"Your Majesty, your health is not very good today, why don't you talk to the second prince tomorrow?"

"Now! Immediately! Right away! The old emperor narrowed his eyes, spit out these six words angrily, and said: "This is a major matter related to the country, and there is no room for a moment's delay!" ”

"Yes, yes." The father-in-law in charge didn't dare to stop him anymore, so he could only run out from the ground and go to find the second prince.

When he went out, the father-in-law of the steward ran into a figure coldly, causing the other party to let out an exclamation, and the father-in-law of the steward didn't have time to say more, so he had to whisper "offended" and ran away quickly.

"Why is it so burning on this big night?" Su Jin was a little unhappy, muttered, straightened his clothes, and walked inside with a smile.

As soon as he entered, Su Jin saw the old emperor sitting on the bed with his eyes slightly closed, so he walked up with a soft smile, and before he could speak, he heard the old emperor's extremely stern words.

"Get on your knees."

Such a cold attitude announced the old emperor's mood of falling to the bottom at the moment, Su Jin didn't dare to make a mistake, and quickly knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"You're really doing the opposite." The old emperor stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword leaning against the bed, pointed it at Su Jin's head, and said with infinite fierceness in his eyes: "Do you know what happened tonight?" How dare you dare to put the word 'fire' in front of me again? ”

Su Jin was startled, only then did she realize that she had just said the wrong thing, and suddenly trembled and lay on the ground and said, "Jin'er knows that she is wrong!" ”

"Wrongdoing?" With a mocking smile on the old emperor's face, he mercilessly pasted the cold blade on Su Jin's face, increased the force on his hand, and said, "Useless stupid woman! It will bring me endless calamity! ”

The old emperor thought of the Buddha beads broken by the queen in the morning, and he was even more furious, so he simply vented all his anger on Su Jin.

The sharp blade quickly cut through the delicate skin, and a drop of bright red blood slid down Su Jin's sharp chin and dripped to the ground.

Su Jin held back the pain, the expression on his face did not change at all, Chu Chu looked at the old emperor pitifully, and did not make any sound. She knows very well that in the face of this man who has always been strong and domineering, it is not possible to fight hard, and she can only soften the steel.

The old emperor snorted coldly, he had always eaten Su Jin's set, so he put away the long sword in his hand, looked at the blood stains on it and threw it aside in disgust, and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?" ”

Su Jin knelt quietly on the spot, let the blood from her wound flow and didn't wipe it, and said softly: "Your Majesty, it was the Queen Mother who asked me to check what happened, and I specially came to ask you how to return to her old man." ”

Now that Su Jin had thrown the Queen Mother out, the old emperor did not accuse her again, but sat back on his bed, pressed his eyebrows with his hand and said, "You know the specific situation?" ”

Su Jin nodded and replied timidly, "The concubine just came from the place where the fire started...... Know a little bit about it. ”

"I can't say much if I know." The old emperor sighed faintly, thought for a moment, and said: "You said that there was a fire in the side hall near the Dahua Treasure Palace, but fortunately, all the princes were evacuated safely, and there were no casualties. ”

The Queen Mother is about to die, and the old emperor has long known that she may not be able to survive next year, where will he tell her such a serious fact?

This mother and son have always guarded against each other and pressured each other, but in the end, they really care for each other and understand each other. This is the special parent-child relationship of the Emperor's Family.

"Jin'er understood." Su Jin pretended to be well-behaved and bowed slightly, got up from the ground, and said softly: "Then I'll go back to the Queen Mother first." ”

"Wait." The old emperor stopped her coldly, then took out a clean handkerchief from the side and threw it over, saying, "If the Queen Mother asks about your face, pay attention to answer carefully." ”

"I'll take care of it." Su Jin picked up the handkerchief from the ground, wiped her face, and retreated with a shallow salute.

After Su Jin went out, the housekeeper's father-in-law also rushed back with Ye Ziyu, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the second prince has arrived." ”

Ye Ziyu stood at the door, facing the uncertain Yuehua, looking at the expressionless cold-faced king, and clenched his fists tightly.

One step, two steps, three steps...... Every step he takes, Ye Ziyu seems to be passing through the pain and tears of these years, through the betrayal and hatred full of swords and swords.

The old emperor stood in place, faintly feeling that this son, who had always been a man of few words, had such a different aura today. Obviously it was still the same clothes and outfits, and it was still the same pale face, why did it make him feel a little scared?

Anything that would give people the impression of aggression and aggression was particularly rejected by the old emperor, so he shouted angrily: "What does it look like to walk in the mud and water!" Don't get down on your knees yet! ”

Ye Ziyu paused, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a faint mocking smile. What a repentant old man who is dying, and when he sees his son who has been separated for more than ten years, he will kneel to him when he comes up?

He doesn't deserve it at all.

"Father is looking for his son late at night, shouldn't I be asked to kneel down for you to have fun?" Ye Ziyu walked in front of the old emperor without being humble or arrogant, raised a smile and said: "Erchen is cold, if you kneel, I am afraid that you will be dizzy, I am afraid that I will not be able to answer your question properly." ”

The old emperor was stunned, he didn't expect the second prince to be able to fight back so reasonably, and couldn't help but look him up and down, is this really the weak waste who hangs half his life by relying on medicinal soup?

In fact, the old emperor has never put the second prince in his eyes, and he has never had a separate conversation with him, so he doesn't know anything about him at all.

Ye Ziyu just stood there quietly, with a vague smile on the corner of his mouth.

"How much does the case of the Dahua Treasure Hall fire tonight have to do with you?" The old emperor stepped forward, and Ye Ziyu, a walker with sharp eyes, said, "Why did you guide Linglong into the palace?" What are the bad intentions? ”

The old emperor may have questions, Ye Ziyu has already thought through them on the way here, and at this moment he replied unhurriedly: "In the case of the fire, Erchen is also a victim, how much does it matter?" ”

Facing the old emperor's Yin Owl's gaze, Ye Ziyu was not affected at all, and continued: "As for Linglong, I just saw that she was too pitiful alone in this blandly temple, and it was so cold outside, so I let her go into the house to warm up, and by the way, I just waited for King Chen to come over at night." ”

The old emperor snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Don't you have royal rules and ancestral laws in your eyes?" Don't you know that you can't let your female dependents enter the ancestral hall of the first emperor? ”

Ye Ziyu smiled faintly and said: "Since Erchen was born, all the rules and etiquette have to be figured out and experienced by himself, and no one else has taught him. If my father thinks that I have done something wrong, he will punish me directly. ”

Ye Ziyu quietly rebelled against the old emperor's army, the royal rules should have been taught by his parents, after the early death of Concubine Shu, the second prince was equivalent to being adopted by the queen as an adopted son, but how could the queen, who killed his mother, teach him patiently?

The imbalance of various links is linked together, and it has become a shield for the second prince to be unfamiliar with the etiquette in the palace. The old emperor was speechless for a while to refute, and he himself was at fault for not raising his godfather.

"Ridiculous." The old emperor flicked the long sleeves of his dragon robe, glared at Ye Ziyu and said, "Why didn't I know that there was such a clever prince?" ”

"Father, you not only have a prince who is skillful, but also a prince who can carry the tripod, and a prince who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia." Ye Ziyu smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows and said, "Among your sons, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I am just a person at the bottom of the middle, but you have never paid attention to anyone other than King Chen and the crown prince." ”

These words made the old emperor almost untenable. He has a total of more than 20 princes and more than 10 princesses, but in all fairness, the only ones who can enter his eyes are Xiao Mochen and the crown prince.

Xiao Linglong is an exception, born on the same day of the old emperor's sixtieth birthday, and the joy of the old man makes him especially fond of this pink and white little princess, which can be regarded as a miracle.

The eunuch who beat the watch walked leisurely outside, and the distant sound of the watch reached the house, which made people feel sorry.

Ye Ziyu raised a faint smile and said lukewarmly: "Father, the time for the son's medicine is up, if you don't have anything more to ask, can you let me go back to take the medicine?" ”

The old emperor looked at Ye Ziyu with a complicated expression for a moment, and said word by word: "If you tell me half a lie tonight, I will definitely make you regret that you survived." ”

This sentence was like a sharp blade, which passed through so many years and accurately landed on Ye Ziyu's heart. Regretting that you survived? Do you regret that you survived from the palm of Lord Zhao's hand under the queen's staff?

Ye Ziyu evoked a mocking smile, saluted shallowly, and then turned around and slowly dropped a sentence.

"Erchen has long regretted that he survived, if I could, I would rather die in place of my mother."

The old emperor was stunned as if he had been shocked, and watched Ye Ziyu's back disappear behind the screen, a thin sweat was already oozing from his palms, and he fell to the bed.

For so many years, Concubine Shu has been a thorn in his heart, and no one is allowed to lift or touch it, and now, this last line of defense has been torn apart by him and Concubine Shu's biological son.

As an emperor, the grace of the harem concubines is also a major event related to the country. In order to balance the situation, the old emperor chose the daughter of the leader of the other camp, Lu Yurou, who became his new favorite, and named him a concubine as soon as he entered the palace.

Concubine Shu has a weak and kind personality, she is a rare person who is the purest and most kind person in the world, and in the emperor's house, such a woman is really a rare treasure. Even if she doesn't talk about politics, the old emperor loves her very much, and does everything he can to protect her, just to make the beauty smile.

However, the old emperor at that time underestimated his influence on the favor of the concubine, and also underestimated the cruelty of the queen's methods. When he learned that Concubine Shu's mother and son had suffered a tragic accident on the way back from the province, in fact, he rushed to the queen's palace as soon as possible and slapped her immediately.

After all, Concubine Shu has died, and all the old emperor can do at that time is to maintain stability. There was nothing sorry for him to sacrifice the four princes, after all, in his eyes, he never had the status of this child.

Now, the old emperor has lost six princes overnight, but he still suspects that it was the second prince's ghost, this weak body, and he has always been ashamed of his children!

Thinking of this, the old emperor couldn't help but lower his head and sighed, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.

Ye Ziyu walked out of the old emperor's bedroom with a calm face, walking in a hurry all the way without saying a word. The long-awaited father-son meeting did not surprise him, and the old man was still as cold and self-righteous as he remembered, as if he was the only one in the world who would never be wrong.

Even with his own children, this old man still has no warmth at all.

Ye Ziyu narrowed his eyes slightly, a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he flew away lightly with a little bamboo on his toes.

The third prince shuddered, looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that no one was aware, he lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong with your face?" Wasn't it okay when you just left? ”

Su Jin touched his wound, and Pear Blossom said with rain: "It's that old thing who is unhappy and wants to vent his anger on me, and the scars on my face." ”

The third prince pretended to be angry, gritted his teeth and said: "If you don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, how can you deserve to have such a peerless beauty!" ”

The third prince showed a sneer in the shadows, in fact, if it wasn't for the benefits that Su Jin could bring, how could she be willing to touch the body that others had touched?

This stupid woman, who doesn't know that the person she trusts the most at the moment, is just trying to drain her usefulness.

Seeing that the third prince didn't speak for a long time, Su Jin raised his head as if flattering, stepped forward and said, "How are you going to use the secret letter we found?" I didn't say a word in front of that old thing tonight. ”

The third prince showed a yin owl smile, reached out and rubbed Su Jin's hair, and said with a smile: "I have my own way, you just wait to watch the show after returning to the imperial city." ”

Su Wan was quiet in her sleep as if she was a girl who didn't know anything about the world, and her smooth face was full of trust in this world without suspicion. However, every time he encountered a nightmare, Su Wan's brows would furrow tightly, and the whole person would curl up together, looking helpless and pitiful.

Every now and then, Xiao Mochen would gently caress her body, let her relax, and then carefully cover her with the quilt. He has never taken care of a person so wholeheartedly, I don't know why, as long as the object is Su Wan, there is nothing that he Xiao Mochen can't do.

Ye Ziyu walked on the silent path, his pace slowing down slightly. At present, he is not in a hurry to return to the position that the second prince should have, he wants to have as much space for himself as possible.

"Stop!"