"I've heard it before, so many years ago, the young ladies of Qi'an are still talking about it vividly, hoping that in the future, I can become Queen Meng Zhao and marry a husband like Emperor Hui."

Shen Run smiled: "Emperor Hui is indeed the most infatuated among the emperors of Longxi Kingdom. ”

Chenguang laughed: "It's okay for the girls to say this, why do you even say that?" ”

Shen Run was stunned for a moment: "Isn't that right?" ”

"Emperor Hui's mother died early, although he was born and was named the crown prince at birth, but his father's real favor was his younger brother King Yi. Prince Hui was in danger three times, the first time the princess knelt at the gate of the Longevity Palace for four days and four nights and finally had a miscarriage, the emperor relented, and Prince Hui was released, so Meng Zhao could no longer have children; The second time was that Prince Hui himself was in a hurry for quick success and quick profit, and Meng Zhaohou's mother's family took all the charges, although Prince Hui lost power because of this, he managed to save his life; The third time was that the emperor was seriously ill and summoned all the princes into the palace to serve the sick, and the mother and son of King Yi wanted to take advantage of the emperor's serious illness to kill Prince Hui in the palace of longevity, and Meng Zhaohou led five thousand elite soldiers of the prince's mansion to venture into the palace, took down the mother and son of King Yi, and saved Prince Hui, and the mother and son of King Yi were executed. Am I right? ”

Shen Run nodded.

After Prince Hui ascended the throne, became Emperor Hui, named Meng as the queen, the following year Meng Zhao was twenty-three years old, on the day of his birthday, Tianxiang Hall was completed. Half a year later, the eldest daughter of Sun Che, the head of the six kings at that time, was a concubine, and a year later, Concubine Sun gave birth to her eldest son and was named the crown prince. After the birth of the crown prince, the grandson concubine was promoted to a noble concubine, and was given the right to associate the harem, and the palace was drafted for the first time in the same year, and there were as many as 2,300 beauties in the palace after that. A year later, Emperor Hui handed over the four princes whose biological mother was a concubine to be raised by Empress Meng, and in the same year, Concubine Sun Guifei sued Empress Meng for murdering the crown prince, and Empress Meng was grounded for seizing power. During the lockdown period, Empress Meng contracted a heart disease, and after a year of seeking medical advice, he still failed to cure it, and when Empress Meng died, he was less than 27 years old. Emperor Hui himself lived to be sixty-seven years old, and after his death, he was buried with Empress Zhao. ”

"You really understand."

"I'm familiar with the history of Long Xiguo."

"You're familiar."

"Tell me, where is Emperor Hui's infatuation?"

Shen Run thought for a long time and frowned: "Murdering the emperor's heir is originally a capital crime, even the queen can't do it, and seizing power and being grounded is already the lightest punishment." ”

"A woman who doesn't even have a child of her own, a woman who can take the whole family for a man and lead the army to break into the palace at the risk of rebellion, what did she do to murder the prince?"

Shen Run thought for a while: "Jealousy? Hate? ”

Chenguang smiled: "Then Emperor Hui must have thought like you back then, so he disposed of Empress Meng." ”

"You don't think that's the case?"

When Emperor Hui grounded Empress Meng, Emperor Hui asked her if she was guilty, and she only asked, "Your Majesty doesn't believe in concubines?" After that, he didn't speak again. The heart disease that Meng Hou suffered from was just an ordinary heart disease, not a serious illness, as long as she took medicine well, she would not die. ”

"You think she was killed?" Shen Run asked.

"She didn't want to live anymore, she felt that she was blind and saw the wrong person, and because of remorse, she wasted her life and death."

Shen Run frowned: "It's just your speculation." ”

"Maybe. The day of Empress Meng's death was Sun Guifei's birthday, and since then, Sun Guifei often had nightmares, gradually went crazy, and died within two years, and the legend in the palace was that Empress Meng turned into a ghost to ask for her life. ”

Shen Run began to regret taking the initiative to bring up the story about Emperor Hui, he originally just wanted to start the topic tonight.

"However, this is the fate of Empress Meng Zhao, no one is to blame. When she becomes the crown princess, she must do her best to the prince, because she can't control her own fate, her life is on the prince, both glory and loss, in order to live well, she must give everything for the prince, even if it is her life, the prince dies, she can't live well. The stupidity of her is that she shouldn't be discouraged, she is very smart and courageous, she could have been the queen mother who lived to the end, but she died herself. ”

Shen Run's mind flashed slightly, and he suddenly understood something from her words.

"That's why you don't want to be queen?" He asked in a low voice.

"It has nothing to do with whether or not to be a queen, I just don't like my life in other people's hands. Xiao Run, you see, I have a shorter lifespan than others, and it's sad that such a short lifespan has to be pinched in other people's hands? If I don't have the ability to hold my life, it's fine, but if I have the ability, why don't I do it? Many people have no choice but to compromise because they have no choice, but I have a way, why should I compromise? ”

Shen Run sneered: "In the end, you still don't trust me, no matter how good I am to you, you think that I will be unfavorable to you one day." ”

"It's not just you, I don't trust anyone, I don't even believe in myself. Trust? Don't you think it's ridiculous that it's hard for people to see what is going on in each other's minds, and to recklessly say 'trust', this is a bad deception, and this kind of unintentional deception is more despicable than intentional deception. ”

Shen Run was speechless, and he fell silent.

"I didn't say that Emperor Hui was a bad person, he must be very good to Empress Meng, and Empress Meng would pay for him. Although the glory and loss are shared, you can give up your life, even if it is a husband and wife, it is not a matter of course, and Emperor Hui must have been very good to Empress Meng at the beginning. But no matter how good two people are, they are still two people, and they can never become one person. Chenguang said, looking at him with a smile, "Xiao Run, I have been very good to you in the past year, do you think I will kill you?" ”

Shen Run looked at her silently.

"You see, how ridiculous 'trust' is!" She chuckled.

Shen Run stared at her silently for a while, and then spoke, and he said softly:

"I, I have also thought about living a good life with you, I have thought about building a palace for you and naming it after you, I have thought about giving you the most expensive and beautiful things, because only that kind of thing is called you, I have thought about having children with you, and when I am old, I will hand over the throne to Lin'er, take your hand and take you to the mountains and rivers, and then die and be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and bless the children and grandchildren with happiness and health, I also thought about it......"

Chenguang was silent for a moment, and she smiled lightly and said, "I know you thought about it." ”

"But you didn't think about it." He looked at her and whispered.

Chenguang just lowered her eyes and smiled, she didn't answer.

Shen Run also fell silent.

Chenguang glanced at him and suddenly asked, "For you, which one is more important, imperial power or women?" ”

Shen Run raised his eyes to look at her, he didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Which one is more important to you, the imperial power or me?" ”

Chenguang tilted his head and thought for a while, then replied with a smile: "Imperial power." ”

"Indeed, imperial power is more important." Shen Run looked at her and said.