When Nalan Jinxiu knew that Ji Hongye came to marry her with the holy decree of Emperor Yonglong of the Ning Dynasty, it was already the afternoon of the second day. At that time, she was playing the piano, playing the mountains and rivers.

Qu Qingze came in person, stood at the door and asked her, "Do you know who came to propose?"

Nalan Jinxiu's fingers have not stopped, and the song is still the meaning of the harmony of mountains and rivers. She has stopped groveling during this time, because it is useless to do it.

Qu Qingze will not be magnanimous to her because of her respectful attitude, nor will he treat her harshly because she is too casual and self-conscious. What kind of life she can have in this house depends entirely on her interests and what she has in her hands.

Qu Qingze had long seen that she was not an ordinary person, and he was not angry with her attitude at this time. He is the lord of a country, and he can tolerate their strange tempers when he sees a lot of strange people.

"Don't you wonder who you're going to marry?"

Nalan Jinxiu patiently finished playing a song, gently placed his palm on the piano, looked up at Qu Qingze, and said, "Since it is something I can't choose, then why should I waste my mind." ”

Qu Qingze walked into the room and sat down, also looking at her, and motioned for her to continue talking with his eyes.

Nalan Jinxiu didn't twist it, and said lightly: "Who I want to marry depends on the words of the lord of the country, since the decision is not in my hands, I just try my best, and it is useless." ”

"You can see it. ”

Nalan Jinxiu shook her head helplessly, and smiled a little bitterly: "It's just that I was forced by the facts, and I didn't have a choice." ”

Qu Qingze has been sitting in the position of the lord of the country for a long time, and he can have this day, so he has paid a lot. Cannibalism, intrigue, bloody killings, every emperor has a lot of white bones under his feet.

It is precisely because of this that after sitting on this chair, many things in his heart have been worn out. For example, emotions will always be overridden by interests, such as his likes and dislikes, and they will always be swayed by the court.

When he was just a prince, he hadn't thought about fighting for this position, and he was also ambitious in his heart. For example, to be a virtuous king who will go down in history, for example, to benefit the people, for example, to live forever with his beloved woman.

But on the way to becoming an emperor, these things were all lost. He was also a person who cherished talents, even if it was an ordinary cloth cloth, as long as he was talented, he could be reused.

In this stubborn woman, he gradually regained some of the feelings he had at that time, and he had a lot of emotions in his heart that he needed to find an outlet. After so many years, no one can talk to him.

He slowly stood up, walked to the window, looked at the exquisite rockery outside, and said: "You are so comfortable with what you encounter, you see things so clearly, you are very curious, there is a difference between right and wrong in this world in your eyes?"

Nalan Jinxiu also stood up, stood down not far from Qu Qingze, also looked out the window, and said lightly: "Everyone has a ruler in their hearts, and right and wrong are clearly distinguished. It's just that the ruler in everyone's heart is different, so the right and wrong in their eyes are naturally different. ”

"Many people come to ask for marriage, who do you want to marry you, how do you think Lone should choose?"

"Then it depends on who the ruler in the heart of the lord is more inclined to. Nalan Jinxiu put her hands behind her back, although she was dressed as a woman, but because of the description of simple movements, she was still a little bookish, and there was no feminine delicateness.

"Every woman wants to get a good marriage, and marriage is a compulsion for you. Don't you want Lone to give you a good relative?"

"Good and bad are not absolute. ”

Qu Qingze raised his eyebrows, obviously very interested in her words: "Let's hear it." ”

"For example, if the lord of the country wants to marry me to the lord of the kingdom of the ruler, everyone thinks that I am miserable, because as a husband, the lord of the kingdom of the ruler is undoubtedly the worst. But the country is a small country, located in the middle of nowhere, and the news is closed, so if I go there, I don't have to be governed by anyone, and I am much freer. Thinking about it this way, it seems that marrying the lord of the country of the ruler is not bad. ”

"Your point of view is unique, but also very convincing. ”

"Lord Xie praised. ”

"It's because in your eyes that things have two sides, so you don't force it?"

"Yes, because in the final analysis, there are only two directions for the development of anything, which is what people call right and wrong. But right and wrong are relative concepts, and if I don't follow my heart, I can only obey the one who makes the rules. ”

Qu Qingze smiled, very cheerful: "The person who makes the rules is the strongest person in the world." ”

Nalan Jinxiu looked at him sideways, he was middle-aged but did not see his old age at all, and he really responded to that sentence: The old man is in the twilight of his life, and his heart is strong.

"So the lord of the country has always wanted to be the one who makes the rules. ”

"Of course, I think that the king of any country in this world should have the same idea as Gu. ”

"Does the lord of the country think that if he sits at the top and becomes the pinnacle of power, he can really guide the world and let everyone control it for you?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not. Nalan Jinxiu's demeanor was very firm, but the tone of his voice was still as flat as ever: "I can be the one who doesn't follow the rules." ”

"It also depends on whether you have the ability or not. ”

Nalan Jinxiu turned his head and smiled: "What does the lord of the country think of this ability? Do I want to have thousands of troops and horses, or do I want to have the will of the people for ten thousand years?"

"You can't have one without the other. ”

"Wrong. Of course, I don't have the ability to do that, but before I make a decision, I don't need to think about what the lord thinks, I just need to think about whether I can bear the consequences of this matter. ”

This sentence can be regarded as opening up a new vision for Qu Qingze. He suddenly discovered that the control he had always thought and the way of the emperor that he had always thought were not worth mentioning in the eyes of such a person.

"There is such a sentence in the book, saying that my life is up to me. No matter how big the emperor is, he can't cover the sky after all, so how can he control everyone? What the emperor can control is just some mediocre people. ”

Nalan Jinxiu said this madly, but Qu Qingze did not blame, he even thought that her words were very reasonable in his heart. If he could have this insight when he was young, I am afraid that he will really be a free prince now.

However, it must be too late. There are some paths that you can't turn back when you choose, whether it's wrong or not, and whether the road is difficult or not, you have to continue to walk in the end.

"This knowledge of yours can only make you a hermit, you can look at the whole game from the perspective of a spectator, but you can never be the one who holds the child. ”

"It's not that I can't be, it's that I don't want to be. ”

Qu Qingze sneered, revealing a bit of sarcasm: "Is there a difference?"

"Absolutely. I don't want to be because I don't value it, and I can't be because I don't have the ability. The difference is so obvious, didn't the lord of the country even notice it?"

Qu Qingze smiled again: "I also want to reply to you with a folk saying, if you can't eat grapes, say that grapes are sour." ”

It was only at this time that Nalan Jinxiu faintly felt interesting. She laughed a little more freely, and her tone was a little brighter than before: "Lord, please tell me, what is the charm of the Emperor's Way?"

In a word, he can make his subjects bloom, but he can also make them doomed. It can create a peaceful and prosperous year, and it can also create a turbulent world. ”

"Is that what makes it fascinating?"

"Isn't it enough?"

Nalan Jinxiu shook his head and said lightly: "I just remembered a sentence from the Huayan Sutra. ”

Say. ”

"Everything that has a way of doing things should be viewed as such. ”

Qu Qingze is a person who does not believe in Buddhism, and he has always believed that those things in the Buddhist scriptures deviate from the emperor's technique, so he never reads them.

"People have only been in this world for a few decades, and what they ask for may not be achieved even if they exhaust their rights. If the obsession is too deep, it will eventually harm others and oneself in the end. The way of the emperor should also conform to the principles of heaven, be generous and kind, if it is not required, the person who is afraid of the catastrophe is himself. ”

Qu Qingze's eyebrows were gloomy: "You want me to stop?"

"Of course, I know that the lord of the kingdom will not listen to me, but only complains himself. ”

Qu Qingze was originally unwilling to be restrained by Daning, and wanted to come here to evacuate the depression in his chest. Unexpectedly, this anger is even more serious now.

When Nalan Jinxiu saw his appearance covered with dark clouds, he actually felt a little funny in his heart. She knew she couldn't laugh at this time, lest she provoke him, but there was good fruit to eat.

She could only completely forget the conversation just now, and asked curiously: "The lord of the country might as well tell me who are the people who have come to ask for marriage." ”

Qu Qingze felt that he had been suppressed by her from beginning to end, and his depression was difficult to express, and he was a little competitive at this time. It seems that there is also a sense of accomplishment to make such a calm person change his face.

So, he opened his lips lightly and said coldly: "Few people dare to come to ask for marriage, but Daning sent a marriage letter to ask for you to marry the head of their cabinet." ”

Isn't Daning's cabinet chief assistant ......

Nalan Jinxiu's eyes were still calm, but his heart was touched. He came to ask for marriage with a marriage certificate, did he want to help her get out of trouble? The ripples in her heart were only for a moment, and they soon returned to calm.

Now, she doesn't trust anyone anymore. Even if Mu Li valued her so much, didn't he leave in the end?

What's more, it is the third brother, who has the world in his heart, the people, and the community, even if he is willing to give her a position, how many can he have?

She is coveted by everyone, and everyone wants to get her, control her, and make her available to them. If she doesn't die, it is possible that she started the beacon fire.

Since he could have been able to control the Xuanjia Army in the first place, he would not be saved by death. When the time comes, in the face of the righteousness of the world, I should still choose to abandon her without hesitation.

He is a person who was born for the righteousness of the world, she and his ideals in his heart have always been unequal, what else could she ask for......