From late spring to summer, it will be cloudy and rainy from time to time.

Gu Yan sat on the threshold of the main hall of the palace, leaning against the gate carved by famous hands, staring at the misty drizzle with dull eyes.

The mountain and rock scenery in the courtyard has not been repaired, and moss has formed, which makes it look very cold and lonely.

Concubine Xie Zhang wore a plain white dress, no makeup, and only a silver hairpin pinned to her head.Fu Qun sat next to Gu Yan, wrapped his arms around his arms, and leaned his head on his shoulder: "Your Highness, my concubine made some porridge, can I bring it to you?"

Gu Yan came back to his senses in a trance, looked at Princess Xuan's plain white body, frowned and said: "Mother and concubine passed away, and my father ordered not to hear the cry, nor to see Xiaobai, why do you..."

"Don't talk about it, Your Highness. There is only one concubine in the Hefu. If there is any criticism, the concubine alone will bear it." Zhang Shi hugged Gu Yan's arm and leaned against him stubbornly.

Gu Yan stretched out his hand to caress Zhang's arm around him, and said with a wry smile: "I can't give you any glory and wealth today. Even the title of this county king is just empty shelf. Maybe it's a wrong step. The king will be lost forever, so why should you?"

"Your Highness, you are a concubine's husband." Zhang raised her head, her big clear eyes were full of tenderness and firmness: "You and my husband and wife are one body, and we want to share weal and woe."

"Don't worry, if this king is really convicted one day, he will first sign with you and leave the book to set you free." Gu Yan smiled wryly and shook his head: "Speaking of it, this king is really a joke. To try his best to please Junfu, he never dared to be as self-willed as Lao Liu, let alone as stubborn as Lao Qi. The result? All the attention and love of Junfu is just to stabilize the hearts of the monarch and his subjects. "

"Your Highness, my concubine will not make peace with you, and my concubine will not make peace with you." Zhang Shi leaned against Gu Yan's body and looked at the empty courtyard together with others: "Whether it is wealth or honor, or blame, I will accompany you .”

"Accompany me?" Gu Yan sighed leisurely, and said sadly: "In the past, this king always felt that the father loved me the most. Because the father never blamed me, and he rarely even reprimanded me loudly. I always thought that my father would be like this because I did a good job. Now I understand that it is because my father doesn't care whether I am good or not. When I need me, I will be lifted into the clouds. I don't need me You can pull me down anytime and step into the mud."

Gu Yan closed his eyes, thinking of all the past since he could remember.

These days, he has been depressed and introspective in the mansion.

At first, he thought that if he had listened to his uncle Han Ming, he would have trampled Gu Xiu to death when he came back from Monan.It would be great if he didn't want those power and wealth like Gu Xiu back then.

It would have been great if he could have enjoyed a lot of love in front of Jun father.

If only he could have been more careful and found Gu Xiu's handle back then.If only he could have been more ruthless back then, and killed Gu Xiu when he just returned to the palace.

It would be great if he was the one who went to Mohe border to fight for Jun father.Gu Xiu's rise was due to that victory.It would be great if he won this victory.

After thinking about so many what-ifs, he finally found the crux of the matter.

It's nothing if at the beginning, the gentleman he looked up to and followed never really cared about him.Nor did he take his mother to heart.

The reason why the king has turned from indifference to partiality to Gu Xiu, and now he has high expectations for him is because the king loves Gu Xiu's mother, and also loves Gu Xiu, his son.

He once heard his concubine mention about Gu Xiusheng's mother, when he was still young.He only felt that it was the concubine of his father, no different from those singing and dancing concubines in the palace.

Until that day, he heard that when the members of the Yun clan returned with that woman's tablet, it was the king himself who held the tablet and went to Jinghua Temple to comfort her.Only then did he realize that the woman who died in Beihuang was the woman his father loved most in his life.As long as the king thinks of the good things he had with that woman in the past, he will feel ashamed and regretful for what happened back then, so he dotes on Gu Xiu twice as much.

He lost, he had no chance of winning from the beginning.

"Your Highness, don't be afraid, the concubine will never leave you, and will never leave you. What I said on the day of the wedding is a husband and wife, that is a marriage, and now..." Zhang Shi held Gu Yan's hand, put it lightly on his lower abdomen, and hesitated to say: "It's been two months."

Gu Yan opened his eyes wide in surprise, as if the top of his head had been slapped by Jiao Lei, his palm was pressed against Zhang's lower abdomen and he couldn't speak: "This...is this serious? Can it be serious?"

"En." Mrs. Zhang nodded shyly: "The pulse of the doctor in the mansion the day before yesterday is absolutely true."

Gu Yan, who had been depressed for a long time, didn't know where the strength came from. With both arms, he hugged Mrs. Zhang horizontally, and turned around happily: "Okay, okay, great. This king has a child."

Zhang's hands wrapped around Gu Yan's neck, snuggling up happily: "Your Highness, as long as you are happy, as long as you are happy."

"Don't be afraid, this king will not let your mother and child be wronged, no, definitely not." Gu Yan's lost eyes instantly recovered: "This king will let you and this child be decent. survive."

In the 23rd year of Yongxi, it was the time of Pinellia.

The Linjiang navy built 30 new river-crossing warships, and they mighty and powerfully overwhelmed more than a dozen single-state small countries on the periphery of the Dazhou waterway. The battle flags of the King Master of the Great Zhou were planted on the island.The territory of Dazhou was expanded to the outskirts of Fusang, Baekje, Siam, Annan and other countries, and the coastline bordering the waterway was further enlarged.

News of the victory from Beijing and China came frequently, and Honglu Temple was crowded with envoys who came to offer peace talks.

Under the night light, King Gu Hong hugged the delicate Young Master Nanxi in his arms, stroked the piles of peace negotiations, and laughed loudly with the old eunuch Cui Shang beside him: "Look at my good son, look at my peace A Yao's good son."

"Yes, His Majesty the King of War is a great hero, and all of them are taught well by His Majesty." Cui Shang dragged his whisk to help the king sort out the memorials piled up on the Longshu table.

"His Royal Highness the King of War is a little hero, and His Majesty is a great hero." Nan Xi put her hands around the king's neck, feeling affectionate.

"You, after so many years, you are still not honest." The king nodded Nan Xi's soft little nose: "Okay, let's go to the piano stage, I have to go to bed early today, and I have to meet those people tomorrow morning What about the envoys?"

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Hong woke up to Nan Xi's anxious whimpers. He wanted to ask a question, but found a fishy sweetness in his mouth.

The imperial physician ordered Zhang Ji to kneel beside him, and was administering silver needles at the mouth of the tiger. When he saw him wake up, he wiped the sweat from his head, kowtowed, "Your Majesty."

The old eunuch Cui Shang helped the king to sit up, rinsed his mouth with clear water: "Your Majesty, how are you doing?"

"Zhen...what's the matter? What time is it?" The king's face was extremely pale, as pale as a dead person.

"Your Majesty, it's past the time of day. You vomited a lot of blood in your dream last night. This servant was frightened to death." Nan Xi huddled pitifully beside the dragon bed with red eyes.

"Okay, it's all right." Gu Hong reluctantly comforted Nan Xi: "Cui Shang, send Mr. Nan Xi back."

Mr. Nan Xi, who was still in shock, put on his clothes and was helped out by Cui Shang.

The king closed his eyes weakly, and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Ji, tell me the truth, what happened to me."

Zhang Ji knelt down on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... you worked so hard last night... that you were injured...so..."

In recent years, the king has been suffering from physical weakness, constant ailments, big and small, and lack of energy on weekdays, so he has to rely on the longevity golden elixir made by Yuxuan Palace to maintain it.

Although it looks like he is in good spirits, in fact, his inner self has long been exhausted.I couldn't bear the great sadness and joy, but the good news yesterday made the emperor Long Yan very happy.Ye Ye got so entangled with Nan Xihuan that he completely pulled out all the deficiency symptoms in his body.

"Forget it, you don't need to answer. I understand my own body." The king waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Jiping: "Go down."

"Yes, I'm leaving." Zhang Ji retreated from the king's house for the rest of his life after a catastrophe.

"Cui Shang, go find someone and call Xiu'er back to me." The king covered his mouth with his fists, coughing and coughing: "I want to see him, I want to see him."

The old eunuch nodded repeatedly with red eyes, the king really couldn't hold on this time.

Gu Xiu, who was far away on the battlefield across the river, received an urgent call from the capital, and immediately understood.Handing over the full command of the battlefield to Han Mochu, and leaving Xionghu and Fifty Gold at Han Mochu's side, he set off immediately.With a small group of personal soldiers, he hurried back to Beijing after sleepless nights.

Along the way, Gu Xiu ran away and killed four horses.The original journey of more than [-] days was compressed to [-] days.

On the day Gu Xiu arrived in Beijing, the city gates and palace gates of Bianjing were wide open, and he could travel unimpeded along the way.

No. At dawn on the 14th, Gu Xiu ran all the way from the main entrance of the Xuanzheng Palace into the inner hall of the Chongning Palace in the harem, knelt down in front of Gu Hong's sick bed, and said in a daze, "Father...what's the matter with you... .how so?"

Gu Hong had just taken the medicine and his face was pale.That medicine calms the nerves and regulates breath.The king's weak body could no longer withstand the recuperation of any tonic medicine, so he could only procrastinate on this simple rest.

Gu Hong raised his hand and touched Gu Xiu's messy temple hair. Gu Xiu in front of him was wearing a dusty battle armor, and the blood stains left by killing the enemy were still dry on his face. One could tell at a glance that the child had received an emergency. Zhao rushed back directly from the front line.

"It's nothing, Father just wants to give you something."

When Gu Xiu heard this, he took two steps back, knelt up straight, and prepared to reward everyone.

The old eunuch Cui Shang held the golden book and jade seal, and loudly announced the king's decree: "Gu Xiu, the king of war, accepts the order. Gu Xiu, the king of war, has a noble character and great achievements. From now on, I will issue a warrant to supervise the country on my behalf."

Gu Xiu suddenly raised his eyes, his hands froze in the air: "Father, why do you want your son to supervise the country?"

"Father is old and sick, and will not be able to govern in the future. Therefore, in order to stabilize the government, you will replace father."

The old eunuch Cui Shang bowed and handed the seal in his hand to Gu Xiu: "His Royal Highness, please accept the order."

"No... my son does not want to supervise the country..." Gu Xiu suddenly fell to the ground and shook his head again and again, then pushed the old eunuch aside, and threw himself on the king's bed with his knees: "Father, my son does not want to be supervised." The country, the minister does not want to supervise the country. The minister wants the father to be well, and the minister wants the father to be well." Gu Xiu raised his eyes, and two teardrops fell down from the calm and murderous eyes on weekdays: " Father, Father, you haven't seen your ministers planting the king's flag of the Great Zhou all over the world. You said yes, when you win another battle, you will go to the school grounds to race horses with your ministers. Don't be a supervisor of the country. , I don’t want anything, I don’t want anything...I want my father to get better..."

It was the first time Gu Hong heard Gu Xiu say such childish words, and it was also the first time Gu Xiu fell on his lap to celebrate.In the past, no matter how difficult or difficult it was, the child would never frown more.Today he was ill, and the child rushed back like crazy, completely ignoring the supreme position.

Think about it, God is really unfair, he made him sick like this before he had time to feel good about this child.

Gu Hong stroked Gu Xiu's back with a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "You silly boy, where are you thinking? It's nothing more than the imperial doctor saying that my illness needs rest, and it will take a year or two. In [-], you will take care of the country for the emperor first, and then continue to take care of the emperor when the father is well."

"Is it true?" Gu Xiu raised his head from Gu Hong's knee, and asked expectantly, "Is Father serious?"

"Yes, of course it is true." Gu Hong shook his head: "I am becoming more and more childish after learning from your sixth brother, why don't you hurry up to receive the order?"

Gu Xiu got up immediately, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and took the Golden Book of the National Seal from Cui Shang with both hands.He said in a positive voice: "my son accepts the decree, and he will live up to his father's entrustment."

After sitting for a while, King Gu Hong couldn't bear it anymore, so he blurted out and asked Gu Xiu to go back to the mansion to take a bath and change clothes.

Gu Xiu didn't dare to be stubborn, so he immediately resigned and left.

After Gu Xiu left, the king's body slumped and his whole body collapsed. He closed his eyes and muttered to himself: "Ayao...Ayao...my country...will be left to you and me after all. Son...you see I did it...I didn't break my promise...Did you see it? Did you see it?"

The king fell asleep in a daze. He dreamed that he became young and strong, with a strong eye, able to bend a big bow, and able to lower a fierce horse.

Yun Yao was beside him, standing shoulder to shoulder with him.

They stood behind Gu Xiu together, looking at Gu Xiu.

Little by little, from toddler to tall and straight.

Then to the golden armor and helmet, invincible.

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