It took less than a month before and after abandoning the city to running eastward, and being moved by Lai Xing'er's words and deciding to return to Chang'an, but in the emperor's opinion, it seemed as if a year had passed. The words of Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Lai Xing'er hit the nail on the head and poked at the soft underbelly of the emperor's heart: yes, even the prince who has lived in the East Palace for many years has to rely on the support of eunuchs to ascend to the throne, and Li Chenghong relies on the support of the Tubo people to be a puppet emperor, what is there to blame? The so-called people's hearts are just like floating clouds floating in the sky, which can not only entrust him, the authentic emperor, but also Li Chenghong, the puppet emperor, under the armed hold of the Tubo people.

Had it not been for Lai Xing'er pointing this out in time, the emperor himself would have imagined that in the near future, Middle Earth would be divided into two, one part would belong to him in Luoyang, and the other part of the vast land, including Chang'an, the people would have revered Li Chenghong as their new king. If a situation of division between the east and the west is formed, and then we want to restore reunification, we can do it within a year or two.

Thinking of this possibility, the emperor stayed up almost all night, and after much deliberation, finally made the final decision to immediately move back to Chang'an when the first rays of sunlight appeared in the eastern sky. When he heard the news, Yu Chengen hurried to the imperial tent, trying to prevent the emperor from retracting his order, but what appeared in front of him was already a lively scene in the military camp.

Since it was no longer possible to prevent the emperor from returning to Chang'an, Yu Chengen, who was accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder, immediately made a 180-degree turn, stepped into the tent, and volunteered to lead the army to move back to Chang'an for the emperor to act as a pioneer. Seeing that Yu Chengen's attitude had undergone an incredible change, the emperor no longer insisted that he move the capital to Luoyang, he was very happy, and immediately approved Yu Chengen's request.

In this way, Yu Chengen led the army to welcome the emperor from the eastward to the Shenhe military camp in Shaanzhou, and when the emperor moved back to Chang'an, he personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses as a vanguard, and in just one month, he also completed the most gorgeous transformation in his life, from an abandoned minister who was suspicious of the emperor, to almost replace Wu Bi, who escorted the east, and became the emperor's most relied on cronies.

When the emperor's Luan drove to the shore of Bashui outside the east gate of Chang'an City, the emperor suddenly thought of something, ordered to stop driving, and sent someone to call Xing'er to his side, not to ask anyone to follow, to come Xing'er to lead himself, and actually walked up to the high hill where Xia Mama was buried.

Since the day of the Qingming Festival, Jing Xuan took Lai Xing'er and Jinping to pay tribute to Mama Xia here, so far, but only after more than half a year, the artemisia grass in front of Mama Xia's grave has grown more than one person tall. Lai Xing'er silently led the emperor, went up to Gaogang, and came to stand in front of Mama Xia's grave, the cold wind of winter blew, and the two of them shivered in unison.

"If it weren't for Mama Xia, I'm afraid I still wouldn't know who you are in Xing'er." The emperor smiled and sighed on his back.

Lai Xing'er thought that the emperor passed by the shore of Bashui and remembered that Mama Xia was buried here, and called himself to accompany him to the grave to pay tribute to Mama Xia, but he never thought that as soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he recalled the experience of his acquaintance with himself in the past, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, only stared at Mama Xia's grave, and nodded silently.

"This time Chang'an fell, you made an immortal feat, not only killed Zhang Liang's traitor with your own hands, avenged Xuan'er's death, but also cooperated with the officials and the army, and used the method of beating drums to disturb the morale of the Tubo army, instigated the courage and courage of the people of Chang'an to resist the Tubo people, and made the first contribution to the recovery of Chang'an." The emperor looked at Chang'an City in the distance, and said slowly, "I will use it for you, and before entering the city to issue an edict, I specially brought you to worship in front of Mama Xia's grave, do you understand what I am doing this for?" ”

"The emperor wants to come to Xing'er to take Mama Xia as a model and swear allegiance to the emperor." Lai Xing'er replied word by word, and a solemn and solemn feeling could not help but rise in his heart.

"Well said, he is worthy of being a son who came to prudence, and when it comes to wisdom and wit, he is no better than your father." The emperor blurted out a compliment, and then his face tightened again, "When my father was seriously ill, he mentioned to me more than once that there were three people he had killed by mistake, and the first of them was your father, and I wanted me to treat their descendants well in the future. It is precisely for this reason that I can tolerate you entering the palace as a eunuch without purifying your body, and I can also forgive you for committing the crime of arguing against the head of the family, but all the protection brought to you by the unjust death of your father will be gone from today onwards. While rewarding you heavily, I will also closely monitor you, and if you find any misdeeds, you will not be forgiven as before, and you will be severely punished. Thinking of the hard work you have had with me for many years, I will explain a few words to you before entering the city. You have to think about it, if you don't want to be constrained by the official, look at Jinping's face, I can give you money to let you go, so that your young couple can live a pastoral life without worrying about food and clothing. Well, I'm worthy of your dead parents, right? ”

Although the emperor looked at Chang'an, Lai Xing'er clearly felt that the emperor was staring at him with a sharp gaze while saying this. This kind of look was taught once in the East Palace Ning Xiangxuan more than two years ago. At that time, Empress Zhang carefully designed to frame the prince at that time, and now the emperor's whole plan has just begun, and when the so-called New Year's Day reversal case happened just two or three days ago, the emperor couldn't hold his breath, first instigated Shang Jing to find someone to blame, and then transferred himself from Jing Xuan to Ning Xiangxuan to protect Mama Xia.

When he ordered himself to go to the cabin to bring Mama Xia to Ning Xiang Gexuan, the emperor also had such a look in his eyes.

It's just that today's Lai Xing'er is no longer the clever and stubborn little eunuch he was more than two years ago, but he doesn't know anything about the world. Now, he knows exactly what is most important to him.

"Your Majesty, if you want to show grace to the little people, the little people dare to ask the emperor to restore the reputation of the dead parents of the little people and rebuild the tombs. Lai Xing'er knelt down and solemnly pleaded with the emperor.

When the emperor heard this, he turned his head, and his gaze like a sharp arrow stayed on Lai Xing'er for a moment, then moved away again, and replied to him in a flat and resolute tone: "I can't promise you only this matter." If you are really a filial son, you should contribute more to my achievements in the future, and when my son becomes a country, he may be able to correct your name in the family. ”

After that, he didn't call Xing'er to flatten himself, but turned around and walked down Gaogang alone. (To be continued.) )