Glory to the ancestors

This person is very familiar, the father-in-law who stands by the little emperor every day and shouts at the throat.

Rong Zhen looked at him and asked, "What's the matter, Eunuch Zhang?"

"Mr. Rong Guo can take a step to talk?" The father-in-law's voice is not so unpleasant when he is not holding his throat.

Rong Zhen said, "Please first."

Eunuch Zhang smiled toward Rongzhen, turned around, and led the way.

Rongzhen has walked this road countless times. This is the road leading to the East Palace, where the prince used to live.

It's not that he is nostalgic, it's that there are too many memories on this road.

He remembered that after walking another twelve steps, he could see the gate of the East Palace. The gate was full of weeds. At that time, Li Huan didn't allow his servants to weed the weeds, because the sweet-scented clover always liked to pick a few dog's tail grass among them to tease the cat.

After entering the East Palace, there will be a stone table in front of him. He and Li Huan often play chess on that table, and Osmanthus osmanthus will set up a small stool and sit on the side, watching for a long time pretending to understand.

On the left is the study room where the prince reads. He and Yang Jin each have two desks placed behind Li Huan. Yang Xian passes by the three of them back and forth, and when he finds that anyone is not listening carefully, he rolls the book into a barrel shape. Hit the man on the head.

No matter who hit it, Mu Xi would cover his mouth and laugh, even though he couldn't make a sound.

While recalling, Rong Zhen went into the study with Eunuch Zhang.

The person sitting in the middle is no longer Li Huan, but his younger brother, the current emperor Li Yun.

The little emperor was about the same age as Li Huan back then, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar, but he couldn't imitate the sharpness in Li Huan's eyes.

It was that fierceness that harmed Li Huan.

Rong Zhen didn't think any more, lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down, "My humble minister sees the emperor."

"Mr. Rong, please get up." Li Yun raised his hand, motioning to Eunuch Zhang to help Rong Zhen.

Rong Zhen stood up and looked around, "I don't know why the emperor summoned me."

"I thought you would first ask me why I summoned you here." Li Yun smiled.

"The minister is indeed curious about this."

"This palace used to belong to Brother Huan. When I was a child, I was always curious about what you were all doing inside, but whenever I approached here, the Queen Mother would immediately ask someone to take me away. This East Palace has always been a forbidden place for me. , "Li Yun said some irrelevant words, his chin slightly closed, and his lips tightened, "I didn't expect that I could sit in this position, facing you."

Rong Zhen blinked, not knowing whether he should answer the conversation at this time.

"I have always admired Brother Huan," Li Yun raised his head, "I even want him to come back and hand over the throne to him. If he were here, the court wouldn't be like this right now."

"Do you understand what I mean, Duke Rong?" Li Yun asked.

Rong Zhen lowered his head, "I don't understand."

"How could you not understand?" Li Yun leaned on the back of the chair and looked at Rong Zhen, his immature eyes were darkened by scheming, "The prime minister really doesn't understand."

"He thought that I would come to court one day and truly be independent of this country, but he underestimated my mother too much. If my mother could let go of the power in my hands so easily, I would not have been living like a puppet for seven years. Pull it over and pull it over."

Rong Zhen still didn't dare to speak, he still agreed with the little emperor's self-awareness, if Li Huan was sitting here, he might have to go directly to the Empress Dowager's palace with a sword in his hand to find out.

"I asked you to come here because I insisted that you listen to my complaints," Li Yun finally got to the point, "I only hope that you can help me."

Rong Zhen raised his head in surprise. Who doesn't know that he is a member of the queen mother's party, and even one of the important officials. Is this going to poach someone?

"I understand that you have been working for the queen mother, but I must tell you one thing. After you listen to it, maybe your mind will change."

"I would like to hear the details." Rong Zhen arched his hands and bowed to Li Yun.

"Seven years ago, the Empress Dowager ordered people to set off the fire in Rongguo Mansion." Li Yun always paid attention to the expression on Rong Zhen's face, "And the Empress Dowager ordered the imperial army to surround Rongguo Mansion. Anyone who escaped from the fire All of them were dealt with immediately."

I don't know how long it took before Rong Zhen raised his head slowly, his face was expressionless, and he even smiled a little, "Your Majesty, you have nothing to prove, do you have evidence?"

"Of course there is." Li Yun pointed to Eunuch Zhang with his eyes, and Eunuch Zhang reacted immediately, took out a rectangular brocade box from his sleeve, and handed it to Rong Zhen.

Rong Zhen opened the brocade box and saw a letter inside.

He took several deep breaths, but he didn't gather up the courage to open the letter.

Li Yun probably saw his hesitation, and said, "This is the secret letter received by the generals who participated in the burning of the Rongguo Mansion. Many of them were sent back to their hometowns for various reasons. It took me a lot of effort to finally Found this letter, and it is stamped with the Queen Mother's phoenix seal, clearly."

Rong Zhen still didn't touch the letter, and closed the brocade box, "Since the emperor said so, I won't read it anymore."

"I understand that you are in a complicated mood now. When I first found out about this, I was also shocked. I really didn't expect my mother to..."

"Your Majesty, can I take my leave first?" Rong Zhen closed his eyes, hoping to calm down.

"No hurry, there is another matter." According to Li Yun's previous temperament, Rong Zhen should have been let go now, but he is serious this time, "Don't you wonder why hundreds of people in the Rongguo Mansion were killed by a group?" Will it be slaughtered at night?"

Rong Zhen's eyes were cloudy, and the corners of his lips trembled a few times before finally making a sound, "Why?"

"Seven years ago, Liang Guo invaded our northern territory. Brother Huan personally drove the conquest, and his bodyguards were all from the Rong family. But when the wind changed, Brother Huan's big tent was unguarded. Poor young and heroic, he was captured by the enemy in front of us." They were kidnapped by our army and then died for the country." When Li Yun said this, he couldn't bear it, "Then it was discovered that all 58 soldiers of the Rong family were beheaded and left at the gate of the city."

Rong Zhen listened quietly, his calm reaction made Li Yun a little uneasy, "Mr. Rong?"

"Your Majesty, go ahead and say, I'm fine."

"I only found out recently that the person who killed those 58 soldiers is not an enemy." When he said this, he stopped talking, thinking that Rong Zhen should understand, "I thought you should think about this matter carefully. It's over, if you want revenge, you can come to me, if you still want to be loyal to the queen mother, I will not stop you, but these things, I think you should know."

Rong Zhen lowered his head, "I know."

He kept backing until his feet knocked on the threshold, then turned around and walked out of the East Palace quickly.

After running all the way out of the palace, he finally had a chance to catch his breath. He pressed the brocade box to his forehead, supported the palace wall with the other hand, and vomited out all the contents in his stomach.

In fact, he has always known these things, but why he said it again from the little emperor's mouth, his heart is still tangled in pain.

Those little girls who often surrounded him, those brothers who showed off to him that they were selected into the bodyguard, those aunts who were obsessed with fighting for favor but were tolerant of him...

overnight.

What kind of despair is it to escape with great difficulty when the fire is burning, but to face the even more terrifying sword? What kind of shock should it be...

Rong really couldn't think of it, and didn't dare to think about it.

He shook his hands, opened the brocade box, opened the letter, and prepared to give himself the final blow, but found that there were only five words in the letter, "the second gift".