"His Royal Highness the Third Prince, here!"

Hearing this, he immediately stopped what he was doing, looked into the eyes of Dongning Guojun and said in surprise: "Third prince, it's so late, what is he doing here?" ”

The monarch of Dongning was also stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "It's late tonight, the queen will go back to the palace and go to bed first!" I thought that the emperor must have something important to do, so he hurried here. ”

However, he didn't seem to give up, and continued to try to entangle him in a coquettish voice: "But the emperor, the concubines miss the emperor very much, and the concubines ......."

Seeing this, Dongning Guojun's tone suddenly became a little impatient, so he pushed her away from his body with a serious face, and said, "Okay, you better go back to the palace first, tonight is the first seven nights of Lord Zhang, and I am not in the mood, let's go back first!" Go! ”

As soon as he heard Master Zhang, he suddenly paused in his heart, and saw that he had no chance, so he was extremely reluctant but helpless to bow to him and retreated: "Yes!" The concubines obey the order! ”

Just after pretending to be reluctant, he just crossed the threshold, and there was a silent voice from Dongning Guojun behind him: "Xuan! ”

Then, the announcement sounded loudly again: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince of Xuan is here!" ”

At this point, Mei Zhixuan, who had been waiting outside for a long time, looked up and saw that the queen was inside, so he hurriedly leaned over and bowed down to him and said, "The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye!" ”

Then he glanced at him condescendingly and contemptuously, wanting to ask: "You don't stay in your palace in the middle of the night, is there anything important about coming to the Qingxin Palace in such a hurry?" ”

Mei Zhixuan got up and hesitated in his heart, and replied to him: "After returning to my mother, in fact, ...... There is nothing special, it's just that Erchen has been out on business for many days and has not seen his father. As soon as I came back, I heard that my father was not in good health recently, so I hurried to come over and take a look, and I just asked my father to say goodbye! ”

Then he snorted coldly at him, and said in a weird manner: "Hmph...... The queen mother is also suffering from wind and cold that has not yet passed, cough cough ......"

As he spoke, he really turned his head sideways and covered his mouth with the handkerchief in his hand, pretending to cough lightly, and continued: "But why don't you see the emperor being so filial and going to visit the queen mother in the palace?" ”

Mei Zhixuan was obviously speechless about this: "This ......"

Seeing this, he suddenly removed the slight smile on his face, and reprimanded him sharply: "Inferior embryo, Zuo is just a slave who has never been born by the emperor's heart. Don't be like your mother all day long, do some restless self-guarding, it shouldn't be a dream of a slut slave like you, there is a way that 'people are valuable in having self-knowledge', you have to understand, but also see the reality, the future of this Dongning country, sooner or later, belongs to the son of this palace. This palace advises you to stop doing these useless dying struggles! Lest one day you get burned and die without knowing how you died! ”

Mei Zhixuan listened silently, and said happily to him: "The lesson of the queen mother is that the sons know that they are wrong, and the sons must always remember their duties!" ”

After listening to it, he seemed to be particularly satisfied with his response, but he still glared at him viciously, and then swept the faces of the two immature guards who came with him for a moment, and said, "It's good to know, hum......"

After speaking, he snorted at him, flicked his sleeves, and swaggered away.

Mei Zhixuan bent over her back, lowered her head to look at her back with pride and pride, quietly clenched her fists and hid them in her sleeves, and the corners of her mouth suddenly hooked a sly arc, revealing an indescribable smile.

After being stunned for a moment, he put away the expression on his face, turned around and walked quickly and firmly into the gate of the Qingxin Palace.

As soon as he entered the door, he ordered the two men dressed as guards who came in with him to wait outside the palace, and he went in and bowed down to the Dongning monarch who was waiting in the hall and said, "The son asks his father to say goodbye!" ”

Dongning Guojun sat by the bookcase and said in a deep voice: "Get up!" ”

Hearing this, Mei Zhixuan stood up, but was suddenly stunned by the state of the person in front of him.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and I don't think that the noble and majestic body in front of me has become so old at some point.

I saw that his black hair had become almost white at some point, and he didn't know how many all-nighters he had stayed up all night, but now there was only dense red blood in his eyes that were once so deep and wise, and the lines on his face were one after another, and from time to time he was accompanied by a heavy coughing sound: "cough cough cough ......"

Yes, his spirit is really bad.

Mei Zhixuan couldn't help but move his lips slightly, and said in surprise: "Father, how could your hair, your eyes, and your face suddenly ......?"

The Monarch of Dongning had obviously read the doubts in his heart from the surprised eyes that he cast as soon as he entered the door, and said, "Do you want to ask, why did my father suddenly get so old?" ”

Hearing this, Mei Zhixuan's heart suddenly softened inexplicably. At this time, although he hated it deeply in his heart since he was a child, he had to admit that it was also a tall and majestic body that he respected very much......

Thousands of words, mixed feelings in his heart, thousands of emotions, and finally turned into a silent sentence in his heart: "Father, the emperor ......"

The room was silent.

The two lonely shadows were relatively speechless for a while, Dongning Guojun got up and slowly moved to the side of the warm couch and sat down, cooking tea with his own hands and saying to Mei Zhixuan: "Come here, sit here." ”

Mei Zhixuan stepped forward silently, lifted the corner of his robe and sat down lightly opposite him.

The monarch of Dongning then pushed the steaming and almost thick black tea soup he had just brewed in front of Mei Zhixuan, and said, "It's cold outside, taste this hot tea soup cooked by my father himself!" ”

Mei Zhixuan looked at the face in front of him in a daze, and suddenly felt that this situation and this scene, all this was so familiar and unfamiliar.

Then he stretched out his hand and slowly took it, from childhood to adulthood, it was the first time for the two of them to sit down and talk so calmly, Mei Zhixuan suddenly remembered that it was when he was a child, and his mother was still there at that time, and the scene was so harmonious and warm.

At this moment, Dongning Guojun recalled again: "Father remembers that you have always loved to run around since you were a child. But later, I felt that for some reason, you were always avoiding me, intentionally or unintentionally. I've always wanted to find an opportunity to have a good talk with you, but I've always been unable to spare time due to busy state affairs. ”

After meditating for a moment, he took a deep breath, and couldn't help but sigh meaningfully: "In a flash, everything is already wrong. But no matter what, you have to take care of your body a little more. Now that you are a family man, you have to think more about everything for others. Yue'er is a good child, and it is your blessing to be able to marry her in this life. Although she is the most noble princess of Western Qin, she is still willing to marry you through mountains and rivers, and since she arrived in Dongning, she has never revealed my Dongning secret to Western Qin. Now, she has given birth to such a smart and clever Hai'er for you. 'The sea is tolerant of all rivers, and tolerance is great', his father believes that he will definitely be a promising child when he grows up. ”

After a pause as he spoke, he turned his eyes to look at Mei Zhixuan's face who was listening carefully at the moment, and said, "Third child, you should be content!" After all these years, no matter what you are thinking or wanting? You know, in the end, only their mother and son are the whole of your life. Some people, once they miss it, will never come back. Father hopes that you will not disappoint their mother and son. ”

Qi expected the good intentions of the monarch of Dongning, but in the end, he only exchanged a few words from Mei Zhixuan lightly: "The son knows, thank you for your father's teachings!" ”

Obviously, this conversation that was too late for too long has come too late for Mei Zhixuan today, since he was a child, when he was coldly looked down upon and bullied, this person who should have stood up did not protect him for half a point.

So from then on, it became clear to him that he no longer needed the protection of others in this life. Because he already knew that only he could protect the person he wanted to protect.

Although he heard such warm words of concern that he had never felt before, Fang Cai's own eyes also had a moist feeling, but he finally held back and did not let it spread wantonly.

Seeing this, Dongning Guojun knew at a glance that he was still blaming himself, and wanted to try to open his mouth to explain something to him, but Mei Zhixuan showed a difficult face, put down the black tea soup that he had taken a sip, and interrupted it first: "This tea is too bitter!" ”

When Dongning Guojun heard this, he paused in his heart, and then said, "Bitter? Bitterness is right, knowing bitterness will be sweet! 'The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy. A generation of kings has to endure many hardships that others can't bear in solitude before they can keep a good river and mountain. And as soon as you forget this suffering, your people will immediately turn against you......"

As he spoke, he also took a sip of the bitter thick tea soup and said, "Emperor, you must know how to stop in moderation in everything, and you can only be happy when you are content!" ”

"Contentment!" As soon as Mei Zhixuan suddenly heard these two words, he suddenly felt itchy with hatred, as if the tea cup in his hand was trembling, and then he held back the unwillingness in his heart and said: "Father, since I was a child, have you ever experienced my feelings?" It's like being abandoned by the whole world, and if it weren't for my mother-in-law, I can't imagine what my childhood would have been like. It's a feeling you'll never be able to experience. ”

Hearing this, Dongning Guojun suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and said in surprise: "Emperor, you ......"

But Mei Zhixuan said coldly: "That's it, the past is all in the past." And now, whether it is right or wrong, all the consequences are borne by the emperor himself. And the emperor came tonight, not to find his father to talk about the past, these are no longer important to the emperor. ”

Dongning Guojun didn't expect that the estrangement between Mei Zhixuan and his father and son would be so that he suddenly attached one hand to his heart, and felt very heartbroken: "You...... cough cough cough ......"

At this moment, Mei Zhixuan suddenly said mysteriously: "Father, who do you think he is?" ”