In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, I lost the man who held an important place in my life. It was also during this year that I met another man who was important in my life.

In the summer of that year, my father's condition suddenly deteriorated, and the imperial doctors were helpless and unable to recover. After battling death for nearly a month, his father finally died with a lot of anxiety about the crown prince.

As soon as the news of the emperor's death came out, it shocked the people inside and outside the Guan, and the whole country mourned. The eldest grandson Wuji, Chu Suiliang and other fathers and ministers immediately issued a crown decree with the crown prince, immediately held a state funeral for Emperor Taizong, and announced that the crown prince would inherit the throne on an auspicious day.

The people in the palace were busy. Some people were busy with their father's funeral, while others were busy with the new emperor's enthronement ceremony.

It's just that none of this has anything to do with me. I was only immersed in the remembrance of my father. When my father was dying, what he said to me still haunts me and shocks me to this day.

"Changshan, I haven't paid attention to you all along, but that doesn't mean I don't love you. In the former dynasty and the harem, it is often involved in the whole body, and I have to take care of the overall situation. In fact, every child of mine is in my eyes and heart, and I love it with my heart. Sometimes, ignoring you, striking you, is to better protect you. Zhi'er is a kind-hearted, gentle and kind person, which is the biggest reason why I chose him to be the crown prince, and I have to make the best arrangements for the future of each of my children. It's just that in this way, it is hard to treat the child. Changshan, you and Zhi'er have always been good, and you will take good care of your royal brother for me in the future. ”

Every time I think about my father's last words to me, I can't help but shed tears. I have long been accustomed to my father's coldness and indifference to me, and no matter how much I give, it will not attract his attention to me. So I have an inferiority complex in my heart, thinking that my mother is not from a noble background, so that I am not as good as other brothers and sisters in any way. Although I usually hide this inferiority complex well, it still stings me from time to time.

However, I couldn't have been more wrong. It turns out that my father's indifference to me is deliberate, and he actually loves me! Maybe my usual words and deeds are in his eyes without my knowledge.

From this point of view, I am afraid that the ban issued to me by my father because of the abolition of the crown prince was also deliberate, in order to confine me within his power and protect me. The wise and martial father should have already understood the ugly things of Cheng Qian, and had insight into the conspiracy of Wu Wangke and Shunyang Wang Tai and the grievances I suffered. In his own unique way, he saved all his children involved in the matter.

Heaven has treated me unfairly, and when I had just received my father's love and was flattered and indulged in unexpected joy, it immediately and mercilessly took it away, and plunged me into endless misery.

Life and death are what everyone in this world must experience, no matter the emperor or the general, whether the peddler or the pawn, they must face this inevitable fate. So no matter how reluctant I am, I still have to face the reality that my father has left. I can only slowly reminisce about my father's deep and helpless fatherly love while grieving.

Under the arrangement of Minister Tuogu, the crown prince's enthronement ceremony was held the day before his father's funeral. All the princes and ministers, all the harem concubines, and the royal heirs must go to watch the ceremony and pay homage to the new emperor.