"Xu Shizi, let's go. ”

Xiao Shaotang, who was in strict armor, stepped on his horse, no longer looked at the emperor, and said to Xu Chenglin with a calm face.

Xu Chenglin nodded, returned the emperor's contemptuous look, and then got on the horse and followed him on both sides of the emperor's chariot.

At this time, apart from this disgusting method, what else will Xiao Shaoyun do?

The Emperor sat in an airtight carriage on all sides, as if in a cage—

In fact, it's a cage.

He originally sat on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, but in the two lifetimes before and after, he couldn't keep it.

If you want to say regret, he doesn't regret it, but at this point, after all, it is regret, he is willing to do his best, but he never gets what he wants.

Along the way, a sergeant had already opened the way, cleared the road, and the carriage traveled unimpeded, entering the capital, and where the carriage passed, the crowd gathered like a tide.

In this world, the lowest is human life, but the strongest is also human life.

When the war was about to start, everyone would hide to save their lives, and when the days had settled down a little, they continued to run around the streets and busy with their livelihoods.

As for whether the imperial court will change the dynasty, they have no time to take care of it, and their rush constitutes the most prosperous noise in the capital.

Xiao Shaoyun closed his eyes, and the noise outside the carriage came faintly, mixed with a few inaudible whispers.

"I don't know if these military masters are the army of King Qin...... ...... in this car."

"Hey, whoever he is, it's a matter of getting settled quickly...... If we delay any longer, we won't be able to pass this year......"

Xiao Shaoyun opened his eyes slightly, and a trace of indescribable sorrow passed through his heart-

His country is about to be lost, but what his people are worried about is whether they can pass the New Year.

No one grieves for him, and no one feels sorry for him.

Momentarily, he leaned against the hard wall of the carriage and closed his eyes, laughing silently.

That's fine, that's fine.

He has already lost all the people of the world, and now, he can't expect the people of the world to live up to him.

In the past, he still had a Cheng Huan, but now, there is nothing, and he is really alone.

The carriage drove into the imperial city and did not stop, all the way to the Taiji Palace.

All the ministers were already waiting there, waiting for the emperor, whom they had not seen in days.

When the emperor got down from the carriage, Zhai Feng, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, was already waiting for the emperor with a team of Imperial Forest Army, and surrounded the emperor in the middle as before.

But now, it's no longer the same as before.

The emperor stood in place and looked at Zhai Feng for a long time, but Zhai Feng just saluted him in a proper manner, and didn't say a word.

The emperor sneered:

"I thought that anyone could betray me, but I never doubted you, Zhai Feng, are you worthy of me?"

Zhai Feng saluted the emperor again:

"At that time, the humble father was condemned by the first emperor and died in the edict, and the family of the minister was protected by His Royal Highness the King of Qin - loyalty and righteousness are difficult to achieve, the emperor's great grace, and the lowly post will be reported in the next life, and now, the humble position has nothing to say. ”

The Emperor stopped looking at him and strode forward.

What is the point of talking about people who have already betrayed him?

The main entrance of the Taiji Hall was wide open, his dragon chair was waiting for him at the highest place, and his courtiers respectfully greeted him at the foot of the Dan steps, just as before.

Outside the main hall, there were two figures waiting alone in the cold wind, it was the queen Wei Wan and the great eunuch Liu Defu.

"Your Majesty!"

When Liu Defu saw the emperor from afar, he was already kneeling on the ground, but the emperor walked past him without squinting.

Liu Defu couldn't help but cry bitterly, but the emperor was unmoved.

But Xu Chenglin couldn't help but look at Liu Defu a few more times.

This Liu Defu, I'm afraid it is the emperor's last trace of conscience, the emperor has already asked that no matter what happens to him, Liu Defu must be released from the palace for retirement.

At this time, he was indifferent, didn't he want Liu Defu to worry about him anymore?

Xu Chenglin sneered, this kindness, compared to everything he did to Cheng Huan, what is it?

But Wei Wan couldn't face the emperor's indifference, she chased after him and grabbed the emperor's sleeve:

"Your Majesty, are you really unwilling to look at your concubines again?!"

The emperor turned his head and looked at the familiar and unfamiliar face, with an indifferent expression:

"Wei Wan, don't waste any more on me, it's not worth it, in the future, enjoy your glory and wealth, you don't have to follow me, and you don't have to wait for me. ”

Wei Wan looked fierce, stubbornly grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go:

"I'm your queen, I don't follow you, I don't wait for you, who am I going to follow, who am I waiting for?"

"Then if I die, will you follow me?"

The Emperor smiled wryly, with malice.

Wei Wan stared at his still handsome face stupidly, and tears flowed out of her eyes:

"Yes, even if I die, I will follow you! I am the queen you personally canonized, in this life, you don't want to get rid of me!"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't figure out why, his eyes were full of incredulity:

"Are you crazy? A meticulous work, actually making this long-term appearance, are you disgusting me, or are you disgusting yourself?"

"I wish I was really crazy, in that case, whether you live or die, I won't care anymore!"

Wei Wan finally let go of his sleeves, squatted on the ground without manners, covered his face and cried.

She had never fallen in love with someone before coming to him, how did she know that she could really fall in love with this crazy person!

It's not that she hasn't tried, she also wants to get out of the country at this time, return to Jiangnan, and start a new life with her family, but she finds that she can't go back!

If it was Cheng Huan, he probably wouldn't be so humble.

The emperor thought coldly in his heart, but he was a little angry, this is not Cheng Huan, this is Wei Wan.

She actually wanted to follow him, and she cried like this.

The emperor's originally hard heart shook slightly.

"Wei Wan, don't cry yet...... It's ugly to cry. ”

The emperor finally sighed helplessly, as if he was disgusted:

"If I live to see you again, I'll see you again if you really want to die with me. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Wei Wan to raise her head, she took a step and crossed the high threshold of the Taiji Hall.

Wei Wan, who was crying uncontrollably, suddenly raised her head and was stunned for a long time before she stood up, with only one thought in her mind.

He finally recognized that she was not Xu Chenghuan, but Wei Wan?

The dragon chair was covered with a thick brocade cushion, and he didn't feel cold when he sat on it, but Xiao Shaotang still felt that today's Taiji Hall was unprecedentedly cold.

The Manchu ministers prostrate at his feet, and after the mountain shouted long live, he also got the emperor's "flat body" as before.

It's just that there are few ministers who stand up, and they no longer have the indifference and anger in their hearts, but instead have a heavy heart-

No matter how poor this person in the dragon chair is, he is also their emperor, and now, now, they are about to choose a new master.

They hated his cruelty, but at this time, they were shameless.

Xi Zeyan, who was no longer able to walk, was carried by someone on his shoulder, and he also came to the main hall.

He was neither as weak as those ministers, nor as imposing as Liang Guogong and others, and asked the emperor bluntly:

"Your Majesty, the old minister heard that you have issued a Zen edict, and the old minister just wants to ask if it is from your original wish. ”

The Emperor smiled:

"At this time, what difference does it make whether I am willing or unwilling?

"Big difference. ”

Xi Zeyan tried to sit up straight, trying his best to be respectful:

"If the emperor is willing, the old minister will follow the emperor's wish and support the king of Qin, if the emperor is unwilling - the old minister is powerless to stop it, so he can only die to repay the emperor and the emperor. ”

The emperor had that incredible feeling in his heart again, what were they going to do one by one?

Wei Wan is obviously a meticulous worker, but she has always been in love with him, these ministers are obviously traitors, and they still have to behave?

The emperor's answer was careless:

"That's it, Taishi Xi, you are this age, why bother, you have not participated in the government for many years, this matter, Taishi should stay out of the matter, is it possible that I am unwilling, you really want to die?"

"That's nature. ”

Taishi Xi trembled, but he spoke word by word:

"The Great Qi Jiangshan belongs to the Xiao family, but the old minister is the person who received the dying entrustment of the first emperor, although he can't do anything, but in this way, he can be worthy of his heart. ”

I know it's unstoppable, but I don't want to turn my back on the one I'm loyal to.

The emperor suddenly understood what Taishi Xi meant.

He looked at the place where the minister stood at his feet.

Song Wenru, his teacher.

If he had, probably, it would have been like this, right?

The emperor, who had never been so sympathetic to his courtiers in his two lives combined, suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

It turned out that he also had one or two loyal ministers, but unfortunately, it was too late at this time.

The Emperor's tone softened unprecedentedly:

"Master Xi, then I will tell you plainly that I am willing to give up this world to you, you can rest assured, I am not unwilling, nor unwilling. ”

"Your Majesty!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Xi Zeyan was shocked, but even the minister who was still prostrate on the ground was shocked inexplicably-

How is this possible?

How could any emperor be willing to give up his country?

The emperor's tone became more and more relaxed:

"You don't have to question it, I am indeed willing. ”

He looked at Xiao Shaotang and Xu Chenglin who were standing in the distance, and laughed:

"I, in the five years of my reign, have made no achievements, but insist on going my own way, causing the people to be miserable, and now, I can choose another virtuous lord for Li Min and Zhongqing, I am very relieved, I am very relieved!"

"The Emperor's ......"

In the emperor's laughter as if he was relieved, many ministers decided that he had reached this point, and they had no choice but to cry with a sour heart.

Especially with Zhu Siming, Fang Handong, the emperor's former favorite ministers, cried the most sadly.

The Emperor felt more and more ridiculous.

These stupid people think that he is saying what he says against his will, but they don't know that he is telling the truth.

Since it can't be done, wouldn't it be the best ending to put all this in the hands of Cheng Huan?

And what is there to cry about?

Xu Chenglin glanced at Xiao Shaotang, his expression gradually became solemn, and he finally understood Xi Zeyan's true intention of wanting to see the emperor.

The civil and military officials finally witnessed how pitiful the emperor they once felt hateful was at this time, as long as they let Xiao Shaoyun die in the future, wouldn't it cause the dissatisfaction of these ministers today?

People will unconsciously sympathize with the weak, Xi Zeyan wants it, I'm afraid it is just to keep the emperor's life in the end.

After leaving the Taiji Palace, Xu Chenglin told Xiao Shaotang about this speculation.

Xiao Shaotang calmly accepted this fact:

"It's okay, since they want to spare the emperor's life, then it's better to keep his life. ”

In fact, he never thought of letting the emperor die at the hands of the Qin Palace.

"Don't you care? If you don't cut the grass and don't eradicate the roots, if there is a spring breeze, won't you take advantage of the wind to cause chaos again?"

Xu Chenglin actually hopes for a hundred.

After all, a person who has been an emperor is alive, and if someone wants to rebel in the future, the excuses are ready-made.

Xiao Shaotang shook his head:

"I don't care. The world is originally inhabited by the capable, if our Qin Wangfu and my heirs can't keep it, then whether he is alive or not is the same. ”

And let him live, no matter when Cheng Huan remembers the past, what he remembers is his badness, which is better than when he dies and Cheng Huan recalls his benefits. ”

"You have a point. ”

Xu Chenglin thought about it, then stopped saying anything, and nodded:

"Since you Qin Wangfu don't mind, then I won't say anything, you have to make waves, which is his life's business, anyway, he will never have an heir in the future. ”

An emperor who has no heir is still reassuring.

Although the emperor's appearance left a pitiful image of the minister at the end of the road, and won the minister's last trace of sympathy, it also completely put the matter of the Zen throne on the table.

Originally, Zhang Junguang was reluctant to withdraw to Jingwei, and received the emperor's handwritten letter to slowly withdraw his troops, but at this time, the emperor had completely expressed the meaning of the Zen position, and he had nothing to insist on, so he completely pulled out the camp and withdrew the army, and completely returned to the Jingwei camp with Jingwei.

The Qin army was no longer unstoppable, and finally began to pull out the camp on a large scale and entered the capital, leaving only 20,000 horses outside the capital just in case.

At this time, it was already the end of November, and it was about to enter the lunar month, and the Ministry of Rites set the day of the Zen throne ceremony on the eighteenth day of the lunar month.

The long-closed Qin Wangfu has also been reopened and renewed, and the stewards and servants who remained in the palace have all begun to work inside and out, preparing to welcome the return of their masters.

The officials who saw off their families in Beijing saw that there was no more turmoil, and they hurriedly took their families back, and the capital was suddenly filled with a festive atmosphere of reunion.

When everything is arranged in Beijing, Xiao Shaotang will return to the outside of the city to welcome King Qin and Bai Chenghuan into the city.

Fu Han handed over the news from the palace that the original Qintian Supervisor Zheng Zhan Shichun wanted to see the princess of King Qin.

Zhan Shichun has been guarding the Star Picking Pavilion in the palace these days, and he is almost forgotten.

Now Fu Han took over the affairs of the palace with someone, and only then did he discover Zhan Shichun.

He was already dying, but he still refused to go down to the Star Pavilion, as long as he saw Bai Chenghuan.