"It's... How so?"

"I was also full of doubts at the time, but the news of the concubine's birth of the third prince has spread throughout the tribe. That year, the whole family mourned, and the three princes in their infancy became the hope for the entire subjects of the Zhuchun tribe to regain their morale. ”

"Could it be... Could it be the concubine," Gong Yu was so shocked that his eyes were lost, "The concubine prepared a pregnant woman with the same delivery date in the morning, and replaced the eldest princess who had just been born with a male fetus for the sake of grace?" ”

"The concubine's behavior may not be just a solid favor. She was originally born in the south, and she knew the legend of the curse of the ancient flower demon since she was a child. At that time, the Tsubaki clan was unstoppable, she must have expected that he would set the country one day, and this princess would be disgusted by me because of the curse, and her own favorite concubine position would not be guaranteed, and even the fate of the child would become unknown. ”

"So the third brother... Really not your parent? ”

"Afterwards, I secretly tortured the maid who brought the news of the concubine's birth to the princess to the king's tent, and made sure that she had no family background, no one to instruct her, and she had no personal grudges with the concubine and would not lie. And He Quan's captured Wen Po was tortured, but she also confessed that the concubine did secretly search for many women with similar pregnancy periods. I also sent people to secretly take the blood of Wei'er, and I confessed it several times, but it did not mix. ”

I couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "What about the real princess?" ”

"After the princess was born, she was taken out of the tribe by the concubine's cronies, and she was nowhere to be found. It was only later that I slowly understood the concubine's thoughts - she hoped that the princess could stay away from the Tsunade clan as much as possible, as long as the princess never appeared in the realm of the Tsuna, she would not trigger the curse and her fate would be tragic. ”

"So, because of the concubine's kindness, you can't bear to punish her?"

"That's one of the reasons. The most important thing is that when the third prince was born, the whole family regarded him as a lucky star. At that time, he was already stupid when he was young, and he had passed away, and in my selfish heart, I also very much hoped that I would have a new emperor. The emperor sighed, "Later, Wei'er gradually grew up, although I have been lukewarm to him, but he is extremely hardworking, coupled with his mother's instructions, the predecessors and the future are prominent, showmanship, and refuse to admit defeat......"

"In this way, you can't find an excuse even more, because the matter of stealing the baby boy has been dealt with by Li Guifei's mother and son."

"The Tsubaki clan has a prince for nothing, and no one else knows the secret, so I naturally don't need to worry about this matter anymore. I thought to myself, as long as I don't let this kid sit on the throne of the Devil in the future, mixed with the royal blood, and let it go, it's okay. ”

The emperor's gloomy gaze slowly moved to Gong Hao, "Later, when you were born, I was full of expectations, hoping that you could be better than Wei'er, so that I could ignore him naturally." However, your mother, Lan Zhaoyi, is hindered by her low status, contempts herself, and clings to the concubine; He has never been strict with you, even if you have been playful and idle since you were a child, lazy and quirky. ”

Gong Yu listened attentively, his face was already red, and he was full of regret, and he couldn't refute half a sentence.

The emperor didn't look at him either, but sighed again and again: "It's all wronged." Those who should be angry are not motivated, and those who should not be angry are obsessed with the supreme position. I don't know how to tell him, I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, he will see the secret in my heart. ”

"You're fair? Don't kid yourself. ”

Gong Wan suddenly spoke, and his cold voice was very abrupt in this sad atmosphere: "Even if the third brother has a bad bloodline, don't you have never really cultivated me and the fourth brother, with what excuse to establish a successor, you are bent on sending your eldest son to the position of prince, and you want to give away the great heart of the country to this mentally incomplete nerd!" ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then coughed, and after a long time, he raised his head with difficulty and smiled at Gong Hao: "Man'er, don't deny it, you actually... You've always had a mind on the throne, right? ”

"Why should I deny it?" Gong Wan was not taboo, and his tone was still cold, "Although I know that my mother is a foreign tribute girl, the possibility of you choosing me is very small. But I'm not convinced! Why... Why is everything his, honor, favor - I can ignore all this, but Gui Hotaru, why Gui Hotaru should also be his! ”

"So, it's actually this woman who makes you decide to bring down the curtain and compete for the storage position, isn't it?"

"Yes! Because I understand that what she wants has never been the eldest brother, and the person who fell in love with her at first sight is obviously me! It's just a posterior position, as long as I'm willing, I can fight for her on my own! ”

"Miyahata, what a posterior... I'm not, I-"

My weak voice was muffled by the emperor's laughter. He smiled so badly that he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and he did not look at all like a sick and weak old man.

When the laughter stopped abruptly, and the echo gradually stopped to a dead silence, the emperor turned away, his eyes fixed on the palace curtain sitting on the ground, and his sad gaze became tender again, and he slowly walked towards his son.

Everyone watched silently as the emperor squatted down with difficulty, he was indeed extremely weak, as if even the most ordinary actions of walking and squatting were consuming his candle-like life.

He raised his hand again with a trembling hand, and gently stroked the dirty and loose cheeks of the palace curtain. Xu was my delusion, and at the moment when the emperor shed tears, I seemed to see a trace of sadness flashing in the eyes of the palace official who had lost his mind.

"Son, it's useless to be a father."

I can't be wrong, reflecting the dim candlelight, this time I really saw that the moment the emperor spoke, the chaotic eyes of the palace officials suddenly welled up with crystal tears.

When he called my name, I felt as if his throat had been punished in such a way that his thick and oily voice became so rough that each sound seemed to cause all kinds of pain, and his features twitched and wrinkled.

"Father..."

Hearing the sound from the palace curtain's mouth, the emperor immediately froze in place, and then knelt on the ground with a thud, hugging the palace curtain's shoulders with both hands: "Son... Son! What do you say, what do you want to say to your father? ”

"Father."

In the emperor's heavy panting, the torn voice of the palace curtain still sounded so harsh. I saw him kneeling down like the emperor, tears streaming down his face: "Why are you... It's not good to keep it safe... Protect me, and my mother? ”

None of them reacted, the palace curtain's movements were so rapid, and in my screams, he had already inserted the dagger in his hand into the emperor's ribs.

"-Father!"

Gong Hao screamed in surprise and wanted to pounce on him, but he forgot that there was a barbed chain on his body tied to the stake, and he was slammed to the ground, and new blood mixed with old pus suddenly oozed from his body.

I subconsciously looked at Miyahata, his face was pale, but his feet did not move, and the whole person froze in place as if he was petrified.

"Mother and child, isn't it?" Gong Wei's voice was hoarse, and a bloody mark was already flowing from the corner of his mouth, "It was the Taishi who told me that you killed your mother back then just to help me sit on the throne, and there were no relatives to seize power and disrupt the government, isn't it?" ”

As soon as the emperor's strength was relaxed, he sat down on the ground, his pupils slowly dilated, his mouth opened in vain, but he couldn't make any sound.

"Li... Lihou...? ”

"After your mother died, you remembered it all your life, and it was all fake feelings."

"Lady ......"

"If she is still alive, you will also offer her in your harem like you did to Li Wanjiao and Xia Chuansha, and you won't be close to half a point, right?"

"Boy, I can't... I can't ......."

"And you don't expect much from me. Completely unreserved, unscrupulous to push me to the position of prince, isn't it? ”

"Woo..." The emperor's face lost the last trace of blood, and he was already less in and more out, "I'm all for you, you, forgive me... Forgive your father, okay? ”

The palace official didn't speak, and finally glanced at the emperor deeply, turned his head, gritted his teeth, and once again stabbed the dagger into his father's body.

"Someone." Miyahata fell back half a step, "Someone... Come! Jia Xianyan! Come! ”

I don't remember how the soldiers arrived in a hurry and stabbed countless cold, sharp spears into the back of the palace. I don't quite remember how mournful and heart-rending his screams were when Gong Yu was dragged back to the eighteenth layer of the ghost prison with his hands and feet. I can't even remember how Miyahata carried me up the wheel ladder and returned to the sun-drenched ground.

"Hurry up and send your girls home... No, don't go home, go back to the peach sales building, send her back to the peach sales building. ”

Guan Ju and Pu Jia didn't know what happened underground, but when they saw Gong Hao's solemn and hasty expression, they knew that something bad had happened, and they didn't dare to ask more, so they hurriedly answered and helped me into the carriage.

"Girl..."

Guan Ju couldn't help but be curious, and asked me tentatively, "Girl, what's wrong with you, what happened in the ghost prison?" ”

"Dead ......"

Guan Ju and Pu Jia glanced at each other in fear, and they clenched my cold hands together: "Girl, who do you say is dead?" ”

"They're all dead."

"All dead?" Pu Jia's face turned pale, and her voice became a little trembling, "Do you mean, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Fourth?" ”

"Your Majesty... The emperor is dead. ”

When I arrived at the Taopin Building, I saw Aunt Hua and Sarong waiting side by side in front of the gate as soon as I got off the car, and it seemed that Gong Wan saw that I was frightened, and I was afraid that the two girls would not be able to take care of it, and sent someone to come to the Taopin Building quickly, and delivered the news in advance.

"Ling'er, good Ling'er..."Aunt Hua took me from Guan Ju's hand with weak steps, hugged me tightly in her arms, and didn't ask what happened, "It's okay, there's nothing left, you're home, you're home......"

Hearing Aunt Hua's voice, tears instantly welled up from the bottom of her eyes. I stood up before I could speak, when a low bell suddenly rang out over the entire city of Karshu, and everyone followed the direction of the bell to look at the gray imperial city. One sound, one after another, the bell followed the heartbeat of a person, and the sound pressed the eardrums more and more, oppressing everyone's restless heart.

Death knell.