A thousand years

Still dismissing all the father-in-law and court ladies, Gu Ruofan sat in the pavilion and read a book as usual.Today's sun is very good, the sun is very bright, shining on people is rare and comfortable.He narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his head, and the sun shone into his eyes through his fingers, and the whole world was filled with warmth.

Gu Ruofan has not seen Gu Huai for a whole year and a half.

At first it was resentment, hatred, and reluctance to see each other.Gradually, people calmed down, as if they had noticed that since he didn't want to, Gu Huai had never appeared in front of him for a whole year and a half, but it was still the same as before, and the things that should be given every day were still the same. It will be delivered, but no one will inform him again, as if it was there in the first place.

When I heard that Gu Hongwen was seriously ill and no longer involved in government affairs, but was recuperating in the deep palace with few people visiting, Gu Ruofan's mind became complicated for a moment.

At the beginning, when he knew that his father was the kind-looking majesty who personally ordered his death, he felt hatred, pain, collapse, and chills. He wished he could rush to the Golden Temple to ask for an explanation, to comfort his father's horse leather shroud, and die in battle. Heroes of the battlefield.

But he didn't go in the end.

The corner of his mouth slowly curled into a sarcastic and self-loathing smile, and Gu Ruofan tightly held the wrench in his hand.Even if I go, the end result is still the same

What hurt Gu Ruofan the most was that during the past year and a half, he and Gu Huai never wanted to see each other again, but that face, that man's low voice, and that lingering and eager kiss appeared in his heart over and over again. in mind.

Some things, not only have not been diluted by time, but have become more profound.

When he knew that Gu Huai knew the truth about his father's death in battle, and the truth about Nanshan Hunting that his life was hanging by a thread, and he kept silent, he felt disappointed and sad, probably more than hatred.

But now, when he and Gu Huai are drifting away, when the "I like you" whispering in his ear can only appear in his dreams every night, Gu Ruofan suddenly realizes that he has never hated Over Gu Huai, he hated himself.

The sun is a little harsh, and the year will pass in two months.

Gu Ruofan squinted his eyes, his eyes were as clear and clear as usual, but there was a trace of imperceptible exhaustion in his eyes.

Now that Gu Hongwen is seriously ill and living in the deep palace, he almost no longer interferes in the government affairs, and everything is taken care of by Gu Huai.

The emperor is ruthless.

He seemed to be able to foresee what would happen to the man who was bound to rule the world, step by step, stepping up to the highest position in the world, life and death, heartless and ruthless.

What are you still hoping for? Slowly reach out and cover your chest, which is aching, empty and suffocating.

One and a half months before New Year's Eve, Gu Hongwen, His Majesty of Southern Chu, passed away.

When the news reached Gu Huai's ears, the man was correcting the memorial in the study.Hearing the father-in-law's message, he was stunned for a moment, and the pen in his hand suddenly drew a thick mark on the paper. After a moment of silence, his eyes were complicated, and he waved his hand to signal his father-in-law to go down.

Sitting in front of the desk, Gu Huai narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Son of Heaven is ruthless, this is the truth that Gu Hongwen used his whole life to teach Gu Huai.

His whole life was indeed the same as what he taught Gu Huai, with a cold heart and a betrayal of the world.Slowly curling up the corners of his mouth, Gu Huai suddenly remembered how his mother and concubine died in front of the corners of his mouth more than ten years ago.

She was obviously such a graceful, luxurious and glamorous woman, but she knelt in front of Gu Hongwen's palace, her makeup was messy and her face was pale, she only begged the man she loved so much all her life to give her family a forgiveness.

At that time, Gu Hongwen pointed to his mother and concubine and told Gu Huai that the emperor is ruthless, and anyone who stands in front of you and tries to shake your position as the emperor must be eradicated without mercy!

As a result, Gu Huai's mother and concubine's natal family was mercilessly beheaded by Gu Hongwen, leaving nothing behind.

A gentle and kind woman, tormented by love and affection all night long, but she still refuses to hate the man she loved so much all her life and killed her family.

After swallowing the poison, when she was dying, the woman stretched out her trembling hands to caress Gu Huai's cheek, her smile was as gentle as usual.

"Ah Huai, mother has loved His Majesty all her life, but he only loves his throne, and only loves his eternity."

"But mother doesn't blame him, mother doesn't blame him..." The woman's eyes were red, but she still smiled gently and without regret, "Mother gave him all the love in this life, but she was ashamed of my father alone." Mother, Ah Huai, mother does not blame him..."

"Ah Huai...don't blame him...he is your father...don't blame him..."

"The emperor is ruthless... Ah Huai, don't be like your royal father... don't..."

Before the woman could finish her last sentence, she suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, her breathing gradually weakened, and she completely lost the breath of life in front of Gu Huai.Until now, Gu Huai still remembers the feeling of his concubine's hand touching his face.

Everyone said that the crown prince Gu Huai was born intelligent and decisive, and he was a natural emperor who was born once in a hundred years in Southern Chu.But no one knows what it is like for a child who has lost his mother and concubine, has no family support, and watched his mother die in front of him because of his father's indifference. , step by step, growing up to what it is today.

A long, long time ago, when he was alone, with blood on his hands, walking alone and helpless in the quagmire of the huge imperial palace and conspiracy, he was thinking, what is the love that the mother and concubine would rather die than complain about? What.

The first time I saw Gu Ruofan, Gu Yuan died in battle, and his mother committed suicide. Looking at the child with clear eyes full of panic and helplessness, he suddenly wanted to be nice to him.Later, when he finally recognized his own heart, not only wanted to treat him well, but also wanted to be with him, like him, and love him, he finally understood.

In this life, the only person Gu Huai cared about before was his mother, but her mother died in order not to embarrass the person she loved.

But now, Gu Huai took out the person he loved, even if he hates him now, it is impossible to fall in love with him in this life, he is also willing to give him the best of himself and stand for him That highest position allowed him to live a stable, safe and joyful life.

Now, it turns out that the way to make a person strong is to meet someone he wants to protect.

Until the time of hunting in Nanshan, Gu Huai still kept in mind his mother's confession when she was dying, Ah Huai, I don't blame him, and you don't blame him, you don't blame him!

But, I'm sorry.

When I met a person that I had to protect.

just have to.

did.

But even so, when Gu Hongwen wanted to put Gu Ruofan to death again, he just let Gu Hongwen stay in the deep palace to recuperate well, without asking about political affairs, food, clothing, housing and transportation, all the treatment was the same as before.

And now, he finally passed away.

The current crown prince of Southern Chu, the future emperor, stood in the huge study room, his eyes were deep and bright in the darkness, like a calm, bottomless vast ocean.

Because Gu Hongwen died near the New Year's Eve, because of taboo, he decided to report the funeral across the country and enter the imperial mausoleum before the New Year.

On the day of encoffining, Gu Ruofan was a member of the royal family, so he was naturally among them, kneeling on the square, following the dense crowd.

Looking at Gu Hongwen's huge black golden nan coffin, Gu Ruofan suddenly felt that the death of his father, who had made him sleepless and in pain for a long time, seemed to slowly become quiet along with Gu Hongwen's death. .Raising his head, looking at the hazy sky above, the man was dressed in white and clenched the fingers in his sleeves, his chest was throbbing with pain, and he was relieved.

Gu Huai was dressed in plain sackcloth, followed by a long line of palace guards, and under the gaze of everyone, he climbed up to the high altar.

Suddenly a world away.

I haven't seen him for a year and a half, but he seems to have changed too much.

Holding his breath, Gu Ruofan looked at the sharp-edged Gu Huai standing on the altar through the crowd, his eyes were a little dazed.

However, Gu Huai's gaze never moved to this direction, his black eyes were burning, and the appearance of standing on the altar was already real, with the momentum and courage to become a generation of emperors, almost no need to say anything, it was already Settle down all the people and ministers who were restless because of Gu Hongwen's sudden death.

The ceremony was very complicated and labor-intensive. For a whole month, Gu Huai devoted almost all of his mind to this matter. When Gu Hongwen's encoffining was over, Gu Huai, as the heir to succeed, also quickly moved out of the original The dormitory where I live.

Only on the day of the funeral, Gu Ruofan, who had glanced at Gu Huai from a distance, looked at the father-in-law and court ladies who were hurriedly moving things outside the palace, with a calm expression, watching quietly, without speaking.

Sure enough, he was about to become the supreme emperor of the southern Chu world, and he would no longer have anything to do with him.

Time passed quickly, and there were only two days left until New Year's Eve, and Gu Huai was about to ascend the throne as emperor on the first day of the new year.

Gu Ruofan sat in the empty, inexplicably bleak palace, stood up holding his fingers that had been rubbed countless times, feeling a little dazed.

"Bring the wine!"

With a wave of his long sleeves, the father-in-law immediately trotted over to bring the best wine and put it in front of Gu Ruofan.

He has never been greedy for alcohol, but today, two days before Gu Huai ascended the throne, he couldn't help but want to get drunk. He touched his chest with his right hand and felt that it was empty and uncomfortable. Hammered the hammer, but still had no effect.

Picking up the wine on the table, one glass after another, he couldn't remember how many glasses he drank, the cold and spicy liquid slid down his throat all the way into his body, his eyes gradually blurred and wobbled.

Slightly curling the corners of his mouth, Gu Ruofan raised the finger wrench that Gu Huai worked so hard to find for him before his eyes, reflecting the candlelight, smiling brightly and bitterly.

It seemed that only when he was drunk could Gu Ruofan face his heart so calmly. Gu Huai's face that had been painted in his heart thousands of times appeared before his eyes again.

After another glass of wine, Gu Ruofan looked at the empty palace, leaving him alone. The dull pain in his chest, like suffocation, spread all over his body, making him squat down unbearably.

Laugh out loud, laugh and cry.

He didn't cry when the palace was ruined overnight; he didn't cry when he was dying from an arrow in Nanshan hunting; he didn't cry when he knew that his father was killed by Gu Hongwen; He didn't cry when the sun disappeared.

But now, drinking and drinking, laughing and laughing, he was crying, heart-piercing.

Obviously before, you still hugged me and said you liked me, but now, why are you not here?

What he cried was nothing but his Ah Huai.

It's obviously his Ah Huai, why is he about to become the emperor of Southern Chu?

Why is it impossible for them from now on

Tears like rain, heart like a knife.