Xia Yuan stood under the eaves and looked up at the raindrops that kept falling in the night, and the rain was connected along the eaves in a straight line and dripping. He just watched quietly, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

The ministers who came to the banquet made Xia Yuan feel a little in the way, and they all asked the guards to go out, and the frightened palace maids and musicians were also taken down by the subordinates early to rest, and at this moment, in the banquet hall, there were only some guards and eunuchs left, constantly going in and out.

"Your Highness." Qin Han walked to Xia Yuan's side, "It's cold." ”

"yes, I know." Xia Yuan listened to the sound of the rain hitting the ground, and the slightly cool autumn wind blew his hair between his sideburns, and his heart was very uncomfortable, "Brother Qin, why do you say, this is obviously the ending that I have imagined countless times in my heart, and I have looked forward to the earlier day countless times in my dreams, but now this day has really arrived, and I can't be happy at all?" ”

"Because Your Highness is a gentle man."

"I took advantage of them, I killed them, how can such a person be gentle."

“...... His Royal Highness Xia Yi deserves it. Qin Han looked at Xia Yuan's side face, he was not a person who was very good at comforting others, he knew that the occurrence of these things was more or less a blow to Xia Yuan, but he didn't know what kind of answer to respond to Xia Yuan.

"But Father and Ah Chi are innocent."

“...... Your Highness, do you believe in your orders? ”

"Life?"

"His Royal Highness Xia Yi will do this sooner or later. Some tragedies, from the very beginning, are predestined. Your Highness, you have only changed the timing of the tragedy. ”

Xia Yuan pondered for a while, sighed deeply, and did not continue to answer Qin Han's words.

"Brother Qin, do you think that I am a particularly useless person, I can't even protect my younger brother well, and I am still a very cold-blooded person, who does not hesitate to kill my relatives for his own interests, loses confidence in me, and then does not want to continue to follow me?"

"How so? You are Your Highness, and I willingly follow you for the rest of my life. Qin Han tilted his head, expressing his puzzlement, why His Highness suddenly said such strange things.

"Your Highness." A sharp voice interrupted the conversation between the two, and the little eunuch came out of the banquet hall and saluted Xia Yuan, "It's packed inside, do you want to go in now?" ”

"Hmm." Xia Yuan withdrew the eyes that had been looking into the depths of the night, turned around and followed behind the little eunuch, and walked in.

After the incident just now, the ground that had become too messy to look at has been cleaned up at this moment, and the table that was kicked over during the chaos has been put back in its place, as if nothing had happened, everything is back to the way it was, except for the appearance of the three of them, who still look a little oozing, they are lying side by side in the center of the hall, the wound has been simply cleaned up, and the blood has no longer continued to flow out.

Xia Yuan slowly squatted down beside the three of them, and gently relaxed their expressions with his hands, as if they had just accidentally fallen asleep in the hall.

"Father, brother, Achi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you, I hurt you, I hurt you like this, if you want to blame, blame me." Xia Yuan's gaze stopped at Xia Huai's body, "Father, the country you cherish will be guarded by me for you in the future." ”

After speaking, he kowtowed to Xia Huai, then stood up again, and said to the little eunuch behind him: "Gonggong Chen, please arrange the rest of the matter." ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

After watching Xia Yuan leave, the little eunuch stretched out his hand to find the guards on the side and ordered, "Send the emperor and the eldest prince and the third prince to the Taiji Palace." ”

"Yes."

Xia Yuan lay on the bed, his eyes wide, and he couldn't sleep. The rain outside the window had stopped until the clouds had cleared, and the moonlight couldn't wait to shine through the window and into the house.

At this moment, he was entangled by a feeling called loneliness, although he knew that Qin Han was guarding outside his house, but this still couldn't fill the loneliness in his heart, but at this time, he wanted to be warm!

Three years......

The next day, the sky was already slightly white, and all night, Xia Yuan turned left and right and was not sleepy, so he simply got up from the bed, put on the mourning clothes that the little eunuch had prepared, and went out.

Qin Han was resting against the door with his sword in his arms, and when he saw Xia Yuan open the door and walked out, he quickly stood up straight and said to him, "Your Highness, won't you rest for a while?" ”

"I'm not sleepy, I'll go to the Taiji Hall to have a look."

When Xia Yuan walked past Qin Han's side, Qin Han saw the blue and black under his eyes clearly, His Royal Highness was afraid that he hadn't slept all night......

"Your Highness, I'll go with you."

"No need, I'll just go alone, you've been keeping watch all night, and you're tired, you can go and rest for a while."

"However, Your Highness, your face is not very good."

"Am I such a fragile person in your eyes?" Xia Yuan turned around and grinned at Qin Han, a very distracting smile.

"Your Highness......" The back is a little shaky......

The palace is different from the quietness of the past, everyone is walking by hurriedly with their heads down, and the two people who used to meet and always say a few words of greetings can only look at each other at the moment, and then pass by. Only when he walked by Xia Yuan's side would he gently shout "Your Highness", and then he would not say more.

The Taiji Hall can be said to be the most remote hall in the entire palace, perhaps because that place is full of the spiritual seats of the previous emperors, so it looks a little gloomy now.

Xia Yuan walked into the hall, took a cushion, and sat next to Xia Huai's coffin, Xia Huai's whole body had been thoroughly cleaned, his eyes were closed, his hands were placed on his chest at will, and his body was also coated with a thick layer of spices, and the dragon robe stained red by blood had been replaced and put on clean and gorgeous clothes again.

"Father, the funeral will be in seven days." Xia Yuan looked at Xia Huai's pale face and bloodless lips, and the guilt still lingered in his heart, "If I ascend the throne, will you be happy for me?" After so many years, you should be tired of working hard to deal with government affairs, right? Now you can rest well, and your son will do the rest for you. ”

"Father, it was late last night, I didn't dare to disturb my mother, now I have to go to see my mother, I don't know if her body is better, next time I will come to see you." Xia Yuan knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the coffin, then turned to leave.

Since yesterday's incident, the queen's body was suddenly extremely sick at night, Xia Yuan was very afraid that the queen would not be able to withstand this series of blows for a while, although the queen was not the biological mother of Xia Yi and Xia Chi, but after all, she was a child who grew up, and her feelings were naturally not shallower than for Xia Yuan.

When Xia Yuan came to the front of the dormitory, he happened to meet a little maid who came out of it with an empty bowl.

"Ah, it's Your Highness, Niangniang, she just finished drinking the medicine, she should still be awake now, Your Highness should go in quickly." After speaking, the little maid walked past Xia Yuan's side quickly and disappeared from his sight.

He knocked lightly on the door and said, "Mother, I'm in." ”

Xia Yuan was outside the door for a while, and without waiting for the queen's answer, he simply pushed the door in.