As the order of the Zongren Mansion, Xiao Mingying, the king of Zhou, is usually very leisurely, but once something happens, it is a big thing to scratch his scalp. Last time, the Duke of Yasukuni and the Empress jointly rebelled, and the explosion of acting skills in those days made him tired.

This time the trouble is coming again

Duanwang Xiao Feng turned out to be the mastermind behind hiring a murderer to kill the king of Chu and shoot and injure the king of Jing

And he admitted it in front of His Majesty and the crown prince in person, and this matter can still be faked

His Majesty was furious and immediately notified him to enter the palace to deal with the aftermath, so he hurried to the palace, and then asked the forbidden army to escort Xiao Feng away, and temporarily closed the Zongren Mansion for two days before discussing.

If this matter comes true, although Xiao Feng will not be executed, he will not be able to escape the treatment of stripping off the prince, demoting him to a concubine, and then confinement in the Zongren Mansion.

And what Xiao Mingying couldn't figure out was why Xiao Feng did this, and it was fun to throw himself into the net

Is this a distortion of human nature or a moral degradation?

Also unable to figure it out is Xiao Rui.

When Xiao Rui returned to the East Palace, he didn't understand the reason.

Could it be that he knew that he was going to kill him, so he confessed leniently and committed suicide with the idea that I would rather kill myself than let Xiao Rui harm me.

Xiao Feng wouldn't be so stupid, he wasn't scared, not to mention that he hadn't done it yet, it couldn't be because of this reason.

It's not like his conscience found out, could it be that the unjust soul of the king of Chu came to communicate with him at three ends in three days, and he had nothing to do to fight a landlord, and by the way, a ghost pressed him, so he couldn't bear it

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If the king of Chu really has a wronged soul, he always feels that the person he is looking for is Xiao Rui, although he was killed by Xiao Feng, but for ghosts, he never wants to be a green ghost with a green grassland on his head.

So Xiao Rui couldn't think of a reason, so he decided to go to the Zongren Mansion tomorrow to have a look.

The next day, Xiao Rui went to see His Majesty first.

"Father, my son wants to go to the Zongren Mansion today," Xiao Rui said.

Xia Huang said: "You want to talk to King Duan, and you don't understand why he has to admit the crime, right?"

"Yes, it's curious. Could it be that my father knows the reason," Xiao Rui asked.

Emperor Xia sighed and said, "You can go and meet him in person, it is also a relief for him." ”

Seeing that His Majesty didn't want to say more, Xiao Rui could only find the answer by himself.

came to the Zongren Mansion and chatted with Xiao Mingying, the king of Zhou, for a while, and then was taken to the house where Xiao Feng was imprisoned. The house is very desolate, the ground is full of scattered leaves, and the buildings are very simple, if you are really imprisoned here, the oppressive atmosphere tortures you more than death.

Xiao Rui entered the house and saw Xiao Feng sitting at a table reading a book, although the room was simple, he was as stable as Mount Tai. Seeing Xiao Rui enter the house, he stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Sit"

At this time, he smiled, indescribably free.

Xiao Rui waved his hand and asked his entourage to retreat, leaving room for the two to communicate alone.

Xiao Feng put down the book and personally poured tea for Xiao Rui. To be exact, it's not tea, not even a color, but plain water. At the beginning, Xiao Rui also entered the Zongren Mansion, and knew that this was the rule set by King Zhou, whether you were a prince or a prince, you had to drink boiled water when you came, which was a kind of punishment.

Xiao Rui glanced at the books on the table, it turned out to be a heavenly creation, and then looked at Xiao Feng, unlike the previous aggressive momentum, he was like boiling water in the past, and his spirit was excited, which was the pursuit of the throne. Now it has become a spring, the impetuousness has subsided, it is natural and easy-going, and the eyes have become calm.

Xiao Rui couldn't help but ask: "Why do you want to confess, it's not like your character, we have been fighting openly and secretly for so long, and the way you look now really makes me unaccustomed to it." If you want to die and come back to life, this time the pit is too deep for you to jump out, you should understand. ”

Xiao Feng nodded and said with a smile: "Prince, please use tea." Yesterday, my father asked me, if I were the crown prince, would I be able to deal with the aggravating disasters I wanted to say that I could do it, but I couldn't. I didn't sleep all night last night, and I thought about it all night, and I figured it out, if I am the prince, I will indeed not be able to govern well. ”

"It's distressing for me to figure it out, but I'm relaxed and I've never felt more at ease. I have always regarded the throne as the pursuit of life, and I have long lost myself, and I have never thought about what I want."

"This time I chose to give up and chose to destroy my extravagant hopes with my own hands, it turned out that it was not difficult"

"I am indeed inferior to you"

After a pause, Xiao Feng said again: "In the past, I would have thought that you were here to laugh at me, but now that I have calmed down, I understand that you are just curious, curious about why I am confessing my guilt." ”

I saw him smiling, and when he was talking, he looked extraordinarily relaxed.

Xiao Rui admitted: "What the fourth brother said is right, I don't understand what you do. Why do you suddenly have to give up your dreams, isn't your dream to become an emperor and dominate China?"

"Fourth brother, we are brothers." Xiao Feng's eyes suddenly turned a little red, then he took a deep breath and replied: "Seventh brother, it's not my dream to be an emperor, to be honest, even I haven't figured out what I need now." Maybe it's my father's approval, maybe it's my father's love, maybe it's a free life, maybe it's the practice of martial arts without worry, but what I'm sure of is that it's definitely not the throne. It was my mother and grandfather who wanted me to inherit the throne and inculcate it from an early age, and this became my obsession."

"Father is right, I'm really inferior to you, it's not that I didn't see this fact clearly, but I didn't want to believe this fact, so I have been living in my own deception."

"It's really good to be in this state now, to be able to calm down and read books, to calm down and understand your own heart, to see your arrogance and ignorance clearly."

Xiao Rui listened and watched quietly, although he couldn't believe it in his heart, and felt that Xiao Feng's changes were too abrupt, but he also had to believe that he really saw something clearly.

In the past, Xiao Feng lived in scheming and deception since he was a child, his life was unreal and distorted, if he couldn't get out of his distorted life in person, he would continue to live in the shadows and lose himself for the throne.

Now I suddenly woke up to the fact that although I ended up with nothing, I gained the most precious thing I had ever lost, that is, my heart.

Xiao Rui couldn't help but sigh, this life seems to be long, and sometimes the ups and downs are so fast that the difference between the front and back is unbelievable.

"Fourth brother, what do you need me to do?" asked Xiao Rui.

Xiao Feng smiled: "You won't kill me"

"Is it still necessary?" asked Xiao Rui rhetorically.

Xiao Feng nodded, and then said: "I don't want my son to live like me, you help me teach him well, just as the fourth brother begs you for the first time and for the last time." ”

Xiao Rui responded: "No problem"

"Thank you." Xiao Feng said sincerely.

A thank you represents Xiao Feng's complete submission of defeat and his complete soberness from obsession.

In this world, how many people are confused for an obsession all their lives

Xiao Rui asked what he wanted to ask, and then left the Zongren Mansion.

What will the Zongren Mansion and His Majesty do with Xiao Feng next, Xiao Rui did not participate, just watched quietly.

At the same time, Xiao Feng's accident also caused heated discussions in Kyoto, although the news was blocked, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the top magnates still learned the truth.

If you want to say that the two people who were most shocked, the first was Huo Xingye.

He is Xiao Feng's uncle and Huang Qilin's son-in-law, and he naturally knows what Xiao Feng and Huang Qilin are doing. He was able to sit in the position of the secretary of the military department, thanks to Huang Qilin's support, so he was unwilling to do many things but had to do.

He saw Xiao Feng very thoroughly, a poor man who lived in the expectations of his elders, he didn't expect that he struggled to break off the shackles on his body, although he also lost everything, but it was up to Xiao Feng to grasp it himself.

The second person who was shocked was Xiao Jing.

He was dumbfounded, looking at his lame leg and stunned for a long time, then he raised his knife and was about to rush to the Zongren Mansion to kill Xiao Feng

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In vain in the past year, he has a deep brotherly relationship with him, a brother and a brother, a brother and a brother, a heart-to-heart, and even a strong support for him to ascend to the throne, and this is how he plays himself as a monkey

Because of this lameness, he Xiao Jing lost too many things, and after all these years, he overcame his inner obstacles and accepted the reality, and now it is good, and he uncovered the scars again, and sprinkled some salt and pepper by the way.

It's unbearable, it's unbearable

Xiao Jing finally rushed into the Zongren Mansion without waiting for him, and returned to the mansion after being scolded by Xiao Mingying, the king of Zhou.

Soon, after His Majesty discussed with the King of Zhou, he also lowered the punishment: cut off the prince, remove the royal family tree, and demote him to a concubine.

Like Xiao Ming, the Ming King who "rebelled" back then, he became a concubine.

His Majesty did not imprison Xiao Feng, knowing that he should be punished, but he still couldn't bear to think about the pitiful, not to mention his own blood and bones.

When Xiao Feng left the Zongren Mansion, his heart was as calm as water, and his face was gentle with a smile.

Not far away, Princess Cao Wan was waiting for him in a cloth dress.

Xiao Feng immediately smiled, the lady who shared the bed and pillowed that he didn't like, even though she had all kinds of shortcomings, she was always the closest person to him. He walked up and shook Cao Wan's hand.

Cao Wan cried with joy.

In Dongchang on death row, Huang Qilin also knew about Xiao Feng's situation.

He suddenly became very old, like an old man who was about to sink into the ground, dying.

His love for Xiao Feng is the most genuine, but it is also the most genuine favor, but it hurts the closest people. What Xiao Feng said was not wrong, if they didn't argue from the beginning, would the result still be like this

Then the result will have to be different.

Concubine Mu will not die, she is still a concubine in the palace.

Xiao Feng happily became his duan king.

Huang Qilin happily teased his great-grandson and lived happily.

"I was wrong"

Huang Qilin muttered to himself, then leaned against the wall, his eyes gradually drifted, and finally his breath was gone.

He regretted and died, but he knew why he had to do it today.

After Xiao Rui received the news, he sent someone to tell Xiao Feng and handed over Huang Qilin's body to Xiao Feng for placement.

In this life, there are too many forks in the road ahead, and if you can choose the right direction, you are lucky. If you go the wrong way, I hope not to make a mistake to the end and correct it in time.

Don't end up in the end.