rebirth [rebirth]

Seeing him like this, old Hou Ye Feng Bairui didn't make a sound, he just stepped forward to help him up, motioning for the two of them to follow him into the house.

The place he lives in is very simple, with a bed and a table, all made of green bamboo that can be seen everywhere in the mountains and forests, which is very cheap.

The most elegant thing is probably the pear wood knife holder standing beside the bed, the long frame is carved with green bamboo, it is very beautiful.

Feng Bairui sat back on the bamboo chair in front of the window, silently looking at the two young people who were not yet weak.

Rong Jingxuan standing in front had dark eyes and a straight nose, but his lips were thin and tight, which made him look sharp.

Just looking at him with black hair and black eyes, he looks very much like his mother, Queen Roujia.

Behind him, Xie Mingze also has long black hair, but his eyes are lighter, the ocher color unique to the Hua family.Unlike Rong Jingxuan, he has plump lips and a slight smile, and looks gentle and elegant.

Although these two youths have very different appearances, they are both indescribably good-looking, with clear appearance and extraordinary temperament.

In a blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and the little boy back then has grown up and become a majestic man.

Feng Bairui sighed suddenly: "I haven't seen you for ten years, Your Majesty."

Rong Jingxuan tightly pursed his lips and did not speak, but Xie Mingze said: "How is third uncle?"

Feng Bairui smiled softly, and looked at him: "Mingze has a good temper, and he smoothed things out for you when he was a child, and he is still the same now."

Now that Xie Mingze spoke aloud, Rong Jingxuan frowned slightly. He looked at Feng Bairui silently, and finally took out a letter of peach blossoms sprinkled with gold from his arms.

It was his mother's favorite paper.

When the queen mother passed away, she left a total of three suicide notes.

The two letters were for him, one of which he had already read when he tied his hair, and the other one was given to him by his mother who told him to read it again.

The letter he handed to Feng Bairui was the last suicide note written by his mother.

Not to Emperor Yongyan, but to her third uncle, the brave Marquis Feng Bairui who raised her.

At that time, Empress Roujia was lingering on the sick bed, she had been ill for a long time, and she was in a trance, but when it came to her two young sons, she did not relax at all.

Because Rong Jingxuan was stable since childhood, although he was only eight years old at that time, Empress Roujia also seriously explained the funeral to him.

She gave him three letters, and then solemnly said to him: "If your third uncle comes to Yong'an to attend my funeral, you can give him the letter. If he doesn't come...Jingxuan, you should listen to Xie Xiang and Gu carefully." According to the Taifu, follow them to study their lessons and become a wise ruler of the world in the future."

When she said this, there was some water in her eyes, but the tears did not flow out in front of her son.

The posthumous title of Empress Roujia was obtained by Rong Jingxuan himself from the Ministry of Rites for reconsideration.She was well-educated, gentle and friendly during her lifetime, and she can be called gentle and beautiful.

However, she also came from a family of military generals, and the strength in her bones cannot be broken by anyone.

She regretted that she could not grow up with her two sons, could not protect them, teach them, watch them marry wives and have children, and watch their children and grandchildren grow up.But she didn't want her son to know about these regrets.

Her own regrets cannot be her son's shackles.

When she was dying, she suddenly grabbed her son's hand and said sharply: "The queen mother is gone. Don't trust anyone except Mr. Xie, Mr. Gu and the Feng family! Don't trust your father, promise your mother, promise your mother!" Empress!"

Rong Jingxuan was only eight years old at the time, no matter how stable he was, he was still a child. He nodded in fright and kept replying: "I promise, my mother, mother, don't go..."

Rong Jingxuan began to cry as he spoke.

Empress Roujia loosened his hand suddenly, she stretched out her hand to touch her son's head, and became as gentle as ever: "Good boy, you have to take good care of your younger brother in the future, you have to be a good prince and a good emperor, my lord." Chu is yours, you must not forget it."

After she said the last sentence, she closed her eyes, leaving Rong Jingxuan kneeling beside the bed, crying almost out of breath.

Later, when she went to the funeral, Emperor Yongyan said that the grief was unbearable, and she couldn't afford to be ill. It was Rong Jingxuan, who was only eight years old, who helped the spirit to attend the funeral.

Upon his return he fell ill.

Feng Bairui looked at the yellowed letter in front of him, trying to find the missing ten years from the mottled traces.

He didn't take it, and Rong Jingxuan didn't speak, but just forcefully handed the letter in front of him, his eyes locked on him tightly.

Feng Borui looked up at him, and for a moment he thought he saw Feng Yichi in his teens. At that time, he also looked at him stubbornly, saying that he would never marry for life.

He is the only heir left in the Feng family, and if he does not marry for life, the Feng family will be extinct.

At that time, Feng Bairui beat and scolded, and later drove him to Guangqing Daying alone, and had no contact with him for ten years.

If he was still alive, he would be in his thirties now.

The old Hou Ye suddenly sighed, he is already seventy years old this year, and Feng Yichi is his youngest son.He spent his entire life as a soldier, went through several battles, and only married his wife at the age of 40. Although he was taught strictly since childhood, it still hurts his heart.

Before she left, she didn't even see her for the last time, and she didn't see her off safely, and she hadn't seen her son for ten years, so heaven and man were separated.Seeing the young Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze at this moment, Feng Bairui finally realized that if he hadn't been so stubborn back then, maybe the situation would not be like this now.

"Give it to me." Feng Bairui whispered.

Rong Jingxuan entrusted the letter with both hands, and handed it to him steadily.

Feng Bairui took it with trembling hands, and carefully opened the fire seal.

When I wrote this letter, Empress Roujia was already terminally ill, medicine and stones were useless, and her graceful willow body was messy and limp.

The letter was very short, with only a few strokes, but it said shocking words.

Feng Bairui took a closer look and burst into tears.

Empress Roujia only entrusted one sentence in this suicide note to her third uncle.

Uncle, if I die, I will use the full efforts of Feng and Xie to push Xuan to the throne.My body and death are all due to the emperor's misfortune.

Ten years ago, if Feng Bairui sent his troops to the south and supported Rong Jingxuan as the successor, Da Chu might still be safe and happy, and would still continue.

But there are no ifs in life, Feng Bairui did not go back then, and Rong Jingxuan had no way to give him this letter in person.

Feng Bairui was in tears, at this moment, he wanted to go with his daughter.

The yellowed paper with golden peach blossoms drifted away.

Rong Jingxuan bent down and picked it up.

He has read the first letter his mother left him countless times.As a queen, she told him to be diligent and love the people, and to be decisive and accurate.As a mother, she told him to recuperate physically and mentally, love his brothers, and treat his wife well.

But she didn't mention a single word about the major event of rebellion and seizing the throne she entrusted to Feng Bairui.

The moment Rong Jingxuan read the letter, he felt his mother's love for him more deeply.

But what hurt his eyes was the last eight words left by his mother.

My body and death are all due to the emperor's misfortune.

Why did the mother let the Feng family and the Xie family rebel together?Why let him ascend the throne at the age of eight?Even if Emperor Yongyan was not a good emperor, he was Rong Jingxuan's biological father after all.

Then there was only one reason why my mother made Feng Bairui rebel, her illness was not an illness.

Her death was not because of the "disease" that the imperial physician was helpless.

Rong Jingxuan lived two lifetimes, and this was the first time he knew that his mother was killed by his biological father.

He let go of his hands, and took two steps back in a daze, as if he was about to fall to the ground the next moment.

A pair of warm hands wrapped around his waist, giving him support and the strength to stand up.

"Jingxuan..." Xie Mingze called him worriedly.

Rong Jingxuan took a deep breath, those chaotic past events rushed into his mind for a moment, he turned his head in confusion, only saw Xie Mingze's slightly frowned eyebrows.

Emperor disaster, emperor disaster.

His younger brother was born weak, his mother died of a long illness, the people were displaced and had no home to call home, and Da Chu was subjugated. All of these are due to two words.

The emperor was unkind, unrighteous, disloyal, and unfilial.

It is the misfortune of the country.

It's useless to say anything now, everything has happened, everything has become a fact.

Rong Jingxuan reached out and touched the Chuanguo Yuxi hanging around his neck. The bright red blood lines on it seemed to seep into the stone and would never fade away.

His rebirth, if he can't redeem those misfortunes, then it's meaningless.

Rong Jingxuan tilted his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "Third Uncle, Xuan is here to invite you to come out of the mountain, and restore my great Chu Guozuo, and restore the bravery and prestige of the past."

Feng Bairui raised his head and looked at this fierce young man with eyes red from crying. He was only eighteen or nineteen years old, and he was not yet weak, so he was not considered an adult.

He has undergone great changes, from being reduced to a rogue fugitive from the Ninth Five-Year Master, but he is still so majestic and majestic.

From him, Feng Bairui could not see any hesitation or retreat, nor any fear or frustration.

Feng Bairui wiped his face and said, "But Your Majesty, it's already too late."

There are only 1000 people left in the brave army, and among these 1000 people are orderlies, fire soldiers, seriously wounded soldiers, and two teams of wall soldiers defending the city.

Most of the real elite soldiers were lost in the Guangqing camp.This is also the reason why Chen Shengzhi ascended the throne as the empress and did not move him.

A general without soldiers is like a poisonous snake without teeth, not to be feared.

After Rong Jingxuan heard this, he knew that Feng Bairui had let go. He was very indifferent, but said: "Third Uncle, you are still here, I am still here, Ning Yuanwei is still there, the Yongwu Army is still there, and even the Guangqing Camp There are also remnants of soldiers. As long as we have the heart, Da Chu will always come back to power one day."

Feng Borui was taken aback, he stood up suddenly, looking at Rong Jingxuan as if looking at a stranger.

He suddenly said: "You think that fighting is a joke? You know how many soldiers will die on the battlefield. What about the parents, wives and children of those soldiers? How do the people live? Now that Chen Shengzhi is enthroned as emperor, the flames of war are finally extinguished, Jing Xuan, isn't it? The third uncle is greedy for life and afraid of death, I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid of the death of the people."

At that moment just now, the old Hou Ye, who was still immersed in the grief of his daughter's unjust death, seemed to be ignited with a fiery temper that had been extinguished long ago. He questioned Rong Jingxuan aggressively, just like he used to force his son.

After finishing speaking, Old Hou Ye was suddenly taken aback, then sat back on the chair in a daze, lowered his head and covered his face.

"Jingxuan, because of the war, your grandfather died, and your uncle died too. So many people's wives and children were scattered and homeless. I think you don't want to see these four words more than I do. Seeing that you are still alive now , Mingze is still alive, third uncle is relieved, you will stay in the Yongwu camp from now on, as long as I am still alive, I will not let Chen Shengzhi hurt you at all."

In this life, other than to his wife and daughter, it was the first time that he spoke so earnestly, gently and gently.

However, Rong Jingxuan did not listen to him.

With a firm attitude, he opened his mouth and said: "Chen Shengzhi is not a good emperor, he cannot be a good emperor."

Old Hou Ye was stunned for a moment, and Xie Mingze was also stunned.

Only Rong Jingxuan continued: "You believe in me, I am the emperor of Da Chu, and I will not make life more difficult for the people."