Chapter 98

The night was dark. Behind Huguo Temple, **** Cao Jin stood aside, looking at the figure in front of him who had been standing alone in Tallinn for a long time, and was very puzzled.

One dynasty, the emperor and the courtier, he belonged to the former emperor. After the former emperor left, he thought he would be abandoned, but he did not expect that after the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he would continue to entrust him with great importance and trust everywhere. Apart from his gratitude, he naturally doubled. Loyalty works.

To the west of Hexi, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains at the end, there is a lonely city named Jincheng. In the past two years, after being forced to stay away from Hexi, Beiren turned their attention to the Tianshan Mountains. Although there were only two thousand soldiers stationed in the golden city, these two thousand people not only defeated the alien races who came to invade many times, but also smashed their attempts to take this stronghold, and the isolated city stood still. It has become the safety guarantee for the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the passage connecting Hexi and the Western Regions, which has been broken for decades since the previous dynasty, can travel smoothly again.

The camel caravans of merchants are coming and going between the Western Regions and Hexi again, in an endless stream. Not only that, but today, the imperial court received news that the countries of Dawan, Anxi, and Yuezhi in the Western Regions admired the prosperity and prosperity of the Eastern Kingdom. Whether or not to communicate.

This news made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty feel honored, but for some reason, after the young emperor retired from the court today, he did not see how excited he was.

The boy’s eyes kept falling in the depths of Tallinn, and suddenly, his back moved slightly.

“Cao Jin, how did you recognize the late emperor in the past?” He didn’t look back, just asked.

The **** was silent for a moment, then said: “Slaves are inherently humble and incomplete. When they were seven years old, they were sold by their parents to a boat owner who was traveling along the Yangtze River for two copper coins. The man raised the slaves like dogs, and the slaves worked on his boat. At the age of thirteen, the man lost a package of guest goods, lost some money, drank wine on the boat that night, and vented his anger with his slaves. He took off the slaves’ clothes, tied them with ropes, took The candle burned the slave’s lower body. The slave’s pain was unbearable, begging him, as long as the slave was spared, the slave was willing to do anything for him, but he laughed even louder, just when the slave was so painful that he was about to faint, the slave saw a younger than the slave. Someone just a few years older suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water, boarded the boat and killed the owner…”

He was clearly talking about the sad past, but his tone was very calm, as if it were all other people’s affairs. Until he said this, his tone stopped for a while and turned into a low voice.

“That person was the late emperor. At that time, he was wounded, his face was pale, from head to toe, wet and bleeding. After killing the ship’s owner, he threw the body into the water and sat on the ship’s owner before drinking. At the place, poured a glass of wine, drank it, turned around and asked the servant, if you want to work with him and do things for him.”

“This is how the slaves were able to serve the late emperor back then.”

After the **** finished speaking, seeing that the boy in front of him was silent, he hesitated, then bowed and said, “Your Majesty, it’s getting late, it’s time to go back.”

The boy continued to stand for a while, then turned away silently. After leaving the temple, under the **** of the accompanying people, he quietly entered the palace just like leaving the palace.

The young man was in a trance and his steps were heavy. When he walked outside the palace gate of Yuanchen Palace, the palace servant knelt down to greet him and said, “Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has arrived in the capital, and she is in the imperial study at the moment.”

The young man raised his eyes and looked at the brightly lit palace gate in front of him, his eyes flashing with joy quickly. He took a few steps and made one step, and hurried up the palace steps.

On this young man’s body, the usual Junwei was no longer seen, and he almost ran, rushing inwards.

There was no palace servant in the hall, only a woman, she stood towards the window, although her back was turned, but the young man recognized it at a glance.

“Mother!”

Excited, he couldn’t help himself, and he blurted out to call her that.

Mu Fulan turned around and his eyes fell on his face.

She should have entered the capital in a hurry. There was a look of weariness on her face, but her eyes were quiet and unprecedented.

The teenager immediately caught the anomaly from her, and a sense of panic suddenly appeared in his heart.

His heart sank slightly. He stopped, stood in front of her, and said with a smile, “Mother, why did you come back all of a sudden? Why didn’t you tell your son earlier so that he could pick you up?”

Mu Fulan looked into his eyes and looked at him without speaking.

The young man hesitated for a while, then said softly, “Mother, what’s wrong with you? Are you in trouble…”

“Xi’er, I’m here to ask you, do you have something to deceive me?”

She took every word, and when she said “deceived me”, her vocal cords became slightly harsh.

The last smile on the boy’s lips also froze.

He and his mother looked at each other and slowly lowered their eyes.

He knelt down toward her, kowtowed deeply, and touched the ground with his forehead.

Mu Fulan looked at the young man kneeling at her feet, and suddenly the last **** scene of the previous life flashed before her eyes. At this moment, her heart suddenly cramped again, just like many years ago, when she was reborn in this world and remembered She lost the feeling of Xi as a child, exactly the same. It broke our hearts.

For a moment, she could barely breathe.

The man in this world, he never died. He is still alive.

She clenched her fists tightly, her nails sinking deep into her palm.

“When did you know?” Her voice was a little erratic.

The boy was still kneeling at her feet as he did a moment ago, without opening his mouth, his shoulders gradually trembled.

“I want you to tell me!” Suddenly, Mu Fulan shouted sharply.

The boy was shocked, and finally raised his head, his eyes reddened.

“Do you still remember that year, when you took me out of Hexi, to escape the chaos, and entered Pucheng? After I came out, I told you that I had that dream. It was true, in Pucheng. One night, I had that dream. Mother, you told me at the time that my dream was just a dream, and you told me not to think about it. After I came back, I wanted to listen to your words and forget it. But I can’t forget it. , because then one after another, I dreamed the same thing again. Although you didn’t say it, I knew that you wouldn’t want to see me dreaming about this kind of thing all the time, so I didn’t tell you again, I was in If nothing happened in front of you, I don’t want you to worry about me.”

“It’s been more than a year. One night, I had that dream again. When I woke up, my heart was very sad. Mother, I always felt that what I dreamed had really happened. But I don’t want to believe that the emperor will treat you like this. That night, I couldn’t sleep anymore, I took out the sword he gave me before. After pulling it out, I accidentally cut my hand, blood Flowing on the sword…”

“Mother, you may think I’m talking nonsense. But every word I say is true. At the moment when my blood was stained on the sword, I remembered everything, the past, everything. I also I finally understand all your pain, mother, why you have such an attitude when you face him.”

“In this lifetime, no matter how good he is to me, I can’t forgive him. As long as I think about how you were hung upside down after your death, mother, I can’t forgive him. He must be punished. So later, I took advantage of his guilt, took his throne, and finally forced him away. Mother, I shouldn’t lie to you, but if he is still in front of you, he is still alive, mother, you How can you really let go of the past and live your life well?”

The boy’s eyes were red, his voice choked, and he kowtowed to her again.

“Mother! Please forgive me…”

Mu Fulan closed his eyes and stood, as if he was in a state of concentration.

“He’s not dead, so where has he been?”

After a long time, she finally opened her eyes and asked.

The young man paused.

“Jincheng…” he said in a low voice.

Mu Fulan turned around and took a step.

“Mother!”

The boy stretched out his hand and grabbed the corner of her skirt.

“Jincheng is too far. The soldiers were replaced by his son. After he went, no one of those recruits knew who he was.”

“He won’t die so soon. My son knew that his old wounds were not healed, and he also sent someone to find Yaoweng and asked him to go there.”

“What he has earned today is the punishment he deserves, and even he has no complaints. Mother, he is not worthy of your forgiveness, mother!”

Mu Fulan turned her face.

She said, “Have you ever wondered why he didn’t take advantage of the victorious pursuit and sent troops to destroy the small court going south? If my guess is correct, at that time, he should have been aware of your premeditated plan. But He still went to pacify the north by himself, leaving behind this small court, so that you can get this opportunity to make merit and prestige in front of your subjects.”

The boy was stunned, and the hand that held the corner of her skirt slowly released, and finally slipped down weakly.

“I’ve made one mistake all along.” Mu Fulan continued.

“In this lifetime, from the morning when I opened my eyes in Xie County and woke up, I have not been the me of my previous life. You are not the Xi’er of the previous life. And Xie Changgeng, he is not the Xie Changgeng of the previous life. All of us are no longer the selves of our previous lives, but all of us have slipped into the cage and are trapped in a cocoon, completely unaware of looking back.”

“He doesn’t have to be guilty of what he didn’t do, I need to get to know someone again, live for myself, and you—”

She lowered her head and looked down at the boy who was still kneeling on the ground, looking up at her.

“Listen to me, since he willingly gave you this position, you will be the emperor of this world, no matter whether you recognize him or not. In this way, it can be regarded as living up to the fate of your life.”

After she finished speaking, she walked away.

The young man stared at her fading back, suddenly, he got up from the ground, ran after her, threw himself behind her, and knelt down again.

“Mother! Is it really Xi’er’s fault? Mother—” The boy’s voice choked, echoing in her ears.

Mu Fulan’s footsteps stopped for a while, then she raised her head, continued to walk, and left the palace, her figure gradually disappeared between the heavy halls under the night.