Tang Yonghui for five years.

The ninth day of September.

Night.

Changan.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the secluded court, in the cold palace.

…… It's like a world away.

Wang Shanrou never thought that seeing this man and Li Zhi again would be like this.

When she woke up and saw the man sitting in front of her couch, she was stunned for a while.

It took a while for her to realize that she was disheveled at the moment, and after hurriedly straightening her clothes twice, she suddenly smiled bitterly again:

How did you forget......

Did he push himself into here?

Why did you forget it?

She sat up straight, stopped her finger on the jade pigment belt, lowered her eyes, looked at the bluestone ground that seemed to be bubbling with cold air, and said leisurely for a while:

"Your Majesty is here, isn't it good for your body?"

Li Zhi was speechless, just raised his eyebrows:

"Hmm."

Wang Shanrou raised her head again and glanced at Li Zhi:

"Is Your Majesty really in bad health?"

“…… Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

But I don't think the queen needs to care about this. ”

Li Zhi said calmly.

Wang Shanrou looked at Li Zhi in surprise, her apricot eyes widened, and it seemed that it was extremely difficult to believe the authentic truth:

"Your Majesty thinks that concubines shouldn't be cared about?"

"It's not inappropriate, it's not necessary."

Li Zhi said lightly:

"For the queen, the most important thing is the identity of the queen and the glory of the mother family, isn't it?"

"Your Majesty thinks that the concubine entered the palace for the sake of glory?"

"Of course not."

Li Zhi smiled, shook his head and said:

"The Taiyuan Wang family, what a grace...... first married the emperor's daughter Tong'an, and then got the head of the clan...... How could you enter the palace for glory?

It is true that in the marriage between me and the queen, who gets the glory and who gets the most benefits......

can only be regarded as the so-called Son of Heaven Li Clan? ”

Such words are extremely strong and sarcastic, but for some reason, Wang Shanrou listened to such words, but it seemed to be a knife in her heart, and she was stunned for a while, before she suddenly said:

"That's why Your Majesty has to act with that chrysanthemum hand cage...... Let the concubine know that there are always people around the concubine who are preparing medicine for the concubine, so that the concubine will not be sober, right? ”

Li Zhi lowered his eyes, and only raised his eyes for a long time and said:

"Now that you know how good that hand is to me, you should also think that I didn't put it there."

"It's her, isn't it?"

Wang Shanrou smiled miserably:

"It's her......

She had already arrived, and when she saw this, the concubine would definitely suspect His Majesty. But after doubting His Majesty, depending on the nature of the concubine, he will inevitably be suspicious of this thing being cut in half......

As His Majesty said, this thing is His Majesty's most beloved thing, and how many people in the whole world dare to have such courage to cut such things in half?

…… There is only one man, its original owner, the master who made it out. ”

Wang Shanrou looked directly at Li Zhi and said calmly:

She wanted to warn her concubine with this object: she knew who had been secretly doing all this to her concubine......

She is also very willing to let her concubine know......

Because that person is Your Majesty, isn't it? ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and did not answer the rhetorical question:

"You actually believe her."

"Of course."

Wang Shanrou smiled miserably again:

"The concubine is not ignorant, but she has known more or less about her body over the years, and she is not without precautions......

It's just that there are thousands of precautions, and the concubine still can't prevent the people around her after all.

I can't prevent the person who I trust the most. ”

Li Zhi sneered:

"The most trusted person?"

He shook his head:

"Is it me? If it were me, how could you be so vicious, killing the people I care about the most, one after another.

How could he be so vicious and spicy to force away the woman I love the most......

How could he be so ruthless, and attack with the Xiao family to kill my little Yan'er......

Is the person you trust the most? ”

Wang Shanrou was silent, and said lightly after a long time:

"Then she can do it?

Can she accommodate a concubine?

Can Xiao Yuyin be tolerated?

Can you tolerate any woman around Your Majesty? ”

She looked up and smiled faintly:

"Your Majesty, you are wrong, it's not that concubines can't trust Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with trust...... is whether it can be tolerated.

Concubine Yu, Yu Xiao Yuyin, and her......

Is it any one of us who can tolerate the presence of other women?

Difficult...... It's hard ......."

Wang Shanrou smiled bitterly:

"It's hard to ......

Your Majesty, the concubine knows, Your Majesty thinks, whether it is a concubine or the Xiao family, they are just begging for the supreme position next to Your Majesty......

Actually, it's not......

Your Majesty, you are underestimating yourself.

For us, the glory of the posterior, the lintel of the mother's house is certainly a first-class event......

But that corner of His Majesty's heart is soft......

But it is also the place we want to get the most.

Do you understand, Your Majesty?

Even if you are not the Son of Heaven today, you will not be in such a deep palace with the Xiao family today......

Your Majesty, you are still the one we will fight for and take.

It is fate. ”

Li Zhi was silent for a long time, and said lightly for a while:

"Why do you want to harm the children when you fight for you?"

Wang Shanrou was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked back.

After a while, Wang Shanrou sighed, and said lightly with a supple face:

"Your Majesty...... What does it mean that mother and child are one and the same......

Conceived in October, born in one day......

Countless days and nights of hard work......

The so-called son, Xiang Fan, is inseparable from the mother. ”

"So you're going to kill her child?"

"That's also His Majesty's child, concubine always remembers.

So...... So the concubine never really harmed them. ”

"Really?!

Do you dare to say that Yan'er's death, and you dare to say that Hong'er's harm has nothing to do with you at all?! ”

“…… Your Majesty, concubines can't add dragon heirs to Your Majesty, so they will naturally love and bless Your Majesty's children. And how can it harm them?

It was the Xiao family who really harmed them! ”

"Really? You don't have anything to do with it?! ”

“…… Although the concubines were tempted, they also had resentment because of their biological mother, but the children ......"

Wang Shanrou shook her head and smiled sadly:

"How much a concubine wants a child of her own, how much she loves and takes care of them, how can she really want to hurt them?

But you can't blame Your Majesty, Your Majesty is not a woman, and you can't understand the thoughts of such a mother and son.

It is even more difficult to understand the concubine's desire to have a child. ”

"Longing for a child......"

Li Zhi sneered:

"So you killed the Liu family and took Zhong'er?

So after watching Zhong'er grow up and not have much inheritance, you put your mind on Hong'er?

Then I really have to be glad for Hong'er......

Fortunately, his mother is a strong woman, after all, she can't protect herself as well as Liu, but she has to force you to admit defeat, and she can't save her life as a result, isn't it? ”

Wang Shanrou raised her head and looked indifferently:

"Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, who can inherit Your Majesty, must be someone who is better than others everywhere.

It's a pity that Zhong'er can't be taught at a young age, and with such an unbearable biological mother, she didn't end up with any good upbringing, and it's a pity that she has a lot of blood in vain.

Hong'er is different......"

Her gaze gradually softened, so soft that Li Zhi felt pitiful and terrible:

"His eyebrows, his character, his everything......

Among the sons, they are the most like Your Majesty.

Bright and calm, but intelligent and clear.

He is gifted, but he is always kind to others......

Such a child is worthy of being the successor of His Majesty, and only then does he need a good mother......"

"You're not, and you're not worthy."

Li Zhi still couldn't listen to it after all, and categorically interrupted her words:

"You're not a good mother, you never will be. Compared to Mei Niang, you are too far behind. ”

Wang Shanrou's face became a little distorted:

"Wrong, Your Majesty is wrong......

It's that the concubine has acted a little too much, or the concubine's mind is a little too decisive......

But the concubine would be a good mother...... The concubine has been taught since childhood, and the teaching she has inherited since childhood......"

"It is precisely because of the so-called learning and teaching you have received that you have come to this point."

Li Zhi was calm, and after a while, he said:

"Because until now, what you have been thinking about is the so-called inheritance of bone and blood, the so-called mother's family care, or the so-called root and bone qualifications......

What's the difference between picking a child like this and picking a cat and raising a dog?

I'm glad I don't have any heirs of your own......

Otherwise, how much suffering and how much sin will the child suffer?

How is he going to despair for the rest of his life? ”

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Shanrou's face was completely distorted, her expression was hideous, and after a loud shout, she took a deep breath in an instant, closed her eyes for a long time before opening her eyes again, and in a calm state, her whole body trembled slightly:

"Your Majesty has not been by Shanrou's side all these years...... I don't know how to be kind and soft-hearted, and it is inevitable that I will say this.

But Your Majesty, Your Majesty, no matter what, should not be so judgmental.

How could Shanrou deliberately divide people into three, six, nine, and so on?

It's just that human nature is like this, and there are always those who have received some bad teachings and eventually become ...... of corrupt talents."

"Enough. I don't want to listen to your crazy talk anymore. ”

Li Zhi got up, but Wang Shanrou grabbed his sleeve and said with tears in his eyes:

"Your Majesty is crazy when you say Shanrou?

Over the years, if it weren't for His Majesty's concubine's medicinal food, he would have fallen a seven-leaf flower...... If it weren't for His Majesty's connivance at that cheap maid Wu Meiniang to poison the concubine many times......

How could a concubine have such crazy words?

Your Majesty, if the concubine dares to ask Your Majesty, can Your Majesty tell the concubine that the food she eats and the water she drinks today......

Don't you have that seven-leaf flower? ”

Li Zhi stopped for a long time, and finally shook his head, sighed, looked back at the woman who was kneeling on the ground, looking at himself, and a pair of women who still had hope in their eyes, said with pity:

"Do you really think that the medicine was taken by me?"

The queen's eyes lit up:

"No, right? The concubine knows ......"

"You just asked, Mei Niang deliberately cut the hand cage in two to make you suspicious.

You think it's to make you more miserable, to make you understand that she is showing you off my boundless grace to her, and her boundless affection......

In order to give you the heaviest and most painful blow......

Really?

In order to make you still unable to extricate yourself before the endgame, you will die with pain......

So you think that's the case, don't you? ”

Wang Shanrou was stunned, looked at Li Zhi, whose eyes were so pitiful as if he was looking at a cat on the verge of death, and unconsciously let go. He opened his mouth in a panic, but he didn't know what to say after all.

Li Zhi shook his head, his eyes were even more pitying:

"You're wrong.

Mei Niang is willful, but she knows my heart best.

She knew that the last thing I wanted was to see these precious things that bound me to my memories ruined—the most precious memories for me, the happiest memories I had with her in the past.

I sit on the world, and there are not many things that can be called happy in my life.

Father, mother, concubines, eldest brother, third brother, fourth brother, An Ning, Sister Suqin, Sister Xu...... There are also Aunt Hua who grew up with me since childhood, Wang De, De'an, and Rui'an...... My Hong'er, Yan'er, Zhong'er, Xiao'er......

And, of course, the most important of all......

She knew how important these things were to me.

But she knows better what is the most important thing among them, and she knows better what kind of person the real me is, and what kind of things I will do for these important things......

Yes, she knows.

She knows that the most regrettable thing in my life is you......

In other words, your family persecuted your father and the emperor, causing me to lose my love, and had to go against my own wishes and embark on this thorny road of the emperor.

…… It was also you who caused Sister Xu's death.

But she knew these two things, and I could understand them.

After all, although you are the first evil, you are being used by Sister Xu, so I can tolerate you, forgive you, and give you a trace of life.

As for the matter of forcibly marrying into the East Palace as a concubine back then, when it comes to it, it was also planned by your parents, and your father used the design, so you can't blame it after all.

But Yan'er...... And Hong'er who you want to take away in your heart......"

He lowered his head, his eyes were cold, and he saw that Wang Shanrou's whole body was cold:

"I will never forget that it was you and the Xiao family who killed my most beloved and precious Yan'er, and it was you who killed you...... Because of delusional obsession, I poisoned Hong'er, who I regretted the most......

It's even more you, who hurt Mei Niang three times and twice, making her sick and uneasy all the time......

So I can't let you live well. ”

Li Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at her with a pale face:

"But Mei Niang understands one thing, she understands that I am the emperor, and there are some things, whether overt or secret, that cannot be done.

So all her life, she has been dealing with these things for me.

She has been doing these things all the time, and she doesn't care about them at all.

Therefore, in this life, I have never had any bad thoughts about you.

Because you don't deserve to be hated by me so much, and because Mei Niang didn't give me this chance.

- At least before Yan'er, I felt so.

But after Yan'er's incident, I understood that leaving the problem that my father handed over to me in this way was really evading my responsibilities as a husband, as a father, and as an emperor.

That's why I've decided to send you on your way with my own hands. ”

Li Zhi took out a bluestone vial from his waist, gently placed it in front of Wang Shanrou, who was already earth-colored, let her take a look, and then put it on top of the small table on the side, and then continued to stand with his hands in his hands:

But Mei Niang didn't agree.

She...... She really cares about me, everything about me.

She knew that I hated this kind of thing, and she knew that I was disgusted, and she would definitely take this path for the sake of a little loneliness in her heart, a little loneliness and hatred that as the lord of the world, she couldn't even keep her beloved wife and weak children.

So she had to stop me......

I'd rather bear my own notoriety than let me have no chance to do it.

Even in order to let me leave this notoriety forever, she is willing to give up revenge and spare your life.

Do you understand? ”

Li Zhi looked at Wang Shanrou's already stiff face with pity, and shook his head lightly:

"It seems that you won't understand if you don't listen to it. It's okay, you don't listen to it, I make it clear......

I don't think you understand why Mei Niang must think that she is showing off to you, and you will not understand why you have to pick this hand cage.

I have already said that this hand is the most important thing in me.

Even if it is cut in two, I will definitely take it back and put it away.

And if she acts like this, you must have a grudge in your heart, and you will inevitably reveal this matter outside the palace.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, let alone you intend to preach it?

Then in the future, if you die unexpectedly, whether it is my hand or not, everyone in the world will think that she is a poisonous woman.

She knows all this, she understands all this.

That's why she behaved like this......

First, he cut the hand cage in half, forcing me to come and see you, so that I could see you like this now, and vent the resentment that had accumulated in my heart for a long time.

She always thought that no matter how ruthless I did, there was a glimmer of pity in my heart.

It's because she thinks that as long as I see you like this, I will be more or less soft-hearted and hesitant.

Plus she borrowed your mouth to preemptively put herself on the tip of the knife......

In this way, I don't care about my own reputation, I don't care about the eyes of others. But for her sake, I will do everything I can to save your life......

At least live long enough to convince everyone that it's definitely not her time to kill you.

And at times like this......

Whether it is me or her, they all know very well that only the day when you die of old age for a hundred years and live in your own home...... That's when the time really comes.

Do you understand?

That's why she's so bothered to save your life for my sake......

Do you understand?

So you can live with peace of mind now. ”

Li Zhi stretched out his hand, picked up the vial from the table, and said lightly:

"And you can only live.

Because you know that only by living can you find an opportunity to unravel all this and ruin the reputation of me and Mei Niang.

So you get the idea?

That's why I would never choose you.

Are you really too hypocritical...... Even to the point of deceiving himself.

And Mei Niang......

She always sees herself as a bad person, but she never thought that behind her so-called evil and so-called poison, there is a responsibility and kindness......

She and you are two completely opposite people:

You are doing evil, but in the name of good, you are persuading yourself and everyone again and again to believe that your selfish actions are all great good deeds for everyone.

She is doing good, but in the name of evil, she has repeatedly warned herself and everyone to be cautious, and to be careful whether her actions, which are considered for all, are mixed with her desires......"

Li Zhi looked at her sympathetically:

"My queen mother once said that human nature is both good and evil. Gods and demons should also be reasoned with here.

It is a so-called good person, but there are more good thoughts than evil thoughts. And once good thoughts remain in the heart and are not aware of it, man becomes a compassionate God.

And the so-called wicked person means that there are more evil thoughts than good thoughts, and once the evil thoughts remain in the heart forever and do not realize it, people will turn into cruel demons......

Got it?

The current Mei Niang is already close to God, and you ...... Fallen into demons.

So Mei Niang can be regarded as a vain heart......

Because of demons, self-destruction is inevitable......

Because demons are just poor creatures who don't believe in themselves. ”

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he turned around and turned back, never looking at Wang Shanrou who was depressed and crying silently.

Because he knew that he or Mei Niang, although he had never killed her, he had already wiped out everything about her.

But......

He walked into the middle of the night, his eyes shining like a sword blade:

But......

Li Zhi glanced at De'an, who was following him, and De'an nodded lightly.

Li Zhi turned his head and smiled:

But......

Mei Niang, you are so clever and shrewd......

But you or I, but you can't stop others from taking revenge, right?

Then, he stopped suddenly, then shook his head and smiled, and asked De'an, who was slowly following him, without looking back:

"You say, am I becoming more and more like my father?"

Dean was silent, and after a long time, he whispered, followed by the footsteps and figures of the two attendants, scattered together in the night that engulfed their figures:

"The Lord is the son of the first emperor, how can he not be like it......"