At this point, Emperor Yuan Jia seemed to have some feelings, raised his head and looked around, and his face was full of emotion: "'Under the whole world, it is not the king's land', this sounds very easy, but after sitting in that highest position for so many years, I feel more and more that the so-called king, how big the realm he can control is is really debatable." ”

This was said very deeply, and the Queen Mother obviously couldn't keep up with his train of thought, and her expression was a little worried.

Emperor Yuan Jia seemed to be caught in his own emotions, looking at the distance with a daze, and after a while, he suddenly woke up and said with a smile: "Forgive me, Queen Mother, I think of the days when I led the troops to fight, and I feel a little emotional." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao understood this, so she also smiled: "Your Majesty went to fight with the people of Northern Xinjiang at that time, but won several battles, which is known to the world. His Majesty is the true dragon son of heaven, and those ghosts and ghosts can't get close at all, this is Your Majesty's great blessing. ”

When Emperor Yuan Jia heard this, he shook his head and laughed at himself: "What is the true dragon emperor?" At that time, I didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and I thought that it would be easy to fight, but I was just a stupid boy. After that, he stood up, paced slowly by the stone case, and said, "However, it is fortunate that I can look back at the imperial city from a far away place. ”

He looked around, as if he was measuring this open space with his eyes, his expression was emotional, and his voice was empty: "Until then, I didn't know that the so-called imperial decree is the same in the imperial city, and it is the same when it comes out of Shengjing City. ”

He sighed lowly, looked at the high sky with his hands, and continued: "Since practicing Zuo, I often think about how as an emperor living in the deep palace can manage the world outside the imperial city and within the capital; And how should we manage the world outside the capital and within thousands of miles? And how should the world thousands of miles away and within thousands of miles be managed? ”

At this point, he shook his head, and a look of self-deprecation crossed his face: "This is really a very profound science, and until now, I still have some confusion. ”

When he said this, his ordinary face did not rise or fall, and his only eyes contained brilliance, shining like jewels.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Emperor Yuan Jia blankly.

Apparently, once again, she didn't keep up with the other party's train of thought.

After a while, she said carefully: "Your Majesty is strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and he is sitting in this imperial city, and the people of the whole world will listen to His Majesty, not to mention those ministers." Why should Your Majesty think so much? ”

Emperor Yuan Jia shook his head, but he did not continue to start the topic of his previous thoughts, but turned his head to the Empress Dowager Xiao and smiled, and said gently: "Queen Mother, I actually miss the days of fighting in Northern Xinjiang very much, if it were not for the tempering of those times, I would not have today." The prince went out to inspect this time, I hope that he can leave the palace, leave Shengjing, and take a look at the Taiji Palace, the imperial decree and the holy oracle from a distance, and take a look at the rivers and mountains of this great Chu. It's only good for him, not bad. ”

His attitude was very gentle, but these words confirmed the prince's plan to travel. Empress Dowager Xiao knew that it was difficult to convince the emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty, so she complained again and said sullenly: "That's it, the mourning family knows that it can't move Your Majesty." The mourning family is leaving. ”

As he spoke, he stood up and was about to leave.

Emperor Yuan Jia knew that she was annoyed, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't worry about the queen mother, I am very well prepared this time, not only sent five teams of guards, but also asked Pei Shu to go with him." ”

As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Xiao immediately looked relieved, turned around and said, "Is this true? ”

"Didn't the queen mother forget, you have no jokes?" Emperor Yuan Jia smiled good-naturedly, helped Empress Dowager Xiao to sit down again, and said: "That Pei Shu has been mixing in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, but he has become a little famous, and the Pei family army has also gradually improved under his leadership." This time, he will lead the Pei family's army to nearly 100 elite guards to protect the prince, and it will be fine. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao replied with disgust and smiled: "That's good, that's good." As she said that, she seemed to remember something, frowned slightly, and said half-explained, half-worried: "It's not that the mourning family refuses to believe those guards, it's actually that these palace guards are not as good as those soldiers killed on the battlefield." And ......"

Her voice dragged out a little, and her flickering eyes drifted past Emperor Yuan Jia, as if she was quietly spying on the other party's mood, and her voice became softer: "...... Besides, there was an accident in that place in Shandong back then, and King Kang's fief was there. The mourning family is also not at ease. ”

"Where did the queen mother go?" Emperor Yuan Jia didn't mind at all, waved his hand and smiled: "The queen mother just doesn't believe me, she should also believe in these capable ministers in the court." Back then, King Kang held an army, and he took advantage of my expedition to do it, and asked the court to send troops to defeat it, not to mention that it is peaceful today? ”

At this point, he sighed again, and said with a sigh: "Compared with King Kang, it was Xiyi who hit the Pei family army hard, which is really embarrassing. ”

Seeing that his face was slightly gloomy, he clearly remembered those unpleasant pasts, and the Queen Mother deeply regretted her words. Originally, he just felt sorry for his grandson, but now he made Emperor Yuanjia unhappy, which is not good.

Thinking like this, she hurriedly put on a smiling face and said, "That's it, the mourning family is also old and confused, and it makes Your Majesty uncomfortable by saying these nonsense words." Your Majesty forgave the sins of the mourners. ”

How dare Emperor Yuanjia forgive her sins? and also knew that the Queen Mother did not mean this, so she smiled and said: "The queen mother has come to Han Qi son again, it can be seen that she forgot her son when she has a grandson." ”

These words made the Queen Mother laugh, and she was obviously extremely happy.

Seeing that the mother and son of the Heavenly Family were talking happily, His Royal Highness the Prince, who had been hiding behind the tree, quietly stabbed Pei Shu next to him, and said with a low smile: "Your name is more effective than a basket of good words." ”

Even if his voice was so low, his voice was still as pleasant as a spring breeze blowing on a tree.

Just now, he and Pei Shu wanted to come over to meet Emperor Yuan Jia, but they didn't intend to bump into the Queen Mother to talk to him, so they listened carefully, but it was not easy to show up at this time, so they simply didn't bother them.

When Pei Shu heard this, he was not moved at all, he sighed, turned around and left, and said while walking: "Does Your Highness still want to practice martial arts?" ”

When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard this, he shook his head helplessly: "This palace just says that, you can't use this to blackmail me all day long." ”

Pei Shu stopped and looked back, the smile on his face was extraordinarily arrogant: "We rough people don't pay attention to those, we have to grasp what we have in our hands." If His Royal Highness doesn't keep up, he can squat for a while. ”

These words immediately dimmed the prince's dazzling handsome face, and even made the beautiful man's face bitter.

"Your Highness seems to want to be punished, so it's good to dare to do so." Pei Shu tilted the corner of his lips and smiled, turned his head, and strode forward.

Looking at his back as he gradually moved away, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed extremely helpless, sighed, and followed.

The willows in the imperial city were still green, but the green shadow seemed to be a little old, and a gust of wind passed, and the long branches and leaves waved in the wind, as if to save something. It's just that the time of midsummer is still getting farther and farther away, so the green of the city can only be tactful and undulating in the wind in vain, and the smoke will flow in the waves, if there is a period of unsolvable sorrow......

(End of Volume 1)