At the beginning of the day, the third prince still didn't hold back his psychological excitement, and once again sneaked into the Hanxiang Pavilion alone, Xiao Suo, who was hiding in the shadows, pointed the acupuncture points on the eyeliner that Empress Liu hid in the corner, and led away the killer sent by the five princes to track the third highness.

The thin white-haired old man lying on the bed on his side turned his back to the third prince who had entered the inner hall, the tattered and dirty gray cotton quilt exposed one after another black cotton clumps, the embroidered upper on the gray pedals wore out one small hole after another, the sole of the shoe also grinded out holes of different sizes, the wooden frame that tied the bed curtain had also decayed to the point that it had lost its bright color, the bed curtain had long disappeared and hung in the air like a white silk one by one, was this the treatment that a concubine deserved? Who would believe that this woman had been the emperor's woman, and who would believe that this woman's son would become the future emperor?

The third prince sat on the edge of the bed gently, afraid of waking up his mother's sleepiness, he put his left hand lightly on the edge of the bed, and pressed the other hand on the bed surface on the inside of his mother, leaning inward, he just wanted to see his mother's true face, but the wisps covered up his mother's face, and he wanted to get rid of the slightest distraction, not afraid of his mother's haggard and dull face, but afraid that these pale and bloodless would make him feel guilty and embarrassed.

"Is it cold? I didn't feel the wind blowing. ”

"Maybe my mother is too thin for her body to withstand the slight coldness. ”

After staying for a quarter of an hour, the three princes finally lifted the wisps on his mother's forehead, and then he saw his mother who had not seen him for several years, with very little hair sparse and falling, wrinkles on his forehead and eyes, loose and rough texture on his cheeks, fine and deep lines on both sides of his mouth, his face was fleshless and deeply concave, his cheekbones were high and prominent, and his dull and colorless face was sallow and sallow, everyone was helpless in front of the years, but his mother was one year younger than his mother, but his mother was ruddy and much younger than his mother......。

In this way, it was quietly accompanied for a quarter of an hour.

When the sky lit up slightly, the three princes came to kneel down and worship their father in the morning and dusk.

"Emperor, come on, come on, accompany my father to breakfast. ”

This is the first time in life, it is the first time to sit at the same table with my father, but the royal patriarchal law resolutely does not allow knowingly committing crimes, if the disobedience does not go away, it is a run and direct advice between several forces, but it cannot shake the status of his heir, but it is just bad for dignity and reputation.

"I can't be filial piety for a few years, so I let the emperor personally serve his father and dine. ”

He took the imperial chopsticks from the hands of the eunuch in charge and said, "You all go down, and the palace will come in person." ”

"Yes. ”

"The emperor sits. ”

"Father, the child is the first and last time to accompany his father. ”

"What do you mean for the last time?"

"If the emperor is not mistaken, the father and mother have never eaten at the same table, but where there are many feasts, only the queen mother is eligible to participate, and then the concubines favored by the father and the emperor, even if it is a family banquet, the mother is one of the few three times, but they are all sitting in a remote corner, and they can never enter the eyes of the father, since the emperor left the palace, the mother was sent to the Hanxiang Pavilion by the queen mother, since then, there is no such person in the heart of the father. ”

"Your mother?"

"Father forgot?"

chuckled, sighing bitterly, it was really not worth it for her mother.

"Mother's face, mother's name, everything about mother, my father has long forgotten, no, my father has never remembered, how can he forget. It's the emperor who is too naïve and stupid, he thought that his existence would make his father and emperor look at his mother a few more times, but his father didn't, he saw his mother being framed and sent into the cold palace but turned a deaf ear, and his mother's status was low and there was no strong and powerful family as a backing, so it was natural that he was not respected, right, father?"

As he spoke, the hand holding the double chopsticks began to tremble, began to tremble, and became more and more powerful, and then looked at the left hand placed on the thigh and subconsciously began to tremble slightly.

"The father is the biological father of the emperor, and the mother is the biological mother of the emperor, but as a son, he cannot be spoiled and taught by his father and mother when he was a child, is he qualified as a father and mother? If it weren't for Zhao Ying's accompanying children since childhood, the teachings of his master and uncle, and the help of his brothers and sisters, the emperor would have forgotten that there was a home behind him, and it was exactly like this, he persuaded himself again and again not to think about it, not to go back, and the struggle has always existed in the heart of the emperor, can the father and emperor feel that kind of worrying and uncomfortable? But in the end, a brother who is not related by blood, was killed in order to save the emperor, and this feeling is better than that of the father. Nine years of study in Anguo Temple, the emperor has learned a lot of pure and simple avenues, only relatives are the warmest and most worthwhile, the height is not cold, the emperor is afraid of loneliness, but also afraid of ruthlessness, from the moment he left the palace, the emperor's life is doomed, here will never belong to the emperor. ”

The emperor's hand trembled, he was afraid, he was also afraid.

Trembling, he threw the wine glass on the table to the ground, and the crisp and piercing sound of rubbing startled the attendants outside the door, and hurriedly broke into the door and said, "Your Majesty?"

"All of them go down, and they are not allowed to enter unless they are commanded. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

The Three Princes once ordered the Storm to guard wherever he stayed, and once he detected a suspicious person, he would not hesitate to get rid of it, so he also guarded the door and watched around.

After saying so much, I didn't remember the appearance of the mother of the third prince, and even the name, I didn't even know what to do, and what was even more terrifying was that I didn't know why I had a bed with her, it seemed that this son fell from the sky. There are countless people in the palace, nine times out of ten it is after being drunk, maybe it is because the queen is afraid of causing a lot of discussion among the palace people after the reward, and the dignity cannot be damaged, so let their mother and son live in a corner, which is the usual way for the queen to deal with it, but unfortunately I can't remember it.

If he hadn't died, then the emperor's mother should still be living in the cold palace, which is the best place for a lowly woman, and today he saw that the emperor's words were radical and offensive, and he seemed to have seen his mother, so he asked: "Have you seen her?"

"Father should not know whether she is alive or dead. ”

"Was anyone following you when you went?"

It is true that the emperor is important, but the mother is not important.

"The emperor knew that there was someone behind him, so he had a plan. ”

"If you want to be stubborn and go to her, she's going to die. ”

"If the emperor sits on the throne of the crown prince, his mother will surely die, but if the emperor does not sit on the throne of the crown prince, can they spare the emperor and his mother? ”

"You're the only fit. ”

"But the emperor never thought of being a prince. ”

"...... you? Then why did you go back to the palace, and why did you do all this?"

"The emperor and the fifth and sixth brothers are brothers, and all this is for the sixth brother. ”

"For him, he is a fool, and no one in the government and the opposition knows. ”

"Father....... ”

After thinking about it, the emperor suddenly realized: "You are so strategic and deep, you have been planning since you left the palace, right?"

"Yes. The father's plan to arrange for the emperor to study Anguo Temple was a wrong move, and the master and uncle chattered endlessly about doing good deeds, and they did not teach the emperor to deceive and deceive, fight openly and secretly, and did not educate the emperor how to weigh the pros and cons and control the skills. ”

"Your birth is destined for you to be in these power struggles, you are all-encompassing today, very strategist-like, scheming, is fighting, what you said is too false. ”

"But the original intention of the emperor is to make wedding dresses for others, and he will not hurt anyone. ”

"Your imperial brother is dead, your mother has no children, you are naturally the eldest son, the only one, the most suitable successor, if you don't do it, the father's years of hard work will be destroyed in a moment, you return to the palace, all forces are already ready to move, and you can immediately appear on the stage and one after another, fighting with each other endlessly, who will protect your elderly father at that time? Your mother and your fifth brother have risen rapidly in recent years, his hatred for his father and emperor has never diminished, and he has been longing for the throne, can you really defeat your mother and your fifth brother?"

"The forces of all parties in this war have been reserved for a long time, and the time when the war was launched was when the emperor was in charge, in Anguo Temple for nine years, they didn't know how many assassins and dead soldiers they had killed, and they were able to live to this day thanks to them, as well as Zhao Su, so the emperor of this war was also planned for nine years, and the father and emperor could rest assured that this battle would be won, and he would definitely help his father stabilize the country, and the father neglected the sixth brother, he was the most suitable person to become the king, because he had a benevolent heart. ”

"You believe in him like that. ”

"The father asked the right master to send the assessment, the emperor answered a copy, the sixth brother also answered a copy, the emperor then sent the sixth brother's way of governing the country, the policy of reassuring the people and the plan of the magistrate to present to the father, the sixth brother's insights and incisive words will definitely make the father amazed and praised, at that time the father will definitely believe the emperor's heartfelt words, and will not doubt the ability of the sixth brother. ”

After speaking, the third prince knelt on the ground and made three big salutes, and said cautiously: "Victory or defeat is here, my father and the emperor let the emperor take full responsibility for the external affairs, and the sixth brother is in charge of the rebellion in the imperial city, and dictated that me and the sixth brother can be in charge of the military and political power, and deploy civil and military officials." ”

Civil war, rebellion, and rebellion have been a struggle for power since ancient times, and it has always been a matter of life and death, with the winner reaching the pinnacle, and the loser having a glass of poisonous wine, three feet of white silk, and a few stones of loess are enough.

The emperor was anxious and thought about it.

Suddenly.

"After you're gone, who's going to be in charge?"

"The left division of the staff pavilion is the master of the west string, and the right division of the staff is the master of the medicine Shimo, and they assisted the six younger brothers to sweep and pacify the civil strife in the imperial city. ”

"What about the Director-General?"

"He has only one task, that is, he must not leave his father at any time, and he must protect his father's safety. ”

Suddenly, the sense of loss in my heart was reborn, and I strongly sighed that I was really old, and I couldn't seem to keep up with the intelligence and ability of these young talents in all aspects.

"You have made up your mind, and my father has no choice but to agree, but ...... What do you do?"

"The emperor has his own plans, and then he will tell his father in detail. ”

"Good, good, good. ”

This is the last time I will see my father, and I will never see each other again in this life.

His Majesty the Emperor did not expect that the three princes would say goodbye forever when they parted today.

The third prince knelt three times outside the hall, everything was silent, after all, it was his father, and at the moment he turned back, he couldn't help but shed tears.

The next morning, the emperor issued an edict ordering the three princes to go to Luoyang City to deal with the pacification of the people, so as to tell the world that the cult had been eliminated and the world had been peaceful.