After the young eunuch's voice disappeared, Zhao Dun slowly stood up and walked down from the dragon chair that symbolized the Nine-Five-Year Emperor.
Zhao Dun said:
"I remember that five years ago, when I first saw the treatise on the Eight Kingdoms written by you, I was really amazed by your literary talent. I thought that you would become the pillar of my next generation in Liyang, but when I came from Yuanpu
When I learned from my mouth that you are my bloodline, I was quite relieved.
Originally, I planned to wait for you to return to Beijing and let you go to Xishu with a bottle. After you have enough experience, you may be able to become the next prince, or at the worst, you can be a prince for life.
It's a pity that you are too close to Beiliang, which many people don't want to see. Firstly, you have no background and cannot check and balance Beiliang. Secondly, most of the people in Tai'an City have grudges against Beiliang, so I
I have always suppressed other people's thoughts of letting you enter the ancestral temple. I originally thought that you no longer cared about this.
But it wasn't until you had a battle with Wang Xianzhi that I knew that no one in the world could check and balance you. What happened at the Qintian Prison was my fault, but you also let the Liyang royal family accumulate hundreds of years of experience.
It was destroyed in one day. If I guess correctly, among the experts who worked with you to deal with Qintian Prison, there were people from Beiliang, right?
Your methods are truly extraordinary, far beyond my imagination. With you here, Liyang will have no worries in the future."
Zhao Kai looked at the apologetic emperor who was about to enter his twilight years in front of him, with no sadness or joy in his eyes, and said:
"Zhao Dun, I have no grudge against you. You helped the immortals of Qin Tianjian deal with me. At most, it was just an end to the last trace of blood and family ties between you and me. I came here today not to force you.
If you abdicate, you owe me something else. But what you owe my mother must be repaid!"
After Zhao Kai finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Zhao Dun's figure rose directly into the sky. At the same time, the door of the palace suddenly opened, and Zhao Kai disappeared directly into the palace with Zhao Dun's figure, leaving behind
The queen and several princes stood by and didn't know what was wrong.
It's not that they don't want to call for escorts, it's just that Zhao Dun has previously ordered that no matter what Zhao Kai wants to do, don't act rashly, and he also specially transferred all the trusted guards away, just to prevent Zhao Kai from bloodbathing the palace and Qin Tian Prison.
The destruction of Liyang has caused heavy losses to the Liyang royal family, and they can no longer withstand the casualties.
As Zhao Kai said, the current situation is just a matter of who is willing to compromise. Faced with Zhao Kai's strength, they can only compromise.
Which of the large and small forces in the capital is not a follower of others? They have already made a choice in their hearts between Zhao Dun and Zhao Kai, or in other words, between the other princes and Zhao Kai. They all know that the emperor is old.
He doesn't have many years to live.
Zhao Kai entered the palace in such a grand manner and took Emperor Zhao Dun out of the palace without any cost, but no soldier dared to stop him. Compared with Cao Changqing's several times of entering the palace and turning back, it was a world of difference.
Don't.
Everyone knows that the sky in Liyang is about to change! After today, Emperor Zhao Dun's authority will plummet.
Outside Tai'an City, in front of an ordinary tomb, Zhao Kai and Zhao Dun slowly fell from the sky.
Zhao Kai lit a stick of incense for this ordinary mausoleum, and then said:
"Before this, I had people clear the area around me. My mother kept a low profile during her lifetime.
So I don’t need you to show it to the world, just show it to her. Your identity today is not a lofty emperor, but a heartless man paying homage to his dead wife!
And I am just an illegitimate son who wants to get an explanation for my mother! If you don’t kneel down, then take your children to the countryside to retire. When you die, I will let you build your own.
Statue, I have been kneeling here for thousands of years. I don’t care about the reputation I bear. Whatever I do, I have a clear conscience.
My mother was kind to others all her life. From the time I can remember, there was never a day when she was happy. Why did you let her die in depression and not even want to see her before she died?
There are so many houses in the palace, why can't I accommodate my mother alone? If you don't love her, why bother provoking her?"
Although his mother has been dead for many years, over the years, Zhao Kai has not wanted to say these words to his cheap father all the time, and has never wanted to point at him and yell at him. But at this time, Zhao Kai calmly said
These words.
Zhao Dun also knew that he was in the wrong and said:
"It's not that the palace can't accommodate her, it's just that your mother is from Xichu. As you know, Xichu at that time was our great enemy in Liyang. It was impossible for me to marry a girl from Xichu. At that time, all the people
When the king seizes the direct descendant, I am not sure of victory."
Zhao Kai sneered:
"This just shows that you will do whatever it takes to get the throne. What does it mean? In the past twenty years, have you ever seen you burn a stick of incense here?
It has been seventeen years since my mother passed away. So, then you can kneel here for seventeen hours. This is a matter between you, me and my mother, and has nothing to do with the imperial power or the world! I will give you a choice.
If you don't want to, you can leave right now, but by that time, I will no longer be the only one entering the palace."
Zhao Kai's words caused Zhao Dun to remain silent for a long time. As Zhao Kai said, public is public and private is private. He will not elevate this matter to any high level.
Then he slowly took off his dragon robe, folded it neatly, and slowly knelt down in front of the tomb.
At the same time, beside him, Zhao Kai also knelt down.
The two of them knelt down for a whole day and night. Zhao Dun, who was already on the verge of death, could not bear this kind of pain, and he would soon be unable to hold on.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Kai casually made a magical talisman to pull him back.
"It's still early, just wait, I won't let you die."
As Yuan Benxi said, Zhao Kai was not willing to bear the name of regicide.
Seventeen hours later, Zhao Kai gently lifted the already exhausted Zhao Kai and said softly:
"Between you and me, things are settled!"
Zhao Dun also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and finally passed out.