Evergreen Palace, Prince East Palace.

Wen Ziwu's study is light and elegant, except for his own clothes that can be seen as his identity, all the other furnishings are simple and concise. He has always loved lotus, and even the bottom of the cup of the tea set he uses is painted with a half-opened lotus flower. Hua Zixu picked up the teacup and looked at it carefully, and said: "This half-opened lotus is not as beautiful as when it is in full bloom, what is the reason why you draw a half-opened lotus?"

"If it's in full bloom, it's going to be thankful soon. If it is half-open for a long time, there is still a thought. ”

"You and Emperor Wei are really not like each other. ”

"But you and him...... It's more like me. ”

Hearing this, Hua Zixu's face changed, he got up and walked to the window, and said coldly: "I said that I have nothing to do with him. ”

"But obviously you heard that your father was seriously ill and difficult to recover, and your life was worried, so you faked the name Hua Zixu to enter the palace for his treatment, if you don't have half of the father-son affection for your father, how could you come all the way from Southern Fujian to Dawei?"

"I don't ...... Come and see him, and see what this man who has made my mother remember for so many years is really like. ”

Wen Ziwu was silent, his eyelashes were long and thick, and his slender eyes always had a bit of melancholy and haze, which was very similar to his mother, the late Empress Wei of Wei.

Seeing him like this, Hua Zixu comforted: "What happened back then has nothing to do with you, Ziwu, and you don't need to blame yourself." ”

"How can it be said that it has nothing to do with it? If it weren't for the queen mother who occupied the queen's position first, how could Zhen Niangniang be so sad that the tragedy that happened later...... And Zihua, how could you be far away from your homeland for so many years, living in that distant Fujian country, and having a home but not being able to return. Wen Ziwu's slender and slightly pale fingers clenched the lotus cup, "When the queen mother was alive, she often recalled Zhen Niangniang to me, she always said that there is no one in the world who is more beautiful and has a more real temperament than Zhen Ji, but it is a pity that such a character falls in this world, but it is worthless and helpless." ”

"Isn't it worth it?" Hua Zixu, oh no, it was Murong Zihua who was pretending to be Hua Zixu, and at this moment a subtle sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Some people will always know what is really not worth it!"

Wen Ziwu, who was stuck in sadness and memories, didn't notice his strange appearance, and still looked at his lotus cup: "For so many years, the queen mother has carried the glory of the mother family, although she is in the back position, she is cautious, although the father and the emperor have been courteous to her for several weeks, but I know very well that the queen mother has never been really happy, and she has never really smiled." Until the night before she left, she still held my hand and said that she was worthy of the emperor, the family, and me in this life, and the only thing she was sorry for was Zhen Niangniang, she said that she, as well as her father, owed Zhen Niangniang a queen in this life, but I don't know if there will be a chance to pay it back in the next life——"

"Ziwu," Murong Zihua interrupted him, looking into his eyes fixedly, "No need. ”

"What doesn't have to be?"

"You don't have to pay it back. Murong Zihua's cheeks trembled slightly under the thin human skin mask, "Your queen mother is a good person, she doesn't know anything. You're also a good person, and you don't know anything. ”

"I don't know, I don't know what?" Wen Ziwu obviously didn't understand, and raised his eyes to look at him in confusion.

You don't know, what he owes my mother is more than just the position of a queen! There is also the hatred of the entire Snow Clan for extermination, this revenge is not avenged, and heaven will not tolerate it! Murong Zihua once again recalled Zhen Ji's eyes, those eyes full of vigilance and despair, his heart became colder and harder, and then, he showed an incomparably warm smile: "You don't know, over the years, my mother and I have never complained about your mother, and we only regret and chagrin for the emperor. If it weren't for my mother's arrogance and rudeness, who collided with Tianwei on the emperor's birthday, how could she have been expelled from the palace......? Everything is almost complete. ”

"How can this be considered complete?" Wen Ziwu said with concern: "I have been persuading you to identify yourself to your father, and I can also explain a thing or two for you." Zhen Niangniang is now the concubine of Fujian, so naturally she will not be allowed to return, but after all, you are the royal blood of the Wen family, so you should recognize your ancestors and return to the Great Wei. You need to know that this is your real hometown, and Dawei is your real homeland. ”

Yes, I'm not coming back? I'm here to regain my true hometown, my true homeland! Murong Zihua looked at this brother who didn't know anything, but was really kind and amiable, and blurted out: "Ziwu, I really think that you are not suitable to be an emperor. ”

Wen Ziwu was stunned for a moment, and then sighed, "People are born in the emperor's family, how to glorify the scenery, how to be born as a prince, how to be under ten thousand people by one person, but I just want to live this life plainly." What is the use of the emperor's throne, the ninety-five honor, with me? It's a pity that such a small wish may not be fulfilled in this life. ”

In this case, Ziwu should not say it in the future, lest he be heard by people in the court or the clan who have a heart and give birth to their wolf ambitions for no reason. ”

"Hey, you don't know," Wen Ziwu shook his head with a wry smile, "My father has been iron-blooded all these years, and all those in the clan who have had different intentions, may have different intentions, or have some power, kill and degrade, and exile." Although there are factions among the Wenchen in the court, none of them can become bigger, and even the Wei clan of my mother's family, although they seem to be in a high position, they have no real power, and they have long been hollowed out. And the military, as you can see, is controlled by the emperor himself. ”

This shows that the emperor is clever and the court situation is under control. Murong Zihua said with a smile, "Ziwu, you really should learn it." ”

Wen Ziwu hurriedly waved his hand, "My father, like you, always let me learn this person's scheming, and I always have to look like a prince every day outside and outside, it's rare to be able to relax in front of you, spare me, don't talk about this." ”

Murong Zihua smiled tolerantly, looking at this younger brother, he didn't know whether he was distressed or pitiful for him, and there was a faint tenderness in his heart. In fact, before coming to Wei, he had a grudge against everyone in the Evergreen Palace, and he didn't really take Concubine Zhen's constant emphasis on "don't hurt Ziwu", and even in his overall plan, Wen Ziwu's life and death were not deliberately considered. But since entering the palace as a foreign doctor according to the plan, gaining trust for the emperor's treatment, and privately confiding in Prince Wei to win sympathy, King Wei's hypocritical trust in him, secret investigation, and overt and covert surveillance in the Evergreen Palace were all expected by him. But what Wen Ziwu, the prince of Wei, showed him was the care, unreserved trust and friendship that was truly full of blood and family affection, which made Murong Zihua surprised and hesitated, he hated that person to the bone, but Wen Ziwu was his son - and himself, why not?