Chapter 178: The Truth
Tonight is destined to be an unquiet night, at least for Xiao Yu'an, it is like this, he briefly reviewed his life, and found that the most impressive thing was everything after returning to Beijing, and then it was his life that he wanted, without waves and waves, and after returning to Beijing, from the time he received the edict announcing his return to Beijing to the revelation of his identity as a prince in Beijing, one link after another, it was all premeditated.
His Majesty the First Emperor knew that he had little time and had to make a break with Xiao Ye, so he and the princess were urgently recalled to Beijing, and designed to let him participate in the murder of Xu Zihan, but in fact, he was asked to thoroughly investigate the case of corruption and acceptance of officials in the household department, in order to make him emerge and accumulate merits.
And all this is promoted by Yiren, the princess of the Mandate of Heaven, in Xiao Ye's eyes, Her Royal Highness the princess is a knife in the emperor's hand, after the civil reform, he guessed that the next step was to shake the generals, so he panicked, so he collaborated with the barbarians, leaked the city defense map, and designed Xiao Yuanjun to go on the expedition, and his purpose was to let the only prince of the Dayan Dynasty die, since then, there has been no king in the court.
Xiao Yuanjun can't be His Royal Highness the Prince, he was going to die, so the first emperor planned to let him go on the expedition, on the one hand, to find a reasonable source for Xiao Yuanjun's death, on the other hand, it was also to lower Xiao Ye's vigilance, and let the world know that the prince's death was related to him, and more importantly, to send Xiao Yu'an out, Xiao Yu'an went to the southwest, which not only made merits, appeased the people, but also prevented him from being affected by these things in Kyoto.
At the same time, the first emperor was also in Kyoto and Xiao Ye, after the death of the prince, there was no orthodox person in the court to inherit the throne, Xiao Ye as the uncle of the first emperor, naturally a little weight, he could support a person in the clan to take the throne, but he was too ambitious, intending to control the court, the first emperor in order not to let him succeed, can only force him to rebel.
first spread rumors, and then forced him to bring troops into the palace, and then left an edict to make him have scruples, Xiao Ye had no choice but to seek power and usurp the throne, not only that, but the first emperor also used himself as bait to blame the assassin arranged by Xiao Ye for his own death, and had already left Seventeen to ambush in Kyoto, taking the opportunity to send troops to King Qin, all of which were planned by the first emperor, Xiao Yu'an was in it, and he only needed to be his innocent prince.
Kyoto is in turmoil, Xiao Ye will definitely take the opportunity to ascend the throne, this is exactly what His Majesty the First Emperor is happy to see, only if the impact is big enough, can he be completely pulled into the abyss in the future.
And Xiao Ye didn't know where to get the news, knowing Xiao Yu'an's true identity, he was afraid of the legacy in the hands of Her Royal Highness the Princess, so he could only strike first and use Xiao Ding to force him into Kyoto.
Xiao Ding was clear in his heart, unwilling to let Xiao Ye succeed, and he was ready to die a long time ago, so he let Su Li lead the Xiao family army to stop their people and die alone, and also let his death give the people a warning and shock, and at the same time left the seeds of doubt in the hearts of hundreds of officials, such a person, can he really be a Ming Jun?
And all of this is because of him Xiao Yu'an, Xiao Yuanjun's death was caused by him, the death of His Majesty the First Emperor was the bowl of poison fed by Yiren himself, but it was also for him, Xiao Houye's death was to fulfill him, if he wanted to say anything wrong, the first emperor arranged everything too strictly, he didn't even know whether to blame himself, but he was so sad in his heart.
He had many doubts in his heart, but he couldn't find the source, so he stood in front of the window in confusion, listening to the sound of rain outside the window.
When Yiren saw him, he was standing in front of the window like this, alone, Yiren wrapped the cloak on his body tightly and poured him a cup of hot tea, "Brother Xiao?"
Xiao Yu'an turned around, there was a faint dark blue in his eyes, obviously he hadn't slept all night, he smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect you to be willing to call me Brother Xiao." ”
"What nonsense? You won't always be our big brother Xiao!" Yiren handed him the hot tea in his hand and closed the window for him, "It's windy outside, so it's better to be careful." ”
Xiao Yu'an lowered his eyes, put down the teacup, and clenched his clenched fist into his sleeve, "You know that you are not a real princess, but you are still willing to do this, don't you regret it?"
Yiren knew that in fact, he wanted to ask about the place where his brother of her family was sent to the palace, and he didn't regret watching him die?
How to regret it? She raised her eyes, smiled, and looked at her seriously, "Even if I am not a princess, I am also a courtier, this is my responsibility, I feel regret because I have regrets, but Brother Xiao can't regret it, I can't let them sacrifice in vain." ”
"I thought you'd blame me." He said it in a low voice, obviously a little lost.
Yiren was stunned for a moment, and said lightly, "If I blame you for making you feel better, then you blame me for you, but it's not your fault in the first place." ”
To say pitiful, he is not a pitiful person, his life has never been his own decision, Yiren is not so selfish, one of her greatest wishes in this life is that everyone can be free and satisfied.
"Huh." Xiao Yu'an chuckled inexplicably, put his hand to his lips, his shoulders were trembling slightly, Yiren turned to look at him, but saw him laughing even more wildly, "What are you laughing at?"
Xiao Yu'an straightened her cloak for her, Yiren reflexively took a step back, she retreated, and Xiao Yu'an entered, "I finally know why I stayed on you alone." ”
He reverted to his former appearance of a humble gentleman, but inexplicably made Yiren feel flustered, his fingers unconsciously clenched, and he was not afraid, but in the face of something that had not been pierced, she felt helpless, so she could only stand there stiffly.
Xiao Yu'an noticed her nervousness, and smiled even more, but he just took a step back for her cloak and kept a comfortable distance for her, he bent down and kept her eye level, "It's because you have the ability to not care about everything that I envy." ”
"I like you."
"I ......"
Xiao Yu'an interrupted her, straightened up and looked out the window again, "But that was before, and it may be before now." ”
He chuckled under his breath, as if to say something very good.
"You don't have to be burdened, it's not a so-called affection. It's just that when I see you occasionally, imagine the scene of walking in the rain with you, I feel very relieved, and I want to go on like this with you, and then I met Seventeen, when you look at him, it is a dependent gaze, which has never appeared in others, and then I know that there is no possibility between us, the children of the family, timely stop loss is taught since childhood, but there is a little regret in my heart. Over time, regret turned into obsession, I thought I had let go, but I still looked forward to the day when I could be by your side. ”
"Later, you and Seventeen became married, I also sincerely bless you, there may still be a little obsession in my heart, until yesterday I didn't know that we can never be the same kind of people, not just because of identity, but Seventeen appeared, which means that there should be no one else behind you."
His voice was always gentle, different from Seventeen's low and soothing, listening to him always calm down, and Iren listened quietly, listening to the man's untraceable affection for her, and listening to him talk about the obsession in his heart.
"Some things may be difficult to say, but I also know that if I don't say them, I won't have a chance."
Xiao Yu'an knew in his heart that when he was not Xiao Shizi but the crown prince, some words could no longer be said.
"Telling you today, I just thought in my heart, you are such a good girl, it is worth knowing that there are many people in this world who are thinking about you, and their love is your weapon for publicity in this world."
Ignorant women will climb up with the favor of men, and only worthy girls will rely on their own charm to make men's eyes their weapons, Yiren is such a person, worthy of prosperity in the world.
He said slowly, without any emotion, and Yiren also changed from the initial shock and panic, wanting to run away to the current calm and indifference, she also thought so in her heart, as he said, "All of this, she is worth it, and she doesn't have to feel embarrassed and burdened." ”
Yiren saved, the right should be the recognition of the person in front of her, in the face of other people's praise, it should also be courtesy, she smiled at the corner of her lips, put her hand on her waist and abdomen and slightly lowered her knees, "So, thank you for this son's praise, may the son Pingshui meet the beauty, and see the sunrise through the clouds." ”
Xiao Yu'an's eyebrows and eyes were stretched, the corners of his mouth were also curved, he turned around, stroked his straight hand in front of his forehead, and bowed respectfully, "It's the girl who should be there." ”
He thought for a while and said, "I hope that the girl will be happy in her life and worry-free for a lifetime."
His voice was gentle, with a hint of reassurance, and he said that he wished the girl a happy life and a worry-free life, just as the promise they had made when they were righteous, and now he regarded it as his wish.
The morning wind is still a little chilly, a gust of wind blows, blowing away the plum blossoms in front of the window, the two stand opposite each other, smiling lightly on their lips, the picture is warm and quiet.
"What are you doing?" Seventeen rarely brought a little anger, and when the two looked back, they saw Seventeen standing at the door in a daze, still holding the soup woman in his hand, and he didn't know how long he had been standing.
As soon as Yiren saw him, for some reason, he was a little weak-hearted, and Seventeen strode towards her, stuffed the soup woman in his hand into her hand, and put the cloak for her.
"Seventeen, I'm ......"
In fact, she doesn't know what to say, but in the general book, there will be some inexplicable misunderstandings in this situation, and this misunderstanding will not be resolved until a long time, even in the face of life-threatening danger, so she can't wait to explain something to him, but she really doesn't know how to speak.
"Why don't you wear a jacket when you come out?"
"Huh?" Yiren obviously didn't react, and was a little stunned, "I, I forgot." ”
The moon is fading, a light breeze is blowing, with a hint of chill, and there are hidden secrets in the depths of the alleys, which is the Kyoto that the people of Iraq are familiar with.
The heavy rain was falling, and the boy who was standing at night gradually soaked his clothes, but he still stood there quietly, as if he had lost his soul, and Yiren watched from afar, clenching the dagger in his hand.
"Do you have to tell him now?"
The Yiren asked, "Or else?"
Seventeen was stunned, the hand holding the handle of the umbrella unconsciously forced, Yiren knew his concerns, "He will know sooner or later, rather than let him bear it as inexplicably as he is now, it is better to tell him all this." ”
"Seventeen." Yiren called softly, "Do you think I'm too selfish?"
Seventeen didn't answer, carefully put the cloak on her body, cut her ears and hair, and smiled gently, "The princess's golden fir today is very beautiful." ”
"Huh?" Yiren turned his head and smiled innocently, "Then the step on my head is not good-looking?"
Seventeen was stunned, put his hand to his lips, laughed lowly twice, and then carefully looked at the steps between her hair, and stepped forward to take a closer look, her nose wrinkled, "It's not good-looking." ”
"This is what all women in the world want?"
Seventeen still shook his head, and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "It's too cheesy to be worthy of you."
"Huh!" Yiren listened to his answer, smiled softly, nodded, and said helplessly: "I don't think it's good-looking, the world doesn't praise it because it's really good-looking, what they love is just the identity of this step symbol, it's really cumbersome to me, but it's better to bring it at this time."
Seventeen raised his eyebrows, "Okay." With that, he turned sideways and respectfully stood behind her for her shirt.
Walking with the moire roll cloak rolled up the light breeze on the ground, brought to Xiao Yu'an's face, he slowly raised his head, the girl in front of him, the white cloak was blown by the wind, she didn't like silk and satin, but she was wearing the most solemn clothes, the golden dress outlined the waist gracefully, the golden order on the waist was a symbol of her status, and then up, she tied her palace hair, the steps between the hair were swaying steadily, and the moonlight was shining with vulgar light.
And the man behind him, as usual, stood lazily behind her, with an umbrella to shield her from all the wind and frost in the world.
"There's nothing the princess wants to say to me?"
When he saw her like this, he knew that maybe things had already exceeded his expectations, and he spoke first, just to prevent others from seeing his panic.
Yiren's face was cold, "Is there anything you want to ask?"
Xiao Yu'an smiled self-deprecatingly, tears running through the corners of his eyes, "Why are they doing this to my father?" Or rather, why do they have to push us back?"
He is not stupid, he knows the sinister nature of the court, he knows that sometimes he can't help himself in the court, so he just regards it as the struggle of the grass court, the prestige of your father in the court. Xiao Ye didn't dare to move at will, but now he was forcing his father to a dead end, there must be some reason.
Thinking of the attitude of Seventeen and Yiren when he wanted Kyoto at the beginning, they tried so hard to stop him at the beginning, making him suspect that Xiao Ye was targeting him, but why? Why? He is just a prince who has just entered the court, and he doesn't even hold real power in his hands, he really can't figure it out.
"If he is for the sake of the Xiao family's military power in my hands? Let's not talk about which master Xiao Jiajun is changing hands now, let's just say that Xiao Jiajun recognizes people and doesn't recognize people, and he drove my father to death, what good is it with him? ”