The oil lamp in the dormitory flickered on and off, reflecting Liu Chen's complicated side face, obeying the old emperor's wishes, he moved lightly, and sat on the comfortable and warm dragon bed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yi'er......" The old emperor put his hands together and held Liu Chen's big hand in the palm of his hand, smiled softly, and looked at it warmly, "I have won countless challenges, and finally ascended to the throne in the Manna Palace, no matter how much blood I have stained along the way, in my heart, the only one who can't live in this life is your father......"

"......" Liu Chen was silent and silent.

"Your third uncle is right...... Without Liu Qing, the seat in the Manna Hall would never have been my turn...... Back then, my good brothers wanted to join forces to kill me in the royal hunting grounds...... It was your father, one man and one sword, who killed the year of the Apocalypse that only belonged to me...... Ahem...... Ahem......"

There was another violent cough, Liu Chen hurriedly picked up the handkerchief next to the bed and approached the old emperor's mouth, while reaching out to caress his trembling back, while sighing bitterly and couldn't make a sound.

"Hehe ......" stretched out his hand to block Liu Chen's support, and the old emperor took Liu Chen's hand and stared deeply at the familiar face...... In a trance, he returned to the time when he was the prince, that familiar face, that warm smile, and all of that made the old emperor's skinny body so excited that he couldn't extricate himself......

"You know what...... When your mother married your father...... But I couldn't eat happily in the Yongshou Palace...... When she was young, she liked your father...... But your father's heart is elsewhere...... So...... Your mother's stuffy temperament has to hide this love in the bottom of her heart forever...... If she doesn't say it, no one will know......"

“......”

"You know...... Why doesn't your mother like me?"

"Why?" Thinking of Ji Wanzhu's resentment towards the old emperor on weekdays, Liu Chen was also quite curious in his heart, and the reason was not just about Liu Qing's death.

"Hehe!" the old emperor's smile was very difficult, and every time he grinned, Liu Chen could see a fine bead of sweat on his forehead, "Because when I was young, I always wanted to break her up with your father...... Hehe...... After all, your mother and my mother are compatriots, and I still hope that my sister can be happy......"

"Your Majesty!" After listening quietly to what the old emperor said for a long time, Liu Chen hesitated, but still asked softly: "The crown prince and the four princes both died because of me...... Have you ever hated me about this?"

Facing Liu Chen's inquiring gaze, the old emperor's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he had returned to the light, first smiling and bowing his head, and then shaking his head with a smile, "Say no hate, that's a lie, they are all my sons...... Ay...... How so...... It's all fate, right...... Debt repayment...... Murder pays for life...... I owe you, so I paid them ......"

“......”

"That year, I was afraid that your father's affairs would involve me...... In the face of the pressure of the state religion, I had to endure it, and endure it again...... It's like a lot of people have been estranged from me because of this after that...... Hehe, they think that even if I can't save your father at that time, it's no problem to save your mother...... Truly...... Your mother could have lived to see you grow up to ......."

"Then why don't you save my mother?" Liu Chen squinted his eyes, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face.

"......Why? What a why!" The old emperor smiled, his tone full of self-deprecation, "It took me many years to figure out why...... Why did you let your innocent sister hang up the three-foot white silk...... Hahaha...... Because I'm the Emperor!"

“......”

"The day I decided to fight for the throne began...... It should be understood, some people, some things...... will eventually be lost on this long road of never turning back...... Only to lose everything...... I can sit safely on the supreme throne in the temple of nectar...... Isn't that what the so-called forgetfulness is all about?"

......In addition to being silent, Liu Chen was speechless.

"I am both a country and a society...... Under the whole world, it is not the king's land! The shore of the land is not the king's minister!" Forcibly enduring the severe pain in his body, the old emperor straightened his waist, straightened his chest, and his bloodshot eyes were constantly emitting a scorching light, "This is the Tao of my Gongsun clan...... Even if you are the king of Canglan, even if you are already full-fledged and have heavy troops, even if you are as skilled as a cloud and proud of Kyushu...... So what? Even if you ascend to heaven and become a god one day, you still can't be called a lonely widow in front of me, a minister is a minister after all, and the king is the true destiny...... It is for the sake of the upper and lower dignity, and the etiquette is often ...... In this case, why should I be afraid of losing?"

“......”

"Are you very disdainful?" At the moment when Liu Chen lowered his head, the old emperor sneered, shook his head and sighed lightly: "I know that from the moment you returned to Chang'an as an adult, you looked down on me from the bottom of your heart...... The people support you because you value love and righteousness, in front of his wife, King Canglan is a good husband, in front of friends and brothers, King Canglan is a good big brother, and even in the eyes of those legendary powers whose eyes are above the top, King Canglan is the future of the empire and the future of the human race...... All these beautiful illusions are because you don't know the weight of the top!"

"What is the importance of Ding?" Liu Chen raised his head, his gaze like electricity.

"Jiuding, the Son of Heaven, Sheji Kyushu, all living beings are heirs...... You can know that when the husband is angry, blood is splashed in five steps! The vicissitudes of life are killed, and the walls are cleared! The Son of Heaven is stunned, and the rise and fall at a glance makes all living beings suffer...... It's very important!" Looking at Liu Chen's eyes full of meaning, the old emperor seemed to be smiling, "So, as you wish, I can rest assured that I can give you a female emperor...... The premise is that you have to be able to keep my country......"

"If you can't hold it?"

"On the bridge, my uncle is waiting for you!"

“......”

"Yi'er!" leaned back on the soft bed like a detachment, the old emperor's chest fluctuated greatly, wheezing violently, like a roaring bellows, fluttering eyes, like a faint flame, the wind and snow outside the hall, life and death in the hall, "Rose, she is like your mother, only stronger...... She respects you and fears you because she has you in her heart...... After a year of scrutiny, I found that she was the best of all the emperors...... She'll be a good emperor and she'll keep you free to do what you have to do...... You have to remember that even if one day, she has become a ruthless and unrighteous woman, don't blame her, why she embarked on this path of forgetfulness, because she once lost all the best ...... in her life like me" (To be continued. )