When Chu Tiankuo arrived at the palace, it was already close to dusk.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor sat on the dragon chair with his eyes slightly closed, rubbing his left eyebrow with his left hand. The angry aura exuded from his whole body made the palace people in the Heart Cultivation Hall raise their hearts to their throats.

No one knows which one angered the emperor with no eyes.

During this time, the emperor went against the norm, changed his kindness, and became indifferent and ruthless. Many officials, especially the Xia family, have been dismissed. It's like a nightmare, and disaster falls from the sky.

Liu Xin, the chief eunuch, lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down and is waiting outside the palace." ”

"Xuan!"

Hearing Liu Xin's report, the emperor opened his eyes and replied with an expressionless face.

Although there was only one concise word, Liu Xin felt complex emotions from it, and it seemed that the anger was mixed with joy. He raised his eyes in a ghostly manner, and secretly glanced at the emperor, and saw that the emperor's face was full of gloom and coldness.

Or, there is only anger and no joy, and joy is only his delusion. He couldn't help but secretly sweat for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

When Chu Tiankuo entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor had already retreated, and in the entire Heart Cultivation Palace, there were only two of them, father and son.

"Son-in-law, see father." Chu Tiankuo saluted, paused for a moment, and then asked, "Father is in a hurry to summon his sons and ministers into the palace, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" ”

The emperor's deep eyes stared at Chu Tiankuo without blinking, his dark gaze became more and more aggressive, his brows furrowed, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly. In the end, he did not speak.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, it is eerily quiet.

Chu Tiankuo raised his eyes and met the pair of angry cold eyes, which were as cold as a cold sword. His heart sank, and it was really as he expected.

If it were someone else, he would definitely be shocked by such a pair of terrifying eyes and dare not speak out, but Chu Tiankuo was different.

He was not afraid of the wrath of the Son of Heaven at all, and once again opened his mouth to break the silence: "Father, you promised your son-in-law that your son-in-law will enter the palace again after three months." Suddenly summoned his sons, I don't know what is important? ”

The emperor slowly got up and walked over to Chu Tiankuo.

"Nothing important. I just missed the emperor, and specially summoned the emperor to come and let me have a look. The anger on the Emperor's face was gone, replaced by a loving smile.

It's just that this deliberately pretended loving smile is very reluctant, and it's weird no matter how you look at it.

Chu Tiankuo had a very strange feeling in his heart. The father looked displeased, but he suppressed it.

Of course, he wouldn't believe that his father was so eager to summon him into the palace just because he missed him.

He already had a guess, and he expected that his father was angry about something, and if he saw through it or not, he waited for his father to mention it first.

Chu Tiankuo followed and played Tai Chi: "Erchen also misses his father. The son is not by his father's side, so he can't ask his father sooner or later, but let his father worry, it is the son who is not filial. ”

The emperor followed Chu Tiankuo's meaning and said, "The emperor should move back to the palace immediately, so as not to worry about it day and night." After more than 20 years of separation, father and son finally recognized each other, and I always look forward to the reunion of father and son and share the joy of family. ”

Chu Tiankuo didn't have time to think about it and politely refused: "Father, please forgive your sons for being unfilial, and you can't go back to the palace to serve your father for the time being." It takes three months for the son to take care of something. Previously, the father had already allowed his sons. I hope that my father will keep his promise. ”

Hearing this, the emperor's face changed slightly, and his voice was full of forbearant anger: "Your so-called important thing is to mix with cigarettes?" ”

Chu Tiankuo was slightly stunned, not too surprised, as if he was prepared in his heart, he did not justify, and waited for his father's number and reprimand.

The Emperor took a deep breath and said in a calm tone, "In the past, I didn't have to ask how you behaved. Now, as a crown prince, you should set an example for your subjects. How can you enter and leave the Fengyue Place? If this matter is publicized, won't it fall into the hands of others? How should the people of the world view you, the prince? ”

What his father said, Chu Tiankuo had already expected. Once upon a time, when the sun rose in Dali Temple and was separated from his father, he found that he was being followed. Master Chu Aofei did a good job of secrecy, and the secret agent who was ordered by the emperor to monitor him couldn't get into the Happy Mansion at all.

When I left the Happy Palace, and went to worship Chi Xiang yesterday, those secret agents followed me like a shadow.

And in Bixiang Villa, there are even more spies. He has always been very alert, even if the other party is an Ouchi agent, it is not difficult for him to detect that he is being watched.

Knowing that his father sent Ouchi agents to spy on him, he simply took the plan and deliberately broke the news to the secret agents.

He deliberately said those heartfelt words in front of the secret agent in Dali Temple and Shui Mai.

He deliberately talked to me in front of the secret agent.

Yesterday, in the garden of Bixiang Villa, he announced in public that he would not marry unless he smoked incense.

It is not so much that he said it to Yanxiang and Chi Leshui, but that he deliberately said it to those secret agents who were hiding in the shadows to monitor. Because those secret agents will definitely report everything to their father.

He deliberately kissed Smoke Incense in the garden, and deliberately let Smoke Fragrance go to his room to find him at night. He brought cigarettes to the drunken Fanglou, and met Xia Yuanhai on the street. He deliberately made a show for the secret agent.

He wants to send a message to his father, he loves cigarettes and he can't do without them. He must marry Yanxiang.

His father was testing him, asking the cook to cook such an unpalatable dish, and testing his reactions. He knows this.

Today, when he and Yanxiang went out, he even bumped into the spy who was following them. He could have taken them down and interrogated them, but he didn't.

He wants to plan what he wants, so that he will not change to meet all changes.

It's just that he didn't expect that his father couldn't hold his breath so quickly, and in less than two days, he would find him for a showdown.

"The son doesn't quite understand the meaning of his father's words." Chu Tiankuo wanted to capture the old man and pretended to know nothing.

He looked calm, without the slightest nervousness or discomfort, and he didn't look surprised.

The emperor was also refreshed and got straight to the point: "You go in and out of the Zuifang Building with the incense of the smoke." Someone sent a message to me about this. ”

The man who passed the book was really an unknown prophet.

Chu Tiankuo pretended to be surprised: "Father sent someone to spy on his sons? Between the words, there was no panic, but a reasonable question.

"I am not deliberately surveilling, just to ensure the safety of the emperor."

The emperor was exposed, and he was quite embarrassed, so he had to defend himself. It's just that such reasons are obviously not convincing enough.

"Erchen understands his father's painstaking efforts." Chu Tiankuo was not dissatisfied, and his tone was very peaceful.

The emperor finally spoke his heart: "I don't care what you have done in the past, from now on, you must keep your distance from the incense of cigarettes." As a prince, he is obsessed with beauty all day long, lingering in Flower Street and Willow Lane, what kind of system has he become? ”

His prince has been living in exile for more than 20 years, and he has not fulfilled his responsibilities as a father since the emperor was born. He was full of guilt for the emperor, and he was reluctant to criticize him so harshly. However, jade is not cut. He could not watch his emperor fall willingly.

"The father is too worried, and the son is not afraid of shadows. Erchen is not a drunkard, let alone a gentleman. Chu Tiankuo's expression was solemn, and his voice was low and crisp: "In addition, the father wants his sons to distance themselves from cigarettes, and I'm afraid my sons can't do this." Don't hide it from her father, her son really loves her, and she will live up to her in this life. ”

"I won't agree to you marrying Yanxiang!" The emperor wrinkled his brows, and his expression was gloomy and terrifying, as if there was a rainy rain about to pour down on his head.

When it comes to cigarettes, he is really angry. If it weren't for this woman making a fool of herself, how could his emperor go to a place like Drunken Fanglou.

Without waiting for Chu Tiankuo to react, the emperor continued, "I will pass the throne to you. I know that you only have respect for the water vein, not love, and she is the best candidate for the future. ”

"What about the cigarettes?" Let Shui Vein be the queen, Chu Tiankuo has no objection, he only cares if he can be with Yanxiang.

"The emperor has no love, and no matter how much love he has, it will be worn out in the deep courtyard of the palace. Like you and the water vein, you will grow old for a lifetime. Smoke has such a character, which is not suitable for survival in the palace. She must not be with you. The emperor's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Chu Tiankuo's head.

Chu Tiankuo's heart was as cold as standing naked in the cold winter. He knew that his father didn't like to see cigarettes, but he didn't know that his father would be so opposed to the two of them being together.

His father was adamantly against it, and he strongly resisted.

He refused to give in and said-for-tat: "If the emperor wants to lose the incense, the ministers are willing not to be the emperor." ”

The emperor hated being threatened the most in his life, even if the person who threatened him was his favorite prince. Hearing the threatening words of the emperor Chu Tiankuo, his anger rose slowly.

Threat, is it? Let's see who's stronger!

"Whether you want to be an emperor or not, you can't help it." The emperor's aggressive gaze was cast coldly, full of threats: "You love cigarettes, do you want her to live well?" ”

Filial piety comes first. Although Chu Tiankuo was dissatisfied with his father's actions and was extremely disgusted with his father's threat to him with his life, he was not angry.

He took the lead in making concessions, and forced out a gentle smile: "Father's anger!" ”

Reach out and don't hit the smiley person. The emperor was on fire in his heart, but he was only dissatisfied with the cigarettes, and he did not implicate the emperor. He really loved the emperor Chu Tiankuo, and when he saw the emperor smiling at him, he was half angry, and his face softened.

"Erchen will teach Yanxiang well, so that she can familiarize herself with the rules of the palace as soon as possible and integrate into the palace life." Chu Tiankuo had a calm and distant smile on his face: "Erchen is confident and has the ability to protect her. ”

"Emperor, you think too simply, too beautifully. What you love is her nature, and you love her wayward and childish. This is precisely the fatal flaw of her survival in the palace. Perhaps, with your protection, she can survive in the palace. But in this case, she is bound to change her temperament. Are you sure she'll be happy in the palace? ”

The emperor asked, and Chu Tiankuo was speechless. Are you sure she'll be happy in the palace?' This sentence was like a heavy punch, hitting Chu Tiankuo's heart hard.

He only thought about how to adapt Yanxiang to life in the palace, and had planned to let her learn the rules of the palace, teach her how to deal with difficulties and deal with crises. But I didn't think about whether she would be happy.

He had to admit that his father had thought it through. If Yanxiang lives unhappily in the palace, won't it ruin her?

He struggled and let out a low sigh.

After a pause, seeing that the emperor did not respond, the emperor said quietly: "Life in the palace can completely change a person's behavior. When she is scheming and the city is very deep, will you still love her? ”