"I said at the beginning, my country is a dowry for you, you have to look at this gift for me, don't let people take it away, and then come and show off to me when you see me, how good our son is, and take care of the gift I gave you as good as ever."

The Emperor clenched Ling Concubine's fingers with all the strength of his body, and he had to get her approval answer, and the eyes that had lost their luster suddenly looked like they had been when he was young, majestic and gentle.

"Our son, I will hand over this country to you, and you will protect it for me."

"Why, even now, you still do this to me! I know that I can't let go of your hard work, but you have to be so ruthless! I'm too tired on this road, I don't want to walk alone, can you accompany me again? Concubine Ling pulled him to cry silently, and at this time, she didn't care if someone was eavesdropping outside the door, even if she did, it didn't matter, by this time, she was not afraid of anything.

"Okay, I'll be with you, such a big person, why are you still crying at every turn." The emperor smiled bitterly and wanted to raise his hand to wipe her tears, but he still fell weakly on the bed in mid-air, the emperor stared at his hand, his eyes dimmed again, and finally it was this time.

"This time, you promised me, you are not allowed to regret it, wait until this time, you accompany me to Jiangnan to see, how many years, I can still dream of the home in the water town in Jiangnan, when we met." Concubine Ling saw that the emperor's movements were becoming more and more sluggish, and her heart was even more sour, but she was busy hiding her tears and smiled instead.

"It's been more than twenty years. I thought that I would be able to take your mother and son out of Lingzhi Palace in ten years at most, let you ascend to the back seat, and let Yuan'er inherit the throne as a concubine. But in the end, I waited so long and it didn't come to fruition. The emperor sighed, his body slid down, but he was still leaning on the head of the bed, turning his face to look at Concubine Ling, his eyes were like a day for more than ten years, as if he had seen it for the first time.

"You've done enough for me. What a posterior, when did I tell you that! Over the years, since the queen drove the crane, you have been staying in the back seat. The concubine hinted at each other several times, do you think I don't know? But you still haven't compromised, and I'm satisfied with that. ”

Concubine Ling's smile was soft. There is not the slightest hint of utilitarianism. What she wanted was never glory and wealth, when she first entered the palace, it was rumored that she was trying to bewitch the emperor and be greedy for vanity, but Concubine Ling laughed at it, and those slanderous and derogatory words could not shake her mind, if it were not love. Why be so aggrieved.

The time in the palace was too long, so that Concubine Ling couldn't remember what it was like to live outside the palace in the first place. What she yearns for has always been the days of farming and planting melons, and the days when husband and wife hold hands and miss each other, rather than the life of swords and swords here.

It is hard to imagine that if the emperor had not made this choice back then, if he insisted on favoring Concubine Ling alone, then in the years that followed, even if Concubine Ling and Chu Yuan could survive countless jealousy and assassination, I am afraid that she would not be able to maintain her pure nature now.

"You don't, you've never asked me anything, but I always feel that I owe you too much, and I want to make up for it with it, but until now, I still can't give you the place you deserve.

I have left a testament, and when I die, I will leave a place for you in my mausoleum, which is an eternal companion, and you will come to me again after a hundred years. ”

The emperor rubbed his trembling hands under the pillow for a long time, but suddenly remembered that the edict he had written had been taken out along with the will to canonize the crown prince, and if he stayed here, he was afraid that he would have been searched by the people of the concubine.

He fought horses for half his life, made a decisive decision, established the Ning Kingdom with one hand, and stabilized the country with the other, but in the end, he couldn't fulfill his wish, so that his most beloved woman was rightfully by his side, and he could only use a humble name to bear the pressure and scolding of countless people.

"What is not dead, even if I die, I have to go first, otherwise I will be left alone in the world, and you never know how important you are.

For the people of Ningguo, you are a Ming monarch, the government is clear, and you will seek a peaceful and prosperous era for them. For foreign enemy countries, you are the overlord, know people well, and seek peace and happiness for the border. For the ministers of the court, you are the son of heaven that they can assist, and for the concubines of the harem, you are the master you can rely on.

But for me, you are my husband, my son's father, and the person I am willing to accompany all my life. If you want to go, it will hurt me so much, this time, it is time for me to go first. ”

Concubine Ling saw the emperor's reluctance, but she didn't want to expose it, she just reached out and put another soft cushion behind him, leaning on his shoulder and leaning lightly, not daring to exert the slightest force.

"Chu'er, you are the only one who is like this to me!" The emperor was very emotional, and a layer of water appeared in his cloudy eyes, "What Ming Monarch Overlord!" For them, I am just a tool for them to seek benefits, I know the nature of the concubine, and I also understand that her mother's family is all over the government and the opposition, and that time to rectify is just a knock on the mountain and the tiger, the real foundation has not been moved, her family is a family of hundreds of years, how can it be so easy to pull it out in one fell swoop, just a must-have is not enough! They have to sit down and rob their families and destroy their ancestors! ”

"Rebellion is a great sin! Yuan'er is the crown prince, the concubine and Ze'er will definitely refuse to give up, but they have no military power, so they can only do it before Su Guogong returns to Beijing. This time, I won't let them go again! Get rid of them, and Yuan'er can really sit on the throne! ”

"You've planned everything for him, what more can I say! Even if I don't want Yuan'er to embark on this road, you won't agree, I just want him to be safe and happy, and it is enough to find a woman he loves to be with for a lifetime. Concubine Ling changed to an embracing posture and leaned completely on the emperor's shoulder, just like every time she was coquettish when she was young.

"How can our son live under the people, he must be the dragon and phoenix among the people, if it is handed over to others, I am afraid that I will not feel at ease under the nine springs! They're going to ruin my hard work! The emperor suddenly coughed a few times, and looked at Ling Concubine with lost eyes, like a candle flame blown out by the wind, dimming little by little, until it fell silent, Ling Concubine called a few times, and saw him fall asleep again, so he said in a low voice, "Your heart is all over the world, when can you divide me?" Is it only by dying that we can truly be together, and never have to be separated for these purposes again? (To be continued.) )