In the second month after Nie Shiyu and Jing Heng's wedding, Hongying and the envoys who were detained were all sent back.

Although they were held for some time, they were unharmed and unharmed.

I didn't pay much attention to the envoys.

As for the Red Shadow......

She must have resentment in her heart!

After all, Red Shadow and Yue Ge are the two people who have been with me the longest, but before in Tianjin, I still did not hesitate to abandon her, leaving her to stay in Tianjin, to fend for herself.

But what I didn't expect was that she didn't blame me for the red shadow.

It is not the tolerance and respect that is pretended on the surface, but it is genuine, without the slightest resentment.

She knelt down in front of me with Yuege and told me that they would serve faithfully in this life, that they would never betray me, and that in their hearts, I was the best master.

I don't understand how anyone could treat me so sincerely.

Since I was named the crown prince, I have seemed to be a noble person and respected by my father.

But I can see that whether it is the father or the queen mother, their favorite is always Heyun.

At first, I would tell myself in my heart that my father and mother were just a little more demanding of me, and this was because they had high hopes for me.

As for Heyun, he is my own brother, and I will definitely protect him in the future.

It wasn't until that time that he overheard the conversation between his father and his mother, and he realized that his crown prince was just a target temporarily erected.

The court is not smooth, some people with heavy troops, eyeing the throne, courtiers hope that the emperor can seize the time to establish the crown prince, in order to stabilize the court.

But in this case, the crown prince who is set up is the target of those who contain evil intentions. How can the father and the queen mother be willing to let Xiao Heyun, who has loved him for so many years, face it.

So, I became the crown prince.

Oh, it turns out that the hearts of parents can really be so unfair.

They're all their children, so why do they treat me like this?

Later, civil strife occurred.

And it was even more violent and terrifying than my father had predicted.

I watched my father die at the hands of the rebels, and watched my mother commit suicide.

But even if she came to such a situation, the queen mother still asked me to swear that she would protect Xiao Heyun well for the rest of her life.

Didn't she know that her uncle had already taken Xiao Heyun away?

No, how could she not know, it was arranged by her.

When she was worried about her youngest son, she didn't leave me with the slightest warmth.

If I want to survive, I can only rely on myself.

Fortunately, there are still some loyal ministers and generals, who do not want to be rebels and thieves, and gather all their forces to fight the rebels.

And I, as the crown prince, also entered the barracks.

Until now, the days in the barracks in those years often come back to me in my dreams.

How to describe it?

It's probably a clean and warm heart, and then let the cold sword and countless betrayals and stinking blood wrap it in.

By the time it was back in its chest, it had already become cold, vicious, and unrecognizable.

I know that when those people talk about me, they will always say that I am an emperor who was killed in a sea of corpses and blood, and his methods are cruel and ruthless.

Of course, I do, because that's the only way I can live.

The battlefield has taught me to pave my own way out of the blood and bones of others.

The defection and betrayal in the military camp taught me that I should never trust anyone, on the battlefield, in front of interests, there is no need for a bodhisattva's heart, only the means of Shura.

I killed all the betrayers, cut off their heads myself, and hung them in the barracks, until they stinked and rotted, and no one dared to take them off.

And the only one who felt that my actions were a little too cruel and boldly admonished, I cut off my hands and feet, hung next to those heads, and died of dried blood.

Since then, everyone in the barracks has lived in fear, and when they look at me again, there is more fear.

It's good to be afraid!

They began to fear me, and the chances of me surviving were greater.

Later, the civil strife subsided, and I finally sat on the throne.

And at this time, Xiao Heyun was sent back.

He smiled warmly, humbly and politely, and his eyes were full of sorrow when he mentioned the queen and the queen mother, which was in stark contrast to the cold and cruel me.

Some officials began to be dissatisfied with my cruelty, and even faintly spread some rumors, thinking that Xiao Heyun would be a monarch with both benevolence and virtue.

Oh, this benevolence and virtue are in front of me, I'm afraid I have to add four words - sit back and enjoy it!

Of course, I would not just give up the throne, and I was already ruthless enough to directly order the killing of those dissatisfied courtiers, and no one was spared!

Probably enough blood flowed, and the blood in the air was pungent enough that the courtiers finally stopped talking.

But it was also at this time that I discovered that the originator of those rumors was Xiao Heyun.

However, I swore an oath and promised my mother, but I did not touch him.

But in the end, I broke my promise.

The fire that destroyed the temple turned his body to ashes, and finally burned the shackles that had trapped me all these years.

I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

I don't want to go to war with the Celestial Wings anymore, I'm tired of war.

Moreover, Nie Shiyu and Jing Heng, although they are extremely difficult enemies to deal with, they do not seem to be unable to be friends.

I signed a peace agreement with Tianjin and returned Yang Yue.

As it turned out, I was the right one to choose.

Along with the Red Shadow, there was also a letter from Nie Shiyu and Jing Heng.

In the letter, there are not only many methods and suggestions for disaster treatment, but also expresses his willingness to help Beiyuan to relocate the people within the scope of his ability.

Later, it took me three years to completely solve the disaster that had plagued Beiyuan for many years.

Many people were no longer plagued by disasters and could live and work in peace and contentment, and the treasury did not have to spend large sums of money each year on disaster relief, and many began to praise me as a good emperor.

Is I a good emperor?

I asked the courtiers, Yuege and Red Shadow this question, and the answer was the same - of course.

It's just that the former may be afraid of my authority, so he only dares to speak like this.

As for the latter, although they answered sincerely, I still couldn't believe it.

Until a few years later, one day, I finished processing the folds in the imperial study, and when I looked up, I happened to see the spring light outside the window, and the flowers were blooming just right.

Sunlight filtered in through the window and sprinkled on the ground, seemingly dispelling all the gloom.

At that moment, I suddenly felt that I could probably be regarded as a good emperor.

Although, I have never been a benevolent monarch.