The gentle tone that Tianzi Qi has never had only made the eunuch make a wake-up call in his heart!

But being stared at by Tianzi Qi's gentle, calm, and vaguely lonely gaze, the eunuch Ling suddenly became a little entangled.

At the risk of his life, answer the Son of Heaven?

Or at the risk of angering the Son of Heaven, he refused to answer······

"Old Slave ······"

"Old Slave ·········"

Seeing that the eunuch ordered 'old slave' and 'old slave', but he couldn't squeeze out the third word in his mouth at all, Tianzi Qi also shook his head with a wry smile.

Straightening up from the chaise longue a little, he shouted to the palace people and eunuchs who had retreated to twenty or thirty paces away: "Zhi Du stays; ”

"Everyone else, go down."

As soon as the Son of Heaven gave the order, everyone present only bowed down as if they had been pardoned, and then left this 'land of right and wrong' impatiently.

Outside the palace gate, only the three figures of Tianzi Qi, Zhidu, and Lang Zhongling remained, and Zhidu could walk to a position fifteen steps away from the chaise longue, looking at the martial law left and right, Tianzi Qicai lay back and waved to the eunuch Ling beside him.

"Chuntuo~"

"You've been with me for more than ten years, right?"

"—Back to Your Majesty's words: Seventeen years and four months······"

replied without thinking, causing Tianzi Qi to chuckle for a while;

Summoned Chun Tuo to his side, and squatted down with a drag on his side, Tianzi Qicai chuckled and lay down and turned his head sideways.

"I am in the palace, there is really no one who can say these heartfelt words."

"Only you can listen to me say this, and you can accompany me to say this······"

The gentle and gentle tone calmed Chun Tuo's nervous mood a little, and he saw that Tianzi Qi was turning his head again, looking at the stars in the sky.

"After a hundred years, you don't have to serve the new king;"

"Go to the foot of my Yangling Tomb and give me a guard."

"So, don't worry, say it boldly."

"-What do you think, that kid Rong?"

"I, should I pass on the temple and Sheji to that kid Rong?"

When it comes to this, even if Chuntuo spares his life, there is obviously no way out.

And Tianzi Qi is right.

As a close eunuch of the Son of Heaven, Chuntuo is basically impossible to serve the next generation of the Son of Heaven;

The best ending of Chuntuo, and at the same time the ending that Chuntuo is most looking forward to, is exactly as Tianzi Qi said: build a thatched house under the Yangling Tomb to guard the spirit of Tianzi Qi.

If you can, find a relative to succeed a son and pass on the incense for your own lineage······

Thinking of this, Chun Tuo finally took a deep breath cautiously, and then tentatively looked at Tianzi Qi beside him.

Sure that Tianziqi did not test his intentions, and did a good job of psychological construction, Chun Tuocai considered every word and gave an answer to Tianziqi's question.

"Whether the temple and the shrine should be passed on to Gongzirong or not, this is not something that a lowly person like an old slave can comment."

"The old slave can only try to describe the eldest son of the emperor in the old slave's heart to His Majesty······"

A cautious remark caused Tianziqi to nod slowly, and Chun Tuo took a deep breath and tentatively placed his opinion of Liu Rong in front of Tianziqi.

"As the eldest son of His Majesty, Gongzi Rong is very deferential to His Majesty and to Li Ji;"

"As the eldest brother of all the sons, Gongzi Rong and the other sons can also be called 'brothers, friends and brothers'."

"Inside and outside the government and the opposition, although few people praise Gongzirong, there are also few people who accuse Gongzirong."

"From this point of view, the old slave thinks: Even if Gongzi Rong is not smart, he is definitely not stupid······"

The decent, underogatory voice did not make the slightest change in the expression on the face of Tianzi Qi;

Chun Tuo cautiously and tentatively continued: "The old slave heard that the Han family rules the world with filial piety. ”

"-And Gongzirong has never been disobedient to his parents and clan elders."

"According to the rules laid down by the ancestors, most of the family property should be inherited by the son-in-law; If there is no son-in-law, it should be inherited by the eldest son. ”

"-And Gongzi Rong is the eldest son of His Majesty, and Your Majesty does not have a son-in-law."

"As for Your Majesty, should you pass on the temple and the society to Gongzirong, the old slave doesn't dare to comment, and he doesn't have the vision to comment at all."

"It's just Gongzi Rong, one is not unfilial to his parents, and the other is His Majesty's eldest son;"

"For Gongzirong, there have been no voices of reprimand and dissatisfaction inside and outside the government and the opposition."

"Therefore, the old slave stupidly thinks: Gongzi Rong may not be a very bad prince······

summoned up the courage of his life, and said the last sentence 'Gongzi Rong, maybe not a bad prince', Chuntuo finally sat on the ground like a deflated ball.

Chun Tuo knew what kind of calamity his words today might bring to him;

But Chuntuo also understands: this is his life.

From the day he walked into the palace seventeen years ago and became the highest-ranking eunuch by Liu Qi's side, Chuntuo's future has long been destined.

For this 'fate' that could not be avoided, Chuntuo felt frightened and worried;

But in the end, the frightened and apprehensive Chuntuo still chose to accept his fate.

Because resigning to fate is Chuntuo's only choice······

"yes~"

"Rong, it won't be a very bad prince."

"—but it won't be a very good prince······"

"Just like me, in the end, I won't be a very good emperor·········"

The tone full of melancholy also provoked Chun Tuo on the side to sigh and bow his head.

But a moment later, such a sentence came out of the mouth of the Son of Heaven.

"No;"

"If you can't say the word 'no' in front of Li Ji, Na Rong will really become a very bad prince!"

"In the future, he will definitely become an emperor who is even worse than me······

Tianzi Qi once again inexplicably mentioned the word 'no', which also made Chun Tuo on the side a little puzzled.

Xu resigned himself to his fate, and he also gave birth to some calmness of 'seeing death as home', or similar to the idea of 'no itching if there are more lice, and no worries if there are more debts', Chuntuo's highly tense emotions gradually relaxed.

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out the meaning of the word 'no' in the mouth of the Son of Heaven, and Chun Tuo couldn't help but look at the Son of Heaven beside him with doubts.

Feeling the doubt in Chun Tuo's eyes, Tianzi Qi shook his head with a wry smile.

Lying flat on the recliner, he looked at the sky in a daze, and after a long while, he said leisurely: "Rong is very filial to Li Ji." ”

"In the past, the emperors of my Han family were also very filial to their mothers."

"-For example, Emperor Xiaohui, to the Empress Dowager Lu, can be described as obedient to his words;"

"Whatever the words of the Empress Dowager Lu, Emperor Xiaohui, there is nothing that you don't listen."

Recalling the past, Tianziqi's tone couldn't help but bring some feelings.

On his face, a faint smile also quietly swelled up.

"Compared with Emperor Xiaohui, the first emperor has more than the deceased Empress Dowager."

"Back then, the imperial grandmother was seriously ill and bedridden, and the first emperor has been beside the sickbed all the time, taking care of the imperial grandmother."

"For several days, the first emperor didn't close his eyes; The decoction of the imperial grandmother was also fed to the mouth of the imperial grandmother after the first emperor tasted the heat and cold. ”

"Such filial piety, throughout ancient and modern times, is rare;"

"So far, the past of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's 'personal taste of decoction' is still widely spread all over the world······"

As he said this, Tianzi Qi turned his head sideways with a smile and looked at the eunuch Ling Chuntuo beside him, who was still suspicious.

"Look."

"Emperor Xiaohui, filial piety to his mother Empress Dowager Lu, obey Empress Dowager Lu's words;"

"And the first emperor was also filial to his mother, the Empress Dowager Bo, and tasted the decoction for the Empress Dowager Bo."

"Then you say: They are also filial to their mothers, why did Emperor Xiaohui almost cut off my Liu Hansheji, but the first emperor became the Ming Jun and the Holy Monarch praised by the world?"

Seeing that Tianzi Qi asked, Chun Tuo only subconsciously shook his head;

After a while, recalling the word 'no' mentioned by the Son of Heaven several times a moment ago, Chun Tuo's face gradually swelled with a look that seemed to understand whether he understood or not.

"That's right."

"The gap between Emperor Xiaohui and the first emperor is in this 'no'!"

didn't let Chuntuo hesitate for too long, and Tianzi Qi spoke directly, verifying Chuntuo's conjecture.

Then, when the Son of Heaven looked at the sky, he immediately appeared with sighs and sighs.

"When Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Xiaohui was never able to say the word 'no' in front of Empress Dowager Lu;"

"——In order to persecute Emperor Xiaohui and say the word 'no' to Empress Dowager Lu, Emperor Taizu Gao once threatened to abolish Chu Yili."

"It's a pity that until Emperor Taizu Gao died, the word 'no' couldn't come out of Emperor Xiaohui's mouth."

"Emperor Taizu Gao relented for a while, and did not really depose Emperor Xiaohui, which eventually led to the later Zhulu Rebellion······"

Speaking of this, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but sigh a little and tightened the thick blanket on his body.

"And Emperor Taizong Xiaowen said the word 'no'."

"——When his maternal uncle Bo Zhao caused a monstrous disaster and caused the world's public resentment to boil, in the face of his mother's Empress Dowager Bo's order to 'pardon Bo Zhao', the first emperor said the word 'no'."

"This 'no' word made the first emperor become Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, not the second Emperor Xiaohui;"

"It is also the word 'no' that makes Empress Dowager Bo a virtuous queen who refuges in Changle, rather than a power queen like Empress Dowager Lu."

"This is the biggest difference between Emperor Xiaohui and Emperor Xian."

"The word 'no' is the biggest difference······

As he spoke, Tianzi Qi paused for a moment, was stunned for a moment, and then sneered inexplicably.

When Chun Tuo looked at himself with some confusion, Tianzi Qicai shook his head with a self-deprecating smile and pointed his index finger to his nose.

"I also said the word 'no'."

"——Back then, the Marquis of Beiping was dismissed by his father, and the queen mother wanted to make Dou Guangguo, the Marquis of Zhangwu, the new prime minister."

"At that time, I said the word 'no' in front of the queen mother."

"It is precisely this word 'no' that makes the first emperor no longer doubt me, this bastard who can smash the crown prince of Wu to death with a chessboard, and knows how to go to play and frolic outside the palace all day long, so that he misses the palace ban, can he become a qualified emperor."

"For no other reason;"

"It's just because of me that I said the word 'no'······"

After that, the Son of Heaven finally let out a long sigh, completely relaxed his body, and lay down on the recliner.

Looking at the stars in the sky, there was no abnormality, and the bright moon that had no signs of a 'lunar eclipse' at all, Tianzi Qi only felt an indescribable relief.

At least on this day, the night sky that the Son of Heaven can see is just a 'night sky';

It is not the heavens in the dark, the awakening inspired by the Son of Heaven······

"Emperor Xiaohui, failed to say the word 'no' in front of Empress Dowager Lu, proving that he would not be a good emperor;"

"—The later Zhulu Rebellion proved this."

"The first emperor said the word 'no' in front of the Empress Dowager Bo, and he proved himself that he would be a good emperor;"

"—Everything that followed proved this as well."

"And I, in front of the queen mother, also said the word 'no', so that the first emperor believed: Even if I am a bastard again, I will not destroy the Liu family's temple and society;"

"——So far, I have also been lucky to get the Baozong Temple, and I have lived up to the entrustment of the first emperor."

"And the glory ······"

"Glory ······"

"Rong's 'no' word, I, but I've been waiting for almost 20 years········"

"I really don't know how many years I can wait for the word 'no' Rong············"

As the tone of Tianzi Qi became more and more low, Chun Tuo on the side finally lowered his head thoughtfully.

Chuntuo felt that he should have understood.

What the Son of Heaven wants is not a filial prince;

What the Son of Heaven wants is a prince who can say the word 'no' on the basis of filial piety.

To be precise, it is a prince who can use the word 'no' to suppress his maternal relatives on the premise of filial piety to his mother.

Only such a prince is the prince who is satisfied with the Son of Heaven;

Only such a prince will become an excellent emperor like the first emperor and a qualified emperor like Tianzi Qi;

Instead of becoming a 'bad' emperor like Emperor Xiaohui, who almost ruined the temple and the shrine······

"Ahem;"

"Ahem, cough, ······"

While thinking about it, a light cough sounded in his ears, which provoked Chuntuo to get up subconsciously;

Seeing that Tianzi Qi tightened the thick blanket on his body again, but he had no intention of returning to the palace, Chun Tuo could only leave quickly.

After a while, he took a bowl of steaming water and carefully handed it to Tianzi Qi.

"Hmm······"

"Slippery ······"

"Hiss~!!"

"—boiling water?"

was scalded by the boiling water in the bowl, which caused Tianzi Qi to grin for a while.

But seeing that Chun Tuo took two steps forward in a little panic, he hurriedly explained: "It's a method from Guangming Palace; ”

"It is said that Gongzi Sheng, and explain to the palace people in Guangming Palace, whether they are sick or not, they must drink boiling water."

"Drink more boiling water, you can prevent diseases and evils, cure diseases, and prevent diseases if you are not sick······"

Chun Tuo spoke well, and Tianzi Qi also relieved himself from the burning pain in his lips, held the water bowl in his hand, blew it carefully, and tentatively sipped it again.

"What is the cure of the disease, the prevention of the disease, the bull's head is not the horse's mouth!"

"-If that's the case, then what else do I need the Imperial Doctor to do?"

complained about Liu Sheng's 'pseudoscience', but Tianziqi's body was very honest.

After carefully taking a few sips of warm water, I felt a burst of warmth in my lungs, and even my stomach, which was often swollen and painful, couldn't help but feel a little comfortable.

Feeling the changes in his body, Tianzi Qi's frowning brows also loosened;

After a few more sips, he felt the sweetness between his mouths, and raised his eyebrows slightly puzzled.

"Sweet?"

"It's not like the smell of nectar······"

"-honey?"

Seeing that Tianziqi's complexion was visibly better to the naked eye, Chun Tuo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Hearing the Son of Heaven's question, he hurriedly replied: "It is also a saying from the Guangming Palace." ”

"Say yes, drink more honey water, cough and moisten the lungs······"

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi naturally muttered for a while, not noticing the dry and itchy throat on weekdays, but it was already a lot more comfortable at the moment.

Mei Zizi drank a small half bowl of hot honey water, took a long breath of comfort, held the water bowl in her arms, and Tianzi Qicai asked casually: "That bastard, what have you been doing lately?" ”

asked casually, but it provoked a heartfelt smile on Chuntuo's face.

"Just now, Your Majesty said that the first emperor personally tasted the decoction for the Empress Dowager and served in front of the sickbed;"

"Gongzi is winning this period of time, but there are quite a few things, and the meaning of tasting the decoction for the prime minister's blind date······"

With a smile, Chun Tuo couldn't help but smile and lowered his head, giving a positive answer to Tianziqi's inquiry.

"——Every day before dawn, Gongzi Sheng will leave the palace from Sima Gate;"

"He said that he would go to the Ancestral Anhou Mansion in person and give the prime minister the medicine when he was boiling."

"After the hour, Gongzi Sheng will return to the palace and talk to Mrs. Jia, or go to Xuanming Hall to see Mrs. Cheng and persuade Mrs. Cheng not to worry too much about Gongzifei."

"Every three or five days, I will go to Changle to visit the Queen Mother and go to the pepper room to ask the Queen Mother for peace······"

Listening to Chuntuo's report on Liu Sheng's itinerary in the past, Tianzi Qi's face couldn't help but swell with a touch of subconscious pride.

"See?"

"What kind of skill is filial piety?"

"—There is no son of mine who is not filial!"

"My Han family can't tolerate unfilial relatives and princes!"

With the look of showing off his descendants, he showed off to Chuntuo, and handed the tea bowl to his mouth again, but he complained inexplicably.

"Give the prime minister a decoction ······"

"Am I also sick as a father?"

"Although it is said that he is a teacher for one day and a father for life, he can't forget his father for the sake of a teacher, right?"

After three or two sentences, Tianziqi's brows wrinkled again, which provoked Chuntuo on the side, who couldn't help laughing.

But after a while, a very absurd idea gradually arose in the mind of Tianzi Qi.

——It seems that Liu Sheng is exactly what Tianzi Qi wants, the prince who can say the word 'no'.

Why?

"Humph!"

"Even I dare to contradict it, what else is there that bastard doesn't dare to do?!!!"

The sudden angry reprimand provoked Chun Tuo on the side couldn't help but startle, and he only looked at the side nervously, lying on the recliner, sipping hot honey water Tianzi Qi.

But seeing that the Son of Heaven muttered a few words irritably, he suddenly got up from the chaise longue;

The water bowl in his hand was stuffed into Chuntuo's arms, and he strode towards the hall.

"It's cold!"

"Why don't you change it yet?"

"—I don't have any eyesight to see !!"

(End of chapter)