Night.

It was dark.

The moon is hidden behind the clouds, only a hazy halo.

Lao Dao sat quietly beside Chen Fan, and from time to time he picked up the wine jug from the stone table and took a sip.

In the dark where no one noticed, a white line that could not be detected by the naked eye gradually approached Chen Fan, and when he was about to touch Chen Fan, the old man who was still drinking just now suddenly made a move, and slapped a few drops of wine spilled in the air towards the white line.

Those few drops of wine were like sharp swords, and in the blink of an eye, the white line was cut into several pieces.

Lao Dao walked to Chen Fan's bedside with a solemn face, looked at the white lines, and the murderous intent in his eyes flashed.

And just when Lao Dao was engrossed in looking at the white line, a small insect quietly burrowed into Chen Fan's flesh.

And in the distant imperial capital, a figure rode into the palace that night, and his whereabouts were secret.

But looking at its pace, it seems to be very anxious.

Passed through the heavy guards to the door of a palace, and was just about to push the door to enter, but was stopped by a one-year waiter.

"Your Highness. ”

A trace of displeasure flashed in the eyes of the old man in front of him, but the waiter didn't care about the visitor's eyes at all, bowed down and said, "Your Excellency has fallen asleep." If Your Highness has anything to do, please tell the minister, and I will tell you when the king wakes up tomorrow. Please go back, Your Highness!"

The person who came was none other than Ji Heng, the crown prince of the dynasty, who looked at the chamberlain in front of him and said lightly: "Father can't sleep tonight." ”

The chamberlain was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to savor the meaning of this sentence, he was startled by a sudden chill.

Ji saw Heng staring at the servant in front of him with a cold expression, and he didn't know when the eaves around the house were already full of people, and those people on the eaves had already shown their murderous intentions.

At this moment, an old and weak voice came from inside the palace, saying, "Since you are here, come in." ”

The attendant, who originally thought that the king had fallen asleep, couldn't help but show a stunned look.

Ji Heng ignored the stunned waiter, waved his big sleeves past the waiter in front of him, and pushed the door in front of him with a cold snort.

There are no lights and candles in the inside, and it looks very dim.

Ji Heng closed the door with his hand and walked forward.

In a gloomy room.

The light was dim and low, only the night pearl enshrined on the table in front of the bed in front of him, fluorescent and hazy, like moonlight.

On the bed in front of him, there was already a person sitting, who had not fallen asleep, and seemed to be waiting. With the brilliance of the night pearl, he finally saw the familiar figure in front of the bookcase, and for some reason, his father, who was obviously upright and in his prime, gave Ji Heng an atmosphere of twilight and decay.

Ji Heng looked at Ji Huan, who was known as the most outstanding emperor in the history of the Canglan Empire and was also his father, and the anger in his eyes was not concealed at all.

"Coming late at night, what's the important thing for my son?" Seeing that Ji Heng didn't speak for a long time, Ji Huan opened his mouth to ask, his voice was old, weak, and very weak.

"Why?" Ji Heng didn't say much, just spit out three words.

Ji Huan seemed to have heard something ridiculous, and looked at Ji Heng with a playful expression: "Are you questioning me?" Do you remember that you haven't inherited the throne yet, and I am still the king of the vicissitudes, you are now questioning me?!"

Ji Heng was not overwhelmed by his father's momentum at all, and still looked at his father directly and asked the question just now: "Why?"

Ji Huan was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and chuckled: "You ask me why? The evidence of their rebellion is conclusive, and you still have to ask why." ”

Ji Heng looked at his father and said in a low voice: "Evidence?! ”

Seeing that his children were aggressive, Ji Huan slapped the table a little angrily, and scolded angrily, "You are not a king yet, I said that he must have rebelled." ”

"Rebellion?" Ji Heng smiled bitterly, looked at his father in front of him with complicated colors in his eyes, and said, "Father may have forgotten that that person was a literati back then, just because he was in danger, he took the initiative to ask for orders and was escort......ed by six thousand soldiers."

"In fact, everyone knew that the so-called escort was just to let him and these 6,000 soldiers die and delay your chance to escape, but he took it without thinking and won a big victory. ”

"Over the years, how many feats he has made, and what he has done, I don't think my father doesn't know!"

"Enough, shut up!" seemed to be irritated by the words, and Ji Huan reprimanded loudly.

And Ji Heng didn't have the slightest fear, just lowered his head slightly, and continued to speak in a low voice.

"A few years ago, in the battle of Tianshui Nan'an, the fire burned grain and grass, and it was his two hundred white-clothed elite soldiers who made miraculous achievements, and the whole country celebrated, and his father personally poured wine for him. ”

Saying that, Ji Heng sighed: "That's because you still praised the civil and military officials that it was my luck to have this capable minister, and I was here first!?why?!"

Ji Huan, who was a little angry, suddenly got up and made a move, and the crisp sound echoed in the palace. Then he coughed lightly a few times, but he was bleeding, his face was pale, and he was wheezing.

Ji Heng looked at his violent coughing, his eyes sank, and he said in a low voice: "Father is in poor health, then I will step back first, and come to visit my father tomorrow." ”

Ji Huan barely calmed down and sat down, beckoning to Ji Heng: "I understand, he seems to be loyal to me, but in fact, a character like him is loyal to the entire Canglan Empire, or rather, it should be the countless people of the Canglan Empire. ”

Speaking, Ji Huan was in a trance, and said: "He experienced the suffering of war when he was young, and he knew that the change of dynasties and the suffering of the people, so he will only be a general who calms the war, and can only be a virtuous minister who governs the world for the country and the Republic of China, and it is impossible to have the heart of rebellion." ”

"But his allegiance is only to the emperor of the vicissitudes, the orthodoxy of the world, not me, nor you. ”

Ji Huan glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Understood?"

Inside the dormitory.

Dum and low.

The light of the night pearl is dim and hazy.

Ji Huan's words finally turned into a sentence: "Do you understand?"

Ji Heng's face was cloudy. He heard the meaning of his father's words, and Ji Huan's meaning couldn't be more obvious.

That person was loyal not to one person, but to the entire Canglan Empire. When he was asked to make a choice between the empire and the emperor, that person would definitely not hesitate to choose the empire, which the emperor would not allow to happen.

Ji Huan looked at his contemplative son in front of him and smiled slightly: "Actually, I used to often wonder, can I see the day when ......the world is calm? Do you understand?"

Ji Heng glanced deeply at his father in front of him, and said softly, "Erchen...... I don't understand. ”

Ji Heng gave a deep salute, and said in a firm tone: "Erchen also thought that his father was a Ming monarch, and his father should understand the truth that water can carry a boat and overturn a boat, but it seems that Erchen thought badly." ”

The angry Ji Huan pointed at Ji Heng and reprimanded angrily: "The benevolence of women, the benevolence of women, you are my heir, and you are the future co-master. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at his child and said in a deep voice, "Let's go! I'm old, otherwise, I can't check and balance your tricks? If you have all these powers in your hands, I can't take them back? You're still too young!"

When Ji Heng heard this, his heart sank slightly.

Ji Huan's expression was still the same, and he said to himself: "When you were going to be in power, I let you, after all, you have been thinking about the throne for a long time, and you are still young, and you have seen my body, and you have almost seen the head, there is no need to reproduce a sword and soldier meeting between father and son...... In my eyes, you were the emperor and the future co-master, and if you want to hold this power, it will be handed over to you as soon as possible. ”

Saying that, Ji Huan raised his head and said disappointedly: "However, although you are stable now, you don't have the heart of an emperor, but more of a woman's kindness of ordinary people, how can you let me rest assured that I will hand over the empire to you, and from today I will return to your mansion to think about what I said to you, and you must be careful in the future." ”

Ji Heng's eyes were full of disappointment after hearing this, and then he bowed down and said, "Erchen understands." ”

Ji Huan's expression was a little dazed when he saw it, and his breath was even more sluggish, he waved his hand and said weakly: "Go back." ”

Ji Heng gave a salute, said goodbye, and was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, a thought suddenly surged in his heart, and he could hardly suppress it.

So he stopped, took a deep breath, and asked, "Father, have you really treated your mortal brother?"

Ji Huan nodded and said, "I originally wanted to protect him, but it's a pity that ......"

He laughed, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm old." ”

After hearing this, a wry smile tugged at the corner of Ji Heng's mouth, and he said in a low voice: "Erchen understands." ”

The voice fell, and then Ji Heng stood in front of the door and took a deep breath, then suddenly opened the door, retreated, and closed the door.

He turned to the front and looked up at the sky.

In the overcast sky, the moon had just emerged from the clouds and appeared very bright.

Ji Heng was stunned. He remembered a familiar face, a face that had been his follower since he was a child.

Before talking to his father today, he thought that his father was just confused for a while, but he didn't expect that his father was more sober than anyone else.

He remembered what the man had said to him: "Is the current emperor still the same as before?"

Ji Heng turned around and took a deep look at the closed door, he knew that this was the beginning, a huge storm was brewing in the dark.

Ji Heng knew that in fact, that person could not die, but it was a pity that that person didn't know each other at the beginning, and he actually signed a joint letter with several important ministers in the court to force his father and the emperor's favorite cute man to death.

Ji Heng closed his eyes, thinking about the successive deaths, injuries and exiles of those people over the years, he knew that this might be the reason why his father couldn't tolerate the real person!

He sighed lightly and walked out very disappointed.

......

In the dormitory.

Under a gloomy sheen.

Ji Huan's face looked gloomy.

He looked at the brilliance of the pearl that night, as soft as the moonlight, and couldn't help but think of the person who was like the moon.

"I know she's not ordinary, not even human, but ...... I have never repented. ”

Ji Huan's voice was extremely low and hoarse.

There was silence in the room.

After a long time, the old voice hummed a tune.

I saw Ji Huan leaning on the dragon bed, his eyes slightly closed, his nasal voice humming softly, with a little smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

It wasn't until late at night that the music stopped.