If you don't get it when you live, you give it when you die, and it's considered mercy.

Gu Mingyuan laughed at the ridicule in his heart, but there was no show on his face.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't have the strength to guess what was going on in his mind now, he just wanted to find someone to talk to.

Therefore, hearing Gu Mingyuan's words, he leaned his body on the pillow, and some chaotic minds murmured: "I sometimes feel that I have really failed in this life. ”

is clearly a rich emperor, but in the end, what did he get?

Power will eventually pass away with his death, and love will long be buried with the death of the former queen.

Money, women, status, those things that a man cannot touch in his life, he has had all of them since birth.

But with his death, they will all leave him.

He has everything.

But there was nothing.

The emperor suddenly felt bored, waved his hand, and said, "That's it, you go out." ”

What are you doing with your son, he is still young and has a good age, so why listen to an old man like himself here.

Hearing the emperor's words, Gu Mingyuan just nodded in response, turned around and replied: "Father and emperor rest early, and the son will retire first." ”

Gu Mingyuan saluted, turned around and walked outside, but when he walked to the main hall, he was stopped by the emperor: "Wait-"

Hearing this, Gu Mingyuan paused and asked, "What else does my father have to order?"

However, the emperor turned a deaf ear and looked at Gu Mingyuan with a somewhat confused gaze.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was as red as blood, shining on Gu Mingyuan's body, as if it was covered with a layer of blood mist.

The emperor suddenly couldn't see it really.

His face was very similar to his mother, and because of this layer of haze, the emperor felt in a trance that it was the first empress standing there.

Or did Gu Mingyuan call him again to wake up his reason: "Father?"

Hearing his words, the emperor came back to his senses and said, "Well, it's okay. I'm just, I just want to ask you, what do you think about the matter of the opposing prince?"

Hearing this, Gu Mingyuan's eyes did not fluctuate, but he said officially: "Father, this matter should be discussed with the ministers of the court, and it is not appropriate to tell the ministers about this." ”

Speaking of this topic, the emperor was a little energetic, and frowned: "Each of them has their own considerations, and they can't wait to write their own purpose on their faces, and forcibly take my hand to ask for benefits for them." ”

When he said this, he said a little dejectedly: "I thought that it was the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and I thought that there was no need to establish a reserve as soon as possible, and let those people jump up and down. But...... Now you see, the second child is a cripple, the sixth child is a bastard, and the other few small ones have unknown personalities. Changqing, I, a hundred years later, only you ......"

Before the emperor finished speaking, he was intercepted by Gu Mingyuan: "Father, you are prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and you are thoughtful, you really don't need to think about this matter too early." Besides, the sons can't afford it. ”

He has been indifferent to fame and fortune since he was born, and he really has no ambition for that position.

But this does not mean that it is okay to endure the emperor to test himself at this time.

Seeing Gu Mingyuan saluting respectfully, the emperor's gaze was a little colder, and he asked, "Are you serious, don't you want to?"

This position where he needed to fight bloodily back then, the throne of the brothers' walls, the bloody rain in the capital, and the turbulent situation in the court, Gu Mingyuan was not moved?

Naturally, he didn't believe it.

But Gu Mingyuan didn't care if he believed it or not, he just said, "Father, rest early, son-in-law has to go back first." ”

When he said this, he didn't know what he thought, and his eyebrows and eyes were a little more gentle: "Erchen's wife is still waiting at home." ”

After Gu Mingyuan said this, he left resolutely.

The emperor sat on the bed and saw only his departing back.

Stepping on the sunset step by step, it was like taking away the last light, and also leaving the darkness of the hall.

The Emperor suddenly felt a little panicked, and he stretched out his hand to grab something, but in vain.

He had nothing but empty hands.

He looked down at his hands, the criss-crossing lines, and the somewhat dry back of his hands, all showing that he was old.

Just like this sunset, the sun is waning and about to sink.

And what about his country?

The emperor panicked for no reason, and immediately shouted outside: "Someone-"

......

When Gu Mingyuan came back, the sky had completely darkened.

Qin Huaiyu hadn't rested yet, and was in the room with her purse, which was her new habit recently, making sachets for Gu Mingyuan.

In fact, it is far worse than the craftsmanship of the embroidery girl, but she is a character who does not admit defeat, and after more than half a month of hard work, she grinds out a barely able to see it.

Gu Mingyuan is wearing one now, and Qin Huaiyu plans to make another replacement for her, but she is still struggling.

The indoor lights were as bright as day, but Gu Mingyuan felt a little distressed for her eyes, so he reached out and took it, and said, "Don't embroider, it's so late, why don't you rest?"

Seeing Gu Mingyuan coming back, Qin Huaiyu came back to his senses, and pointed to the purse with some anger: "I'm only missing the last point, I want to embroider it, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in two days." ”

According to the etiquette of Western Chu, when the elders pass away, in addition to wearing filial piety, they are not allowed to touch these colorful embroidery jobs and the like.

Hearing this, Gu Mingyuan paused slightly and asked, "You know everything?"

Also, it is impossible for Qin Huaiyu not to know about such a big matter.

Qin Huaiyu didn't hide it, nodded and said: "I do have someone in the palace, and the news came back in the evening that it was Concubine Shu dead. ”

When she said this, she said: "I heard it at that time that the emperor was angry, but this matter is a scandal in the end, coupled with the power of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, I guess, how can this matter be pressed?"

Gu Mingyuan nodded in response, briefly said what happened in the palace, and said at the end: "Now Gu Mingjue has been demoted to a concubine and imprisoned, and Concubine Shu has committed suicide and died, I am afraid that tomorrow there will be a resignation of the left minister." These things can be hidden from outsiders, but they can't be hidden from people with hearts. Even if the father had already killed all the people who knew everything, it would be useless. ”

In this palace, there are all kinds of people who have been stuffed in, where is it okay for the emperor to block his mouth if he wants to?

After so many years of accumulation, the people in the palace are the most miscellaneous places.

Not really.

"On the surface, she can get by, after all, Concubine Shu has worked hard to give birth to the emperor's heir for so many years, and the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion is a full royalist, and her father will not give her this face. Therefore, the scenery of the funeral is certain, according to today's blood letter, it is also possible to worship the temple after death. ”

Thinking of his father's expression at that time, Gu Mingyuan smiled sarcastically.

His father, should he be affectionate, or should he be cold?