Sunlight slowly filtered through the window and cast on the deserted hall.

A woman in plain clothes, sitting alone at the table, there was still a faint oil lamp on the table, she looked at the wandering light, frowned slightly, and blew on the oil lamp, the oil lamp went out, and the curling smoke rose slowly, like an immortal soul.

She looked at the oil lamp for a while, got up and walked to the window, the slaughter of early autumn, the cold to the bone...

"Mother. Why didn't they give us food? You're a queen," the young child tugged at the woman's sleeve, her delicate little face scarred.

The woman squatted down, sighed, smiled and said to the child:

"Xin'er, you remember, if we are not strong enough, we will always be bullied. Half of the life of the mother concubine has passed, and even if you suffer and suffer, you must be angry and not be looked down upon by anyone, and you must be a person who is strong enough to sit in the world, understand? ”

"Yes, Princess"

Gongzi Yuxin stood in front of the Chengming Palace, thinking back to the past, the dark days here.

He left his mother at a young age and was raised by a nurse, and it was not until he ascended the throne that his mother was released from the cold palace. For so long, he hadn't come to visit his mother in person. I don't know how she's doing.

At this time, it was only dawn, the last moonlight was sprinkled on the horizon, and the house was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood, and the sound of wooden fish came intermittently in my ears.

"Mother, the retainer has come to see you," Gongzi Yuxin shouted in a low voice.

The hall has been renovated and brightened a lot.

The middle-aged woman in plain clothes wore a phoenix crown on her head, and when she heard the voice of Gongzi Yuxin, she put down the wooden fish in her hand, smiled at him, and said:

"Xin'er, you're here. I haven't seen you for years, but you've grown a lot. ”

The murderous aura in Gongzi Yuxin's eyes gradually faded, and the innocent light of a child was revealed in his eyes.

He threw himself into his mother's arms, and the long-lost warmth made his heart full of frost melt at once.

"Mother, Xin'er has come to pick you up with the world, and from now on, no one will dare to bully us anymore. As for those who have hurt us, I will make them pay. ”

When he said this, Gongzi Yuxin's eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Xin'er, now that our mother and son are safe, you have also become the king of a country, let the past pass. Don't embarrass Bai Yucheng anymore, when will it be time to repay the wrongs. From now on, you will govern the country well and be a good king who is diligent and loves the people."

"Leave him alone? Mother, have you forgotten that at the beginning, my father was because he favored his mother, so he would send you into the cold palace after you first became the queen, causing you to stay in the cold palace for so many years while pregnant, and even affected me to be born in the cold palace and send people under the fence. I will never forget this hatred for the rest of my life. The mother doesn't have to interfere in this matter, and the son will handle it. ”

Gongzi Yuxin's face suddenly turned cold, he broke free from his mother's arms, and left the Chengming Hall directly.

At the court meeting in the morning, an old minister of the court and China started the performance:

"Your Majesty, the first emperor collapsed, and the foundation of the court was unstable, and it was the time when a resourceful person like King Cheng was needed to assist His Majesty in managing the government. He is the king of the first emperor, and now you put him in the harem as a domestic servant, and you beat and scolded him. It's against the will of the first emperor

When Gongzi Yuxin heard this, he sighed, and his head hurt unconsciously.

"According to Lord Zhang's meaning, this king can't be killed?"

"Exactly."

Childe Yuxin coldly pulled out a sword from the side

, and threw it at Lord Zhang.

The blade penetrated his lungs at once, and Lord Zhang's eyes widened, and his gaze was full of incredulity. Eventually, the huge body fell backwards, its head tilted to the side, and died.

The ministers of civil and military affairs present were embarrassed.

"Who else has any objections to my actions, and wants to help Bai Yucheng intercede, let's put it forward all at once!" Childe Yuxin asked loudly.

With the lessons of the past, how can there be fools who run out to die.

Whoever dares to disobey my orders will die

At midnight, a figure crept around the soldiers' lines and slipped into the dungeon.

A guard keeps a bowl of meat outside the cell door.

"Well, let's eat. I'm going to go to the guillotine tomorrow, so eat more while your head is still on your head. ”

The man inside was unkempt and ragged, and the new and old wounds on his body, large and small, were exposed from the holes in his clothes, which looked very terrifying. He lay on his side, one leg arched, his hands on his knees casually, a random movement, but he did it extremely cold and arrogant, like a demon prince.

He glanced at the full rice bowl and turned his head silently.

"It's impossible for me to accept a jackal's handout."

"Ha, then you just wait to die, if you refuse to eat the imperial food, even if Your Majesty doesn't cut off your head, you will starve to death." The guard smiled disdainfully, ready to take the meal away and eat it himself.

At the moment when he squatted down, he was suddenly hit hard in the back, and his eyes were dark, and he passed out.

The man was dressed in servant clothes, his face was dirty, and he had the scars of being whipped.

"Your Highness, it's you." Situ Che looked so excited that he lay on the edge of the cage, and the chains tied behind him also clanged with the movement of his body.

"It's me. Situ, I'm the one who has troubled you. Bai Yucheng took Situ Che's hand and took out some medicine from his arms to heal him.

Situ Che felt the coldness of his hands, even a little rough, and subtle calluses grew in his palms.

"Your Highness, don't waste your efforts, anyway, tomorrow, I will fall to the ground, don't waste these precious medicines."

"Situ, you are my person, if you want to die, you have to die decently, and you can't bring injuries." Bai Yucheng did not stop the movements in his hands, and seriously medicated Situ Che.

Thinking of the medicine, Situ Che took out a small jade box from his arms and held it in the palm of his hand, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

What he remembered was the girl's smile before leaving, and the promise that was already impossible.

"Your Highness, this, please take it for me. I promised a girl to stand at the gate of Gusu with the jade box she entrusted to me and wait for her to come back. But I think I'm going to break my promise. ”

Bai Yu took the jade box, hid it in his clothes, and responded: "Don't worry, I will." ”

There was a sound of shredded footsteps outside the door. Situ Che vigilantly reminded Bai Yucheng.

"Situ, in the future, take care more."

"Your Highness, you should also take care."

Bai Yucheng checked the situation around him, and leaned out of one of the windows of the cell.

Situ Che looked at Bai Yucheng's distant back, and couldn't help but sigh: It turns out that the child who invited him to create a peaceful and prosperous world together has grown so big now. Although he is a few years older than him, he has a feeling that he has always been protected by his younger brother.

Your Highness, the girl I like, I'll leave it to you. I hope you can stand at the gate of Gusu City on my behalf, wait for her to come back, and say to her in person:

I'm sorry, Situ Che, I missed the appointment.

Forget about him.

After Bai Yucheng climbed out of the dungeon, he took a few steps along the root of the wall, and suddenly there was a clapping sound behind him, which was particularly harsh in the dark and silent night.

"I didn't expect that Brother Wang had done so much work in the past two days and had been beaten so much, and he still had the strength to come to my dungeon." Childe Yuxin said in a weird manner.

"Childe Yuxin, what do you want to say?" Bai Yucheng's gaze grew cold.

"It's nothing, Situ Che has been with you for so long, he will die tomorrow, and you should come to see him for the last time."

Bai Yucheng felt that Gongzi Yuxin was a little weird. He wasn't like such a magnanimous person, and he always felt that he was brewing some kind of conspiracy.

"It's not early, Your Majesty, I'll go back to the palace first."

"When the execution is carried out tomorrow, you can also come with you and send your good brother on his last journey."

Childe Yuxin waved at him, signaling that he could go. When Bai Yucheng was far away, Gongzi Yuxin summoned the secret guard hiding in the grass.

"How's it going, is there anything out of the ordinary?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Bai Yucheng has nothing abnormal except for taking a jade box." The Dark Guard replied fifteen-ten.

"Follow Bai Yucheng closely, be sure to find out what is in that jade box."

The next evening, Situ Che was escorted by a group of guards to the guillotine built in the middle of the market.

"Situ, you are the grandson of General Situ, I can consider fulfilling one of your wishes before you die, say, what do you want" Gongzi Yuxin sat on the public case and said to Situ Che.

"At the gates of the city, execution."

"Oh? Is that all? ”

"I promised her that I would wait for her to come back at the gate of Gusu City, so that my promise could be regarded as fulfillment." A smile spread across Situ Che's face.

Gongzi Yuxin waved his hand and motioned for the guards to take him to the city gate.

The sun sets, thousands of mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed.

Bai Yucheng stood beside Gongzi Yuxin, his face was serious, and he didn't say a word.

"Who are you waiting for?"

"Why did Your Majesty say this? Your Majesty asked me to follow you to the city gate, so why do you think that I am waiting for someone? ”

Childe Yuxin held a letter between the slender papers and handed it to him. Bai Yucheng's pupils contracted violently.

"This is the letter you sent with the flying pigeon, and it has your own stationery signature on it."

"What the hell do you want to say" The green tendons in Bai Yucheng's hands became more and more prominent as his fists clenched.

"Do you think Asaibena is your lifesaver? Hahaha, naïve. I might as well tell you, Xianbei, has been exterminated.."