New·New Consort

As the night deepened, a few overcast clouds were blown by the north wind that had subsided for several days, the sky was red and snowy.Pedestrians who were still lingering outside covered their clothes tightly and hurried home.

Li Zhaoting had just stepped into the small courtyard in the south of the city when he saw his wife Liu Qian rushing out.

It was already the second watch, and the cold air in the small courtyard was overwhelming, he frowned slightly: "Why haven't you slept yet, didn't you say 'don't wait for me'? It's so cold outside!"

Seeing his words of concern, Liu Qian hesitated a little, but still made up her mind and said: "Zhao Ting, something happened to the son-in-law!"

"What?" Li Zhaoting was too late to react.

Liu Qian said anxiously: "At the Laba Banquet tonight, the emperor publicly exposed that the son-in-law is a woman, and wants to marry her to the prince or Dongfang Sheng. If the son-in-law refuses, the emperor will kill her!"

Li Zhaoting's heart skipped a beat: "Where did you get this news?"

"It was the Lord Roujia of Yongning County Prince's Mansion who sent someone over to inquire, and I found out."

Li Zhaoting asked strangely, "Why did the county magistrate of Roujia come to inquire about you?"

Liu Qian explained: "Have you forgotten? Didn't I tell you that when I went to visit the princess a few days ago, I happened to meet a few clan relatives. They saw that the princess and I had a good personal relationship, so they invited me to participate in the princess's event. The birthday banquet, I became acquainted for no reason. So when something happened tonight, the county lord sent someone to ask me."

Li Zhaoting's complexion changed, he turned on his toes before entering the room, and he also turned around, saying: "Qian'er, rest first, I'll go to Chen Ge's old mansion to inquire."

Seeing his figure, Liu Qian went outside the door instantly, and couldn't help asking in a raised voice, "Zhao Ting, if she is really Feng Suzhen... what would you do?"

Li Zhaoting paused and stopped.He turned around slightly, seeing the timidity in his wife's eyes, his heart softened immediately, and his voice slowed down: "Qian'er, don't worry, I will do what I should do."

At this moment, everyone in the Eastern Palace bedroom was holding their breath and staring at the imperial doctor's expression.

The imperial physician who had just passed his thirties put two fingers on the thin and lonely wrist of the old man on the bed, concentrating on the long examination.

He was full of remorse, why did he greedily eat the drunk crab brought by Jiangnan seven days ago?

If he hadn't eaten that altar of drunk crabs, he wouldn't have vomited and had diarrhea;

If you don't suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, you won't ask for leave to rest;

If you don't ask for leave, you won't be transferred to another shift;

If you don't change shifts and take breaks, you won't be on duty in the palace in this Laba!

What day is today?First the Concubine Ju and then the Emperor, why did they faint one after another!

"Emperor doctor, what's going on, father?" The woman behind her spoke anxiously.

The imperial physician carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking about how to reply.In the middle of the night, the emperor was so angry that he fainted at the gate of the Prince's East Palace, who knows what happened!

Another feminine female voice rang out: "Just now before the imperial physician came, I took the emperor's pulse. Your Majesty's pulse is weak, and the blood is weak. Is there something wrong with the medicine he took recently?" The imperial physician knew that this "female voice" Not so long ago, it was a "man".

During the meal, he still winked and made fun of the "big event" that happened at the Laba Banquet with the palace people, but now, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Now, the emperor is not only lacking in Qi and blood... Wait, why did you ask about medicine?This, this, this, he is just a little imperial doctor, and he did not prepare His Majesty's medicine!

The prince's voice sounded: "The medicine that the father is taking now is prepared by the big companion. It is not poisonous and does not hurt the body. It just makes him sleep more."

The imperial doctor wished that he was deaf and could not hear anything.But it happened that there was so much noise in my ears, there was always a few words drifting over.

"Then we still need to listen to the imperial physician's diagnosis! Your Highness had better send someone to invite Wang Gonggong's mother!"

"Gu Fang has already asked someone to invite him!"

"I said you imperial doctor, you have closed your eyes for a long time, how is my father, you tell me!"

The imperial doctor sighed a thousand times in his heart, and had to stand up with lowered eyebrows and replied: "Reporting to the prince and princess, Your Majesty's pulse is deep and slippery. Sinking is reality, and slippery is qi. The real qi fights together, so he died." .If the qi and blood are on the top, impulsive brain qi, you will faint and become violent..."

Tianxiang stared: "Can you speak human language!"

"Uh... Your Majesty has been bedridden for a long time, lack of movement, deficiency of Qi and blood, plus the previous accumulation of erysipelas, blood stagnation, blood stasis, which caused wind disease!"

The prince was shocked and said: "It's blood stasis and convulsions! Then, what should we do now?!"

The Imperial Physician hurriedly said: "This disease is very dangerous, I will prescribe a prescription to invigorate qi and activate blood to help Your Majesty stop bleeding! Then I will prescribe Guizhi—"

Tianxiang didn't have time to hear him finish: "Go!"

The imperial physician took two steps, turned around and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty lacks mental strength, blood stagnates, and it takes a while for the medicine to take effect. If the blood stagnates like this all the time, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."

The prince hurriedly asked, "Afraid of what?"

The imperial physician gritted his teeth, knelt down and said, "I dare to suggest that Your Highness call the elders of the cabinet!"

"This—" the crown prince took a deep breath—he summoned the cabinet into the palace late at night, this is about to draft a will!

Tianxiang suddenly blessed her heart: "Massage, massage can not invigorate the blood, go to the Imperial Hospital to find a doctor of massage, and help the father to invigorate the blood!"

The imperial doctor nodded like pecking rice: "Princess's words are reasonable, reasonable and reasonable!" At this moment, even if there are several doctors of chiropractors accompanying him, it is better than one person.

Immediately, someone went to the imperial hospital to find a doctor of massage, and the imperial doctor retreated to the outside of the bedroom, and wrote the prescription with splashed ink.

He breathed a sigh of relief when the guide handed over the recipe to the palace servants to cook.Unexpectedly, not long after he relaxed, he saw the person who had gone to ask for a doctor of massage running back: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the doctor of massage who is on duty tonight is drunk!"

The imperial doctor who wanted to cry without tears was brought to the imperial couch again, the prince said coldly: "The wind is coming quickly, since the massage doctor is useless, you should think of a way here!"

"This... this..." The imperial doctor looked at his palm, gestured for a while on the emperor's chest, and then lightly touched it a few times.

The unconscious emperor didn't respond, but his complexion turned greener.

Tianxiang was particularly impatient tonight, and blurted out a question: "Can you do it?!"

Feng Suzhen gently pressed Ya Tianxiang's shoulder, turned her head and asked kindly: "Prince doctor, where is the blood stasis, Your Majesty?"

The imperial physician pointed out: "Your Majesty's chest and flanks are full, and the place where the blood is stagnant is the Shaoyang Sanjiao in the hand."

Feng Suzhen thought for a while, then stretched out her hand and moved along the meridians twice at the place where the imperial physician poked just now.She performed a few simple movements carefully and laboriously.As soon as she let go of her hand, she saw the livid-looking emperor suddenly let out a foul breath, and his face softened a little—"So, it's okay now?"

The imperial doctor was taken aback, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the pulse, and his face suddenly showed joy: "It's cleared up, it's cleared up! Son-in-law—what kind of method is Miss Feng?"

Feng Suzhen wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "I just imitated your movements and injected the inner family skills I practiced into Your Majesty's meridians."

The imperial physician suddenly said, "So that's the case, but this internal exercise works faster than medicine!" Before the words finished, the imperial physician's expression changed, "No, it's blocked again! We've reached Shaoyin!"

Feng Suzhen frowned: "It seems that this blood stasis can't be easily resolved, but instead travels in the blood along with the meridians, causing congestion at any time!"

The imperial doctor's face turned pale: "This thing has a shape, you must not let it move rashly, if it enters the viscera or the upper brain, your majesty may be killed!"

Everyone heard that the perfunctory imperial physician actually said "life is in danger", and immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.

Tianxiang said anxiously: "Then force it out quickly!"

The imperial doctor shook his head: "Princess misunderstood, although this thing is tangible, it is fused in the blood. It is the blood itself that causes the congestion, and it needs medicine to soften it."

"Okay, where's the medicine? Where's the medicine?" Tianxiang was in a state of confusion.

"Tianxiang, don't be in a hurry—" Feng Suzhen calmed down helplessly, pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said, "It takes time to decoct the medicine, and the effect of the medicine also takes time. I have tried to use internal force to move the meridians to save you, and I think it makes sense It's almost the same... It's just that His Majesty's current state requires me to keep stimulating the blood circulation in the whole body, so it's really exhausting, I don't know if I can persist until the medicine takes effect."

"Just those who practice inner family kung fu will be fine?" The crown prince raised his eyebrows, turned around and ordered: "Quick, Manager Wang, go and pick some of the guards who practice inner family kung fu!"

Manager Wang responded and went out, and after a while, he picked out a few strong guards to come in.

A guard in the shape of a crane and a mantis stepped forward first. He deliberately showed off, and his steps were also clever. Even the prince who did not know martial arts could see that his cloud walking was extraordinary.

He arrived in front of the emperor's bed, concentrated his energy, channeled energy in his palms, and injected internal energy into the emperor's meridians following Feng Suzhen's guidance.

The emperor suddenly trembled and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Everyone's complexion changed.

The Imperial Physician Gao shouted: "No, no, Your Majesty's body is overstretched, and I'm afraid I can't stand the strong man's force!"

The guard withdrew his hands in a panic, his eyes full of disbelief: "How could it be? I have learned the internal martial arts for 15 years, and the subtlety of my moves is unmatched by anyone in the world! I just didn't use much force!"

The imperial physician sighed: "No matter how mighty and powerful you are, if this kung fu is not right, then it is wrong!"

"The pulse is divided into yin and yang, and the inner strength and mind are also divided into hardness and softness. Your Majesty's current situation can only be reconciled with yin and softness. It is not your fault." Feng Suzhen said softly.

The guard retreated resentfully, and for a while, the guards who were just eager to try also hesitated.

Feng Suzhen rolled up her sleeves, turned to the prince and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty's body can't stand no amount of trials, I'm afraid I'll be the only one to come."

"You..." Tianxiang hesitated to speak.

"En." Feng Suzhen gave her a comforting look, "You and the crown prince go outside and wait, when the elders come over later, you two need to take charge of the overall situation, so leave it to me and the imperial physician. "

Tian Xiang still wanted to stay, but saw Manager Wang stepped forward to persuade him: "Your Highness, I don't need these many people to treat diseases and save lives, so I will leave it to her."

Tianxiang was taken aback, and was dragged out by the prince.

It was late at night, and it was almost three o'clock. The atmosphere in the huge East Palace was awe-inspiring, and the palace people held their breaths, for fear that their heavy breathing would upset some nobleman.

The prince and Tianxiang walked out of the corridor, followed the palace lanterns and walked outside the East Palace.

"Why did you come to the East Palace?" the prince suddenly asked.

Tianxiang was worried about the situation in the palace, and said absent-mindedly: "I pissed off the emperor, he wanted to come to the East Palace to kill Feng Suzhen in a rage. I thought they had been let go by you, so I brought him here, and met Manager Wang on the way -"

The crown prince explained in a disturbed manner: "I let her go, who knows that she came back by herself...how much did he hear what I said to Feng Suzhen?"

Tian Xiang was taken aback, and said in a shy voice, "At least you heard what you said after you patted the table very clearly."

The prince was silent for a while, his voice was a little erratic: "Tianxiang, do you think I'm wrong?"

Tianxiang lowered her eyelids: "Brother, he is our father after all."

"I don't think I'm wrong," the prince said coldly. "If you have any doubts or plans, why don't you ask them calmly and explain clearly? Giving orders and making arrangements indiscriminately hurt your closest relatives." People, still complacent, make mistakes again and again, what is it if you are not old and foolish?"

In the two lives, Tianxiang had never seen such a resentful look on her brother's face.

Perhaps, the elder brother in the previous life had always harbored resentment towards his father in his heart.

Her heart was full of bitterness, and she finally sighed: "He is at fault, so why not me?"

The prince frowned: "What's wrong with you?"

Tianxiang said: "He is an emperor, but he is also a human being. He is arrogant and arbitrary by nature, and he resists getting close to others in his heart, but he has a tender feeling for me alone. But for the past year, I only wanted to start with you, thinking It would be good to teach you well and get rid of the traitors. But he has been far away from him, never cared about him, never talked to him, and he will never tell me anything. "

After saying these words, the prince fell into a long silence.

The two walked aimlessly on this cold winter night. Under the dark shadows in the distance, the figures of both of them seemed insignificant. There was the power center of the country——the golden palace with the dragon chair .

After all, Tianxiang was wounded, and it didn't take long for her to feel cold and chilly all over her body. She was about to propose to go back, but she heard the prince whisper:

"Yes, you're right. He didn't make a good father, and we didn't make good children either."

Nearly an hour after the emperor's illness, the gate of the palace finally became lively.

The dispatched carriages finally came back one by one, and the elders of the cabinet and the imperial physicians who were going home for the festival hurriedly entered the Meridian Gate and drove towards the East Palace.

Li Zhaoting got off Chen Gelao's carriage and saw a pot of porridge outside the East Palace.

Several gray-bearded imperial physicians were blowing their beards and staring at a young imperial physician outside the hall: "How can you use Guizhi Decoction for blood stasis? Prescribing stasis dispelling soup is the right thing to do!"

"Impossible, the leeches and horseflies in the stasis dissipating soup are too bloody. If the dead blood flows and the activating blood goes down, is it not beneficial? In my opinion, it is better to use mild Sophora japonica powder."

"Absurd! Your majesty's serious illness is already at the end of life, what use is Huaihua powder? It's better to use Yuli Guishao Decoction which is more effective!"

"Bah! This prescription is specially used to treat the jaundice of women. It is still damp and hot and condensed between the essence orifices. It is not blood stasis but closed in the bone marrow. Your Majesty's disease does not originate from a long-term battle in the human room. You you you you you you This old man is not ashamed!"

"Who do you think is old and not ashamed? Your Majesty has been bedridden for a long time, and his pathology is interlinked. This is the way to use it! You are full of obscenities and robbers, so you are not ashamed when you are old!"

Seeing that several old imperial physicians were about to fight, the younger imperial physician jumped up anxiously: "Before you came, Mrs. Feng had already passed out because of her luck! Judges, let Your Majesty take the medicine first, How about you slowly prove it?"

Fung?syncope?

Li Zhaoting's heart twitched, he wanted to go to ask, but Chen Gel grabbed his sleeve: "Zhaoting, you came with this old man, it's better not to wander around."

Li Zhaoting's throat tightened, he was going to Chen Ge's old mansion to inquire about news, but he met someone from the palace who urgently invited Ge Lao to enter the palace.Chen Ge always thought that he was a member of Zhongshushe and a member of the Ministry of Rites, and he might be used to draft the imperial edict, so he brought him into the palace together.

Li Zhaoting hesitated for a moment, thinking of what he had said to Liu Qian before going out, he lowered his head and followed Mr. Chen Ge to the study of the East Palace—Suzhen, take care, I will do what I should do .

The young imperial doctor took the cinnamon twig soup that he had finally made, and stepped into the bedroom lightly. Compared with the chaos and noise outside, the hall seemed too quiet.

A plainly dressed white-haired woman was sitting beside the bed and taking the emperor's pulse. Princess Tianxiang and Manager Wang stood aside, with a hint of worry on their brows.

Princess Tianxiang was even more worried, she looked at the side hall from time to time—in it lay Feng Suzhen, who had fainted due to excessive exertion.

Seeing the imperial physician come in, her uneasiness was finally released: "Old man, the medicine is here!"

The imperial physician hurriedly delivered the medicine, and the old woman took the medicine bowl naturally, sniffed it lightly, thought for a moment and said: "Although the medicine is not strong enough, the emperor's blood flow is smooth now, and the blood stasis has not yet formed a blockage. Wind, it is also a symptom, feed the medicine!"

Tianxiang was a little surprised: "What does the old man mean?"

The old beggar comforted in a harmonious voice: "Son, your father is fine, don't worry." She got up and gave the seat in front of the bed to the imperial doctor, and said with emotion, "It's a blessing, blood stasis often needs to eat It took a few days for the medicine to heal, but it was unavoidable for the paralysis of the mouth and eyes. Your father's blood stasis and convulsions were able to resolve in such a short period of time, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a miracle."

Tianxiang couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, but said anxiously in an instant: "Old man, Feng Suzhen has passed out, why don't you go and see her?"

The old beggar was stunned: "How could she—"

"She used her inner strength to help my father stop bleeding, and persisted for nearly an hour until she fainted..."

The old beggar said in shock: "What? Why did you say, come on, take me to see her!"

A few people hurried to the side hall, the old beggar stepped forward to pick up Feng Suzhen's wrist, put two fingers on it, and frowned.

Manager Wang noticed that the old beggar's expression was strange, so he hurriedly asked, "Mother, what's the matter? Isn't she exhausted?"

"This silly boy has exhausted all his skills..." The old beggar felt reluctantly to check Feng Suzhen's pulse, and said regretfully, "It's gone, it's gone, more than ten years of martial arts... just so useless Lost……"

Tianxiang's heart rang with thunder, and she asked in amazement: "Why, how did this happen? She said she had used this method before..."

The old beggar sighed and said: "The Jiangmoqin she learned was soft and strong, but for the sake of detoxifying you, she took my medicine and was affected by it, and the strong force was able to diverge. The winter solstice On that day, she suddenly gathered her strength to use the magic zither twice, destroying the zither and cutting the sword, overdrawn too much, and suffered some internal injuries in addition to flesh injuries. I once privately warned her not to use martial arts rashly, but I didn't expect—"

Director Wang bit his nails and suddenly said: "No wonder, with her skills, it was so easy for Xiao Quanzi to take her into the palace—even when the palace banquet was in conflict, she always hid behind Dongfang Sheng..."

Tianxiang felt distressed: "Old man, can her martial arts recover?"

The old beggar shook her head regretfully: "The practice of inner strength and mind requires both talent and time. She has used too much energy several times recently, and her meridians have been damaged. Although it does not hurt her life, it is difficult to recover her previous skills. It's a pity, a pity..."

Tian Xiang couldn't help but look at Feng Suzhen's face, the person she once slandered as being as light as white water, even though he was asleep, his face was quiet and clear, exuding tranquility and serenity.

Guilt, remorse, frustration, pity, all kinds of feelings came to her heart, Tianxiang sat down sadly by the bed, and held Feng Suzhen's limp wrist.

On the other side, the crown prince listened to Mr. Wang coming forward to report the situation, and he did not know whether he should let go or hold his breath in the middle of the night.

After a long time, the prince came back to his senses, and saw that Director Wang was still looking at him, and the eyes of the other cabinet ministers in the study were also focused on him.The prince finally realized that everyone was waiting for him to make up his mind at this moment.

Too many things happened today, and it was the first time in his lifetime that he faced such a complicated situation by himself.He thought for a moment, took a deep breath, and ordered: "Prepare the bed for the princess. She is still wounded. Let her not tire myself out." He said: "Even though Father's situation has improved for the time being, I would like to ask you elders to prepare the edict first and wait in the palace. Tonight, let's work hard and settle down in the East Palace!"

All the ministers replied one after another: "Why did your Highness say such a thing, this minister should do his best!"

Following the rustling sound, Li Zhaoting spread out the pen and paper, and couldn't help but glance in the direction of the side hall.However, through the door wall, he couldn't see anything.

He settled down, dipped in the thick ink, and wrote down the words carefully written by the elders on the paper one by one.

The sky was red and the north wind howled furiously. After laying the groundwork for half the night, it finally snowed in the second half of the night.I thought it would be goose feather catkins, but what fluttered in the air was as thin as fine salt.

The night passed, the rooster sang three times, and the dawn broke.

In Dongfang Hou's mansion, Dongfang Sheng washed his face with cold water, and when he heard the nuns in the mansion report that the little prince had arrived at the mansion last night, he cried and cried until late at night before going to sleep, feeling sad for a moment.He thought to himself, he can't let go tonight like last night, he must comfort the child.

Chen Baishou coughed lightly from the side: "Master Hou—that woman is now in the capital."

Dongfang Sheng's complexion changed: "She is not Han, how did she get here along the way?"

Chen Baishou said embarrassingly: "Before we lost a few brothers, we recruited a few new recruits in Xuanhua at that time. She changed shape and knocked out one of Zhu Laojiu's new recruits. She came along with the ranks—— You also know that Zhu Laojiu has always been careless...he only knew that the number of his subordinates was correct, and he didn't check the others carefully. It wasn't until last night that she almost snuck into the little prince's room that his subordinates caught her."

Dongfang Sheng gritted his teeth: "Ask Zhu Laojiu to send her away for me. I'm upset right now and don't have time to deal with these things!"

Chen Baishou retreated after singing the promise.

Dongfang Sheng touched something in his arms unconsciously, and his thoughts moved - but he didn't know, what is the situation in the palace now?

It was snowing in the middle of the night, and the imperial garden was completely covered in silver.If it was the past.Concubine Ju will definitely send the palace people to collect new snow to make tea, but today, none of the palace people have such intentions.In the palace of Concubine Chrysanthemum, where the singing of warblers and swallows used to be, only the beating of wooden fish and the woman's muttering of sutras echoed.

During this long night, except for the two sleeping in the palace, no one in the East Palace fell asleep.

The emperor had a long dream. In the dream, he had unlimited energy and physical strength, and he swayed freely among gold and iron horses, wine and beauties, and laughed loudly.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and a trace of emptiness emerged spontaneously.With his consciousness scattered, all the phantoms in the dream gradually became vain and erratic.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"Father, you are awake." The prince's familiar voice rang in his ear.

The emperor looked over, and saw that the prince's eyes were tired, his eyes were red, and there was no sadness or joy in his expression, but he was relieved like a sigh of relief.

He asked hoarsely, "How long did I sleep this time?"

"Not long, but one night." The prince replied, and at the same time called the palace servants to come in and wait for the emperor to clean his face and wash his face.

Not long after, the imperial physicians and court elders who had been on standby in the East Palace also came to see him one after another.

Everyone talked about the thrilling situation last night vividly, as if they had seen it with their own eyes. After feeling "lucky", "great luck" and crying bitterly, the imperial physician took turns to check the pulse and confirmed that the emperor was safe for the time being.

Seeing this situation, all the elders in the pavilion turned their eyes to look at the prince, with some uneasiness in their expressions, the prince nodded and said: "Guhui will burn the last edict drafted last night. You have worked hard, so go back and rest."

The cabinet ministers breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, thanked for the grace, and left the palace to return home.

Because the emperor was almost convulsed, the imperial physicians discussed for a while, and decided to let the emperor rest in the East Palace temporarily, and move back to the bedroom when he was better.The emperor was noncommittal, and after taking the medicine, he closed his eyes and recovered his mind.

All the idlers go, the room is silent.Seeing that the emperor seemed to have fallen asleep, the prince lightly packed up the edicts on the case and prepared to burn a brazier.

The emperor on the bed suddenly said, "You're doing it wrong."

The prince's movements froze: "What is the father referring to?"

The emperor opened his eyes: "You shouldn't have called the imperial doctor to save me, you should have let me die of such a disease, so that you can ascend the throne smoothly! Now that I am alive, even if you ascend the throne, you still need to respect me as the Supreme Emperor. to all authority!"

The prince felt tight in his chest, as if he had been punched in the heart: "The son gave birth to disobedience, and the father didn't blame him?"

The emperor turned his face away and looked to the other side: "You have such a heart, but you are somewhat bloody, a bit like Zhen."

The prince was dumb for a long while, then smiled self-consciously: "However, Tianxiang and I probably won't be like you in this lifetime."

The emperor snorted coldly: "Yes, my heart is very hard, but you haven't learned it yet. People in this world are sinister, but you are so soft-hearted. How can you deal with other black-hearted tigers and wolves in the future!"

"Heh—" the prince suddenly laughed, "Father, my son suddenly feels very lucky that there are people like Tianxiang and Feng Suzhen in this world."

Hearing that name, the emperor felt depressed: "That bitch Feng's cheated on my daughter, she must not be forgiven lightly! Where is she now, and where is Tianxiang?"

The prince sneered and said: "The bitch you mentioned exhausted all her energy last night to save your life and passed out. Tianxiang was sick on both ends last night and didn't dare to sleep. It was because I couldn't see her that I drove her to rest this morning. .”

The emperor's eyes narrowed: "Oh, that bitch is someone who can buy people's hearts. Maybe you will follow her tricks, but I won't be moved by her."

The prince laughed out loud - but he was so angry: "Father, my son is very curious. In your heart, is it true that everyone is only acting for their own self-interest and can be bought with self-interest. There is no good or evil in this world. , only pros and cons?"

"The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit—" the emperor said with a serious expression, "My son, as long as you understand this point, no one in the court can step on you!" on your head."

The prince's brain became hot, he picked up the few wills on the table, threw them on the bed, and said angrily: "Since the father appreciates the blood of the sons and ministers, then please choose a good will for the father!"

The emperor chuckled, and said in relief, "That's right..."

With trembling old fingers, he picked up the sheets of paper and read them earnestly and laboriously.

It is said that there are several drafts, but in fact the content is almost the same, only the wording is slightly different.The emperor picked out the most elegant and tame one, and recited it aloud in cadence:

"Through virtue, I have won the great position of my ancestors. It has been thirty years since I was born. I have enjoyed the country for a long time, and I have heard so much about it in North Korea..."

"I followed the Taizu to conquer the four directions, to prevent disasters and chaos, and to stop the army, and to restore the etiquette to the court; since the imperial court, I have been worrying about work at night and working hard, trying to achieve the ultimate governance, for fear of being entrusted by Gu Xiandi. Although it is not self-proclaimed to change customs, it is peaceful to rule the world and prosper Wenxuan, Wuguang and women, hide wealth in the people's homes and give them enough, even if their virtues are not in harmony with the world, they can also be called Ye..."

After reading this, the emperor suddenly laughed out loud: "Hahahaha... well written, well written, which old man caught the knife?"

"It was written by Li Zhaoting from Zhongshushe."

The emperor read it again with great interest: "Xing Wen Xuan Wu Guang and his daughter... This Li Zhaoting is used to giving me a high hat... I vaguely remember, does this person have something to do with the Feng family?"

The crown prince faintly figured out the meaning behind it, and murmured: "He... was supposed to be the son-in-law of the Feng family...he was trying to absolve Feng Suzhen..."

"That's no wonder!" The emperor sighed with emotion, and continued to read——

"It is a duty to respect God and help the people, but as time goes on and the strength of the muscles weakens, it is too much to seek longevity, so that the adulterers want to be immortals and take the opportunity to deceive them. Prayers are held on the day, and the construction is prosperous every year. The sacrifices in the suburban temples are not close. If you don’t listen to your advice, it’s against the constitution, and you’ve lost your original intention. Those who have been enlightened by the heavens have tried to make changes, but those who are more ill, are dying day by day, and there is no reason to make up for the mistakes.

"Then the sinner at the end of his life: because of his words, he was punished by all the ministers. Those who survived were summoned, those who died were recorded as grievances, and those who saw the prison were released and reinstated. The remnants of the Immortal Gang were investigated for crimes of love, and each was punished. All shopping and shopping were stopped. , Xie Feng Mo Chi was dismissed by officials..."

"Okay, okay, okay!" The emperor sighed three times, "What a sinner on his deathbed... Just a few words to set things right, wonderful, wonderful!" He raised his head and smiled, "Just use this article!"

The prince asked in pain: "Father, how did you become like this?"

The emperor looked calm: "What kind?"

"'Destroy the chaos and put an end to the army, and restore the etiquette to the court,'" the prince's expression moved slightly, and his voice also raised, "'I want to live forever, the sacrifices in the suburban temples are not close, and the virtuous ministers don't listen to the advice', you are originally a person Hero, why, why did you become like this?!"

The emperor lifted his chin slightly, and said proudly: "What do you know! If I hadn't decided on a strategy to drive away wolves and tigers, your elm head would still be full of wooden birds now!"

The prince retorted: "Mu Niao...why do I put my love on Mu Niao? Father, don't you know? If you treat me like other fathers, if you let me know that the father is kind and the son is filial, will I be walking on thin ice?! "

"Father is kind and son is filial..." The emperor was taken aback for a moment, his eyes became a little loose, "You idiot, how can there be so many fathers who are kind and filial to son..."

He pondered for a moment, then seemed to muster up his courage and said: "Do you know that I am actually a bastard."

The prince was startled.

The emperor continued: "Before Taizu raised his army, he followed Li Chengliang to Ping Liao, conquered lost land, and expelled the Tartars. He was a first-class hero. Your grandfather and my father are Taizu's sons, but they are very soft-hearted. Hehe, that's a softie!"

"Father's first concubine was married to my father for five years and had nothing to do with her father, so she stopped giving the concubine the best son soup. My own mother was unlucky, she was the first to conceive with me..." The emperor's eyes sank slightly, "Then It is to leave the son and leave the mother."

"I always thought that I was the young master born from my aunt. It wasn't until my thirteenth brother was born that I saw the real kindness in the eyes of the woman I always called my mother." The emperor sneered, "Everyone knows that I am a young man." Yinghao joined the army at the age of ten, and fought with Taizu Emperor Wu. But no one thought that even if Emperor Wu had never proclaimed himself emperor in the south, I would still be the young master of the Hou family. future!"

Before the prince could think clearly, he heard the emperor add lightly: "It's not that woman. I was afraid that I would block the wealth of her own son, so I tried every means to force me to go to Liaodong, and to that Shura field."

The emperor laughed loudly: "Do you think what you experienced in your arms is terrible? What is that? Have you ever crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and found in horror that you were the only living creature in a ten-mile radius? I could only judge the direction by the position of the sun, dragged my injured leg step by step for a day and a night, and then walked the twenty miles back to the camp. When I went back, everyone thought I saw a ghost!"

"At the age of 15, when my grandfather proclaimed himself emperor in the south, my body was already covered with scars, and three of them were arrows that were blocked by Taizu."

"Taizu passed away three years after he ascended the throne. No one thought that he would pass the throne to his most ineffective father, but I know that he passed the throne to his father because of me," the emperor said with a sneer. I worked my mind and tried every means to get my father to make my thirteenth brother the crown prince. What a joke! I am lustful, I am bloodthirsty, but I know how to level the world and how to be an emperor. If the thirteenth brother was raised in that rich nest Sitting on this dragon chair, the restless Tartars in Liaodong will come to the city at any time like before!"

"Father really listened to that woman's words and wanted to change the East Palace, heh—" the emperor's eyes froze, "I didn't give him this chance."

The crown prince's back felt cold, and he immediately looked away.

The emperor didn't realize it, and continued: "I became emperor when I was 20 years old. I didn't kill that woman and let her be the queen mother. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Liaodong was not peaceful. Xuan, I have been on the throne for ten years and have not established the East Palace. I know that woman will not give up. I let her jump up and down, and let her see her beloved parents and children being raised and abandoned by me. Haha, I let that woman go from hope to despair, Let her vomit blood and die in regret."

"I didn't become like this, I have always been like this," the emperor looked at the prince with a calm expression, "My son, I am also very sorry, I regret not being able to educate you like my grandfather taught me. But my relatives are shallow, flesh and blood I have seen too many mutual harms, and I really don’t have the courage to raise a wolf. I don’t know whether my choice is right or wrong. My dream of eternal life is broken, and what happens after me has nothing to do with me. That’s it, you can do it ! If you don’t know what to do, just ask Director Wang, and you have to be clean, and don’t make Wai Chao suspicious!”

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he was ready to kill, waiting for his son's decision.

But hearing a "squeak", someone pushed open the window, clean and cool air poured in from the outside, completely replacing the dull and gloomy atmosphere in the room.

The emperor opened his eyes in confusion, and saw that the prince was standing in front of him, his youthful face that resembled himself was covered with