In the prosperous palace, the emperor stood on a high tower and looked up into the distance. Although it was early autumn, the wind already carried the smell of decaying leaves.
The prince and the princess walked up to the city wall together, looking at the emperor's slightly sad back. After a moment, the prince turned around and took a large cloak from the hands of the palace maid and handed it to the prince.
The prince took it, slowly approached the emperor, and said: "Father, it's getting cold. You...don't catch a cold."
As he spoke, he shook off his cloak and put it on the emperor.
The emperor nodded slightly, folded his cloak with his hands, and exhaled: "It's warm."
The prince felt depressed and looked into the distance with the emperor. After all, he couldn't help but persuaded: "Father, you'd better let Mr. Yan take care of it for you!"
The emperor twitched his lips: "Shengwen treats me every day."
"Not just using spiritual power to sort it out, but using elixirs..." the prince said eagerly.
"Shut up!" The emperor scolded the prince in a rare and severe manner. He turned around and said seriously: "How can I violate the iron rules I have set myself?"
"But Father, you..." There was moisture in the prince's eyes and his nose was slightly sour.
"Okay!" The emperor softened his tone, took a few deep breaths, closed his eyes and said, "This late autumn smell is what I smell right now, full of decay."
"Father!" The prince felt uncomfortable and knelt down.
"Get up, you are the crown prince, and you will ascend the throne soon. Don't kneel down again!" The emperor's voice was very calm, as if he was talking not about the inheritance of the throne, but about today's weather.
"Father!" The prince could not say anything else, but his admiration for the emperor and the sadder scene against the backdrop of the weather made his heart clogged.
The princess also knelt down, and the guards and eunuchs on the tower also knelt down.
"Father, today is your tomorrow. You need to remember the iron rules I have set. No matter how much you are unwilling to accept, how many unfulfilled wishes you have, and how many unfulfilled ambitions you have yet to carry out, you must not violate this iron rule!"
"My son, I obey!" the prince said in a sad tone.
"Okay, I'm not dead yet!" The emperor smiled softly, "Didn't I say there are still a few months left?"
The prince was choked with sobs and could not speak, but he stood up obediently.
Looking side by side with the emperor at the splendid capital, the prince did not feel the joy of inheriting the throne at all, because he truly loved his father in his heart.
"Prince, look at the prosperous capital. Soon, white flags may be hung up to mourn for me, but not long after, they will be decorated with lights again. This is the capital, this is the world!" The emperor stretched out his arm to hug the prince's hand.
He raised his shoulder and asked him to take a step forward, "I say this because I want to tell you that since ancient times, the emperor has been like a crucian carp crossing the river, but the world will always be the same world! So, don't take yourself too seriously, don't take the throne too seriously
What’s going on!”
The prince's heart was like a mess. Although he felt that his father's words must have profound meaning at this moment, he could not find the energy to understand them carefully. However, he still bowed and said, "My son, I obey the order."
The emperor chuckled, patted the prince's back hard, and at the same time looked at the solemn-looking princess not far behind him.
"Although the Crown Princess is not your original wife, she is a qualified Crown Princess and will also be a qualified Queen in the future. You must treat her well!" The Emperor lowered his voice and said to the Prince.
The prince lowered his eyes: "She...is very good."
The emperor sighed and said: "Don't blame her for what happened to the emperor's eldest grandson. In fact, I still don't really hope that the queen will teach the emperor's eldest grandson. But she is the queen after all, and I can't always refute her words."
"My son understands."
"You don't understand!" The emperor shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Speaking of which, the Crown Princess was also implicated by me."
"My father's words really frightened my son."
"Actually, I know the process of the Crown Princess reprimanding the Emperor's eldest grandson that day. She did nothing wrong at all. As the future prince, the Emperor's eldest grandson is a bit... irritable. The Crown Princess really took him as a future prince to train him. It's a pity that he was
The queen saw it!" The emperor couldn't help but sigh when he thought of what happened that day.
It is said that although the Crown Princess already had her own legitimate son, she did not slack off at all in teaching the Emperor's eldest grandson. However, before and after she gave birth, the Emperor's eldest grandson was taken care of by the Queen, so she inevitably indulged her a little. After the Crown Princess taught the Emperor's eldest grandson again, she
I found that he was quite disobedient to discipline.
That day, the eldest grandson of the emperor had some birds captured. He actually just listened to the instigation of the palace servants and said that the feathers just plucked under the necks of the birds were the softest, so he asked the guards to pluck the feathers from the birds' necks in front of him while they were still alive.
, just to test whether this sentence is true.
The Crown Princess happened to see this scene, so she shouted to stop, and after all the palace people went down, she educated the Emperor's eldest grandson alone in the room.
Unexpectedly, the emperor's eldest grandson got angry, pushed the princess, rushed out of the door and ran to complain to the queen.
The princess bumped into the door frame, her head buzzing.
She felt that if she didn't discipline her, the emperor's eldest grandson would become a cruel person, so she suppressed her dizziness and went to the queen. As you can imagine, the outcome was that the queen gave the princess a good beating.
The Crown Princess lost the right to teach the emperor's eldest grandson, and when the queen kicked her out, the emperor's eldest grandson was still making faces at her in the queen's arms.
The emperor's eldest grandson came here to complain earlier, which shows that he was just acting.
If it had been any time in the past, the Queen would have asked the Crown Princess what happened. After all, after several years of getting along with her, she also knew a lot about the Crown Princess's personality.
However, the emperor happened to go to Tong Yao's place that day, and the palace servants quietly told the queen. Moreover, the informer also revealed that Tong Yao owned a flying chariot.
The queen felt deeply aggrieved. It was said that after the emperor publicly used the flying chariot, he only took her to ride it for a while, and then he would not let her ride again.
And Tong Yao not only occupied the emperor's entire body and mind in recent years, but also owned the flying chariot that the queen dreamed of!
So the Crown Princess was hit by a gun that day.
Although the emperor was very sorry when he found out, his queen had made things difficult for the princess because she was jealous, so he could only pretend not to know about such things.
The prince could only remain silent after hearing this. With his respected wife on one side and his mother on the other, he finally experienced the taste of making sandwich cakes.
Maybe the Queen usually listens to his words, but when it comes to the Crown Princess and the Emperor's eldest grandson, the Queen always has something to say. She will interpret the Crown Prince's position from a tricky angle.
In the Queen's view, the biological mother of the emperor's eldest grandson is in the front no matter what her character is. According to the folk saying, today's crown princess is just a house filler. According to the rules, when filling a house, one must perform concubine etiquette in front of the legitimate wife's memorial tablet.
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Therefore, the Queen didn't care whether the Crown Princess had good intentions or not. She felt from the bottom of her heart that the Crown Princess was not qualified to teach the Emperor's eldest grandson.
This is her pride as the first wife of the empress of the palace.
"Prince, I have something to ask you." The emperor suddenly said.
"Father, please give me your orders!" The prince was frightened.
"After I leave, be kind to Tong Yao and don't let your mother bully her!"
The prince hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, father, don't worry, she is not only your...your...child lady, but also my son's teacher."
The emperor suddenly smiled, looked at the prince and said seriously: "You also know what happened to her in the first half of her life. Although she was a national teacher, it was not her wish after all. And she originally wanted to fly away, but I was begging for mercy.
Lai caught her, so it’s not her fault!”
"My son, I understand." The prince said dullly.
"I think you also understand that just like you do to Yan Shuangyu, I can't let go!"
The prince's heart still throbbed a little when he mentioned Yan Shuangyu, and then he truly understood his father's feelings for Tong Yao.
"Father, son..." The prince had so many things to say to the emperor. It was rare that the emperor mentioned Yan Shuangyu, and it was rare that he mentioned Tong Yao, who was usually silent. The closer the emperor got to him, the more he felt in his heart.
The sadder.
A few months ago, the imperial doctor diagnosed that the emperor was suffering from an incurable disease. Feng Rong and the whole country were helpless. The minister in the palace proposed an idea for the emperor to accept the elixir from the cultivator, but the emperor refused.
The prince didn't understand that if he didn't have this condition, he would naturally have no choice but to accept his fate. However, there were cultivators serving the Fenrong royal family. Even if the elixir in their hands couldn't cure the emperor, where was Yan Xi and his wife, and where was Yan Qingzheng?
Unfortunately, no matter how much I tried to persuade him, the emperor refused to agree.
The prince went to Yan Xi privately and asked him to persuade the emperor. After all, the emperor was very kind to Yan Xi and almost obeyed his words.
However, Yan Xi said that he had persuaded him a long time ago. The emperor's firmness of mind was very rare, but it was also very rare and worthy of learning from all future heirs to the throne.
Yan Xi repeated the emperor's principles, and even taught the prince both inside and outside his words that he should follow the emperor's example and stick to the bottom line in the future.
The prince was filled with anger, but when he returned to the East Palace, the prince straightened his thoughts.
To put it simply, there are only four words: there is a difference between immortals and mortals.
If the royal family took the lead in breaking this boundary, then the practitioners would have reason to break the rule of not seeking to usurp the throne.
The prince understood, and at the same time he respected his father immensely.
It is obviously very human for people, especially emperors, to be able to resist such temptation.
He agreed with the emperor's persistence, but occasionally he still felt heartbroken and struggled.
"Father, Your Highness, the wind has picked up, go back." Seeing that the conversation between father and son had come to an end, the Crown Princess interjected.
The emperor nodded gently: "The princess said, go back."
Even though he said this, he still couldn't help but look back to the east three times a step.
The prince knew that the emperor was still thinking about Prince Xuan.
"Father, there is no news from Hong Wen yet. I think the young emperor's uncle has not left isolation yet... Please, don't come and wait every day." The prince's eyes were sore and he felt bitter in his heart.
"I didn't come here specifically to wait for Rong Che, I also wanted to see more of this world!" The emperor smiled freely, but he couldn't hide the anticipation in his eyes.
"Speaking of which, the little emperor's uncle has embarked on the path of cultivating immortals..." The prince sighed with emotion, also wanting to change the topic.
"Yes, in my impression, he is still a stubborn child, with a straight face every day..." The emperor recalled, and the corners of his eyes became wet.
Suddenly, he blinked, then blinked again...
A black dot flew rapidly from the east, becoming clear and huge in the blink of an eye.
A small boat descended from the sky, ignoring the mess of guards and hovering above the city tower.
"Brother Imperial?" A voice came from above, and the emperor's heart trembled, and then a man in purple clothes wrapped in gold jumped down from above, who could it be if it wasn't Rong Che!