"Yes, I admit that this time I didn't think it through. But this does not mean that I am not capable enough, and the reason why I lost today is not because I chose the wrong time, but because my strength is not enough. ”

Lao Jiu was stimulated by Mo Bai's words, but he couldn't accept the fact that he was not capable at all, at this moment, even his fear of Mo Bai was put down, and he retorted angrily: "It's not that I lost because of my lack of ability, but that I have no other choice at all." I thought about continuing to forbear, and even Northern Jiangsu decided to give up, just so that after ascending the throne, I could establish my prestige more smoothly and rectify the dynasty. But you want to get in the way of it, and don't give me the slightest chance to develop, what can I do but give it a go? ”

"What do you say about a worthy monarch? Do you think it's still when you were a kid, playing childish games? Do you understand that even if you are the emperor, you have no right to let your enemies let you, let alone wait until you have accumulated enough strength to compete with you? This is how your so-called ability is manifested? Mo Bai's brows furrowed.

"I ......" Lao Jiu was stunned, and then his face suddenly turned red: "I didn't mean that, but God was too harsh on me, I was not defeated by ability, but by providence." ”

"Providence?" Mo Bai's eyes were slightly cold: "You and I discuss the will of heaven?" ”

Mo Bai's tone changed abruptly, so that the three people in the hall immediately felt it, and they all looked at him.

Mo Bai lowered his eyes, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "You have lived in the palace since you were a child, you have been clothed and fed since you were a child, you have been served by people in hot and cold, you have been diagnosed and treated by a doctor, you have learned from famous teachers, and you have more civil servants and warriors to accompany you in and out. Under such conditions, you have not been able to make any achievements, and now, you are about to do it to me with an impulsive and brainless slap on the head, but you lose, and you refuse to admit that you are not capable, but throw the responsibility to the will of God. ”

Lao Jiu subconsciously wanted to refute, but Mo Bai suddenly raised his head, and his voice increased sharply: "Not only are you incapacitated, you don't even have the responsibility to face failure, if you are undefeated, there is no heavenly reason." ”

"Win and lose!" Lao Jiu's body trembled and closed his eyes, and a few words squeezed out between his teeth.

Mo Bai's voice became deeper and lower: "You may be able to lament the injustice of fate in front of others, but in front of me, you are not qualified to lament?" You and I are both princes, when you were in the palace and were loved by Your Majesty, how did the sixth brother come over? ”

When the words landed, Lao Jiu's body still couldn't help but be shocked, he wanted to open his eyes to refute Mo Bai, but after thinking about it several times, he couldn't refute it at all.

The eyes of the real people on the side turned on Xinjun and Mo Bai, and they couldn't help lowering their eyes, and sighed softly in their hearts: "Indeed, if it is unfair to God's will, King Ming is the person who is most qualified to lament fate, and the new emperor is indeed not qualified to face King Ming in front of fate." ”

The Queen Mother listened to Mo Bai's words, her eyes suddenly turned red, and tears slid down her cheeks.

Mo Bai didn't look at the others, calmed down a little, and then spoke again, his voice had calmed down: "There is one thing, I was originally going to endure it for the rest of my life, and I didn't say a word until I entered the coffin." However, since you want to lament the injustice of fate, it seems that I still want to make you sober and sober, so that you can see clearly what God has done to you, how it is to me, and whether your defeat today is whether God is unfair to you or your own incompetence. ”

"I'm listening!" Lao Jiu opened his eyes and said in a hoarse voice.

The Queen Mother also wiped the corners of her eyes and cheered up, wondering what Mo Bai was going to say?

However, the real person on the side suddenly spoke: "Your Highness, some things have passed, why bother to mention them again, many things and many people were helpless to do it, and now that the ancestors are gone, why bother to turn over the old accounts?" ”

The suddenness of the real person's words made everyone present stunned.

The real person has never interjected half a sentence since he came in, even if Mo Bai has been rude to Xinjun repeatedly, commensurate with brothers, and verbally attacked, the real person just watched and listened without interjecting.

At this time, he suddenly interjected, so that the Queen Mother and Lao Jiu realized at the same time that what Mo Bai might say was indeed extraordinary, and the two of them even thought in an instant that this matter might involve the first emperor, so that the real person couldn't help but stop it.

Mo Bai looked at the real person, was silent for a while, but still made a decision, and said: "I won't say it thoroughly today, I'm afraid that the ninth brother will not be convinced, if he still wants to be obsessed, then the result, the real person knows." ”

When the real person heard this, his hair shook a few times.

Of course, he knew that King Ming and Xinjun were now making final negotiations.

The two of them have reached this point, and King Ming can't stop it.

If you can't reach an agreement with Xinjun today, then King Ming and Xinjun will probably have to be one of them who can't get out of the imperial study.

Lao Jiu naturally knew this result, took a deep breath and said: "Real person, it has reached this point, there is nothing to scruple about, since I have already lost, but even if I lose, it does not mean that the sixth brother has won." The sixth brother wants me to be a puppet emperor, so I will wait and see how the sixth brother convinces me. ”

When the real person heard this, he glanced at the people in the hall, and finally didn't say anything more, and closed his eyes again.

The Queen Mother and Lao Jiu's eyes were on Mo Bai, Mo Bai took a breath, didn't look at Lao Jiu, but glanced at the Queen Mother and said: "Queen Mother, today's twists and turns are so far, you should be tired, why don't you go and rest first, how about it?" ”

The Queen Mother shook her head without thinking about it: "You don't have to worry about this palace, you two brothers are like this, this palace is suffering, and what else can't be beared." ”

Seeing this, Mo Bai didn't say anything more, only nodded, looked at Lao Jiu again, and said in a deep voice: "Lao Jiu, although you were still young seven years ago, you must know a little bit about everything that happened when the sixth brother got married." ”

Hearing this, Lao Jiu hesitated slightly, but still nodded.

"Then do you know why the sixth brother left the pearl and disappeared for six years, in the past six years, the sixth brother obviously did not die, but he did not contact the country?" Mo Bai asked again.

As soon as these words came out, the Queen Mother's eyelids suddenly jumped, and Lao Jiu was silent, just staring at Mo Bai, waiting for him to follow.

Mo Bai glanced at the Queen Mother again, and saw that her eyes suddenly drooped, and she no longer looked at herself, and suddenly knew that she was more or less always a little guessing in her heart.

After a little silence, Mo Bai said slowly: "Back then, on my wedding night, I was injured by Shangqing Mountain, I won't go into details, it's basically the same as you know." But what happened to me after I lay on the hospital bed, I'm afraid that those who know the truth are no more than a palm in this world. ”

"The truth?" Lao Jiu and the Queen Mother glanced at the real person at the same time, but saw that the real person did not open his eyes, nor did he deny it.

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes again, and Lao Jiu looked at Mo Bai.

Mo Bai didn't look at him, but continued: "At that time, Your Majesty sent Danshi to treat my injuries, and after Danshi investigated, he told Zhang Bangli that I was too seriously injured, and he couldn't do anything, and I was afraid that he wouldn't live for more than a month. In fact, I was really seriously injured at that time, but it was not to the point of death, but the Dan Master's strength was limited, and he was afraid that I would take responsibility for not being able to cure me, so he didn't want to take this errand. ”

"Zhang Bangli reported this matter to the first emperor, who was worried that because of my death at the hands of Shangqing Mountain, the dynasty and the Daomen would be completely broken apart because of this matter. The first emperor was afraid of revealing the news, so he no longer changed the stronger Danshi to treat me, but ordered the Danshi to ignite my remnants of vitality with secret methods. ”

Speaking of this, Mo Bai glanced up at Lao Jiu and the Queen Mother, and said softly: "If I use this method, I can appear to return to the light, but I only have three days left, and after three days, the gods will descend to earth, and I will not be helped." ”

The Queen Mother's face turned pale in an instant, on the contrary, Lao Jiu didn't react much, but with Mo Bai's words, thinking about the situation at the time, he felt that if this was the case, it would be normal for the first emperor to do this.

Mo Bai continued: "Then, this Dan Master cast a secret method, and I really appeared in front of people as if nothing happened. But what is fake is what is fake, and I will die after all in three days. Therefore, the first emperor ordered me to go out of Beijing immediately, and arranged an assassination on the road, trying to make me disappear from the world, the reason why it was so troublesome was because Mei Qingfeng had the intention of marrying Princess Ming to his grandson at that time, Princess Ming had already married me, as long as I did not confirm my death, Princess Ming could not remarry, so the first emperor took great pains to arrange for me to have an accident on the road, so that I could kill two birds with one stone, not only did not let me die in the hands of Shangqing Mountain, but also dragged the marriage between the Lin family and Shangqing Mountain. ”

Speaking of this, a smile appeared inexplicably at the corner of Mo Bai's mouth, and he lowered his head and said: "It's just that no one noticed at that time that when Danshi and Zhang Bangli were talking, I should have been in a coma, but I woke up early and heard all this." At that time, no one even knew that I, who was useless, had actually learned medicine from a teacher in the people, so that everything had an accident, and I learned everything. ”

"But even if I knew all this at that time, I found that there was no way to resist at all, and I didn't dare to tell the first emperor at that time, I heard everything. The first emperor had already believed the words of the Dan Shi and decided that I would definitely die, and it was impossible for me to change my mind because of my plea. Even if he knew that I had learned the truth, I was afraid that not only would he not allow me to save myself, but would only immediately forcibly control me and follow his plan. ”

"In a critical situation, fortunately, Ah Jiu, a servant in my house, was loyal and helped me destroy the secret method of the Dan Master, so that I could survive a trace of vitality, and later, when I entered the palace, I still took the opportunity to ask the first emperor and asked him to give me a different Dan Shi for diagnosis and treatment. The first emperor had really made up his mind, he didn't want to let one more person know about this matter, so he refused me without hesitation. ”

"There is no way, I can only go on the road under the arrangement of the first emperor, but even the first emperor did not expect that his well-planned things were noticed by the Lin family, and the Lin family did not want King Ming to die at the hands of Shangqing Mountain, so he secretly planned it. When I hit the road, the assassination arranged by the dynasty had not yet begun, and Lin's killers arrived first. The reason why the Lin family wants to kill me is also very simple, it is still for the Lin family to marry Shangqing Mountain, if you don't kill me, Princess Ming will definitely not be able to marry Shangqing Mountain. The dynasty wanted me to disappear without a trace, but the Lin wanted me to die in full view of the assassination. ”

Speaking of this, Mo Bai asked Lao Jiu: "I was forced to be helpless, in order to save myself, I had to take a pill with explosive potential left to me by my ancestor under serious injury, and beheaded that Dao master." After killing those assassins, my last breath of anger was almost exhausted, and at that time, I had almost no way out, and after this attack, the first emperor must have been able to detect that I had already learned of their plan, and the murder of the son, this kind of scandal was probably difficult for even the first emperor to face. When my life is in danger, it is not impossible for the first emperor to kill me again for the sake of fame. ”

"The dynasty will definitely not dare to go back, Shangqing Mountain has already made an enmity with me, seeing that I can do it, I will definitely not be able to sit still, and it is not strange to send someone to get rid of my potential threat. In order to marry Shangqing Mountain, the Lin family wants to kill my heart, not to mention. In addition, there are also the princes of the dynasties, including you, who were originally useless and had no threat to you. Now that I have shown that I am capable, the forces behind you will not regard me as a serious danger to you, and you will send someone to attack me. ”

"My dying body is facing enemies on all sides in an instant, and I am dead everywhere."

Mo Bai's voice was very calm, but the Queen Mother was already in tears, Lao Jiu was silent, and the real person seemed to be asleep, and he didn't say anything again.

"Lao Jiu, you tell me about the will of heaven and that fate is unfair. But I don't want to think about it, you and I are both princes, and I am still the queen mother, and my identity is originally more noble than you. When you were in the warm pavilion, when you were taught the way of government by the first emperor, I was facing the pursuit of the whole world. ”

"When you were in the palace, I was in a dark hut in Bac Rivers Province, and while my life and death were hanging by a thread, I had to evade the pursuit of the whole world."

"When you were enjoying the singing and dancing at night, I was in a small inn in Mingzhu Province, because I was seriously injured and couldn't help coughing, and I was angrily reprimanded by the tenant next door."

"When you were talking and high-spirited, I was risking my identity to save my life, setting up a roadside stall and treating people as a barefoot doctor."

"I laid the foundation of the Ming Wangfu with my bare hands, what achievements have you made? But in the end, I still didn't have the throne, and you didn't have to do anything, you were given a great cause by the emperor. In this way, you still talk to me about providence and fate? Why are you not convinced? ”

Every time Mo Bai said a word, the blood on Lao Jiu's face faded a point, and Mo Bai's words didn't give him any chance to refute at all.

Losing to Mo Bai, he was not qualified to mention his fate at all, tearing off his strong pride, and he had to face the fact that he was really incapable.

"As a monarch, you must have the responsibility you should have, and you have to accept it calmly if you lose. Providence is enough to favor you, if it weren't me standing here today, it wasn't your sixth brother, you lost this game, and you didn't even have the qualifications to listen to me, your head would have already landed. I'm talking to you so much, it's not that I really don't dare to kill you. Yes, if I kill you, I will not sit on the throne. But so what, I can't sit, other princes can. ”

"I don't kill you today, not because I can't kill you, but because I don't want to kill. I talk to you so much, I just hope that you can figure it out, don't go to a dead end, and have to treat yourself as a puppet. In fact, with your current ability, even without my existence, you would not have the supreme authority you dreamed of. Instead of living in a dream, it is better to be down-to-earth and learn a little more skills. You can hate me, but you have to admit that your ability is indeed immature at present, so even if you hate me again, I will not be able to leave the matter of resisting barbarism to you. ”

"I've already said what I should say, whether I want to continue to be my enemy in the future, you can give me an answer."

Lao Jiu breathed heavily and raised his head with difficulty: "I promise you now, you can believe it?" ”

Mo Bai shook his head: "You made a move, and you lost, of course it is impossible not to pay the price." This chair can continue to be yours to sit on, but before the victory of the barbarian resistance, you just need to listen more, watch more, and learn more. If you say yes, that's the end of today's business. If you don't want to, then there's nothing to say, and I can give you a decent death. ”

Lao Jiu smiled self-deprecatingly: "Before the victory of the anti-barbarian resistance, did the sixth brother give me a hope?" ”

"You can think so, haven't you always thought that you are capable? I can start from scratch and play today's situation, if you are really confident, you can also give it a try, life may not have no future. Mo Bai said.

Lao Jiu's eyes flickered, he really wanted to stand up, calmly die, and maintain his last pride as an emperor.

But since ancient times, it has been difficult to die, he is only a teenager, where can he be so calm?

To be alive is to have hope.

But Mo Bai's next sentence made his heart cold again: "However, I must remind you that this is not a child's game, not every time you can lose and start over, the price you pay today is not heavy, but if there is a next time, I can clearly answer you, if you lose again, no one in heaven and earth can save you." ”