He is his son, even if he is not good, he is still his son. He never really wanted to kill him. After all, he is nothing more than an underage child, inquiry, what does he know?

Tuoba Hong struggled to get up and raised his arms: "Call the officials in......"

The messenger came in, knelt on the ground, and stammered: "See Your Majesty...... The Abolished Prince...... He tried to escape, so ...... So he was shot to death by random arrows......"

Everything is irretrievable.

At the beginning, when he was angry, he did give the order to execute Xun'er, but there was no time set. Under such circumstances, of course, no one would dare to make decisions for His Majesty without authorization, and the abolished prince would be executed in three or two days.

However, who would have known that Xun'er had escaped?

Things have come to this point, why did he run away?

There was no excuse to forgive him.

Things originally had a turn for the better, three or five months later, there would naturally be ministers in the court to intercede for him, and he would have a good luck pushing the boat, even if he couldn't be a prince, it would be good to be a rich idler and live happily for a lifetime.

Considers.

Within a few months, two sons died.

One is the firstborn and the other is the last youngest son.

Takubahiro lay on the bed, panting heavily.

King Xianyang noticeably noticed that the gray hairs on his head were rapidly increasing.

"Bring it...... Show it to me......"

A confidential letter.

"Not this ......"

The official was stunned for a moment, stunned, came back to his senses, and took out a token for him. It was a token of the deposed prince, a dagger. This was given to him by Tuoba Hong on his 8th birthday, sharpening iron like clay, hoping that he would be a brave and humble man.

As a result, he escaped with this dagger and was killed by random arrows.

Tuoba Hong looked at it for a long time, and only waved his hand to let everyone retreat.

The officials retreated.

King Xianyang also retreated, silently. When he walked to the door, he suddenly heard the voice of the imperial brother: "Who is going to deliberately ask the child to die?" ”

King Xianyang's heart jumped, turned around, and fell to his knees.

"Brother Huang, it's the younger brother who didn't protect the safety of Hao'er, and the younger brother deserves death......

"What's the point of protecting him? Alas...... Go, go, go......"

He didn't say anything more.

When the king of Xianyang went out, the old eunuch helped him close the door.

Inside, he coughed heavily, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

The old eunuch who delivered the medicine exclaimed, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... You ......"

He shook his hand to stop the call of the faithful old servant.

"Dema uploads the imperial doctor...... Your Majesty, this is not going to work, you must recuperate......"

"Pass the order and hurry back to Luoyang."

"Your Majesty, you can't stand it anymore......"

"I'll talk about it later."

The old eunuch didn't even dare to be advised.

"Pass on Gao Lu and Xie Xian."

"Yes."

This was the first time that Tuoba had secretly summoned a minister during his illness. When they saw him, they were shocked. In just a few days, the once majestic emperor has sunken cheekbones and gray temples.

The two fell to their knees.

The eunuch gave them the secret letter.

After reading it, the two exchanged glances. Gao Lu is an old minister of several dynasties, and he does not beat around the bush, and says bluntly: "Your Majesty, the waste prince was suddenly killed by random arrows, obviously the mastermind behind the scenes is afraid that His Majesty will see him and confess." ”

Xie Xian also said: "The only thing that the abolished prince can fight for is His Majesty's forgiveness. How could he, a child, suddenly have the idea of running away? ”

Tuoba sat up with strong support, his cheekbones covered with red marks, as hastily as a ghost. "Pass the order, set off today, and hurry back to Luoyang."

"Your Majesty, don't ......"

"Your Majesty, it's not appropriate for you to hurry now, you must recuperate......" Xie Xian was better at words than Gao Lu, but seeing that Tuoba Hong was resolute, he changed his tone, "Your Majesty also knows that someone is plotting to make trouble. Obviously, the other party not only wants to get rid of His Royal Highness the former prince to prevent future troubles, but the biggest target is not the former prince......"

"And what bigger goals do they have?"

It wasn't Tuoba Hong who was questioned, it was Gao Lu.

Xie Xian was not in a hurry: "They obviously smelled the danger, from Fang Shan's assassination attempt to the assassination of the little prince, there must be a great connection between this." Now, they know that His Majesty is not in good health, but they can speculate His Majesty's mood, and it is obvious that they will rush back to Luoyang as soon as they hear the bad news. Under the double blow, His Majesty was physically and mentally exhausted, his condition worsened, and he damaged his dragon body......"

Gao Lu was already anxious about how to persuade this stubborn and terrible emperor, but after hearing Xie Xian's words, he knew that the treachery of the southerners was not in vain.

Xie Xian is a decent gentleman, and he is quite generous. However, Gao Lu himself could not say such things as him.

How could Tuoba Hong not know that this was a disguised agitation? But it's also true. Moreover, he knew better than Xie Xian in his heart.

The palace fight, how could Xie Xian and other foreign ministers know? He was just guessing that the Xianbei and stubborn people used to break the net because they couldn't support the abolished prince, where did he know that the treacherous was ten times more dangerous than this?

But looking at His Majesty's expression, he felt that he had an understanding and insight into his intentions, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is said that there are also folk masters in this place, and the ministers and others come to visit and see for His Majesty. At this point, there is no hurry, Your Majesty should rest and recuperate first, and deal with it later. ”

Tuoba Hong let out a long sigh and only told them to retreat.

The truth of the matter was already coming out, and he just couldn't believe it.

It's not even that I can't believe it, it's just that I don't want to believe it, and I don't dare to accept it.

He went out alone.

The scenery outside is very good. The wind was mild and the sky was bright, and it was a good sunny day.

But I saw a woman in a gray robe, with her hair coiled, upright, and unsmiling, and her face showed the loneliness of vicissitudes. She stood under the blue sky and white clouds, looking at a large group of children playing in front of her.

There were more than a dozen children, six men and several girls...... Of course, some of these girls later died.

However, at the moment they are all lively and cute, running and jumping. There is not much difference in age, like a ladder, and many of the boys are still the same year, and the difference in birth is only a few months.

At this time, they run on the grass, fly kites, play marbles, play games, and eat snacks...... The middle-aged woman on the opposite side was their mother.

Everyone was tired of playing, and ran to her in all directions and called her: "Mother...... Mother ......"

One by one, the voices were all timid, as if they were quite jealous of her—Tuoba Hong originally wanted to use the word awe—but after a second thought about it, he thought it was jealousy.

Children don't know how to hide their hearts, and awe and fear are two different things.

With so many lively and lovely children, how joyful and affectionate she should have been as a loving mother.

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