People are all like this, but at this moment, Murong Zheng's inner thoughts were pointed out mercilessly by Murong Kai, which still made him feel a little embarrassed.
Since he ascended the throne, few people spoke to him like this. The Empress Dowager didn't care at all, but she had been gone for more than ten years.
After taking such a detour for so long, I now suddenly realize that this is what they mean by "honest advice hurts the ear".
"Akai, please let father reconsider it. I will give you an answer tomorrow."
Murong Zheng finally backed down. In the relationship between father and son, as long as the father loves his son, he can only be the one who backs down in the end.
What he wanted now was to find another good way to avoid sending Murong Kai to Bei'an as a hostage.
"Father, whether you are willing or not, I will go, not only because of the Ruyi Bottle, but also for a person."
When Murong Kai spoke, his eyes were full of tenderness. Yes, the Ruyi Bottle and the like were all excuses. He just wanted to leave with Ah Man.
"Your mother, these are not easy for you." Murong Zheng thought about it again and again, and this was the biggest reason lingering in his mind, and it also became the only reason.
"If mother hadn't locked herself in the palace, she would still be Concubine Jin. Even without your favor, she would still be able to protect me. However, she couldn't see the love between you and Dong, and left me, a child, in this huge palace. Over the years, I have suffered a lot, which cannot be explained in a few words. My life was given by you and mother, but my survival has nothing to do with you or her. If it weren't for Ah Man, you, father, wouldn't be able to see me now. When mother came out, Murong Kai would have been gone."
Murong Kai spoke slowly, but his words were so cold that they made people's hearts palpitate.
"It's not that I can't fight against the Dong family's schemes in the palace. I'm just tired. No one cares if I live or die, so I might as well make you happy. But I didn't expect that when I gave up on myself, someone would pick me up when I was determined to die."
"Her power was not in my Great Zhou, but she took action against the Dong family for me. I only had one feeling at that time: it felt so good to be cared for and protected by others."
"He saved my life. She is the only warmth I want to hold on to."
After Murong Kai finished speaking, he slowly left. Murong Zheng looked at his back and was stunned for a long time.
He was now certain that even without the Ruyi Bottle, his son would have left with a woman.
Because that woman gave him warmth when he was most desperate.
But none of them, his father, his mother, and the people in the palace, gave him the warmth he wanted.
Before, Murong Zheng only felt that he had lost Concubine Jin, so he just wanted to make up for it with Murong Kai.
Now he realized that he could not make up for Murong Kai.
Dong, Dong, all this is Dong’s fault.
Murong Zheng was not unaware of his own reasons, but now it seemed that only by blaming others could he feel a moment of comfort.
When he put all his resentment on Dong, he clearly realized what he had lost over the years because of Dong.
The Empress Dowager left the palace in disappointment, the Empress and herself were just a couple in name only, Concubine Jin and other concubines became more and more disappointed in her the more they loved her, and her own prince was drifting further and further away from her.
If it was really Dong who saved his life, even though he lost so much, at least he could still get someone's true love and Murong Jie's admiration, but what was the result
He felt that he had been fooled by Dong.
Originally, he had the favor of the Imperial Grandmother, the support of the Queen, the friendship of the concubines, and the happiness of having a son sitting in her lap.
But now, he has nothing.
In the end, it was all in vain.
Hatred took root and sprouted in this huge void, burning his sanity.
"Ask the eldest prince to come over." Murong Zheng whispered to the eunuch behind him.
"Your Majesty, you said you wanted to block the news. If we look for the eldest prince again, I'm afraid..." The young eunuch was so sad that he wanted to cry but had no tears.
It is the Emperor who wants to block the news, but Your Majesty keeps meeting people one after another, how can you block the news
By then, if the news cannot be blocked, it will be his responsibility.
(End of this chapter)