(a)

I came back from visiting Liu Shen, and I was in Zhaoyang Palace with a lot of emotion, and when I heard that the waiter was coming, I immediately left for Liu Shen's dormitory.

Just stepped into the door of the dormitory, I heard the noise in front of me, and when I got closer, I saw the fourth prince of the emperor and the attendants entangled together, he clung to the red pillar in front of the palace and refused to let go, the attendants surrounded his persuasion and persuasion, pulling and pulling, it was a mess, and the chief attendant kept looking at the direction of the entrance of the dormitory with an anxious face.

"The queen has arrived—" The chamberlain of Zhaoyang Palace reported loudly.

Hearing the news, the disturbance over there immediately quieted down, and the attendants let go of the fourth prince and knelt down to meet my phoenix.

The fourth prince of the emperor also turned pale, his eyes flickered and he let go of the pillar, knelt down beside the steps, and said in a trembling voice: "See the queen mother." ”

Feng Yuan stopped in front of the hall. I got off the phoenix chariot and walked quickly to the fourth son of the emperor. I walked straight up to him.

I looked him straight in the eye and shouted quietly and sternly, "Get up, rebel! ”

He got up from the ground trembling all over, and before he could stand still, I raised my arm and gave him a resounding slap in the face.

After a crisp sound, a red mark from the palm of his hand appeared on his face. He was knocked to a head by me and took a few steps back.

This is the first time I have ever started to hit him since I was a child.

He was stunned by this slap, covered his hot face, and looked at me in horror.

I said, "Rebel! Don't you think your father is sick enough? You're still making a fuss here, do you have to be angry with your father to be willing? ”

The fourth son of the emperor weakened his knees, fell to his knees again, and sobbed: "The son is guilty, but the son does not dare." ”

I said, "Get up." Keep your mouth shut. Come with me and go to Zhaoyang Palace. I have something to say to you alone. ”

I glanced around, and said to the chief attendant of Liu Shen's palace: "The emperor is seriously ill and in a bad mood, inside and outside the palace, you must keep quiet, idle people, etc., you can't go in and out at will, except for the emperor's personal summons, foreign ministers need to get Wei Xiangguo's permission to enter, and all the princes and princesses and their families in the harem also need to get the approval of the emperor or Zhaoyang Palace to enter the visit, otherwise, you will all block me." If there is such a tumultuous noise like today, which will affect the emperor's rest and recovery, I will ask you! ”

The chief of the chamberlain is the only one who is called down.

I glanced at my son and saw that he had the same big eyes and the same contours of his lips as I did, and my heart tingled.

I said, "What are you still kneeling for?" Get up and come back with me. ”

(b)

Zhaoyang Palace. in my bedroom.

I am alone with the fourth son of the emperor, mother and son.

I sat on the edge of the bed, looked at him with sad eyes, and didn't say a word for a long time.

He knelt at my feet with his head bowed, sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

The longer I was silent, the more terrified he became.

Finally, he couldn't hold it back, and pleaded with tears: "The son is guilty, the son deserves death, the son begged his mother to calm his anger, begged his mother to take care of his body, and begged his mother to punish him." No matter how the father and queen mother punished their sons, the sons were willing to admit their guilt and surrender to the law. Erchen did not dare to defend his actions. ”

I looked at him and let out a long sigh.

I said, "Get up, come over here, and sit down." ”

He hesitated and did not dare to get up.

I said, "Son, Mother doesn't want to punish you now. Mother has something in her heart that she wants to talk to you about alone. Mother wants to tell you a long story. I regret now that I didn't tell you this story in time when you were younger. If I had said it earlier, perhaps, today's events would not have happened. ”

I pulled my son up from the ground and sat him next to me.

I said, "I want to tell you the story of two people." These two people are very close to you. One is your maternal grandfather, my biological father, General Chen Shizhao, the general of Yantang Pass. The other is your uncle, the son of my adoptive father, the world-famous general of the god of war. ”

I said, "I haven't told this story to anyone in my life." You're the first person in the world to listen to me tell this story. Son, listen carefully. ”

On that day, the lights in Zhaoyang Palace were bright all night, and our mother and son talked together all night.

I told my son about his father's life, his last farewell to his mother, how he died heroically on the threshing floor in Cuijiaji, and sacrificed his young life to stop the war, about my mother's coffin crying bitterly after his body was transported back to Yantang Pass, about the memorial service I went to the threshing floor with you, and about the cold and wet marks on the ground that you took me to visit the coffin of the General Military Mansion and saw on the ground for more than ten years.

I also told my son about your life, except for the love between us. I talked about the arduous training of your Qingfeng Village military training, the surprise attack on the grassland twice, the countless scars on your body, the hardships of your southern expedition to the north and the south, the decapitation attempt during the chaotic war, the Lantern Festival that took me to the city tower of Yantang Pass to watch the fireworks, said that someone must be used as a stone under the wheel to stop the runaway chariot, and told me that you traveled thousands of miles to come back to visit me, and persuaded me that whether it is marriage or childbirth, I should consider the welfare of the world, and not only consider my own selfishness. talked about our farewell to this life by Baojing Lake, your wordless tombstone, your heroic death in Xiyuan Canyon, the moment when Liu Shen defeated the Southern Han Dynasty and ascended to his father's throne, and the blank and unmanned seat that Liu Shen set up next to the throne.

I burst into tears during the narration, and several times I choked with grief and couldn't speak.

My son listened to me tell these stories that happened before he was born, listened to the hardships and thrills in it, he watched me cry in front of him, watched me choke in front of him, listened to it, he couldn't help but be moved, tears also flowed down with me, he also listened to his inner regret, sobbing several times.

(c)

That day, my mother and son went from afternoon to night, from late night to dawn, and when the dawn was faintly dewed, I finally finished this long story.

I said to my son, "Son, this is the life of your grandfather and uncle. They died on the battlefield at a young age, all so that one day they could restore peace to the world. For this reason, they have experienced countless hardships and hardships, and have given up growing old with their loved ones. They left their comfortable and warm life without hesitation, facing the bloody storm, even if their heads were in different places, even if they died without a place to be buried, they had no regrets. If it weren't for their dedication and sacrifice, your youth and youth would be the same as your mother, like your father, in the rain of swords and arrows, in the upheaval and displacement, in the horror of life and death, how can you be born in this prosperous city safely, how can you have such a stable and comfortable life as a prince, how can you have the opportunity to do these unfilial things? ”

I said, "Are they sacrificing everything they have just so that you can come and destroy it for your own selfishness?" ”

I said, "Is this what you want to do in your heart?" After you have done all this, you have caused chaos and division in the whole country, and even rekindled the flames of war, even if you can actually ascend to that throne one day, will you feel at ease? Aren't you afraid of the wrath? (To be continued.) )