I took a deep breath, and before it was late autumn, in the deep palace imperial study, the dark stove had begun to exude warmth, and the air was slightly dry, from the mouth and nose to the lobes of the lungs, there was a faint pain. Fan Xian looked at the face of His Majesty the Emperor in front of him, and suddenly thought of a lot of things, many people.

The storm in Qingguo began decades ago, and the dust gradually fell, and the only one who is still in the eye of the storm is probably this father and son.

Fan Xian's attitude towards the emperor was actually elusive, and even he himself could not explain it clearly. From Lanzhou to Kyoto, Qingmiao rubbed shoulders, met for the first time in the bamboo tea shop next to the Taiping Courtyard, and then went to the Supervision Yuan, knowing the portrait in the palace, in fact, Fan Xian guessed his true life experience earlier than anyone guessed.

Whether it was Fan Shen in the previous life or Fan Xian in this life, they were actually fatherless and motherless people, but when they fell into Qingguo, they had an extra mother named Ye Qingmei, and later found out that there was still a father - it was just the inheritance of this bloodline body, so that Fan Xian really regarded this emperor as his father, in fact, it was something he couldn't do at that time.

At that time, Fan Xian had been acting, and he acted very beautifully, because no one knew that he had a completely different soul inside, so he could hide it from anyone, even the emperor in front of him.

Time slowly developed, Fan Xian gradually began to have doubts about the Chun bloody case in the Taiping Courtyard, and naturally he was a little more vigilant and even afraid of the emperor Lao Tzu on the dragon chair, so he acted more calmly and cautiously.

But after all, after so many years, if Ye Qingmei is Fan Xian, he is the soul that has been hidden in history, an existence with a natural sense of intimacy, and a reminder of himself with the breath of everything around him, so that he gradually really integrates with the image of his mother. Then His Majesty the Emperor. It was with so many years of getting along, grace, trust, means, and realm that he approached Fan Xian's life step by step, and let him start to wander.

I have to admit it. The emperor invested in Fan Xian's trust and tolerance, which was extremely difficult to show in his life. In the very beginning of the battle for succession, perhaps the emperor was just watching his illegitimate son gradually become stronger, and to a greater extent, he was still using him, but gradually, the emperor's attitude towards Fan Xiandi changed, especially after the Kyoto rebellion in the seventh year of Qingli, Fan Xian was able to have his current status and strength among the people of the Qingguo court. I have to say that the emperor's favor for him has far exceeded the level of the crown prince or the second prince back then.

This pair of monarchs and ministers often discuss matters in the palace and talk in the imperial study, Fan Xian has something to hide, so he is still acting, but in addition to acting, he can clearly feel what kind of attitude the emperor has towards him.

So in the past three years, after knowing the truth about the Taiping Courtyard back then, Fan Xian has been suffering with difficulty. Although he has been making some preparations, he has never been able to really settle down. On the one hand, he knew that His Majesty was like the snow-capped mountain in his dreams, and it was impossible for him to be easily overturned, and on the other hand, he asked himself every night in the middle of the night, what kind of light would be revealed in this crack where he was located?

He wanted to choose a third path that would not necessarily bleed, so he had been working hard to pioneer for the king and run for the court of Daqing. Busy, completely contrary to his nature, he only hopes that everything can have a smoother and brighter ending.

He wanted Chen Pingping and her father to be able to return to old age safely.

As a result, it all became a phantom.

Fan Xian was disappointed. There is even some desperation. Some are sad, some are tired. He didn't want to act anymore.

After reading the files on the case very carefully, Fan Xian coughed lightly twice, thinking about the previous deep breath and forcibly suppressing the restraint of emotions in his heart, which had caused his unhealed lung lobe to regenerate a certain pain.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at him silently, and coughed lightly twice, this strange father and son have recognition of each other's strength, and also have that kind of complex emotion, that is, even the injuries have been made up in one place, to tell the two of them that in fact, the two of them are really two people who are very similar.

According to Chen Pingping's calculations, maybe Fan Xian should have shown a look of disbelief at this time, trembling, angry and confused, and then yelled at His Majesty the Emperor, I don't believe it, I don't believe that this was done by the old dean, why did he do it? Then His Majesty the Emperor will gently and coldly explain to him, what kind of purpose Chen Pingping lived for in the last decades of his life, what kind of unforgettable hatred he has for the Li royal family, this old black dog's kindness to you in the past is actually just a hypocrisy, he wants to destroy Qingguo in turmoil, and destroy it in the disaster caused by you and my father and son.

Then Fan Xian would still behave in disbelief, and even angrily reprimanded the emperor, all of this is your fake, Chen Pingping is not that person, and then angrily left the imperial study, returned to the house, pondered for many days, and really understood the emperor's painstaking efforts, Chen Pingping was vicious, and so on, swish, and so on......

This is the formal court drama, this is the dramatists need a big turn, the emotional conflict after all, because of the iron facts, and succumbed to the mutual trust between the emperor and the minister, the father and son have since released their previous suspicions, the curtain opened, the silk bamboo yellow bell rang, and the brilliant Celestial Empire appeared on the stage of history.

However.

Fan Xian didn't have any expression, he just put those files back on the case, lowered his head slightly, didn't say a word, seemed to be thinking about something extremely important, and seemed to be just too tired, so tired that entering the palace today had exhausted all his energy.

The Emperor looked at him quietly, his eyes narrowing at a very slow pace, his eyes gradually brightened and darkened, and the color of disappointment appeared, and then turned to a calmness or indifference.

"Original...... You've always known this. The emperor looked at his favorite illegitimate child, and said indifferently: "I have always been a little strange, the shadow has been following you, this kind of thing should not be hidden from you, you should have known that the matter of the Hanging Temple was done by that old dog." I've been thinking about how to go ahead and follow what is presented in these files. Once asked why Chen Pingping betrayed me, I really didn't know how to open it

Fan Xian's fingertips trembled slightly, and he was keenly aware that Emperor Laozi's state of mind had changed greatly at this time, but his expression did not change in the slightest, he raised his head, looked directly at the other party, and said in a slightly sandy voice: "I actually knew it all along." ”

The Emperor looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes. A cold light appeared in his eyes.

Fan Xian pursed his somewhat dry lips, suppressing the ups and downs of his emotions as much as possible. Calmly said: "And I have been trying, trying not to let the blood of the past swallow up the things that already exist now, from the moment I made this determination, I knew that this was a naïve and naïve choice." It's just that I fought to the death with Yan Xiaoyi three years ago, and I figured it out, life is a lifetime. You have to work hard to do something, even if you are laughed at and naïve, you have to try silently. ”

"Of course, naïve things are always easy to fail. But......" He looked at the emperor and said, "Isn't any great thing, at the very beginning, extraordinarily idealistic, naïve to the point of shame?

The Emperor still looked at him in silence, his eyes getting brighter and brighter. As soon as Fan Xian opened his mouth to say that he knew and worked hard, he clearly knew what kind of goal his most beloved son wanted to achieve over the years, for some reason, the emperor, who had become accustomed to the cold, suddenly felt a trace of warmth in his heart, maybe it was a good thing. It's just that this warmth often fades away too quickly.

"He's gone, he doesn't think about what happened back then, why are you ......" Fan Xian looked at the emperor a little blankly, and said in a sloppy voice: "Why do you have to ...... Do you want him to die?"

This sentence was naturally said by Chen Pingping, and Fan Xian did not shout. There was no angry reprimand. It's just full of sadness and helplessness, as well as resentment that has not been hidden. He looked blankly into the emperor's eyes, and the emperor looked at him calmly, and after a long silence, the emperor smiled, his smile was a little cold, a little disappointed, and a little harsh.

"Hehe......" The emperor squinted his eyes and said, "I killed him?"

The emperor slapped his palm on the desk next to him, not smashing the wooden case into pieces, but the force was enough to make the paper on the desk fly, he looked at Fan Xian, and reprimanded in a low anger: "This is what I am most angry about, I gave him a way to live, if he doesn't come back from Dazhou, I may treat it as if what happened before has not happened, but...... He finally came back alone. "He forced me to kill him. The emperor's eyes were as cold as snowy mountains, "I had no choice but to do as he wanted." I have stood in the world for decades, I have never been gullible, I have believed in him, I even thought that I might be able to see him as a friend, and I even gave him a chance until the end, but ...... But he didn't give me a chance. ”

His Majesty the Emperor took a deep breath, his calm tone filled with palpitating indifference, "A slave is a slave after all. ”

Hearing the word slave in this sentence, as well as the resentment and contempt that could not be concealed, Fan Xian's eyes suddenly seemed to appear The old cripple sitting in a black wheelchair, he stared at the emperor, his voice was as cold as a knife, gritted his teeth and said: "The fault of the world is others, of course Your Majesty is wise and martial, but the minister has never been clear, my poor mother back then...... How exactly did he die? ”

The emperor had an indifferent face, and did not react to Fan Xian's words at all, but just squinted slightly and looked at him with disdain, and said: "Including that old dog, all my enemies in Daqing are probably looking forward to this scene in the imperial study today, you ...... I didn't disappoint them, I just let me down a little, stupid as you are, unteachable. ”

Fan Xian closed his eyes, then opened them, his eyes had returned to calm, and said: "It's just that there are many things that the minister still can't understand. ”

"If you don't understand something, don't think about it. The emperor's tone was indifferent, but it was obvious that he was a little disappointed with Fan Xian's performance today, as for the last sentence to ask about the cause of Ye Qingmei's death, he was subconsciously pressed by His Majesty in the deepest part of the ocean of consciousness to prevent it from flooding. He looked at Fan Xian and said indifferently: "In front of me, you are always a minister, if you think too much, I will naturally not let you continue to think about it." ”

This is not a threat, just a very simple statement of facts, just like the eldest princess's evaluation of Fan Xian back then. Fan Xian seems to be cold by nature and has a cold temperament, but in fact he is affectionate, and there are too many lives to catch, but when there was a rebellion in Kyoto, the eldest princess's wish had come true, and she didn't bother to catch Fan Xian's life at all. And in Kyoto today, His Majesty the Emperor wants to pinch Fan Xian to death. It's not a very difficult thing to do.

Hearing these cold and harsh words, Fan Xian straightened up and said with a direct attitude that had never been shown in front of Emperor Laozi: "Your Majesty has treated the ministers very well over the years, and the ministers know ...... well."

In the imperial study today, the father and son are not acting, and they are all saying what they want to say the most. Especially Fan Xian, for the first time, stood up straight firmly. Slowly, he talked about the relationship between his majesty and His Majesty all these years, and when it came to seriousness, the stove in the imperial study seemed to sigh, and the cigarette was twisted, as if he couldn't bear to see this father and son break up.

Emperor Qing's kindness to Fan Xian, only Fan Xian himself knows, if it is the crown prince, the second prince, or the son of the Li family who stands in front of Emperor Qing today and says this. I'm afraid that he is already dead, but Fan Xian is still alive. Maybe Emperor Qing himself is a ruthless and unrighteous person, and he doesn't necessarily treat Fan Xian with affection, but relatively speaking, he gives Fan Xian the most emotion.

Listening to Fan Xian's calm recollection, the emperor gradually sat up straight, and then waved a little tiredly. said: "I won't kill you, it's not that I can't bear to kill you." ”

The emperor closed his eyes, was silent for a moment, and then said, "I don't want to explain anything in front of you, a junior, about what happened back then. But I thought that those people might have been watching me from heaven all along. And you are the son of me and your mother. Maybe you're like a pair of eyes they have left in this world...... I don't kill you, I just want to prove it to you. And to those who care about you, I ...... That's right. ”

He opened his eyes and said indifferently: "And they're all wrong." ”

Fan Xian leaned over, bowed deeply, and responded: "The ministers will honestly look at Your Majesty's majestic deeds in Kyoto. ”

He didn't thank the emperor for not killing, because he didn't need to thank him. Since the emperor let him live, he will naturally live well, with these eyes open, for Ye Qingmei, for Chen Pingping, and for many people back then.

"Will you be honest?" the emperor looked at his son, and suddenly laughed out loud, and said coldly: "I don't believe it, and you won't believe it, but I never think that your dishonesty is a shortcoming, I just hope that you will not be dishonest to the extent that I don't bother to tolerate it anymore." ”

"Just stay in Kyoto. The emperor glanced at him, and suddenly said with some tiredness: "It's also a good place to teach in Taixue, don't touch the affairs of the Supervision Yuan and the Inner Library again, I don't want to spend too much time on you." ”

Speaking of which, it can't be said more thoroughly, the emperor gave Fan Xian one last chance to live, if ...... He's honest with him. Even though this was a threat to his life, Fan Xian somehow felt a trace of confusion in his heart, because he didn't expect that Emperor Lao Tzu would finally make such a decision.

The emperor looked at Fan Xian's complicated eyes, and suddenly his heart darkened, and he remembered the father and emperor that Fan Xian blurted out on the beach in Shanzhou, and said after a moment of silence: "In the future, you can still enter the palace to ask for peace, when you are alone, I ...... Allow you to be called ...... Father. ”

At this time, there was no one else in the imperial study, it was quiet, Fan Xian's body stiffened slightly, and he responded seriously: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

No one knew what was said between the emperor and Fan Xian in the imperial study, but at least when Fan Xian walked out of the imperial study, his body was intact and did not become a ghost, a fact that made most people in the palace breathe a sigh of relief.

His Majesty also issued a decree to restore Fan Xianguan to his position, and there were not even some vague hints of rewards, but almost at the same time when Fan Xian just walked out of the imperial study, several wills had already been prepared, and the imperial court joined forces with six departments and three temples to continue to strengthen the cleaning of the Supervision Yuan and the Inner Library, and summoned Suzhou Zhizhou Cheng Jialin, Jiaozhou General Judge Hou Jichang, and the Inner Treasury Transfer Division Su Wenmao to enter Beijing to report the will, and at the same time sealed Bingyun as the will of the President of the Supervision Yuan, and took the first step out of the palace.

Obviously, this is the inner court has been prepared for a long time, His Majesty the Emperor sees Fan Xian's son too thoroughly, even if he refuses to kill him, but there are enough ways to trap Fan Xian in Kyoto, dare not move lightly, don't be too dishonest.

As for whether the information that Fan Xian sent to the surrounding areas through the Qi Nian group can be used as a bargaining chip with the emperor in the end, it depends on whether His Majesty the Emperor has this kind of sensitivity and strong action in advance.

In fact, on these two points, there should be no one in this world stronger than His Majesty the Emperor.

Fan Xian walked outside the palace with a calm face, and Hong Zhu, who sent him out of the palace, was cautious and followed him with a slight sense of fear.