Prince Consort

Xie Ze'an turned around and looked at Zhao Chongzhao: "This mural was left by Emperor Shengde, and it is a picture of him hunting."

Zhao Chongzhao nodded.

Zhao Chongzhao didn't have much impression of Emperor Shengde. He told him everything he knew: "Although he is my grandfather, I have never seen him. I was not born at that time. I heard that there was an older brother before me. He met his grandfather back then, but unfortunately my brother is gone."

Xie Ze settled down, and told Zhao Chongzhao what Old Yang told him.

Zhao Chongzhao listened carefully, but as soon as Xie Ze'an finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed.

Zhao Chongzhao held Xie Zean's hand tightly: "Sanlang, why is he telling you this?" He gritted his teeth, "That old man! He must be trying to drive a wedge between me and you!"

Xie Ze'an frowned, and said, "Old Yang is kind..."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "I kindly remind you to stay away from me! The people around you are so 'kind'! One or two say we will separate!"

Xie Ze'an said, "Zhao Chongzhao, don't get excited."

Zhao Chongzhao reached out and hugged Xie Ze'an tightly: "Sanlang, if you leave me, I will go crazy."

Xie Zean fell silent.

Zhao Chongzhao said: "If I watch you get married and have children like Grandpa Huang, and watch you get farther and farther away from me, I will go crazy like him sooner or later, even crazier than him."

Xie Ze'an said: "Zhao Chongzhao, you are the king of a country, don't say such irresponsible words."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "It's not the first day you know me! Either you carry it with me, or I—"

Xie Ze'an's face was slightly stern: "Zhao Chongzhao!"

Zhao Chongzhao kept silent and dared not speak any more.

Xie Ze'an said: "You have changed a lot and matured a lot, and you will be more wise and rational in the future. Don't say such willful words again. If you do that, maybe we will never see each other again in the future." Xie Ze'an is not a superstitious person. But the fact that he came to this era cannot be explained clearly by science, so he couldn't help but believe it.Thinking back to the phrase "unresolved fate" that I heard when I first passed through this era, Xie Ze'an couldn't let Zhao Chongzhao continue to retain this kind of thinking.Seeing that Zhao Chongzhao was on the verge of breaking out, Xie Zean comforted him gently, "I will help you by your side until the day you no longer need me."

Zhao Chongzhao gritted his teeth and said: "There will never be a day of 'until'!"

Xie Ze'an took the initiative to shake Zhao Chongzhao's hand back: "I know, if I hadn't made up my mind to fight for our future, how could I have sex with you."

Zhao Chongzhao said blankly: "Sex?"

Xie Ze'an leaned on the mural and looked up at Zhao Chongzhao slightly: "Yes, having sex, because I love each other, I am willing to share the same bed with each other and go to the cloud and rain together."

Zhao Chongzhao was elated: "You like me!"

Xie Ze'an kissed him: "I'm so stunned."

How can such a simple kiss satisfy Zhao Chongzhao?He slammed down on the mural behind Xie Zean, trying to trap Xie Zean in his arms and ask for a deeper kiss.

It's a pity that Zhao Chongzhao's expectations fell through.

It wasn't that Xie Ze'an refused, but that Xie Ze'an's profound mural suddenly opened and turned into a spacious stone door.

If it wasn't for Zhao Chongzhao's sharp eyesight and quick hands to hold Xie Ze'an into his arms, he would almost have fallen inside the door.

Xie Ze'an: "..."

The emperor's bedroom is so unsafe?

Zhao Chongzhao was also obviously taken aback.

He didn't even know there was such a door in the place where he lived!

Zhao Chongzhao said: "I'll go get a lamp, let's go in and have a look together."

Xie Ze'an said: "Wait, you can't go in rashly, first ask a few trustworthy people to come in and explore the way."

Zhao Chongzhao knew what Xie Zean was worried about, so he didn't object. He called Zhang Dade and asked Zhang Dade to call for some guards to come in.

The person Zhao Chongzhao ordered was also known to Xie Ze'an, who had followed Zhao Chongzhao since the Eastern Palace period, and one of them had helped him blow up Xie Qian's thatched cottage.They are all Zhao Chongzhao's confidantes, they know the friendship between Zhao Chongzhao and Xie Ze'an better than anyone else, and they are not surprised to see Xie Ze'an appearing in Zhao Chongzhao's bedroom.

Back then Zhao Chongzhao and Xie Ze'an were slept together not too many times!

Without saying a word, they lit torches and entered the "wall door" to explore.

Zhao Chongzhao waited outside the door, a little anxious, and could only wonder how the door was opened just now.After opening the door, the mechanism was very easy to find. Zhao Chongzhao was amazed: "It's actually on Grandpa Huang's head. No wonder I haven't found it! Who dares to put one hand on Grandpa Huang's head?"

Zhang Dade went in without knowing it, and carefully asked: "Then your majesty, how did the door open just now?"

Zhao Chongzhao: "..."

Xie Ze was very happy.

Zhao Chongzhao made a straight face: "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask!"

He was so happy just now, he didn't even see where his hands were propped up, it really wasn't on purpose!

Zhang Dade shut up obediently.

At this time, a small guard led the others out of the secret passage, with a strange expression on his face.

Zhao Chongzhao said, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong inside?"

The little guard said: "That's not true. After walking for a while, the inside suddenly opened up. There is a big study room."

Zhao Chongzhao said, "Study?"

The little guard said: "Yes, the study room is full of several large bookshelves, all of which are full of books. A large part has been read, and some seem to have not been turned over."

Zhao Chongzhao frowned.

Who has nothing to dig a secret passage and the whole study is inside?

Zhao Chongzhao said: "You have all checked, there is no danger inside, right?"

The little guard nodded.

Zhao Chongzhao greeted Xie Zean: "Sanlang, let's go in and have a look!"

Xie Ze'an didn't object anymore.

This is the place where Zhao Chongzhao lives. If you don't find out what's going on inside, what will happen if something goes wrong in the future?

Xie Ze'an and Zhao Chongzhao stepped into the secret path one after the other.

As the little guard said, after walking for a while, the field of vision becomes wider.A few expensive luminous pearls became the light source in the "study room". This place is obviously underground, but it is as bright as the ground.

Xie Ze'an is a book lover, he looked around and couldn't help but stepped forward to pick up a book and read it.He has soaked in ancient books over the years, and he has no trouble reading books of this era.He read it quickly, flipping through several columns along the way, then turned to Zhao Chongzhao and said, "Many of these books were burned under the order of 'Emperor Shengde'."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "I didn't expect him to let someone stay here."

Xie Ze'an said: "If the teachers see it, they must be excited and cry."

Zhao Chongzhao said, "Then shall we take out all these books?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Don't be in a hurry, let's have a look."

Zhao Chongzhao nodded and walked over.Before he got close to Xie Ze'an, his eyes suddenly fell on a stack of yellowed manuscripts.

Zhao Chongzhao recognized the paper, it was used to make "daily notes"!

Zhao Chongzhao went over and picked it up.

Xie Ze'an noticed Zhao Chongzhao's movements and asked, "What's wrong?"

"This thing is a living note," Zhao Chongzhao turned to the first page, "it belongs to Grandpa Huang."

Of course Xie Ze'an knew what a living note was, it was something that recorded the emperor's daily life.He leaned over to look at it and said, "It's not interesting."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "That's right, just record the emperor's grandpa's eating, drinking and drinking." He was about to put it down, when he suddenly found that the bottom one seemed a little different, it looked newer.

Zhao Chongzhao pulled it out, only to see that the writing on it had changed.Taking a closer look, Zhao Chongzhao's hands trembled.

This is the handwriting of Emperor Seongde.

Although he had never seen Emperor Shengde, he had seen a lot of characters written by Emperor Shengde, and he recognized them at a glance.

Zhao Chongzhao moved away from the screen, and La Xie Ze'an looked at it.

The above is also a daily life note, but it is very simple to remember.

"The third day of the first lunar month, rain, dreaming of Junchang."

"September [-]rd, I will learn Chinese in Linjun."

"April nineteenth, see Daoist Qingxu."

"August [-]th, the day of Junchang's death."

The previous words are very brief, mostly recording his dream of "Junchang" and his upbringing of "Linjun", only vaguely mentioning when he began to believe in Taoism.

Later, the above words became more and more shocking.

"In the tenth year of Yong'an, on the third day of the first month, I asked the immortal, and the answer was: I have lost the fate of eternal life, and I will never see you again."

"In the 11th year of Yong'an, on the third day of the first month, the sky will not help me, I don't believe in the sky."

"In the 17th year of Yong'an, on the third day of the first lunar month, you once gave up your life for the common people, why don't you come and claim my life now."

"In the 18th year of Yong'an, on the third day of the first month, I will use my eternal life to repay the pain you suffered in the past."

Zhao Chongzhao felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave after reading it.

Xie Ze'an also watched it with him.Li's family believed in Buddhism, Xie Ze'an saw the last line and suddenly understood that Emperor Shengde was referring to the Daoshan Hell in the "Eighteen Hells". Let it climb the mountain of swords, the more serious the sin, the more likely it is to "permanent".After the theory of eighteen levels of hell was introduced to the Central Plains, it was quickly adopted by Taoism.

From this diary-like "Life Note", it can be seen that Emperor Shengde believed in Taoism at the beginning in order to find "junchang".Later, when he learned that there was no hope of seeing him again, he became licentious and violent, causing wars to break out and the people to suffer.All he did was to make himself fall into the hell of Daoshan, and to repay the pain of "Junchang" in the past forever.

This idea is simply absurd and foolish!

Xie Ze'an stared at Zhao Chongzhao.

Zhao Chongzhao was quiet for a long time before saying: "Sanlang, I will be a good emperor." He hugged Xie Zean into his arms, "Don't leave me."

The impact of "no afterlife" on Zhao Chongzhao was too great.

He never thought that the source of the turmoil was here.

Even though Emperor Shengde's words seemed very calm, it was not difficult for Zhao Chongzhao to see that Emperor Shengde had gone mad.As long as he imagined himself and Xie Ze'an, Zhao Chongzhao immediately understood how Emperor Shengde felt at that time.

Zhao Chongzhao even remembered the oath he made to Yan Ning - "If you lose Saburo in this life, you will never see Saburo in your life." If there is a god, isn't it -

If he knew that he would never be able to see Xie Zhe'an again, he might be as crazy as Emperor Shengde...

Xie Ze'an interrupted the dangerous thoughts in Zhao Chongzhao's mind: "Put away those thoughts of yours!"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "As long as you don't leave me!"

Xie Ze'an could only say: "I will not leave you."