Nanzhao has been in frequent situations recently, first the female monarch was embarrassed in public, losing face, then the biological theft, the female monarch was derelict in her duties, and then it was revealed that the concubine was the king of the Great Zhou Yan, all of which made the monarch deeply tired.

What's even more tired is that the daughter he raised by himself didn't know when she became such a ruthless person, and he abolished his daughter's position as the female monarch.

Doesn't he have heartache?

Of course the heartache!

But as a monarch, he can't only have the private feelings of his children in his heart.

He had to have the world in mind first.

He didn't think of himself as an uncritical monarch, and he had made many mistakes in his youth, but he understood what was wrong.

However, it is precisely because of this understanding that my heart is more bitter.

In order to avoid the disturbances of the courtiers and the female monarch's mansion, he took the queen out of the palace and lived in the purchased mansion.

The little emperor is the queen's flesh and blood, and the dethronement of her cannot be hidden from the queen, after the queen heard the news, she did not blame him, but sat in the room and washed her face with tears.

The monarch felt that he was out of breath.

In the afternoon, he got into the carriage and went to the Gu Palace.

The Gu Hall and the National Teacher Hall are equally famous, and are called the two peak forces of Nanzhao, the difference is that the Gu Hall is in a corner, and the National Teacher Hall and the monarch are closer.

But only the monarch himself understands that there is no distinction between the Gu Hall and the National Teacher Hall in his heart, and even after the death of the old national teacher, the only person who can talk to him is the Gu Palace's Kong Gu Lao.

Elder Kong Gu is many years older than the monarch, and he has reached his old age.

He has long been out of the world, and he can stay in the Gu Palace to retire with peace of mind.

He had a secluded courtyard where people would come to clean it during the day, and he was the only one in the yard who did not prepare a meal for the day.

His body is quite strong, his ears and eyes are clear, and he is not worried about falling.

When the king came to see him, he was plowing the ground in his backyard.

"This kind of thing, leave it to the next person to do, the dignified Gu Palace, can you eat without a mouthful of food?"

As he spoke, the monarch stepped forward, stretched out his hand to take the hoe in his hand, and carried him back with him.

Kong Gu Lao smiled, handed him the hoe, and didn't let him go.

His hands were full of mud, fearing that he would stain the dragon's body.

Kong Gu Lao smiled and waved his hand, signaling the monarch to go first.

The monarch didn't insist on helping him, took the hoe and walked out of the backyard, put the hoe in the corner, and didn't forget to look back at the old man Kong Gu who was coming slowly.

Elder Kong Gu is old, not as steady as the young man, he walks extremely slowly, and he is slightly staggering.

He walked to the water tank, stretched out his wizened hand, grabbed the ladle hanging from the branch, fetched half a bucket of water, and washed his hands carefully before inviting the monarch to his tea-room.

The tea room has a wide open window and bright light.

There was no extra furniture in the tea room, only a cabinet against the wall, and a low table in the center.

The floor is wiped clean.

The two took off their shoes and stepped into the tea room.

With staggering steps, Kong Gu Lao came to the cabinet, opened the cabinet door, took out a cushion and handed it to the monarch.

He doesn't often entertain guests here, except for a cushion that he usually sits.

The monarch took the cushion and sat down on the floor across from him.

Old Kong Gu held the low case with both hands and sat down slowly.

Seeing that he was a little powerless, the monarch sighed and said, "Do you only come here when you are cleaning and cooking?" Don't leave someone around to serve on weekdays? ”

Kong Gu doesn't like to drink hot tea, and the tea here is cold.

He picked up the teapot, poured a bowl of herbal tea for the monarch, and said in an old but neutral voice: "I can still walk, and when I can't move one day, ask someone to take care of me." ”

It was not the first time that the monarch had persuaded him, and the answers he got were always not new.

So the king didn't bother to say more.

Kong Gu Lao took out a food box from under the dwarf case, opened it slowly with his not very flexible hand: "Your Majesty is lucky, someone just sent a box of osmanthus cakes this morning, I remember that Your Majesty loved to eat this when he was a child, I don't know if I like it now." ”

"Not now." The monarch said.

When he got older, the imperial doctor didn't let him touch sweets, and he thought about it a few years ago, but now he has quit.

"Ah, you seem to have said it last time, and your memory is not good." Kong Gu Lao took a piece for himself and ate it with great interest.

The osmanthus cake is soft and glutinous, and it melts in the mouth, which he likes very much.

The monarch drank his tea slowly.

Neither of them spoke.

But I didn't feel embarrassed.

The monarch's heart felt a long-lost peace.

After eating the osmanthus cake, Kong Gu asked the monarch: "Is Your Majesty's heart wrong?" ”

In the past, the king sometimes did not have to say a word to liberate himself, but today, he shook his head: "Not yet." ”

Kong Gu Lao stretched out his arm and said, "What's new in the imperial capital recently?" ”

The monarch lowered his eyes, and said with difficulty for a while: "I have no children in my life, I admit this life, in order to protect the luck of Nanzhao, I also admit to sending my own flesh and blood out of Nanzhao, but why do the children raised with heart still disappoint me?" ”

Kong Gu Lao took a sip of tea: "This one is disappointed, isn't there another one?" Wait for that to disappoint you, and then make this desperate look. ”

...... "I can't answer you if you keep doing this."

The monarch sighed and said: "Back then, the old national teacher had a prophecy, 'Nanzhao is about to run out, blessings and misfortunes are twinning, fortune and misfortune are twins, and there may be a turnaround,' now it seems that it is really just 'or'." ”

Kong Gu didn't answer.

The monarch didn't really come to him to ask for any advice.

I sat still for a while.

The monarch spoke: "Gu always asked me to get that kid back then?" ”

Kong Gu Lao took a sip of tea: "I can't find it back." ”

The monarch was stunned.

I heard Kong Gu Lao say again: "Let's see if I can invite you back." ”

The monarch frowned, and was about to do something, when Kong Gu Lao opened his mouth with a sigh: "People are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless?" Hearts are all flesh and blood, you didn't want her at the beginning, and now you expect her to want you? ”

...... "Can you keep talking and choking people to death like this?"

The monarch said coldly: "I didn't say I wanted to recognize her!" ”

"Oh." Kong Gu Lao took another sip of tea.

At this point in the conversation, the monarch finally felt a little embarrassed, but it was only him who was embarrassed, a person of Kong Gu's age was no longer disturbed by the world, he was very comfortable.

The monarch's heart was a little blocked: "She grew up in the countryside, who knows what she has become, I still have a nephew from the side branch, no worse than the emperor." ”

Elder Kong Gu continued to drink tea.

The monarch sat up straight and said, "She is the order of the Heavenly Evil Lone Star, will I take this little disaster star back for the common people?" ”

Old Kong Gu said: "Your Majesty is not a lone star, and I haven't seen Your Majesty have many sons and blessings." ”

Really, I'm going to be by this old guy......

Elder Kong Gu said again: "The old national teacher said back then, blessings and misfortunes are twins, Your Majesty should not forget, misfortune and fortune are relied upon, blessings and misfortunes are lurking, and the things of heaven are beyond the insight of you and me. Since this blessed person has not been able to bless the common people, then how can Your Majesty conclude that she will definitely cause trouble to the world? ”

The monarch could not say a word.

When the infant emperor Ji was sent out of Nanzhao, he was opposed by many courtiers, Niu Dan was the most fierce one, he said that the world was in chaos, he came to peace, he was going to fight, he went to fight, blame a baby in the baby what to do.

He didn't listen to Niu Dan.

Although Elder Kong Gu didn't stop him, his eyes clearly didn't approve of it.

It's just that after that, Kong Gu Lao seemed to have forgotten about this matter, and he never mentioned it again until he abdicated, he thought that Kong Gu had forgotten about that kid a long time ago.

"Do you always remember her?" The monarch asked, "Do you also think that I did something wrong?" ”

Elder Kong Gu didn't answer his words, but said, "Before the old national teacher died, he came to the Gu Old Hall to look for me, does Your Majesty know what he said to me?" ”

"What did he say?"

He said two words.

"What word?" The monarch asked.

"Strange." Kong Gu is old.

"Strange?"

Kong Gu Lao nodded: "Yes, it's just strange, but what is he wondering, he didn't say anything." ”

The monarch fell into deep thought.

Kong Gu's old words changed and said: "That child grew up in the people, I'm afraid she has suffered a lot, and her father and mother don't want her." ”

For more than thirty years, the monarch has long since remembered what the child looked like, and he doesn't even remember whether he held her when she was born.

But he remembered the snow.

Nanzhao never snows.

The night she was sent away, there was a heavy snow in the sky.

Concubine Yun cried and said, send it away later, the child will freeze to death on a snowy day.

The child looked at him with wide, curious eyes.

Xu didn't know that he was going to be abandoned.

I thought I was going out to play, and my calves kicked very hard.

He turned.

The palace door closed coldly.

Outside the palace gate, the child's heart-rending cry came.

Not once did he look back.

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