Murong Jin lowered his eyes, the afternoon sun gently cast on half of his body through the curtain, and his somewhat pale face revealed a look and temperament that did not belong to this age. He was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "If the things you love and the things you care about are all hidden and buried because of those villains with evil hearts, and you don't see the light of day, wouldn't it be cruel to yourself and him?" ”

Bai Xiying looked at him and was silent.

"If I like the plum in the garden, but because I am afraid that others will know, I can only look at the plum blossom from a distance, and I can't even smell the plum fragrance, and I finally take advantage of the fact that others are not paying attention to it one day, but I find that the plum tree has long withered, and there is no longer any fragrance of flowers."

Bai Xiying said very seriously: "I don't like plum blossoms. ”

"......" Murong Jin felt that his breath was choked in his chest, and he couldn't mention it much at once.

"You can reach the top, you can't see anything," Bai Xiying said in an elder's tone, "At the foot of the mountain, in the mountainside, there may be beautiful flowers and lush vegetation, but only when you reach the highest place, there is only a barren, cold and lonely. The road to becoming an emperor is like this. You can only have desires and ambitions in your heart, and with the love of those children, you can't go to a high place. This is the truth you have to understand now, this road, set foot on it, there is no turning back, there is no victory or defeat, only life and death. If you fail, you're broken. ”

"When Mr. was a prince before, did you think about being an emperor?"

Bai Xiying was slightly stunned, then held the bamboo slip and slammed it on his head, "What am I telling you, are you listening, what nonsense!" ”

Murong Jin already had the answer in his heart, so he didn't ask any more questions, and admitted his mistake in a proper manner: "Students know their mistakes, and what Mr. said, students must remember in mind." ”

Bai Xiying sighed and said helplessly: "I know, you understand the truth." But I'm afraid of you......"

"Is my uncle afraid that I will be like my mother?"

Bai Xiying stood up and looked at the blurred scene outside the window, "How was your mother not smart back then, but in the end, she ended up like that." Xiao Jin, you are smarter than your mother, and you may be better than me in the future. I don't want you to be too emotional. ”

"Uncle, why did my mother marry into Dayan back then?"

Bai Xiying shook his head, "I don't know, back then, your father was just a small prince, and he was not favored by the Holy Grace, he was crowned king, sent to a fief, and was the first person to be expelled from the circle of power. At that time, the sons of the Northern Qi Dynasty, were there few famous generals in the martial arts? Your mother fell in love with that idiot. ”

“......”

"When your mother left the imperial city, I asked Murong Ze to promise me that I would never fight for the throne, and Ah Yu didn't like it. But in the end, it was your mother's news that reached the imperial city. I expected at the time that my sister, I'm afraid it was true, wouldn't be able to come back. ”

Is it a last resort? Is it a deep love? Or, throughout, it was a well-planned chess game? Murong Jin didn't know, and he couldn't know.

Being in such a vortex of power has too many unavoidables. For example, he and him at this time.

"You just asked me if I wanted to be emperor back then, and I didn't want to, not at all. But the Northern Qi royal family only had your mother and me at that time, and it seemed that there was no other choice. But in the end, the emperor didn't take it, but lost the entire Northern Qi. Bai Xiying smiled bitterly.

"Then ......" Before Murong Jin could say anything, he saw Bai Xiying holding the scroll solemnly, with one hand behind him, pretending to read: "All musicians, five tones, eight tones, six rhythms, twelve pipes, for the outline of Jiyun...... The Five Voices, Palace, Shang, Horn, Sign, Feather...... The palace is the king, the merchant is the minister, the horn is the people, the levy is the matter, and the feather is the thing...... The eight tones are the winds of the eight directions and ......"

Murong Jin was thinking that this was not what was said in "Lile", but he saw a figure approaching outside the door.

The man approached, gently slammed the door, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, sir." ”

Bai Xiying opened the door impatiently, "What's the matter?" Don't you see that I'm lecturing with your Highness? ”

The person who came was Dong Xian, Dong Xian took two steps back and knelt down, "Your Highness, sir, it's not that the slave intends to disturb." His Majesty just sent an edict, saying that His Royal Highness was weak, and although it was early spring at this time, it was still cold, and there was no need to go to archery, royalty, martial arts and other classes. ”

Bai Xiying said coldly: "Got it." Then he slammed the door shut.

After hearing the footsteps go away, Bai Xiying said, "Xiao Jin, what do you think?" ”

Murong Jin nonchalantly straightened the crown of his hair that had been crooked by Bai Xiying just now, "Since my father said that I don't have to go, let's rest." "It was really said by Murong Yan.

Bai Xiying clasped his hands in front of his chest, watching Murong Jin carefully insert the hosta into the process, "Winter is cold and summer is hot, when can you go to practice martial arts?" ”

"In a few days, when the imperial doctor no longer prescribes medicine, you can go to the martial arts."

Bai Xiying looked at him with some concern: "You haven't practiced the body technique for three years, don't hurt your body." ”

"Naturally not."

"That'll be fine." Bai Xiying nodded, and then continued just now, "Yang six is the law, Yin six is Lu, the law, Huang Zhong, Tai Ko, Gu Xi, ......."

"Mr. Yuan has talked about this before," Murong Jin interrupted, "when will Mr. Yuan teach me to play the qin?" ”

As soon as Bai Xiying simply raised his hand, the volume of "Lile" was smashed towards him, but this time it was caught by Murong Jin's backhand, "Sir, don't be angry. ”

Bai Xiying said lightly: "Don't be long-hearted, can what I teach be the same as what Old Man Yuan taught?" Everything must be understood with the heart, and it is not enough to listen to it. Hubris—"

Murong Jin had no choice but to listen to him and chatter: "Lu Zhe, called Da Lu, Ying Zhong, Nan Lu, Lin Zhong, ......"

After that, the music and rhythm class was half of the time listening to Bai Xiying's chanting, half of the time being taught by him, and occasionally listening to the old things of various countries.

Mao Shi still went to study Gong Wenshu, but on this day, there was a fresh face sitting in the vacant seat next to Murong Jin. Seeing Murong Jin coming, he got up and left the table, and said with a slight arch: "See Your Highness." In Xia Nangong Qi, it is the companion of His Royal Highness. ”

Nangong, the first thing that Murong Jin thought of was Nangong Jue, the marquis of the current dynasty. The Marquis of Zhenguo has an only son, named Qi.

Murong Jin nodded slightly, "The prince doesn't have to be polite. ”

After Murong Jin sat down, Nangong Qi sat down again. It's just that he never said a word to Murong Jin again, and Murong Jin was cold by nature, so naturally he wouldn't take the initiative to talk.

The prince's companion is usually the same age as the prince, has a similar personality, and is generally the son of a minister of civil and military affairs. If the prince makes a mistake, he will be punished by accompanying the reading, first, to supervise the prince's study, and secondly, to stay in the palace, which also plays the role of a hostage.

This Nangong Qi has a gentle face, but he doesn't seem to be a good friend. Murong Jin didn't want to have a deep friendship with him, and Nangong Qi didn't want to say a word to him.

After finishing the class, Nangong Qi just hurriedly said "retirement" and left first. I don't have an entourage around, and I don't know if I know the way.

Murong Jin suddenly felt that this companion reading was a bit embarrassing.