in his hand, but his eyes were looking at other things through the painting.

"Minister Xie Heng, pay my respects to Your Majesty." Xie Heng walked up to the emperor to salute and greet him.His expression was condensed and expressionless, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

"Stay flat." The emperor coughed. "Give me a seat, and add another charcoal basin."

The chief eunuch who was waiting on the side quickly asked someone to move a chair to prepare a charcoal basin.

Xie Heng glanced at the chair, with an inexplicable look on his face, and sat on it after hesitation.

"I heard that you returned to Xie's house after you were released from prison. Mrs. Xie may have already told you what happened...cough cough...tell you." The emperor coughed twice, looking even weaker and weaker.

"Yes." Xie Heng said softly.He looked straight at the emperor without fear, as if he wanted to see something in the emperor's eyes.

"You were born very much like your mother, and the bigger you are, the more you look alike." The emperor coughed again, giving up calling himself Zhen, and using the word "I", which is more equal and intimate. "Back then, no matter whether it was the queen mother or the concubine, they all wanted to harm my Wan'er...cough cough...I couldn't keep Wan'er, so I had to use this method to keep you."

Xie Heng listened to the emperor, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't answer the emperor's topic.

"I never hugged you, never raised you, it's normal for you not to be close to me." The emperor even smiled, a little ironically. "They all use all means for power, and I don't want them to succeed."

The emperor raised his chin, and the chief eunuch immediately brought a tray in front of Xie Heng, with two sealed imperial edicts on it.

"Whatever they want by any means, I will give it to you."

"These are two imperial decrees written by myself. One is the decree to recognize you as the seventh prince of the royal family and canonize you as the crown prince after I die. The other is the decree to confer the ninth prince as the crown prince and you are the regent. " said the emperor softly. "You can choose yourself, or you can choose nothing at all."

After all, power...is beautiful...but it also makes people lose too many things.If he had had the choice back then, he would have chosen to be an ordinary couple with his Wan'er, living together and raising a child together.Instead of being born in the royal family, everything can be decided by oneself.

He sent Xie Heng to prison to protect Xie Heng when Prince Duan rebelled.He suppressed Prince Duan and Prince Yan, and forcibly paved the safest path for Xie Heng.He wanted Chu Ning to disappear to test whether the two of them were sincere, and he spared Chu Ning's life...to prevent Xie Heng from following his old path.

The life of an emperor is long and difficult, and he cannot do many things he wants to do, and the person he wants to love cannot love. In fact, he is not as supreme as others think.

If Xie Heng chooses the throne, then keeping Chu Ning's life is to leave a little sweetness for Xie Heng.

As for whether the two can still meet, whether they can be together, it all depends on fate.

"Tell me... what is your choice." The emperor urged softly.He has already paved the way for Xie Heng, the rest... all have to be decided by Xie Heng himself.

The chief eunuch sent the tray forward.

Xie Heng stretched out his hand, stroked the two decrees lightly, and then he made a movement that surprised everyone present - he overturned the tray, causing the two decrees to collide and fall to the ground.

The two imperial decrees are exactly the same, and it is completely unclear what is inside them at this time.

Xie Heng bent down, picked up an imperial decree and handed it to the chief eunuch.

"Just take it." Xie Heng said indifferently.

For him, without Chu Ning, whether it is the Xie family Xie Heng, the regent Xie Heng, or the emperor, it does not make any difference to him.

After making the choice, Xie Heng didn't even open the imperial decree, and left without even looking back.

The chief eunuch was at a loss looking at the imperial edict in his hand, he opened his mouth, and with the emperor's acquiescence, he opened the imperial edict and presented it to the emperor.

It was the will to seal Xie Heng as the crown prince.

"Perhaps... this is God's will." The emperor smiled, but the smile was full of desolation.

Maybe this is what Wan'er meant.

On the other side, Chu Ning stared at a large bowl of dark and bitter anti-fetal medicine, and even had the urge to die at first.

The author has something to say: In fact, the emperor really loves Xie Qingwan and Xie Heng

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