Su Bili, the prince of the Northern Underworld, saw his younger brother Su Yanqing, the king of Changshan, return to the palace and entered the palace, got up to greet him, endured his sadness, patted Su Yanqing's shoulder, choked up and said, "Yan Qing, you are finally back!" Let's go see my father! In the past few days, my father has been seriously ill, and all I have in mind is you! I've been thinking about it, and I want to see you again! ”

Su Yanqing's face was heavy, her heart was sad, she nodded slightly, without saying a word, and went straight to the sickbed of her father, Su Yuanhei.

Su Yanqing came to the sickbed and looked at the haggard face of his father, Su Yuanhei, who had been asleep, dark yellow as wax, his eyes were dark and sunken, his breath was like a gossamer, and there was no trace of blood on his haggard face. So it shows the light of the waning sun.

Su Yanqing held back her tears, leaned over in front of the sickbed, and fell to her knees with a thud.

"Father, the unfilial minister Yan Qing is back!"

Su Yanqing choked up, and Su Yuansi, who was on the sickbed, only moved his eyelashes slightly, but still didn't have any reaction to wake up.

Seeing this, Empress Chunde gently woke up Su Yuansi in Su Yuansi's ear: "Your Majesty, Yan Qing, the king of Changshan that you have been thinking about in your heart, is back!" ”

Empress Chunde called in Su Yuansi's ear two or three times in a row, and Su Yuansi barely opened his eyes as dull as rust after realizing it.

Su Yanqing endured her grief and whispered beside the sickbed: "Father, the unfilial son Yan Qing has come back to visit his father!" ”

Hearing Su Yanqing's voice, Su Yuanhe, the monarch of the Northern Netherworld, looked for his voice and slowly moved his sluggish and out-of-focus gaze to Su Yanqing's body.

"Qing'er!" Su Yuansi barely managed to hold up a trace of strength for a long time, and his trembling and weak voice obviously no longer had the confidence of the former Hong Ru Zhongming.

Su Yuansi said, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he wanted to raise his hand that he didn't listen to.

Seeing this, Su Yanqing hurriedly stretched out his hand, held the hand of his father Su Yuanhei, and looked at his father Su Yuanhei, who was already in his last years, and secretly mourned in his heart.

"I'll see you again when I'm dying! I was satisfied. Su Yuansi said with a faint breath, a slightly relieved smile on his face.

"Father!" Su Yanqing still couldn't help it and choked up.

Su Yuansi knew that his time was short, and he barely held on for a few days, just waiting to see his beloved prince Su Yanqing again.

Now, Su Yuansi watched Su Yanqing come back safely, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

When he was a teenager, he was chosen by himself as his father and arranged for Su Yanqing, who was lurking in Dayan to be a spy, and Su Yuanhe, the monarch of the Northern Underworld, felt a lot of guilt in his heart.

Su Yanqing has been wandering and lurking in the Great Flame for more than ten years, and the hardships she has suffered and the difficulties she has done are all due to the so-called ambition in Su Yuansi's heart to let the Northern Darkness dominate the world.

Looking back on the life of Su Yuanhe, the monarch of the Northern Underworld, because of the emperor's position, because of the Northern Underworld, he was ashamed of many people and did a lot of reluctant things. And Su Yanqing, who has always been filial and benevolent, has become the one who sacrificed the most among Su Yuanhe's many princes.

However, the mistake has already been made, and it cannot be changed, and it is too late to make amends. Su Yuansi just hopes that after he travels westward with a crane, Su Bili, the new monarch of the future Northern Underworld, can treat him, a loyal and virtuous brother, and can think of flesh and blood affection, and don't do things that are fried with the same roots.

Su Yuansi held Su Yanqing's hand, and then called for the crown prince Su Bili to come over.

Seeing his father's summons, Su Bili hurriedly stepped forward, and like Su Yanqing, leaned over in front of his father, Su Yuanhei's sickbed.

Su Yuansi stretched out his other hand slightly, and when Su Bili saw this, he hurriedly held Su Yuansi's trembling and weak hand with both hands, and murmured softly: "Father!" ”

Su Yuansi put the hands of the crown prince Su Bili and the king of Changshan Su Yanqing together, and instructed the two on his deathbed: "If you want to permanently consolidate the Northern Stygian River and achieve the hegemony of the Northern Underworld, you must have your two brothers work together to support each other!" Bi Li, as the new monarch of the future North Underworld, shoulders the mission of achieving the great cause of the North Underworld, you must be close to the virtuous ministers, far away from the traitors, appoint people on the basis of merit, and follow the advice like a stream, in order to succeed, you must remember! ”

Su Yuansi looked back at Su Yanqing beside Su Bili and said slightly: "Qing'er, you have been adrift in a foreign land for more than ten years, and your father owes you something. I hope you can understand your father's suffering. At the same time, my father also hopes that you will fully assist the prince to ascend the throne in the future, assist the country and Bi Zheng, be a mirror that can dress the crown prince, and create a prosperous elephant in the north with Bi Li! ”

Su Yanqing had tears in her eyes, nodded frequently, and responded one by one.

"Father, please rest assured, the sons will do their best to assist the prince! Fulfill the duty of loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and courage of the courtiers! ”

Su Yuansi listened to Su Yanqing's words and smiled with relief.

"In the future, your two brothers must work together to support each other, and you must not have a gap in your heart, and you must remember it firmly in mind! Don't let down your father's hopes! Su Yuansi once again told the crown prince Su Bili and Su Yanqing.

The crown prince Su Bili and Su Yanqing agreed in unison: "The sons and daughters must keep in mind their father's entrustment, and dare not forget!" ”

Su Yuansi smiled and nodded.

"Let's go out for the time being, I want to have a few words with Empress Chunde alone."

The crown prince Su Bili, the crown prince's concubine Gu Buji'er, and the king of Changshan, Su Yanqing, and others were ordered to go out.

In the dormitory, only Empress Chunde was left to stay by Su Yuanhe's sickbed.

Su Yuansi and Empress Chunde, a couple who have gone through more than 20 years of ups and downs, do not need any words to understand what each other wants to express from each other's eyes.

Unlike the poignancy of her children and other concubines, the calm and strong Empress Chunde never cried once in front of Su Yuanhe's sickbed.

Even if she knew that Su Yuanhe's illness would have no possibility of returning, even if she knew that her time with her husband Su Yuansi was short, Queen Chunde was still unwilling to show her sad side in front of Su Yuansi, but wanted to engrave her smile in Su Yuansi's mind and let him leave safely.

Empress Chunde took the initiative to hold Su Yuansi's hand, and the warm smile on her face was like bathing in a spring breeze, just like Su Yuansi looked when he first saw her.

This warm smile has become the greatest comfort in Su Yuanhe's life.

"The concubine knows what the emperor wants to say to the concubine. Please rest assured that the princes have grown up, and they will be able to handle their relationship well and take their future life path. The emperor doesn't have to worry. As for the concubines, the emperor doesn't have to worry. The concubines have followed the emperor for more than 20 years, and they have not seen any winds and waves, and they have not experienced any hardships and obstacles. The emperor should rest assured that the concubines will take care of the affairs behind him. ”

Before Su Yuansi could speak, Empress Chunde had already said what Su Yuansi wanted to say to Empress Chunde in advance.

Su Yuansi looked at the woman in front of him affectionately, this woman who didn't need words and could read herself, and was moved.

"In the past few days when I have been seriously ill, in a coma, I often dream of what I looked like when I first saw you in the Prime Minister's Mansion. At that time, you were also like now, smiling warmly, tiptoeing, barefoot, fishing for the Jinpa that accidentally fell in the pond. Just because I saw the smile on your face that was warmer than the sun, I had fallen into it. And this trap is more than 20 years. Su Yuansi recalled the appearance of the first time he saw Empress Chundeok, and his face was full of smiles.