I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 141 Emperor Qi: Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... huh?
A small meeting that only Tianzi Qi, Shentujia, and Yuan An participated in came to an incomplete end after Shentujia's sudden cough.

Half an hour later, Shen Tujia finally recovered from the severe cough, Shen Tujia, who had been given needles by the grand master in the palace, and had his pulse recorded, was sent back to the mansion by the Lang Guan in the palace.

That day and night, the news from Shang Guanli finally let the people inside and outside the court secretly heave a long sigh of relief.

Shen Tujia, it's all right.

But Shentu Jia is fine, but it doesn't mean that other people are fine.

——For example, Nei Shi Chao Cuo, who set off from his home early in the morning, wearing court clothes and riding in a carriage...
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The carriage drove slowly on Huayang Street, making a "creaking" rut friction sound.

In the front room of the carriage, Zhong Lang Jiang Zhi had a stern expression on his face, and there was even a hint of sadness between his brows.

At this time, Chao Cuo was wearing court clothes, sitting in the carriage driven by Zhidu himself, and let the carriage drive towards the market that was getting farther and farther away from Weiyang Palace...

"Mr. Chao, aren't you curious?"

"—not curious."

Zhidu asked softly, but only received a cold answer from Chao Cuo, which made Zhidu's already ugly face even more intolerable.

After thinking for a long time, I felt that the words on my lips turned into sighs and inexplicable promises one after another.

"Wife and child at home, Mr. Chao, don't worry..."

"--it is good."

"For the funeral, I will try my best to help..."

"--it is good."

"If possible, I will send Chao Gong's heir to Chao Gong's teacher: Zhang Hui and Zhang Zi..."

"--it is good······"

Listening to the outside of the car window, Zhi Du made promises one after another, but Chao Cuo was still sitting in the car, with his eyes closed, only uttering the word 'good' from time to time.

The carriage just goes all the way, go...
Finally, when they came to the street not far from the market, a slightly old but still full of spirited call sign finally stopped the carriage.

Chao Cuo's eyes, which had been closed all along, finally opened slowly.

"Who's in the carriage?"

Hearing the call sign, Chao Cuo leaned out indifferently, opened the curtain of the car, and looked at the veteran outside the car window.

"The internal history is wrong."

Seeing Chao Cuo poking his head out, the veteran was not surprised, but raised his head with a half-smile: "Mr. Chao, where do you want to go?"

"—Enter the palace to face the saint."

A few short conversations add an inexplicable loneliness to the city of Chang'an at the beginning of spring.

Chao Cuo's house is just outside Weiyang Palace, only one street away from the palace wall;

But here, it is near the market that is several miles away from Weiyang Palace...

"Mr. Chao, please get out of the car."

Hearing Chao Cuo's brief reply, the veteran raised his head with a half-smile and stared at Chao Cuo for a while.

Seeing that Chao Cuo was not annoyed, he just opened the curtain with his hands and looked at himself expressionlessly. The veteran seemed to have had enough of his addiction, and he greeted Chao Cuo to get out of the car.

Afterwards, the veteran took the lead, and the soldiers on both sides of the street opened the way, leading Chao Cuo to a dilapidated abandoned house.

From the moment he walked out of the house in his official uniform and got into the carriage driven by Zhidu himself, until the moment in front of the abandoned house, Chao Cuo didn't make a single question.

Chao Cuo didn't ask Zhidu: Why do you need Zhonglang to send you off when you enter the palace to face the saint?
Chao Cuo didn't ask Zhidu either: Since he was entering the palace to face the saint, why did he drive in the direction of the market?
Until this moment, Chao Cuo stopped in front of this inconspicuous dilapidated house, and still did not speak, asking the veteran beside him: Why did we come here.

It was like everything, Chao Cuo had a premonition;

It seems that everything is preordained...

Under the veteran's gradually admiring eyes, Chao Cuo's face, which had been devoid of all thoughts in the past few months, finally showed some changes.

Seeing that Chao Cuo had settled down, he straightened his waist subconsciously, and carefully arranged the sable crown on his head, the court clothes on his body, and the silver silver hanging from the blue ribbon on his waist.

Finally, Chao Cuo forced a smile and looked up at the small courtyard in front of him.

Reach out and push open the door;
When Chao Cuo's footsteps stepped into the courtyard, looking at Chao Cuo's resolute back, even the veteran who had always been at odds with Chao Cuo couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Ugh······"

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"teacher."

When Chao Cuo walked into the house, no surprise, it was the figure of Emperor Qi waiting here.

It's just that at this moment, Tianzi Qi's eyes are slightly red;
On the desk in front of Emperor Qi, there were also sumptuous meals and two large bowls that were obviously not very common.

This kind of large drinking bowl will only appear in two places and be used by two kinds of people;
—A lieutenant who is receiving a reward;

——The prisoner who is about to go to the court to be executed...

"Teacher, sit down..."

Tian Ziqi greeted with a little trill in his ear, and Chao Cuo only smiled and walked forward.

When Chao Cuo came to the table, Tianzi Qi also grabbed the wine jar and filled the wine bowl in front of him,

Putting down the wine jar and picking up the wine bowl in front of him, Emperor Qi stood up from his seat;
Holding the wine bowl in both hands, he looked sadly at this old friend who had been with him for more than 20 years.

"Student, respect teacher for a bowl!"

Seeing such a great gift from the Son of Heaven, Chao Cuo did not turn sideways to avoid the gift as usual, or knelt down on the ground, saying 'dare not'.

With a slight smile, he bent down, poured himself a bowl of wine, and grabbed the wine bowl on the table;
Holding the wine bowl with both hands, he swung the wine bowl towards the emperor.

The two just smiled lightly while the other choked up, each holding a wine bowl and staring at each other for a long time.

In the end, the two lowered their heads at the same time, and drank the dirty wine in the bowl in one gulp.

It's been a long time, a long time...
In the two bowls, there was obviously not a drop of wine left, but neither the teachers and students, nor the monarch and ministers put down the bowls.

On the two faces covered by the wine bowl, the teacher and the student had different expressions, but wept at the same time...

"Ha~"

It was Chao Cuo who put down the wine bowl first.

Putting down the wine bowl in a free and easy way, and filling it up again on his own, Chao Cuo burst into tears, and at the same time, there was a relaxed and relieved expression between his brows.

Afterwards, Emperor Qi also took the empty wine bowl away from his face.

It's just that at the same time as taking away the wine bowl, Tianzi Qi immediately turned sideways;
Quickly scratching his face with his hands, Tianzi Qi pretended to go to the window to see the scenery, but actually, he seemed to want the tears in his eyes to be blown dry by the spring wind outside the window.

In just a short while, Tianzi Qi became a little irritable, threw his fist full of anger, and smashed down on the dirt wall in front of him!
Turning his back to Chao Cuo, gritting his teeth with tears in his eyes, he stood by the wall for a long time, the emperor Qicai took a deep breath, and explained very deliberately: "This rain is really disturbing... ··”

But before seeing the case, Chao Cuo only smiled with tears in his eyes, raised the wine bowl in his hand carelessly, and drank the wine again.

After drinking two bowls of wine in succession, Chao Cuo's complexion turned slightly red.

Even that face that exudes refinement all the time, but also has a hint of sharpness, at this moment, it can't help showing a boldness that only soldiers and knights can have.

"I remember, the day I went to the Prince's Academy for the first time to teach His Majesty, it also rained, right?"

Asked leisurely, when Tianzi Qi slowly turned around, Chao Cuo shook his head and smiled again.

"I will never forget that day in my life."

"—As soon as the minister arrived at the palace gate, His Majesty greeted him at the palace gate holding a cloth umbrella;"

"From the time I got off the carriage to the prince's school, I didn't even get a drop of rain on my whole body."

"On the contrary, it was Your Majesty who, in order to hold an umbrella for the minister, was drenched half of his body and burned for several days..."

As he said that full of sentimentality, a look of sorrow immediately appeared on Chao Cuo's face.

"Hey······"

"Because of this matter, I was hanged in front of the late emperor..."

"It's the Queen Mother, since that day, she has lost her face towards my minister..."

Following Chao Cuo's calm tone, Tianzi Qi, who was standing by the window, couldn't help recalling that period of the past.

At that time, Liu Qicai was just in his early ten years old.

What happened to Prince Wu just happened not long ago.

In the palace, Mrs. Shen was favored by the late emperor, and Mrs. Shen's son, Liu Yi, was more and more praised by the government and the public.

On the other hand, Liu Qi was criticized by both the government and the public because of the matter of Prince Wu;
And because of 'going out of the palace and returning late', he was caught by the court lieutenant Zhang Shizhi at that time, forcing the late emperor to take off his hat and apologize to Zhang Shizhi...
Everything is developing in a direction that is not conducive to Liu Qi and Queen Dou.

And the one who finally sounded the alarm was the famous person who was appointed as Liang Wang Taifu by the first emperor's imperial edict: Jia Yi...

"Yes~"

"In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed..."

"King Huai of Liang and Jia Changsha have already turned into handfuls of loess."

"On the contrary, we, the teacher and the student, are lucky to live in this world..."

Full of melancholy, he let out an exclamation, and on the tear-stained face of Tianzi Qi, a smile finally appeared.

It's just that this smile is extremely complicated.

Especially set off by the pure and relieved smile on Chao Cuo's face, it looked even more complicated.

"Back then, there was a hidden danger in the position of the crown prince."

"Jia Yi, who is famous all over the world, was also sent by the late emperor to King Huai of Liang to be the king's tutor."

"If it wasn't for the teacher's appearance, I would have thought that I would lose the position of crown prince and die at the hands of my own brother..."

There was another burst of shaking his head and sighing, but it only caused Chao Cuo to laugh again.

With a relaxed smile on his face, he poured another bowl of wine for himself, and said while pouring it, "Facts have proved that the late emperor did not choose wrongly."

"Your Majesty, you are the right one."

"If it's King Huai of Liang, then the ancestral temple, the community..."

"Hey!"

In the middle of speaking, Chao Cuo stopped the conversation in good time, grabbed the wine bowl with a chuckle, and poured it down again.

But on the other side of the case, watching Chao Cuo down bowl after bowl of wine, Tian Ziqi's heart felt pain after burst...
"In the past, never heard that the teacher likes to drink?"

Asking softly, Chao Cuo only waved his hands nonchalantly, but he didn't stop drinking.

After the bowl of wine was exhausted, Chao Cuo let out a comfortable 'Ha~', then smiled and looked at Tianzi Qi in front of him.

"When your majesty was still the prince, I was afraid that people would catch your majesty and say that the prince is a drunkard who is addicted to alcohol."

"After your Majesty took the throne, you have too many facts in your hands, and you have made too many enemies in the court;"

"I'm afraid that one day, I'll drink too much, do something I shouldn't do, say something I shouldn't say..."

"—It's all right now~"

"No need to worry so much anymore, you can open your belly and have a hearty meal!"

Out of the mouth full of free and easy words, Chao Cuo stretched out his hand again, and grabbed the wine jar that he had already drunk half of;

Only this time, Tianzi Qi didn't "stand on the sidelines" any longer.

"Students have been teachers for more than 20 years..."

Then I saw Tianzi Qi came back to the desk, grabbing the wine jar with both hands, busy pouring wine into Chao Cuo's bowl, his tone of voice was quietly choked with sobs.

"In the past 20 years, I have never poured a glass of wine for the teacher..."

"teacher······"

"Please······"

Hearing the sobs in Tianzi Qi's tone, Chao Cuo finally suppressed the smile on his face, and stretched out his hand sadly.

Picking up the wine bowl, Chao Cuo straightened up, holding the wine bowl in both hands, and bowed deeply to the emperor Qi standing in front of him.

"I am ashamed to lead..."

With a thank you, he drank the wine in the bowl, and before putting the bowl back on the table, Chao Cuo still didn't say a word: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

As the wine bowl was put back on the table by Chao Cuo again, time seemed to freeze again.

Nei Shi Chao Cuo sat in front of the desk, bowed his head and remained silent;

Emperor Qi stood beside Chao Cuo, weeping and speechless.

After a long while like this, Tianzi Qicai once again adjusted from his sad mood, wiped away the tears on his face with his forearm, and finally sat down before the case.

"In the past, my teacher always taught me: In this world, right is right, wrong is wrong, black and white are clear at a glance."

"But the student, ever since he took the position of emperor, he feels more and more that he can't tell right from wrong..."

"—Some things are obviously right, but the students try their best, but they can't make it!"

"And some things are obviously wrong, but no matter how unwilling the students are, they have to do it..."

Hearing Tian Ziqi's lonely voice, Chao Cuo couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, turning his eyes away from Tian Ziqi.

After thinking for a long time, he suddenly shook his head and smiled.

"I still think: right, it is right; wrong, it is wrong."

"What is right will be right in the end;"

"Wrong things, in the end, are still wrong."

"—It's just that sometimes, the wrong thing will be used in the right way, so it will appear that he is right."

"As for the right thing, sometimes you need to use 'wrong' means to achieve the 'right' goal."

"At the end of the day, right and wrong, it's not the process that matters;"

"It's the result..."

Chao Cuo's peaceful and soothing tone finally made Tianzi Qi choke up again;
Looking at Chao Cuo was full of guilt.

"Teacher, you taught me..."

"A poisonous snake gnaws its teeth, and a strong man cuts off his wrists;"

"For the world, no, regardless of wealth..."

Mixed with sobbing words, Tian Ziqi could no longer raise his head. Facing his eyes, this teacher who had taught and accompanied him for more than 20 years only bent deeply towards Chao Cuo, bowing his head and sobbing;

On the other side of the case, Chao Cuo let out a long breath full of feelings, and with a complex smile composed of relief, fear, joy, and sorrow, he slowly nodded towards Tian Ziqi.

"Your Majesty, I understand..."

"Your Majesty doesn't even need to say, the minister himself has already anticipated this day."

"In the past, the minister has been thinking about how to cooperate with His Majesty so that His Majesty will not be tainted with infamy because of this incident..."

As he said that, he saw Chao Cuo lowered his head with a smile, straightened his robe casually, and then stood up from the table.

Taking two steps towards the far door, Chao Cuo turned around, smiled and pointed out the window.

"After the rain, the sky shines;"

"Sir, it's time to hit the road."

"It's just that there are a few last words that I want to say to His Majesty..."

At this moment, Tianzi Qi was already sitting paralyzed in front of the desk, weeping uncontrollably;

Hearing what Chao Cuo said, he waved his hand weakly.

"After the minister leaves, Wu Chu will never retreat!"

"This rebellion will end at the price of blood and tears!"

"After the rebellion is over, Your Majesty, you must not stop the pace of reducing the feudal clan!"

"—The calamity of clansmen and vassal kings is like the water and grass on the grassland. The wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates..."

"Your Majesty, we must take advantage of the power to quell the rebellion, and implement Jia Yi's method of 'tweening the sons of the kings' mentioned in the "Public Security Policy" to all clan princes in one fell swoop!"

"Only in this way can we completely solve the problem of clan princes' tails, and create favorable conditions for our Han family to raise troops to the north in the future to crusade against the Hulu..."

After saying these words sincerely, Chao Cuo smiled bitterly with tears in his eyes, and knelt down in the courtyard gate;

Kowtowed three times to Emperor Qi, Chao Cuo got up resolutely and pushed open the closed courtyard door.

"teacher!"

Just as he was about to step out of the threshold, there was a mournful cry from the emperor behind him, causing Chao Cuo to subconsciously stop.

But after a while, the words that Chao Cuo rushed to his lips could only turn into bursts of helplessness...

Close the courtyard door and turn around;

Seeing Tianzi Qi sitting paralyzed in front of the table, looking at him reluctantly, Chao Cuo just smiled wryly and shook his head.

"For the family, I have no other explanation;"

"It's not because I didn't want to leave because I didn't walk out of the courtyard."

"——but at this moment, Prime Minister, is outside the courtyard gate..."

The deep voice made the weeping Emperor Qi stunned!
But Chao Cuo bowed his head with a wry smile, and bowed to Emperor Qi again.

"Chen, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the prime minister..."

"You still need to bother Your Majesty to dismiss the prime minister..."

"Just wait for His Majesty to leave the courtyard gate, and I should leave through the back door, outside the East City, and set out on the road with peace of mind..."

(End of this chapter)