Chapter 63: The Crane (1)
- The queen mother died, I hurried back to the palace, and saw the queen mother for the last time, but after all, it was still a step too late.
By the time I arrived at the queen mother's couch, the queen mother was already in a state of confusion and could not recognize me.
I stayed in the Forbidden City, accompanied Yunyan and Yi'er to the queen mother for the first seven days, and then left the palace again. For Yunyan and Yi'er's questioning, not a word was answered.
Scold!
Everything is already in the past, so what's the matter?
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I am the eldest son of the Wenren royal family, and I was born on the same day as my sister Nian Yinai. On the day I was born, my father, who was the Son of Heaven, issued a holy decree to make me the crown prince of Tanglin Kingdom.
At a very young age, I understood that from the day I was given the surname Wenren, I was destined to not be able to live as I wanted in this life.
How can you live as you please? In the whirlpool of desire and power, you don't fight, others fight. If you don't take it, others will take it. No one can be a person with a clean and transparent heart, let alone stay out of things.
All I can do is do my best to protect my mother and my sister.
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I remember that I hadn't seen my father for as long as I could remember.
I live with my mother and Yi'er in the huge Kunning Palace. I don't understand what exactly is outside Kunning Palace, what it looks like.
From learning to walk, to learning to speak, to recognizing. I only have the queen mother and Yi'er in my eyes, and I only know that the three of us mother and son lived a very happy life in Kunning Palace.
The Queen Mother never took us out of the gate of Kunning Palace, and outside, few people came in to disturb our lives.
Except, of course, Wenren Haoxuan and Uncle Russell.
Wenren Haoxuan is an old treacherous and cunning fox, when he approached his mother, spontaneously became my master, and won the trust of our mother and son, no one found anything wrong.
And Uncle Russell is a man who can give everything for his mother. His devotion to his mother, you just need to look at it more and feel moved.
These two men, who appeared in the lives of the queen mother and me, completely changed the original trajectory between our mother and son and our father.
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Wenren Haoxuan was the eldest prince of the year, because of the partiality of the emperor's grandfather, and went into exile early, and finally was adopted by his grandfather and educated as an adult.
But his grandfather's kindness and simplicity did not have much influence on Wenren Haoxuan. On the contrary, it fueled his ambition to seize the country.
In order to achieve his goal, he used the queen mother and me, and even started murderous thoughts against me, instigating the relationship between my father and me, and the queen mother, causing our family to live in mutual torture for half of our lives.
He is a madman who can do everything.
is also because of him, the queen mother and the father obviously love each other so much, but they just go around in a big circle. Bury love in the depths and live with hatred and misunderstanding.
Fortunately, Uncle Russell was there, and he did not hesitate to break his tongue to stay behind his mother. In order to protect his mother, he insisted on staying behind his mother.
This was the only way to survive after my mother was deposed and I was forced to fake my death.
As for the father, it is a distressing and hateful man.
Because he was born as a king, he never lived for himself in his life. Before he met his mother, he had to protect the country. After meeting the queen mother, you have to calculate the safety of the queen mother for the rest of her life.
If it is said that the queen mother's life in the palace is like walking on thin ice, then the father's life is not even a little bit of thin ice. Knowing that there was a vast ocean in front of him, and knowing that he would definitely die if he stepped into it without knowing the nature of the water, but for the sake of the queen mother, he still jumped down without hesitation.
Ever since I was sensible, I was transmitted all kinds of resentment by Wen Ren Haoxuan. is really a very strange person to his father. Although after leaving Kunning Palace, it was found that he was very different from the man in Wenren Haoxuan's mouth, but the bad influence on his father and emperor had already been ingrained.
I've struggled with whether I should love or hate my father. But in the end, the gears of fate finally made me go deeper and deeper on the way to misunderstand him.
So......
When I opened my eyes again, I came to Jiangnan with Uncle Russell to find my mother. When I saw Uncle Russell nodding his head with difficulty in the face of his mother's questioning, I felt that I was really wrong.
With the queen mother rushed all the way back to the capital from the south of the Yangtze River, she entered the palace through the secret passage of Mount Emei. Although he didn't have too many words on his lips, he kept praying in his heart that he wished that his father would be safe.
However, too late is too late.
Sometimes I think if I could be braver. rushed out when my father was arguing with Wenren Haoxuan, perhaps, I still had time to hug him. Tell him: Father, the child is not filial.
However, I watched him with my own eyes and pretend to be strong to deal with Wen Ren Haoxuan, watched him throw his mother out at the last moment, and watched him disappear into the vast sea of fire.
I'll never forget the fire that burned all night in the Golden Luan Palace. I will never forget the desperate look when the queen mother rushed into the sea of fire to find her father. I can't forget the holy decree left by my father, and the painstaking heart when the sound was heard.
If someone asks me, if I feel so sorry for my father, why did I choose to leave the book at the enthronement ceremony? I think...... The answer in my heart will not be told to anyone, but I choose to be buried for the rest of my life.
Yes, the father and the emperor have paid so much for the queen mother, and they can bear it. And I, naturally, don't have to do some trivial things for the queen mother, I have to tell the world.
I know that my father only lived for his mother in his life. His death was a great blow to the queen mother.
After becoming the queen mother, the queen mother put away all her sorrows and took me and Yi'er to keep filial piety to my father. Although I have been accustomed to seeing the strength of my mother since I was a child, this time, I was faintly uneasy.
In the past, no matter how badly injured the queen mother was, no matter how she endured it, the loneliness in her expression still couldn't escape my eyes. But this time, the death of her father was such a big thing, and after standing stupidly all night, she was very frank.
It's not her...... At least not what I know about her.
If I guessed correctly, the queen mother had the intention of accompanying her father, so she could be so calm.
What the queen mother thought in her heart was nothing more than that after I ascended the throne, I would wait for another two or three years for the dynasty to be stable, and she would be able to go to her father without worry.
How can I give her this opportunity?
The queen mother had a very hard life in this life, struggling with her father between love and hate. Now that I can finally live a stable life, I must not let her die easily.
After meditating hard, I always felt that I had to give my mother some hope. And this hope, my father can't give it, so only I give it.
So, on the first night of the enthronement ceremony. I asked my mother for peace, left a letter, and left the capital alone.
Without me in this world, as well as the Queen Mother and Yunyan, there will definitely be no chaos. But if the queen mother does not have me, even if she will feel distressed and complain for a while, she will live well and wait for my return for the rest of her life.
As long as I don't show up, she'll wait for another day. If you don't show up for a year, you wait for a year. Knowing my mother Mo Ruozi, my mother, how can I not understand her?
Although my father's last wish is important, I also know that I am sorry for my father, but my father is deceased, so that the queen mother can live with hope, maybe it is true filial piety, right?
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The year I left the capital, I was ten years old.
In order to prevent the people in the palace from finding my traces, I hid all the way with my kung fu and followed the fishermen to Wuhai.
Wuhai, as the name suggests, is an endless sea. It's just strange that the color of this sea is different from the ordinary sea, it is as black as ink, but it is very sweet. There is no blue of the ordinary sea, and there is no saltiness of the ordinary sea.
The locals call it the sea, but they don't know what it is. Therefore, Wuhai is actually an extremely extreme place.
Because although the water of Wuhai is black, it has a lot of substances. And these substances are concentrated in the central depths of Wuhai.
There is a small island in the middle of the Wuhai Sea, where the fish are fat and beautiful, and the pearls in the shells are big and round. Therefore, although the island is not large, it is inhabited by many fishermen.
On the contrary, Wuhai Zhouquan has a lot of land and dwellings, but it is very barren and looks miserable.
First, it is because the knowledgeable fishermen live in the middle of the Wuhai Sea. And outsiders, when they saw Wuhai's appearance, they didn't know if they had a ghost in their hearts or they were not very bold, so they were so frightened that they didn't dare to stay.
Because of this, the local prefect does not send troops to govern this area.
At first, I came to Wuhai only because it was deserted, unguarded by officers and soldiers, and there were many deserted houses. I thought to myself, if I settle here, it will not be impossible.
But who knows, after only living for more than a month, an uncle came over......
"Whose doll are you, how can you live alone in my house?"
The uncle was very tall, but very thin. When he speaks, a pair of eyes are very shrewd. However, he is extremely good-looking, and he smiles kindly.
"I was an orphan, and when I passed by and saw this empty house covered with dust, I thought it was uninhabited and took it upon myself. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be your residence......"
"Orphans? I see that you are white and pure, not like a child without a father and a mother. The uncle sat down on the ground and said, "Did you lose your temper with your family?" Child, listen to the uncle's advice, it's not peaceful here, you should go back quickly. ”
"Uncle, I'll tell you the truth." I saw that I couldn't hide it from him, so I changed a lie and continued to talk, "I was originally a child of a rich family, and I had no worries about my life. But just a while ago, a fire burned my house to ashes. Even me...... My family died in the fire. ”
After that, his mind unconsciously flashed the situation when his father disappeared into the sea of fire, so his nose gradually became sour, "I am the only child who escaped, because I had nowhere to go, so I came here all the way by working as a casual worker." ”
As he spoke, his eyes blurred. stubbornly turned his face away and wiped his eyes, "Let the uncle laugh!" When my family was on fire, I stood outside and watched. Now every time I mention this matter, I always feel as if I remember it vividly. ”
"Alas......" The uncle's shrewd eyes were full of tears at some point, "and a poor child...... Fate is the same as mine, it's really not good. ”
When I listen to my uncle's words, I always feel that there is a story in it. So, I asked, "What does uncle mean ......?"
The uncle shook his head and solved my doubts, "I think back then, although my old Qin family was not very rich and noble, they had a good life. Later, because I provoked the rich man in the town, the rich man set a fire and destroyed my yard. Took the lives of my wife and children!
I happened to go out to visit relatives that day, and when I returned to the house, all I had left was ashes. The terrible thing is that the rich man not only did not feel half guilty of the sins he had committed, but he even rushed to kill me and take my life.
I fled all the way here, and made a living by fishing, and then I slowly lived a peaceful life. Alas...... When I see you now, it's like seeing my own child. ”
I didn't expect that there would be such a period in my uncle's past, "Uncle, I didn't mean to arouse your sadness. ”
"It's all old things," the uncle waved his hand, "Child, you and I have the same experience, and it is our fate to meet you." It's not that Uncle won't let you live in this house, but it's really not that people can't live here! ”
The uncle's tone was very serious, which made me suddenly have an ominous feeling, "The younger generation is puzzled......
"For the sake of you being a child, I'll tell you from the bottom of my heart." The uncle gritted his teeth and said, "How long have you lived here?" ”
"Probably...... It's been more than a month. ”
"It's been so long!" The uncle was surprised, "You have lived here for more than a month, have you ever wondered?" Why is the water black and so many empty houses uninhabited? Boy, there's something weird here! You are lucky to be alive for more than a month.
But when man's luck runs out, I advise you, to leave early, and not to linger. ”
I was really curious about what my uncle said. In the past month or so, I haven't met anyone but him, "Uncle, I really don't know what you mean." I finally found such a place to stay, why should I go? By the way, aren't you fishing around here, too? Why can you keep it and I can't? ”
"Alas, you child!" The uncle sighed, "I'll tell you!" Originally, many villagers lived here, but later, they all moved to a small island in the middle of the Wuhai Sea. First, because there are no more fish and shrimp to catch here, and secondly, it is haunted! ”
"Haunted?"
"Yes, water ghosts!" The uncle was horrified, "Since ten years ago, people have lost their lives here every night. That's why this place has been deserted.
At that time, there were still fish and shrimp here. But later, after we moved to the middle of the Wuhai Sea, the water ghost may not be able to catch a living person, so he will not even let go of fish and shrimp. Gradually, people thought it was a dead sea. The original fishermen did not dare to come out, and the people outside did not dare to stay here. ”