Chapter 44 wants imperial power, no family affection

The emperor looked at Liu Xiu expressionlessly and continued:

"I thought that your Ying Pavilion would be destroyed and your wings would be broken, but I didn't expect that you still have a backhand, and last night you were able to bring in a team that was enough to compete with the prince's army."

Liu Xiu lowered his head and did not speak.

The emperor stood up, looked at Liu Xiu, and said:

"But you did me a great favor last night, the prince was very well prepared, if it weren't for your amazing army, I would never have been able to destroy his forces in just one night, last night's incident, Xiao Shunzi told me in detail, however, I still want to hear what happened to me in person, as well as your deployment."

After speaking, he looked at the chair next to him and pointed and said:

"Sit down."

Liu Xiu saluted, sat down, and then briefly recounted the whole story, and told in detail about the various armies and civilian forces he had hidden in Luojing.

There is no way to hide it.

After hearing this, the emperor smiled and said:

"Just because you have raised dead soldiers in Luojing City twice is enough to condemn you to death!"

Liu Xiu bowed his head and was silent.

The emperor looked at him deeply, waved his hand and said:

"That's it, the dead soldier you raised twice rescued the driver, and I won't pursue it, and I am quite relieved to have your son, maybe in the future, under your rule, the revival of the empire is hopeful, and even the unification of the sacred continent is not difficult. I can't imagine that you are so young and have such ability, it is really terrifying! ”

When Liu Xiu heard the words "under your rule", his heart fluttered, and he couldn't help but raise his head, his nails were also embedded in the flesh because he was too hard, he left his seat and stood up, knelt down, kowtowed, and said:

"The son thanked his father! Minister, will live up to the holy will of his father! ”

The emperor waved his hand and said lightly:

"You are much stronger than your two elder brothers, I failed to make you the crown prince as soon as possible, which caused political turmoil, and finally let these two unfilial sons make trouble, it was my mistake."

Liu Xiu looked up at the emperor, only to feel that his father's gaze was as sharp as a knife in his smile, and his heart sank, and he leaned over and kowtowed:

"It's Erchen's fault!"

The emperor's figure moved, stared at Liu Xiu for a long time, and then nodded, and said with a smile:

"Oh? Are you doing it wrong? What's wrong? ”

Liu Xiu didn't look up, and replied in a slightly frightened and guilty tone:

"Erchen is the prince of the empire at any time, but after all, he is the minister of His Majesty, but he does not remit to His Majesty in case of trouble, a self-made opinion, and even raises dead soldiers, lawless, but Erchen,"

He met the emperor's gaze, and on this late summer morning, he said loudly:

"Always remember that this world has always been His Majesty's! All the ministers do want to do their part for the empire and do their filial piety for your father! ”

When the emperor heard this, he laughed and said:

"You still have the emperor in your heart! This alone is much better than your two elder brothers, and as long as I am alive, no one will want to take this world, not even my own son. ”

Liu Xiu bowed his head and said yes.

The emperor stood up, stretched out his hand to help Liu Xiu, and sighed:

"I'm sorry."

Liu Xiu saw that his father and the emperor came to help him personally, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly bowed and was about to stand up, but when he heard the emperor say the three words "I'm sorry", he was surprised, and fell to his knees again, shouting long live in his mouth.

The Emperor shook his head and said:

"You get up," Seeing Liu Xiu straighten up, the emperor said:

"I say I'm sorry because I didn't recognize your talent before, and I have always despised you, thinking that you are useless, making you suffer a lot of grievances, and making the people of the world unhappy, hey, if it weren't for the prince's recent misdeeds, and even launched a palace mutiny, I still don't believe that you have such a strong strength, although I am the emperor of the empire, but also your father, it is my fault to treat you like this, a dignified husband, admit your mistakes, so I apologize to you today."

Liu Xiu hurriedly lowered his head and said:

"Erchen doesn't dare."

The Emperor smiled, sat down, and said:

"The prince made a rebellion this time, and your Yingge Department suffered heavy losses, I already knew last night."

As he spoke, he looked up at Liu Xiu, and seeing that he was looking at him intently, the emperor smiled at him and said:

"As far as the empire is concerned, the people of Yingge are also my subordinates, they sacrificed their lives for the country, and their loyalty is commendable, and I will reward them today."

After Liu Xiu heard this, his heart moved, but his face pretended to be overjoyed, and he knelt down in the tunnel:

"The sons thanked their father for them!"

The emperor laughed, waved his hand, and said with a smile:

"They are my vassals, they died for me, I only have grief in my heart, and rewarding them is just to remember, how can you say thank you!"

Liu Xiu's body was shocked, and he looked at the emperor, but he didn't speak.

The emperor stared at him for a long time, and then suddenly said:

"Did you think I was dead last night?"

Liu Xiu nodded and said:

"Yes."

The Emperor nodded, his eyes swirling around the huge Inner Imperial River, and said:

"Yes, there were indeed assassins who made noise in the palace last night, but fortunately, the prince's army was 'escorted' outside the palace, and the assassins finally succeeded."

Liu Xiu heard the big change in color behind him, got up suddenly and took a few steps back, stared at the emperor, frowned and said:

"The son doesn't understand what his father meant!"

The emperor looked back at Liu Xiu's sharp gaze, looked at it for a long time before nodding, did not speak, stood up and walked straight out of the pavilion.

Liu Xiu stood stunned for a moment, he stared at the emperor's back, for a long time, his gaze returned to calm, deep and invisible, and then he also walked out.

The slightly hot wind blowing from the Inner River blew on the two of them, but it gave them completely different feelings.

There is a nine-curved small bridge on the side of the royal river, the small bridge leads directly to the middle of the royal river from the shore, there is an artificial island there, there is a pavilion on the island again, there is a plaque on the pavilion, the word "Dingbang" is written on it, the calligraphy dragon flies and the phoenix dances, it is strong and powerful.

This pavilion has always been a taboo place in the palace, and it is guarded by heavy soldiers on weekdays, but the emperor often sleeps alone here, and even deals with the recitals and reviews the public. Wen, even Liu Xiu came in for the first time, he was a little curious in his heart, but he patiently lowered his head and walked forward with the emperor.

When he arrived in the pavilion, the emperor glanced back at Liu Xiu, and saw that he was only half a body away from him, so he nodded, came to the center of the pavilion, and personally moved a bench away, and then heard a squeak, and a dark room was revealed underground.

The emperor stopped, looked back at Liu Xiu deeply, smiled, and said:

"Do you know what's down here?"

Liu Xiu lowered his head and said:

"I don't know."

The emperor moved his gaze to the dark room and said lightly:

"No need to go down, as long as you know that there is such a place, you will know what it is like sooner or later. But now what's in there, I can sue you. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, walked to the emperor's side, and stopped.

The emperor patted Liu Xiu's shoulder, pointed to the door of the dark room, and said with a smile:

"It's me who lies down here!"

When Liu Xiu heard this, he was taken aback, he looked up, and saw that the emperor's eyes were like knives, looking directly at himself, as if he was about to look into the depths of his soul.

He couldn't help but exclaim, and said:

"Father, my son doesn't know what you mean by this!"

The emperor seemed to expect him to have such an expression, glanced at Liu Xiu, and said lightly:

"You call me ridiculous, or if you say I have the guts, I did it anyway," he said, smiling, as he pointed his fingers around.

"In this palace, I have never slept peacefully, there are enemies everywhere, everyone wants to use me, manipulate me, and even kill me, even my three sons are always calculating me!"

Liu Xiu frowned, looked at the emperor in front of him, pondered for a while, and said:

"My father is worried about it, but there are still many loyal ministers and righteous people."

The emperor moved his gaze to the calm Inner Imperial River, and said lightly:

"You're right, but there are a lot of people who want to die, and even more are calculating," he turned his head to look at Liu Xiu and said:

"The eldest husband is a man in the world, he has a skill, he is full of strategy, he has a plan to make a career, if the talent in this world has no ambition, he can't afford to be this talent, you don't have to hide it, if I have the heart to blame you, I won't tell you so much."

After speaking, he sighed and said:

"Among the three, you are the most similar to me, but unfortunately your methods are a hundred times more ruthless than me."

Liu Xiu's gaze suddenly fell on the emperor, and he knew the weight of this sentence.

But he still lowered his head and did not speak, and the emperor was silent for a while, sighed, and said:

"I am very suspicious, and my health has not been good, under high pressure, I finally came up with a solution, that is, let my missing brother Liu Yu, the king of Pingxi, pretend to be me, become my stand-in, exchange appearances on weekdays, and rule the world together!"

Liu Xiu's face changed, and he was inexplicably shocked.

This news far exceeded his previous cognition and even imagination, the emperor of the empire, his father Liu Zhuang, turned out to be more than just a person's save!

This is enough news to shake the world, so yourself?

He jerked his head up, his eyes sharpening again, staring only at the elderly emperor in front of him.

Seeing this, the emperor sighed and said:

"This world was originally his, but he had no intention of ruling the government, so I sat in this world."

Seeing Liu Xiu's disbelief on his face, he touched Liu Xiu's head, and suddenly smiled:

"I know what you want to ask, I will tell you now, I am still alone in this world, no one can really divide it, you are all my children, in this palace, all the people and everything in the world are mine, and no one can touch them, so my brother, since the day he became my stand-in, can no longer have children."

Suddenly, a light breeze blew, bringing a breath of vitality, but instead of blowing the sunset overhead into the clouds, it revealed a little more sunlight, as if the sun, unwilling to go down the mountain, just lying in the sky, lingering on the breath, looking down on the world, looking at all things.

Liu Xiu subconsciously took a sharp breath of fresh air, and suddenly felt a burst of refreshment in his heart, but there was still an inexplicable depression in his heart.

Things never seem to be really in your hands.