It was already bright, and Jin Yiwei began to walk towards the silver house, and Li Chengdu dragged Qiao Chu out.

Qiao Chu walked out with Li Chengdu in a daze, the wind in winter was biting, and the flying snow on the ground was rolled up and hit Qiao Chu's face, and the ice was cold and cold into his skin, making him gradually recover.

"Master, let's go back, in fact, Emperor Yongle is right, it's already like this, what can be changed, life doesn't bring death, and torture your own people are not ghosts."

Li Chengdu raised his head and looked at Qiao Chu's face, following him since he was a child, so that he knew Qiao Chu's thoughts and persistence very well, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "Actually, when the prince asked me to follow you all the time, I couldn't rest assured that you, whether it was the mountains or the court, no matter what, life is your own after all, and those other people's mistakes, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Qiao Chu's eyebrows and eyes were dim, and he simply lifted his robe and sat in the snow, his eyes were full of confusion, and at this moment, the faint voice of Duan Changge behind him was also mixed in.

"Well, what does it have to do with other people's mistakes?"

Qiao Chu frowned, raised his eyes and looked over, in the snow, a man in a crimson robe hugged a smiling woman and slowly walked towards him, perhaps because of the sun, Qiao Chu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"I've gotten used to it for so many years."

Bai Hanyan looked at his decadence, where was there still the high spirits when she was in Jinzhou that day, she sighed lowly, and said: "Qiao Chu, some things are always a knot in my heart, you might as well ...... Go and meet your father. ”

Qiao Chu's body trembled, it seemed to be the pain he didn't want to mention the most, and he closed his eyes as if he was avoiding.

"Father...... Mother, they are all my dearest people, but they are also the strangest people, and they all choose to abandon me......"

Bai Hanyan giggled out out of an inopportune laugh when he heard this, causing the three of them to look sideways, and Qiao Chu's soft face was covered with a layer of ice and snow again, and said, "What, isn't it funny?" ”

Bai Hanyan smiled like a flower in Duan Changge's arms, looked at Qiao Chu and said softly: "You said that everyone abandoned you, so what are we standing next to you?" ”

Qiao Chu was stunned, looking at Bai Hanyan Duan Changge's eager gaze, his heart, which had been frozen for so many years, gradually began to melt.

Duan Changge walked up to him, leaned over and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly, "Let's go, let's go and meet your father together." ”

Qiao Chu looked up at him, and seemed to be a little surprised: "Together? ”

Duan Changge nodded, his eyes were gentle, and he smiled and said, "Perhaps, he is also waiting to see you." ”

Qiao Chu's eyes flickered, and it seemed to light up, he hooked his lips and smiled, stood up from the snow, shook off the snow, seemed to let go, and said in a somewhat relaxed tone: "Li Chengdu, you go and arrange it." ”

"Okay." Li Chengdu hurriedly responded, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

Sleepy Siyuan is still a royal courtyard, and the face outside is still magnificent, and ordinary people can't catch up with it.

Qiao Chu walked in through the gate, and none of the guards dared to stop him.

The place where Zhu Gaosui lives looks cold and inviting, and there are a lot of things used in it, but he has just lost his freedom.

When Qiao Chu pushed the door of the dormitory, a dull creak sounded from under the door, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

In the dormitory, between the outer hall and the inner room, there was a pink veil that touched, and at this moment, the cold wind that rushed in through Qiao Chu's slightly open door swayed the veil.

There was a person sitting on the bed, his head hanging slightly, his body half leaning on the head of the bed, playing with a pair of walnuts in his hand.

In the dormitory, only this crisp sound broke the silence of the room, and there was a veil between the two people, but no one spoke.

After being silent for a long time, Qiao Chu's mind hurriedly recalled this life, he raised his eyes, pursed his lips and was about to speak, when Zhu Gaosui behind the veil suddenly spoke: "I thought it was ...... You don't want to come to me. ”

Qiao Chu was stunned, lowered his eyebrows, and then hooked his lips and smiled, full of bitterness: "If you can't see it, what's the point, my identity is now empty, you and I...... It's always a stranger. ”

"Strangers?" Zhu Gaosui muttered and repeated this sentence, as if he was thinking about something, Qiao Chu's hand in his sleeve tightened, he was very afraid, very afraid that at this moment Zhu Gaosui suddenly opened his mouth and admitted that there was no connection between them.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaosui didn't say that, he raised his eyes, looked at Qiao Chu's silhouette through the veil, and said lightly: "Chu'er, how have you been doing for so many years?" ”

Such a few simple words, Qiao Chu had been silent for many years, and what spread was a grievance, and even his eyes were a little red, he tried his best to suppress his thoughts, and said in a voice as smooth as possible: "I...... Very good. ”

Zhu Gaosui lowered his head when he heard this, and an indescribable sadness flowed in his heart, as if he was annoyed and guilty, and he suddenly said again: "I know everything you do, child, I know your intentions." ”

Qiao Chu turned his head to the side. A heart seemed to rush out of his throat, and he didn't open his mouth with his neck stalked.

Zhu Gaosui also paused, and was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "You came today to ask me for an answer." ”

Qiao Chu closed his eyes and opened them again, but the tangled pain in it couldn't be suppressed, and gradually condensed again, and his voice trembled: "Since my mother died, I have begun to hate him, hate him for breaking you apart, hate him for killing your mother, and hate him for framing you, but now...... I realized that all this may be my obsession...... My mother never forgot him until she died, and even dared to give birth to Baiyu for him in the face of the world's disapproval, and I sometimes began to wonder if my mother had chosen ...... Maybe it's not a mistake. ”

The shame that had been buried for many years was uncovered again, Zhu Gaosui's face was a little distorted in pain, almost hideous, for a long time, he tried his best to suppress it, and his face was an ancient well without waves, as if he was just saying, he was simply an insignificant person.

"She didn't make a mistake in her choice, she ...... It was I who abandoned her first. ”

"What did you say?" Qiao Chu suddenly raised his head and asked in disbelief.

Zhu Gaosui tugged at the corners of his lips and said, "I gave her a letter of resignation, and after she was free, she was ...... Father......

Those two words didn't seem to be called for a long time, which made him feel a little rusty, and he was silent for a long time, as if he was familiar with the feeling for that person in his heart, and then he said: "Qinghan just had a child with him, and they didn't feel sorry for me." ”

This sentence was undoubtedly a thunderclap in Qiao Chu's ears, he took a step back, almost unable to control himself, he staggered to the ground, his eyes were empty, and suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly: "I have hated it for so many years, what a ...... Joke. ”

Zhu Gaosui had no words, and he didn't know what to say, this matter, the most hurtful thing was not him, but his son, who had lost love since he was a child.

"Then it was true that you forced the palace back then."

Qiao Chu finally asked this sentence, in a stated tone, not a question.

On the way here, he even felt that it didn't matter if he asked this question or not, after all, he had already put it down, but now, at this moment, he wanted to know the answer.

"Yes."

Zhu Gaosui's voice was very soft and light, but Qiao Chu was stunned, as if he didn't understand what this word meant, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The ambition that had been suppressed for many years finally erupted, Zhu Gaosui Huoran stood up and paced back and forth in the inner room, it was obvious that Qiao Chu's question made his heart that had been silent for too long ripple again, for a long time, he stopped again, raised his eyes to look at Qiao Chu, and there was a hint of coldness in his voice: "What kind of person the prince is, you and I know it, and my father also knows it, he is cowardly and benevolent, timid and mediocre, he has never climbed in the rain of swords and blood since he was a child, such a person is destined to be indecisive all his life, It's just that he was born a few years earlier than me, if the country falls into his hands, who will be convinced? ”

Qiao Chu stiffened, craned his neck and raised his eyes to look at him, his blood-red eyes were unprecedentedly disappointed and sad.

Zhu Gaosui didn't see Qiao Chu's expression, and then spit out all the words that had been suppressed for many years and said: "Second brother, what a ruthless person he is, my father knows better in his heart, this is also very similar to him, if my father hadn't killed his nephew and took away his throne, he would not have been able to do it for so many years, if this emperor throne fell into the hands of the second child, then we ...... Oh, there's no way to live, so among my father's group of sons, I'm the only one! ”

Zhu Gaosui became excited, his eyes were full of unquenchable desire, he opened his arms, and said in a lost voice: "Only me, with strategy and courage, but I also know that he will never pass on the throne to me!" Because, he was afraid, he was afraid that the secret in his heart would be left in the history books by me after his death, and he would be left stinking for 10,000 years! He fell in love with his son's wife, even if it was his cousin's wife, it would be contrary to the norm! Therefore, I will not force the palace, I will not usurp the throne, this throne will never belong to me, and I have just followed the path he has walked, how wrong am I ......"

What Zhu Gaosui said later, Qiao Chu lost the meaning and courage to listen, he lowered his head and pulled the corners of his lips with difficulty, it turned out that the people or things he hated for half his life were all a ...... Joke.

He turned away, unwilling to stay with him for a moment.

"Kid!"

Zhu Gaosui looked at his back as he left resolutely, suddenly stepped forward, stood behind the veil, but never had the courage to lift it, he gritted his teeth and said: "When I banished you to the mountains, I was actually afraid that it would affect you, I didn't really want to give up on you!" It was only later that I was imprisoned again...... Mine, kid ......"

Qiao Chu's eyes were wet and red, his footsteps paused, and he only paused, pushed open the door of the hall and left, before leaving, he still opened his mouth and said to him: "You can change your life here, father." ”