The dishes are good, only three or five kinds, not much wine, only a pot.

Not long after, the food was not eaten for a few bites, but the wine was drunk.

The emperor felt that he was not happy, so he asked Dai Fang Zhou to drink, Dai Fang Zhou was not at ease, he was not worried about the emperor's amount of wine, he was not worried about Chu Jianlian, no matter what, Chu Jianlian was a person who was not reassuring, because he was terrible enough.

Who in the world can have such courage as an emperor?

Sitting in front of the emperor is not only a Jianghu guest, but also a member of the Chu royal family, although Chu has been dead for hundreds of years, but it is also a descendant of the Chu royal family, rather than destroying Chu, for Chu Jianlian is not just a national hatred or a family hatred, besides, he is also the number one swordsman in the world.

Dai Fangzhou always felt that His Majesty should not sit so close to this Chu Jianlian, face to face, only a small wooden table in the middle, it seems that there is not much danger if he doesn't drink much wine now, but what if that guy gets drunk and draws his sword? He thought superficially, Chu Jianlian sat in this position, and still needed to draw his sword?

Dai Fangzhou even thought that if that guy really drew his sword, he would definitely block it in front of His Majesty.

"Where's the wine?"

The emperor glanced at Dai Fangzhou, and Dai Fangzhou was startled: "Wine ...... Nope. ”

"Stingy."

The emperor smiled and said, "I invited Mr. Chu to drink, and you told me that there was no wine?" ”

Dai Fangzhou: "Your Majesty, drink and drink well, drink more and hurt your body." ”

Chu Jian smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really a great person, there are loyal people around him, and he is no exception, so I envy Your Majesty a little." ”

"You should be envious."

The emperor waved his hand and instructed Dai Fangzhou: "Go and get the wine." ”

Dai Fangzhou was helpless, so he had to turn around and get wine, the emperor looked at Chu Jianlian: "I sometimes envy myself, the people around me, every one of them makes me feel very content, I am not proud of owning the world, I am proud of it, I am a qualified emperor, a qualified friend, a qualified brother, a qualified elder, I have a lot, so you should envy me, and you should not envy me, because...... I am not a qualified husband, nor a qualified father. ”

Chu Jianlian's eyes raised slightly: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

There was no one else around the emperor, and only he and Chu Jianlian were left after the boat went out.

"I didn't know you were coming, but since you're here, I won't let you go easily."

Chu Jianlian asked, "Your Majesty wants me to stay with you?" ”

"It's not."

The emperor looked at the empty wine glass, as if talking to himself: "I just said, I am a qualified emperor, a qualified friend, I rarely live up to people, what I have pursued all my life is also to live up to the three words, I have been working hard, I have done it to live up to the world!" But after all, I didn't live up to the people around me, I didn't let you stay by my side, I was already a qualified emperor, what were you afraid of? ”

"What I'm afraid of is that I'm getting more and more unqualified where I'm not qualified, and I'm not a qualified father...... So I want to ask Mr. Chu not to leave yet, and secretly protect Shen Leng. ”

Chu Jianlian's face changed suddenly: "Sure enough? ”

The emperor shook his head slightly: "Shen Xiaosong said that he was not sure, but I knew that it could be confirmed, so I don't want to be a father who has failed his children, I won't say these words to anyone close to me, but I can say it to you." ”

Chu Jianlian asked, "Why?" ”

"Mr. Chu, it's a gentleman."

The emperor looked into Chu Jianlian's eyes and said, "Although I am not familiar with you, I know that if someone entrusts you, you will not fail to live up to the trust. ”

Chu Jianlian frowned: "Your Majesty shouldn't say these words to me." ”

"If you say it, you can say it, what else?"

The emperor let out a long breath: "I am the emperor, but I have too many things to say, too many things to do, the people may not understand, and the emperor will also have grievances?" The emperor will also have troubles? ”

The emperor heard the footsteps of the boat outside the door and smiled: "If Mr. Chu agrees to me, then drink another cup with me." ”

Dai Fangzhou opened the curtain and entered the door, and put the wine jug on the table: "Your Majesty, the wine is here, Your Majesty ......"

"Got it, got it."

The emperor smiled and said, "You go out and wait, I still have something to say to Mr. Chu." ”

Dai Fangzhou leaned over and exited the room, the emperor poured a glass of wine for Chu Jianlian, and filled his own wine glass, he picked up the wine glass and signaled: "Mr. Chu? ”

Chu Jianlian looked at the glass of wine in front of him and didn't move.

"Why don't you recognize him?"

Chu Jianlian suddenly asked.

"There are a lot of ups and downs in the world, no one can really have a dull life, there are a lot of troubles in the world, no one can always be smooth sailing, I know this, he was lonely when he was a child, no wonder Your Majesty, I understand, Your Majesty doesn't recognize him now, I don't understand, what shouldn't be given is unfair, what should be given is not given, it's also unfair."

The emperor glanced at Chu Jianlian: "What if I recognize him and abolish the crown prince?" ”

Chu Jianlian's face changed greatly, and he stood up suddenly: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking?" ”

The emperor put down the wine glass, put his hand on the table, and gently tapped his fingers on the table: "I will not let the crown prince ascend the throne, I know my son, he is not clean in his heart, and an unclean person is not worthy of being the emperor of Daning, but if I abolish the prince and recognize Shen Leng, do you think, will Daning be chaotic?" I can't be so selfish after all......."

Chu Jianlian felt like his heart was turned upside down, he didn't expect that he would be able to hear these words when he came to see the emperor this time, the emperor was right, he would never say such things to any of the ministers close to him, even if it was the old dean that the emperor believed in, the general of the forbidden army, the emperor couldn't confide in them, they were ministers, this was something that could not be reversed, they would always be ministers.

In the whole world, there is only one person in Daning who is not Ning Chen, and that is Chu Jianlian.

But it was this person who didn't think he was a Ning person, and the emperor felt that he was credible, because Chu Jianlian was a gentleman who made a promise.

"Your Majesty shouldn't have said to me before, and what you said just now shouldn't have been said to me, hasn't Your Majesty thought that with the master-apprentice relationship between me and Cha'er, will I know if I will stand on Shen Leng's side?"

"You will all choose Shen Leng, and Shen Leng will not choose yourself."

The emperor looked at Chu Jianlian's eyes: "Even if I tell Shen Leng clearly now that he is my son, he will not fight, what I am worried about has never been Shen Leng......"

Chu Jianlian was silent.

The emperor was right, Shen Leng was not that kind of character.

"That's why I want Mr. Chu to protect him, he doesn't have the intention of harming others, but there will be people who want to harm him, not only Daning's enemies, but also people in Daning who want to harm him, I have a luxury...... If Mr. Chu is willing, I want to ask Mr. Chu to protect Shen Leng until the end, and my death in the future is not the end, so Mr. Chu has not yet drunk a glass of wine, you can think about it again. ”

When the emperor dies, there will naturally be a new monarch, and the new monarch is not the crown prince, not Shen Leng, but only the second prince Li Changye.

But the emperor is worried not only about the crown prince, but also about the second prince?

Chu Jianlian frowned and pondered, if he said so, I heard that the emperor had made Shen Leng and the second prince more close, and even became the master of the second prince, this was paving the way for Shen Leng, and the current closeness was for the sake of not alienating him in the future.

"Okay."

Chu Jianlian picked up the wine glass: "I promise Your Majesty." ”

He drank the wine from his glass.

The Emperor laughed, raised his glass, and drank it all.

Chu Jianlian looked at the emperor's tired eyes with relief: "Your Majesty, if you don't want the crown prince to ascend the throne, why give him the illusion that he can ascend the throne?" ”

In this case, Chu Jian dared to ask.

On such a topic, the emperor will also talk to Chu Jianlian, because he is not Ning Chen, he is a real outsider, and some things seem to be more stressful to outsiders, but fortunately, he is still just an outsider.

"I gave him the position of crown prince, let him study in the cabinet, I also let him stay in Chang'an to be a prisoner of the country during my northern expedition, and I also gave him great power...... I wanted to see if he would lose his heart because of what I had given him. ”

The Emperor let out a sigh: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have gambled, the matter between me and his mother shouldn't involve him, and it wasn't him who was wrong in the first place. ”

Chu Jianlian picked up the wine jug behind him and poured a glass for the emperor: "Your Majesty is right, if you don't want to give, it's better not to give it in the first place, Your Majesty's temptation will force him to go the way he shouldn't go." ”

The Emperor smiled wryly.

"So I'm not a good father."

The Emperor drank the wine from the cup again.

"That's all I have to say, I can't say it anymore."

The emperor shook his head and smiled: "I'm afraid I can't do without you." ”

This is a bit abrupt, if Dai Fangzhou hears it, he will definitely not understand, and no one else may understand, but Chu Jianlian understands, there is really no one around the emperor who can speak his heart unscrupulously, those loyal ministers of Daning are not good, only Chu Jianlian is the most special one in the world, and it is the only one.

The emperor cannot have such friends, absolutely not.

That's why the emperor said that he was afraid that he couldn't do without it, and what he was afraid of was not inseparable from Chu Jianlian, but because he was afraid that he couldn't leave talking to people about such things.

The emperor gave Chu Jian a full of wine: "Mr. Chu said that he would get drunk after three cups, but it turned out to be a lie." ”

Chu Jian said pitifully: "Your Majesty's words have already scared me out of my drinking. ”

He also smiled wryly.

If he hadn't heard these words, he wouldn't have found that the emperor was such a real and flesh-and-blood person, and if he hadn't found out about this, he wouldn't have felt that the emperor was actually a person who could be friends.

Chu Jianlian looked at the emperor in front of him, the loneliest person in the world, and suddenly felt ridiculous.

This is ridiculous because it turns out that Chu Jianlian thinks that he is the loneliest person in the world...... Who would have thought that the emperor who sits on the throne is.

The emperor has many people who can be brothers, and those who fought side by side with him on the battlefield can be the emperor's brothers, but this brotherhood is not pure, the emperor is the emperor, and the courtiers are the courtiers.

So the emperor doesn't have friends in the real sense, and the emperor that every ordinary person has, if there is, Chu Jianlian is the most suitable.

"It's going to be rare in the future."

Chu Jian stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for inviting me to drink." ”

The emperor snorted, his eyes a little hazy: "You're right, it's still rare in the future." ”

Chu Jianlian walked out of the house, and when he arrived in the courtyard, he heard the emperor's slightly drunken voice.

"On behalf of the boat, remember for yourself, after returning to Chang'an, you will be fined three months of silver, and the wine is mixed with so much water, are you afraid that I will not be able to invite guests to drink? Penalties! ”

"Your Majesty......"