Chapter 172
Zhu Xiang has become extremely silent since he joined Zhu Zhao and his party, most of the time he locks himself in his room thoughtfully, even if he occasionally sits with Zhu Zhao and does not say anything beside him, which makes the people on the side feel extremely embarrassed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhu Zhao couldn't hold it back, dragged him out of the house, and asked in a deep voice, "Second brother, what's wrong?" This meeting seems to be a different person, but if something happens, if I can help, you might as well talk to me. ”
Zhu Xiang smiled and shook his head, some words were clearly on his lips but he couldn't say anything, not treating Zhu Zhao as an outsider, but those words were still a little difficult to say no matter what way they were changed, although they were the most fun-loving people, but the sixth brother was a conservative person, and he took everything seriously, although Zhu Xiang didn't say anything, he always had an unspeakable sense of guilt in front of Zhu Zhao, and that kind of self-shame was revealed from his bones, maybe it was because he felt that he was not as affectionate as Zhu Zhao. That's why I can only stand in an inconspicuous place and look at that person all the time.
In fact, the distance between them is closer at this time, as long as you raise your eyes, you can see the person who has been entangled in your heart for a long time, it is really lingering and unforgettable, and the thought that is finally suppressed inadvertently flashes out of your mind unexpectedly, so the feeling of not being easily controlled is really tormented and tortured, like a heavy leather whip strangled his throat, and even his breathing became painful. How can I tell Zhu Zhao about this feeling? He is the pride of the sky in the eyes of everyone, but in the end he fell into a lowly girl, if this kind of words are known to the queen mother, he will inevitably be beaten well, and Qingyu This girl can't survive in this world.
He has always had a lot of concerns, and it is rare to get a person who can give his whole heart but can't have it openly, because in the eyes of the queen mother, a man can play freely in the world, but the only thing he can't do is to move the truth, in her opinion, a man must be ambitious, especially if he was born in the emperor's family, and he can't have a little mercy because of his children's affection, which will only harm himself and the life of the entire family behind him. She could not allow all her hopes to be ruined because of his immaturity and lawlessness, she could not allow it.
It was precisely because Zhu Xiang understood these things that he suppressed the desire in his heart, did not dare to cross the distance, did not dare to be impulsive, for fear that his thought would push everyone into a situation where he could not turn over. It's just that what has always made him unwilling is that he is perfect and excellent in the eyes of everyone, but no matter how sunny and rainy it is, she doesn't even want to look at him more, she will actually marry Zhu Zhao's guard, can that person's identity be compared to herself? Why can't this stupid girl hesitate more, as long as she can follow her, he is willing to give her all the glory and wealth she wants, and he will put her by his side to give endless love. He just hates her, why can't he understand it, can't see through it?
Thinking back to the present, Zhu Xiangliang said for a long time: "You are my own brother, I won't hide it from you, the second brother has now made the same mistake as you, and was hooked by a woman, but when I was about to do it, she had already taken the lead in marrying someone else, and since then she has been like a lingering existence in my body, and I have been thinking about not being able to put it down, and I don't know what to do." I knew I was just a woman, but I just couldn't control my heart, and I didn't know myself now. ”
Zhu Zhao raised his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said solemnly: "Second brother, you have to be cautious, as a younger brother, I sincerely advise you, don't be confused, since people are married, the fate between the two of you is shallow, you shouldn't click anymore, you listen to my advice, I don't know how many people outside are staring at you and want to find your trouble, you don't let yourself leave a handle for others." Second brother, don't be confused. ”
Zhu Xiang let out a long sigh and said with a smile: "Thanks to a brother like you, I'm really afraid that one day I can't help but do something stupid, it turns out that it is such a simple thing for people to lose their minds, it really makes people laugh and cry." This time I saw her, and seeing that she lived so happily with that person, the jealousy in my heart was even heavier, obviously I could give her a better life, why couldn't she follow me? ”
Zhu Zhao patted him on the shoulder, and sighed and said: "Maybe I think that people like us are living too painfully, our identities are different, even if we have to face hardships that ordinary people can't bear together, not everyone can persevere without hope." And the queen mother has always been strict with you, second brother, if you do something foolish, I don't know how angry she will be. And I think that woman has always wanted to live more freely on her own. ”
Zhu Xiang nodded in response: "What you said is reasonable, and you are right, you should be content to see her doing well." I've thought about it for the past two days, and seeing that it's not far from the capital, have you figured out how to tell my father and your mother about it? You are so stubborn to protect that Qian Yun, the things you will face in the future will always be much more difficult, I am really afraid of you......"
Zhu Zhao shook his head: "Thank you second brother for worrying, but I have already made a plan, I will definitely not compromise this time, if once I open an opening, that gap will be useless no matter how I fill it in the future, the saddest thing for people is to be betrayed by someone they trust, I can't treat Qian Yun like this, she should have a better life and be free, but now she has suffered so much for me, how can I not be good to her?" I myself feel that my conscience is disturbed, and there are not many people who are good to me in this world, so I can't let people who are really good to me sad. Second brother, if I do anything wrong in the future, but please believe me, my brotherhood towards you will never change, you are in that imperial city, you are a person who is really good to me, and I will always keep your kindness to me in my heart. ”
Zhu Xiang only felt that his eyes were swelling, he was a very gentle person when he was young, and he didn't think that everyone in this world was a bad person, so he was very good to all his younger brothers, but what he didn't expect was that those who called his brother affectionate in front of him, in the end, they all turned their faces one by one, strange and terrible reality, their sincerity was not worth mentioning in their eyes, and what they wanted in their hearts was to overthrow and kill themselves, just like the fifth brother almost lost his life, In the end, he could only be ignored in the long cold palace, crazy, no one could take him as a threat anymore, and his whole life was buried like this. In fact, he has never drunk anyone to say, how much he hates everything in the palace, if it weren't for the hope of the queen mother, he really wants to leave it all like this, and take the person who is engraved in his bones to travel all over the world and visit the great rivers and mountains, even if he can't have the country? The vast country has always existed in his heart, and no one can snatch it from his heart.
But even if he didn't dare to tell his mother this kind of thing no matter how he thought about it, he knew that if the queen mother knew, she would want to kill herself, because the queen mother had made a lot of effort to get on the guard, and it had become an obsession for him to make his son the prince, and this country had to fall into their hands to make people feel at ease, and no one could destroy this road, not even her own son.
"Actually, what I admire most about you is this, if you decide something, you won't change your mind, Qian Yun is really blessed by you to be treated like this."
Zhu Zhao hung his head, and there was a gentle light in his eyes: "She deserves me to treat her like this, there are no children among the royal brothers, but I am running ahead, and I am very satisfied to have these." ”
After that, the most conversation between the two was just trivial words, but Zhu Xiang still didn't have any desire to speak, and slowly fell into silence.
Seeing that it is almost to the capital, there are really a lot of pedestrians coming and going on the avenue, coming from the quiet wasteland, entering the most prosperous and lively capital, all of them have mixed tastes. The old prince pointed to a lot of novel gadgets on the street, and said to the painted girl: "Although Yunnan is prosperous, it is too poor and sour compared to the capital. ”
Although E-niang looks at the things outside the carriage is very novel.,But I don't know why I don't know why I don't know how to get close to this city that I don't know.,The human mind is really the most difficult thing to restrain yourself.,No matter how happy the place is, those sad things are always in their hearts and make people unhappy.,No one can be really heartless.。
The old prince saw her lack of interest, and there was nothing to say, so he could only put down the curtain and look at the front, this city that he grew up in since he was a child, now it seems that the deepest feeling is actually nostalgia and the sense of familiarity that cannot be concealed, this is his home, but he can only leave here in order to survive, where is it comfortable, but it always makes him feel empty, the royal brother seems to be generous to him, in fact, he is not forced to do what he doesn't like? People are like this, they are afraid that anything they have will be coveted by others, and in order to be able to protect them under their wings for a long time, they are eager to send all those who may have different intentions to the frontier.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, but after all, the two are brothers, this approach is too affectionate, it is too chilling, what can be done if the winner is the king and the loser is Kou? Everything can only be silent, not a word full of words, the so-called heartfelt is like this.
Because the people around him are the most important father-in-law in front of the emperor, and there has always been no shortage of residences for these princes and princes in the palace, so they don't dare to hesitate, they all want to enter the palace directly to face the saints, so they must be separated from the family members behind them. Zhu Zhao asked Hengsheng to stay and settle Qian Yun and them, and took a deep look at Qian Yun, and then entered the palace with the old prince.
Qian Yun and his entourage changed carriages before going to Liu's house, Qian Yun saw that the expression on Huiniang's face was very solemn, and immediately understood, and reassured: "Don't worry, after all, it is their home, they have lived there for so many years, and the emperor is also their relative, so he must be reluctant to embarrass them." Let's go to my grandfather's house first, my grandfather is a very easy-going old man, and you will definitely be welcome. ”
Eniang pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm worried that he will be hurt because of me, I'm just a lowly person, how can he get you people to treat me highly?" I knew I should be grateful, but I felt as if I had stolen all this, and I was always apprehensive. ”
Qian Yun can more or less understand this mood, took her hand and sighed softly, and said with a smile: "I believe that we are all blessed people, otherwise God would not have arranged for us to meet like this, let alone let the two of you love each other." So you don't despise your identity, sometimes your identity doesn't mean anything, even if you have an arrogant identity, what can you do if you don't have a serious mind, sooner or later you will go underground and enter the oil pot. ”
No matter how restrained she was, she couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, they just lived too comfortably, and they didn't understand how ordinary people like them suffered. There are very few good people in this world, and there is no one who is not selfish, they just can't magnify their ambitions, because they don't have this capital, and they don't dare to let go of their hands and ask for what they want.
The expressions on Zhu Zhao and the old prince's faces became solemn the moment they walked into the palace, and Zhu Zhao said that he didn't care what his merits could bring to him, what he cared about was who would bow his head first this time, and whether the two people on the main seat in the palace could not make it too difficult for themselves because they had treated themselves too badly in the past? His heart is actually very fragile, no matter how stubborn his words are, there is always hope in his heart, and those longing things will not really disappear, and he can't not care. For so many years, because I couldn't get it no matter how much I thought about it, I could only watch the people who were most important to me smile at others, but I was only cold to myself.
After all these years, he has finally learned to hide his true thoughts, and the only constant is what only he knows. When he got closer to the palace, his heart couldn't help but tremble, because he was a big man, he couldn't say what he missed, and he couldn't tell others what he said in his heart, and he was clearly excited, but he couldn't show it on his face. When approaching the palace, he couldn't help but look back at the imperial uncle, but saw that the look on his face was not necessarily very good-looking, the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile, for the same purpose, the difficulties encountered were the same, sometimes I really felt very ironic, their uncle and nephew could talk about it before, saying that they had thought that they would encounter such a thing in the end, but it was fate.
The old prince patted Zhu Zhao's back twice, and inexplicably felt that this child was so similar to himself, even he felt that they were really a pair of miserable people at this time, and he never thought that what would happen to him at the beginning, but now he has to deal with it.
It's very strange, the emperor is a person who likes to be clean the most, in the past, people who rushed back from outside thousands of miles were bathed before they could meet the holy face, but this time it was so surprising, although they were not clear on the road, but it was the first time they were treated like this.
When I entered, I saw a richly dressed woman rushing up and hugging Zhu Zhao tightly, tears streaming down her delicate face, her hands touching his cheeks, and muttering: "My good son, I heard that you were injured in Yunnan and almost lost your life, and you are really about to die of my mother." Linlang took the imperial doctor with him, why did he come back before you first? I sent her into the palace to accompany me, and she said that she was not feeling well and did not dare to come to see me. Son, why don't you listen to advice? Linlang's mind is all on you, she doesn't care about anything, a girl's family just ran to the battlefield, how can you do this to her? ”
Zhu Zhao's face suddenly became ugly, and he frowned and said, "I just came back, is my mother sure that she wants to use these words to find out if she is unhappy?" ”
The smile on Concubine Wan's face stiffened suddenly, secretly annoying that she didn't have much on weekdays, why couldn't she help revealing her bottom so quickly at this time? It's really confusing. Seeing that the expression on his son's face became more and more ugly, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's my fault, don't worry, I shouldn't say this, is your body all right now?" Seeing that they have lost weight, it is time to make up for the body, but we have to make up for the missing ones. ”
Zhu Zhao had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looking very detached and polite, and there was a ridicule that could not be ignored, how long did he look forward to it, such an expectation, and finally looked forward to it, but found that he could not face it with the purest joy, because he found that the gap in his heart could not be filled, and every time he wanted to forget it in the back of his mind, he would experience a painful torture, which was really the saddest thing. Sometimes forgiveness and intimacy are not as pleasant as having been hating and making people feel guilty, this kind of feeling has been damaged as early as the moment when Concubine Wan gave up on him, and the closest mother-son relationship between the two was destroyed by herself, and no one can blame or resent it.
The emperor looked at Wan Guifei's embarrassed appearance there, and felt a pity in his heart, in the end, they didn't do a good job as parents, and they would make the child like this with their own hands, no wonder he was unwilling to face them with his heart now, this kind of thing can't be rushed, and he can't force the child to accept it, isn't this looking for himself to retreat further from each other? He smiled and said: "Don't say anything at this time, you let the child breathe a sigh of relief, but speaking of which, your uncle and nephew are really fateful, but how can you look at the face is very serious, but what happened?" We are all a family, we don't pay attention to any monarch rules at this time, what can you say to me, my eldest brother and father, if I can help you, I will not hesitate. ”
How could the old prince and Zhu Zhao reveal their bottom numbers at this time, and they all lowered their heads and said that there is nothing, but what is the emperor, he sat in the court for so many years, and the ministers at the end of the year thought that none of them could escape from his eyes, but they were all rushing back from outside, and he didn't want to make them too nervous.
As for what it was for, he had more or less guessed a few points, and although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he still had to wait for everything to be spread out and then investigate it carefully.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, the emperor looked at the old prince with a smile and said: "Tingwen still came back to the capital during the Chinese New Year, you are far away in Yunnan alone, I am really unsteady in my heart, I am very worried, don't leave when I come back this time." I asked someone to prepare a palace for you, the capital is lively and prosperous, Yunnan is too clean and beautiful and too deserted, and good people are like squatting in prison. It was my brother who didn't think about it before, I really wronged you, and in the future, you often come to the palace to accompany me, we are not young for so many years, I still remember how happy my brothers used to play together, who knew that kung fu would become like this in the blink of an eye, sometimes think about it, what are people trying to do? It ended up like this...... That's it, let's not say these sad words, but how have you been in Yunnan recently? How are you doing? ”
The old prince smiled and said: "Thanks to the emperor's concern, the courtiers are living very well in Yunnan, and their bodies are very strong, not always sick like before, in fact, living in a clean place can think through many things, and the things that were not taken to heart at the beginning feel that it is just a floating dream, it is better to take a good turn and take a look, and live a free and easy pastime." ”
How could the emperor not understand what he was thinking, and immediately smiled: "I agree with what you say, if I am not burdened by these things, I will take Awan around like you, relax and relax, and the whole person is about to be made big by this uninteresting business." It's a pity that I can't dodge, there is no way, who made this step in the first place. The emperor turned his gaze to look at Zhu Zhao as he spoke, the deep light in his eyes was incomprehensible, and only he understood the true meaning.
Concubine Wan kept staring at Zhu Zhao who was hanging her head, with a thick sadness in her eyes, but that bastard didn't look at it at all, how much she missed him as a mother and wanted to be close to her, did he know? She is no longer like when she was young, she can come according to her own temperament, she now needs her son to speak softly to herself, and say a few nice words to herself to warm her heart, after all, she is not young, and what she thought about at the beginning has changed, but her son is even more cold than she thought, she really doesn't know what to do. How can I save my son's heart again?
How could Zhu Zhao not know, but the strangeness between the two made him reluctant to raise his head to look at her, although this was her own mother.