"Since I took the throne, I have wanted to reorganize the entire Xixuan, but unfortunately I have more than my heart but not enough strength, so I can only let them eat away at the foundation of Xixuan bit by bit." Emperor Xixuan stroked the armrest with one hand. The faucet looked disappointed.
When Eunuch Cao heard this, he quickly comforted him, "Your Majesty, now His Royal Highness the King of England is helping you collect evidence and punish those worms, you can rest assured."
When Emperor Xixuan heard the words, he paused, turned his eyes to look at the little eunuch who had been with him for decades and accompanied him since childhood, and now he is the **** Cao Zhi, suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, " Do you also think I'm being too harsh on Xu'er? Too cold-blooded?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Cao lowered his head, "Your Majesty, this old slave doesn't know how to answer."
Emperor Xixuan laughed when he heard the words, but he quickly subsided after laughing, with a complicated expression on his face, "Cao Zhi, you actually think so too, don't you? I'm just afraid of my punishment, so I don't dare to tell the truth."
Eunuch Cao lowered his head lower and sighed softly, "Your Majesty, your heart has long been defined, and nothing the old servant says can affect your decision."
Emperor Xixuan shook his head, "You old and cunning fellow!"
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty." Eunuch Cao licked his face.
Emperor Xixuan choked, then snorted coldly.
What Cao Zhi said was right. No matter whether he felt guilty about Xu'er or not, once he decided to do something, he would not be allowed to change it. At that moment, everything was a foregone conclusion.
"Your Majesty, the fourth prince asks to see you." At this time, a small eunuch entered the hall to report.
When Emperor Xixuan heard the words, the cloud turned sunny, "Quickly tell the fourth prince to enter the hall."
After a while, Xiao Ran had already stepped into the imperial study.
"See Royal Father." Xiao Ran saluted towards Emperor Xixuan with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"No rules!" Emperor Xixuan pretended to be unhappy, but the smile lines on his face had betrayed his mood at this time.
Xiao Ran smiled, "Father, do we need to talk about the rules? Wouldn't that be too emotional?"
"Nonsense, where did you learn these weird words?" Emperor Xixuan shook his head with a smile. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Emperor Xixuan was in a good mood at this time. blame him.
Xiao Ran suddenly felt a little dazed when he heard the words, and a charming smile appeared in his mind, "Hey, you still think about it with me? Don't you know that talking about money hurts feelings?"
"Ran'er, what are you thinking?" Emperor Xixuan called out when he saw that he was distracted.
Xiao Ran recovered from his memories, then smiled and said, "Go back to the father, my son is thinking that the eldest brother will be leaving the capital for almost half a year, and I miss him very much. I don't know where he has gone now and how he is doing. Like? After all, it’s no better than Kyoto outside, and many conditions can’t keep up.”
Emperor Xixuan lowered his head, glanced at the cases in front of him, and sighed, "It's true that more than half a year has passed. You are a good boy, and you still miss your imperial brother."
"Father, I want to see the first emperor." Xiao Ran said suddenly, this was a thought that had been circling in his mind. Since Qingyan left, he felt that the whole day had become boring. He had such a feeling, but he never thought that his life would be wonderful because of a person's walk in, and sad because of a person's departure.
In fact, what he wanted to see was not the eldest brother, but the girl who lit up his whole summer.
"Ran'er, you have grown up, don't say such childish words!" Emperor Xixuan suddenly looked at Xiao Ran with a serious face. He wanted to cultivate this son, so he shouldn't get too close to Xu'er. Otherwise, in the future, everything will be difficult to do.
Xiao Ran pursed his lips, although he didn't know why his father's words and deeds occasionally showed him to resist him from getting close to the eldest brother, while his mother-in-law explicitly forbade him.
Before, he didn't understand, but in the past half a year, he vaguely had the answer.
Xiao Ran smiled, "Imperial Father, my son is joking with you, even if my son is out of the city now, he will not be able to catch up with the eldest brother. If he really misses him, he will wait for the eldest brother to set up camp in the Fuli Mountains, and then the son will come over. Come visit him! When the time comes, the minister will also see the mountain range that is rumored to be rich in products!"
Then Emperor Xixuan nodded reassuringly, "However, it's an eventful time now, you just need to study the courses given by your father, and it will come in handy when you are strong enough in the future."
Cao Zhi was standing in the hall, and when he heard Emperor Xixuan's words, he lowered his head even lower. Anyone who knew the situation a little bit would be able to hear the hints in Emperor Xixuan's words.
The entire Xixuan will be handed over to the Fourth Prince sooner or later.
Xiao Ran nodded solemnly, he knew that his father had high hopes for him, and even his mother and concubine had been urging him to study and practice martial arts.
"Don't worry, Father, I will not let you down!"
"Good boy!" Emperor Xixuan nodded in satisfaction, then waved to him, "Come and let the emperor see how tall you are now?"
When Xiao Ran heard the words, he immediately strode forward and said with a smile, "Mother concubine said that my son has grown a lot taller!"
Emperor Xixuan touched his head and nodded in relief, "That's right, it's raised a lot. It is estimated that by today next year, you will be as tall as your father."
Next year, Xiao Ran will be thirteen. By then, the entire Xixuan will be almost rectified, and he will be able to participate in politics.
Cao Zhi looked at the happy father and son in front of him, as if they were no different from ordinary fathers and sons.
This is how His Majesty and the Fourth Prince get along on weekdays.
His Majesty does not have the air of an emperor at all, and it is completely irrelevant to his usual majesty.
It is enough to see that His Majesty is fond of the Fourth Prince.
He suddenly remembered that seven years ago, when His Royal Highness the British King returned to the imperial study after a victory, when His Majesty was receiving envoys from other countries, he seemed to have heard His Royal Highness the British King muttering to himself outside the palace, "I don't know my father. Can the emperor deny it when he sees me? After all, I have grown so big!"
One is often out of sight, trying hard to prove himself, but never getting the treatment he deserves.
A person who does not need to try his best to please, can easily obtain the grace that others cannot enjoy.
This is the difference.
Cao Zhi thought of a concubine who had been imprisoned in a cold palace for many years and said so.
When we care about a person, no matter how many shortcomings the person has, only his good is in our eyes.
But when we don't care about a person at all, no matter how good or hard the person is, he doesn't exist in our eyes.
This is the difference between caring and not caring.
And she is the one who doesn't care.
Cao Zhi looked away and sighed inwardly.
Whenever he saw His Majesty and the Fourth Prince being close and warm, the lonely child who had hidden expectations in his mind couldn't help but come to his mind.
Now that child, maybe he will never look forward to it again!