The emperor looked at Yang Yu fixedly for a while, with a look in his eyes, scrutiny, and a little cold disappointment.

When he spoke again, his tone was a little wrong: "I have worked hard for half my life, and I have lost my favorite concubine for this, and I didn't have a choice before, but now that you are in front of me, why don't you want to fulfill me?!" ”

Listen, because he is the Lord of the peoples, the whole world should bow down to him and obey his orders, even the people he loves the most, his own son, and there is no room for negotiation.

Yang Yu felt that some things were not straightforward and to the point, and he was afraid that he would not be able to pass this night.

He finally opened his mouth and asked as little as possible with little offense: "Your Majesty, are you the people of the world or the jade seal of the country that you can't let go?" ”

The elderly emperor was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of offended anger appeared on his face, and he almost sneered - who did he think he was? Who is this talking to?

However, a moment before he became angry, he saw Yang Yu's open eyes clearly, those eyes that looked like Concubine Shu - he didn't mean to provoke, he just really didn't understand.

Thinking about it, it seems that someone has asked him this before, who is it?

He thought for a while, and suddenly remembered, isn't this what Concubine Shu said before she died?

Concubine Shu was poisoned to death.

It was the kind of poison that slowly penetrated into the internal organs, and it was mixed with her diet little by little since she gave birth.

Before giving birth, she would find a way, always pay attention to her diet, and only said that she was sick, she wore a lot in winter, and she was petite, so no one found out the clues.

But the day of the birth could not be concealed in any way, and the queen almost rushed into her palace to get people after hearing about it, and from the time the midwife entered, the queen kept an eye on her palace.

The emperor is right, Concubine Shu is smart. Before she gave birth, she told her midwife that she would find a dead baby to hide in the basket and bring it over, and she must be quiet, after all, the trick of "changing the tanuki for the prince" has already appeared once.

Because it was born as a "dead baby", the emperor was so angry that he almost put the midwife in prison, but it was the concubine who dragged the sick body to intercede, and the midwife escaped death. The queen was overjoyed when she learned about it, and secretly found someone to investigate the process carefully, and only let it go after checking that it was correct.

The emperor was even more attentive and ordered to carefully check Concubine Shu's diet, and no one in the palace could escape if something happened. But Rao is like this, and he can't stand the poison being added bit by bit. So much so that in the end, there was no doctor.

Concubine Shu was lying on the bed, thin and thin like a dead leaf in autumn. She never resented the emperor in the end, and she never mentioned the children who were sent out of the palace.

She lay in the emperor's arms and asked softly: "Your Majesty, there is something that the concubine has always wanted to ask." ”

The emperor burst into tears and said in a trembling voice: "You ask." ”

"Your Majesty...... Happy? ”

The emperor was stunned and did not answer for a while.

Concubine Shu continued: "Concubine...... The first time I met the emperor was on the West Lake, when you were still a polite prince, you asked me...... How to walk on the broken bridge. ”

"The concubine happened to be going at that time, so she went with you for a while. After you saw the broken bridge, you were surprised and asked, 'Isn't the broken bridge not broken?' ’”

The emperor also remembered it, and said the rest of the story intermittently.

"You say, 'If it's really broken, how can the White Lady and Xu Xianke meet?' ”

Concubine Shu nodded and sighed nostalgically: "I was so happy at that time." I thought...... I'll be so happy all the time. ”

The corners of her lips were smiling, but tears slowly flowed from her eyes. The emperor raised his hand to wipe it off for her, but still did not answer the question.

Concubine Shu understood in her heart, and there was nothing to say. In her life, it was lucky and unfortunate to meet such a person at such a time. But her children, she didn't want to be implicated anymore.

"Your Majesty." She finally called the emperor in a low voice.

The emperor responded.

Concubine Shu smiled and instructed: "The jade seal stone is cool, pay attention to keep warm." ”

Those were the last eight words she said.

He was immersed in sadness at the time, and he didn't pay much attention to it, but now that he thinks about it, isn't that what echoes here?

The emperor laughed low in his throat.

"Interesting." He replied to Yang Yudao, "Aren't these two things the same?" If there is no jade seal of the country, how can the people of the world come? If there are people all over the world, what can you do without the jade seal of the country? You're still too young. ”

Yang Yu avoided his edge and gradually put his thoughts on the stage.

"When I was a child, I didn't want to study hard, so I didn't understand the big truth. But I have seen some things, I dare to ask, a girl, who has no power and no power, uses her brains to help the people around her to eat and get dressed, and another prefect, as a parent official, but she is muddy, and even the people have to raise money for things such as building roads and dams, and the emperor thinks that which of these two people is more 'gentlemanly'? ”

Yang Yu didn't dare to directly say that the emperor was not, so he had to use Xianghua and the prefect as an analogy.

The emperor's face was not very good-looking, and he said coldly: "Naturally, she is a girl." ”

Yang Yu arched his hand and said: "The emperor is wise." If you have the people in mind, no matter what position you are in, you can always take advantage of the situation. ”

"But with a lot of power in your hands, isn't it better to benefit all the people? After all, there is a limit to what a girl can do, how many people are there in my country, and how many such 'girls' are there? The emperor asked angrily.

Yang Yu had already guessed that he would say this, and hugged his hands and said: "I am willing to work with filial piety dogs and horses." ”

The emperor saw that his speech was crisp and neat, which was completely different from Fang Cai's hypocrisy and grievances, and knew that he was going to tell the truth, so he said bluntly: "If you are worried that no one will support you, you don't have to ......."

Yang Yu knelt down on one knee and said, "If the emperor has such doubts, there is no need to. According to what he has seen, His Royal Highness the Prince is wise and brave, calm and resolute, and has all the skills of Wen Taowu and Wushu, and he is really a good candidate for the crown prince. ”

The emperor stared at him coldly, and once Yang Yu suspected that he might be throwing something like a book or inkstone at him, but the emperor had the temperament of the emperor, and he was never angry.

He was just disappointed, and the hatred that was visible to the naked eye was not steel.

He said a word very lightly and casually, but he almost pinned Yang Yu in place.

He said: "Wei Xi is so good, isn't it better to give him fragrant flowers?" ”

For a moment, Yang Yu almost felt that he had been poured a basin of ice water on his head, and he was like falling into an ice cave from head to toe. He remembered very well that Wei Ping had said this, and now these words came out of the emperor's mouth almost unchanged from the emperor's mouth.

How ridiculous, these two people are clearly enemies, but their thoughts and actions are exactly the same.

The emperor thought with some contempt that it was easy to hold Yang Yu. If he can resist disobedience for the sake of Xianghua, he can use Xianghua to make him have to kneel.