Like many of the founding kings of history, Naboparazar was not a materialistic man, but the royal palace of Babylon was an extension of the family's old mansion, which was built over the years, although not as magnificent as the temple, but also with ingenuity and flavor.

Ah Zhai entered the court through the main gate with ease, and he had passed through it countless times in the past many years, and then went to the palace in front of the palace to teach several princes, but today he went in the opposite direction.

"You're here." In his early years, the former iron-blooded emperor was weakened, he was like an aging lion, although he still had the ability to give it a go, although he still had the ability to give it a go, but he was more deeply aware that the end of his life was no longer waiting for him.

"陛xià." Ah Zhai saluted respectfully, and only then did he notice that the emperor had dispersed everyone around him in order to talk to him.

"I remember the first time I met you eleven years ago." The old emperor lay on the bed, the tulip-colored veil rolled up, and he was surprised to find that he was much older than the last time he had seen him.

"You have a good memory." Ah Zhai smiled, he had no reverence for the king in front of him many years ago, let alone today, but his long-term moral cultivation made him still have respect for the old man in front of him.

"At that time, you were still a small group, and you actually dared to challenge Ashur, I know how stubborn and proud you are in your bones." Napo Palasa struggled to prop up his upper body with his hands, Ah Zhai stepped forward to help him up and put a pillow behind the old man, "At first, the temple asked us to let you teach Nebuchadnezzar, I heard that you named him Oia, I didn't agree, I even think that Erishya is not old and confused, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, the illegitimate son of a tea merchant Hamadi, his mother is a lowly slave girl, even if he is loved by his father, what can he do?" His father died at an early age, and he didn't even go to school properly, just running a winery. ”

"Birth does not determine a person's achievement." Ataku was silent for a moment.

"What an insight, like me, who would have thought that the son of a little nobleman could restore the glory of Babylon!" The old king was clearly proud of what he had done in his youth," ...... So at first I refused, but at that time the kingdom had just been established and we hadn't even taken Nineveh, so I needed the support of the temple, especially the support of the high priest of the temple of Marduk, and Elishya almost controlled the sacrificial order of the real kingdom, and I needed them to provide me with gold and food to feed my army. ”

"So in the beginning, did you even think about sacrificing the education of the emperor's eldest son!" Keenly aware of the unfinished meaning of Napo Palasa's words, Ah Zhai stood up angrily, but he still didn't forget to lower his voice, "He is your eldest son, the first in line to the throne, do you want the country you attacked to fall into turmoil immediately-"

Ah Zhai never imagined that his mind would turn so fast as it is now, and a terrible result took over his mind, and he couldn't even be as calm as usual: "It's not easy to raise a child in the palace, but it's too easy to kill a child at an early age - so you didn't even think about leaving him alive at first, right?" ”

Napo Palasa seemed to be exhausted, and he closed his eyes slightly.

The room was quiet for a while, only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard, and Ah Zhai stared at the old man who collapsed on the bed, his chest rising and falling rapidly, obviously not as calm as he appeared on his face.

"So, you can sue me, why do you have to turn the old things up?" After a while, half a minute, a minute, or a few minutes, Ah Zhai tried to find his voice as if he understood something, but he was already wary of the old king in his heart.

"After that, I argued with Elishya for a long time, and he was even willing to increase military spending for a quarter, as long as I was willing to give you a chance to try." As if he had regained his strength, Napo Palazar spoke again, "Finally I agreed, and I was ready to give him up, but I didn't expect you to bring me such a big surprise that he brought to all of Babylon. ”

"Should I say thank you for the compliment?" Otaku sneered.

"I know I'm afraid I'm just going to get ahead of Elishya." The old king suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Ah Zhai's arm, "I know what you have done to Nebuchadnezzar all these years, he is a qualified king, although his methods are still young, and therefore I let you teach his younger brothers to be obedient and respectful to their elder brother when they teach them more, but I know that I may not wait to see him grow up." ”

"Oia is fine." Ah Zhai let the old man hold his arm, lowered his eyelids slightly, but had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"No, he's not good." Napo Palasa stared at the young man in front of him, his voice was cold, "We all understand the relationship between the temple and the royal family, but Nebuchadnezzar doesn't understand!" He hadn't lived through the days when the temple was in confrontation with the royal family, and all his impressions were that the temple was friendly and firmly on the side of the royal family - and more importantly, he loved you. ”

"What did you say!" Ah Zhai felt that his whole body trembled, he stood up anxiously and desperately wanted to break free from the old man's hand, the blood of his whole body rushed to his brain, the secret joy in his heart made his whole person feel like soaking in the hot spring warm whirring, at this moment he felt like a traveler who had been trekking in the desert for a long time, just when he was about to give up, the oasis appeared, his whole body was comfortably soaked in the spring water, there was no exhaustion and despair left, so many worlds came over, he was shaken, tired, even questioned the other party's love for him, but at this moment, someone stood next to you and said to you that you are just a fan of the authorities, he loves you, such a big surprise made Ah Zhai almost unable to suppress his emotions, and he felt that he was even going to cry.

"And I can see that you are different from others to him." Taking the expression of Ah Zhai into his eyes, Napo Palasa only thought that he was shocked by such news, but did not think much about it, "My son is destined to surpass me and become the best king of Babylon, so I can't let his feelings for you ruin him!" ”

Ah Zhai's eyes widened.

"I want you to swear in front of me that you will not respond to his feelings in this life no matter what!" The aging king stiffened his body and clung to the house, so strong that he almost crushed the young man's wrist bone, "Anu is above, if there is any disobedience, my Nebuchadnezzar will also be yours Iya will not die well!" ”

"Why?" Ah Zhai shook off the old king's hand vigorously, and only felt heartbroken for a while, "Can't the king have feelings?" ”

"He is the king, he needs to marry the princess of the Medes, Mittis, once you respond to him, he will definitely find a way to refuse this marriage, we are a natural alliance with the Medes, we cannot turn our backs on the allies until we have absolute strength." The sea-blue eyes in the deep sunken eye sockets of Napo Parassa were like eagle falcons staring at their prey, staring at the young man in front of him with a sharp aura of fighting in life and death, "Nebuchadnezzar's mother is also from the Median kingdom, and he needs support from his mother's family. ”

"I can also help him stabilize Babylon!" Ah Zhai only felt heartbroken for a while, this was the first time in so many worlds that he felt hindered by his parents.

"No, it's different, the nobility and the royal family are constantly in alliance with in-laws, but the royal family and the temple are not, you have your beliefs, you pay more attention to the worship of the gods, but once the king's actions threaten the temple, I don't believe you will harm the interests of the temple to complete the empire." Looking at the painful young man in front of him, Nabo Palasa softened for a moment, but this iron-blooded emperor still didn't have the persistence and maintenance of the kingdom in his bones until the end of the day, "If you don't agree, then what is waiting for you to go back from the palace, I believe you know better than me." ”

"You threaten me with Daniel?" Ah Zhai sneered, "Don't forget that I now control the divine power of the entire empire, and I can even influence the abolition of the throne, do you think I will not guard against myself and the safety of the people around me at all?" ”

"Jin, Your Majesty may not be able to do it, but I can still mobilize your subordinates." Behind the curtain stood a rickety old man, dressed in a snow-white curly robe, with a white beard and hair, just as he had visited him for the first time many years ago.

"Teacher, do you want to stand against me?" At this moment, Ah Zhai almost looked up to the sky and laughed, he never knew that fate would be so cruel, "...... Why? Haven't I done enough over the years? ”

"No, Jin, you're doing better than I thought." Elishya looked at his disciple calmly, "Jin, what Napo Palasa and I are thinking about is building a prosperous empire, and I am grateful and proud all these years, because my disciple is such an excellent person. ”

“…… Why should these words be for me? Ah Zhai reached out to cover his face, tears falling down his fingers, he had never been as wolf as he was now.

"Whether it's Naboparasa, me or you, we all love Nebuchadnezzar, the land under our feet and the people who live on it." Elishya spoke gently, looking at Ah Zhai's eyes full of sadness, "And although we all believe that he will be a great king in the future, but now he is still a teenager, and his feelings for you are deeper than you think, we dare not try and cannot afford to try." ”

"Just because I'm older, I'm more mature than him, so I'm going to have to bear everything?" Ah Zhai hung his head deeply, in the last moment he seemed to be standing on a hill blown by the spring breeze, the surrounding meadows were full of flowers, the sun shone on his body warm and considerate, he heard someone tell him that his lover loved him more deeply than he imagined, but the next moment the storm came, he fell into the snow cave on the winter night, his body was frozen, his skin was pasted with ice and snow, and the cold wind whistled as if to scrape flesh and blood from him.

“…… I'm sorry. ”