Chapter 116

After leaving for two months, the capital does not seem to have changed much, the prosperity is still the same, the Nanye Palace located in the center of the north of the capital is still majestic and solemn, the guards guarding the palace gate are lined up, and when they saw the carriage of His Royal Highness the Prince, they immediately lowered their heads and greeted them in a neat and solemn procession.

Lin Sansi didn't know that as early as ten days ago, Huo Yi received an urgent call to order him to return to Beijing quickly, but because Lin Sansi was pregnant, he couldn't be too bumpy and tired, and he chose the best road to drive, Huo Yi didn't worry about leaving her to go back to Beijing alone, so he arrived in Beijing a few days late, Huo Yi returned to Beijing, settled Lin Sansi and immediately entered the palace, only then did he know that something big had happened in the palace.

The emperor is critically ill and needs to be crowned a new king.

Except for the Queen Mother and a few absolutely trusted chamberlains, no one knew about this news, and even He Biqi and Song Jingyang had spent a lot of effort to find out any clues.

In the emperor's bedroom of the Chaoyang Palace, there was no noise at all, and under the lingering high incense, behind the heavy curtains, was the Southern Night Emperor who held the world, and the once powerful storm had long since declined with his body.

Huo Yi stood in front of the dragon couch, looking at the ninety-five lord who had been sick for a long time on the dragon couch with complicated eyes, he always thought that he hated him, and hated him to the bone marrow, but at this moment, seeing his old face, he couldn't tell what it was like, so he only shouted: "Imperial grandmother, father." ”

"Yi'er." The Queen Mother sat beside the dragon couch and stretched out her hand to Huo Yi tremblingly, as kind and kind as ever: "Come, your father has something to say to you." ”

The emperor seemed to have slept for a long time, and when he heard the voice, he slowly opened his eyes, and his gaze was no longer sharp: "You're back?" The voice was low, but the reproach could be heard.

Huo Yi felt that the Queen Mother was holding his hand and shook it a little harder, raised his eyes, and saw the hidden meaning in her eyes, Huo Yi's heart moved, such a gaze he had seen in Lin Sansi's eyes, no matter where she was, she would always find time to talk to the child in her womb, her gentle eyes flashed with the brilliance of motherhood, just like the appearance of the imperial grandmother when she looked at her father at the moment.

Huo Yi said: "Back to my father, my son has just returned, and there is a delay on the way, please don't blame my father." ”

The emperor seemed to be a little stunned, because he had never heard Huo Yi say such things to him, less absolutely indifferent, strong and rebellious, and more tender.

The string in the emperor's heart seemed to be plucked, and he sighed silently, and the guilt that he had never felt for anyone poured out, and his originally dim eyes suddenly brightened, and he said as if talking to himself: "Yi'er, I am about to see your mother, what do you say when I see her, she ...... Is it to blame? ”

Huo Yi and the Queen Mother glanced at each other, and finally the Queen Mother patted the emperor's hand and said, "She will understand, she will understand." ”

The emperor stretched out his hand to Huo Yi: "Yi'er, help me up." ”

Huo Yi carefully helped the emperor up, helped him to lie half-on the bed, and put silk cushions on his back, but in just a short moment, the emperor seemed powerless and panting.

The emperor half-lay down and rested for a while, eased up, and then said: "Yi'er, I have done many things in my life, no matter what the purpose is, how many people I have harmed, but I have never regretted it, but for your mother, when I later knew that I regretted it, it was too late...... Your mother, she didn't even give me a chance to mend her ways,......" the emperor's eyes seemed to be shining with tears, "In the end, I am sorry for her, I have failed her, and I didn't even look at her until she died!" I regret not being at the beginning......"

Speaking of excitement, the emperor almost had to go back to his breath, but fortunately, the imperial doctor kneeling outside the door was in an emergency, and finally rescued him, the queen mother was old, and she couldn't stand the fright, so she went back to Fushou Palace, Huo Yi was left by the emperor, and the queen mother persuaded the emperor to rest a little more before leaving, but he refused, he was lonely all his life, he had a lot to say, he was afraid that he would be wrong at the moment, and he would never have a chance.

The emperor looked at Huo Yi, this son is his most beloved, but he is also the most distant one from him, born in the emperor's family, his feelings have always been indifferent, but he still feels regretful. "Yi'er, do you blame your father for being ruthless?"

Listening to his father's words and words of missing his mother's concubine, Huo Yi couldn't calm down even if he looked up again, his eyes gradually became cold, and his voice was cold as if he had been separated by several layers of ice: "What does my father refer to?" ”

The emperor sighed lightly, waved his hand and said, "I understand...... You and your mother won't forgive me......"

Huo Yi no longer spoke, in this atmosphere, more to say is to fight, even if he hates, even if he no longer regards the other party as his father, he doesn't want his last days to be only quarrels.

The emperor closed his eyes for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were much heavier. "You must already know about the prime minister's request to withdraw from the marriage, right?"

Huo Yi's voice was faint: "Erchen knows." ”

The emperor squinted at Huo Yi, he always couldn't see all the emotions of this son, he obviously thought he was happy, but he was gloomy, he obviously felt that he was sad, and he always had a momentum that no iceberg could overwhelm. "You, what are you going to do?"

Huo Yi lowered his eyes: "Everything is arranged by my father." ”

The emperor suddenly showed a tired and helpless smile, but the smile was mysterious, he really couldn't see through him, and he didn't understand him, just like at this moment, he knew that in order to protect the overall situation, he would not blame the Pei family, but he would never let the Pei family marry King Duan in the name of the main house, but no matter what the result was, his goal had been achieved, and the Pei family would never enter the gate of the prince's mansion again. But he wants to say very respectfully at this time that everything is up to his own arrangement? The emperor was angry and annoyed: "You went to see Uncle Duan without telling everyone, and soon after Pei became pregnant with King Duan's child, the prime minister asked for a divorce, Yi'er, although my father is old, he is not confused, don't think that I don't know about the things you do." ”

Huo Yi was not surprised at all, his father had mastered Nanye for decades, how could there be less eyeliner buried? It was normal for his father to know about his private meeting with King Duan, and he never thought that he could really hide it from his father, besides, in order to let this matter reach his father's ears smoothly, he even deliberately released the news to ensure that his father's eyeliner could clearly grasp this clue. "Since my father is clear, why should he ask me?"

"You don't want to marry Pei, I know, I also compromised, and at your request, I demoted her position to a side concubine, and even the prime minister swallowed it, but why do you still press it step by step? What good will it do you to lose the support of the prime minister? How many people in this court are inextricably linked with the prime minister, don't you know? ”

Huo Yi looked at the emperor quietly, and the waves in his eyes seemed to sweep away all the angry emotions: "Father really wants to know?" ”

The emperor raised his hand slightly: "You say."

Huo Yi said lightly: "Father, do you still remember the oath you and your mother made that morning on my third birthday?" ”

The emperor's heart suddenly tightened, his thoughts fluctuated in his heart, and after thinking for a while, his brows furrowed tightly, and the horror in his heart increased, and he said in confusion: "You mean 'one person for a lifetime'?" ”

Huo Yi nodded: "Exactly." ”

"You—" The emperor suddenly sat up from the silk chair, his eyes widened, but he fell back without strength. "You are the crown prince, the heir of the Huo family, and the future new monarch of Nanye, how can you make a promise for a lifetime and a couple for a woman? It's ridiculous! ”

Huo Yi suddenly hooked his lips and smiled coldly: "In this way, what my father said to my mother was just a sentence that I forgot later." ”

The emperor looked a little sad: "At that time, the situation was really deep, and he did say such things and made such promises, but your mother should understand that as an emperor, many things are involuntary, how can such a promise be taken seriously?!" ”

Huo Yi didn't back down, and said: "My father may think it's just a joke, but for my mother, it's a sincere promise, so my mother couldn't understand what my father and queen did, and she was discouraged, so she chose to leave forever." ”

"My heart for your mother has never changed, there are so many women in my harem, she will always be the most special to me, but after I ascended the throne, there are many affairs, as an emperor, I can't only pamper her, there is a family behind every palace, I must be fair in order to keep the front dynasty and the harem and peace and peace, until she leaves, I know that I have snubbed her, let her down, and she has used the most cruel way to make me completely lose her." The emperor took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, as if he was spitting out something that had been pressed on his heart for a long time. "It took me a long time to understand that as an emperor was born to be lonely, and that I must be like this for the rest of my life, and so am I, and so are you."

Huo Yi hooked his lips and smiled, his eyes were soft and flat: "My father is wrong, I won't follow in your footsteps." ”

The emperor softened his tone and said, "So you let King Duan marry Pei?" But don't forget, there are also the Wang family, the Li family, and the Sun family...... There are too many nobles in the South Night to count, do you want to use the same means to send them all away? Even if it is sent now, how many years will it be? Are you still sure? The palace wall is deep, and you are guarding a woman for the rest of your life? ”

Huo Yi's eyes were fixed, and he was even more stoic: "If I have determination, I can do it." ”

"Do you want the world to laugh at me?! As soon as the emperor thought of this, he hated it: "Throughout the ages, there has never been such a precedent. ”

Huo Yihui's wind was light: "I didn't have it before, but I will have it in the future." ”

"Don't think!" The emperor was angry again, his breathing became short, and his face turned red: "If I don't agree, don't think about it!" ”

Regarding the emperor's anger, Huo Yi was not angry or complaining, but said with a still calm attitude: "I don't want to, what can you do Father?" ”

The emperor was furious: "I know that you are the most suitable candidate for the new monarch, and I will still pass on the throne to you, but I will never let her become the queen, such a woman is not worthy of being the queen, who dares to disobey my holy decree!! ”

The atmosphere suddenly became cold, just when Huo Yi spoke, the child's immature laughter suddenly sounded outside the door, after the queen mother returned to Fushou Palace, she always felt restless, and something big was going to happen, so she went to the prince's mansion to bring Xi'er, but she didn't expect this idea to coincide with Lin Sansi, and the three thoughts thought that the queen mother and the emperor hadn't seen Xi'er for two months, and they must miss it, so they dressed Xi'er and prepared to send it to the palace, and they saw the queen mother's people coming to the prince's mansion, just to pick Xi'er away and send it to Chaoyang Palace.

The imperial doctors kneeling outside the door were too far away from the main position of the dormitory, only heard the noise, but could not hear the words clearly, one by one, frightened, bean-sized beads of sweat slid down from their foreheads, only hoping that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come out quickly, and not provoke the emperor to be angry again, until Huo Chenxi came from the personal mother of the Queen Mother, and his dark eyes looked around, and the eyes of the imperial doctors were as if they had seen their own father and mother, and they were grateful to him, and admired the means of the Queen Mother from the bottom of their hearts, and they were really masters among the masters.

The emperor saw the innocent emperor Huo Chenxi, and his anger gradually subsided, and Xi'er played on his dragon couch, and he was no longer angry, although he was very sick and couldn't hug Xi'er to play in person, but he was half lying on the bed and watching Xi'er play, he was also smiling, and he was a kind grandfather.

"Xi'er, my good grandson." The emperor kissed Xi'er on the face who climbed beside him, smiled in his eyes, and said, "The Lin family is not bad, I gave birth to a good emperor and grandson......"

It was already dark when Huo Yi returned to the prince's mansion with Xi'er in her arms, Lin Sansi got up from the bed, she didn't know what was going on in the palace yet, she was just used to the days when Huo Yi and Xi'er were by her side, and now that the two of them were not around, she couldn't sleep.

Sitting in the courtyard of Qinglan Yuan and waiting, the sky is full of stars, the breeze is quiet, listening to Fu Ling and Lily embroidering gossip in the side room, it is very comfortable and comfortable, she raised her head and looked at a full moon in the sky, just like the scene when she was a child in the Lin Mansion when she admired the moon, under Huo Yi's arrangement, the Lin case was retried, and the grievances were washed away, the father and mother have returned to the Lin Mansion, and the elder brother made a meritorious service when he punished Beidi and was promoted to deputy general, everything seems to have returned to a few years ago, but at that time she was not married and had no children, And now she is working hard to become a better wife and mother.

Lin Sansi took off her shoes and sat barefoot on the swing, the swing swayed with her movements, the water-green dress fluttered in the wind, and the gentle and innocent smile was particularly beautiful and moving in the full moon.

Lily was sharp-eyed, and when she saw the prince standing at the door, she was about to call Lin Sansi, but was stopped by Huo Yi and handed Yi'er to Lily, Huo Yi quietly walked behind Lin Sansi and helped her push the swing.

Who knew that before he could push it, Lin Sansi said, "What does Your Highness want to do?" Push me on the swing? ”

"Huh?" Huo Yi walked around to Lin Sansi, picked her chin with his index finger, and said with tenderness: "How do you know that Gu is back?" ”

Lin Sansi blinked lightly, and said with a smile: "I've lived with His Highness for so long, if I can't feel this at all, then am I derelict in my duty?" ”

"Well, that's true."

"Am there any words I don't care?"

Huo Yi smiled: "Guess what Gu wants to do now?" ”

"This is more difficult, I have to think about it."

Lin Sansi stopped the swing, tilted his head and pretended to think seriously, suddenly jumped off the swing as fast as he could, hooked Huo Yi's neck with both hands, and the red lips came up, and when the fragrant soft lips just stuck to Huo Yi's thin lips, Huo Yi hugged her in his arms, kissed and held her feet and said: "If you are barefoot in the future, just jump directly into Lone's arms, save the cold." ”

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A month later, the Nanye Emperor died, and the whole country was shocked and mourned.

On the day of the emperor's death, Huo Yi, who had always been indifferent, was even more chilling, and no one was seen except Lin Sansi.

Lin Sansi stood behind Huo Yi, looking at a trace of loneliness floating in his upright back, and couldn't help but feel distressed. "Your Highness, it's cold." Put on the clothes he was holding for him.

Huo Yi held her hand, and only when he faced Lin Sansi was he a complete self: "I don't know what's wrong, I'm very sad." ”

"Your Highness, there is always one death." Lin Sansi is not particularly comforting, thinking about it: "Your Highness, the most important thing is that when the first emperor was alive, you forgave each other, so that he had no regrets in the last days, and enjoyed the joy of family like an ordinary person, I think the first emperor was also happy when he left." ”

Huo Yi didn't speak, but hugged Lin Sansi, he should thank her, it was she and Xi'er who resolved the conflict between him and his father. "Think twice, thank you for coming to me."

After the death of the emperor, Huo Yi, who was the crown prince, ascended the throne in accordance with the will, when Huo Yi was the prince, he did not marry the concubine, and there was only one Lin Liangdi who gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, so the new emperor ascended the throne, so it was logical to take Lin Sansi to accompany him, and then follow the decree to register Lin Sansi as the imperial concubine, except for the title, the canonization ceremony is no different from the canonization of the queen, Huo Chenxi is the prince, Lin Sansi felt nervous and died of nervousness throughout the whole process, but Xi'er was calm like his father Huo Yi, expressionless and looking down on the world.

After the canonization ceremony, Huo Yi removed the plaques of the palaces in the harem, leaving only Lin Sansi's favorite palace, named Siqing Palace, for them to live in, and handed over the seal of the harem to Lin Sansi.

After dealing with everything, Huo Yi took Lin Sansi to the highest place of the palace, the breeze blew by, he put his arm around her shoulder, and said, "You can't be the queen, do you feel wronged?" ”

Lin Sansi shook his head with a smile: "Your Highness treats me sincerely, I don't feel wronged." ”

Huo Yi carefully and gently cupped Lin Sansi's face, as if he was holding a priceless treasure, and said, "Sansi, I said that I will be a couple with you for the rest of my life, and this oath will never change." ”

Lin Sansi looked back at Huo Yi's affectionate eyes, and saw a bright light like the night sky from his eyes, wrapping her softly, she stood on tiptoe and imprinted a deep kiss on his lips: "I have always believed, and I will always believe." ”

(ENDS)