When Gao Cheng heard that Gao Xiaozhang, the king of Jin, was to be buried in Jinyang, with the tomb facing north, Gao Cheng drove everyone away and sat alone in the Mingguang Palace.

The pain of losing a son in his later years did not break him, but when Gao Xiaozhang was dying, he still refused to forgive his father, which still hit Gao Cheng hard.

He recalled the bits and pieces with his eldest son, but suddenly found that he and Gao Xiaozhang didn't seem to have many memories to remember.

Since Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu were born, they were sent to Jinyang and raised by Gao Huan and Lou Zhaojun.

Until Gao Huan passed away and returned to Luoyang, he had already passed the innocent childhood.

Born in the family of Quanchen, and the eldest son in the family, Gao Xiaozhang was asked by his mother Zhu Ying'e to be the heir of the Gao family when he was a child.

In Gao Cheng's memory, his relationship with Gao Xiaozhang is not so much a father and son, but a monarch and a minister.

They have never had the daily warmth of father and son.

Gao Cheng closed his eyes in pain and muttered:

"I'm not a good father."

Gao Cheng's heart was full of remorse, and the regret was not for making Gao Xiaozhang the prince, which led to Gao Xiaozhang's resentment.

But for so many years, he has always used his sons as a tool to govern the country, but he has never really cared for them.

After remorseful in the Mingguang Hall all night, in the agony of pain, the last few strands of green silk on Gao Cheng's head finally turned into white hair.

"Go and call the prince."

Gao Cheng shouted outside the hall, but his voice revealed exhaustion.

The close eunuch, who had been guarding the palace gate all night, hurriedly ran to the East Palace.

When Gao Xiaoqian came to the Mingguang Palace, his eyes were swollen, and he seemed to have cried bitterly last night.

Gao Cheng doesn't know if he revealed his true feelings because of the death of his eldest brother Gao Xiaozhang, or if he deliberately did it for himself, but these are no longer important, you can't ask for the true feelings between family members in the imperial family with many imperial heirs.

Sometimes, for the sake of a good reputation, the ruler is willing to put down his body to act, it is better than to run rampant, at least he knows reverence.

Now that the dust has settled on the dispute between the princes, Gao Xiaojun has passed Gao Cheng's assessment for decades, whether it is his own talent or his governance philosophy, he has been recognized by Gao Cheng, and he naturally has no plans to save easily.

As soon as he entered the Mingguang Palace, Gao Xiaoqian was surprised to find that his father had a decaying aura that he had before, giving people a sense of twilight.

Forcibly surprised in his heart, Gao Xiaoqian saluted respectfully:

"The child visits his father."

"Get up."

Gao Cheng seemed to be tired, and his voice seemed weak.

"Presumably you also know that Xiaozhang has passed away, so you will go to Jinyang on my behalf and preside over the funeral for him."

Gao Cheng is still used to using me in front of people close to him, and rarely praises me.

Gao Xiaoqian was puzzled:

"Father, why don't you transport the body of your eldest brother back to Luoyang?"

Gao Cheng shook his head and said:

"Zhang'er didn't want to see me, in this life, he owed him for his father, and this dying wish was followed.

"If he is buried in Luoyang, he will be with me in the future and sleep in the ground, which may make him feel uncomfortable."

Gao Xiaoqian was silent, he also knew that he was the source of the conflict between his father and his eldest brother.

Gao Cheng confessed to Gao Xiaoqian again, and told him that the funeral should be grand, and when Gao Xiaoqian retired and was about to go out, Gao Cheng suddenly called him again:

"Slow!"

Gao Xiaoqian turned around and asked:

"What else does the Emperor have to command?"

Gao Cheng said lightly:

"When I went to Jinyang, I also moved Mrs. Erzhu's coffin to bury her, so that she and Zhang'er were neighbors."

Gao Xiaojun promised to leave.

In the huge Mingguang Palace, Gao Cheng was the only one left, and he said to himself:

"Compared to being buried with me, you are more willing to guard Zhang'er."

It was not only Gao Xiaojun who went to Jinyang, but Gao Cheng allowed the princes who were assigned to various places to go to the funeral, and it was also a rare time for their brothers to get together.

In the solemn mourning hall, Gao Xiaoyu, the king of Qin, had mixed feelings in his heart.

He and this eldest brother were raised by their grandfather together, and everyone thought that the third generation of the Gao family was at the helm, and it was none other than the two of them.

Gao Xiaoyu himself thinks so, he and Gao Xiaozhang have been fighting openly and secretly all their lives, and the relationship between the two is said to be brothers, but it is not as appropriate as Qiu Yun.

Maybe it was because of the bad relationship between them that my father finally chose the fourth brother.

At the funeral, Gao Xiaoyu was relieved.

He let go of his long-standing grudge with Gao Xiaozhang, and also let go of his resentment that his father didn't choose himself.

Gao Xiaoyu looked at Gao Xiaozhang's coffin and said secretly:

'I'm tired of fighting with you in this life, and in the next life, we should stop being brothers. ’

According to Gao Cheng's instructions, Gao Xiaozhang's funeral was very grand, at least it was much more decent than Gao Huan, who was buried by his son.

Because Gao Xiaozhang's last words confessed that he wanted the grave to face north, Gao Xiaoqian then faced Erzhu Ying'e's grave opposite him, facing south.

On the last night before leaving Jinyang, the Gao brothers gathered together and recalled the time when they were the overseers and followed Hu Luguang, Duan Shao, Gao Jishi and others to fight.