Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 550
"I will follow you in everything, I will depend on you in everything, I will give you the best teacher, the best courtier, and the most capable soldiers! I will let you learn how to be a crown prince—"

"You, you—" the emperor was so heartbroken that he couldn't help pressing his heart, and said in a hateful voice: "In the end, you are so presumptuous! Such absurdity!"

"A woman can make you so indecisive, make you so cautious, and make you deceive my heart so much!"

The emperor took a deep breath, and with a flick of his wide sleeves, the stack of books and papers flew like snowflakes, and all fell under the hem of Li Xuan's night clothes.

Cao De glanced at the paper, and immediately froze.

"Hands to the Enemy"

Black and white words, under the lamp reveals a cold light.

"Father..." Li Xuanye closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly, as if he was trying to stabilize his emotions, and suppressed his voice: "Father, this matter—"

"Shut up!"

He only uttered a few words, and was immediately cut off by the emperor angrily, "Don't call me emperor father! I don't have a son like you!"

The emperor sneered, and raised his finger to point at him, "I raised you so much, I spent half my life working hard, and in the end I was raising a son for the Zhao family!"

"Father..." Li Xuanye was stunned for a moment, but when he saw the heartbroken look on the emperor's face, he stopped trying to defend himself and said in a low voice: "Father, my son is not filial, please forgive me. Calm down."

"You are more than unfilial!" The emperor took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said: "I am the emperor, you are the prince, you deceive me, betray me, this is more than unfilial? You have no father and no king! Forget home and country Shame on my ancestors, shame on the common people in the world!"

A gust of cold wind hit, rolled up the yellowed book paper and flew around, and the lines of handsome ink books pierced the eyes even more.

"The current situation is not stable, the prince is still young, I have to wait for the time..."

"In time, with his hands, you will definitely kill your enemies..."

Li Xuanye clenched his fingers in his sleeves, deeply suppressing the turbulent emotions in his heart.

This is the secret letter he asked the secret guard to collect, and it is the ironclad proof that Zhao Ziyi had contacted the Shen family.

He really had selfish intentions, he thought that he would slowly investigate the matter after the war in Xiliang was settled and the military power was won from the Queen Mother.

At that time, his strength was already strong enough, even if Zhao Ziyi had the earth-shattering ambition hidden behind him, and even the most ulterior trick in his hands, he could still suppress it and minimize the damage.

however……

What he never expected was that the emperor would find out so quickly.

Not only did I know, but the reaction was so intense...

"You forgot all my painstaking efforts! You failed my expectations of you!" The emperor took a few deep breaths, but the tears in his eyes were still flickering, "Tell me, how can I forgive you!"

"Father..." Li Xuanye raised his head, his eyes were clear, his tone was also calm, and he said slowly: "My son withheld this secret letter, except for the selfish consideration for the crown princess, it may not be wrong With the overall situation in mind..."

"Father is angry. If you want to beat and scold me, I should accept it without any complaints. But I implore Father to calm down and think about it—" He knelt on the ground, raised his hand, and put his palm on On the back of the emperor's hand, "The empress dowager has been in power for a long time, and the people in the court have always been unstable. Since King Jiangxia returned to the capital, she has become more powerful, making her reputation even greater. Although the minister has some power of his own, he wants to be with him day and night. Shaking them between them is still a bit of a trick."

"And Zhao Ziyi is a talent you personally selected. He can only stand on our side no matter in terms of interests or emotions. Therefore, even if he has some ulterior ambitions, he wants to use his ministers to achieve For a certain purpose, my son can temporarily tolerate one or two."

The emperor frowned, and couldn't help interrupting: "He uses you for revenge, uses you as a knife, can you bear it? He controls you with sex, uses you as a puppet, can you bear it?" He looked coldly Looking at his son, he said mercilessly: "This is not like you before!"

Li Xuanye did not answer.

The emperor stretched out his hand, pushed his palm away, then pulled out his hand, put it behind his back, turned and walked towards the throne.

"Actually, father can't blame you. Father himself is a person who is trapped by love, so how can he expect you to be truly heartless and desireless?" He left the prince with a lonely back, step by step towards the golden dragon chair,
Accompanied by his slow footsteps, was the cold voice that made his heart feel cold: "Your son is better than your father, I raised you with my own hands, watched you grow up, and watched you get married... Your every move Every word and deed is under my nose, how can I not know what is going on in your heart..."

He approached the dragon chair, but did not take a seat, but stood aside, slowly stroking the armrest carved with flying dragons, like an old general stroking the sword that had been with him for many years, his expression was both cherished and There are regrets.

"It's not like I can't tolerate your affection for that child from the Zhao family, but have you ever thought about—" He turned around, the gentleness between his brows had returned to the past, and he looked at Li Xuanye, with tears flickering in his eyes "I'm 38 this year, which should be the best age for an emperor. It's the time to expand the territory and expand my ambitions. Over the years, I have always wanted to be a good emperor. In the interior, I have cultivated a political and peaceful person." ; Outside, rule the next prosperous world... But this body is getting worse and worse..."

He leaned on the dragon chair and sat down slowly. He was plagued by illnesses all the year round, which made his figure very thin and made his movements a little vain.

Cao De hurriedly bowed up, wanting to help, but he waved his hand and refused.

"I'm getting old..." He leaned on the dragon chair, slowly touched the gemstones on the armrest with his palm, and sighed softly: "... I've been sitting on this dragon chair since I was seven years old and now it's been a full 31 years old. Years..."

He raised his eyes to look at the prince below, "Every night before I go to sleep, when I close my eyes, I always wonder if I can wake up as usual the next day... If not, can my prince sit down smoothly?" On this dragon chair, can those officials of mine support the new king according to their duties..."

"Royal father..." Li Xuanye looked at the emperor and called softly.

The emperor waved his hand, stopped his words, and continued to speak in a low voice: "You have grown up and can take care of the government, but my heart is not at peace for a moment, it is hanging all the time..."

The emperor closed his eyes lightly, as if he was a little tired, and his voice became much softer: "I'm really scared, I'm afraid I'll just go there as soon as I close my eyes, and leave you such a mess..."

"I'm even more afraid now..."

(End of this chapter)