I am destined to be with you. Even if my soul leaves my body, no little devil dares to touch me.
In this world, I can still run rampant.
I want to watch Xia Zi'an die with my own eyes, and watch you, Murong Jie, suffer for the rest of your life. Even if I seize the throne, I will have to pay a price.
However, I really can't imagine that they can be reunited as a couple. What kind of power is protecting them
Well, now he has both a son and a daughter, and as a father, it is impossible for him not to plan for the future of his children.
Is he really willing to submit to my son? Impossible.
I still didn't leave and stared at him.
But, am I wrong? Murong Jie didn't pull the prince down
No, I couldn't have guessed him wrong. He might not have had ambitions before, but after becoming the regent, how could he still be the same as before
He must be afraid that it will be difficult to satisfy everyone. Murong Jie is a man who seeks fame and reputation and wants to protect his reputation. He will definitely find a way to find San'er's faults and then drive him out of office.
I waited year after year, year after year, and Murong Jie actually took his family to the South.
Did I really guess wrong
Does Murong Jie really have no ambition to become emperor
No, I cannot accept such an outcome. Such an outcome is tantamount to a slap in my face. What I did in the beginning was unnecessary. My speculation about him was the result of a petty person and the behavior of a tyrant.
But, is there anyone in this world who doesn’t like to be an emperor
Murong Jie is a man of great talent, so why would he be willing to be misunderstood
No matter how hard you try, I'm afraid no one will believe it.
Before the Qingming Festival of the tenth year after San'er ascended the throne, Murong Jie returned to Beijing with his family.
I know that this time they are probably trying to seize power.
But, Seventh Brother, you missed the best time. San'er is already able to stand on his own.
After settling down, he entered the palace to meet the emperor according to the etiquette of a vassal king.
San'er actually treated him with great courtesy. Silly son, do you know that this time they are coming for your throne
Murong Jie participated in the Qingming Festival that year.
After the Qingming Festival, he did not leave, but stayed in front of my tablet. After everyone left, he took a pot of wine and poured it in front of the tablet.
I know that he wants to settle accounts with me.
Okay, I just want to hear his true feelings.
His ambition may be hidden from others, but not from me.
"Royal brother, we two brothers haven't had a drink together for a long time." He raised his head, took a sip, and said while looking at my tablet.
He looked a little playful, but I could see a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"You have a good son. Although he is young, he has your style and governs the Great Zhou very well."
"Do you know why I chose him? Because he is very similar to you when you were young, smart but reserved, calm but motivated. Not many things can hold him back. He always puts the people of Great Zhou and the country of Great Zhou first."
"Drink it, I'm toasting to you for having a good son."
He poured more wine and took another sip himself, as if he was really drinking with me.
"Father said before that I would achieve great things in the future. Actually, he misjudged me. I don't have any ambitions. My only ambition is to make the Great Zhou Dynasty last for thousands of years and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment. It doesn't matter who becomes the emperor, as long as the emperor truly works for the people. San'er is good, really good."
He kept talking, talking about San'er's achievements, the changes in the Great Zhou, and the barbarians coming to serve as ministers. I knew all of this and didn't need him to say anything.
However, he looked very proud, as if San'er was his son.
He talked on and on for more than half an hour. Finally, he put down the wine pot and stared at the tablet of my emperor. "I will stay in Beijing for a few days. This time I leave, and I probably won't come back unless there is something else."
He turned and walked away. The wind outside the hall was strong, blowing up his robe.
I vaguely remember that I was seriously ill at that time. After he finished dealing with the tedious government affairs, he came to Xiwei Palace to see me. It was always very late when he came.
As he left, I saw his robe disappear behind the curtain.
My heart suddenly aches.
What did I do
He is my own younger brother. He has been close to me since childhood. He loves to follow me, holding my sleeve, and occasionally looking up and smiling at me with admiration in his eyes.
I knelt before the ancestral tablets and cried inconsolably.
I have never been able to calm down and take a walk around this harem, not even after my death for many years.
Before I leave, I decided to take a walk around this palace and take a look at the scenery inside.
I saw Hu Huanling. She was talking with concubines in the imperial garden. She looked much older. She was only in her early thirties, but she looked like a woman in her forties.
The loneliness in the harem cannot be dispelled by one's position.
No one lives in Yanxi Palace anymore. Concubine Xi has died long ago. Now, except for Concubine Jin, there is no other concubine of the late emperor.
I met the third son's daughter, who looked very much like Ah Man. She was not very pretty, but had a good temperament. She was taking care of her nephew in the imperial garden with a stern face. Like the third son, she was a child who was particular about everything.
I met Xia Zian.
She also sat in the imperial garden. She became more and more beautiful and looked very much like Ayu.
She watched the children play with a peaceful smile on her face.
I never looked at her properly.
But this time, when I calmed down, I felt that her eyes were very pure.
Her two children, strange to say, look nothing alike. One looks like the seventh child, and the other looks like her. They are very similar.
I also saw someone I hadn’t seen for a long time, Sun Fanger.
I think Sun Fang'er's appearance is second only to Ayu. Of course, some people think she is prettier than Ayu.
But now her face is covered with blue-black scars, like earthworms.
She was suffering from the backlash of the poison and was not completely cured, so there were always a few days in a month when she was like this.
She sat there quietly as usual, but the fear and gloom in her eyes were no longer as before.
She even laughs.
She has no children.
I also saw my original wife, Liang.
She is now named the noble concubine and sits with Axin and Axin's wife.
Axin’s wife is Yier, a princess of Daliang.
I looked at Liang carefully. In the past, because of the Grand Tutor, I always had a lot of resentment towards Liang!
However, as a young couple, there was some affection between them. She was no longer crazy. She sat there holding her little grandson. She turned back with a smile and reminded her older grandson who was playing to be more careful.
Axin is somewhat similar to Lao Qi and has a similar temperament. He sits there with a calm expression on his face, but joy can be seen in his eyes.
I didn't expect that Axin could actually forgive Liang.
My deposed crown prince died two years ago. When Liang found out, she ordered people to bury him. Instead of burying him in my royal ancestral tomb, a small mound was dug outside the tomb as his final resting place.
The tutor also died a miserable death. No one found his body for several days until it started to stink, and then the neighbors discovered it.
I watched the bustle in the Imperial Garden slowly fade away.
Suddenly, a child was heard saying, "Look, who is that?"
He pointed in my direction and looked in my direction.
He can actually see me
He is my nephew, Hutou, and I heard his full name is Murong Jin!
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, but their expressions were blank.
Tiger head, this child...
But that’s not my business anymore. I have to go.
(End of this chapter)