Luoyang City.

A large number of people have long been consciously kneeling on both sides of the road.

I want to come and get a touch of the royal spirit.

When Zhao Changqing walked over, the 'Long Live Your Majesty' over and over again was noisy.

In the midst of the crowd, Zhao Changqing said to the prince: "My son, you must always remember that the loveliest people in the world are these ordinary people. In the whole world, the most important thing to be good to these people is the emperor. ”

Erchen remembered. ”

Over the years, the prince has become more mature and steady.

After another two years, his age will be the time when Zhao Changqing led the troops to reject the Chu State.

Back to the palace.

Zhao Changqing asked He Ning and them all to retreat, and as for the palace where Daji lived, He Ning had already arranged it.

They live in the same place where Miyue lived before.

When making this decision, she asked the emperor's opinion, and Zhao Changqing was very satisfied with He Ning's arrangement.

Time flows, the old man has passed away, and I can't be more nostalgic.

"Prince, go take care of your younger brothers and sisters, my father and your brothers and sisters have something to say. ”

Zhao Changqing touched the prince's head.

The crown prince understood his father's intentions, so he watched his younger siblings play on the sidelines.

"The son (daughter) visits her father. Zhao Hongji and Zhao Weixi knelt down to Zhao Changqing.

He personally lifted his two children up and sat them on either side of him.

Zhao Changqing held their little hands, and said as if there was something unspeakable: "Father and emperor like you at this time, have begun to lead the army to fight, at that time, there are many talents, it is a real world of great contention, my father was born in that era, and like the two of you, he has no mother since he was a child." ”

Zhao Hongji lowered his head and was silent, his expression solemn.

Zhao Changqing noticed his expression.

As the saying goes, knowing his son is better than his father, after he saw his son's expression, he smiled slightly, and was not in a hurry to say anything.

There was a sweet voice from his daughter, "My father has been lonely since he was a child, and his daughter and younger brother have heard of it. I heard my mother say that when my father was young, in order to survive in the capital, he did not hesitate to hide himself, was scolded by the world, and waited for a chance to turn over. ”

The queen mother in Zhao Weixi's mouth refers to the queen mother Murong Hening.

For the extremely quiet daughter in front of him, Zhao Changqing can be said to be quite satisfied, very well-behaved, very sensible, and her appearance is becoming more and more like Miyue.

Zhao Changqing smiled bitterly, "That's right, that's the case, that opportunity, that is the period of national crisis, Xiang Nantian, the marshal of the Chu State, led an army of 800,000 to conquer our Great Wei." Your father came from a hard life, and in the most difficult times, he faced countless assassinations every day, and so far, his father has not found the whereabouts of the mysterious organization that killed your imperial grandmother. You two are different, you are much happier than your father, do you know why?"

Zhao Hongji was still silent.

Zhao Weixi, a gentle girl with a lot of water, continued to speak: "It's because the queen mother and father love me and my brother very much. ”

Zhao Changqing touched her little head dotingly, and said with a smile: "You are right, although your biological mother is gone, but when you were young, there was no lack of pain and love, just some old things, my father is really going to tell you, after all, you are all old and have the ability to judge independently." ”

The two siblings seemed to have guessed what their father was going to say, so they chose to remain silent.

That incident, to this day, is a terrible thing.

It is said that the father and the emperor were still killing because of that incident.

For a long time, there was a feeling of desperate desire to kill.

During that period of time, it was also the most worrying day for the eunuchs and maids in the palace.

This incident is Miyue's death.

"Your biological mother, named Mi Yue, was the first woman to follow her father. My father loved your mother very much, but at that time, the country was in trouble, and if my father did not kill your mother's parents or her family, one day, my father would be killed by them. But your mother, because of this incident, did not want to face your father, and chose to commit suicide. ”

Zhao Changqing said this and looked at the reaction of the two siblings.

Zhao Weixi's eyes had already begun to turn red.

And Zhao Hongji has always been silent, expressionless.

"My father does not ask for your forgiveness, because your mother's death is indeed inseparable from your father. But you must always love your mother, even if she is no longer alive. Her death makes your father feel guilty for you forever, and your mother is great and wise. Zhao Changqing got up and left the palace.

He asked the prince to take the other siblings away, leaving only the siblings.

After a while, Zhao Changqing, who was spying on their sister and brother outside the palace, heard the sound of crying from inside the palace.

Zhao Changqing's heart hurt like a drop of blood.

After all, it's their own children.

After a while.

Zhao Changqing issued a decree to crown Zhao Hongji as the king of Chu.

The previous King of Qi was regarded as invalid.

Originally, when he was crowned King of Qi, Zhao Changqing wanted to keep him by his side.

But then it turned out that he didn't seem to like it very much.

It should be related to Miyue's death.

In that case, it is better to let him go to his mother's hometown.

Zhao Changqing specially called the prince to accompany him for a walk.

"Father, I heard that you haven't been idle recently, and most of the civil and military attaches in the court seem to have dealings with you. ”

Zhao Changqing's words were amazing.

Zhao Hongqing was taken aback, and said: "Father Emperor Mingjian, the son's approach is just to integrate into the court faster, so as to share the worries of his father." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled: "It's okay, you are the prince, except for the big rebellion, you can't do too much." When your father and I were young, but Kowloon won the heir, and your uncles were far smarter than you. ”

Zhao Hongqing didn't think much about this sentence, the father and son had a heart-to-heart, and he didn't have to think about it himself, "Father doesn't blame his son?"

"No blame. ”

After being stunned for a while, Zhao Changqing asked: "Father intends to let your brother Hongji go to Chu to serve as the king of Chu, Chu has three states and nine provinces, and my father plans to give four of them to your brother as fiefs, what do you think?"

Zhao Hongqing was stunned.

These four realms are already equivalent to a small country.

In its heyday, the Liang Kingdom was not as large as the territory of the Four Realms.

In case the time comes, the whole country will be armed, and I am afraid that it will be another Liang country or Duan country.

He didn't dare to think for too long, and after just a thought, he said: "Everything is according to my father's orders." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "If one day, your father is gone, and your mother is also old, at that time, what if your brother rebels in Chudi?"

"Father wants to hear the truth?" Zhao Hongqing asked.

Zhao Changqing nodded, "Naturally." ”

Zhao Hongqing said bluntly: "He shouldn't do this in the end, because Erchen is completely sure that the army he recruited in Chu will not return." ”

"If you defeat him, will you kill him?" Zhao Changqing asked again.

Zhao Hongqing shook his head, "No, because my father once said that he didn't want the Xuanwumen incident to happen again." But the retainers would imprison him for life, restricting his freedom and not seeing the sun for the rest of his life. ”

Zhao Changqing was stunned, when did the gentle and elegant prince in his mind have such a ruthless side?

"Are you frank, aren't you afraid that your father will blame you?" asked Zhao Changqing.

Zhao Hongqing said solemnly: "The sons will not deceive their father, mother, and even brothers and sisters. Don't hide it from the emperor, the son doesn't believe that the eldest brother will rebel, because before this, the son had a heart-to-heart conversation with the eldest brother, and he said that if I become the emperor in the future, he will help me stick to one side or conquer the world, and will never kill the king with his ministers. Because compared to the throne, there are more important things in his heart. ”

"What's the matter?" Zhao Changqing said curiously.

Zhao Hongqing said: "Family affection. ”

Zhao Changqing was speechless for a moment.

He didn't think that Hongji was lying or deliberately stabilizing the prince's words.

This child reveals a kind of stubbornness in his bones.

He regarded anyone in the palace as an outsider.

Except for a few of his siblings.

"If one day, what the father said really happens, the son will also be sure that he will be able to stop the precipice, no matter how bad it is, he will save his life, because it is not only the flesh and blood of the father, but also the brother of the son. ”

Hearing the prince's last answer, Zhao Changqing smiled.

That's it, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, if you really get to that point, let him go!

(End of chapter)